This mini course
is organized by the Department of Mathematics in Lens, and it is
in part supported by the Fédération de Recherche Mathématique du Nord Pas de
Calais FR 2956. The program includes two research
courses and four 1-hour talks given by young researchers:
Course 1: Torsors and infinite
dimensional Lie theory
P. Gille (ENS, Paris)
A. Pianzola (University of Alberta)
Course 2: The birational geometry of
quadrics
B. Totaro (Cambridge University)
Talks:
Olivier Haution (Université Paris 6): Adams
operations and the first Steenrod square
Alexander Steinmetz (Université Paris XI): Torsors
over the Laurent polynomial ring in two variables over C
Tim Wouters (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven): Suslin's
invariant in positive characteristic
Kirill Zainoulline (Universitaet Muenchen): Towards
motivic classification of algebras with orthogonal
involutions