AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:08:58

Program | Deadlines | Inquiries: meet@ams.org

Associate secretaries:
Lance W Small, AMS lwsmall@ucsd.edu

Saturday November 7, 1992, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Finite and Algebraic Groups, I
Room 144, Kaprielian Hall
- 8:30 a.m.
  The 1-cohomology of simple modules for the group of type F_4 in characteristic 2.
  Peter Sin*, University of Florida
  (877-20-05)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Minimal character degrees.
  Geoffrey Robinson*, University of Florida
  (877-20-102)
- 9:30 a.m.
  A generalization of the conjugation character of a finite group.
  Shahriar Shahriari*, Pomona College
  (877-20-101)
- 10:00 a.m.
  2-modular embeddings of monster geometries.
  Stephen D. Smith*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  (877-20-04)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Group actions on finite collapsible simplicial complexes.
  Yoav Segev*, California Institute of Technology
  (877-20-103)

Saturday November 7, 1992, 3:00 p.m.-6:20 p.m.
Special Session on Finite and Algebraic Groups, II
Room 144, Kaprielian Hall
- 3:00 p.m.
  Subgroups of exceptional algebraic groups.
  Martin Liebeck, Imperial College, England
  Gary M. Seitz*, University of Oregon
  (877-20-41)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Overgroups of irreducible linear groups.
  Benjamin J. Ford*, University of Oregon
  (877-20-85)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Nagata's example.
  Robert Steinberg*, University of California, Los Angeles
  (877-20-32)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Representations of quantum groups at a root of unity and of semisimple groups in prime characteristic: Independence of p.
  Henning Haahr Andersen, Aarhus University, Denmark
  Jens C. Jantzen*, University of Oregon
  Wolfgang Soergel, Max-Plank Institute for Mathematics, Germany
  (877-20-84)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Double cosets and clefs.
  Ross Lawther*, California Institute of Technology
  (877-20-116)
- 5:30 p.m.
  On the irreducibility of symmetric squares.
  Kay Magaard*, Wayne State University
  Donna Testerman, Wesleyan University
  (877-20-08)
- 6:00 p.m.
  Large rank subgroups of finite and algebraic simple groups.
  M. Liebeck, Imperial College, England
  J. Saxl, Cambridge University, England
  D. Testerman*, Wesleyan University
  (877-20-42)

Sunday November 8, 1992, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Finite and Algebraic Groups, III
Room 144, Kaprielian Hall
- 8:30 a.m.
  Extending Steinberg characters.
  Walter Feit*, Yale University
  (877-20-44)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Realizable sequences of partitions.
  John G. Thompson*, University of Cambridge, England
  (877-20-03)
- 9:30 a.m.
  GL_n(q) and PU_n(q^2) as Galois groups over under barred Q.
  H. Ve\"olklein*, University of Florida
  (877-20-06)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Long maximal subgroups of linear groups.
  Douglas Brozovic, University of North Texas
  Ron Solomon*, Ohio State University, Columbus
  (877-20-33)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Sporadic groups of even and p type.
  Richard Lyons*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
  Daniel Gorenstein, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
  (877-20-36)

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