AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Saturday, April 12, 2008 00:23:32

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

Saturday April 5, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Discrete Structures in Conformal Dynamics and Geometry, I
Room 005, Ballantine Hall
Organizers:
Kevin M. Pilgrim, Indiana University pilgrim@indiana.edu
William J. Floyd, Virginia Polytech Institute & State University floyd@math.vt.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Postcritically-finite maps on the sphere.
  Mario Bonk*, University of Michigan
  (1038-30-209)
- 10:00 a.m.
  From Starburst to Barycenter: the combinatorial structure of two rational maps.
  James W. Cannon*, Brigham Young University
  William J. Floyd, Virginia Tech
  Walter R. Parry, Eastern Michigan University
  (1038-37-255)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Latt\`{e}s Maps and Finite Subdivision Rules.
  Walter Parry*, Eastern Michigan University
  (1038-37-290)

Saturday April 5, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Discrete Structures in Conformal Dynamics and Geometry, II
Room 005, Ballantine Hall
Organizers:
Kevin M. Pilgrim, Indiana University pilgrim@indiana.edu
William J. Floyd, Virginia Polytech Institute & State University floyd@math.vt.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  Discussion
- 3:00 p.m.
  Hyperbolic pseudogroups.
  Volodymyr Nekrashevych*, Texas A&M University
  (1038-37-318)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Quasisymmetric rigidity properties of relative Schottky sets.
  Sergiy Merenkov*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  (1038-30-210)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Invariant Peano curves of expanding Thurston maps.
  Daniel Meyer*, University of Michigan
  (1038-37-289)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Thermodynamic formalism for Siegel disks.
  Lukas Geyer*, Montana State University
  (1038-37-331)
- 5:30 p.m.
  Discussion

Sunday April 6, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Discrete Structures in Conformal Dynamics and Geometry, III
Room 005, Ballantine Hall
Organizers:
Kevin M. Pilgrim, Indiana University pilgrim@indiana.edu
William J. Floyd, Virginia Polytech Institute & State University floyd@math.vt.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Informal Session
- 10:00 a.m.
  A new link between Teichmueller theory and complex dynamics.
  Sarah C. Koch*, Cornell University
  (1038-30-65)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Hanoi Towers group and complex dynamics.
  Zoran Sunic*, Texas A&M University
  Rostislav Grigorchuk, Texas A&M University
  Volodymyr Nekrashevych, Texas A&M University
  (1038-37-316)

Sunday April 6, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
Special Session on Discrete Structures in Conformal Dynamics and Geometry, IV
Room 005, Ballantine Hall
Organizers:
Kevin M. Pilgrim, Indiana University pilgrim@indiana.edu
William J. Floyd, Virginia Polytech Institute & State University floyd@math.vt.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  Homotopy Pseudo-Orbits and Iterated Monodromy Groups (Part I).
  Suzanne Hruska, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
  Rodrigo A Perez*, Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis
  John Smillie, Cornell University
  (1038-37-307)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Homotopy Pseudo-Orbits and Iterated Monodromy Groups, Part II.
  Suzanne Hruska*, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
  Rodrigo Perez, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
  John Smillie, Cornell University
  (1038-37-306)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Polynomial combinatorics.
  Laura DeMarco*, University of Illinois at Chicago
  (1038-37-173)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Pinching Deformations of Rational Maps.
  Robert W. O'Connell*, Indiana University-Bloomington
  (1038-37-252)

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