This volume contains 18 research papers on algebraic geometry, algebraic number theory and algebraic groups. Two summarized surveys on Arthur''s invariant trace formula and the representation theory of quantum linear groups by K F Lai and Jian-Pan Wang respectively are included.

This volume contains 18 research papers on algebraic geometry, algebraic number theory and algebraic groups. Two summarized surveys on Arthur''s invariant trace formula and the representation theory of quantum linear groups by K F Lai and Jian-Pan Wang respectively are included.