AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Wednesday, April 13, 2005 08:32:23

Associate secretaries:
Matthew Miller, AMS miller@math.sc.edu

Friday March 18, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Geometric Topology and Group Theory, I
Room 118A, Academic Complex
Organizers:
Jens E. Harlander, Western Kentucky University jens.harlander@wku.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  A simple algebraic proof of the algebraic index theorem.
  Vasiliy A. Dolgushev*, Department of Mathematics, MIT
  (1004-19-27)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Universal covers of uniform spaces.
  Valera N Berestovskii, Omsk State University
  Conrad Plaut*, University of Tennessee
  (1004-53-179)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Hyperbolic structure on ``link'' complements in simply connected 4-manifolds.
  Dubravko Ivan\v si\'c*, Murray State University
  John G. Ratcliffe, Vanderbilt University
  Steven T. Tschantz, Vanderbilt University
  (1004-57-172)
- 10:30 a.m.
  On the Homotopy Type of CW-Complexes with Aspherical Fundamental Group.
  Jens Harlander, Western Kentucky University
  Jacqueline A Jensen*, Sam Houston State University
  (1004-57-167)

Friday March 18, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Geometric Topology and Group Theory, II
Room 118A, Academic Complex
Organizers:
Jens E. Harlander, Western Kentucky University jens.harlander@wku.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Generalized Knot Complements and Aspherical Ribbon Disc Complements.
  Stephan T Rosebrock*, Paedagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe
  (1004-57-94)
- 3:30 p.m.
  The geometric realization problem of algebraic 2--complexes.
  Nancy Waller*, Portland State University
  F. Rudolf Beyl, Portland State University
  (1004-57-259)
- 4:00 p.m.
  The effect of cyclic factors of 3--manifold groups on homotopy classification.
  F. Rudolf Beyl*, Portland State University
  Nancy Waller, Portland State University
  (1004-57-257)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Path Spaces and cohomology of the fundamental group.
  Greg Conner*, BYU
  x, x
  (1004-55-211)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Controlled Topology Invariants of Translation Actions.
  Nic Koban*, Western Carolina University
  (1004-20-50)
- 5:30 p.m.
  Elements of finite order in VF groups.
  Ian J Leary*, Ohio State University, University of Southampton
  (1004-20-129)

Saturday March 19, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Geometric Topology and Group Theory, III
Room 118A, Academic Complex
Organizers:
Jens E. Harlander, Western Kentucky University jens.harlander@wku.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  First and second order isoperimetric exponents of groups.
  Noel Brady, University of Oklahoma
  Martin Bridson, Imperial College London
  Max Forester*, University of Oklahoma
  Krishnan Shankar, University of Oklahoma
  (1004-20-65)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Topological complexity and motion planning in certain real Grassmannains.
  Tan Zhang*, Murray State University
  Kelly J Pearson, Murray State University
  (1004-55-113)
- 9:30 a.m.
  The dimension of the colohomogy groups of the Orlik-Solomon Algebras.
  Kelly Jeanne Pearson*, Murray State University
  Tan Zhang, Murray State University
  (1004-05-86)
- 10:00 a.m.
  JSJ Decompositions of Coxeter Groups.
  Michael L. Mihalik*, Vanderbilt University
  Steven Tschantz, Vanderbilt University
  (1004-20-132)
- 10:30 a.m.
  On the Isomorphism Problem for Finitely Generated Coxeter Groups. I, Basic Matching.
  John Ratcliffe*, Vanderbilt University
  Michael Mihalik, Vanderbilt University
  Steven Tschantz, Vanderbilt University
  (1004-20-153)

Saturday March 19, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on Geometric Topology and Group Theory, IV
Room 118A, Academic Complex
Organizers:
Jens E. Harlander, Western Kentucky University jens.harlander@wku.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Local homotopy properties of boundaries of CAT(0) complexes.
  Nikolay Brodskiy*, The University of Tennessee
  (1004-57-200)
- 3:30 p.m.
  On the growth of iterated monodromy groups.
  Kai-Uwe Bux*, University of Virginia
  Rodrigo Perez, Cornell University
  (1004-20-199)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Separable Subsets of Gferf Nngatively Curved Groups.
  Ashot Minasyan*, Vanderbilt University
  (1004-20-180)
- 4:30 p.m.
  On one question about torsion-free groups with file bases.
  Alexey Muranov*, Vanderbilt University
  (1004-20-40)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Groups with small Dehn functions.
  Alexander Yurievich Olshanskii*, Vanderbilt University, Moscow State University
  Mark Valentinovich Sapir, Vanderbilt University
  (1004-20-214)

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