AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:10:34

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

Friday October 24, 2003, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Homological Physics, I
Room 106, Gardner Hall
Organizers:
Thomas J. Lada, North Carolina State University lada@math.ncsu.edu
James Stasheff, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 9:00 a.m.
  What is Cohomological Physics and where is it going?
  Jim Stasheff*, UNC-CH and UPenn
  (991-70-34)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Where do homotopy Batalin-Vilkovisky algebras come from?
  Fusun Akman*, Coastal Carolina University
  (991-17-31)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Finite Dimensional $L_{\infty}$ Algebras.
  Marilyn Daily*, North Carolina State University
  (991-55-28)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Classification of Strongly Homotopy Lie Algebras, Some Finite Dimensional Examples.
  Michael Robert Penkava*, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
  (991-18-83)

Friday October 24, 2003, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
Special Session on Homological Physics, II
Room 106, Gardner Hall
Organizers:
Thomas J. Lada, North Carolina State University lada@math.ncsu.edu
James Stasheff, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 2:30 p.m.
  Strongly homotopy Lie algebras and reduction of the ``de Rham complex" of a Lagrangian field theory.
  Samer S Ashhab*, North Carolina State University
  (991-55-19)
- 3:00 p.m.
  The chain extensions of D-algebras and their applications.
  Jining Gao*, North Carolina State University
  (991-81-25)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Symmetric brace algebras and gauge theory.
  Tom Lada*, N. C. State University
  (991-18-26)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Cohomology of Feynman graphs and L-infinity morphisms.
  Lucian M Ionescu*, Illinois State University
  (991-18-12)

Saturday October 25, 2003, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Homological Physics, III
Room 106, Gardner Hall
Organizers:
Thomas J. Lada, North Carolina State University lada@math.ncsu.edu
James Stasheff, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 8:30 a.m.
  Cohomological variational principles and secondary classes.
  Ettore Aldrovandi*, Florida State University
  (991-18-22)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Algebraic structures on generalized strings.
  Yuli B Rudyak*, University of Florida
  Vladimir V Chernov, Dartmouth College
  (991-55-37)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Affine linking and winding numbers and the study of front propagation.
  Vladimir V Chernov*, Dartmouth College
  Yuli B Rudyak, University of Florida, Gainesville
  (991-57-41)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Topological A-models on seamed Riemann surfaces.
  Lev Rozansky*, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  (991-18-20)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Discussion and Problems

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