AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

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

2003 Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting
Baton Rouge, LA, March 14-16, 2003
Meeting #984

• 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 Mayagüez
    (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)