Program of the Sessions, Phoenix, Volume 51, Number 1 - American

71 Pages·2003·0.65 MB·English

Program of the Sessions
Phoenix, Arizona, January 7–10, 2004
Monday, January 5 Tuesday, January 6
MAABoardofGovernors
8:30AM–4:00PM
AMSShortCourseonTrendsinOptimization
AMSShortCourseonTrendsinOptimization
8:00AM–5:00PM
9:00AM–5:00PM
Organizers: SerkanHosten,SanFranciscoState
University Organizers: SerkanHosten,SanFranciscoState
University
RekhaThomas,Universityof
Washington RekhaThomas,Universityof
Washington
8:00AM Registration(HyattRegencyBallroomFoyer).
9:00AM Nonlinearandsemidefiniteprogramming.
10:45AM Graphsandcombinatorialoptimization. (6) SteveWright,UniversityofWisconsin
(1) GerardCornuejols,CarnegieMellonUniversity
10:45AM Approximationalgorithms.
2:00PM Polyhedralmethodinoptimization. (7) DavidShmoys,CornellUniversity
(2) AlperAtamturk,UniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley
2:00PM Latticebasisreductioninoptimization.
3:45PM Integer-programmingduality. (8) KarenAardal,GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology
(3) Jean-BernardLasserre,LAAS-CNRS
3:45PM Algebraicmethodsinoptimization.
(9) BerndSturmfels,UniversityofCaliforniaat
Berkeley
MAA Short Course on the History of Mathematical
MAA Short Course on the History of Mathematical
Technologies: Exploring the Material Culture of
Technologies: Exploring the Material Culture of
Mathematics
Mathematics
9:00AM–5:00PM
8:00AM–4:00PM
Organizers: AmyShell-Gellasch,SIAM-Germany
Organizers: AmyShell-Gellasch,SIAM-Germany
GlennVanBrummelen,Bennington
GlennVanBrummelen,Bennington College
College
9:00AM Whatlinkageshavetodowithmathematics.
8:00AM Registration(HyattRegencyBallroomFoyer). (10) DainaTainima,CornellUniversity
9:15AM Instruments of the ancient astronomers: 10:15AM Handsondemonstrationwithmodels.
(4) Mathematicsandhistory. 11:00AM Earlycomputingdevices.
LennartBerggren*,SimonFraserUniversity,and (11) DavidWeil,ComputerMuseumofAmerica
JamesEvans*,UniversityofPugetSound
12:30PM Handsondemonstrationwithmodels.
12:30PM Handsondemonstrationofmodels. 2:30PM Mathematicalinstrumentsatthefairs.
2:30PM Whatlinkageshavetodowithmathematics. (12) PeggyAldrichKidwell,NationalMuseumof
(5) EdSandifer,WesternConnecticutStateUniversity AmericanHistory
3:45PM Handsondemonstrationofmodels. 4:15PM PanelDiscussion/QuestionandAnswerperiod.
The time limit for each AMS contributed paper in the sessions is ten Papersflaggedwithasolidtriangle((cid:1)) havebeendesignatedbythe
minutes.The time limit for each MAA contributedpapervaries. In the authorasbeingofpossibleinteresttoundergraduatestudents.
SpecialSessionsthetimelimitvariesfromsessiontosessionandwithin Abstractsofpapers presented inthesessionsatthismeetingwillbe
sessions.Tomaintaintheschedule,timelimitswillbestrictlyenforced. found in Volume 25, Issue 1 of Abstracts of papers presented to the
Forpaperswithmorethanoneauthor,anasteriskfollowsthenameof American Mathematical Society, ordered according to the numbers in
theauthorwhoplanstopresentthepaperatthemeeting. parenthesesfollowingthelistings.
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Program of the Sessions – Phoenix, AZ, Tuesday, January 6 (cont’d.)
4:45PM Closingstatements. 10:40AM UsingJavaSketchpadtoCreateInteractiveGeometry
(cid:1) (22) Webpages.
AMSCouncil CatherineA.Gorini,MaharishiUniversityof
Management(993-C1-349)
1:30PM–10:00PM
AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and
JointMeetings Registration
EducationReform,I
3:00PM–7:00PM
8:00AM–10:20AM
Organizers: WilliamH.Barker,BowdoinCollege
Wednesday, January 7 JerryL.Bona,UniversityofIllinoisat
Chicago
NaomiFisher,UniversityofIllinoisat
JointMeetings Registration Chicago
KennethC.Millett,Universityof
7:30AM–4:00PM CaliforniaSantaBarbara
BonnieSaunders,UniversityofIllinois
Employment Center atChicago
7:30AM–5:00PM (cid:1)8:0(02A3M) A20n0o4v,earvnidewaoclfossterraltoeogkieastfotwrou.tilizingCUPMGuide
HarrietPollatsek,Mount HolyokeCollege
MAA Session on Uses of the WWW that Enrich and (993-97-1356)
PromoteLearning,I
8:30AM UsingtheIllustrativeResources,I.
(24) David M Bressoud, Macalester College
7:40AM–10:55AM (993-97-1299)
Organizers: MarcelleBessman,Jacksonville 9:00AM UsingtheIllustrativeResources,II.
University (25) William E Haver,Virginia Commonwealth
MarciaP.Birken,RochesterInstitute University(993-97-1316)
ofTechnology 9:30AM MakingMathematicsIntellectuallyEnlivening.
MaryL.Platt,SalemStateCollege (26) MichaelStarbird,TheUniversityofTexasatAustin
(993-97-1396)
BrianE.Smith,McGillUniversity
(cid:1)7:4(01A3M) APrpeplirmopinraiarytereUpsoerot.fWebMaterialsinMathClasses. 1(cid:1)0:0(02A7M) PMaantehlemDiasctiucsssPiornogornamImsp:rUotviliinzginUgntdheergCrUaPdMuate
CurriculumGuide2004.
PingWang*andMichaelGallis,PennState
William Barker*,BowdoinCollege,David
University(993-C1-297)
Bressoud,MacalesterCollege,WilliamHaver,
8:00AM Student UseofandBenefitFromanOnline VirginiaCommonwealthUniversity,Harriet
(cid:1) (14) PreparationWebsiteForaQualifyingExams. Pollatsek,Mt.HolyokeCollege,andMichael
JeffASuzuki,BardCollege(993-C1-256) Starbird, University of Texas at Austin
8:20AM Web-basedGraphingTutorial.Preliminaryreport. (993-97-1653)
(15) EvelynCBaileyandFangChen*,OxfordCollege
ofEmoryUniversity(993-C1-556)
8:40AM LoadingtheBases:TeachingaStatisticsCourse AMS-ASL Special Session on Infinite Combinatorics
(cid:1) (16) WiththeWWW,theSmartBoard,andBaseball. andInner ModelTheory,I
MichaelRHuber*andGabrielCosta,UnitedStates
MilitaryAcademy(993-C1-222) 8:00AM–10:50AM
9:00AM OnlineInteractiveWorkshops:Communications Organizers: MatthewD.Foreman,Universityof
(17) SoftwareandMathDLResources.
CaliforniaIrvine
LawrenceC.Moore*,DukeUniversity,DavidA.
Smith,Durham,NC,andFrankWattenberg,US MartinZeman,UniversityofCalifornia
Irvine
MilitaryAcademy(993-C1-159)
9:20AM UsingtheWorldWideWebtoDisseminateFocused, 8:00AM TheProperForcingAxiomimpliesallgammesin
(cid:1) (18) CompressedVideoTutorials.Preliminaryreport. (28) L(R)aredetermined.Preliminaryreport.
BrianH.Felkel*,RichardE.Klima,WilliamC. JohnRSteel,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley
Bauldry,EricS.MarlandandMaryBethSearcy, (993-03-1282)
AppalachianStateUniversity(993-C1-180) 9:00AM Forcing,combinatoricsandinnermodels.
9:40AM Web-basedexplorationofdiscretemathematics (29) William J. Mitchell,University of Florida
(cid:1) (19) concepts.Preliminaryreport. (993-03-1698)
DougEnsley*andCarolynDahl,Shippensburg 9:30AM TheCanonicalFunctionGame.
University(993-C1-166) (cid:1) (30) PaulB.Larson,MiamiUniversity(993-03-1040)
10:00AM ImprovingCalculusandLinearAlgebraPedagogy 10:00AM Almostisometricembeddingsofmetricspacesin
(cid:1) (20) using Multiple WebBasedComputerTools. (31) thesettheoreticlense.
Preliminaryreport. MenachemKojman,BenGurionUnviersitryofthe
ThomasR.Hagedorn*andKarenClark,The Negev(993-03-1107)
CollegeofNewJersey(993-C1-580) 10:30AM Moreonnon-tamemicefromCHandanω1-dense
10:20AM Aweb-basedtoolforcreatingpracticecalculus (32) idealonω1.Preliminaryreport.
(cid:1) (21) exams.Preliminaryreport. RichardOKetchersid,UniversityofNorthTexas
MarkR.Woodard,FurmanUniversity(993-C1-298) (993-03-1431)
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Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, January 7 – Program of the Sessions
AMSSpecial SessiononCelestial Mechanics, I GerasimosLadas,UniversityofRhode
Island
8:00AM–10:50AM JamesA.Yorke,Universityof
Organizers: SamuelR.Kaplan,UniversityofNorth Maryland,CollegePark
CarolinaatAsheville 8:00AM Positivityandpersistenceinspatiallystructured
GarethE.Roberts,CollegeoftheHoly (cid:1) (44) populations.
Cross AlanHastings*andLouisWBotsford,University
ofCalifornia,Davis(993-92-1193)
8:00AM Bifurcationsoutoftheeight.
(33) RichardMontgomery,UniversityofCalifornia 8:30AM MultipleAttractorsinAge-StructuredPopulation
SantaCRuz(993-70-764) (cid:1) (45) Models.
Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Howard University
9:00AM Connectingorbitsandinvariantmanifoldsinthe (993-92-308)
(34) spatialthree-bodyproblem.
ShaneD.Ross,Caltech(993-37-1680) 9:00AM Equilibriumandnonequilibriumattractorsfora
(46) discrete,selection-migrationmodel.Preliminary
(cid:1)9:3(03A5M) RDeotnhainldkinGg.Scaeanrtri,aUlcnoivnefirgsiutryaotifoCnas.lifornia,Irvine report.
JamesFSelgrade*,NorthCarolinaStateUniversity,
(993-70-1493)
andJamesHRoberds,USDAForestService
10:00AM SomeCounterexamplestoaGeneralizedSaari’s (993-92-1326)
(36) Conjecture.Preliminaryreport.
GarethERoberts,CollegeoftheHolyCross 9:30AM Somenewoscillationresultsforaclassofaneutral
(cid:1) (47) differenceequations.
(993-70-1586)
S.Elizabeth,PeryiarUniversity,JohnR.Graef*,
10:30AM Characterization ofInstabilitiesintheTidal UniversityofTennesseeatChattanooga,P.
(cid:1) (37) DeformationofaPlanetaryBody. Sundaram,KandaswamiKandar’sCollege,andE.
SarahE.Frey,UniversityofArizona(993-74-1144) Thandapani,PeryiarUniversity(993-39-625)
10:00AM Anatomy of a chaotic attractor: subtle
AMS Special Session on Mathematics in Natural (cid:1) (48) model-predictedpatternsrevealedinbiological
populationdata.
ResourceModeling, I
AaronA.King*,Ecology&EvolutionaryBiology,
UniversityofTennessee,R.F.Costantino,Ecology
8:00AM–10:50AM
&EvolutionaryBiology,UniversityofArizona,S.M.
Organizers: CatherineA.Roberts,Collegeofthe Henson,AndrewsUniversity,J.M.Cushing,
HolyCross UniversityofArizona,R.A.Desharnais,California
StateUniversity,LosAngeles,andBrianDennis,
SuzanneM.Lenhart,Universityof
UniversityofIdaho(993-92-611)
Tennessee
8:00AM Chaosinecosystemdynamics:theroleofthestrong 10:30AM Differenceequationsfromdiscretizationof
(38) Alleeeffect. (49) continuousepidemicmodelswithimmigrationof
AndrewYMorozov*,UniversityofCalifornia, infectives.
Riverside,SergeiVPetrovskii,RussianAcademyof SophiaR.-J.Jang*,UniversityofLouisianaat
Sciences,andBai-LianLi,UniversityofCalifornia, Lafayette,andSaberElaydi,TrinityUniversity
Riverside(993-35-896) (993-39-527)
8:30AM CompetitioninTwo-DimensionalHeterogeneous
(39) Environments.
DanielLKern*,UniversityofNevada,LasVegas,
AMSSpecial SessiononTimeScalesand Applications,
and Aurelia Minut,RochesterInstituteof
I
Technology(993-35-1248)
9:00AM SpatialControlofHarvestingonaMetapopulation 8:00AM–10:50AM
(cid:1) (40) Model.
ReneA.Salinas*,SuzanneLenhartandLouisJ. Organizers: MartinJ.Bohner,Universityof
Gross,UniversityofTennessee(993-92-696) MissouriatRolla
9:30AM RiskAverseApproachestoResourceExploration BillurKaymakcalan,GeorgiaSouthern
(cid:1) (41) Modeling. University
BenGFitzpatrick,LoyolaMarymountUniversity AllanC.Peterson,Universityof
(993-91-1095) Nebraska
10:00AM OptimalHarvestingofaFishPopulationmodeling 8:00AM Boundednessanduniquenessofsolutionsto
(42) byaParabolicPDE. (cid:1) (50) dynamicequationsontimescales.
HemRajJoshi*,XavierUniversity,Suzanne AllanC.Peterson*,UniversityofNebraska-Lincoln,
Lenhart,UniversityofTennessee,andMikeG. andChrisC.Tisdell,TheUniversityofNewSouth
Neubert,WoodsHoleOceanographicInstitute Wales(993-39-191)
(993-49-915)
8:30AM Even-orderdeltanablaboundaryvalueproblems.
10:30AM SensitivityAnalysisbyPlackett-BurmanMethod. (51) Preliminaryreport.
(cid:1) (43) DianeLBeres,RiponCollege(993-92-1109)
DouglasR. Anderson,ConcordiaCollege
(993-34-105)
AMS Special Session on Discrete Dynamics and 9:00AM FromWoundHealingtotheWestNileVirus:Time
DifferenceEquations,I (52) ScaleApplications.
DianaMThomas,MontclairStateUniversity
(993-37-1042)
8:00AM–10:50AM
9:30AM Maximumprinciplesforafamilyofnonlocal
Organizers: SaberN.Elaydi,TrinityUniversity (53) boundaryvalueproblems.
JimM.Cushing,UniversityofArizona PaulWEloe,UniversityofDayton(993-34-951)
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10:00AM HighGainAdaptiveStabilizationforLinearDynamic 8:30AM FreeTriangleOrders,ComparabilityInvariants,
(54) SystemsonTimeScales.Preliminaryreport. (64) andGraphTheoreticQuestions.
JohnMDavis,BaylorUniversity(993-93-1376) BarryABalof*,WhitmanCollege,andKennethP.
10:30AM StabilityforTimeVaryingLinearDynamicSystems Bogart,DartmouthCollege(993-06-1028)
(55) onTimeScales.Preliminaryreport. 9:00AM ThePerkins semigroup hasco-NP-complete
Jeffrey J. DaCunha, Baylor University (65) term-equivalenceproblem.
(993-39-1277) Steven W Seif, University of Kentucky
(993-06-1353)
9:30AM BranchProducts.
AMS Special Session on Theory and Applications of
(66) DavidKMilovich,MassachusettsInstituteof
OrthogonalPolynomials,I Technology(993-06-1690)
8:00AM–10:40AM 1(cid:1)0:0(06A7M) GTiemomBe.tKryaiosfeDr,aDtaarTmasbtlaeds.tPUrneilvimerisniatyryorfeTpeocrht.nology,
Organizers: MouradE.H.Ismail,Universityof Germany,andStefanE.Schmidt*,Phoenix
SouthFlorida MathematicalSystemsModeling,Inc.(993-06-1350)
BarrySimon,CaliforniaInstituteof 10:30AM FindingLatticesinResponsestoPublicOpinion
Technology (cid:1) (68) Surveys: Theory, Method, and Examples.
Preliminaryreport.
8:00AM Tridiagonal pairs and finite dimensional
(56) Uq(s(cid:1)l2)-modules. J(9a9m3e-0s6A-1W39il5e)y,SanFranciscoStateUniversity
Paul M Terwilliger*, University of
Wisconsin-Madison,andTatsuroIto,Kanazawa
University(993-33-1538)
AMSSpecial Sessionon Coding and Design-Theoretic
9:00AM Threeq-Hermitepolynomials.Preliminaryreport. Applications ofPolynomials,I
(57) DennisWStanton,UniversityofMinnesota
(993-33-1378) 8:00AM–10:40AM
10:00AM Generatingfunctionsformomentsoforthogonal
(58) polynomials.Preliminaryreport. Organizers: DonaldD.Mills,SouthernIllinois
IraM.Gessel*,BrandeisUniversity,andJiang University,Carbondale
Zeng,UniversityofLyon,I(993-33-902) PatrickS.Mitchell,MidwesternState
University
KentM.Neuerburg,Southeastern
AMS Special Session on Topological Dynamics and
LouisianaUniversity
ErgodicTheory,I
8:00AM IrreduciblePolynomialsOverGF(2)WhichDivideNo
(cid:1) (69) Trinomials.
8:00AM–10:20AM
SolomonW.Golomb,UniversityofSouthern
Organizers: AlicaMiller,UniversityofIllinoisat California(993-12-1018)
Urbana-Champaign 9:00AM TheCoveringRadiusofBCHCodes—aPolynomial
JosephRosenblatt,Universityof (70) Method.Preliminaryreport.
IllinoisatUrbana-Champaign RalfFranken*andStephenDCohen,Universityof
Glasgow,Scotland(993-12-133)
8:00AM Somerecentlinksoftopologicaltransformation
(59) groupswithgeometricfunctionalanalysisand 9:30AM Valuesetsofpolynomialsandpermutation
Ramseytheory. (71) polynomialsoverfinitefields.
VladimirPestov,UniversityofOttawa(993-37-601) PinakiDas,PennStateAltoona(993-11-575)
9:00AM PolynomialAveragesConvergetotheProductof 10:00AM MutualIrreducibilityofCertainPolynomialsover
(60) Integrals. (72) FiniteFields.
NikosFrantzikinakis*andBrynaKra,PennState DanielPanario*andMichaelDewar,Carleton
University(993-37-1031) University(993-12-1139)
9:30AM AlmosteverywhereconvergenceofseriesinErgodic
(61) Theory.
Ciprian Demeter, University of Illinois AMSSpecial SessiononGeometryandCombinatorics,
(993-37-1333) I
10:00AM Proximality, regional proximality, and a
(62) combination. 8:00AM–10:50AM
JosephAuslander,UniversityofMaryland Organizers: MichaelJ.Falk,NorthernArizona
(993-37-842) University
Eva-MariaFeichtner,ETHZurich
AMS Special Session on The Many Lives of Lattice DmitryN.Kozlov,BernUniversity
Theory and the Theory of Ordered Sets, with 8:00AM Lowerboundsinenumerativerealalgebraic
Connections to Combinatorics,I (73) geometryfromsign-imbalancedposets.Preliminary
report.
8:00AM–10:50AM FrankSottile*,UniversityofMassachusettts/
MSRI,andEvgeniaSoprunova,Universityof
Organizers: JonathanD.Farley,Massachusetts Massachusetts(993-14-1402)
InstituteofTechnology
8:30AM Fromnice idealstonice initial complexes.
StefanE.Schmidt,NewMexicoState (74) Preliminaryreport.
University AldoConca,UniversityofGenoa,SerkanHosten*,
8:00AM TamarilatticesintypesA,B,andD. SanFranciscoStateUniversity,andRekhaR.
(63) HughR.Thomas,FieldsInstitute(993-06-1446) Thomas,UniversityofWashington(993-13-1540)
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Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, January 7 – Program of the Sessions
9:00AM TheCombinatoricsofRigidMolecules:theMolecular 9:45AM MonogenicHopfAlgebrasinLowRamification.
(cid:1) (75) ConjectureandProteinRigidity. (90) Preliminaryreport.
WalterJ.Whiteley,YorkUniversity(993-52-691) AlanKoch,AgnesScottCollege(993-11-430)
9:30AM Quotientsofspheresbytori. 10:00AM Onacertaincohomologicalinvariantforquadratic
(76) EdwardSwartz,CornellUniversity(993-57-1229) (91) fields.
10:00AM ADiscreteHomotopyTheoryforGraphs:New Seok-Min Lee,Johns Hopkins University
(77) Results.Preliminaryreport. (993-11-1223)
ShellySmith,ArizonaStateUniversity(993-05-124) 10:15AM Blowing-uptoCalculateaBasisfortheRingof
10:30AM TropicalConvexity. (92) IntegersinaNumberField.
(78) MikeDevelin,AmericanInstituteofMathematics, SarahHutchesonJahn,UniversityofIllinoisat
andBerndSturmfels*,UniversityofCaliforniaat Chicago(993-11-1334)
Berkeley(993-05-261) 10:30AM InvertingtheSatakeIsomorphism.Preliminary
(cid:1) (93) report.
NathanCRyan,DartmouthCollege(993-11-779)
AMSSpecial SessiononNonlinear PartialDifferential
10:45AM Divisibility properties of classnumbers of
EquationsandConformalGeometry,I (94) compositeirreduciblesinFq[T].
JosephPalen*,W.AndrewPruettandDelilah
8:00AM–10:50AM Whittington,MillsapsCollege(993-11-1569)
Organizers: JieQing,UniversityofCaliforniaSanta
Cruz AMS Session on Ordinary and Partial Differential
Equations
YuYuan,UniversityofWashington,
Seattle
8:00AM–10:10AM
8:30AM CombinatorialcurvatureflowmethodsandPDE.
(79) Preliminaryreport. 8:00AM Onasymptoticrepresentationofsolutionsofthe
DavidAGlickenstein,UniversityofArizona (95) fourthPainlev´eequation.
(993-51-1364) YouminLu,BloomsburgUniversity,andZhoude
9:00AM ExistenceofSolutionsofDirichletproblemsofthe Shao*,MillersvilleUniversity(993-34-134)
(80) PrescribedMeanCurvatureEquationonUnbounded 8:15AM SolutionstoPolynomialSystemofDifferential
Domains. (cid:1) (96) Equations.
ZhirenJin,WichitaStateUniversity(993-35-836) DavidC.Carothers*,G.EdgarParker,JamesS.
9:30AM ThedecompositionofRiemannianinvariantsthat Sochacki,DebraA.WarneandPaulG.Warne,
(81) areconformallyinvariantunderintegration. JamesMadisonUniversity(993-34-913)
Spyros Alexakis, Princeton University 8:30AM AnExplicitA-PrioriErrorBoundfortheTaylor
(993-51-1070) (cid:1) (97) PolynomialApproximationtotheSolutionof
10:00AM BernsteintyperesultsforspecialLagrangian OrdinaryDifferentialEquations.Preliminaryreport.
(82) equations. DaveCCarothers,GEdgarParker,JamesS
YuYuan,UniversityofWashington(993-58-1676) Sochacki,DebraAWarneandPaulGWarne*,
JamesMadisonUniversity(993-34-677)
10:30AM SingularitiesinConformalGeometry:fromPDEto
(83) Topology. 8:45AM AnExistenceTheoremforHamiltonianSystems
MariadelMarGonzalez,PrincetonUniversity (cid:1) (98) DerivedfromOptimalControls.
(993-53-1033) LianwenWang,CentralMissouriStateUniversity
(993-34-637)
9:00AM HybridCombatmodels.
AMSSessiononNumberTheoryandGeneralAlgebra (cid:1) (99) SeenithSivasundaram,Embry-Riddle(993-34-912)
8:00AM–10:55AM 9:15AM OntheSolvabilityforParabolicEquationsin
(100) AnisotropicSpaces.Preliminaryreport.
8:00AM SpernertheoryinadifferenceofBooleanlattices. Mart´inLopezMorales,MonterreyInstituteof
(cid:1) (84) MarkJLogan,UniversityofMinnesota,Morris Technology(993-35-880)
(993-06-805) 9:30AM Break.
8:15AM Break 9:45AM Bestapproximationofaγ-monogenicfunctionin
8:30AM Unranked PosetsExtending theLatticesof (101) certainSobolevspaces.
(85) Partitionsofn.Preliminaryreport. DejenieALakew,UniversityofArkansasatPine
MichaelEDetlefsen,SlipperyRockUniversity Bluff(993-35-100)
(993-06-1298) 10:00AM Spectralpropertiesofthepolyharmonicoperator
8:45AM FinitelyBasedVarietiesofDirectedGraphAlgebras. (102) withalimit-periodicpotentialintwodimensions.
(86) BrianLWalter,TheEvergreenStateCollege Preliminaryreport.
(993-08-1661) YuliaKarpeshinaandYoung-RanLee*,University
ofAlabamaatBirmingham(993-35-1578)
9:00AM GoingDownResultsforCi Fields.Preliminary
(87) report.
AMSSessiononRealandComplex Analysis
AnthonyJBevelacqua,UniversityofNorthDakota,
andMarkJMotley*,PikevilleCollege(993-12-718)
8:00AM–10:40AM
9:15AM PolynomialSequenceswithConvergentMahler
(cid:1) (88) Measure.Preliminaryreport. 8:00AM Functionshavingintermediatevalueproperty.
Lenny Jones, Shippensburg University (cid:1) (103) Preliminaryreport.
(993-11-1170) KMuthuvel,UW-Oshkosh(993-26-1362)
9:30AM IdentitiesArisingfromGaussSumsforFinite 8:15AM ConditionsWhichImplyContinuity.
(89) ClassicalGroups. (104) ZbigniewPiotrowski,YoungstownStateUniversity,
Hi-joonChae,HongikUniversity,andDaeSan andRobertWVallin*,SlipperyRockUniversity
Kim*,SogangUniversity(993-11-703) (993-26-550)
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Program of the Sessions – Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, January 7 (cont’d.)
8:30AM HaarFunctions and Sampling Expansions. 9:45AM ReflectionGroupsandSemigroupAlgebrasin
(105) Preliminaryreport. (120) MultiplicativeInvariantTheory.
NasserDastrange,BuenaVistaUniversity MohammedSTesemma,TempleUniversity
(993-26-954) (993-13-1189)
8:45AM Opialtypeinequalities involving fractional 10:00AM SomeCommutativityTheoremsforSubweakly
(106) derivativesoftwofunctionsandapplications. (121) PeriodicRings.
Preliminaryreport. AmberRosin,CalPolyPomona(993-16-1504)
GeorgeAAnastassiou,UniversityofMemphis 10:15AM Presentationsofmonomialalgebrasanduniserial
(993-26-39) (122) modules.
9:00AM ADiniCondition.Preliminaryreport. Ahmad Mojiri, Wilfrid Laurier University
(107) J Namazi,Fairleigh Dickinson University (993-16-1711)
(993-28-74) 10:30AM UsingorbitsandYoungTableauxtocomputetypeA
9:15AM ApplyingConcentrationTheorytoComposition (cid:1) (123) fusionrules.
(108) Operators.Preliminaryreport. OmarDSaldarriaga,BinghamtonUniversity
Brian P Kelly, U.of Louisiana at Monroe (993-16-978)
(993-30-95) 10:45AM Onsomenon-noetherian algebrasoffinite
9:30AM SomeGeneralizationsinvolvingthePolarDerivative (124) Gelfand-Kirillovdimension.
(cid:1) (109) foranInequalityofPaulTura´n. MelanieBButler,TempleUniversity(993-16-1045)
G.N.McTume*,FerrisStateUniversity,andN.K.
Govil,AuburnUniversity(993-30-623) SIAM Minisymposium on Applications of Nonlinear
9:45AM ThebestpossiblequadraticrefinementofSendov’s Dynamical Systems
(110) conjecture.
MichaelJMiller,LeMoyneCollege(993-30-522) 8:00AM–10:50AM
10:00AM Anareaandlengthconditionthatholdsatalmost Organizer: EricJ.Kostelich,ArizonaState
(111) everyboundarypointofaJordandomainhavinga University
quasiconformalboundary.Preliminaryreport.
8:00AM Reconstructionofshareddynamics.
JohnTMarafino,JamesMadisonUniversity
(125) TimothySauer,GeorgeMasonUniversity
(993-30-536)
(993-37-1496)
10:15AM ThegeneralizedNoorintegraloperatorandaclass 8:35AM Thedynamicsofaninteresting modelfrom
(112) ofanalyticfunctions.
(126) economics.
YiLing*andFengshanLiu,DelawareState
Judy Kennedy, University of Delaware
University(993-30-640)
(993-37-1495)
(cid:1)10:(3101A3M) CononCs\tr0u.cPtrioenlimsoinfaMryulrteipploicrat.tivePeriodicFunctions 9:10AM DegenerateKAMTheoryviaaNash-MoserImplicit
(127) FunctionTheorem.
IoanaMihaila,CalPolyPomona(993-30-1271)
JohnVano,UniversityofWisconsin(993-37-1490)
9:45AM ReliableLyapunovExponentsfromEmbeddings.
(cid:1) (128) Preliminaryreport.
EricJ.Kostelich*,ArizonaStateUniversity,
AMSSessiononAlgebra,I andJamesAYorke,UniversityofMaryland
(993-37-1488)
8:00AM–10:55AM 10:20AM Inverselimitsandanimplicitlydefineddifference
(129) equationfromeconomics.Preliminaryreport.
8:00AM Theroleofvaluationtheoryinalgebraicgeometry:
JudyAKennedy*,DavidRStockman,Universityof
(114) localuniformizationtheorems.
Delaware,andJamesAYorke,Universityof
LauraGhezzi,UniversityofMissouri-Columbia
Maryland(993-37-613)
(993-13-306)
8:15AM GCDofIdealsandModules. MAA Session on Teaching a History of Mathematics
(115) MajidMAli,SultanQaboosUniversity,andDavidJ
Course
Smith*,UniversityofAuckland(993-13-117)
8:30AM Some computational work on bounding 8:00AM–10:55AM
(116) multiplicities.Preliminaryreport.
ChristopherA.Francisco,CornellUniversity Organizers: JoelK.Haack,UniversityofNorthern
(993-13-671) Iowa
8:45AM Finite representation typeanddirect-sum AmyE.Shell-Gellasch,UnitedStates
(117) cancellation. MilitaryAcademy
RyanKarr,FloridaAtlanticUniversity(993-13-723) 8:00AM Writing Assignments for the History of
9:00AM Anewclassoffinitecommutativerings.Preliminary (cid:1) (130) Mathematics.
(118) report. Alexander F Kleiner, Drake University
ThomasCraven,UniversityofHawaii,andMonika (993-A1-1014)
Vo*,SaintLeoUniversity(993-13-773) 8:15AM It’sAMathCourseAfterAll.Preliminaryreport.
9:15AM Break. (cid:1) (131) RobertGStein,CaliforniaStateU,SanBernardino
(993-A1-387)
9:30AM ClassificationofTor-algebrasAssociatedwith
(cid:1) (119) GorensteinResolutionsofLengthFour.Preliminary 8:30AM AProblemSolvingApproachtotheHistoryof
report. (cid:1) (132) Mathematics.
CarrieEFinch*,SaraGabrielli,AndrewR.Kustin, Art Gittleman,California StateUniversity
UniversityofSouthCarolina,MaryEllenKustin, (993-A1-37)
FrankSanacory,WilliamH.Streyer,AdelaVraciu, 8:45AM MathematicsinaGlobalContext:ALiberalArts
BrooksWilletandJimWork,UniversityofSouth (cid:1) (133) Course.Preliminaryreport.
Carolina(993-13-1159) Ze’evBarel,HendrixCollege(993-A1-816)
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Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, January 7 – Program of the Sessions
9:00AM EngagingStudentsintheLivesandWorkofFamous MAA Session on Mathematical Experiences for
(cid:1) (134) Mathematicians.Preliminaryreport. Students OutsidetheClassroom,I
CheriLBoyd,NazarethCollege(993-A1-1595)
9:20AM HistoryofMathematicsforFutureSecondarySchool 8:00AM–10:55AM
(cid:1) (135) Teachers.
Organizers: LauraL.Kelleher,Massachusetts
BarnabasBHughes,CaliforniaStateUniversity,
MaritimeAcademy
Northridge(993-A1-24)
MaryS.Hawkins,PrairieViewA&M
9:40AM MaximumHistorywithMinimumMathematics.
(cid:1) (136) PatriciaR.Allaire,QueensboroughCommunity University
College,CityUniversityo(993-A1-128) 8:00AM DSUStudentChapterofMAAPromotesMathematics
(cid:1) (152) Awareness.
10:00AM Historyofmathematicsthroughtheevolving
(cid:1) (137) communityofmathematicians.Preliminaryreport. Daniel P Wisniewski, DeSales University
(993-D1-112)
Thomas Drucker, University of
Wisconsin–Whitewater(993-A1-499) 8:20AM FieldtripsinOurNation’sCapital.
(cid:1) (153) BettyMayfield,HoodCollege(993-D1-433)
10:15AM HistoryofMathematics:DevelopmentofaCourse
(cid:1) (138) forSecondaryTeachers. 8:40AM AFirstTimer’sExperiencewithanIndependent
Elizabeth C. Rogers,Piedmont College (cid:1) (154) Study.Preliminaryreport.
(993-A1-659) GregCicconetti,MuhlenbergCollege(993-D1-175)
10:30AM ASeminarApproachtotheHistoryofMathematics. 9:00AM Enticing,EngagingandEnlighteningExamplesof
(cid:1) (139) HerbertE.Kasube,BradleyUniversity(993-A1-850) (cid:1) (155) MathematicalActivities.
10:45AM GettingtoKnowYou. Thomas Q Sibley, St. John’s University
(cid:1) (140) Agnes M. Kalemaris, SUNY Farmingdale (993-D1-170)
(993-A1-1677) 9:20AM Obtaining Student ResearchSponsors and
(cid:1) (156) ShowcasingStudentResearchattheUnitedStates
MilitaryAcademy.
MAA SessiononTeaching Operations Researchinthe
MichaelJ.Johnson*andEdgarK.Rugenstein,
UndergraduateClassroom
UnitedStatesMilitaryAcademy(993-D1-183)
8:00AM–10:40AM 9:40AM AMentoringProgramforMath,Engineering,and
(157) ComputerScienceMajors.Preliminaryreport.
Organizers: DipaChoudhury,LoyolaCollege HollyS.Zullo,CarrollCollege(993-D1-643)
StevenM.Hetzler,SalisburyState 10:00AM Student-CenteredDepartmentEvents.
University (cid:1) (158) Cheryl LOlsen, Shippensburg University
8:00AM FirstCoupleofWeeksinanOperationsResearch (993-D1-449)
(cid:1) (141) Class.Preliminaryreport. 10:20AM ACompetitionforFutureMathematicsTeachers.
DipaChoudhury,LoyolaCollegeinMaryland (cid:1) (159) Preliminaryreport.
(993-B1-680) Vince Schielack, Texas A&M University
8:15AM ObjectivesandevaluationinaLinearProgramming (993-D1-513)
(cid:1) (142) course.Preliminaryreport. 10:40AM FromProblemSolvingGrouptoSummerResearch:
Dale C Peterson, US Air ForceAcademy (cid:1) (160) k-setsofMagicSquares.
(993-B1-1577) DaveFeil*andAndrewShulman,CarrollCollege
8:30AM TeachingStrategiesinOperationsResearchinthe (993-D1-866)
(cid:1) (143) undergraduateclassroom.Preliminaryreport.
PrabhaPetkar,V.J.T.I.,Mumbai(993-B1-1650)
8:45AM FCA+PBL=behavior modificationinlearning MAA Session on Getting Students to Discuss and
(144) operationsresearch.
WriteaboutMathematics, I
InnokentiV. Semoushin,UlyanovskState
University(993-B1-941)
8:00AM–10:55AM
9:00AM AModelingBasedOperationsResearchService
(145) CourseforBusinessMajors. Organizer: SarahL.Mabrouk,FraminghamState
MarkParker,CarrollCollege(993-B1-616) College
9:15AM Challenges and Suggestions forTeaching 8:00AM Acalculuscoursewritingassignmentbasedon
(cid:1) (146) OperationsResearchintheUndergraduate (cid:1) (161) Tolstoy’sintegrationmetaphorinWarandPeace.
Classroom.Preliminaryreport. Stephen T Ahearn, Macalester College
AnnEMoskol,RhodeIslandCollege(993-B1-541) (993-F1-1256)
9:30AM AnUndergraduateNonlinearOptimizationCourse. 8:15AM DevelopingFluencyinMathematics.Preliminary
(cid:1) (147) William P Fox,Francis Marion University (cid:1) (162) report.
(993-B1-448) MaryTTreanor,ValparaisoUniversity(993-F1-473)
9:45AM ANewWaytoTeachQueueingWithoutEquilibrium 8:30AM TeachingaLiberalArtsMathCourseUsinga
(cid:1) (148) Assumption.Preliminaryreport. (cid:1) (163) Communications-CenteredStrategy.Preliminary
MichaelL.Green*,AlanC.Krinik,CarrieA report.
MortensenandJenniferM.Switkes,California AnandPardhanani*andCameronSawyer,
StatePolytechnicUniversity,Pomona(993-B1-402) SouthwesternUniversity(993-F1-1308)
10:00AM UsingLegostoTeachLinearProgramming. 8:45AM Deepeningunderstandingofmathematicsthrough
(cid:1) (149) Christopher J Lacke, Rowan University (164) communicationofmathematics.Preliminaryreport.
(993-B1-391) BinLu,CaliforniaStateUniversityatSacramento
10:15AM StudentProjectsinOperationsResearch. (993-F1-967)
(cid:1) (150) KayB.Somers,MoravianCollege(993-B1-385) 9:00AM Discussion,Writing,andProblemSolving.
10:30AM ExamplesofTeamProjectsThatWork. (165) DavidaFischman,CaliforniaStateUniversity,San
(cid:1) (151) RobertC.Williams,AlfredUniversity(993-B1-65) Bernardino(993-F1-1559)
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Program of the Sessions – Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, January 7 (cont’d.)
9:15AM ”WritingtoConvince:UncoveringReasoninginthe 9:30AM NumbersWhichAreSimultaneousOfTheType
(166) MathematicsClassroom”.Preliminaryreport. (cid:1) (178) x3+y3anda2+b2.
TracieMcLemoreSalinas,UniversityofTennessee, SanjaDZivanovic,BarryUniversity(993-Z1-1060)
Knoxville(993-F1-924)
9:45AM FlorenceNightingale’sUseofStatisticalDiagrams.
9:30AM Seeing and Remembering Mathematical (cid:1) (179) Preliminaryreport.
(cid:1) (167) Connections: Growth of Mathematical S.Kilic-Bahi,Colby-SawyerCollege(993-Z1-1061)
Understanding.
10:00AM Sample Sizes That Are Almost Sufficient.
MercedesAMcGowen,WilliamRaineyHarper (cid:1) (180) Preliminaryreport.
College(993-F1-1645)
RichardLStephens,UniversityofAlaskaSoutheast
9:45AM AssessmentofStudentUnderstandingThrough (993-Z1-284)
(168) WrittenReportsandOralPresentationsinUpper
10:15AM CoinTossing,ConfidenceIntervalsandTheology.
DivisionMathCourses. (cid:1) (181) C.BryanDawson,UnionUniversity(993-Z1-286)
CarlLienert,FortLewisCollege,and Stan
Yoshinobu*, Cal State Dominguez Hills 10:30AM Whatwillittaketoconvinceyou?Preliminary
(cid:1) (182) report.
(993-F1-243)
Mary M. Sullivan, Rhode Island College
10:00AM Piece-wiseProjects.Preliminaryreport. (993-Z1-464)
(cid:1) (169) AlexJHeidenberg*,ElizabethSchottand
JohnWasko,UnitedStatesMilitaryAcademy 10:45AM Futuramaπk-MathematicsintheYear3000.
(cid:1) (183) Preliminaryreport.
(993-F1-1307)
TomGeorgoulias,Austin,TX,SarahJGreenwald*,
10:15AM MathCamp:ALanguageImmersion Class. AppalachianStateUniversity,andMarcWichterich,
(cid:1) (170) Preliminaryreport.
RWTHAachenUniversity,Germany(993-Z1-681)
MeredithL.Greer,BatesCollege(993-F1-540)
10:30AM DevelopingSkills,ConfidenceandCommunityin AMS Special Session on Probability and Its
(cid:1) (171) FreshmanMathematicsMajors.
Applications inCombinatorics andAlgorithms,I
JacquelineM.Dewar*andCurtisD.Bennett,
LoyolaMarymountUniversity(993-F1-1020)
9:00AM–10:50AM
10:45AM Taking on a developed writing class in
(cid:1) (172) mathematics.Preliminaryreport. Organizers: RussellD.Lyons,IndianaUniversity
CurtisD.Bennett*,LoyolaMarymountUniversity, YuvalPeres,UniversityofCalifornia
andJacquelineM.Dewar,LoyolaMaryomount Berkeley
University(993-F1-1021)
9:00AM TheSimplestGameintheWorld.Preliminaryreport.
(cid:1) (184) YuliyBaryshnikovandPeterWinkler*,BellLabs
MAAGeneralContributed PaperSession,I
(993-05-1337)
8:00AM–10:55AM 10:00AM AsymptoticEnumerationofSpanningTrees.
(185) RussellDLyons,IndianaUniversity(993-05-1185)
Organizers: LauraJ.Wallace,CaliforniaState 10:30AM Mixingtimeforthebiasedcardshufflingandthe
University,SanBernardino (186) assymetricexclusionprocess.
JacquelineA.Jensen,SamHouston NoamBerger*,Caltech,ElchananMossel,U.C.
StateUniversity Berkeley,ChristopherE.Hoffman,Universityof
GaryW.Towsley,SUNYatGeneseo Washington,andItaiBenjamini,TheWeizmann
Institute(993-60-1713)
MichaelA.Jones,MontclairState
University
MAAMinicourse#12:PartA
ShawneeL.McMurran,California
StateUniversityatSanBernardino
9:00AM–11:00AM
8:00AM Topologiesontheplanesupportingcontinuousopen
(cid:1) (173) projections.Preliminaryreport. Incorporating discretemathematicsinthe
RobertKantrowitz*,HamiltonCollege,andJohnA preparationofK–12mathematicsteachers.
Lindberg,Jr.,SyracuseUniversity(993-Z1-386) Organizer: LolinaAlvarez,NewMexicoState
8:15AM Findingtheminumumnumberksuchthatallthe University
(cid:1) (174) valuesofthefunctionF(n)=k∗2n+1are
compositeforanypositiven.
MAAMinicourse#1:PartA
AntonSAkhpolau,BarryUniversity,Miami,Florida
(993-Z1-1084)
9:00AM–11:00AM
8:30AM Modeling Correlation Structure inResource
(175) SelectionStudiesusingGenerlizedLinearMixed Designing andevaluating assessmentsfor
Models. introductorystatistics.
AshrafF.Elhoubi*,UniversityofWyoming Organizers: BethL.Chance,CaliforniaPolytech
Department of Statistics, and Richard StateUniversity,SanLuisObispo
Anderson-Sprecher,prof.UniversityofWyoming RobertC.Delmas,Universityof
Dept.ofStatistics(993-Z1-1622) Minnesota
8:45AM ShiftandScaleInvariantEstimatorsForHeavyTail AllanJ.Rossman,CaliforniaPolytech
(176) IndexAlpha.Preliminaryreport. StateUniversity,SanLuisObispo
KristenLynnBianchi*andMarkMMeerschaert,
UniversityofNevada(993-Z1-928)
MAAMinicourse#7:PartA
9:00AM Break.
9:15AM EscapingtoInfinity:Iterationinvolvingseveral 9:00AM–11:00AM
(cid:1) (177) polynomials.
DavidA.Boyd,WashingtonStateUniversity Origamiinundergraduatemathematicscourses.
(993-Z1-1387) Organizer: ThomasC.Hull,MerrimackCollege
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Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, January 7 – Program of the Sessions
MAA CUPM Subcommittee on Curriculum Renewal AMSColloquiumLectures:Lecture1
AcrosstheFirstTwoYearsPanelDiscussion
1:00PM–2:00PM
9:00AM–10:20AM
(191) Conformalinvariantsandpartialdifferential
Opendiscussiononbeginninglevelcourses. equations.PartI.
Sun-YangAliceChang,PrincetonUniversity
Organizer: DonaldB.Small,U.S.MilitaryAcademy
(993-53-08)
Moderator: JackBookman,DukeUniversity
Panelists: NormaM.Agras,Miami-Dade
MAAInvitedAddress
CommunityCollege
BobMayes,WestVirginiaUniversity 2:15PM–3:05PM
(192) Theon-lineencyclopediaofintegersequences,or,
MAA Session on Courses Below Calculus: A New confessionsofasequenceaddict.
Focus,I NeilJ.A.Sloane,AT&TShannonLabs(993-A0-12)
10:00AM–10:35AM AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and
EducationReform,II
Organizers: MaryRobinson,UniversityofNew
Mexico,ValenciaCampus
2:15PM–6:05PM
FlorenceS.Gordon,NewYork
InstituteofTechnology Organizers: WilliamH.Barker,BowdoinCollege
Arlene H.Kleinstein,SUNYat JerryL.Bona,UniversityofIllinoisat
Farmingdale Chicago
NormaM.Agras,MiamiDade NaomiFisher,UniversityofIllinoisat
CommunityCollege Chicago
LauretteB.Foster,PrairieViewA&M KennethC.Millett,Universityof
University CaliforniaSantaBarbara
LindaMartin,AlbuquerqueT-VI BonnieSaunders,UniversityofIllinois
10:00AM InnovationsinCollegeAlgebraatKentState:Part1. atChicago
(cid:1) (187) Preliminaryreport. 2:15PM Progress Reports on Implementing the
EdDubinsky*andOlafStackelberg,KentState (193) RecommendationsintheMETReport—AFaculty
University(993-E1-759) View.
GingerWarfield,UniversityofWashington,and
10:20AM InnovationsinCollegeAlgebraatKentState:Part2.
(cid:1) (188) Preliminaryreport. Dale ROliver*,HumboldtStateUniversity
(993-97-932)
BeverlyM.Reed*andMaryBethRollick,Kent
StateUniversity(993-E1-763) 2:45PM PreparingMathematicianstoEducateTeachers.
(194) BernardLMadison,UniversityofArkansas
(993-97-614)
AMSInvitedAddress 3:15PM Whatmathematiciansshouldknowaboutteaching
(195) mathforelementaryteachers.
10:05AM–10:55AM Sybilla Beckmann,University ofGeorgia
(993-97-581)
(189) Thestatusoftheclassificationofthefinitesimple
groups. 3:45PM Elementary Mathematics for Teachers. A
MichaelAschbacher,CaliforniaInstituteof (cid:1) (196) mathematician’scourseforprospectiveelementary
Technology(993-20-06) teachers.
ScottJBaldridge*,IndianaUniversity,andThomas
HParker,MichiganStateUniversity(993-97-876)
AMS-MAAInvitedAddress 4:15PM TheMathematicalEducationofElementarySchool
(cid:1) (197) Teachers:AMathematics-MathematicsEducation
11:10AM–NOON PartnershipattheUniversityofNebraska-Lincoln.
Preliminaryreport.
(190) Titletobeannounced.
JamesLewis*andRuthHeaton,Universityof
StephenWolfram,WolframResearch,Inc.
Nebraska-Lincoln(993-97-1050)
4:45PM Acapstonecourseforprospectivehighschoolmath
Exhibits andBookSales (cid:1) (198) teachers.Preliminaryreport.
RichardO.Hill*andSharonL.Senk,Michigan
NOON–5:30PM StateUniversity(993-97-1321)
5:15PM FractalsintheClassroom:YaleTeacherWorkshops
(199) (andCourseMA190).
Mathematical ArtExhibit BenoitBMandelbrot,YaleUniversity(993-97-453)
5:45PM Questionperiodanddiscussion.
NOON–5:30PM
Organizers: RobertFathauer,Tessellations AMS-ASL Special Session on Infinite Combinatorics
Company,Phoenix,Arizona andInner ModelTheory,II
NatFriedman,ISAMA,Universityat
Albany,NY 2:15PM–6:05PM
RezaSarhangi,BridgesConference, Organizers: MatthewD.Foreman,Universityof
TowsonUniversity CaliforniaIrvine
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Program of the Sessions – Phoenix, AZ, Wednesday, January 7 (cont’d.)
MartinZeman,UniversityofCalifornia 2:45PM OpenAccessandExtinctionofthePassengerPigeon
Irvine (215) inNorthAmerica.
2:15PM Cofinalitiesandapproachableordinalsbelowℵω+1. JonM.Conrad,CornellUniversity(993-34-518)
(200) M.C.Stanley,SanJoseState(993-03-1327) 3:15PM AMathematicalTheoryofEcologicalTraps.
3:15PM PartitioningMetricSpacesandBernsteinSets. (216) RolandHLamberson,HumboldtStateUniversity
(201) Preliminaryreport. (993-92-644)
WilliamWeiss,UniversityofToronto(993-03-1715) 3:45PM DiurnalSpatialDynamicsofMarineBirdsand
3:45PM TheConsistencyStrengthofSomeConsequencesof (cid:1) (217) Mammals.
(202) SRP(ω2). ShandelleMHenson*andJamesLHayward,
StuartZoble,BoiseStateUniversity(993-03-1400) AndrewsUniversity(993-92-817)
4:15PM OnspecialisationsoftheJonssonpropertyand 4:15PM Theroleofdispersalinthereplacement of
(203) sequencesofmutuallystationarysets. (cid:1) (218) Golden-wingedWarblersbyBlue-wingedWarblers.
Philip David Welch, University of Bristol AlexanderE.Koonce,UniversityofRedlands
(993-03-1250) (993-92-983)
4:45PM SetMappingReflection. 4:45PM Astructuredpopulationmodelforadultmalesnow
(204) JustinTatchMoore,BoiseStateUniversity (cid:1) (219) crab,Chionoecetesopilio,inthesouthernGulfofSt.
(993-03-1004) Lawrence.Preliminaryreport.
JApaloo*,St.FrancisXavierUniversity,EWade,T
5:15PM Diamondprinciplesonlargecardinals.Preliminary
SuretteandMMoriyasu,Dept.ofFisheriesand
(205) report.
Oceans(993-92-646)
MirnaDzamonja*,UniversityofEastAnglia,and
JoelDavidHamkins,CUNY(993-03-1235) 5:15PM Periodicenvironmentsandperiodicharvesting.
(cid:1) (220) FredBrauer,UniversityofBritishColumbia,and
5:45PM Diamondandantichains.
DavidAS´anchez*,TexasA&MUniversity
(206) JamesCummingsandErnestSchimmerling*,
(993-92-171)
CarnegieMellonUniversity(993-03-1074)
5:45PM OptimalDiscountinginControlProblemsThatSpan
AMSSpecial SessiononCelestial Mechanics, II (221) MultipleGenerations.
FrankCaliendo,NorthernArizonaUniversity,
2:15PM–6:05PM andKennethSLyon*,UtahStateUniversity
(993-49-521)
Organizers: SamuelR.Kaplan,UniversityofNorth
6:15PM Unified Neutral Theoryof Biodiversityand
CarolinaatAsheville (cid:1) (222) Biogeography.
GarethE.Roberts,CollegeoftheHoly KarlAlbertBeres,RiponCollege(993-92-1689)
Cross
2:15PM Avariationalconstructionoftransitorbitsforthe
AMS Special Session on Probability and Its
(207) three-bodyproblem.
Applications inCombinatorics andAlgorithms,II
RichardB.Moeckel,UniversityofMinnesota
(993-70-1311)
2:15PM–5:55PM
3:15PM Symbolicdynamicsforthesymmetriccollinear
(208) 4-bodyproblem. Organizers: RussellD.Lyons,IndianaUniversity
ErnestoA.Lacomba*andMarioMedina,University
YuvalPeres,UniversityofCalifornia
AutonomaMetropolitana-Iztapalapa(993-70-997)
Berkeley
3:45PM TheEquationofMotionforaGravitationalFilament 2:15PM MonteCarlotestsofconformalinvarianceandSLE
(209) andtheN-BodyProblem.
(223) predictionsforthetwo-dimensionalself-avoiding
GregBuck,SaintAnselmCollege(993-70-1704)
walk.
4:15PM Bifurcationofcollinearrelativeequilibriafor Tom G Kennedy, University of Arizona
(210) 3-bodylikemolecules. (993-60-1172)
Cristina Stoica,University of Surrey, UK
3:15PM LevelsetsandflowlinesoftheGaussianfreefield.
(993-70-1264)
(224) ScottSheffield*andOdedSchramm,Microsoft
4:45PM Captureandexchangeintheparabolicand Research(993-60-1662)
(cid:1) (211) hyperbolicrestricted3bodyproblem.
4:15PM Asymptoticsofrandomdiscreteinterfaces.
JoaquinDelgado*,UAM–Iztapalapa,andMartha
(225) Richard Kenyon, Universit´e Paris-Sud
Alvarez,UAM-Iztapalapa(993-34-1405)
(993-60-1542)
5:15PM ShepherdingMoons-EstimatesandSolutions. 5:15PM Randomwalkandrandomaggregationwithout
(212) JoyceMacabea,BostonUniversity(993-70-1411) (cid:1) (226) randomness.Preliminaryreport.
5:45PM Co-orbitallimitingproblemsandringsystems. AlexanderE.Holroyd,UniversityofBritish
(213) Preliminaryreport. Columbia,LionelLevine,U.C.Berkeley,andJames
GlenRHall,BostonUniversity(993-70-1166) G.Propp*,U.Wisconsin-Madison(993-60-1071)
AMS Special Session on Mathematics in Natural
AMS Special Session on Discrete Dynamics and
ResourceModeling, II
DifferenceEquations,II
2:15PM–6:35PM
2:15PM–6:05PM
Organizers: CatherineA.Roberts,Collegeofthe
HolyCross Organizers: SaberN.Elaydi,TrinityUniversity
SuzanneM.Lenhart,Universityof JimM.Cushing,UniversityofArizona
Tennessee GerasimosLadas,UniversityofRhode
2:15PM Naturalresourcemodelingwithintheconfinesof Island
(214) legalandregulatoryprocesses. JamesA.Yorke,Universityof
CharlesR.Hadlock,BentleyCollege(993-92-810) Maryland,CollegePark
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