AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

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2001 Fall Central Section Meeting
Columbus, OH, September 21-23, 2001
Meeting #969

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

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Special Session on $L^2$ Methods in Algebraic and Geometric Topology

• Friday September 21, 2001, 1:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  Special Session on $L^2$ Methods in Algebraic and Geometric Topology, I
  BE 0184, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Dan Burghelea, Ohio State University burghele@math.ohio-state.edu
  Michael Davis, Ohio State University mdavis@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Spectral flow and Dixmier traces.
    Alan L Carey*, University of Adelaide
    John Phillips, University of Victoria
    Fyodor Sukochev, Flinders University
    (969-58-164)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    On the zero-in-the-spectrum-conjecture.
    Michael Farber*, Tel Aviv University
    (969-57-191)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Semi-calssical assymptotic for determinants of operators almost elliptic with parameter.
    Maxim Braverman*, Northeastern University
    (969-58-57)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On the $L^2$ spectrum of periodic differential operators.
    Leonid Friedlander*, University of Arizona
    (969-58-238)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
  Special Session on $L^2$ Methods in Algebraic and Geometric Topology, II
  BE 0184, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Dan Burghelea, Ohio State University burghele@math.ohio-state.edu
  Michael Davis, Ohio State University mdavis@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Betti number growth for coverings.
    Bryan F Clair*, Saint Louis University
    Kevin M Whyte, Univ. Of Illinois - Chicago
    (969-54-51)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Zero divisors and approximating $L^2$-Betti numbers.
    Peter A Linnell*, Virginia Tech
    (969-46-155)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Refined semiclassical asymptotics and a vanishing theorem for higher traces.
    Yuri A Kordyukov, Department of Mathematics, Ufa State Aviation TechnicalUniversity, Ufa,Russia
    Varghese Mathai, Department of Mathematics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
    Mikhail A Shubin*, Department of Mathematics, Northeastern University, Boston
    (969-58-147)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 3:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
  Special Session on $L^2$ Methods in Algebraic and Geometric Topology, III
  BE 0184, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Dan Burghelea, Ohio State University burghele@math.ohio-state.edu
  Michael Davis, Ohio State University mdavis@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Coarse cohomology for foliations.
    James L. Heitsch*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (969-58-56)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Discussion
• Sunday September 23, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
  Special Session on $L^2$ Methods in Algebraic and Geometric Topology, IV
  BE 0184, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Dan Burghelea, Ohio State University burghele@math.ohio-state.edu
  Michael Davis, Ohio State University mdavis@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    $L^2$-cohomology of buildings.
    Jan Dymara*, The Ohio State University and Wroclaw University
    Tadeusz Januszkiewicz, Wroclaw University
    (969-20-112)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    $L^2$-homology of right-angled Coxeter groups.
    Michael W Davis, The Ohio State University
    Okun L Boris*, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
    (969-57-207)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    L2-torsion (a survey).
    Dan Burghelea*, Ohio State University
    (969-57-254)

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