The mathematical works of Lars Ahlfors and Lipman Bers are fundamental and have influenced the development of 20th-century mathematics. In the fall of 1994, one year after Ber's death, it was decided among mathematical circles to inaugurate a series of conferences, The Ber Colloquium, to be held every three years. The theme was to be a topic in the Ahlfors-Bers mathematical tradition, broadly interpreted. Ahlfors died a year after the first colloquium; future colloquia in this series will be called The Ahlfors-Bers ...
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The mathematical works of Lars Ahlfors and Lipman Bers are fundamental and have influenced the development of 20th-century mathematics. In the fall of 1994, one year after Ber's death, it was decided among mathematical circles to inaugurate a series of conferences, The Ber Colloquium, to be held every three years. The theme was to be a topic in the Ahlfors-Bers mathematical tradition, broadly interpreted. Ahlfors died a year after the first colloquium; future colloquia in this series will be called The Ahlfors-Bers Colloquium. The first colloquium was held in October 1995 at the Graduate Center, in the City University of New York. It coincided roughly with the second anniversary of Ber's death. There were six lectures and much informal mathematical discussion. This volume contains papers by the speakers and many of the participants. The broad range of papers indicate how strong and far reaching Ber's influence has been.
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