AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session
Current as of Wednesday, April 13, 2005 08:32:22
2005 Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting
Bowling Green, KY, March 18-19, 2005
Meeting #1004
Associate secretaries: Matthew Miller, AMS miller@math.sc.edu
Special Session on Knot Theory and Its Applications
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Friday March 18, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Knot Theory and Its Applications, I
Room 107, Academic Complex
Organizers:
Yuanan Diao, University of North Carolina,Charlotte ydiao@uncc.edu
Claus Ernst, Western Kentucky University claus.ernst@wku.edu
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8:00 a.m.
The ropelength of closed braids.
Yuanan Diao*, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, UNC Charlotte
Claus Ernst, Department of Mathematics, Western Kentucky University
Uta Ziegler, Department of Computer Science, Western Kentucky University
(1004-57-234) -
8:30 a.m.
Diffusion of knots along stretched DNA molecule.
Alexander Vologodskii*, New York University
Anatoly Borovik, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Moscow, Russia
(1004-92-236) -
9:00 a.m.
Discussion. -
9:30 a.m.
Hydrodynamics of ideal knots.
C\'edric Weber, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland
Giovanni Dietler, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland
John H. Maddocks, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland
Eric J. Rawdon, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh
Andrzej Stasiak*, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
(1004-76-220) -
10:00 a.m.
The average inter-crossing number (ICN) between two equilateral random walks and polygons.
Akos Dobay*, University of Munich
Yuanan Diao, University of North Carolina Charlotte
Andrzej Stasiak, University of Lausanne
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10:30 a.m.
Equilibrium Lengths of Random Equilateral Knots.
Akos Dobay, University of Munich
Kenneth C Millett, University of California, Santa Barbara
Michael Piatek, Duquesne University
Eric J Rawdon*, Duquesne University
Andrzej Stasiak, University of Lausanne
(1004-57-110)
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8:00 a.m.
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Friday March 18, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Knot Theory and Its Applications, II
Room 107, Academic Complex
Organizers:
Yuanan Diao, University of North Carolina Charlotte ydiao@uncc.edu
Claus Ernst, Western Kentucky University claus.ernst@wku.edu
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3:00 p.m.
The Probability of Knotting after a Local Strand Passage in SAPs.
M L Szafron*, University of Saskatchewan/St. Peter's College
C E Soteros, University of Saskatchewan
(1004-62-177) -
3:30 p.m.
On lattice knots and links in dimensions 3 and higher.
Dennis Roseman*, University of Iowa
(1004-57-11) -
4:00 p.m.
Lattice Knots and Cell Knots.
Casey Mann*, The University of Texas at Tyler
Jennifer McLoud, The University of Texas at Tyler
(1004-52-208) -
4:30 p.m.
How many knots are enough?
Kenneth C. Millett*, University of California, Santa Barbara
(1004-57-217) -
5:00 p.m.
Spin Networks and Anyonic Topological Quantum Computation.
Louis H Kauffman*, University of Illinois at Chicago
Samuel J Lomonaco, University of Maryland at Baltimore County
(1004-57-137) -
5:30 p.m.
Quasi-Fuchsian Surfaces in Hyperbolic Knot Complements.
Colin C. Adams*, Williams College
(1004-57-117)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday March 19, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Knot Theory and Its Applications, III
Room 107, Academic Complex
Organizers:
Yuanan Diao, University of North Carolina Charlotte ydiao@uncc.edu
Claus Ernst, Western Kentucky University claus.ernst@wku.edu
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8:00 a.m.
Packing, curvature, and tangling of filaments (III).
Jonathan K. Simon*, University of Iowa
Gregory Buck, St. Anselm College
(1004-57-118) -
8:30 a.m.
Classification of Tangle Solutions for a Generic Integrase, A Protein that Changes DNA Topology.
Dorothy Buck*, Imperial College London & UCDavis
Cynthia Verjovsky Marcotte, St Edwards University
(1004-57-237) -
9:00 a.m.
Solving tangle equations with KnotPlot.
Isabel K. Darcy*, University of Iowa
Stephen D. Levene, UT Dallas
Robert G. Scharein, Vancouver, B. C., Canada
(1004-92-186) -
9:30 a.m.
DNA Knotting \& Unknotting.
Jennifer K. Mann*, Mathematics, Florida State University and Molecular Virology & Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine
Richard W. Deibler, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine
De Witt L. Sumners, Department of Mathematics, Florida State University
E. Lynn Zechiedrich, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine
(1004-92-184) -
10:00 a.m.
Chirality of DNA Knots and Protein-DNA Complexes Determined by Atomic-force Microscopy and Surface Reconstructions.
Stephen D Levene*, University of Texas at Dallas
Travis Thompson, University of Texas at Dallas
Nicola E Dundas, University of Texas at Dallas
Isabel K Darcy, University of Iowa
(1004-52-133) -
10:30 a.m.
Modeling DNA Unknotting by TypeII Topoisomerases.
Mariel Vazquez*, Mathematics Department, U.C. Berkeley
(1004-92-119)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday March 19, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Knot Theory and Its Applications, IV
Room 107, Academic Complex
Organizers:
Yuanan Diao, University of North Carolina Charlotte ydiao@uncc.edu
Claus Ernst, Western Kentucky University claus.ernst@wku.edu
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3:00 p.m.
Tensegrities, constrained optimization, and the theory of numerical knot-tightening.
Jason H Cantarella*, University of Georgia
Eric Rawdon, Duquesne University
Michael Piatek, Duquesne University
(1004-52-192) -
3:30 p.m.
Essential arcs of knots.
John M Sullivan*, U Illinois Urbana / TU Berlin
(1004-57-104) -
4:00 p.m.
The Distortion of a Knotted Curve.
Elizabeth Denne*, Harvard University
John M Sullivan, Technische Universitat, Berlin
(1004-57-59) -
4:30 p.m.
Distortion in $S^3$.
Elizabeth Denne, Harvard University
Robert B Kusner*, University Massachusetts at Amerst
(1004-57-185)
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3:00 p.m.