AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:09:30

Program | Deadlines | Inquiries: meet@ams.org

Associate secretaries:
Robert J Daverman, AMS daverman@math.utk.edu

Friday April 19, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-4:35 p.m.
Special Session on Fixed Point Theory and Dynamical Systems, I
Room 127, A. P. Tureaud Building
Organizers:
Michael R. Kelly, Loyola University
- 2:15 p.m.
  The topology of the boundaries of Siegel disks of polynomials.
  James T. Rogers, Jr.*, Tulane University
  (911-58-98)
- 2:45 p.m.
  Dynamically defined function spaces.
  Paul A. Fabel*, Mississippi State University
  (911-57-161)
- 3:15 p.m.
  A proof of the Arnold conjecture for homeomorphisms of orientable two dimensional closed manifolds.
  Edward E. Slaminka*, Auburn University, Auburn
  (911-58-254)
- 3:45 p.m.
  Parametrized fixed point theory.
  Ross Geoghegan*, State University of New York, Binghamton
  Andrew J. Nicas, McMaster University
  (911-55-88)
- 4:15 p.m.
  On expanding endomorphisms of infranilmanifolds.
  Kyung Bai Lee*, University of Oklahoma
  (911-99-269)

Saturday April 20, 1996, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Fixed Point Theory and Dynamical Systems, II
Room 127, A. P. Tureaud Building
Organizers:
Michael R. Kelly, Loyola University
- 8:30 a.m.
  The topological theory of roots.
  Robert F. Brown*, University of California, Los Angeles
  (911-55-70)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Fixed points of boundary-preserving maps of punctured surfaces.
  Jeanine Kay Nolan*, University of Nevada, Reno
  (911-55-221)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Fixed point theory for homogenous spaces.
  Peter N. Wong*, Bates College
  (911-55-195)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Periodic points on solvmanifolds.
  Edward C. Keppelmann*, University of Nevada, Reno
  (911-55-215)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Jezierski's relative fixed point index and the location of fixed points.
  Chi Wah Ng*, CTS, San Diego, California
  (911-55-169)

Saturday April 20, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
Special Session on Fixed Point Theory and Dynamical Systems, III
Room 127, A. P. Tureaud Building
Organizers:
Michael R. Kelly, Loyola University
- 2:15 p.m.
  Rotational entropy.
  William Geller, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis
  Michal Misiurewicz*, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis
  (911-54-214)
- 2:45 p.m.
  Periodic points, symbolic dynamics and stability in piecewise isometries.
  Arek Jozef Goetz*, University of Illinois, Chicago
  (911-55-144)
- 3:15 p.m.
  The geometry of minimal sets in the circle and the torus.
  Alec Norton*, University of Texas, Austin
  (911-58-245)
- 3:45 p.m.
  Maximal entropy even orbit types.
  William Geller*, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis
  Zhenhua Zhang, Tufts University
  (911-58-261)

Sunday April 21, 1996, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Fixed Point Theory and Dynamical Systems, IV
Room 127, A. P. Tureaud Building
Organizers:
Michael R. Kelly, Loyola University
- 9:00 a.m.
  The $G$-sequence of a map and its applications.
  Moo Ha Woo*, Korea University, Korea
  (911-55-180)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Relating relative, fibred and absolute Nielsen numbers of fixed and periodic points.
  Philip R. Heath*, Memorial University of Newfoundland
  (911-55-128)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Computation of Nielsen numbers for maps of closed surfaces.
  Owen Davey, State University of New York, Binghamton
  Evelyn L. Hart*, Colgate University
  Kathryn A. Trapp, Dartmouth College
  (911-55-141)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Minimal entropy of transitive tree maps.
  Stewart Baldwin*, Auburn University, Auburn
  (911-55-150)

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