Stone by stone a wall is built, And each stone must lie square,
Little by little a rose unfolds, And each petal must be fair,
Little by little an idea is built, And day by day it grows,
Stronger at last than a wall of stone and lovelier than a rose

DION 2005


An International Conference on

DIOPHANTINE EQUATIONS

in honour of Professor T.N. Shorey on his 60th Birthday

T.N. Shorey


Venue:    TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH,  Mumbai  India.

Photograph of TIFR (sea view)
 Photograph of TIFR (front view)


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Dates:  December 16, 2005 to  December 20,  2005.

Organising Committee: Dipendra Prasad, R. Parimala, A. Sankaranarayanan, N. Saradha,
T.N. Venkataramana

Abstracts in PDF format

Speakers From Outside India  :

M.A. Bennett ( University of British Columbia, Canada)        
Y. Bugeaud ( Universit Louis Pasteur, France)
M. Fileseta (University of South Carolina, USA)           
K. Győry (University of Debrecen, Hungary)                                 
F. Luca (Instituto de Matematicas UNAM, Mexico)                 
M. Mignotte (Universit Louis Pasteur, France)           
Yu. Nesterenko (Moscow State University,  Russia)     
M. Nori (University of Chicago, USA)                     
Noriko-Hirata Kohno (Nihon University, Japan)
M. Ram Murty (Queen's University, Canada)
A. Schinzel (Warszawa, Poland)
W.M. Schmidt (University of Colorado at Boulder, USA)       
H.M. Stark (University of California, San Diego, USA)
C.L. Stewart (University of Waterloo, Canada)
D. Thakur (University of Arizona, USA)
R.Tijdeman (Leiden University, Netherlands)
 M. Waldschmidt (Universit Pierre et Marie Curie, France)
T. D. Wooley (University of Michigan, USA)
G. Wüstholz (ETH Zentrum, Zürich, Switzerland)
Kunrui Yu (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)

Speakers from India :

S.D. Adhikari (Harish-Chandra Institute, Allahabad)
R. Balasubramanian (Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai)
M. Kulkarni  (Indian Statistical Institute , Bangalore)
A. Mukhopadhyaya  (Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai)
S. Raghavan  (Chennai)
K. Ramachandra (NIAS, Bangalore)
Madhu Raka ( University of Panjab, Chandigarh)
Shanta Laishram (TIFR)
K. Srinivas (Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai)
B. Sury ( Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore)


Conference is open to mathematicians working in Number Theory and allied areas. Interested persons may write to the following e-mail address:

                                      dion2005 /at/ math.tifr.res.in
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Details of  some hotel accommodation in the nearby areas of  TIFR :


Hotel Taj President
                                                                               
Room category                     Single Occupancy    Double occupancy
Standard City View Rooms -     USD 150                    USD170
Sea View Room                         USD155                      USD175
Executive Room                         USD 170                    USD 190
                                                                               
Above rates are subject to applicable govt taxes and are inclusive of buffet
breakfast.
                                                                               
Contact :

Kirti Dhingra
Deputy Sales Manager
Taj President
Tel : (91-22) 5665 0808
Fax: (91-22) 5665 0351
90, Cuff Parade, Mumbai - 400 005, India
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 Hotel Hilton Towers Mumbai

Rate                            :       $140/-
Type of room             :       Superior city view - single
                                                                               
Rate                            :       $150/-+taxes
Type of room             :       Superior city view  - double
                                                                               
Complimentary breakfast valued at Rs.650/-  inclusive of all taxes.
                                                                               
Contact:
Mehar Mistry
Assistant Sales Manager - Trident Hilton
Trident Hilton Sales Office
Hilton Towers Mumbai
Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400 021
India
                                                                               
Tel. : (91-22) 56 32 4343 Ext. 6354
Dir. : (91-22) 56 32 6354
Cellular : (91-22) 98200 94253
Fax. : (91-22) 56 32 6886
E-mail :  mehar.mistry /at/ trident-hilton.com
                                                                            
Worldwide Reservations:  http://www.hilton.com/
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International Centre YWCA
                                                                               
Single room                   : Rs 795
Double room                 : Rs 1495
Double room with A/C : Rs 1748
Triple room Non A/C   : Rs 2117
Triple room with A/C   : Rs 2448
Four room (4 beds)       : Rs 2748
                                                                               
(Bed tea, Breakfast and dinner included only on the first day)
                                                                               
Reservation can be done  a year in advance by paying 1 day room rent

Contact :

Tel : 22025053, 22029161, 22833768.
e-mail : ywcaic /at/ hathway.com
website: ywcabombay.com
Address : 18, Madame Cama Road, Mumbai-400039
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Lecture Schedule

Friday, 16 December, 2005

Registration: 9.15 A.M  to 9.30  A.M

9.30 -10.10 10.15 -10.55
 11-11.30
 11.30-12.10
  12.15-12.55
1-2.30
  2.30-3.10
3.15-3.55
4-4.30
   4.30-5.10
    5.30-6.30
W.M. Schmidt
  M.Mignotte
    Tea
    K. Gyory
   Noriko
Hirata- Kohno
 Lunch
 C.L. Stewart
   K. Yu
   Tea
 Madhu Raka
 Public Lecture
        by
M. Ram Murty

Saturday, 17 December, 2005
            
 9.30-10.10
  10.15-10.55
 11-11.30
 11.30-12.10
 12.15-12.55
 1-2.30
    2.30-3.10
 3.15-3.55
 4-4.30
  4.30-5.10
            6-8
G.Wuestholz
  Dinesh
     Thakur
    Tea
  A.Schinzel
    F.Luca
 Lunch
 M.Waldschmidt
  B.Sury
  Tea
  Manisha
  Kulkarni
      Cultural             Programme
        
Sunday, 18 December, 2005
   9.15-9.55
    10-10.40
   10.45-11.15
      11.15-11.55
          12-12.40
  12.45-1.25
 1.30-2.30
 -
 -
 -
 -
  T. D. Wooley
   S.D. Adhikari      Tea
    A. Sankaranarayanan
      R. Balasubramanian
   K.Ramachandra
   Lunch
 -
 -
 -
 -
:      
Monday, 19 December, 2005
                                                                               
9.30-10.10
 10.15-10.55
 11-11.30
 11.30-12.10
 12.15-12.55
 1-2.30
 2.30-3.30
 3.30-4
      4-5
 5-5.15
 7-
Y.Bugeaud
    Shanta
  Laishram
   Tea
  N. Saradha
  Anirban
Mukhopadhyaya
  Lunch
Yu.Nesterenko
  Tea
  R.Tijdeman
  W.M. Schmidt
  Dinner

Tuesday, 20 December, 2005
9.30-10.10
   10.15-10.55
 11-11.30
     11.30-12.10
 12.15-12.55
 1-2.30
  2.30-3.10
   3.15-3.55
 4-4.30
 4.30-5.10
  5.15-5.30
H. M. Stark
 M. Ram Murty
  Tea
  Anitha Srinivasan
 K. Srinivas
 Lunch
  M. Bennett
  M. Filaseta
  Tea
  M. Nori
   Finale