Workshop on Topology and Geometry
Mahler measure, branched cover homology and growth of groups

Hiroshima University

June 10 - June 11

15:20-- 16:20:  Daniel Silver (University of South Alabama)
Lehmer's Question, Knots and Surface Homeomorphisms
 
17:00-- 18:00:  Masanori Morishita (Kanazawa University)
Pro-p link groups and p-homology groups (Joint with J. Hillman and D. Matei)
 

June 11 (09:00--12:30)

09:20-- 10:20:  Eriko Hironaka (Florida State University)
Star graphs and growth rates of polygonal reflection groups
 
11:00-- 12:30:  Lunch