\documentstyle{article} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \begin{center} \large\bf Conference on Commutative Algebra\\ to the Memory of Professor Hideyuki Matsumura\\ \normalsize Nagoya, Japan\\ August 26--28, 1996\\ \large\bf First Announcement \end{center} \thispagestyle{empty} Professor Hideyuki Matsumura passed away in August 1995. To the memory of Professor Matsumura, S. Mukai and M. Hashimoto at Nagoya University are planning to organize \begin{tabbing}\bf \hspace{4mm}\=Conference on Commutative Algebra to the Memory of\\ \>Professor Hideyuki Matsumura\\ \>Nagoya, Japan\\ \>August 26--28, 1996. \end{tabbing} Conference will start in the morning of August~26, and end in the late afternoon of August~28. Unfortunately, there are still unsolved financial problems. There will be no conference fee for participants from outside of Japan. At this moment, the following mathematicians are planning to join the program: \begin{tabbing} \hspace {4mm}\=L. Avramov (Purdue, U.S.A.)\\ \>W. Bruns (Osnabr\"uck, Germany)\\ \>D. Buchsbaum (Brandeis, U.S.A.)\\ \>D. Eisenbud (Brandeis, U.S.A.)\\ \>A. Geramita (Queens, Canada)\\ \>J. Herzog (Essen, Germany)\\ \>C. Rotthaus (Michigan, U.S.A.)\\ \>R. Sharp (Sheffield, U.K.)\\ \>G. Valla (Genova, Italy)\\ \>W. Vogel (Massey, New Zealand) \end{tabbing} Persons interested to participate are asked to take a contact to the following address as soon as possible in order to obtain more details. \begin{tabbing} E-mail\=: {\tt hasimoto@math.nagoya-u.ac.jp}\\ Mail\>: Nagoya University College of Medical Technology\\ \> ~~1--1--20 Daikominami, Higashi-ku, Nagoya 461~~~~~JAPAN\\ FAX\>: (+81) 52--723--0290\\ \end{tabbing} Please specify your postal address, fax number and E-mail address. Information about registration, accommodation, and others will be distributed before the end of March. Please distribute this announcement to any interested person. \end{document}