AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

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

2004 Fall Eastern Section Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA, November 6-7, 2004
Meeting #1002

• Saturday November 6, 2004, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Graph Polynomials, I
  Room 523, Benedum Hall
  Organizers:
  E. Glen Whitehead, Jr., University of Pittsburgh egw1@pitt.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    An Introduction to Graph Polynomials.
    Earl Glen Whitehead*, University of Pittsburgh
    (1002-05-99)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Totally Matchable Graphs.
    Kimberly J Burch*, Montclair State University
    Earl Glen Whitehead, Jr., University of Pittsburgh
    (1002-05-86)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    A brute-force method for studying chromatic equivalence of homeomorphic graphs.
    Ronald C. Read*, Department of Combinatorics and Optimization, University of Waterloo
    (1002-05-14)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A categorification for the chromatic polynomial.
    Yongwu Rong*, The George Washington University
    Laure Helme-Guizon, The George Washington University
    (1002-05-187)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Computation of Tutte Polynomials.
    Gary Haggard*, Bucknell University
    Gordon Royle, University of Western Australia
    (1002-05-15)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    A characteristic polynomial for chordal graphs and rooted graphs.
    Elizabeth W. McMahon*, Lafayette College
    Beth Shimkus, Lehigh University
    Jessica Wolfson, Lafayette College
    (1002-05-161)
• Sunday November 7, 2004, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Graph Polynomials, II
  Room 523, Benedum Hall
  Organizers:
  E. Glen Whitehead, Jr., University of Pittsburgh egw1@pitt.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Reconstructing (and not reconstructing) trees from probability data.
    David Eisenstat, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
    Gary Gordon*, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
    (1002-05-160)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On the sandpile group of regular trees.
    Evelin Toumpakari*, University of Chicago
    (1002-05-41)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A strange tree--enumeration formula from electrical network theory.
    David G. Wagner*, University of Waterloo C&O Department
    (1002-05-23)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Monomial Bases for NBC Complexes.
    Jason I Brown, Dalhousie University
    Bruce E Sagan*, Michigan State University
    (1002-05-102)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Properties of the interlace polynomial.
    Joanna Anthony Ellis-Monaghan*, St. Michael's College
    Irasema Sarmiento, CINEVESTAV, Mexico
    (1002-05-85)