Joint Mathematics Meetings Program by Special Session

Current as of Saturday, January 13, 2007 12:54:12

Joint Mathematics Meetings
New Orleans, LA, January 5-8, 2007 (Friday - Monday)
Meeting #1023

• Friday January 5, 2007, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Knots, 3-Manifolds, and Their Invariants, I
  Organizers:
  Oliver T. Dasbach, Louisiana State University kasten@math.lsu.edu
  Xiao-Song Lin, University of California Riverside
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Quantum Teichmuller Theory.
    Charles D Frohman*, The University of Iowa
    Adam Sikora, The State University of New York at Buffalo
    (1023-57-1745)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Nonalternating knots and the Jones polynomial.
    Neil R. Nicholson*, The University of Iowa
    (1023-54-31)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Dessins d'enfant and Link Invariants.
    Neal W. Stoltzfus*, Louisiana State University
    Xiao-Song Lin, UC Riverside
    Oliver T. Dasbach, Louisiana State University
    Efstratia Kalfagianni, Michigan State University
    David Futer, Michigan State University
    (1023-57-1148)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    New Skein modules of three manifolds (with C.Frohman).
    Marta Asaeda*, Univ of California Riverside
    Charlie Frohman, University of Iowa
    (1023-57-1591)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Turaev-Viro Invariants of 3-Manifolds and the Reidemeister torsion.
    Charles D Frohman, The University of Iowa
    Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska*, National Science Foundation
    (1023-57-1847)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Khovanov Homology \& Reidemeister Torsion.
    Juan Ariel Ortiz-Navarro*, University of Iowa
    Chris Truman, University of Maryland
    (1023-55-1693)
• Friday January 5, 2007, 2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Knots, 3-Manifolds, and Their Invariants, II
  Organizers:
  Oliver T. Dasbach, Louisiana State University kasten@math.lsu.edu
  Xiao-Song Lin, University of California Riverside
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Generalizations of Gropes.
    Tim D Cochran*, Rice University
    Carol Gee, St. Edwards University
    Shelly L Harvey, Rice University
    Constance Leidy, University of Pennsylvania and Wesleyan University
    (1023-57-1010)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Volume, twist number, and Jones polynomial of hyperbolic links I.
    David Futer*, Michigan State University
    Efstratia Kalfagianni, Michigan State University
    Jessica S. Purcell, University of Texas at Austin
    (1023-57-1047)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Volume, twist number and Jones polynomial of hyperbolic links, II.
    D. Futer, Michigan State University
    E. Kalfagianni*, Michigan State University
    J. Purcell, University of Texas, Austin
    (1023-57-1044)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Spanning tree filtration on the reduced Khovanov complex and the associated spectral sequence.
    Abhijit Champanerkar*, University of South Alabama
    Ilya Kofman, College of Staten Island, CUNY
    (1023-57-966)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Khovanov Homology, Twist Number and Surfaces.
    Robert G. Todd*, University of Iowa
    (1023-57-494)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    SL(2,$\Bbb C$) and PSL(2,$\Bbb C$) Casson invariants and A-polynomials.
    Hans U. Boden, McMaster University
    Cynthia L. Curtis*, The College of New Jersey
    (1023-57-1534)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Knot Concordance and Blanchfield Duality.
    Shelly Harvey*, Rice University
    (1023-57-1016)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Surgery of type-$p$ and quantum invariants of 3-manifolds.
    Patrick M Gilmer*, Louisiana State University
    (1023-57-512)
• Saturday January 6, 2007, 1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Knots, 3-Manifolds, and Their Invariants, III
  Organizers:
  Oliver T. Dasbach, Louisiana State University kasten@math.lsu.edu
  Xiao-Song Lin, University of California Riverside
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Some applications of the cosine law to surface geometry and 3-manifolds.
    Feng Luo*, Rutgers University
    (1023-57-1527)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Virtual Homotopy.
    H A Dye*, U.S. Military Academy
    Louis H Kauffman, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1023-55-529)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Hochschild homology, cones, and combinatorial patterns in Khovanov type graph homology.
    Jozef H. Przytycki*, George Washington University
    Milena D. Pabiniak, GWU
    Radmila Sazdanovic, GWU
    (1023-57-1406)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Analyzing torsion in Khovanov-type graph cohomology over algebra $Z[x]/(x^m)$.
    Radmila Sazdanovic*, George Washington University
    Milena Pabiniak, GWU
    Jozef H Przytycki, GWU
    (1023-57-846)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Mahler measures of twisted Alexander polynomials.
    Daniel S. Silver, University of South Alabama
    Susan G. Williams*, University of South Alabama
    (1023-57-1561)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The Mahler measure of Jones polynomials and the twist-bracket polynomial.
    Abhijit Champanerkar, Univ. of South Alabama
    Ilya Kofman*, College of Staten Island, CUNY
    (1023-57-1262)