AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:08:56

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Associate secretaries:
Joseph A Cima, AMS cima@email.unc.edu

Friday March 13, 1992, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Geometric Topology, I
Birmingham, Bryant Conference Center
- 9:00 a.m.
  A triple point formula for knotted surface.
  J. Scott Carter*, University of South Alabama
  Masahiko Saito, University of Texas, Austin
  (872-57-47)
- 9:30 a.m.
  3-manifolds with geometric structure and approximate fibrations.
  Robert J. Daverman*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  (872-57-07)
- 10:00 a.m.
  A maximally pathological Brouwer homeomorphism.
  Edward Warwick Daw*, University of California, Los Angeles
  (872-58-110)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Attractors of iterated function systems.
  P. F. Duvall*, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
  L. S. Husch, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  (872-54-28)

Friday March 13, 1992, 2:10 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Special Session on Geometric Topology, II
Birmingham, Bryant Conference Center
- 2:10 p.m.
  Complexes that arise in cohomological dimension theory: A unified approach.
  Jerzy Dydak*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  John J. Walsh, University of California, Riverside
  (872-54-16)
- 2:40 p.m.
  A higher Euler characteristic.
  Ross Geoghegan*, State University of New York, Binghamton
  Andrew Nicas, McMaster University
  (872-57-82)
- 3:10 p.m.
  Arrangements of real algebraic curves.
  Patrick M. Gilmer*, Louisiana State University
  (872-57-06)
- 3:40 p.m.
  Non-collarable ends of 4-manifolds.
  Craig R. Guilbault*, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
  (872-57-50)
- 4:10 p.m.
  A space version of the Bass-Heller-Swan formula.
  Bruce Hughes*, Vanderbilt University
  Stratos Prassidis, Vanderbilt University
  (872-57-40)
- 4:40 p.m.
  Topological characterizations of iterated function systems of [0,1] and covering maps of the 1-sphere.
  P. F. Duvall, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
  L. S. Husch*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  (872-54-27)

Saturday March 14, 1992, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Geometric Topology, III
Birmingham, Bryant Conference Center
- 9:00 a.m.
  The Nielsen number as an isotopy invariant.
  Michael Kelly*, University of Idaho
  (872-57-11)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Nonsmoothable locally linear actions on a contractible 4-manifold.
  S\l awomir Kwasik, Tulane University
  Terry Lawson*, Tulane University
  (872-57-24)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Signature invariants.
  Jerome Levine*, Brandeis University
  (872-57-92)
- 10:30 a.m.
  A formula for the equivariant topological torsion of a fiber homotopy equivalence.
  Stratos Prassidis*, Vanderbilt University
  (872-57-41)

Saturday March 14, 1992, 2:10 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Special Session on Geometric Topology, IV
Birmingham, Bryant Conference Center
- 2:10 p.m.
  Universal compacta for dimension theories.
  Leonard R. Rubin*, University of Oklahoma
  (872-54-38)
- 2:40 p.m.
  Augmented group systems and n-knots.
  Daniel S. Silver*, University of South Alabama
  (872-57-70)
- 3:10 p.m.
  Cell-like images and UV^m groups.
  Gerard A. Venema*, Calvin College
  (872-57-15)
- 3:40 p.m.
  Some extension properties of homeomorphism groups of compact surfaces.
  James E. West*, Cornell University
  (872-57-128)
- 4:10 p.m.
  Locally flat surfaces in the complex projective plane.
  Ronnie Lee, Yale University
  Dariusz M. Wilczynski*, University of Notre Dame
  (872-57-127)
- 4:40 p.m.
  Supersignature and the unknotting number.
  J\"ozef H. Przytycki*, University of California, Riverside
  Pawel Traczyk, University of Warszawski, Poland
  (872-57-135)

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