From przytyck@research.circ.gwu.edu Wed Nov 15 12:03:19 2000
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 21:31:52 -0500 (EST)
From: Przytycki Jozef <przytyck@research.circ.gwu.edu>
To: amca@mail.mathatlas.yorku.ca
Cc: przytyck@research.circ.gwu.edu
Subject: Knots in Washington XI conference, December , 2000



The First Announcement, November 12, 2000.

              KNOTS in WASHINGTON XI  December 7-9, 2000
       The Eleventh Conference on Knot Theory and its Ramifications

You are cordially invited to attend and give a talk at our
Knots in Washington (XI) Conference.
This regional conference is held every semester, in various locations 
in the Washington area 
(see http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~przytyck/knots/index.html). 
The conference will take place at George Washington University
in Washington DC (few blocks from the White House and Smithsonian Museums).
We plan several survey talks - 50 minutes long, and 25 minute long
research talks.
You are cordially invited to participate in this and future meetings. 

We will start on Thursday December 7, with a plenary talk at 6:15pm
We will continue, on Friday and Saturday finishing before 5:00pm on
Saturday.

If you plan to attend please contact one of the organizers. 
No registration fee!

For
Organizers

Jozef H.Przytycki (przytyck@gwu.edu), GWU, Washington D.C.

Speakers include:
Doug Bullock, The Kauffman bracket skein module of the complement of
              a twist knot.
Charlie Frohman, Limits of Kauffman brackets.
Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska
Barbara Nimershiem, The hyperbolic structure of the Borromean rings
                    complement.
Adam Sikora
Dan Silver


Organizers:
Dubravko Ivansic  (divansic@gwu.edu)
Jozef H.Przytycki (przytyck@gwu.edu)
Yongwu Rong       (rong@gwu.edu)