AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:10:30

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

Friday April 4, 2003, 2:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Special Session on Geometric Topology, I
Room 221, Ballantine Hall
Organizers:
Paul A. Kirk, Indiana University pkirk@indiana.edu
Charles Livingston, Indiana University livingst@indiana.edu
- 2:00 p.m.
  The topology of symplectic 4-manifolds with circle actions.
  Scott Baldridge*, Indiana University
  (985-57-341)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Rohlin's invariant and $4$-dimensional gauge theory.
  Daniel Ruberman*, Brandeis University
  Nikolai Saveliev, University of Miami
  (985-57-266)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Discussion
- 5:00 p.m.
  New obstructions to doubly slicing knots.
  Taehee Kim*, Indiana University, Bloomington
  (985-57-189)

Saturday April 5, 2003, 8:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
Special Session on Geometric Topology, II
Room 246, Ballantine Hall
Organizers:
Paul A. Kirk, Indiana University pkirk@indiana.edu
Charles Livingston, Indiana University livingst@indiana.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  Bifurcations, Symmetry, and $SU(n)$ Gauge Theory.
  Christopher M Herald*, University of Nevada, Reno
  (985-57-159)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Normal Surface Theory, Character Varieties and Quantum Invariants.
  Charles D Frohman*, The University of Iowa
  (985-57-45)
- 10:30 a.m.
  A cut-and-paste approach to contact topology.
  Ko Honda, USC
  William H. Kazez*, UGA
  Gordana Matic, UGA
  (985-57-214)

Saturday April 5, 2003, 3:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
Special Session on Geometric Topology, III
Room 246, Ballantine Hall
Organizers:
Paul A. Kirk, Indiana University pkirk@indiana.edu
Charles Livingston, Indiana University livingst@indiana.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  An index two subcategory of a certain cobordism category.
  Patrick Gilmer*, Louisiana State University
  (985-57-175)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Links of complex surface singularities.
  Liviu I Nicolaescu*, University of Notre Dame
  (985-57-40)

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