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, 2:30 p.m.-4:55 p.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Topology, I
Room 214, Ballantine Hall
Organizers:
Randy McCarthy, University of Illinois, Urban-Champaign randy@math.uiuc.edu
Ayelet Lindenstrauss, Indiana University ayelet@math.indiana.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  Characteristic classes for real representations in connective K-theory.
  Robert R. Bruner*, Wayne State University
  (985-55-128)
- 3:00 p.m.
  The Algebra of Stable Operations in $p$-local $K$-theory.
  Francis W Clarke*, University of Wales Swansea
  Martin D Crossley, University of Wales Swansea
  Sarah Whitehouse, University of Sheffield
  (985-55-32)
- 3:30 p.m.
  General linear group homology.
  Marian F. Anton*, University of Kentucky
  (985-55-86)
- 4:00 p.m.
  On THH and TAQ of commutative $S$-algebras.
  Vahagn Minasian*, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
  Randy McCarthy, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
  (985-55-91)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Localization of Geometric Invariants.
  Bruce Williams*, University of Notre Dame
  (985-55-87)

Saturday April 5, 2003, 9:00 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Topology, II
Room 214, Ballantine Hall
Organizers:
Randy McCarthy, University of Illinois, Urban-Champaign randy@math.uiuc.edu
Ayelet Lindenstrauss, Indiana University ayelet@math.indiana.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Recent progress understanding the algebraic Goodwillie tower.
  Andrew Mauer-Oats*, Purdue University
  (985-55-94)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Classification of Polynomial functors.
  Greg Arone*, University of Virginia
  (985-55-90)
- 10:30 a.m.
  "Taylor towers and symmetric powers.".
  Brenda Johnson*, Johns Hopkins University
  (985-55-92)
- 11:00 a.m.
  A dual construction of Tamaki's spectral sequence.
  Stephen Ahearn*, Macalester College Macalester College Macalaster College
  (985-55-117)

Saturday April 5, 2003, 3:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Topology, III
Room 214, Ballantine Hall
Organizers:
Randy McCarthy, University of Illinois, Urban-Champaign randy@math.uiuc.edu
Ayelet Lindenstrauss, Indiana University ayelet@math.indiana.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  $p$-compact groups and $p$-local groups.
  Jesper Grodal*, University of Chicago
  (985-55-98)
- 3:30 p.m.
  (Homological?) decompositions of Out F_n.
  Daniel Biss*, University of Chicago
  (985-55-93)
- 4:00 p.m.
  A correspondence between atomic H spaces and atomic co-H spaces.
  Brayton Gray*, University of Illinois at Chicago
  (985-55-103)

Sunday April 6, 2003, 9:00 a.m.-12:25 p.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Topology, IV
Room 214, Ballantine Hall
Organizers:
Randy McCarthy, University of Illinois, Urban-Champaign randy@math.uiuc.edu
Ayelet Lindenstrauss, Indiana University ayelet@math.indiana.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Refining topological realization of A-algebras by cobordism.
  Donald Yau*, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
  (985-55-85)
- 10:00 a.m.
  The tensor product of permutative categories.
  A. D. Elmendorf*, Purdue University Calumet
  (985-55-95)
- 11:00 a.m.
  An operad that acts on cochains of a spectrum.
  Jim McClure*, Purdue University
  Stefan Schwede, University of Muenster
  Jeff Smith, Purdue University
  (985-55-89)
- 12:00 p.m.
  Controlled homotopy theory of simplicial sets.
  Dan Isaksen*, University of Notre Dame
  Dan Christensen, University of Western Ontario
  (985-55-88)

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