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Cascade
Topology
Seminar |
The Cascade Topology Seminar is a semi-annual gathering of
topologists from the Pacific Northwest and Southwestern Canada.
Pictures courtesty of Brad Shelton
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Fall 2000 Meeting: Saturday and Sunday November 11-12
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
Meeting number 26
Schedule
| Saturday November 11: |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Coffee/tea, etc. Willamette Hall Atrium |
| 10:30-11:30 | Dev Sinha |
Brown University | The topology of spaces of embeddings of
one-dimensional manifolds |
| 1:45-2:45 |
Maria Basterra | University of Illinois
| Topological Andre-Quillen cohomology, Gamma-homology and
Stabilization
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| 3:00-4:00 |
Thang Le |
SUNY Buffalo |
On the colored Jones polynomial |
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| 6:30 | Dinner at Hal Sadofsky's house.
| For info, contact
sadofsky@darkwing.uoregon.edu |
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| Sunday November 12: |
| 9:00-9:30 | Coffee/Tea etc. | Willamette
Hall Atrium |
| 9:30-10:30 |
Inga Johnson | University of Oregon |
The effect of multiplication by 2^k on the root invariant |
| 11:00-12:00 |
Matthias Weber | MSRI (visiting from
Bonn University)
| The Embeddedness of the
Genus One Helicoid
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The lectures will be in 110 Willamette Hall. Coffee/Tea/snacks will
be in the atrium of the same
building.
There will be a party at Hal Sadofsky's house on Saturday evening.
Organizers: Hal
Sadofsky (541) 346-5619,
Boris Botvinnik (541) 346-5636.
University of Oregon, Department of Mathematics
Limited support from the National Science Foundation is available for
participants in these meetings without grant support. First priority
will go to graduate students and faculty from regional universities.
Participants from other universities may be supported if funds are
available.
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Technical Information
Transportation
By plane
Eugene is served by United Airlines with direct flights from San
Francisco and Denver. It is also served by Horizon/Alaska Air with
flights from a number of nearby cities.
For really complete information see Chris
Phillip's directions.
More briefly:
To reach Eugene and the University of Oregon from the North:
- I-5 to Exit 194B (Eugene, I-105 West).
- I-105 West to Exit 2 (Coburg Rd).
- Fork on exit; stay left, following sign for UO and Downtown.
- Follow Coburg Rd straight (south) onto bridge, crossing Willamette River.
- Get in left lane and follow signs to UO.
- You will end up on Franklin Blvd heading ESE. Stay in right lane.
- At first light, follow Franklin around a bend to the left, now heading east.
- You will pass the following in this order:
- Arby's on left
- McDonald's on left
- A stop light at Hilyard; go straight (east)
- Original Pancake House on right
- Phoenix Inn on right
- A stop light at 11th; go straight (east)
- Burger King on left at Agate St./Riverfront Pkwy.
- Turn right (south) on Agate St.
- Turn left (east) on 13th and park in the visitor lot (on left) or at a meter.
To reach Eugene and the University of Oregon from the
South (on I5):
Take exit 192 toward Eugene.
This exit will place you on Franklin Boulevard heading west. Turn
left (south) onto Agate St., and follow instructions above to get to
visitor parking lot.
Willamette Hall is a 4 or 5 minute walk west along 13th Avenue from
the visitors parking lot.
Housing
The hotels below are quite close by, a little east of the building
where the conference will be, but see UPDATE below.
- New Oregon Best Western, 1-888-287-3390, 1655 Franklin
Blvd. (from $55.)
- Green Tree Best Western, 1-800-528-1234, 1759 Franklin Blvd.
- Franklin Inn, 541-342-4804, 1857 Franklin Blvd. ($35-$50)
Housing update: There are some other events at the UO the weekend of
November 11. It is still possible to find rooms, but the "Best
Western's" listed above are likely to be full.
Here are some other places to try.
- Motel 6, (Eugene South) 3690 Glenwood Drive. This is about 1.5
miles from the University, (541) 687-2395. It is east of the
University, off of I5.
- Motel 6, (Eugene-Springfield) 3752 International Ct Springfield,
(541) 741-1105. This is off I5, a several miles to the north of the
University.
- Pacific 9 Motor Lodge. 3550 Gateway Springfield, (541)
726-9266. This is also
north of the University off of I5. It is very Motel 6-like.
- The Timbers Motel, 1015 Pearl St. Eugene, (541) 343-3345. This
is in downtown Eugene, about 1.5 miles from the University to the
west. (It isn't in the woods in spite of its name - choose the first
Motel 6 if you want in the woods.)
Also very close (maybe a 15 minute walk to where the talks are) but
west of campus, and therefore close to downtown:
- Campus Inn, 1-800-888-6313, 390 E. Broadway.
- Eugene Motor Lodge, 1-800-876-7829, 476 E. Broadway ($38 single).
- Travelers Inn, 1-541-342-1109, 540 E. Broadway ($32 single).
These three are listed in order as you approach the U of O.
Directions to Hal Sadofsky's house
The address is 2105 McMillan St, phone 431-1736. It is about a 25-30
minute walk from campus. Walk west along 13th Avenue (about 9 blocks
after you get off campus), then turn left
on Willamette. Go about 8 blocks to Grandview (between 20th Avenue
and 22nd Avenue) and turn right up Grandview which is a very short, steep
hill. Bear left onto McMillan. Depending on how you count, 2105 is
the 2nd or 3rd house on the left.
These directions would work for driving too, except 13th is one way the
wrong way. Depending on where you start, you could use 11th or 18th
Avenues to get to Willamette, then as above.
Restaurants
There are restaurants along 13th Avenue heading west into the downtown
area, several of which are quite close to the university.
The biggest concentration near the University is on Alder between 11th
and 13th Avenues.
There are also places to eat up around the corner of Agate and 19th
Avenue, south of the campus. And there are restaurants along Franklin
Boulevard, and at the 5th Street Market (which is on 5th Avenue,
downtown).
