AMS International Meeting Program by Special Session
Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:21:42
Joint AMS-SMM International Meeting
Houston, TX, May 13-15, 2004
Meeting #998
Associate secretaries: John L Bryant, AMS bryant@math.fsu.edu
Special Session on Low Dimensional Topology
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Thursday May 13, 2004, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Low Dimensional Topology, I
Organizers:
Victor N\'u\~nez, CIMAT victor@fractal.cimat.mx
Luis G. Valdez, University of Texas, El Paso valdez@math.utep.edu
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8:30 a.m.
Doubly composite knots with unknotting number 1.
Cameron McA Gordon*, University of Texas at Austin
John E Luecke, University of Texas at Austin
(998-57-397) -
9:00 a.m.
Bounds for the genus and number of acylindrical surfaces in knot and link exteriors.
Mario Eudave-Mu\~noz, Instituto de Matematicas UNAM
Max Neumann-Coto*, Instituto de Matematicas, UNAM
(998-57-420) -
9:30 a.m.
Finite quotient of rings and applications to subgroup separability of linear groups.
Emily Hamilton*, Emory University
(998-57-169) -
10:00 a.m.
Automorphisms of the complex of separating curves, and applications.
John D. McCarthy, Michigan State University
William R. Vautaw*, Southeastern Louisiana University
(998-57-40) -
10:30 a.m.
Retractions of groups.
Darren Long, U.C.S.B.
Alan W. Reid*, Univ. of Texas at Austin
(998-57-313)
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8:30 a.m.
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Thursday May 13, 2004, 2:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Low Dimensional Topology, II
Organizers:
Victor N\'u\~nez, CIMAT victor@fractal.cimat.mx
Luis G. Valdez, University of Texas, El Paso valdez@math.utep.edu
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2:00 p.m.
Acylindrical surfaces in knot and link complements.
Mario Eudave-Munoz*, Instituto de Matematicas, UNAM
Max Neumann-Coto, Instituto de Matematicas, UNAM
(998-57-408) -
2:30 p.m.
On the relationship between 3-manifolds and Hopf-algebra objects.
Fernando J. O. Souza*, University of Iowa
(998-57-396) -
3:00 p.m.
Relations between Quantum Gravity and Topology.
J Manuel Garcia-Islas*, Centro de Investigacion en Matematicas
(998-83-387) -
3:30 p.m.
Depths of Seifert surfaces.
Mark Brittenham*, University of Nebraska
(998-57-349) -
4:00 p.m.
Colorability, Tangles and Quandles.
Junalyn P. Navarra-Madsen*, UT-Dallas
Isabel K. Darcy, University of Iowa
(998-57-174) -
4:30 p.m.
Enzymes that change the topology of DNA.
Mariel Vazquez*, U.C. Berkeley
(998-92-343)
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2:00 p.m.
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Friday May 14, 2004, 9:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
Special Session on Low Dimensional Topology, III
Organizers:
Victor N\'u\~nez, CIMAT victor@fractal.cimat.mx
Luis G. Valdez, University of Texas, El Paso valdez@math.utep.edu
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9:00 a.m.
Quadrisecants of knots with small crossing number.
Gyo Taek Jin*, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
(998-57-421) -
9:30 a.m.
Closed Essential Surfaces in the Complements of Large Volume Berge Knots.
Kenneth L Baker*, University of Texas at Austin
(998-57-410) -
10:00 a.m.
An example of a hyperbolic 3-manifold realizing a bound on Dehn fillings.
Lorena Armas-Sanabria*, UNAM
(998-57-380) -
10:30 a.m.
On nonexistence of foliations.
Sergio Fenley, Florida State University
Rachel Roberts*, Washington University in St Louis
John Shareshian, Washington University in St Louis
Melanie Stein, Trinity College
(998-57-417) -
11:00 a.m.
Homology and Derived Series of Groups.
Tim D. Cochran*, Rice University
Shelly Harvey, M.I.T.
(998-57-427)
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9:00 a.m.
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Saturday May 15, 2004, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
Special Session on Low Dimensional Topology, IV
Organizers:
Victor N\'u\~nez, CIMAT victor@fractal.cimat.mx
Luis G. Valdez, University of Texas, El Paso valdez@math.utep.edu
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8:30 a.m.
Automorphisms of 3-manifolds.
Leonardo Navarro Carvalho, Campinas University
Ulrich Oertel*, Rutgers University
(998-57-330) -
9:00 a.m.
Virtually Haken fillings of knot complements.
Daryl Cooper, UC Santa Barbara
Genevieve Walsh*, UT Austin
(998-57-314) -
9:30 a.m.
Universal Montesinos knots.
V\'ictor N\'u\~nez*, CIMAT
(998-57-328) -
10:00 a.m.
Relative Heegaard genus of Haken 3-manifolds.
Jennifer Schultens*, UC Davis
(998-57-321) -
10:30 a.m.
Seifert Klein bottles for knots in the 3-sphere.
Luis G Valdez-Sanchez*, University of Texas at El Paso
(998-57-351) -
11:00 a.m.
Knot width is unlikely to be nearly additive.
Martin Scharlemann*, U. C. Santa Barbara
Abigail Thompson, U. C. Davis
(998-57-338)
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8:30 a.m.