AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

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

Associate secretaries:
John L Bryant, AMS bryant@math.fsu.edu

Friday March 14, 2003, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Number Theory and K-Theory, I
Room 206, Tureaud Hall
Organizers:
Jurgen Hurrelbrink, Louisiana State University jurgen@math.lsu.edu
Jorge F. Morales, Louisiana State University morales@math.lsu.edu
Robert Osburn, McMaster University osburnr@math.mcmaster.ca
- 2:30 p.m.
  Euclidean Minima of Algebraic Number Fields.
  Eva Bayer Fluckiger*, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
  (984-11-197)
- 3:15 p.m.
  Genus formulae for higher \'etale $K$-theory groups.
  Abbas Movahhedi*, Universit\'e de Limoges
  (984-11-145)
- 4:00 p.m.
  New Ramification Breaks and Local, Additive Galois Structure.
  Nigel P. Byott, University of Exeter
  G. Griffith Elder*, University of Nebraska at Omaha
  (984-11-252)
- 4:45 p.m.
  Partial Sums of Multiple Zeta Series.
  Jianqiang Zhao*, University of Pennsylvania
  (984-11-154)

Saturday March 15, 2003, 8:45 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Number Theory and K-Theory, II
Room 206, Tureaud Hall
Organizers:
Jurgen Hurrelbrink, Louisiana State University jurgen@math.lsu.edu
Jorge F. Morales, Louisiana State University morales@math.lsu.edu
Robert Osburn, McMaster University osburnr@math.mcmaster.ca
- 8:45 a.m.
  Exotic Steinberg Symbols on Number Fields.
  Kevin Hutchinson*, University College, Dublin
  (984-11-75)
- 9:30 a.m.
  A New Method for Computating Logarithmic Class Groups.
  Florence Soriano-Gafiuk*, Universit\'e de Metz
  (984-19-231)
- 10:15 a.m.
  An Application of Algorithmic Methods from Number Theory to the Computation of Logarithmic Class Groups.
  Michael E Pohst*, Technische Universit\"at Berlin
  (984-11-223)

Saturday March 15, 2003, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Number Theory and K-Theory, III
Room 206, Tureaud Hall
Organizers:
Jurgen Hurrelbrink, Louisiana State University jurgen@math.lsu.edu
Jorge F. Morales, Louisiana State University morales@math.lsu.edu
Robert Osburn, McMaster University osburnr@math.mcmaster.ca
- 2:30 p.m.
  Cyclic polynomials and the multiplication matrices of their roots.
  Francisco Thaine*, Concordia University
  (984-11-40)
- 3:15 p.m.
  On the $K$-theory of elliptic curves.
  Kevin P Knudson*, Mississippi State University
  (984-19-107)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Elements of Prime Power Order in $K_2 \Bbb Q$.
  Hourong Qin*, Nanjing, P. R. China
  Qunsheng Zhu, Nanjing, P.R.China
  (984-19-216)
- 4:45 p.m.
  Ambiguous ideal classes in metacyclic extensions.
  Franz Lemmermeyer*, CSU San Marcos, CA
  (984-11-168)

Sunday March 16, 2003, 8:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Number Theory and K-Theory, IV
Room 206, Tureaud Hall
Organizers:
Jurgen Hurrelbrink, Louisiana State University jurgen@math.lsu.edu
Jorge F. Morales, Louisiana State University morales@math.lsu.edu
Robert Osburn, McMaster University osburnr@math.mcmaster.ca
- 8:00 a.m.
  Chinburg invariants and generalized quaternion groups.
  Jeff Hooper*, Acadia University
  (984-11-255)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Break.
- 10:00 a.m.
  On $k$-Conjugacy Classes of Maximal Tori in Semi-Simple Algebraic Groups.
  Uroyoan R Walker*, University of Puerto Rico at Mayag�ez
  (984-11-175)
- 10:45 a.m.
  Wild primes in Hilbert symbol equivalent number fields.
  Marius M Somodi*, University of Northern Iowa
  (984-11-16)

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