AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:21:29

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

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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