Subject: 41 st session of "SLC"

FOURTH ANNOUNCEMENT :

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The 41st session of the Seminaire Lotharingien de Combinatoire
organized by the university of Marne-La-Vallee will be held in 

            Domaine Saint-Jacques,

            F-67530 Ottrott, France
 
            (near Saint-Nabor)

            Tel. : +33-3 88 95 82 59, Fax. : +33-3 88 95 94 40


from Sunday 15 March 1998 (evening) to Wednesday 18 March 1998 (afternoon).


- Participants are expected to arrive for dinner on Sunday and leave
  after lunch on Wednesday.

- The Domaine Saint-Jacques is located near Saint-Nabor in the Vosges
  mountains in Alsace. The closest train station is Obernai,
  but Strasbourg is not very far away and probably better connected
  to international traffic. Please mention on your registration form if
  you need a lift from Strasbourg to Domaine Saint-Jacques.

- The main speakers of this session will be

   - Peter Paule from Linz,
       "Hypergeometric sums and multisums: tuning the WZ engine",

   - Peter Littelmann from Strasbourg,
       "Crystals, paths and polytopes".

  There will be time for a limited number of talks by participants
  (about 20 minutes each talk).

- Participants will be housed in the Domaine Saint-Jacques in
  double rooms or in single rooms. The rates are the following: 

  - On a double occupancy basis: 1 250 FRF (board and lodging) per person
    (three days).
  - On a single occupancy basis: 1 400 FRF (board and lodging) per person
    (three days).


List of participants (as of 18 Feb 1998):
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Augsburg: Hachenberger D.,
Bayreuth: Kerber A., Kohnert A.,
Caen: Leclerc B., Leidwanger S.,
Erlangen: Koenig R., Meyn H., Strehl V.,
Graz: Fripertinger H.,
Heidelberg: Gropp H.,
Essen: Fleischmann. P.,
Linz: Paule P., 
Marne La Vallee: Berstel J., Desarmenien J., Gauthier B., Perrin D.,
                 Picon P.-A., Lapointe L., Lascoux A., Morse J.,
                 Thibon J.-Y., Toumazet F., Ung B.-C.-V.,
Nancy: Giorgetti A.,
Poitiers: Van Leeuwen M.,
Strasbourg: Belaga E., Foata D., Han G., Jouanolou J.-P., Littelmann P.,
Valenciennes: Gaudier H.,


Get registered by using the form available on the slc web site
at this URL:   http://cartan.u-strasbg.fr:80/~slc/

For any information send email to

                             slc@univ-mlv.fr

J. Desarmenien