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Nature 412, 846 (30 August 2001) | doi:10.1038/35091220

...as mathematicians beat retreat to Alberta

Erica Klarreich

North American mathematicians will soon be able to immerse themselves in their thoughts at a purpose-built hideaway high in the Canadian Rockies.When it opens in 2003, the Banff International Research Station will allow invitees to "live, eat and breathe mathematics", says Nassif Ghoussoub, director of the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) in Vancouver.