AMS Sectional Meeting Program by AMS Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, November 10, 2009 00:42:31

Program | Deadlines | Registration/Housing/Etc. | Inquiries: meet@ams.org

Associate secretaries:
Michel L Lapidus, AMS lapidus@math.ucr.edu, lapidus@mathserv.ucr.edu

Saturday November 7, 2009, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Structures in Knot Theory, I
Room A125, Bourns Hall
Organizers:
Alissa S. Crans, Loyola Marymount University acrans@lmu.edu
Sam Nelson, Claremont McKenna College knots@esotericka.org
- 8:30 a.m.
  Khovanov Homology and the Potts Model.
  Louis H. Kauffman*, University of Illinois at Chicago
  (1054-57-63)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Oriented Quantum Algebras and Coalgebras, Invariants of 1-1 Tangles, Knots, and Links.
  David E Radford*, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Louis H Kauffman, University of Illinois at Chicago
  (1054-16-215)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Quandle Cohomology and Cocycle Knot Invariants with Inner Automorphism Actions.
  J. Scott Carter, University of South Alabama
  Masahico Saito*, University of South Florida
  (1054-57-96)
- 10:30 a.m.
  On the quantization of super dynamical $r$-matrices of zero weight.
  Gizem Karaali*, Pomona College
  (1054-17-176)

Saturday November 7, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Structures in Knot Theory, II
Room A125, Bourns Hall
Organizers:
Alissa S. Crans, Loyola Marymount University acrans@lmu.edu
Sam Nelson, Claremont McKenna College knots@esotericka.org
- 3:00 p.m.
  Adventures in categorification.
  Mikhail Khovanov*, Columbia University
  (1054-81-78)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Categorification of Orthogonal Polynomials.
  Radmila Sazdanovic*, George Washington University
  Mikhail Khovanov, Columbia University
  (1054-18-90)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Discovering knot polynomial identities using the $D_{2n}$ planar algebras.
  Scott Morrison*, Miller Institute for Basic Research
  Emily Peters, University of New Hampshire
  Snyder Noah, Columbia University
  (1054-18-279)
- 5:00 p.m.
  The universal sl(2) foam cohomology for links via extended TQFTs.
  Carmen L Caprau*, California State University, Fresno
  (1054-57-86)
- 5:30 p.m.
  Generalized skein modules of surfaces.
  Jeffrey T Boerner*, University of Iowa
  Paul Drube, University of Iowa
  (1054-57-293)

Sunday November 8, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Structures in Knot Theory, III
Room A125, Bourns Hall
Organizers:
Alissa S. Crans, Loyola Marymount University acrans@lmu.edu
Sam Nelson, Claremont McKenna College knots@esotericka.org
- 8:00 a.m.
  Non-orientable surface knots in thickened 3-manifolds that have an arbitrarily large number of triple points in their projections.
  Scott Carter J*, University of South Alabama
  (1054-57-88)
- 9:00 a.m.
  A colored $\mathfrak{sl}(N)$-homology for links in $S^3$.
  Hao Wu*, The George Washington University
  (1054-57-38)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Knot symmetric quandles and their presentations.
  Seiichi Kamada*, Department of Mathematics/Hiroshima University
  (1054-57-44)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Relationship between quandle cocycle invariants and symmetric quandle cocycle invariants for oriented links.
  Kanako Oshiro*, Hiroshima University
  (1054-57-187)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Quandle and hyperbolic volume.
  Ayumu Inoue*, Department of Mathematics, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  (1054-57-185)

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