Arbeitstagung Bonn 2013 In Memory of Friedrich Hirzebruch
This volume contains selected papers authored by speakers and participants of the 2013 Arbeitstagung, held at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, Germany, from May 22-28. The 2013 meeting (and this resulting proceedings) was dedicated to the
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Werner Ballmann Christian Blohmann Gerd Faltings Peter Teichner Don Zagier Editors
Arbeitstagung Bonn 2013 In Memory of Friedrich Hirzebruch
Progress in Mathematics Volume 319
Series Editors Antoine Chambert-Loir Jiang-Hua Lu Yuri Tschinkel
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Werner Ballmann • Christian Blohmann Gerd Faltings • Peter Teichner • Don Zagier Editors
Arbeitstagung Bonn 2013 In Memory of Friedrich Hirzebruch
Editors Werner Ballmann Max Planck Institute for Mathematics Bonn, Germany
Christian Blohmann Max Planck Institute for Mathematics Bonn, Germany
Gerd Faltings Max Planck Institute for Mathematics Bonn, Germany
Peter Teichner Max Planck Institute for Mathematics Bonn, Germany
Don Zagier Max Planck Institute for Mathematics Bonn, Germany
ISSN 0743-1643 Progress in Mathematics ISBN 978-3-319-43646-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-43648-7
ISSN 2296-505X (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-43648-7 (eBook)
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Preface
The first Arbeitstagung was organized by Friedrich Hirzebruch in 1957. The six participants were Michael Atiyah, Hans Grauert, Alexander Grothendieck, Friedrich Hirzebruch, Nicolaas Kuiper, and Jacques Tits. Already at the first Arbeitstagung the principle was established which was to become its most distinctive feature: The program was not determined beforehand by the organizers, but during the meeting by all participants in an open discussion, albeit skillfully guided by Hirzebruch. The curiosity about who would be speaking and on what topic was part of the excitement
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