update: Feb. 21, 2014
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Spring Workshop 2014
on Low-Dimensional Topology and its Ramifications


        Feb. 28-Mar. 2, 2014 @ NAGOYA

The conference will take place at Meijo University satellite campus (MSAT) (Google Map). Talks will take place at Conference Room, 13th Floor, MSAT from 2pm on Feb. 28. We will have a party on saturday night at "Nanafuku". The conference is partially supported by
  • JSPS KAKENHI for Scientific Research (C), Research Project Number: 24540094, Principal Investigator: Ryo Nikkuni
    (Tokyo Woman's Christian University).



Speakers
  • Shinya Okazaki (OCAMI, Osaka City University)
  • Jean-Baptiste Meilhan (Institut Fourier, Universite Grenoble I)
  • Hideo Takioka (Osaka City University, D2)
  • Yuki Temma (Nihon University, M1)
  • Sachiko Ohtani (National Defense Academy of Japan)
  • Nao Imoto (Nara Women's University, M2)
  • Kodai Wada (Tokyo Gakugei University, M1)
  • Sukuse Abe (Saitama University, D1)


INFO
  • For participants:

    • MSAT will be open from 10am to 9pm. We would like to ask participants not to come to MSAT before 10am. If you would have arrived at MSAT before open, then please enjoy a cup of coffee at a cafe around MSAT until 10am (there are many cafes near MSAT!).
    • Please note that most of talks will be given in JAPANESE.


  • For speakers:

    • The followings are available at MSAT: one Windows PC, one PC projector, one screen, one stick pointer, two white boards (1 big，1 small).
    • You can also use your own Mac. If you want to use it, please don't forget to bring your Mac connector!


Program

[PROGRAM] 　　 [ABSTRACT]


Feb. 28 (Fri.)
  • 14:00-14:05
    Openning

  • 14:05-14:50
    Nao Imoto (M2, Nara Women's University)
    On Alexander invariant of rational homology fibered knot

  • 15:20-15:50
    Sukuse Abe (D1, Saitama University)
    Definition of finite type invariants of connected oriented compact 3-manifolds, and Qundle homotopy (cocycle) invariants

  • 16:20-16:50
    Kodai Wada (M1, Tokyo Gakugei University)
    Covering linkage invariants of Brunnian links and their Milnor invariants


Mar. 1 (Sat.)
  • 10:30-12:00
    Sachiko Ohtani (National Defense Academy of Japan)
    Arithmetic topology for moduli of Galois representations

  • lunch (poster session)
    Yuki Temma (M1, Nihon University)
    Non-left-orderable surgeries and presentations of knot groups

  • 15:00-16:30
    Shinya Okazaki (OCAMI, Osaka City University)
    Bridge genus and braid genus for 3-manifolds

  • 16:30-17:30
    free discussion (tea time)

  • 18:00-
    party at "Nanafuku"

Mar. 2 (Sun.)
  • 10:30-12:00
    Hideo Takioka (D2, Osaka City University)
    The $\Gamma$-polynomial of a knot and its applications

  • lunch

  • 14:00-16:30
    Jean-Baptiste Meilhan (Institut Fourier, Universite Grenoble I)
    Homotopy classification of welded and ribbon 2-string links

  • 16:30-16:35
    closing


Conference Organizers：
Fumikazu Nagasato (Meijo University)        : fukky[at]meijo-u.ac.jp
Kokoro Tanaka (Tokyo Gakugei University)  : kotanaka[at]u-gakugei.ac.jp
Ayumu Inoue (Aichi University of Education): ainoue[at]auecc.aichi-edu.ac.jp