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commalg.org is a website devoted to the collection and dissemination of information relevant to the commutative algebra community.

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From Irena Swanson and Craig Huneke: The book "Integral Closure of Ideals, Rings, and Modules", by Craig Huneke and Irena Swanson, is now available online at http://www.reed.edu/~iswanson/book. From the AMS: HENRI CARTAN, 1904-2008 Henri Cartan, one of the outstanding mathematicians of the twentieth century, died August 13 at the age of 104. Cartan, the son of mathematician Elie Cartan, was one of the founding members of the Bourbaki group and made important contributions to many areas of mathematics, including complex analysis, algebraic topology, and homological algebra. He co-authored Homological Algebra with Samuel Eilenberg and ran the Seminaire Cartan in Paris from 1948 to 1964. Cartan was elected to more than a dozen academies in Europe, the U.S., and Japan, and received the Wolf Prize in 1980. In addition to his work in mathematics, he is also known for his efforts to promote human rights and for restoring relations between mathematicians in France and Germany after World War II. More about Cartan's life and work is in "Interview with Henri Cartan" by Allyn Jackson in the August 1999 Notices. Also Manuel Blickle has posted some photos from the recent conference in honor of Mel Hochster. Update 28 August: We have learned that Masayoshi Nagata passed away on 27th August at the age of 81. Our thoughts are with his friends and family. More recent news from the commalg community.

Information on commalg.org is collected in five areas:

1. Conference Announcements. Information about upcoming conferences that focus, at least partially, on commutative algebra. Use this form to submit a conference announcement. Imminent conferences can be found in the right sidebar.

2. News. General information about the commalg community not included in the sections above. Examples of news include, but are not restricted to, announcements of awards being made to commutative algebraists and photos from conferences being posted. Use this form to submit news to be posted.

3. Links to People in the Commalg Community. Webpages and/or contact information for commutative algebraists. If you are an active commutative algebraist who is not on the list, or if you would like your information changed, click here to let us know. At the moment we are only listing graduate students who are finishing soon or who have research, preprints or papers on the web.

4. Other Links. Institutions that are relevant to the mathematical community in general or to the commalg community in particular. For example, links to certain mathematical journals and some Computer Algebra Systems can be found there. Use this form to submit information about a relevant link we may have overlooked.

5. Frequently Asked Questions. Answers to questions about commalg.org. If you have a question that is not answered there, feel free to contact .