DESCRIPTION OF THE CONFERENCE

The aim of the conference is to explain the formulation of the Tamagawa number conjecture, and the proof of this conjecture for Dirichlet motives. The background necessary for the formulation of the conjecture will be explained by the main speakers (see below).
There will also be talks by the participants (model: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Oberwolfach - thus, the subjects of these talks are fixed by the organizers). The talks by the participants will provide certain details of the general theory entering the proof for Dirichlet motives. Preferably, the speakers will not be experts in the field.
Graduate students and post-docs are particularly encouraged to participate. Part of the program of the DEA 2001/02 at Paris 13 is devoted to the preparation of this conference.

Detailed instructions for the talks will be made available in January 2002.

MAIN SPEAKERS

K. Bannai (Nagoya), D. Benois (Bordeaux), C. Breuil (Orsay), J.I. Burgos (Barcelona),
S. Howson (Nottingham), A. Huber (Leipzig), M. Levine (Northeastern),
F. Morel (Jussieu), T. Saito (Tokyo), A. Schmidt (Heidelberg), A. Shiho (Tohoku),
M. Spiess (Nottingham), O. Venjakob (Heidelberg).

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Organizers: G. Kings (Regensburg), J. Wildeshaus (Paris 13).