Third announcement: March 10, 2006.
THE 56th
SÉMINAIRE LOTHARINGIEN DE COMBINATOIRE
(Wien, Erlangen, Marne-la-Vallée)
will take place at the
Haus Schönenberg
Schönenberg 40
D-73479 Ellwangen
Germany
Tel.: +49-7961-9193-0, Fax.: +49-7961-9193-33
from Sunday, April 9, 2006 (evening) to Wednesday April
12, 2006 (afternoon).
Participants are expected to arrive for the dinner on Sunday and leave
after lunch on Wednesday.
The Haus Schönenberg
is located along the train line from
Stuttgart to Nürnberg, and is also easily reachable via the Autobahn A7,
see the
map.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
The main speakers of this session will be:
Thomas Müller
(Queen Mary, University of London)
"Character
Theory of Symmetric Groups, Subgroup Growth of Fuchsian Groups,
and Random Walks"
and
Carsten Schneider
(RISC, Johannes Kepler Universität, Linz)
"Symbolic Summation Assists Combinatorics"
There will be time for a limited number of talks by participants (about 25
minutes each talk). Here is the tentative
list of talks.
ACCOMMODATION
Participants will be housed in the Haus Schönenberg in double
rooms or in single rooms. The rates are not yet fixed, but will
be roughly 65-70 Euro (board and lodging) per person (per day).
HOW TO GET THERE?
-
If you come by car, then take highway A7 between Crailsheim
and Ulm and leave it at exit "Ellwangen". Follow the signs
to Ellwangen, but on the road to Ellwangen you will very soon
find indications (to the right) to "Schönenberg" - and you
are almost there. The Bildungshaus, where SLC takes place,
is next to the big church. You can't miss it. There is ample
space for parking available.
- If you come by train, for most of you the best thing is to
first go to Stuttgart and then take the train (direction
Aalen-Nürnberg) to Ellwangen. There are many trains, even on sundays.
It takes exactly one hour from Stuttgart to Ellwangen if you
have a direct connection, a little longer if you have to change
at Aalen. You may check with
http://www.bahn.de
for finding a convenient connection. Beware: if you enter
"Ellwangen" as your destination then the system will complain that
this is not sufficient information for starting a search because
on non-uniqueness. Don't panic: hit the search button a second
time without changing the data, then you will get the required
information.
Once arrived at Ellwangen you can take a taxi which brings you
to Haus Schönenberg in a few minutes. You may also call
Haus Schönenberg (07961-9193-0) and we will try to find somebody
to pick you up from the railway station. If you tell us in advance
when you will arrive I can probably arrange for a shuttle bus.
Well, there is also the alternative of walking uphill to the
Schönenberg, but though this is a nice walk, beware: the last part
of the ascent is very steep and you probably won't enjoy lifting
your luggage to the top.
REGISTRATION
You can use one of the following ways to register :
QUESTIONS
For questions get in touch with
Christian
Krattenthaler (email: 
).