This workshop is a joint effort of both special semesters that will be held concurrently at MSRI, Foundations of computational mathematics and Symbolic computation in geometry and analysis. The organisers are

	Jean-Pierre Dedieu	(madedieu@math.cityu.edu.hk)
	Marie-Francoise Roy	(costeroy@univ-rennes1.fr)
	Mike Shub	(mshub@us.ibm.com)
	Bernd Sturmfels	(bernd@kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp)

Mornings will comprise of the following lectures,

	D. Bini (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa):
	"Numerical approximation of polynomial roots"
	W. Decker (Universität des Saarlands):
	"Primary decomposition: The state of the art"
	J.-C. Faugere (Université Paris VI):
	"New generations of Gröbner basis algorithms"
	L. Gonzales-Vega (Universidad Santander):
	"Polynomial systems in industry: some concrete examples"
	T.-Y. Li (Michigan State University):
	"Polyhedral homotopies"
	J.-P. Merlet (INRIA, Nice):
	"Applications to mechanism theory, molecular chemistry and signal processing"
	L.M. Pardo (Universidad Santander):
	"Symbolic solving: getting closer to the barrier"
	S. Smale (City University of Hong Kong):
	"Some aspects of complexity for equation solving"
	F. Sottile (University of Toronto):
	"Schubert calculus and control theory"
	M. Todd (Cornell University):
	"Designing efficient homotopy algorithms using Riemannian geometry"

with additional lectures and software demonstrations during the afternoons. Please contact the organisers if you are interested in presenting a lecture.

To apply for financial support: A limited amount of funding is available for partial support for people wishing to attend. Students, recent Ph.D.'s, women, and minorities are particularly encouraged to apply. To apply for funding, send a letter explaining your interest in the workshop, together with a vita or bibliography and a budget for travel/living expenses. If you are a student, also solicit a letter from a faculty advisor. All information should be received by June 19, 1998.

MSRI will send hotel information, whatever program information is available at that time, and replies to requests for funding one month after the application deadline. This information is also available from the workshop web page.

For more information:
Communications about this workshop should be sent either by email to solvsys@msri.org or by regular mail to

Solving Systems of Equations
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1000 Centennial Drive
Berkeley, CA 94720-5070
USA