Colloquium on Topology

Gyula, Hungary

from 9 to 15 August, 1998

castle

Basic information

The János Bolyai Mathematical Society is organizing a Colloquium on Topology in the period of August 9-15, 1998 in Gyula, Hungary. The aim of the Colloquium is to provide ground for the exchange of information on new achievements and on the recent problems of General, Algebraic and Differential Topology. The Colloquium is held right before the International Congress of Mathematicians.

Organizing Committee:
M. Bognár, Á. Császár (chairman), J. Gerlits, I. Juhász, E. Makai, G. Moussong, R. Rimányi, A. Stipsicz, J. Szenthe, L. Soukup, A. Szücs (secretary)
E-mail:
gyula@math-inst.hu
Snail mail:
JÁNOS BOLYAI MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY,
Budapest, Fö utca 68.,
H-1027, Hungary
Program
The colloquium starts on Monday at 10.00 a.m. (in the Town hall of Gyula) and will last through Friday early afternoon.
The subject of our Colloquium on Topology includes mainly General Topology and to some extent Algebraic and Differential Topology.

The following people will give invited addresses: A. Arhangelskii, Z. Balogh, G. Gruenhage, J. Jaworowski, K. Kunen and S. Mardesic .

Besides these lectures there will be 20-minute contributed talks in probable parallel sessions. The abstract of the talks of the conference participants can be found on the Topology Atlas.

We will publish the conference proceedings as a special volume of Topology and Its Applications. Please send your contribution to the organizing committee's address (preferably electronically) by September 30th of 1998. Concerning the submitted papers follow the requirements of the journal.
Location:
Gyula is a beautiful city at the Eastern part of Hungary with a medieval castle and a thermal bath.

The conference will take place at the (Erkel Ferenc) High School of Gyula (Kossuth square 5) except the opening on Monday morning.
A registration desk will be set up in the colloquium building, it'll work (During the colloquium an "office" of the meeting will be operated, see the announcement in the building.
The phone number of this office is: (36)-(62)-(463 - 118).
Accommodation
The conference will take place at the (Erkel Ferenc) High School of Gyula (Kossuth square 5). We have reserved dormitory and hotel rooms for the participants, both are in walking distance from the lecture rooms.

All rooms in the hotel have bathrooms mainly with showers. Price of the hotel rooms (including breakfast): 17.5 USD/bed/night.

The dormitory rooms are mostly 3-4 bedded, common showers are on the corridors. The price of dormitory rooms (without breakfast): 3.5USD/bed/night.

There is a possibility to order full board in the student cafeteria of the school for 4.5USD/person/day. (Vegetarian meals are available.)
Social program
We organize The detailed program as well as the price of the excursion will be announced upon arrival.
Travel information

Transportation in Budapest: We strongly recommend you to use the Airport Minibus which can be booked upon arrival at the airport. It costs 1200 HUF. Taxi cabs are usually available, but the foreigners may be cheated. Presently you must pay about 90 - 110 forints (the limit is 200 by law) per kilometer plus about the same initial fee. To reach the railway station from the airport may cost about 2600 HUF. There is a quite reasonable public transportation in Budapest. The trams, subways, suburban trains and city buses operate with pre-purchased tickets. One ticket costs 70 HUF (by August it may go up to 75). You can buy these tickets at newspaper stands and the ticket offices which usually can be found at the entrances of subway stations. When boarding the vehicles or entering the subway stations or CHANGING the subway lines you must validate a ticket.

How to get to Gyula from Budapest.
All trains for Gyula (pronounced: 'DYOOLA) depart from the East Railway Station (Keleti, pronounce: KELLETTEE).

Departures of direct trains from Budapest to Gyula: 
           6.15          10.15
The trip from Budapest to Gyula by these trains lasts about 3 hours.
There is a train at 17.30 from Budapest to Békéscsaba, (it will be there at 20.30) and from there there will be a special bus to Gyula but only on the 9th of August, Sunday. The bus goes for 35 minutes. Please let us know whether you plan to use this bus. The regular bus goes at 22.20.

Departures from Gyula to Budapest: 
          14.55           18.24
If you want to purchase tickets at the East Railway Station ticket office please show the following Hungarian sentence to the cashier if she/he does not speak English:

Kérek egy II. osztályú retur jegyet Gyulára.

This means that you need a second class return ticket to Gyula.

The price of such a ticket is appr. 2300 HUF, forints (12 USD). At the Gyula railway station there will be students helping you to find the colloquium spot, all the three trains of Sunday and at the morning train on Monday. (You may take a taxi cab or use the local public transportation if you wish so.)
Other useful information.
Citizens of the United States and European countries (with the exception of Turkey) do not need visas to enter Hungary. Citizens of other countries may need one. Please be sure that you have the visa if you have to have it.

In Hungary the local currency is the Hungarian Forint (HUF, forint). The present exchange rate is: one US dollar is about 200 forints. Please note that the banks and money exchange offices are usually open only in the morning and early afternoon. It is best therefore if you change some money at the airport or railway station upon arrival.

The weather in August is mostly sunny and warm with the average temperature between 25-30 C. (77 - 86 F.) However, rain and cold weather is also conceivable.

Insurance: Please check whether your stay is covered by your current insurance policy.
Registration fee
The list of conference participants and their talks The registration fee for participants is USD 105, if payed by May 15, 1998 (USD 130 after the deadline). For non-academic accompanying persons the fee is 25 USD (USD 35 after the deadline). The registration fee covers the cost of conference materials, organizational expenses as well as admission to a welcome party. Please send your checks payable to János Bolyai Mathematical Society (no personal checks are acceptable).
How to register
We strongly advise to go to our registration form:
http://www.math-inst.hu/~gyula/regform.html,
fill in the form, then click the button SEND. Another possibility is to download the text version of registration form from
ftp://ftp.math-inst.hu/pub/setop/gyula/regform.txt
and send it to us by e-mail to gyula@math-inst.hu or by snail mail. The TeX version can be downloaded from
ftp://ftp.math-inst.hu/pub/setop/gyula/regform.tex
If you need any more information send a letter to gyula@math-inst.hu
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