Joint Mathematics Meetings MAA Invited Paper Session
Current as of Saturday, January 25, 2014 00:29:03
Joint Mathematics Meetings
Baltimore Convention Center, Hilton Baltimore, and Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor Hotel, Baltimore, MD
January 15-18, 2014 (Wednesday - Saturday)
Meeting #1096
Associate secretaries:
Georgia Benkart, AMS benkart@math.wisc.edu
Gerard A. Venema, MAA venema@calvin.edu
MAA Invited Paper Session on Six Crash Courses on Mapping Class Groups
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Friday January 17, 2014, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
MAA Invited Paper Session on Six Crash Courses on Mapping Class Groups, I
Room 308, BCC
Organizers:
Benson Farb, University of Chicago
Dan Margalit, Georgia Institute of Technology margalit@math.gatech.edu
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8:00 a.m.
Introduction to the mapping class group.
Andrew Putman*, Rice University
(1096-AG-879) -
9:00 a.m.
Finite generation of the mapping class group and the complex of curves.
Tara Brendle*, University of Glasgow
(1096-AG-2084) -
10:00 a.m.
The Nielsen-Thurston Classification of Mapping Classes.
Johanna Mangahas*, Brown University
(1096-AG-910)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday January 18, 2014, 1:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
MAA Invited Paper Session on Six Crash Courses on Mapping Class Groups, II
Room 308, BCC
Organizers:
Benson Farb, University of Chicago
Dan Margalit, Georgia Institute of Technology margalit@math.gatech.edu
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1:00 p.m.
Pseudo-Anosovs and the dynamics of surface homeomorphisms.
Spencer Dowdall*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(1096-AG-1606) -
2:00 p.m.
Hyperbolic geometry and surface bundles.
Christopher J Leininger*, University of Illinois at Urbana--Champaign
(1096-AG-2694) -
3:00 p.m.
Characteristic classes for surface bundles.
Dan Margalit*, Georgia Institute of Techonology
(1096-AG-2744) -
4:00 p.m.
Open problems on mapping class groups and related topics.
Benson Farb*, University of Chicago
(1096-AG-2754)
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1:00 p.m.