AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:09:42

Associate secretaries:
William A Harris, Jr, AMS wharris@math.usc.edu

Saturday November 8, 1997, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Geometry and Analysis of Foliations, I
Jemez Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
Organizers:
Efton L. Park, Texas Christian University epark@gamma.is.tcu.edu
Kenneth S. Richardson, Texas Christian University k.richardson@tcu.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Riemannian Foliations and Eigenvalue Comparison.
  Jeffrey M Lee*, Texas Tech University
  Ken Richardson, Texas Christian University
  (928-58-46)
- 9:40 a.m.
  Metric fibrations in Euclidean space
  Detlef Gromoll,
  Gerard Walschap*,
  (928-53-18)
- 10:20 a.m.
  Leafwise heat flow and applications
  Jesus A. Alvarez-Lopez*,
  (928-58-09)

Saturday November 8, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Geometry and Analysis of Foliations, II
Jemez Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
Organizers:
Efton L. Park, Texas Christian University epark@gamma.is.tcu.edu
Kenneth S. Richardson, Texas Christian University k.richardson@tcu.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  An extension of Pestov's identity to the frame bundle.
  Maung Min-oo*,
  (928-53-13)
- 3:40 p.m.
  Quasigeodesic Flows on Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds Which Fiber Over the Circle
  Diane Hoffoss*, UC Santa Barbara
  (928-57-21)
- 4:20 p.m.
  Entropy Rigidity for Foliations.
  Christopher G. Connell*, University of Michigan
  Jeffrey R. Boland, University of Michigan
  (928-53-36)

Sunday November 9, 1997, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Geometry and Analysis of Foliations, III
Jemez Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
Organizers:
Efton L. Park, Texas Christian University epark@gamma.is.tcu.edu
Kenneth S. Richardson, Texas Christian University k.richardson@tcu.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Infinite dimensional symmetric spaces and the Novikov conjecture
  Guoliang Yu*, University of Colorado
  (928-19-19)
- 9:40 a.m.
  Transverse groupoids and transverse foliations.
  Jerome Kaminker*, Department of Mathematical Sciences, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN, 46202
  (928-58-66)
- 10:20 a.m.
  Heat Kernel Asymptotics on Foliations
  Ken Richardson*, Texas Christian University
  (928-58-15)

Sunday November 9, 1997, 2:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
Special Session on Geometry and Analysis of Foliations, IV
Jemez Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
Organizers:
Efton L. Park, Texas Christian University epark@gamma.is.tcu.edu
Kenneth S. Richardson, Texas Christian University k.richardson@tcu.edu
- 2:00 p.m.
  Transversal index theory for Riemannian foliations.
  James F. Glazebrook, Eastern Illinois University and
  James L. Heitsch, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Steven E. Hurder, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Franz W. Kamber*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  (928-58-53)
- 2:40 p.m.
  The index of operators on foliated bundles.
  Victor Nistor*, Penn State University
  (928-58-103)
- 3:20 p.m.
  Spectrum of Foliation Geometric Operators and Leaf Dynamics.
  Steven E Hurder*, University of Illinois at Chicago
  (928-58-142)

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