Dear Conference Participants,

This is the third and perhaps final email announcement for the SERMON 2005 
conference.  A tentative schedule of talks is now available at:

http://www.math.sc.edu/~filaseta/SERMON2005/SERMON2005talks.pdf

Alf van der Poorten has indicated that he will not be able to make it to
the conference.  We have invited Florian Luca to give a 50 minute talk
in his place.  We currently have a total of 22 twenty minute talks in addition 
to the 50 minute talk by Trevor Wooley on Friday and the 50 minute talk
by Florian Luca on Saturday.  Thus, the schedule is rather tight, with talks 
starting at 8:45 a.m. on Saturday and at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday (and with 
coffee and doughnuts available beforehand).  I have tried to abide by 
all requests for times.  If anyone has a strong preference not to talk at 
the time scheduled, please let me know ASAP.  Also, if you would still like 
to give a talk and have not submitted an abstract, let me know.  We can 
probably add to the Sunday schedule but also may be able to fit someone in 
if there is a cancellation.

Note that Trevor Wooley is speaking from 4:30-5:20 on Friday.  All talks
including Trevor's will be in LeConte, room 412 (on the fourth floor).   
Immediately following Trevor's talk, there will be a gathering on 
the fourth floor of LeConte in the Wyman Williams Room, which should 
be easy to find (two doors to the right of room 412).  This is also where
coffee and doughnuts will be on Saturday and Sunday.  The departmental
gathering should end around 6:30.  The SERMON Friday night social will
be at Bob Murphy's house at 2732 Heyward Street (phone: 803-254-5941); 
you can come any time after 6:30.  You do not need to eat beforehand.  
Directions can be found at:

http://www.math.sc.edu/~murphy/housedirections.html

Parking decals went out last Friday to all those who requested them.  Again, 
the decals are strictly for use on Friday.  Parking in campus lots over
the weekend does not require a decal.  If you requested a decal, you should 
have also received an email this past weekend noting that the decal was sent.  
There is also an option to park in the Pendleton Garage on the corner of 
Pendleton and Pickens; use the Pickens Street entrance.  In the garage, you 
will find metered parking that you can use (there are also reserved parking 
spots that you should not use).  Parking in the garage or in other metered 
parking has the advantage of allowing you to park closer to LeConte (where 
the talks are).  

We look forward to seeing everyone at the conference.  

From the Organizers:

Michael Filaseta     filaseta@math.sc.edu
Bob Murphy           murphy@math.sc.edu
Ognian Trifonov      trifonov@math.sc.edu
Gang Yu              yu@math.sc.edu