[DMANET] Workshop on the Lonely Runner Conjecture, October 6-9, 2026 (Rostock, Germany)

We are delighted to announce an international workshop entitled "The Lonely Runner Conjecture: From Early Insights to Current Trends and Future Directions" The event will take place at the University of Rostock, Germany from October 6-9, 2026 (noon to noon), and it celebrates more than six decades of research on the Lonely Runner Conjecture. It aims to bridge past achievements with the current exciting developments, bringing together experts from various areas, such as Diophantine Approximation, Graph Coloring, Geometry of Numbers, Discrete Mathematics, Additive Combinatorics. There is no participation fee, but it is necessary to register for the workshop before July 1, 2026. Limited travel funds for young researchers are available upon request during the registration. More information about the event and the registration form can be found at the workshop's website: https://www.mathematik.uni-rostock.de/mathopt/lonely-runner-workshop/ Participants are invited to propose contributed talks in close connection to the topic of the workshop. We are looking forward to seeing you in Rostock, Thomas Kalinowski Romanos Malikiosis Achill Schürmann Matthias Schymura ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The * original sender, however, is invited to prepare an * update of the replies received and to communicate it * via DMANET. * * DISCRETE MATHEMATICS AND ALGORITHMS NETWORK (DMANET) * http://www.zaik.uni-koeln.de/AFS/publications/dmanet/ * **********************************************************