Tropical mathematics in Swansea
 7-9 July, 2014
Swansea, UK
Description:
Tropical mathematics has become an important and swiftly developing field.  This meeting will emphasize the breadth of the subject with a number of talks covering pure aspects and a special LMS funded afternoon (Tuesday afternoon) on applications.

This event is supported by the London Mathematical Society, Swansea University, and the EPSRC

Registration:
If you would like to attend then please send an email to Jeffrey Giansiracusa (j.h.giansiracusa@swansea.ac.uk) specifying:
  1. Name
  2. Institution and position
  3. Whether you would like to attend the dinner on the Tuesday night, and if so, any dietary requirements you have.
Speakers:
Organizers: 

Schedule:

All talks will take place in Talbot Building, room 224.
Monday lunch and tea breaks will be in the Aubrey Truman Room, (Talbot, room 213).

Abstracts are here.


Monday, 7th
 Tuesday, 8th
 Wednesday, 9th
9am - 9:30
  
 morning coffee
 morning coffee
9:30 - 10:30
Mark Gross
Logarithmic Gromov-Witten invariants
 Tony Yue Yu
Gromov compactness in non-archimedean analytic geometry
10:30 - 11am
break
 break
11am - noon
Alex Fink
Stiefel linear spaces
 Felipe Rincon
Tropical ideals
Noon - 1:30
 arrival and buffet lunch
 lunch break
 lunch and departure
1:30 - 2:30
 Mark Gross
Cluster algebras and mirror symmetry
 James Hook
Max-plus singular values and the Hungarian scaling
2:30 - 3pm
 break
 break
3pm - 4pm
 Elisa Postinghel
Faithful tropicalisations and torus actions
 Marianne Johnson
Idempotent tropical matrices
4pm - 4:30
tea break and snacks
4:30 - 5:30
Rod Halburd
Tropical Nevanlinna theory
Evening
Conference dinner


Local accommodation:

 We will arrange accommodation for speakers.  For all others, please reserve your own accommodation. Below is a list of some inexpensive hotels that are near the university.  (Many more hotels in Swansea can easily be found using Google or other search tools.)


Travel information:

The Swansea University campus is located in Singleton Park, right on the coast of Swansea Bay; the city is to the east, the North Devon coast is visible to the south, Brecon Beacons National Park is to the north, and the old fishing village of Mumbles is to the west. Mumbles marks the start of the Gower Peninsula, an area of outstanding natural beauty, with long beaches, dramatic coastal scenery, and a rich history.

By Train

From within the UK travel to Swansea by train is relatively easy.   There are direct trains from London Paddington (leaving about once per hour, journey time of 3 hours), and Manchester via Birmingham.  Train schedules (including from airports) can be checked at http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ .  There is a regular 'bendy-bus' service that connects the Swansea rail station with the University campus.

Airports

Below is a list of airports that are relatively accessible from Swansea.

Further details

Further information can be found on the University's travel information page at:  http://www.swan.ac.uk/the-university/location/directions/