AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:09:12

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Associate secretaries:
Andy R Magid, AMS amagid@ou.edu

Friday March 25, 1994, 9:20 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Quantum Topology, I
Room 145, Cardwell
- 9:20 p.m.
  Finite-dimensional ribbon Hopf algebras and 3-manifold invariants.
  Louis H. Kauffman*, University of Illinois at Chicago
  (891-57-178)
- 10:10 p.m.
  Invariants of plane algebraic curves and representations of the braid groups.
  A. Libgober*, University of Illinois at Chicago
  (891-57-209)

Friday March 25, 1994, 3:00 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
Special Session on Quantum Topology, II
Room 145, Cardwell
- 3:00 p.m.
  Discussion
- 3:50 p.m.
  Isotopy classes of braid movies form a braided monoidal 2-category.
  J. Scott Carter*, University of South Alabama
  Masahico Saito, University of Texas, Austin
  (891-57-152)
- 4:40 p.m.
  Some new aspects of 4-dimensional braid theory.
  J. Scott Carter, University of South Alabama
  Masahico Saito*, University of Texas, Austin
  (891-57-151)
- 5:30 p.m.
  Integral formulae for Drinfeld's associator.
  Xiao-Song Lin*, Institute for Advanced Study
  (891-57-203)

Saturday March 26, 1994, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Quantum Topology, III
Room 145, Cardwell
- 8:30 a.m.
  The combinatorics of Yang-Baxter type equations.
  Ruth J. Lawrence*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  (891-57-163)
- 9:20 a.m.
  On Kauffman's knot invariants arising from finite-dimensional Hopf algebras.
  David E. Radford*, University of Illinois, Chicago
  (891-57-140)
- 10:10 a.m.
  Topological constructions of quasitriangular Hopf algebras.
  Kenneth J. Ferguson*, University of Southern California
  (891-57-179)

Saturday March 26, 1994, 3:00 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
Special Session on Quantum Topology, IV
Room 145, Cardwell
- 3:00 p.m.
  Finite degree invariants and satellites.
  Stephen Sawin*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  (891-57-57)
- 3:50 p.m.
  Higher algebraic structures in gauge theory.
  John C. Baez*, University of California, Riverside
  (891-57-216)
- 4:40 p.m.
  H_1(M^3) and its skein module quantizations.
  J\'ozef H. Przytycki*, Odense University, Denmark
  (891-57-180)
- 5:30 p.m.
  Extended loops: A new framework for quantizing gravity.
  Jorge Pullin*, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
  (891-57-107)

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