AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Saturday, October 29, 2005 01:24:04

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

Friday October 21, 2005, 1:45 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
Special Session on Geometric Methods in Group Theory and Semigroup Theory, I
Room 107, Burnett Hall
Organizers:
Susan M. Hermiller, University of Nebraska-Lincoln smh@math.unl.edu
John C. Meakin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln jmeakin@math.unl.edu
Zoran Sunik, Texas A&M University sunik@math.tamu.edu
- 1:45 p.m.
  Hanoi towers, automaton groups and branch groups.
  R I Grigorchuk, Texas A&M University
  Z Sunik*, Texas A&M University
  (1011-20-87)
- 2:15 p.m.
  Groups of finite type.
  R I Grigorchuk*, Texas A&M University
  (1011-20-92)
- 2:45 p.m.
  Profinite groups, profinite trees, Stallings foldings and finite monoids.
  Karl Auinger, University of Vienna
  Benjamin Steinberg*, Carleton University
  (1011-20-142)
- 3:15 p.m.
  Groups acting on tree-graded spaces.
  Mark Sapir*, Vanderbilt University
  (1011-20-268)

Saturday October 22, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
Special Session on Geometric Methods in Group Theory and Semigroup Theory, II
Room 107, Burnett Hall
Organizers:
Susan M. Hermiller, University of Nebraska-Lincoln smh@math.unl.edu
John C. Meakin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln jmeakin@math.unl.edu
Zoran Sunik, Texas A&M University sunik@math.tamu.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  Algebraic characterizations of one-way functions.
  Jean-Camille Birget*, Rutgers University, Camden Campus
  (1011-20-48)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Reidemeister number as a quasi-isometry invariant for the solvable Baumslag-Solitar groups.
  Jennifer Taback*, Bowdoin College
  Peter Wong, Bates College
  (1011-20-45)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Distortion of surface groups in free-by-cyclic groups.
  Noel Brady*, University of Oklahoma
  Josh Barnard, University of Oklahoma
  (1011-20-356)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Curvature properties of limit groups.
  Emina Alibegovic*, University of Michigan
  (1011-20-326)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Biautomaticity and CAT(0) piecewise Euclidean 2-complexes.
  Rena Hull*, UC Santa Barbara
  (1011-20-170)
- 11:00 a.m.
  Groups acting on CAT(0) spaces of the form $X\times\mathbb R$.
  Kim Ruane*, Tufts University
  (1011-20-330)

Saturday October 22, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Geometric Methods in Group Theory and Semigroup Theory, III
Room 107, Burnett Hall
Organizers:
Susan M. Hermiller, University of Nebraska-Lincoln smh@math.unl.edu
John C. Meakin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln jmeakin@math.unl.edu
Zoran Sunik, Texas A&M University sunik@math.tamu.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Asymptotic density in free groups and $\mathbb Z^k$, Visible Points and Test Elements.
  Ilya Kapovich*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Igor Rivin, Temple University
  Paul E Schupp, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Vladimir Shpilrain, City College of the City University of New York
  (1011-20-82)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Detecting the growth of free-group automorphisms via their action on homology.
  Adam Piggott*, Tufts University
  (1011-20-74)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Examples of retracts in a free group that are not the fixed subgroup of any group of automorphisms.
  Laura I Ciobanu*, University of Auckland, New Zealand
  Warren Dicks, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
  (1011-20-122)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Solving one variable equations in free groups.
  Robert Gilman*, Stevens Institute of technology
  (1011-20-153)

Sunday October 23, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
Special Session on Geometric Methods in Group Theory and Semigroup Theory, IV
Room 107, Burnett Hall
Organizers:
Susan M. Hermiller, University of Nebraska-Lincoln smh@math.unl.edu
John C. Meakin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln jmeakin@math.unl.edu
Zoran Sunik, Texas A&M University sunik@math.tamu.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  What properties do groups of random knots have?
  Paul Schupp*, University of Illinois
  Kari Barkley, Lafayette College
  (1011-20-274)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Ends for Monoids and Semigroups.
  Vesna Kilibarda*, Indiana University Northwest
  David A. Jackson, Saint Louis University
  (1011-20-27)
- 9:30 a.m.
  A criterion for property FA$_n$.
  Angela K. Barnhill*, The Ohio State University
  (1011-20-331)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Artin groups in a continuous context.
  Jon McCammond*, UC Santa Barbara
  (1011-20-169)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Rewriting systems and orderings on Artin monoids.
  Patrick Bahls*, The University of North Carolina, Asheville
  Tyler Smith, Vanderbilt University
  (1011-20-246)
- 11:00 a.m.
  Minimal Splittings of Coxeter Groups.
  Michael L Mihalik*, Vanderbilt University
  Steve Tschantz, Vanderbilt University
  (1011-20-285)

Sunday October 23, 2005, 2:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
Special Session on Geometric Methods in Group Theory and Semigroup Theory, V
Room 107, Burnett Hall
Organizers:
Susan M. Hermiller, University of Nebraska-Lincoln smh@math.unl.edu
John C. Meakin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln jmeakin@math.unl.edu
Zoran Sunik, Texas A&M University sunik@math.tamu.edu
- 2:00 p.m.
  Embeddings of right-angled Artin groups into graph braid groups.
  Lucas A Sabalka*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  (1011-20-125)
- 2:30 p.m.
  The Simultaneous Conjugacy Problem for Thompson's Group $F$ is Solvable.
  Francesco Matucci*, Cornell University
  Martin Kassabov, Cornell University
  (1011-20-128)
- 3:00 p.m.
  On the Homotopy Classification of 1-Relator Groups.
  Jens Harlander*, Western Kentucky University
  Jaqueline A Jensen, Sam Houston State University
  (1011-20-383)

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