8:30 a.m. Some experiments towards the algebraic topology of 3-manifold invariants. Fernando J. O. Souza*, University of Iowa
(983-57-1460)
9:00 a.m. Braid group representations from hyperplane arrangements. Ruth Lawrence*, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Ofer Ron, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ISRAEL
(983-57-1490)
9:30 a.m. Turaev-Viro invariants away from roots of unity. Charles D Frohman, University of Iowa
Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska*, Boise State University
(983-57-1238)
10:00 a.m. Remarks on the Geometry of the Jones Polynomial. Oliver Dasbach*, Louisiana State University
Xiao-Song Lin, University of California, Riverside
(983-57-1459)
10:30 a.m. Deformations of triangulations on surfaces. Feng Luo*, Rutgers University
Ben Chow, UCSD
(983-57-1302)
1:00 p.m. Mahler's measure of A-polynomial and hyperbolic volume. Adam S. Sikora*, SUNY Buffalo
(983-57-1290)
1:30 p.m. Mahler measure, Lehmer's Question and knot theory. Daniel S. Silver*, University of South Alabama
Susan G. Williams, University of South Alabama
(983-57-1242)
2:00 p.m. Kauffman bracket skein module of quaternionic space. John M. Harris*, Louisiana State University
(983-57-1463)
2:30 p.m. The noncommutative generalization of the A-polynomial of the figure eight knot. Razvan Gelca*, Texas Tech University
Jeremy Sain, University of California at Berkeley
(983-57-866)
3:00 p.m. String and skein topology of oriented 3-manifolds. Uwe Kaiser*, Boise State University
(983-57-1200)
3:30 p.m. Moves on links and Burnside group obstructions. Mieczyslaw K. Dabkowski*, George Washington University
Jozef H. Przytycki, George Washington University
(983-57-1283)
4:00 p.m. Kauffman Bracket skein modules over the field of rational functions. Patrick M Gilmer*, Louisiana State University
(983-57-1265)
4:30 p.m. The Kauffman Bracket Skein Module of a Twist Knot Exterior. Doug Bullock, Boise State University
Walter Lo Faro*, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
(983-57-678)
5:00 p.m. Detecting torsion in skein modules using Hochschild homology. Michael McLendon*, Washington College
(983-57-1347)
5:30 p.m. the Kauffman polynomials of genaralized Hopf links. Jianyuan K. Zhong*, Louisiana Tech University
Bin Lu, The University of Arizona
(983-57-834)