Pisa, Italy, March 31 - April 5 2003.

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The conference is part of a more extensive activity, a Bimester on Topics in Complex and Real Geometry, to be held in Pisa.

Dear Colleague,

enclosed you find some information about the 2003 annual meeting on Real Algebraic and Analytic Geometry that will be held in Pisa, at the Dipartimento di Matematica "L.Tonelli'', from March 31 to April 5, in the framework of the special bimester "Topics on Complex and Real Geometry'' of the Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi (http://www.crm.sns.it/geometry/):

March 31 is the arrival day; lectures are scheduled from April 1 until April 5, noon in the Aula Magna of the Dipartimento di Matematica; participants are expected to leave in the afternoon of April 5 or on April 6.

All participants are lodged in the

Hotel Fossabanda
Piazza Santa Croce, 5
56125 Pisa
ITALY
Tel. +39 050 970911
Fax +39 050 9711044
http://www.fossabanda.it/

To get to the hotel from the airport or from the railway station the best is to take a taxi: the price should be around 7 euros. The best way to get to the Department from the hotel is a relaxing 20 minutes walk; as the weather in Pisa can be rather variable in April, do not forget the umbrella.

Reception: In the Hotel Fossabanda, March 31 from 2.00 p.m.; the conference program, as well as tourist information, will be available.

Meals: Lunches from Tuesday, April 1, to Saturday, April 5, are partially supported by the organization; you will be asked to pay (cash) 8 Euros each lunch. We shall take lunches in two restaurants rather close to the Department. For the other meals you may find several restaurants, pizzerias or pubs. Coffee breaks are offered by the Centro De Giorgi.

Some informations about the town of Pisa: Pisa is quite small. For your reference consider that to go on foot from the railway station to the Leaning Tower takes around 25 minutes. You can retrieve much of the information you may need at the official website of the Town of Pisa:

http://www.comune.pisa.it/doc/cittapisa.htm

Most pages are in Italian. A short English version can be found at http://www.comune.pisa.it/english/.

You can find a map of the town at

http://www.comune.pisa.it/turismo/itinerari/mappamonumentale-gb.htm

or at

http://www.dm.unipi.it/mappa2/mappa-pisa.html,

where some interesting places are marked with capital letters. On this map the Dipartimento di Matematica is close to the letter "M" and the Hotel Fossabanda is close to the letter "G".

If you need to locate some other address in Pisa we suggest that you look it up at

http://www.kwmappe.kataweb.it/

or at

http://mappe.virgilio.it/tcol/home.jsp

Inserting an address you can get a detailed map of its surroundings; you may also zoom in (or out). Some other useful web addresses:

The airport of Pisa: http://www.pisa-airport.com/homepage01bis.html

Rent a car: http://www.pisa-airport.com/English_file/totale_eng/daperaeropoautonoleggi_eng.htm

Taxi: http://www.pisa-airport.com/English_file/paginemain_eng/daperaerotaximain_eng.htm

Trains:

To check train timetables you may use the official site of the FS, http://62.110.170.238/home/en/index.html, or (better) the one of SBB (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen), http://www.sbb.ch/index_e.htm, or the one of DB (Deutsche Bahn), http://www.bahn.de/.

Buses:

To get from the airport to the center you must get on bus n.3, which stops also at the station; to get from the railway station to the Department you should take bus n.2. You can check timetables of buses at the site http://www.cpt.pisa.it/. This site is in Italian, butif you click on "Percorsi", then, "Servizio Urbano di Pisa", you can check various routes and maps "cartine". Timetables are also at the bus stops. Bus tickets: You may buy them (0,80 euros for 60 minutes) in the airport or in the railway station or in Tabacchi shops. They are available also on the bus, but at a more expensive price. Participants. Here is the list of already confirmed people: we are waiting for the answers of some invited speakers.

F. Acquistapace, F. Broglia, A. Parusinski, T. Recio, N. Schwartz.
(The Scientific Committee)

Local Organizers

the 2003 annual meeting on Real Algebraic and Analytic Geometry will be held in Pisa, at the Dipartimento di Matematica ``L.Tonelli'', from March 31 till April 5, in the framework of the special bimester ``Topics on Complex and Real Geometry'' of the Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi (http://www.crm.sns.it/geometry/):

March 31 is the arrival day; lectures are scheduled from April 1 until April 5 noon; participants are expected to leave in the afternoon of April 5 or on April 6.

Accommodation:

We have reserved the whole Hotel S.Croce in Fossabanda in order to get a special price; it is a 3 stars hotel situated in an ancient convent, 15 minutes walk from the Department of Mathematics.

The availability of places is the following:

N. 34 places in double rooms: 41.5 Euros
N. 22 places in single rooms (large bed ) 62 Euros
N. 13 places in single room 53 Euros
Prices are per person and per day, breakfast included.

Lunches, provided in 2 restaurants not far from the Department, will be partially supported (50%) by the Centro De Giorgi. Participants are expected to pay by cash about 8 Euro per lunch. We need to know in advance how many people are interested in, so please, fill in the enclosed form.

In case you are interested in attending the meeting and/or would like to receive the third announcement you are kindly requested to return the enclosed registration form not later than January 15 2003 to the address:

• by e-mail (strongly recommended) to the address raag03@dm.unipi.it
• by fax with the indication RAAG Meeting 2003 Attention of Prof. Broglia''.
  Fax number: +39 050 2213224

Acceptance will be confirmed prior to the third announcement which is planned to be issued during February 2003 and will contain a preliminary list of participants and contributions.

Please do not hesitate to contact any of the local organizers, at the above addresses for any further information you might need.

Sincerely yours

F. Acquistapace, F. Broglia, A. Parusinski, T. Recio, N. Schwartz. (The Scientific Committee)

Local Organizers

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