4th LINEAR ALGEBRA WORKSHOP
Bled, Slovenia, 2005, May 16-24
MOTIVATION
Linear algebra is a very interesting branch of mathematics that has lately gained in popularity.
Since many problems are easy to state, it is attracting people of different backgrounds,
although their motivation to work in the area may differ a lot. It is our intention to bring
together people whose motivation for linear algebra comes primarily from problems in operator
theory and algebra, but are willing to learn (or are already familiar with) deeper concepts
from either field that may help solve them. We believe that we should have more time to think
about the problems than to listen to each other's formal talks. So, the workshop would be
organized in an informal way. After a couple of hours of morning talks as a motivation for
our discussions later, we would split into smaller groups to concentrate on our problems.