AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:09:58

Associate secretaries:
Susan J Friedlander, AMS susan@math.northwestern.edu

Friday March 19, 1999, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Low-dimensional Topology, I
Room 341, Altgeld Hall
Organizers:
Mark Brittenham, University of North Texas britten@unt.edu
Charles Delman, Eastern Illinois University cfcid@eiu.edu
Rachel Roberts, Washington University roberts@sulu.wustl.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  The A-polynomial from the Noncommutative Viewpoint.
  Charles D Frohman*, The University of Iowa
  Razvan Gelca, The University of Michigan
  Walter LoFaro, Boise State University
  (941-57-136)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Bracket and regular isotopy of singular links.
  Chichen Michael Tsau*, Saint Louis University
  (941-57-319)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Vassiliev invariants for spin 3-manifolds.
  Nadya K Shirokova*, UIUC
  (941-57-08)

Friday March 19, 1999, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Low-dimensional Topology, II
Room 341, Altgeld Hall
Organizers:
Mark Brittenham, University of North Texas britten@unt.edu
Charles Delman, Eastern Illinois University cfcid@eiu.edu
Rachel Roberts, Washington University roberts@sulu.wustl.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Abelian subgroup separability: Kleinian groups, closed hyperbolic $n$-manifolds, Haken $3$-manifolds.
  Emily Hamilton*, Emory University
  (941-57-222)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Deformation problems in hyperbolic and Lorentzian geometry.
  Kevin P. Scannell*, Saint Louis University
  (941-57-229)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Quantum Obstruction Theory.
  Charles Frohman, University of Iowa
  Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska*, Boise State University
  (941-57-234)
- 5:30 p.m.
  Surface groups in some surgered 3-manifolds.
  Anneke Bart*, Saint Louis University
  (941-57-133)

Saturday March 20, 1999, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Low-dimensional Topology, III
Room 341, Altgeld Hall
Organizers:
Mark Brittenham, University of North Texas britten@unt.edu
Charles Delman, Eastern Illinois University cfcid@eiu.edu
Rachel Roberts, Washington University roberts@sulu.wustl.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  The universal circle for foliations and transverse laminations.
  Sergio R Fenley*, Washington University and Princeton University
  (941-57-230)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Palmeira's Theorem for Laminations.
  David Gabai, Caltech
  William H Kazez*, UGA
  (941-57-317)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Alexander and Thurston norms of fibered 3-manifolds.
  Nathan M. Dunfield*, University of Chicago
  (941-57-134)

Saturday March 20, 1999, 3:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Special Session on Low-dimensional Topology, IV
Room 341, Altgeld Hall
Organizers:
Mark Brittenham, University of North Texas britten@unt.edu
Charles Delman, Eastern Illinois University cfcid@eiu.edu
Rachel Roberts, Washington University roberts@sulu.wustl.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Critical Shapes of Knots.
  Gregory Buck, St. Anselm College
  Eric Rawdon, Chatham College
  Jonathan Simon*, University of Iowa
  Joshua Tokle, University of Iowa
  (941-57-277)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Automorphisms of Handlebodies and Compression Bodies.
  Ulrich Oertel*, Rutgers University
  (941-57-153)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Minimal Handle Presentations for 4--manifolds.
  Robert Craggs*, University of Illinois at Urbana--Champaign
  (941-57-157)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Surgery on knots which yield the same 3-manifold.
  John K. Osoinach, Jr.*, Eureka College
  (941-57-345)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Discussion

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