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, 2:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
Special Session on Quantum Topology, I
BE 0285, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
Organizers:
Thomas Kerler, Ohio State University kerler@math.ohio-state.edu
- 2:00 p.m.
  Monoidal and braided structures in near-group categories.
  Jacob Siehler*, Virginia Tech
  (969-18-262)
- 2:30 p.m.
  A (co)sheaf approach to topological field theory.
  Frank S Quinn*, Virginia Tech
  (969-57-239)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Break
- 3:30 p.m.
  Categorical Deformations and Topological Invariants.
  David N Yetter*, Kansas State University
  (969-18-241)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Relativistic Spin neta and applications.
  Louis Crane*, Kansas State University
  (969-81-231)

Saturday September 22, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
Special Session on Quantum Topology, II
BE 0285, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
Organizers:
Thomas Kerler, Ohio State University kerler@math.ohio-state.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  Quantum deformations of fundamental groups.
  Uwe Kaiser*, Boise State University
  (969-57-153)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Shadow World Evaluation of the Yang-Mills Measure.
  Charles Frohman, University of Iowa
  Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska*, Boise State University
  (969-57-39)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Lagrangian approximation of Fox $p$-colorings of tangles; Fox approximation of rational $\frac{p}{q}$-moves.
  Jozef H Przytycki*, GWU
  (969-57-224)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Break
- 10:30 a.m.
  $3$-dimensional topology inspired by number theory.
  Adam S Sikora*, CRM Montreal
  (969-57-209)
- 11:00 a.m.
  Asymptotics of the Turaev-Viro Invariant.
  Charles D Frohman*, The University of Iowa
  Thomas Kerler, Ohio State University
  (969-57-151)

Saturday September 22, 2001, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Quantum Topology, III
BE 0285, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
Organizers:
Thomas Kerler, Ohio State University kerler@math.ohio-state.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Detecting Virtual Knots.
  Louis H Kauffman*, University of Illinois at Chicago
  (969-57-170)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Tracelike functionals on the double of the Taft Hopf algebras.
  David E Radford*, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Sara Westreich, Bar-Ilan University
  (969-16-76)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Subtleties of the integrals for Hopf-algebra objects in symmetric categories, and their reflection in topological invariants.
  Fernando J. O. Souza*, Dept. of C. & O. - University of Waterloo
  (969-18-259)
- 4:30 p.m.
  A Space of Cyclohedra.
  Satyan L Devadoss*, Ohio State University
  (969-57-134)

Sunday September 23, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
Special Session on Quantum Topology
BE 0285, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
Organizers:
Thomas Kerler, Ohio State University kerler@math.ohio-state.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  The noncommutative A-ideal of a (2p+1,2)-torus knot determines its Jones polynomial.
  Razvan Gelca*, Texas Tech University
  Jeremy Sain, Texas Tech University
  (969-57-71)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Links and 3-manifolds with the same quantum invariants.
  Yongwu Rong*, George Washington University
  (969-57-125)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Integrality and TQFT.
  Patrick M Gilmer*, Louisiana State University
  (969-57-160)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Break
- 11:00 a.m.
  Twisted Quandle Homology Theory and Construction of Cocycles.
  J. Scott Carter*, University of South Alabama
  Mohamed Elhamdadi, University of South Florida
  Masahico Saito, University of South Florida
  (969-55-145)
- 11:30 a.m.
  Extensions of quandles and cocycle knot invariants.
  J. Scott Carter, University of South Alabama
  Mohamed Elhamdadi, University of South Florida
  Marina A Nikiforou, University of South Florida
  Masahico Saito*, University of South Florida
  (969-57-144)

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