AMS :: 2011 Spring Central Section Meeting, Program by AMS Special Session

AMS Sectional Meeting Program by AMS Special Session

Current as of Sunday, March 27, 2011 00:23:13

Associate secretaries:

Georgia Benkart, AMS benkart@math.wisc.edu

Friday March 18, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
Special Session on Thin Position I
Rm 114, MacLean Classroom Bldg
Organizers:
Jesse Johnson, Oklahoma State University
Maggie Tomova, University of Iowa mtomova@math.uiowa.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Thin position for graphs in 3-manifolds.
  Scott A Taylor*, Colby College
  Maggy Tomova, University of Iowa
  (1069-57-48)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Tunnel One, Fibered Links.
  Matt Rathbun*, Michigan State University
  (1069-57-336)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Classifying primitive/Seifert knots.
  John Berge, Independent
  Brandy Guntel*, The University of Texas at Austin
  Sungmo Kang, UQAM
  (1069-57-228)

Saturday March 19, 2011, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Thin Position II
Rm 114, MacLean Classroom Bldg
Organizers:
Jesse Johnson, Oklahoma State University
Maggie Tomova, University of Iowa mtomova@math.uiowa.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Thin position of cable knots.
  Alexander Zupan*, University of Iowa
  (1069-57-285)
- 9:30 a.m.
  The Link Volume.
  Yo'av Rieck*, University of Arkansas
  Yasushi Yamashita, Nara Women's University
  (1069-57-320)
- 10:00 a.m.
  An upper bound on Reidemeister moves.
  Alexander Coward*, University of California at Davis
  Marc Lackenby, University of Oxford
  (1069-57-256)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Heegaard splittings with large subsurface distances.
  Jesse Johnson, Department of Mathematics, Oklahoma State University
  Yair N Minsky, Department of Mathematics Yale University
  Yoav Moriah*, Department of Mathematics, Technion
  (1069-57-56)

Saturday March 19, 2011, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on Thin Position III
Rm 114, MacLean Classroom Bldg
Organizers:
Jesse Johnson, Oklahoma State University
Maggie Tomova, University of Iowa mtomova@math.uiowa.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  Width is Not Additive.
  Ryan C Blair*, University of Pennsylvania
  Maggy Tomova, University of Iowa
  (1069-57-261)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Circular thin position for free genus one knots.
  Fabiola Manjarrez-Gutierrez*, Instituto de Matematicas UNAM.
  Victor Nunez, CIMAT
  Enrique Ramirez-Losada, CIMAT
  (1069-57-311)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Additivity of circular width.
  Mario Eudave-Munoz*, Instituto de Matematicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
  Fabiola Manjarrez-Gutierrez, Instituto de Matematicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
  (1069-57-271)
- 4:00 p.m.
  $\alpha$-sloped thin position for 3-manifolds.
  Marion Moore Campisi*, University of Texas at Austin
  (1069-57-315)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Generating the genus g+1 Goeritz group of a genus g handlebody.
  Martin Scharlemann*, U. C. Santa Barbara
  (1069-57-71)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Bridge number and non-integral Dehn surgery.
  Kenneth L. Baker, University of Miami
  Cameron McA. Gordon, University of Texas at Austin
  John Luecke*, University of Texas at Austin
  (1069-57-296)

Sunday March 20, 2011, 9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
Special Session on Thin Position IV
Rm 114, MacLean Classroom Bldg
Organizers:
Jesse Johnson, Oklahoma State University
Maggie Tomova, University of Iowa mtomova@math.uiowa.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Normalizing Topologically minimal surfaces.
  David C Bachman*, Pitzer College
  (1069-57-233)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Heegaard surfaces in toroidal 3-manifolds.
  David Bachman, Pitzer College
  Ryan Derby-Talbot*, Quest University Canada
  Eric Sedgwick, Depaul University
  (1069-57-352)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Surfaces that become isotopic after Dehn filling.
  David Bachman, Pitzer College
  Ryan Derby-Talbot, Quest University
  Eric Sedgwick*, DePaul University
  (1069-57-219)