[Japanese]
Intelligence of Low-dimensional Topology
Dates: May 16, 2012 (Wed) - May 18, 2012 (Fri)
Place: Rm 420, RIMS, Kyoto University (How to get
there)
PDF version of Program, with Abstracts
List of Open Problems (frequently updated)
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Program
May 16 (Wed)
13:20--14:10 Ryo Nikkuni (School of Arts
and Sciences, Tokyo Woman's Christian University)
$\triangle Y$-exchanges and Conway-Gordon type theorems
14:30--15:20 Sakie Suzuki (RIMS, Kyoto University)
On the universal $sl_2$ invariant of Brunnian bottom tangles
15:40--16:30 Dylan Thurston (Barnard College / Tokyo
Institute of
Technology (visitor))
Computing HOMFLY homology via bimodules
May 17 (Thu)
10:00--10:50 Eriko Hironaka (Florida State
University / University of Tokyo (Visitor))
Small dilatation pseudo-Anosov mapping classes
11:10--12:00 Tetsuya Abe (RIMS, Kyoto University)
Annulus twist, diffeomorphic 4-manifolds, and slice knots
13:20--14:10 J. Scott Carter (University of South Alabama
(visiting Kyungpook National University))
Local pictures for knotted foams and $G$-families of quandles
14:30--15:20 Koji Fujiwara (Department of Math, Kyoto
University)
Growth of groups
15:40-- Problem
Session
May 18 (Fri)
10:00--10:50 Seiichi Kamada (Hiroshima University)
Braids and branched coverings of dimension three
(joint work with J. Scott Carter)
11:10--12:00 Yongju Bae (Kyungpook National University)
On the Alexander polynomial of links with symmetry
13:20--14:10 Masahide Iwakiri (Graduate School of
Science and Engineering, Saga University)
A G-family of quandles and handlebody-knots
14:30--15:20 Kokoro Tanaka (Tokyo Gakugei University)
Interpretation of rack coloring knot invariants in terms of quandles
Scientific Committee:
Akio Kawauchi, Toshitake Kohno, Taizo Kanenobu, Seiichi Kamada,
Tomotada Ohtsuki
Organizers: Tomotada Ohtsuki (RIMS, Kyoto University)
, Michihisa Wakui (Faculty of Engineering Science, Kansai University)