AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Sunday, October 16, 2005 01:09:10

Associate secretaries:
Lesley M Sibner, AMS lsibner@duke.poly.edu

Saturday October 8, 2005, 9:30 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
Special Session on Invariants of Graphs and Matroids, I
Room 203, Olin Hall
Organizers:
Gary Gordon, Lafayette College gordong@lafayette.edu
Lorenzo Traldi, Lafayette College traldil@lafayette.edu
- 9:30 a.m.
  A Geometric Analog for Vertex-Switching.
  William P. Miller*, Susquehanna University
  (1009-05-19)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Maximal and Maximum Independent Vertex Sets in Graphs.
  Chee Ying Guo, University of Singapore
  Khee Meng Koh, National University of Singapore
  Bruce E. Sagan*, Michigan State University
  Vincent R. Vatter, Rutgers University
  (1009-05-20)

Saturday October 8, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Invariants of Graphs and Matroids, II
Room 203, Olin Hall
Organizers:
Gary Gordon, Lafayette College gordong@lafayette.edu
Lorenzo Traldi, Lafayette College traldil@lafayette.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  A correction in the formula of Hammer and Kelmans for the number of spanning trees in threshold graphs.
  Sarah Bleiler, Seton Hall University
  John T. Saccoman*, Seton Hall University
  (1009-05-35)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Introduction to Khovanov homology and graph homology.
- 3:30 p.m.
  Khovanov graph homology as a Hochschild homology of graphs.
  Jozef H. Przytycki*, George Washington University
  (1009-18-31)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Ranks of Chromatic Graph Homologies.
  Michael S Chmutov*, The Ohio State University
  (1009-05-147)
- 4:30 p.m.
  The Bollob\'as-Riordan polynomial and virtual links.
  Sergei V Chmutov*, The Ohio State University, Mansfield
  (1009-05-183)

Sunday October 9, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Invariants of Graphs and Matroids, III
Room 203, Olin Hall
Organizers:
Gary Gordon, Lafayette College gordong@lafayette.edu
Lorenzo Traldi, Lafayette College traldil@lafayette.edu
- 9:30 a.m.
  Evaluations of the Tutte polynomial.
  Igor Pak*, M.I.T.
  (1009-05-160)
- 10:00 a.m.
  A characteristic polynomial for rooted graphs and rooted digraphs.
  Gary Gordon, Lafayette College
  Elizabeth McMahon*, Lafayette College
  (1009-05-25)
- 10:30 a.m.
  A characteristic polynomial for rooted mixed graphs.
  Steven J Tedford*, Franklin and Marshall College
  (1009-05-10)

Sunday October 9, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
Special Session on Invariants of Graphs and Matroids, IV
Room 203, Olin Hall
Organizers:
Gary Gordon, Lafayette College gordong@lafayette.edu
Lorenzo Traldi, Lafayette College traldil@lafayette.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  Ported alias Set-Pointed and Non-scalar Tutte Functions.
  Seth Chaiken*, Computer Science/University at Albany, SUNY
  (1009-05-125)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Integral graph coloring and affinographic hyperplane arrangements.
  David Forge, Universit\'e Paris-Sud
  Thomas Zaslavsky*, State University of New York at Binghamton
  (1009-05-13)
- 3:30 p.m.
  A Duality Relation for the Topological Tutte Polynomial.
  Joanna Anthony Ellis-Monaghan*, Saint Michael's College
  Irasema Sarmiento, CINEVESTAV, Mexico
  (1009-05-124)
- 4:00 p.m.
  The multivariate Tutte polynomial (alias Potts model) for graphs and matroids.
  Alan D. Sokal*, New York University
  (1009-05-16)

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