AMS :: Spring Western Sectional Meeting, AMS Special Session

AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session

Current as of Friday, December 14, 2018 03:30:06

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Saturday April 14, 2018, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Algebraic and Combinatorial Structures in Knot Theory, I
Room 183, Cramer Hall
Organizers:
Allison Henrich, Seattle University
Inga Johnson, Willamette University
Sam Nelson, Claremont McKenna College Sam.Nelson@cmc.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  From trivalent tangles to handlebody-tangles and their invariants.
  Carmen Caprau*, California State University, Fresno
  (1137-57-236)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Singular Knots and Quandles.
  Mustafa Hajij*, University of South Florida
  Khaled Bataineh, Jordan University for Science and Technology
  Mohamed Elhamdadi, University of South Florida
  Sam Nelson, Claremont McKenna College
  (1137-57-251)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Braid Relations and Deep Braiding.
  Joel Zablow*, New York, NY
  (1137-20-17)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Graphical virtual links and a polynomial of signed cyclic graphs.
  Qingying Deng*, Chicago
  Xian'an Jin, Xiamen University
  Louis H Kauffman, University of Illinois at Chicago
  (1137-55-291)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Region crossing change for links on surfaces.
  Oliver Dasbach, Louisiana State University
  Adam Lowrance, Vassar College
  Heather M. Russell*, University of Richmond
  (1137-57-110)

Saturday April 14, 2018, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Algebraic and Combinatorial Structures in Knot Theory, II
Room 183, Cramer Hall
Organizers:
Allison Henrich, Seattle University
Inga Johnson, Willamette University
Sam Nelson, Claremont McKenna College Sam.Nelson@cmc.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Symmetric quotients of knot groups and the Gordian graph.
  Alexandra Kjuchukova*, UW-Madison
  Sebastian Baader, University of Bern
  (1137-57-91)
- 3:30 p.m.
  A Categorification of the Vandermonde Determinant.
  Alex Andrew Chandler*, North Carolina State University
  (1137-18-167)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Tangles and links: a view with trees.
  Daniel S Silver, University of South Alabama
  Susan G Williams*, University of South Alabama
  (1137-57-243)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Three Flavors of Knot Group Presentations.
  Daniel S Silver*, University of South Alabama
  Susan G Williams, University of South Alabama
  (1137-57-244)
- 5:00 p.m.
  On computations of Khovanov homology over the group ring $\mathbb{ZZ}_2$.
  Krzysztof K. Putyra, University of Zurich, Switzerland
  Alexander N. Shumakovitch*, The George Washington University
  (1137-57-351)
- 5:30 p.m.
  How to define homology for non-associative structures.
  Jozef H. Przytycki*, George Washington University
  (1137-57-272)

Sunday April 15, 2018, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Algebraic and Combinatorial Structures in Knot Theory, III
Room 183, Cramer Hall
Organizers:
Allison Henrich, Seattle University
Inga Johnson, Willamette University
Sam Nelson, Claremont McKenna College Sam.Nelson@cmc.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Trace Diagram and Biquandle Brackets.
  Natsumi Oyamaguchi*, Shumei University
  (1137-55-139)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Link invariants obtained from augmented Alexander matrices.
  Kanako Oshiro*, Sophia University
  Atsushi Ishii, University of Tsukuba
  (1137-57-295)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Ribbon Obstructions and Colored Tri-Plane Diagrams.
  Patricia Cahn*, Smith College
  Alexandra Kjuchukova, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  (1137-57-297)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Khovanov Homology for Knotoids.
  Louis H Kauffman*, University of Illinois at Chicago
  (1137-57-56)