The program TETE-A-TETE IN RUSSIA: I. Western participant 1) last name Young 2) given name(s) Nicholas 3) citizenship British 4) degree, title(s) D.Phil, Professor 5) affiliation Lancaster University 6) position Professor of Mathematics 7) mailing address Dept of Maths & Stats, Lancaster University, Fylde College, Lancaster University England LA1 4NG 8) e-mail address n.young@lancaster.ac.uk 9) phone number +44 1524 593964 10) FAX number +44 1524 592681 II. Russian participants A. 1) family name Kisliakov 2) given name Serguei 3) patronymic Vital'evich 4) degree, title(s) Doctor of Sciences 5) affiliation PDMI 6) position Leading reseacher 7) mailing address Russia, 191011, Fontanka 27, PDMI 8) e-mail address skis@pdmi.ras.ru 9) phone number (812)312 40 58 10) FAX number (812)310 53 77 B. 1) family name Lykova 2) given name Zinaida 3) patronymic Alexandrovna 4) degree, title(s) Candidat Nauk, Dotsent 5) affiliation Lancaster University (till 1995, Moskovskii Institut Elektroniky i Matematiky) 6) position Honorary Research Fellow 7) mailing address Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University Lancaster LA1 4YF England 8) e-mail address maa032@lancaster.ac.uk 9) phone number +44 1524 66383 (from 23rd June, Moscow 095 392 9871) 10) FAX number +44 1524 592681 III. Subject and form of proposed joint work (a few phrases) I would like to discuss problems of mutual interest relating to operator theory and function theory with analysts of the St. Petersburg school, particularly questions relating to approximation of matrix- and operator- valued functions. Z.Lykova: Cohomology of operator algebras IV. Desired duration 1 week in the period from 29th June to 6th July 1996 Prof. N.Young gave the talk on Monday, 1 July, 15:00: "Functions which are almost multipliers of Hilbert function spaces"