AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:10:29

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

Friday March 14, 2003, 2:15 p.m.-5:05 p.m.
Special Session on Low Dimensional Topology, I
Room 225, Tureaud Hall
Organizers:
Oliver T. Dasbach, Louisiana State University kasten@math.lsu.edu
Patrick M. Gilmer, Louisiana State University gilmer@math.lsu.edu
Richard A. Litherland, Louisiana State University lither@math.lsu.edu
- 2:15 p.m.
  Kauffman bracket skein module of quaternionic space.
  John M Harris*, Louisiana State University
  (984-57-212)
- 2:45 p.m.
  Skein algebras modulo commutators.
  Michael McLendon*, Washington College
  (984-57-242)
- 3:15 p.m.
  The structure of the rational knot concordance group.
  Jae Choon Cha*, Indiana University
  (984-57-142)
- 3:45 p.m.
  Automorphisms of the Torelli Group in genus > 2.
  John D McCarthy, Michigan State University
  William R Vautaw*, Southeastern Louisiana University
  (984-57-90)
- 4:15 p.m.
  the Yang-Mills Measure in the Kauffman Skein Module.
  Jianyuan K. Zhong*, Louisiana Tech University
  (984-57-177)
- 4:45 p.m.
  Invariants of Knots and Knotted Surfaces.
  J Scott Carter*, Univ. of South Alabama
  (984-55-179)

Saturday March 15, 2003, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Low Dimensional Topology, II
Room 225, Tureaud Hall
Organizers:
Oliver T. Dasbach, Louisiana State University kasten@math.lsu.edu
Patrick M. Gilmer, Louisiana State University gilmer@math.lsu.edu
Richard A. Litherland, Louisiana State University lither@math.lsu.edu
- 8:00 a.m.
  Idempotents in the Temperley Lieb Algebra, Meanders and Their Generalizations.
  Louis H. Kauffman*, University of Illinois at Chicago
  (984-57-244)
- 8:30 a.m.
  Normal Surfaces and Quantum Invariants.
  Charles D Frohman*, The University of Iowa
  Joanna M Kania-Bartozysnka, Boise State University
  (984-57-83)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Quantum invariants away from roots of unity.
  Charles D Frohman, University of Iowa
  Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska*, Boise State University
  (984-57-71)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Small 3-manifolds of large genus.
  Ian Agol*, University of Illinois at Chicago
  (984-57-254)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Virtual Crossing Realization.
  Victor Samuel Nelson*, Whittier College
  (984-57-79)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Factorization of the multivariable Conway invariant via the Kontsevich integral.
  Gregor Masbaum, University of Paris 7
  Arkady Vaintrob*, University of Oregon
  (984-57-209)

Saturday March 15, 2003, 2:30 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Low Dimensional Topology, III
Room 225, Tureaud Hall
Organizers:
Oliver T. Dasbach, Louisiana State University kasten@math.lsu.edu
Patrick M. Gilmer, Louisiana State University gilmer@math.lsu.edu
Richard A. Litherland, Louisiana State University lither@math.lsu.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  On the colored Jones polynomial of twist knots.
  Gregor Masbaum*, CNRS, Institut de Mathematiques de Jussieu
  (984-57-87)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Links with the same quantum invariants.
  Yongwu Rong*, George Washington University
  (984-57-189)
- 3:30 p.m.
  On the bridge number of knot diagrams with minimal crossings.
  Jae-Wook Chung*, University of California, Riverside
  Xiao-Song Lin, University of California, Riverside
  (984-57-187)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Zeros of the Jones Polynomial.
  Xiao-Song Lin*, University of California, Riverside
  (984-57-169)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Generalized Blanchfield Linking Forms for Knots and 3-Manifolds.
  Connie Leidy*, Rice University
  (984-57-250)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Virtual Betti Numbers of 3-Manifolds.
  Tim D. Cochran*, Rice University
  Joseph Masters, Rice University
  (984-57-248)
- 5:30 p.m.
  Edge slopes for knots and links.
  William Jaco*, Oklahoma State University
  (984-57-271)

Sunday March 16, 2003, 10:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
Special Session on Low Dimensional Topology, IV
Room 225, Tureaud Hall
Organizers:
Oliver T. Dasbach, Louisiana State University kasten@math.lsu.edu
Patrick M. Gilmer, Louisiana State University gilmer@math.lsu.edu
Richard A. Litherland, Louisiana State University lither@math.lsu.edu
- 10:00 a.m.
  Epimorphisms of Knot Groups.
  Daniel S Silver*, University of South Alabma
  Wilbur Whitten, Forest, VA
  (984-57-95)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Lifting representations of knot group commutator subgroups.
  Daniel Silver, University of South Alabama
  Susan Williams*, University of South Alabama
  (984-57-88)
- 11:00 a.m.
  An algorithm to recognize Seifert fiber spaces.
  Tao Li*, Oklahoma State University
  (984-57-176)
- 11:30 a.m.
  Variety of groups of knots.
  Mieczyslaw Dabkowski, GWU
  Jozef H Przytycki*, GWU
  (984-57-266)

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