AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:09:31

Program | Deadlines | Inquiries: meet@ams.org

Associate secretaries:
Lesley M Sibner, AMS lsibner@duke.poly.edu

Saturday October 5, 1996, 8:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Special Session on Geometric Topology, I
Room 201, Science Hall
Organizers:
Norman J. Levitt, Rutgers University, New Brunswick njlevitt@haven.ios.com
Georgia Triantafillou, Temple University georgia@euclid.math.temple.edu
- 8:15 a.m.
  Embedding obstructions and $4$-dimensional thickenings of $2$-complexes.
  Vyacheslav S. Krushkal*, Michigan State University
  (914-57-40)
- 8:55 a.m.
  Finite type 3-manifold invariants and the Torelli group
  Stavros Garoufalidis*, Harvard University
  (914-57-338)
- 9:35 a.m.
  Stability Theorems for Spaces of Holomorphic Maps
  R. James Milgram*, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University
  (914-57-155)
- 10:15 a.m.
  Non-linear similarity
  Ian Hambleton,
  Erik K. . Pedersen*, Binghamton University
  (914-57-218)

Saturday October 5, 1996, 2:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
Special Session on Geometric Topology, II
Room 201, Science Hall
Organizers:
Norman J. Levitt, Rutgers University, New Brunswick njlevitt@haven.ios.com
Georgia Triantafillou, Temple University georgia@euclid.math.temple.edu
- 2:45 p.m.
  Topics on four manifolds
  Dennis Sullivan*, City University New York
  (914-57-340)
- 3:25 p.m.
  Invariants of branched covering.
  Ronnie Lee*, Yale University
  (914-57-363)
- 4:05 p.m.
  On the character variety of three-dimensional manifolds
  Stamatis Dostoglou*,
  (914-57-149)
- 4:45 p.m.
  The Flux Homomorphism
  Dusa McDuff*, SUNY Stony Brook
  (914-57-293)

Sunday October 6, 1996, 8:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Special Session on Geometric Topology, III
Room 201, Science Hall
Organizers:
Norman J. Levitt, Rutgers University, New Brunswick njlevitt@haven.ios.com
Georgia Triantafillou, Temple University georgia@euclid.math.temple.edu
- 8:15 a.m.
  An End Theorem for Stratified Spaces
  Frank Connolly,
  Bogdan Vajiac*,
  (914-57-320)
- 8:55 a.m.
  Homology manifold transversality.
  Heather M. Johnston*, Rutgers University
  (914-57-389)
- 9:35 a.m.
  Non-linear similarity.
  Mark Steinberger*, Albany
  (914-57-330)
- 10:15 a.m.
  K theory for group C* algebras.
  Paul-Frank Baum*, Pennsylvania State University
  (914-57-386)

Sunday October 6, 1996, 2:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
Special Session on Geometric Topology, IV
Room 201, Science Hall
Organizers:
Norman J. Levitt, Rutgers University, New Brunswick njlevitt@haven.ios.com
Georgia Triantafillou, Temple University georgia@euclid.math.temple.edu
- 2:45 p.m.
  Invariants for knots in 3-manifolds
  Effie Kalfagianni*, Rutgers University
  (914-51-342)
- 3:25 p.m.
  Geometric intersection numbers and simple loops on surfaces.
  Feng Luo*, Rutgers University
  (914-57-388)
- 4:05 p.m.
  A Proof Of The Hilbert-Smith Conjecture
  Louis F. McAuley*, SUNY-Binghamton
  (914-22-53)
- 4:45 p.m.
  Persistent equal length closed curves on surfaces.
  Thea Pignataro*, City College, CUNY
  Ara Basmajian, University of Oklahoma
  (914-57-387)

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