AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Friday, April 15, 2005 00:25:30

Associate secretaries:
Susan J Friedlander, AMS susan@math.northwestern.edu

Friday April 8, 2005, 2:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Topology of Continua, I
Room 110, Mathematics and Statistics Building
Organizers:
Wayne Lewis, Texas Tech University wlewis@math.ttu.edu
- 2:00 p.m.
  A continuum $X$ whose hyperspace of subocntinua is not its continuous image.
  Alejandro Illanes*, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
  (1006-54-101)
- 2:30 p.m.
  Injectivity and Intrinsic Rotations.
  James T. Rogers, Jr.*, Tulane University
  (1006-54-64)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Dendroids with only one bottleneck center.
  Van C Nall*, University of Richmond
  Jo Heath, Auburn University
  (1006-54-68)
- 3:30 p.m.
  On the n-fold hyperspace suspensions of continua.
  Sergio Macias*, Institute of Mathematics, National University of Mexico
  (1006-54-71)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Properties of Buffers.
  Robbie Allen Beane*, University of Missouri, Rolla
  (1006-54-142)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Quotients of Bing Spaces.
  Nicholas S Ormes*, University of Denver
  Richard N Ball, University of Denver
  James N Hagler, University of Denver
  (1006-54-239)

Saturday April 9, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
Special Session on Topology of Continua, II
Room 110, Mathematics and Statistics Building
Organizers:
Wayne Lewis, Texas Tech University wlewis@math.ttu.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  Continuous Extensions of Partial Metrics.
  E. D. Tymchatyn*, University of Saskatchewan
  K. Kawamura, University of Tsukuba
  A. Zagorodnyuk, University of Saskatchewan
  (1006-54-114)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Progress on the fixed point property for simple triod-like continua.
  Christopher G. Mouron*, Rhodes College
  (1006-54-165)
- 9:30 a.m.
  When $P$-likeness implies $Q$-likeness for indecomposable continua.
  Udayan B Darji*, University of Louisville
  (1006-54-157)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Comparing the Symmetric Spans of a Disc and Its Boundary.
  Thelma R West*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  (1006-54-156)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Metrically Connected Spaces.
  B. Dale Daniel*, Lamar University
  (1006-54-79)
- 11:00 a.m.
  Discussion

Saturday April 9, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Topology of Continua, III
Room 110, Mathematics and Statistics Building
Organizers:
Wayne Lewis, Texas Tech University wlewis@math.ttu.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  A Discussion of the Small-point Hyperspaces of Simple $n$-ods.
  Eric L McDowell*, Berry College
  (1006-54-167)
- 3:30 p.m.
  A new construction of simply connected noncontractible cell-like continua.
  Du\v{s}an Repov\v{s}*, Institute for Mathematics, Physics and Mechanics, University of Ljubljana
  (1006-54-07)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Uniqueness of n-fold hyperspaces of a compactification of a ray.
  Veronica Martinez-de-la-Vega*, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
  (1006-54-214)
- 4:30 p.m.
  On 2-equivalent continua.
  Carlos Islas*, Fac. de Ciencias UNAM
  (1006-54-216)

Sunday April 10, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
Special Session on Topology of Continua, IV
Room 110, Mathematics and Statistics Building
Organizers:
Wayne Lewis, Texas Tech University wlewis@math.ttu.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  Metrics on Hyperspaces - Intuition and Theory.
  Wlodzimierz J. Charatonik*, University of Missouri-Rolla
  Matt Insall, University of Missouri-Rolla
  (1006-54-218)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Compactifications of $[0,\infty )$ are $F_{n}$-determined if n is different from 3.
  Jorge M Martinez-Montejano*, Instituto de Matematicas, UNAM
  (1006-54-238)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Representation of the Composant Equivalence Relation for Indecomposable Continua.
  David J Ryden*, Baylor University
  (1006-54-247)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Equidistant sets of boundary components for connected open sets in the complex sphere.
  Jan Aarts, Technical University Delft, The Netherlands
  Gaston Brouwer*, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
  Lex Oversteegen, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
  (1006-54-257)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Discussion
- 11:00 a.m.
  Discussion

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