Topology 2003

Colloquium on General and Set-Theoretic Topology
dedicated to the 60th birthday of Istvan Juhasz

Budapest, Hungary

from 8 to 13 August, 2003

Basic information

The János Bolyai Mathematical Society, the Alfréd Renyi Institute of Mathematics and the Paul Erdős Summer Research Center of Mathematics are organizing a Colloquium on general and set-theoretical topology in the period of August, 8-13, 2003 in Budapest, Hungary. The conference is dedicated to the 60th birthday of István Juhász.

Organizing Committee:: Á. Császár (cochairman), A.Hajnal (chairman), J. Gerlits, E. Makkai, G. Sági, L. Soukup (secretary), Z. Szentmiklóssy
E-mail:: top2003@renyi.hu
Snail mail:: JÁNOS BOLYAI MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY,; Budapest, Fö utca 68.,; H-1027, Hungary

Invited main speakers

A. V. Archangelskii (Athens, OH)
A. Dow (Charlton, NC)
K. Kunen (Madison)
J. van Mill (Amsterdam)
S. Shelah (Jerusalem)
W. A. R. Weiss (Toronto)

Abstracts
Schedule
Registration fee
How to register
Registration
Location
Accommodation
Social programs
Other useful information

Registration fee
The registration fee for participants is EUR 130, if payed by June 10, 2003 (EUR 150 after the deadline). For non-academic accompanying persons the fee is EUR 60 (USD 80 after the deadline). Please, send certified check, bank draft, money order (but not a personal check) covering the registration fee made payable to the János Bolyai Mathematical Society to the address of: János Bolyai Mathematical Society, Budapest, Fő utca 68., H-1027. Hungary.

How to register
We strongly advise to go to our registration form: http://static.renyi.hu/conferences/top2003/conferences/top2003/regform.html, fill in the form, then click the button SEND. Another possibility is to download the text version of registration form from ftp://ftp.renyi.hu/pub/setop/top2003/regform.txt and send it to us by e-mail to top2003@renyi.hu or by snail mail. The TeX version can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.renyi.hu/pub/setop/top2003/regform.tex

Location

The conference takes place in the Alfréd Rény Institute of Mathematics.

How to come to the Institute:

The Institute is situated in downtown Budapest, at 13-15 Reáltanoda St, in the proximity of several underground stations and bus stops. If you take underground line No. 2 (red), get off at Astoria. Walk past the main entrance of Hotel Astoria in Kossuth Lajos St., then take the first side-street on the left, which is Magyar St. Then Reáltanoda St. will be the first on the right. Once there, you can't miss the building of the Institute, painted in orange (for a photo click here. ) If you take underground line 3 (blue), get off at Ferenciek tere. Walk out of the tube station and take the exit which is behind you on the left. Then continue straight ahead on the left side of the street, walking past the church and Restaurant Kárpátia. Reáltanoda Street will be the first on the left. If you take trams Nos. 47 or 49, get off at Astoria and continue as above. Buses 7, 7A or 7-173 stop both at Astoria and at Ferenciek tere. location

Public transport in Budapest In Budapest, there is a great variety of public transport: underground (metro), buses, trams, even trolleys. Passengers taking any of them should use pre-purchased tickets that should be validated at the beginning of the journey (in the underground at the entrance, otherwise on the bus/tram etc.) The price of a single ticket (valid for any form of transport for one journey of arbitrary length) is 125 HUF. You can buy blocks of 10 or 20 tickets which are somewhat cheaper than buying just single tickets; a block can be used by several people but tickets in the block must remain together and must not be torn out (otherwise you'll get fined). There are also monthly passes but they are worth buying only for those staying for at least a month and are regularly using public transport. If you are taking the underground for a journey of at most 3 stations, you can buy a Metro Section Ticket whose current price is 80 HUF. You can buy seven-day travel-card for 2350 HUF.

Accommodation.

We can arrange accommodation in CEU Residence and Conference Center. The price is EUR 45 for a night in a single room, 40 EUR in a double room and 30 EUR in a triple room. You are expected to pay after arrival at the registration desk. Unfortunately, we can not accept credit cards. You can visit CEU center photo gallery.

Location

The address of Ceu Center is Kerepesi ut 87, Budapest, Hungary
Phone: (36-1) 327-3150
Fax: (36-1) 327-3169
A map helping to locate Ceu Center can be found here: http://www.ceucenter.hu/map.html

How to get to CEU Residence and Conference Center?

By air You will be landing at Budapest Ferihegy airport. There are three possibilities coming to Ceu Center.

By Airport Minibus Service. We recommend this possibility because it is convenient, reliable and definitely cheaper than taxi. The Minibus Service works as follows. They collect 6-8 passengers and (similarly to ordinary taxi) every passenger will be transported to his/her individual address. A disadvantage is that one should wait till the other passengers have been collected, usually this requires 10-20 minutes. You may buy your minibus ticket already in the baggage reclaim area or in the arrival hall. The price of a ticket is 2100 HUF which doesn't depend on the address you want to go in Budapest. You may buy round trip ticket which costs 3600 HUF. If you have a round trip (return) ticket, when you leave Budapest, the Minibus Service will pick up you at your hotel (or at any point in Budapest you want) and will transfer you to the airport. If you buy a return ticket then you should call the Minibus Service 2-3 days before your departure and you should tell your address, the exact date and time when your flight start and the number of the airport terminal you want to go. The phone number of the Minibus Service is: 296-8555.
By taxi. One can find taxis near the airport. This is the most convenient but most expensive possibility. There are several different taxi companies in Budapest and their prices vary on a large scale. The estimated price of renting a taxi from the airport to Ceu Center is approximately 5000 HUF, but it may be even more expensive.
By public transportation. One can buy tickets in the airport and in the metro (subway) stations. Please notice that these tickets should be validated when you get into any public vehicle or when you enter to the territory of metro (subway) stations. Please keep the validated tickets till the end of your travel because the controllers may check them at any time. The price of one ticket is 125 HUF, the price of 10 tickets is 1150 HUF and the price of 20 tickets is 2150 HUF. To go from the airport to Ceu Center please buy (at least) 4 tickets,and
- at the airport get into Bus no. 93 and go to the last station called "Kobanya-Kispest".
- The metro station can be found near the bus station. This is the last station of metro line M3, so one can travel one direction only. By metro go till "Deak Ter".
- At station "Deak Ter", when you get step off your metro, go DOWNSTAIRS, go through the corridor (in the corridor please don't forget to validate a new ticket), and go downstairs again to reach metro line M2. By metro M2 go till the last station in the direction "Ors vezer tere".
- Leave the metro station, go downstairs, go through the underground passage (don't turn left or right) and go upstairs. Turn left and go to the direction of the blue building of IKEA until reaching one of the stations of bus lines "red 44" or "black 45". We would like to call your attention, that "red 44A" and "black 144" are all different bus lines. Finally, you should go till station "Pilisi utca", which is the first stop of bus no. "red 44" and simultaneously the third stop of bus no. "black 45".
- Here you will see a big yellow building in front of you, this building is the Ceu Center.

Ceu Center can be accessed from other points of Budapest as follows.

By taxi. One can find taxi's anywhere in the streets or one can order a taxi by a phone call. There are several companies, the phone numbers of two reliable companies are 211-1111 and 377-7777.
By public transportation. One can buy tickets in the metro (subway) stations. Please notice that these tickets should be validated when you get into any public vehicle or when you enter to the territory of metro (subway) stations. Please keep the validated tickets till the end of your travel because the controllers may check them at any time. The price of one ticket is 125 HUF, the price of 10 tickets is 1150 HUF and the price of 20 tickets is 2150 HUF.
- By metro M2 go to "Ors Vezer Tere" (this is the last station).
- Leave the metro station, go downstairs, go through the underground passage (don't turn left or right) and go upstairs. Turn left and go to the direction of the blue building of IKEA until reaching one of the stations of bus lines "red 44" or "black 45". We would like to call your attention, that "red 44A" and "black 144" are all different bus lines. Finally, you should go till station "Pilisi utca", which is the first stop of bus no. "red 44" and simultaneously the third stop of bus no. "black 45".
- Here you will see a big yellow building in front of you, this building is the Ceu Center.