AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Saturday, March 24, 2007 00:22:09

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

Friday March 16, 2007, 9:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
Special Session on Quantum Topology, I
Room 046, Culler Hall
Organizers:
Sergei Chmutov, Ohio State University chmutov@math.ohio-state.edu
Thomas Kerler, Ohio State University kerler@math.ohio-state.edu
- 9:30 a.m.
  On the Hennings Invariant of a Finite-Dimensional Factorizable Hopf Algebra.
  David E Radford*, University of Illinois at Chicago
  (1025-16-222)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Some examples of integral TQFTs.
  Qi Chen*, Department of Mathematics, Ohio State University
  (1025-57-165)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Turaev-Viro invariants and the Reidemeister torsion.
  Charles D Frohman, The University of Iowa
  Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska*, National Science Foundation
  (1025-57-231)
- 11:00 a.m.
  Congruence and Similarity of 3-manifolds.
  Patrick M Gilmer*, Louisiana State University
  (1025-57-146)

Friday March 16, 2007, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on Quantum Topology, II
Room 046, Culler Hall
Organizers:
Sergei Chmutov, Ohio State University chmutov@math.ohio-state.edu
Thomas Kerler, Ohio State University kerler@math.ohio-state.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  An $sl(2)$ tangle homology and seamed cobordisms.
  Carmen L. Caprau*, The University of Iowa
  (1025-57-25)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Cohomology in a symmetric monoidal category that has products and coproducts.
  J. Scott Carter*, University of South Alabama
  Alissa S. Crans, Loyola Marymount Univeristy
  Mohamed Elhamdadi, University of South Florida
  Pedro Lopes, Instituto Superior T�cnico
  Masahico Saito, University of South Florida
  (1025-18-171)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Relations among algebraic cohomology theories and applications.
  J. Scott Carter, University of South Alabama
  Alissa Crans, Loyola Marymount University
  Mohamed Elhamdadi, University of South Florida
  Masahico Saito*, University of South Florida
  (1025-57-143)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Homology of dihedral quandles.
  Jozef H Przytycki*, GWU and UMD
  Maciej Niebrzydowski, GWU
  (1025-57-139)
- 5:00 p.m.
  A homology theory via clock moves.
  Yongwu Rong*, George Washington University
  (1025-57-180)

Saturday March 17, 2007, 9:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
Special Session on Quantum Topology, III
Room 046, Culler Hall
Organizers:
Sergei Chmutov, Ohio State University chmutov@math.ohio-state.edu
Thomas Kerler, Ohio State University kerler@math.ohio-state.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  An algebro-geometric proof of Witten's conjecture.
  Sergei K. Lando*, Independent University of Moscow
  (1025-57-84)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Nilpotent Slices, Hilbert Schemes, and Symplectic Link Invariants.
  Craig Jackson*, University of Chicago
  (1025-57-124)
- 10:00 a.m.
  The Flat Bracket Invariant for Virtual Knots, Links and Strings.
  Louis H. Kauffman*, University of Illinois at Chicago
  (1025-57-27)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Virtual Homotopy.
  H A Dye*, US Military Academy
  Louis H Kauffman, University of Illinois at Chicago
  (1025-55-137)
- 11:00 a.m.
  Functors extending the Kauffman bracket.
  John Armstrong*, Yale University
  (1025-55-72)

Saturday March 17, 2007, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Quantum Topology, IV
Room 046, Culler Hall
Organizers:
Sergei Chmutov, Ohio State University chmutov@math.ohio-state.edu
Thomas Kerler, Ohio State University kerler@math.ohio-state.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Long exact sequence for Khovanov homology corresponding to the Jones skein relation of oriented links.
  Alexander Shumakovitch*, The George Washington University
  (1025-57-268)
- 3:30 p.m.
  On geometric Khovanov theory on surfaces.
  Uwe Kaiser*, Boise State University
  (1025-57-159)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Alternating sum formulae for the determinant of a link.
  Oliver T. Dasbach*, Louisiana State University
  D. Futer, MSU
  E. Kalfagianni, MSU
  X.-S. Lin, UCR
  N. Stoltzfus, LSU
  (1025-57-162)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Polyak-Viro formulas for the coefficients of the Conway polynomial.
  Michael John Khoury*, Ohio State University
  Alfred Rossi, Ohio State University
  (1025-05-115)

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