1999 Midwest Geometry Conference
University of Missouri - Columbia

 

The 1999 Midwest Geometry Conference took place at the University of Missouri on November 5, 6, and 7, 1999.

Organizing Committee:

J. Beem, C. Bender, S. Dostoglou, D. Edidin, A. Helfer, B. Mashhoon, J. Segert, S. Wang, and Q. Zhang

Program:

Friday afternoon, November 5: Quantum Fields and Geometry
Organizers: Carl Bender and Adam Helfer
03:15-04:15J. HartleQuantum Mechanics in the Light of Quantum Cosmology
04:30-05:30R. WaldQuantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime
05:45-06:15M. VisserEnergy conditions and their implications
R. BishopSpines and homology of thin Riemannian manifolds with boundary
6:15-6:45K. MaratheElectromagnetic resolution of curvature and gravitational instantons
 
Saturday morning, November 6: Geometrical Methods in the Topology of Low-Dimensional Manifolds
Organizers: S. Dosoglou, J. Segert, and S. Wang
08:00-08:30R. SalgadoSpacetime trigonometry
R. FulpThe algebra of gauge symmetries of Lagrangian field theories
08:30-09:30T. MrowkaSpeculations on the relationship between instanton and Seiberg-Witten-Floer homology
09:45-10:45M. CullerKnots in 3-manifolds with cyclic pi1
11:00-11:30I. MajorA formula for the fundamental group of irreducible 3-manifolds
BekaertInteractions of chiral 2-forms
 
Saturday afternoon, November 6: Recent Developments in Complex Algebraic Geometry
Organizers: D. Edidin, J. Segert, and Q. Zhang
01:00-02:00 Y.-T. Siu Methods of round D-Bar estimates in algebraic geometry
02:15-03:15 Y. Ruan Orbifold Gromov-Witten Theory
03:30-04:00 C. Udriste Dynamics induced by flows and metrics
O. Collin How not to obtain lens spaces by Dehn surgery along knots
04:00-04:30 V. Patrangenaru On Mercury's perihelion advance, Pluto's "planet" denomination, ...
N. Saveliev Equivariant Casson invariants
04:30-05:00 L. Bombelli Statistical geometry of random weave states
Olkhov On possibility of geometrical interpretation of quantum formalism
 
Sunday morning, November 7: Lorentzian Geometry and Relativity
Organizers: J. Beem, A. Helfer, and B. Mashhoon
08:00-08:30 Smith On the connectedness of the space of initial data for the Einstein equation
D. Galehouse Fundamental geometry for quantum physics
08:30-09:30 G. Galloway Null Splitting Theorem
09:45-10:45 V. Moncrief The ADM Hamiltonian for a closed universe and its topological significance
11:00-12:00 M. Choptuik Critical Phenomena in gravitational collapse

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Contact Person: Larry Peterson
E-mail: lawrence.peterson@und.nodak.edu
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Date of most recent update: 19 May 2006

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