September 2007

In September 2007 The Archive recorded the following or made arrangements to share recordings made by others :

 

5th SEPTEMBER 2007

IHPST 13 Rue du Four PARIS : Philosophy of Physics Seminar

Guido BACCIAGALUPPI :  On Quantum Logic and Truth Functionality

Plus following discussions.

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Plus memorandum of discussions between G. Bacciagalupi and Mark Van Atten after Seminar

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8th-9th SEPTEMBER 2007

PSSL 86 : The 86th Session of The Peripatetic Seminar on Sheaves and Logic

Institut ELIE CARTAN University of Nancy 2 : Nancy, Lorraine, France.

Day ONE : Saturday 8th SEPTEMBER 2007

Opening of the Meeting and Introductory remarks by the Organisers

Talk 1 : Steve AWODEY : Homotopy TypeTheory

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Talk 2 :   Philippe GAUCHER : Homotopical Semantics of Parallel Composition in Closed Categories

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Coffee Break

Note of a discussion during Coffee Break  with S. Awodey following his talk concerning the notions of Lawvere Identity and Leibniz Identity and their clarification

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Talk 3 : Krzystof WORTKIEVICZ : The Folk-Model Structure for Omega-Categories

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Talk 4 : Nicola GAMBINO : The associated Sheaf Functor in Algebraic Set Theory

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Talk 5 : Peter JOHNSTONE : Quadrangle Clubs

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Talk 6 : Paul-Andre MELLIES : Towards an Algebra of Duality

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Talk 7 : Henrik FORSSELL : First-Order Logical Duality

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DAY TWO : Sunday 9th SEPTEMBER 2007

Talk 1 : Mark WEBER : Parametric Right Adjoints and Generalised Nerves

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Talk 2 : Julia GOEDECKE : A Comparison Theorem for Simplicial Resolutions

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Talk 3 : Dusko PAVLOVIC : The Geometry of Abstraction (and/or the Geometry of Authentication)

With following discussion of Frobenius structure, co-monoid structure, Frobenius algebras in bi-monoidal categories, and the relevance of the foregoing subjects to the abstract characterisation of the characteristics of classical and quantum systems and their distinction.

Key words : classical objects, Frobenius structure, comonoid structure, Frobenius structure in bimonoidal categories, categorical representation of structure of classical and quantum systems.

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Closure of PSSL 86

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8th-9th SEPTEMBER 2007 : PSSL 86  at Institut Elie Cartan University of Nancy France

Notes of discussions and expositions on cells in n-categories, generalised nerves and the nerve of an n-category.

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Notes of discussions between S.Awodey and D. Pavlovic on treatment of identity in category theory: key words : Leibniz identity, Lawvere identity, adjoints, homotopy

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10th-12th SEPTEMBER 2007

3 Day Meeting at Institut Henri Poincare Paris in honour of the 60th Birthday of Jean-Yves GIRARD

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DAY ONE : 10th SEPTEMBER 2007

Talks this day were not recorded.

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DAY TWO : 11th SEPTEMBER 2007

Talk 1 : Olivier LAURENT

Perpectives on Proof Theory : is –A =A

(Is the double negation of A equal to A ?)

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Coffee Break

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Talk 2 : Iekke MOERDIJK : Trees, Tensors and Weak Higher Categories 

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LUNCH

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Talk 3 : Bernard TEISSIER : Cognition and Foundations and Cognitive Foundations of Mathematics

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Talk 4 : Thierry PAUL : From Quantum to Classical Systems by Letting the Dimensiom Diverge

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Talk 5 :  Peter SELINGER :  Linear Logic in Quantum Computation

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Memorandum of Evening Discussions 11th September 2007 and notes of an exposition by Dr Isaar STUBBE (University of Antwerp) on Noncommutative Topology and Ring Theory in the work of Freddy Van OYSTAEYEN and pupils 

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DAY THREE : 12th SEPTEMBER 2007

Talk 1 :

What Is A Process, from the categorial Viewpoint? With some remarks on Domain Theory

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Talk 2

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18th-22nd SEPTEMBER 2007

Almeira, Spain :  NONCOMMUTATIVE RINGS AND GEOMETRY

A Conference in Honour of Freddy Van Oystaeyen on his 60th Birthday.

The following parts of the Conference were recorded :

Day One : Tuesday 18th SEPTEMBER 2007

(Extract from) Talk by A. JOSEPH : On the Left and the Right : Brylinksi-Kostant Filtrations

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Talk 2 : T. LENAGAN : Non-Negativity as a Quantum Phenomenon

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Talk 3 : Shahn MAJID :  Barr Categories and * – operations

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Day Two : Wednesday 19th SEPTEMBER 2007

Talk by S. SILVESTROV : Graded Rings and Generalised Cross product Algebras : fruitful interplay and frontier

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Day Three : Thursday 20th SEPTEMBER 2007

Talk by C. RINGEL : Some minimal representataion-infinite algebras 

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Talk by Michelle VAN DEN BERGH : Hochschild Cohomology

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(Extract from) Talk by T. LEVASSEUR on Functorial Constructions on Rings of Differential Operators 

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23rd SEPTEMBER – 3rd OCTOBER 2007

Recordings made in Moscow during attendance at International Congress

“Finsler Extensions of Relativity Theory”

24 – 30 SEPTEMBER 2007

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a)  Recordings prior to opening  of Conference and outside the formal sessions of the Conference

23rd September 2007 : recordings plus notes and memoranda of discussions on History of Differential geometry and especially position of Finsler Geometry within general lines of development of Differential Geometry. With remarks and discussions on contributions to development of differential geometry by Riemann, Grassmann, Hamilton, Clifford, Klein, Ricci, Levi-Civita, Cartan and Weyl.

Principal discussants : Prof Marc Lachieze-Rey, Prof. Jose G. Vargas, Dr Dimitri Pavlov.

24th – 30th September 2007 : Continuing discussions (M. Lachieze-Rey, Jose G. Vargas, Mikhail Kassandrov, Prof Athanasiu, Dr Pavlov and others) concerning issues in foundations of Differential Geometry and aspects of its history.  With particular attention to the views of Cartan and others on the role of Torsion and curvature.

includes notes of discussions on 25th September between Professors Lachieze-Rey, Vargas and Kassandrov on current developments in the program of Geometric Quantisation and ( a more general discussion ) the variety of possible geometric approaches to structures in Quantum Theory

notes of  25th September discussions between N. Brinzei Prof. Jose G. Vargas and others on their respective viewpoints concerning the correct fundamental concepts for the study of Differential Geometry in general and Finsler manifolds in particular

notes of 28th September discussions with Prof. Marc Lachieze-Rey on Geometric Quantisation and in particular the role of Kahler manifolds.

See also the entries under 30th September – 3rd October 2011 below.

Link to notes and memoranda of these discussions or Transcripts of those portions which were recorded.

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b) Recordings of Conference :  24-30 SEPTEMBER 2007

FINSLER EXTENSIONS OF RELATIVITY THEORY 2007 (FERT 2007)

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Day ONE of Conference :  Monday 24th September 2007

Venue : Conference Hall, Educational Laboratory Building Baumann University

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9:00 – 10:00 : Reception and welcome of delegates

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10:00 – 11:00 : Opening Ceremony and Introductory Speeches

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AM Session : Chair : V. GLADYSHEV (Baumann University)

11:00 – 11:45 Talk 1 : Dr Dmitri G. PAVLOV (Baumann University) : Polymetric geometries and Rashewki’s  pseudo-Finslerian Spaces

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11:45-12:30 :  Talk 2 :  G.I.  GARAS’KO :  Weak Fields 

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12:30-13:15 : Talk 3 :  G. Yu BOGOSLOVSKY : Velocity Spaces in Space-Times with the Berwald-Moore metric

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LUNCH

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PM Session : Chair : G.Yu Bogoslovsky (Institute of Nuclear Physics Moscow State University)

14:15-15:00 Talk 4 :  Marc LACHIEZE-REY (CNRS France) : On the Global Topology of some Cosmological Models

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15:00-15:45: Talk 5 :  Oleg TITOV (Institute of Geosciences, visiting Australian National University) : On the apparent proper motions of reference radio sources

With an extended discussion in the question period about teh methods for distinguishing fundamental anisotropies from those induced by motion of an observer.

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Coffee Break

Notes of a Discussion during the Coffee Break between M. Lachieze-Rey and Jose G. Vargas concerning their respective viewpoints on the role and correct understanding of Torsion and Curvature in modern Differential Geometry

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16:15-17:00 : Talk 6 :  R. CHERKASOV (Institute of Tectonics and Geophysics Russia) : Conjectured Polyhedral (hexaoctahedral)  structures in Earth Sciences and their desymmetrization in the course of planetary evolution

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17:00-17:45 : Talk 7 :  Sergei V.SIPAROV : Astrophysical measurements and their significance for our choice of geometry to describe spacetime

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17:45 – 18:40 : Showing of the Film “The Geometry of the Universe : some differing viewpoints”

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Conference Photograph

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Departure for Conference accommodation at Hotel Sosnoviy Bor, Saburovo,, Greater Moscow region

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Day TWO of Conference : Tuesday 25th September 2007

Conference Hall,  Sosnoviy Bar, Saburovo, Greater Moscow Region

10:00-11:00 :  Talk 1 : Prof. Jose G. VARGAS :  Metrics and a Complex of Related Concepts and their analysis in Cartan and Clifton’s Finslerian Theory of Moving Frames.

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11:00-12:00 : Talk 2 : Alexander KHOLMETSKI : Generalization of  conventions of measurement to spacetimes with arbitrary metrics, covariant ether theories and preparation of experiments to search for evidence for the absolute velocity of the earth 

with an extended discussion in the following question period on the Lorentz-Poincare interpretation of GR and the suggestion of a preferred frame of reference for the observation and study of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

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Coffee break

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Followed by a short discussion led by Prof Jose G. Vargas and Dr Nicola Brinzei on the role of Hodge Duality in modern approaches to Differential geometry, with particular application to developments in Finsler Geometry

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12:15-13:15 : Talk 3 :  Prof. G. ATANASIU and N. BRIZEI (Bucharest) : Einstein equations for the homogeneous prolongation of a Finsler metric to the tangent bundle

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Followed by a short (recorded) discussion in the question session of different viewpoints on the role of telleparallelism in modern (post-Cartan) differential geometry

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13:15-14:15 : Talk 4 : V. BALAN (Bucharest)  :  New results in the geometry of Berwald-Moore submanifolds

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LUNCH

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15:00-16:00 : Talk 5 :  G. Munteau (Brasov University, Roumania) : An extension of electrodynamics to the setting of complex Lagrange Geometry

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16:00-17:00 : Talk 6 :  M. PAUN (Brasov University, Roumania) : Einstein and Maxwell Equations for a generalised Lagrange Space of order 2 in invariant frames.

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17:15-18:15 : Talk 7 :  N. BRIZEI and Sergei SIPAROV : On the possibility of the OMPR effect in spaces with Finsler Geometry

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18:15-19:30 : Film Program on Ancient Egypt (Parts 1 and 2)

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Day THREE  of Conference : Wednesday 26th September 2007

Conference Hall,  Sosnoviy Bar, Saburovo, Greater Moscow Region

10:00-11:00 : Talk 1 :  M. Fil’chenkov and Y. Laptev : Deriving spacetime anisotropy paramaters from observational cosmology

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11:00-12:00 : Talk 2 :  V.G. ZHOTIKOV :  Finsler geometry with the Wagner metric and a new form for the equations of relativistic dynamics

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Coffee Break

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12:15-13:15 : Talk 3 : V.O. GLADYSHEV : Time Machines in Anisotropic Space 

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13:15-14:15 : Talk 4 :  A.M. GAL’MAK :  n-ary groups

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LUNCH

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PM Excursion for Conference participants to Kremlin Museums and Tour of Central Moscow

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Day FOUR of Conference : Thursday 26th September 2007

Conference Hall,  Sosnoviy Bar, Saburovo, Greater Moscow Region

10:00-11:00 : Talk 1 :  Sergei V. LEBEDEV : Spaces conformally connected to the 3-dimesnional Berwald-Moor Space

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11:00-12:00 : Talk 2 : V.V. KASSANDROV : Algebrodynamics : Particle-like Twistor Structures in Compex-Quaternionic Space-Time

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Coffee Break

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12:15-13:15 : Talk 3 :  A.A. ELIOVICH :  N-norms on nonassociative algebras

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13:15-14:15 : Talk 4 : P.D. SUKHAREVSKY : Title to be added

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LUNCH

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15:00-16:00 : Talk 5 :  V.I. NOSIKOV : On the Field equations of extended GR in a relativistic Finsler model

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16:00-17:00 : Talk 6 : A. SEVALNIKOV :  Reciprocity Principles in Modern Physics

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Coffee Break

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17:15-19:30 :  Film Program on Ancient Egypt (Parts 3 – 6 )

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Day FIVE of Conference : Friday 28th September 2007

Conference Hall,  Sosnoviy Bar, Saburovo, Greater Moscow Region

10:00-11:00 :  Talk 1 :  A.F. TURBIN and Y.D. JDANOVA : GL-spaces

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11:00-12:00 : Talk 2 :  D.O. KOVALENKO : Norms of associative Algebras with NonTrivial Jacobson Radicals

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Coffee Break

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12:15-13:15 : Talk 3 :  V.S. GORELIK :  The effects of spacetime anisotropy  

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13:15-14:15 : Talk 4 :  S,V, PETHUKOV and E.S. PETUKHOVA : Polynumerical systems in biological applications and in computer science 

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LUNCH

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15:00-16:00 : Talk 5 :  V.A. PANCHELYUGA and S.E. SHNOL’ :  On the fractal structure of a Space associated with local time effects

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16:00-17:00  :  Talk 6 :  G.DARVAS and D. FLESNER : Can the causal paradoxes of QM be explained in the framework of QED ? 

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Coffee Break

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17:15-18:15 : Talk 6 : R. IBADOV : Branch points of Electrically charged Einstein-Yang-Mills-Higgs Solutions : Some new results.

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18:15 – 19:30 : Film Program : “Unknown Mexico”

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Day SIX of Conference : Saturday 29th September 2007

Conference Hall,  Sosnoviy Bar, Saburovo, Greater Moscow Region

10:00-11:00 : Talk 1 :  Yu. S. VLADIMIROV : Finslerian spinors and descriptions of physical interactions

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11:00-12:00 :  Talk 2 :  A.V. SOL’EV :  Twistors and the 6-dimensional Weyl equation

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Coffee Break

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12:15-13:15 : Talk 3 :  S. BOLOKHOV :  Title to be added.

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13:15-14:15 : Talk 4 :  A.F. BUGAEV :  The Structure of Creative Action : How Physics creates World Geometry

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LUNCH

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15:00-16:00 : Talk 5 :  T.A. SHERKOVA (Centre for Egyptological Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

Two Aspects of Ancient Egyptian Conceptions of the Natural Numbers : Did the Egyptians anticipate the discovery of the Chinese Remainder Theorem ?

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16:00-17:00 : Talk 6 :  O.B. KHAVROSHKIN (Moscow Earth Physics Research Institute) ; Civilisational Stability and Paleo-Archaeology

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Coffee Break

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17:15-18:15 Talk 7 : A. Yu. SKLIAROV : The Egyptian pyramids and the properties of H4 polynumerical space

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18:30 : Round table Discussions

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Film Program : Unknown Mexico  (Parts 5-6)

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Closure of Conference followed by Farewell banquet

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c)  RECORDINGS OF OTHER EVENTS OUTSIDE THE  MAIN CONFERENCE PROGRAM

27th September 2007 : Institute of Philosophy Moscow 15:00 hrs

Invited Lecture by Prof. Marc LACHIEZE-REY : Cosmology in the XXth Century : Theoretical and Observational Aspects and Philosophical Implications and Influences

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27th September 2007 :  Notes and memoranda of discussions with Prof. Marc Lachieze-Rey and of exposition by him on Cartan-Einstein Geometry.

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28th September 2007

Notes and memoranda of a discussion with Marc Lachieze-Rey on Geometric Quantisation and in particular teh role of Kahler manifolds in Geometric approaches to the Structure of Quantum Systems

29th September 2007

Notes and memoranda of further discussions between Prof Marc Lachieze- Rey and Prof. Jose G. Vargas

on Cartan-Einstein Theory, and other topics in the history of Differential Geometry including Cartan’s Torsion-based approach to the further generalisation of relativistic dynamics to provide a framework for Quantum structures.

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30th SEPTEMBER – 2nd OCTOBER 2007

Moscow, The Russian Federation

Transcripts of a Series of  9 Expository Talks by Professor Jose G. VARGAS

Key episodes and turning points in the conceptual development of Differential Geometry

from Riemann and Grassmann to the present : plus other discussions

Talks 1-2  from Gauss and Riemann to Bianchi and Levi-Civita.

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Key episodes and turning points in the conceptual development of Differential Geometry

from Riemann and Grassmann to the present :

Talks 3 – 4  : From Bianchi and Levi-Civita to Elie Cartan and Weyl.

With a parenthesis on the situation c.1917 and the understanding of the general notion of a connection on a manifold

after the work of Levi-Civita.

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Key episodes and turning points in the conceptual development of Differential Geometry

from Riemann and Grassmann to the present :

Talks 5 – 6 : The Achievement of Elie Cartan : The Centrality of his work in settling the conceptual organisation and subsequent broad direction of Differential Geometry

Talks 7 – 8 From the work of Elie Cartan to the present. Kahler and successors.

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Talk 9 : Prof. Vargas’s view of the continuing relevance of the Program formulated by Cartan in 1928-29 and proposed to Einstein, for a completely Geometric Physics incorporating – via Cartan’s proposed treatment of Torsion and Curvature – a proposed geometric interpretation for the origins and nature of the quantum-mechanical wave function.

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OCTOBER 1st – 2nd 2007

Transcript of further remarks by Prof. Jose G. VARGAS on Cartan’s views on the role of Torsion as the source of the wave function, and his propsals for a unified geometric physics encompassing both GR and QM as limited and modified ingredient theories

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Notes of discussion between Prof. Jose G. VARGAS and Dr Domitry G. PAVLOV concerning their respective views of the role within both Physics and Mathematics of the formalism of the Complex Numbers (central for Dr Pavlov’s approach) and that of Clifford Algebras (which for Prof. Vargas subsume and provide the correct generalised setting for the constructions requiring complex magnitudes)

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