2005 Summer School

Aim of the school Acknowledgments Organizing committee Academic coordinators General information

Aim of the School

This school is the fourth of a series of summer schools to take place in Colombia (the three previous ones took place in July 1999, 2001 and 2003) on topics on the border line between geometry, topology and quantum field theory. The courses are addressed to both physicists and mathematicians with a master’s level in either of the fields. The lectures will serve as an introduction to some active areas of research.

Acknowledgments

This series of summer schools has been possible by the sponsoring and strong leadership of the following institutions:

	Academically, the Département de Mathématiques Appliquées at the Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
	Financially and logistically, the Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, through its Rectory, Science School, Physics Department and Mathematics Department.
	Financially and academically, the Clay Mathematics Institute.