Joint Mathematics Meetings Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:21:38

Joint Mathematics Meetings
Phoenix, AZ, January 7-10, 2004
Meeting #993

• Friday January 9, 2004, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Low-Dimensional Topology, I
  Organizers:
  Tim D. Cochran, Rice University cochran@rice.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Deformation of homotopy into isotopy in oriented 3-manifolds.
    Uwe Kaiser*, Boise State University
    (993-57-1179)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Non-universality of topological symmetry groups.
    Erica L Flapan*, Pomona College
    Ramin Naimi, Occidental College
    James Pommersheim, Pomona College
    Harry Tamvakis, Brandeis University
    (993-57-956)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Mahler measure of Alexander polynomials and Lehmer's question.
    Daniel S Silver*, University of South Alabama
    Susan G Williams, University of South Alabama
    (993-57-1284)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Uniform 1-Cochains and Genuine Laminations.
    Baris Coskunuzer*, Princeton University
    (993-57-299)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Knot complements covered by great circle link complements.
    Genevieve Walsh*, University of Texas at Austin
    (993-57-1204)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Essential surfaces in 3-manifolds which fiber over the circle.
    Liz Klodginski*, UC Davis
    (993-57-1207)
• Friday January 9, 2004, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Low-Dimensional Topology, II
  Organizers:
  Tim D. Cochran, Rice University cochran@rice.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Distance calculations in the curve complex.
    John Hempel*, Rice University
    (993-57-1359)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Orderability of certain 3-manifold groups.
    Sergio Fenley, Florida State University
    Rachel Dedwydd Roberts*, Washington University in St Louis
    John Shareshian, Washington University in St Louis
    Melanie Stein, Trinity College
    (993-57-1297)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Higher-Order Linking Forms for 3-Manifolds.
    Constance Leidy*, Rice University
    (993-57-988)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Singular symplectic forms on 4-manifolds.
    Robion C. Kirby*, University of California, Berkeley
    T. David Gay, University of Quebec at Montreal
    (993-57-396)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On the Homotopy Classification of 2-Complexes.
    Jens Harlander, Western Kentucky University
    Jacqueline A Jensen*, Sam Houston State University
    (993-55-933)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Generalizations of quandle cocycle invariants and Alexander modules from quandle modules.
    Masahico Saito*, University of South Florida
    (993-57-851)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The topology of 4-manifolds which admit a symplectic form and a circle action.
    Scott J Baldridge*, Indiana University
    (993-57-619)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On a characterization of nugatory crossings.
    Xiao-Song Lin*, University of California, Riverside
    (993-57-1289)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A topological IHX relation in three and four dimensions.
    James Conant*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Rob Schneiderman, Courant Institute
    Peter Teichner, UC San Diego
    (993-57-204)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Finite Abelian Group Actions on Orientable $S^1$-Bundles Over Orientable Surfaces.
    Caroline Maher Boulis*, Florida State University
    (993-55-841)
• Saturday January 10, 2004, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Low-Dimensional Topology, III
  Organizers:
  Tim D. Cochran, Rice University cochran@rice.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Filtrations of Classical Knots.
    Tim D Cochran*, Rice University
    (993-57-1168)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    New obstructions to doubly slicing knots.
    Taehee Kim*, Rice University
    (993-57-1184)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Concordance of boundary links.
    Jerome P Levine*, Brandeis University
    (993-57-975)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Doubled-Delta Move on Ordered Links.
    Carol Gwosdz Gee*, Rice University
    (993-57-1180)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The $H_3(PSL(2,C),Z)$ class and Chern-Simons invariant of a hyperbolic $3$-manifold.
    Walter D Neumann*, Barnard College, Columbia University
    (993-57-911)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Spin Bordism Invariants of the Mapping Class Group.
    Aaron Heap*, Rice University
    (993-55-707)
• Saturday January 10, 2004, 1:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Low-Dimensional Topology, IV
  Organizers:
  Tim D. Cochran, Rice University cochran@rice.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Knots and generalized Arf invariants.
    Kent E Orr*, Indiana University, Bloomington
    Tim D Cochran, Rice University
    (993-57-1675)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Khovanov homology of links in $I$-bundles over surfaces.
    Jozef H. Przytycki*, George Washington University
    Marta M. Asaeda, University of Iowa
    Adam S. Sikora, S.U.N.Y. Buffalo and IAS
    (993-57-895)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    A splitting formula for spectral flow on closed $3$-manifolds.
    Benjamin Himpel*, Indiana University, Bloomington
    (993-58-1199)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Perturbative and Integral Structures of TQFT's.
    Thomas Kerler*, The Ohio State University
    (993-57-1100)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Type one invariants for knotted graphs, and criteria for graph planarity.
    Ted Stanford*, New Mexico State University
    (993-57-1242)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    A classification of isometry groups of a Seifert fibered space $N$ which is double covered by a lens space $L$.
    Ryo Ohashi*, Saint Louis University
    (993-57-467)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The Links-Gould invariant from the Kontsevich integral.
    Nathan C Geer*, University of Oregon
    (993-54-953)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Energy minimization problems and other relations arising from electrodynamics on subdomains of $S^3$.
    R Jason Parsley*, University of Pennsylvania
    (993-54-148)