American Mathematical Society

Mark E. Mahowald

Eric M. Friedlander

During 1991-1992, Northwestern University conducted a special emphasis year on the topic, 'The connections between topology and representation theory'. Activities over the year culminated in a conference in May 1992 which attracted over 120 participants. Most of the plenary lectures at the conference were expository and designed to introduce current trends to graduate students and nonspecialists familiar with algebraic topology. This volume contains refereed papers presented or solicited at the conference; one paper is based on a seminar given during the emphasis year.

Conference on the Connections Between Topology and Representation Theory, May 1-5, 1992, Northwestern University

Topology and Representation Theory

Conference on Homotopy Theory

Stewart Priddy

The academic year 1996-97 was designated as a special year in Algebraic Topology at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL). In addition to guest lecturers and special courses, an international conference was held entitled ""Current trends in algebraic topology with applications to algebraic geometry and physics"". The series of plenary lectures included in this volume indicate the great breadth of the conference and the lively interaction that took place among various areas of mathematics. Original research papers were submitted, and all submissions were refereed to the usual journal standards. It features a paper prepared by C. Rezk on the Hopkins-Miller theorem, and a set of problems presented at a special problem session held at the conference.

Mark E. Mahowald

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