I'm probably the only person in the world who doesn't already know about this, but just in case, the URL is http://web.usna.navy.mil/~wdj/talk98_30.htm Nina ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Preliminary information on Conference on Coding theory, Cryptology, and Number Theory version 9-14-98 Place: USNA Math Dept Time: October 25, 26 of 1998 Coding theory and crypology/number theory will be on Sunday the 25th, including talks by Carl Pomerance and Neil Sloane. More crypology/number theory on Monday and then Prof Hilton will speak Monday night the 26th. Main speakers: Peter Hilton, SUNY Binghamton (Oct 26th, 7-8pm) Carl Pomerance, U Georgia (Oct 25th, noon?) Neil Sloane, AT&T Research Labs (Oct 24th, 4-5pm?) Other speakers will probably be local: Bill Wardlaw (USNA), some speakers from NSA, etc. All material will be unclassified. We will try to have midshipman in attendence. This conference is being supported by a generous grant from the NSA. -- David Joyner, Assoc Prof of Math US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 21402 (410)293-6738 wdj@nadn.navy.mil http://web.usna.navy.mil/~wdj/homepage.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "A Mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems." Alfred Renyi