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.-10:45 a.m.
Special Session on Algebraic K-theory and Nil groups in Algebra and Topology, I
Room 204, Ballantine Hall
Organizers:
James F. Davis, Indiana University jfdavis@indiana.edu
Christian Haesemeyer, University of Illinois at Chicago chh@math.uic.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Formulas for $NK_*(R)$ for $\Bbb Q$-algebras.
  Charles A Weibel*, Rutgers University
  Guillermo Cortinas, Universities of Buenos Aires and of Valladolid
  Christian Haesemeyer, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Mark E Walker, University of Nebraska
  (1038-19-232)
- 10:00 a.m.
  On a question of Bass.
  G Cortinas, Universities of Buenos Aires and of Valladolid
  C Haesemeyer, University of Illinois-Chicago
  Mark Walker*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  C Weibel, Rutgers University
  (1038-19-258)

Saturday April 5, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
Special Session on Algebraic K-theory and Nil groups in Algebra and Topology, II
Room 204, Ballantine Hall
Organizers:
James F. Davis, Indiana University jfdavis@indiana.edu
Christian Haesemeyer, University of Illinois at Chicago chh@math.uic.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  Nil-groups, convex geometry, and discrete geometry.
  Joseph Gubeladze*, San Francisco State University
  (1038-19-112)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Algebraic K-theory over the infinite dihedral group.
  James F Davis, Department of Mathematics, Indiana University
  Qayum Khan*, Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University
  Andrew Ranicki, School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh
  (1038-19-248)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Splitting formulas for certain Waldhausen Nil-groups.
  Ivonne J. Ortiz*, Miami University
  Jean-Francois Lafont, Ohio State University
  (1038-19-296)

Sunday April 6, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Special Session on Algebraic K-theory and Nil groups in Algebra and Topology, III
Room 204, Ballantine Hall
Organizers:
James F. Davis, Indiana University jfdavis@indiana.edu
Christian Haesemeyer, University of Illinois at Chicago chh@math.uic.edu
- 8:00 a.m.
  The Behavior of Nil-Groups under Localization and the Relative Assembly Map.
  Grunewald Joachim*, Bonn University
  (1038-19-249)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Higher Grothendieck-Witt groups of schemes.
  Marco Schlichting*, Louisiana State University
  (1038-19-85)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Generation and computation of Nil-groups.
  Ian Hambleton*, McMaster University
  (1038-19-293)

Sunday April 6, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
Special Session on Algebraic K-theory and Nil groups in Algebra and Topology, IV
Room 204, Ballantine Hall
Organizers:
James F. Davis, Indiana University jfdavis@indiana.edu
Christian Haesemeyer, University of Illinois at Chicago chh@math.uic.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  On the Cappell UNil-groups.
  Andrew Ranicki*, University of Edinburgh
  (1038-57-133)
- 3:30 p.m.
  An approach to the Farrell-Jones conjecture.
  Frank Quinn*, Virginia Tech
  (1038-19-340)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Algebraic K-theory of hyperbolic reflection groups.
  Jean-Francois Lafont*, Ohio State University
  Ivonne J. Ortiz, Miami University
  Bruce Magurn, Miami University
  (1038-19-298)

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