AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session

Current as of Saturday, November 11, 2017 03:30:05

---

Program  ·  Deadlines  ·  Registration/Housing/Etc.
Special Event or Lecture  ·  Inquiries: meet@ams.org

---

Fall Western Sectional Meeting
University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
November 4-5, 2017 (Saturday - Sunday)
Meeting #1134

Associate secretaries:

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

---

Special Session on Algebraic and Combinatorial Structures in Knot Theory

• Saturday November 4, 2017, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic and Combinatorial Structures in Knot Theory, I
  Room 1307, Spieth Hall
  Organizers:
  Patricia Cahn, Smith College
  Sam Nelson, Claremont McKenna College Sam.Nelson@cmc.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Minimizing intersection points of flat virtual links.
    Vladimir Chernov, Dartmouth College
    David Freund*, Dartmouth College
    Rustam Sadykov, Kansas State University
    (1134-57-52)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Homotopy string links, configuration spaces, and the kappa invariant.
    Frederick Cohen, University of Rochester
    Rafal Komendarczyk, Tulane University
    Robin Koytcheff*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Clayton Shonkwiler, Colorado State University
    (1134-57-70)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Finite-type invariants for virtual tangles.
    Nicolas Petit*, Oxford College of Emory University
    (1134-57-83)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    An Intransitive Relation on Knots.
    Allison Henrich*, Seattle University
    (1134-57-85)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Slice Genera of Virtual and Almost Classical Knots.
    Hans U Boden, McMaster University
    Micah Chrisman*, Monmouth University
    Robin Gaudreau, McMaster University
    (1134-57-121)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Virtual Knots, Knotoids and Bonded Knotoids.
    Louis H Kauffman*, UIC
    (1134-57-90)
• Saturday November 4, 2017, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic and Combinatorial Structures in Knot Theory, II
  Room 1307, Spieth Hall
  Organizers:
  Patricia Cahn, Smith College
  Sam Nelson, Claremont McKenna College Sam.Nelson@cmc.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Distortion and the bridge distance of knots.
    Ryan Blair*, CSU Long Beach
    Marion Campisi, San Jose State University
    Scott Taylor, Colby College
    Maggy Tomova, University of Iowa
    (1134-57-195)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Hyperbolic manifolds containing high topological index surfaces.
    Marion Campisi, San Jose State University
    Matt Rathbun*, California State University, Fullerton
    (1134-57-430)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Representing knotted surfaces in dimension four.
    Alexander Zupan*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1134-57-400)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Moves for knotted $2$-foams, Abstract Tensors, and Prismatic Homology.
    J. Scott Carter*, University of South Alabama
    (1134-57-323)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Quandle knot invariants from $SU(2)$.
    W. Edwin Clark, University of South Florida
    Masahico Saito*, University of South Florida
    (1134-57-229)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Involutory latin quandles of prime power order.
    Petr Vojtechovsky*, University of Denver
    (1134-20-324)
• Sunday November 5, 2017, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic and Combinatorial Structures in Knot Theory, III
  Room 1307, Spieth Hall
  Organizers:
  Patricia Cahn, Smith College
  Sam Nelson, Claremont McKenna College Sam.Nelson@cmc.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Alexander polynomial of some virtual knots via the multi-variable Alexander polynomial of links.
    Robert G Todd*, Mount Mercy University
    Micah Chrisman, Monmouth University
    (1134-57-150)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Markov-type theorems for virtual trivalent braids.
    Carmen Caprau*, California State University, Fresno
    Abigayle Dirdak, California State University, Fresno
    Rita Post, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
    Erica Sawyer, The Evergreen State College
    (1134-57-176)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    An Algorithm for Computing the Colored Jones Polynomial.
    Mustafa Hajij, University of South Florida
    Jesse S F Levitt*, University of Southern California
    (1134-16-55)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Colored Khovanov-Rozansky homology of infinite braids.
    Michael Abel*, Duke University
    Michael Willis, University of California, Los Angeles
    (1134-57-321)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Chromatic graph homology for brace algebras.
    Vladimir V Baranovsky*, University of California - Irvine
    Maksym Zubkov, University of California - Irvine
    (1134-18-445)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Patterns in Khovanov link and chromatic graph homology.
    Radmila Sazdanovic*, North Carolina State University
    Daniel Scofield, North Carolina State University
    (1134-57-433)

Inquiries: meet@ams.org

---