Professor Simon Ruijsenaars, Centre for Mathematics and Computer 

Science, Amsterdam, is a Leverhulme Visiting Professor at the Department of Mathematical Sciences at

Loughborough University.  There will be three visits.  The first is

May 1 - June 30, 2006.   Professor Ruijsenaars will give two 

Leverhulme lectures entitled

On the crossroads of integrable systems,analytic difference equations, special functions and Hilbert space.

The lectures will be at 3pm on June 15 and 16 in room RT037 of the

Sir Frank Gibb Buildinge at the western endof

Loughborough University campus The first lecture will be a general 

overview and the second lecture will be a simple case study.  Both 

lectures will be colloquium style.  He will then give a series of 

lectures on integrable systems over the next two weeks.  All

lectures will be accessible to PhD students.  Lectures in the two subsequent

visits will elaborate on analytic difference equations/special functions 

and Hilbert space aspects, respectively.

For more information, please contact Rod Halburd (R.G.Halburd@lboro.ac.uk)

R. G. Halburd

Department of Mathematical Sciences             Office: w.1.61

Loughborough University                          Phone: + 44 1509 223 188

Loughborough Leicestershire LE11 3TU        Fax: + 44 1509 223 969

   http://www-staff.lboro.ac.uk/~margh