AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:21:45

Associate secretaries:
Lesley M Sibner, AMS lsibner@duke.poly.edu

Saturday November 6, 2004, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Invariants of Knots and 3-Manifolds, I
Room 823, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Marta M. Asaeda, University of Maryland asaeda@math.uiowa.edu
Jozef H. Przytycki, George Washington University przytyck@gwu.edu
Adam S. Sikora, SUNY at Buffalo asikora@buffalo.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  Comparing Hopf-algebraic invariants of three-manifolds.
  Fernando J. O. Souza*, University of Iowa
  Louis H. Kauffman, University of Illinois at Chicago
  David E. Radford, University of Illinois at Chicago
  (1002-57-239)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Discussion.
- 9:30 a.m.
  The representation of the Mapping Class Group induced by the TQFT(s) of the LMO and the universal quantum invariant of 3-manifolds.
  Dorin Cheptea*, SUNY at Buffalo
  (1002-57-230)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Integral Lattices in TQFT.
  Patrick M Gilmer*, Louisiana State University
  Gregor Masbaum, Institue de Mathematiques de Jussieu, Universite Paris 7
  (1002-57-176)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Eigenvalue varieties of 2-bridge links.
  Jim Hoste*, Pitzer College
  Patrick D. Shanahan, Loyola Marymount University
  (1002-57-173)

Saturday November 6, 2004, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Invariants of Knots and 3-Manifolds, II
Room 823, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Marta M. Asaeda, University of Maryland asaeda@math.uiowa.edu
Jozef H. Przytycki, George Washington University przytyck@gwu.edu
Adam S. Sikora, SUNY at Buffalo asikora@buffalo.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Rasmussen invariant, Slice-Bennequin Inequality, and sliceness of knots.
  Alexander N. Shumakovitch*, Dartmouth College
  (1002-57-232)
- 3:30 p.m.
  The Khovanov-Jacobsson number of a large class of knotted surfaces is trivial.
  J. Scott Carter*, University of South Alabama
  (1002-57-243)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Computing Khovanov-Homology.
  Charles Frohman*, The University of Iowa
  (1002-57-183)
- 4:30 p.m.
  A Homology theory for graphs: From a graph, we produce a chain complex whose graded Euler Characteristic is the chromatic polynomial of the graph.
  Laure Helme-Guizon*, George Washington University
  Yongwu Rong, George Washington University
  (1002-05-234)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Properties of the Khovanov type homology theory for graphs.
  Yongwu Rong*, The George Washington University
  Laure Helme-Guizon, The George Washington University
  Jozef Przytycki, The George Washington University
  (1002-57-186)
- 5:30 p.m.
  Discussion on Khovanov Homolgy.

Sunday November 7, 2004, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Invariants of Knots and 3-Manifolds, III
Room 823, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Marta M. Asaeda, University of Maryland asaeda@math.uiowa.edu
Jozef H. Przytycki, George Washington University przytyck@gwu.edu
Adam S. Sikora, SUNY at Buffalo asikora@buffalo.edu
- 8:00 a.m.
  Relative Framing of Transverse Knots.
  Vladimir V. Chernov*, Dartmouth College
  (1002-57-244)
- 8:30 a.m.
  Markov Traces on Framed Braids.
  Sofia Lambropoulou*, National Technical University of Athens
  Jesus Juyumaya, University of Valparaiso
  (1002-57-241)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Knot Polynomials vs. Hyperbolic Volume.
  Oliver T Dasbach*, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
  Xiao-Song Lin, University of California, Riverside
  (1002-57-174)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Anti-homotopy skein theory for hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
  Uwe Kaiser*, Boise State University
  (1002-57-165)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Traces on the skein algebra of the torus.
  Michael McLendon*, Washington College
  (1002-55-125)
- 10:30 a.m.
  An Isomorphism Between Affine Birman-Murakami-Wenzl Algebras and Tangles in the Solid Torus.
  Frederick Goodman, University of Iowa
  Holly M Hauschild*, University of Iowa
  (1002-54-220)

Sunday November 7, 2004, 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Special Session on Invariants of Knots and 3-Manifolds, IV
Room 823, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Marta M. Asaeda, University of Maryland asaeda@math.uiowa.edu
Jozef H. Przytycki, George Washington University przytyck@gwu.edu
Adam S. Sikora, SUNY at Buffalo asikora@buffalo.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Alexander groups of long virtual knots.
  Daniel S. Silver, University of South Alabama
  Susan G Williams*, University of South Alabama
  (1002-57-204)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Knots and Lehmer's Question.
  Daniel S Silver*, University of South Alabama
  Susan G Williams, University of South Alabama
  (1002-57-209)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Presentations of groups of $n$-trivial knots.
  Ted Stanford*, New Mexico State University
  (1002-57-231)
- 4:30 p.m.
  On the quantization of the moduli space of flat SU(2)-connections on the torus.
  Razvan Gelca*, Texas Tech University
  (1002-57-79)
- 5:00 p.m.
  String Link Invariants via Representation Theory.
  Craig Jackson, University of Chicago
  Thomas Kerler*, The Ohio State University
  (1002-16-226)
- 5:30 p.m.
  Discussion.

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