AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:21:43

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

Saturday October 16, 2004, 8:50 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Von Neumann Algebras and Noncommutative Ergodic Theory, I
Room 126, Wilson
Organizers:
Dietmar Bisch, Vanderbilt University bisch@math.vanderbilt.edu
Sorin T. Popa, University of California Los Angeles popa@math.ucla.edu
- 8:50 a.m.
  A Kurosh type theorem for type II$_1$ factors.
  Narutaka Ozawa*, University of Tokyo / UCLA
  (999-46-30)
- 9:40 a.m.
  On the distribution of some sequences related to Farey fractions.
  Florin Boca*, University of Illinois
  Alexandru Zaharescu, University of Illinois
  (999-37-98)
- 10:10 a.m.
  Non-commutative, analytic version of Hilbert's 17-th problem in type II$_1$ von Neumann algebras.
  Florin Radulescu*, University of Iowa
  (999-46-171)

Saturday October 16, 2004, 2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Special Session on Von Neumann Algebras and Noncommutative Ergodic Theory, II
Room 126, Wilson
Organizers:
Dietmar Bisch, Vanderbilt University bisch@math.vanderbilt.edu
Sorin T. Popa, University of California Los Angeles popa@math.ucla.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  New examples of group pairs with Kazhdan's Relative Property (T).
  Talia Fernos*, University of Illinois, Chicago
  (999-20-156)
- 3:20 p.m.
  Cohomology of Actions of groups by Bernouilli shifts.
  Sorin Popa, UCLA
  Roman Sasyk*, Purdue University
  (999-46-149)
- 3:50 p.m.
  A 1-cohomology characterization of property (T) in von Neumann algebras.
  Jesse Peterson*, University of California, Los Angeles
  (999-47-131)
- 4:20 p.m.
  Geodesic flows and symmetric joins of metric spaces.
  Igor Mineyev*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  (999-20-122)

Sunday October 17, 2004, 9:10 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Von Neumann Algebras and Noncommutative Ergodic Theory, III
Room 126, Wilson
Organizers:
Dietmar Bisch, Vanderbilt University bisch@math.vanderbilt.edu
Sorin T. Popa, University of California Los Angeles popa@math.ucla.edu
- 9:10 a.m.
  Estimates for non-microstates free entorpy dimension.
  Dimitri Shlyakhtenko*, UCLA
  (999-46-115)
- 10:00 a.m.
  A rigidity result for irrational rotation $HT$ factors.
  Remus Nicoara*, Vanderbilt University
  Sorin Popa, University of California Los Angeles
  Roman Sasyk, Purdue University
  (999-46-33)
- 10:30 a.m.
  On the topology of the Kasparov groups and its applications.
  Marius Dadarlat*, Purdue University
  (999-46-64)

Sunday October 17, 2004, 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Special Session on Von Neumann Algebras and Noncommutative Ergodic Theory, IV
Room 126, Wilson
Organizers:
Dietmar Bisch, Vanderbilt University bisch@math.vanderbilt.edu
Sorin T. Popa, University of California Los Angeles popa@math.ucla.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  Orbit equivalence Rigidity.
  Nicolas Monod*, University of Chicago
  (999-37-193)
- 3:20 p.m.
  Intermediate Subfactors.
  Dietmar Bisch*, Vanderbilt University
  (999-46-159)
- 3:50 p.m.
  The Pukanszky invariant and group von Neumann algebras.
  Allan M Sinclair, Univ. of Edinburgh
  Roger R Smith*, Texas A\&M University
  (999-46-89)

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