8:00 a.m. On a theorem of Wu. Lorenzo Traldi*, Lafayette College
(950-57-267)
8:30 a.m. $SL(2,C)$ Representations of Tunnel Number One Knots. Hugh M Hilden, University of Hawaii
Debora M Tejada*, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Margarita M Toro, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
(950-57-242)
9:00 a.m. On the Homplypt skein module of $S^1 \times S^2$. Jianyuan Zhong*, Louisiana State University
Patrick M Gilmer, Louisiana State University
(950-57-574)
9:30 a.m. Symmetry of quantum link invariants. Thang T Le*, SUNY Buffalo
(950-57-1280)
10:00 a.m. A note on the mapping class group and positive Dehn twists. Feng Luo*, Rutgers University
(950-57-797)
10:30 a.m. On the relationship between the A-polynomial and the Jones polynomial. Razvan Gelca*, University of Michigan
(950-57-272)
2:15 p.m. State-sum Invariants of Knotted Curves and Surfaces from Quandle Cohomology. Daniel D Jelsovsky*, University of South Florida
J S Carter, University of South Alabama
Seiichi Kamada, Osaka City University
Laurel Langford, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Masahico Saito, University of South Florida
(950-57-111)
2:45 p.m. The noncommutative deRham homology of the Kauffman bracket skein module. Charles D Frohman*, The University of Iowa
(950-57-1060)
3:15 p.m. A subcategory of a cobordism category. Patrick M. Gilmer*, Louisiana State University
(950-57-734)
3:45 p.m. Cyclic Group Actions on Manifolds. Adam S Sikora*, Univ. of Maryland at College Park
(950-57-1200)
4:15 p.m. A quantum obstruction to embedding. Charles Frohman, University of Iowa
Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska*, Boise State University
(950-57-1223)
4:45 p.m. Minimal crossing number of alternating knots in S x I. Colin C Adams*, Williams College
Thomas Fleming, Williams College
Michael Levin, Harvard University
Ari Turner, Princeton University
(950-57-499)
5:15 p.m. Relating Hopf-algebraic invariants of 3-manifolds. Fernando J. O. de Souza*, Los Alamos Nat. Lab./ U. I. C.
Louis H. Kauffman, U. I. C.
David E. Radford, U. I. C.
(950-57-937)
5:40 p.m. Non-semsimple TQFT's in dim=1+1+1. Thomas Kerler*, The Ohio State University
(950-57-1254)
8:00 a.m. Thicknesses of Knots. Yuanan Diao*, UNC at Charlotte
Claus Ernst, Western Kentucky University
Buks Rensburg, York University
(950-57-1034)
8:30 a.m. Deloup invariants, Dichromatic skein module, and periodic 3-manifolds. Maxim V Sokolov*, George Washington University
(950-55-752)
9:00 a.m. Mahler measure, links and homology growth. Daniel S Silver*, University of South Alabama
Susan G Williams, University of South Alabama
(950-57-722)
9:30 a.m. Virtual Knot Theory. Louis H Kauffman*, Univ. Ill. at Chicago
(950-57-57)
10:00 a.m. The fourth skein module, the Montesinos-Nakanishi conjecture and n-algebraic links. J\'ozef H Przytycki, George Washington University
Tatsuya Tsukamoto*, Georege Washington University (and Waseda Univ.)
(950-57-1047)
10:30 a.m. Almost modular structure of Ohtsuki invariants. Ruth J. Lawrence*, University of Michigan
(950-57-1242)