AMS Meeting Full Program

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:09:26

1996 Joint Mathematics Meetings
Orlando, FL, January 10-13, 1996
Meeting #908

Unscheduled

Monday January 8, 1996

• Monday January 8, 1996, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  AMS Short Course Registration
• Monday January 8, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  AMS Short Course on Artificial Intelligence
  Organizers:
  Frederick Hoffman, Florida Atlantic University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Introduction: {\bf Frederick Hoffman}
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Outsearching Kasparov.
    Monty Newborn*, McGill University
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Break
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Probabilistic foundations for casual reasoning.
    Glenn Shafer*, Rutgers University, Newark

Tuesday January 9, 1996

• Tuesday January 9, 1996, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  MAA Board of Governors
• Tuesday January 9, 1996, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  AMS Short Course on Artificial Intelligence
  Organizers:
  Frederick Hoffman, Florida Atlantic University
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Reasoning about time.
    Martin Charles Golumbic*, Bar Ilan University, Israel
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Break
  • 10:45 a.m.
    On the use of orderings in automated theorem-proving.
    H\'el\`ene Kirchner*, CRIN-CNRS, and INRIA-Lorraine, France
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Programming with constraints.
    Catherine Lassez*, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Break
  • 3:45 p.m.
    The basis of computer vision.
    Victor Nalwa*, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey
• Tuesday January 9, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.
  AMS Council
• Tuesday January 9, 1996, 3:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
• Tuesday January 9, 1996, 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#1: Part A
  How to use computer-based numerical, graphical, and computer symbolic algebra methods to enhance the teaching and learning of calculus.
  Organizers:
  Bert K. Waits, Ohio State University, Columbus
  Wade Ellis, Jr., West Valley College
• Tuesday January 9, 1996, 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#2: Part A
  An activity-based approach to teaching introductory statistics.
  Organizers:
  Ann E. Watkins, California State University, Northridge
  Mrudulla Gnanadesikan, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck
  Richard L. Scheaffer, University of Florida
• Tuesday January 9, 1996, 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#3: Part A
  Hands-on activities for developmental mathematics courses.
  Organizers:
  Rosalie A. Dance, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
  James T. Sandefur, Georgetown University
• Tuesday January 9, 1996, 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
  Mathchats and Graduate Student Reception
• Tuesday January 9, 1996, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#1: Part B
  How to use computer-based numerical, graphical, and computer symbolic algebra methods to enhance the teaching and learning of calculus.
  Organizers:
  Bert K. Waits, Ohio State University, Columbus
  Wade Ellis, Jr., West Valley College
• Tuesday January 9, 1996, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#2: Part B
  An activity-based approach to teaching introductory statistics.
  Organizers:
  Ann E. Watkins, California State University, Northridge
  Mrudulla Gnanadesikan, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck
  Richard L. Scheaffer, University of Florida
• Tuesday January 9, 1996, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#3: Part B
  Hands-on activities for developmental mathematics courses.
  Organizers:
  Rosalie A. Dance, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
  James T. Sandefur, Georgetown University

Wednesday January 10, 1996

• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 7:30 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Commutative Algebra, I
  Organizers:
  Craig L. Huneke, Purdue University, West Lafayette, and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  Gennady Lyubeznik, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
  

  • 7:30 a.m.
    Lifting chains of primes to integral extensions.
    Stephen J. McAdam, University of Texas, Austin
    Chandni Shah*, University of California, Riverside
    (908-13-158)
  • 8:00 a.m.
    Birational morphisms.
    Steven Dale Cutkosky*, University of Missouri, Columbia
    (908-13-627)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Descent of divisorial ideals.
    Dana Weston*, University of Missouri, Columbia
    (908-13-365)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    An etale analog of Goresky-MacPherson formula for subspace arrangements.
    Zhao Yan*, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
    (908-14-242)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Simplicity of rings of differential operators in prime characteristic.
    Karen E. Smith*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Michel Van den Bergh, University Centrum Limburg, Belgium
    (908-13-702)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Employment Register Registration
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Recursive and Feasible Mathematics, I
  Organizers:
  Douglas Cenzer, University of Florida
  Jeffrey B. Remmel, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Permitting, forcing and copies of recursive structures.
    Christopher John Ash, Monash University, Australia
    Peter A. Cholak*, University of Notre Dame
    Julia Knight, University of Notre Dame
    (908-03-109)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Turing degrees of certain isomorphic images of recursive relations.
    Valentina S. Harizanov*, George Washington University
    (908-03-626)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Complexity and real computation.
    Lenore Blum*, University of California, Berkeley
    (908-03-547)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On the computability of fractal dimensions and Hausdorff measure.
    Ker-I Ko*, State University of New York, Stony Brook
    (908-68-106)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Recursive approximation in point-free topological spaces and nonextendible functions.
    Iraj Kalantari*, Western Illinois University
    (908-03-631)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Index sets for $\Pi^0_1$ classes.
    Douglas Cenzer*, University of Florida
    Jeffrey B. Remmel, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
    (908-03-381)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Multidimensional Complex Dynamics, I
  Organizers:
  John Hamal Hubbard, Cornell University
  Ralph W. Oberste-Vorth, University of South Florida
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The isoenergetical classification of integrable Hamiltonian systems with simple singular points.
    Lev Lerman, Research Institute for Applied Mathematics & Cybernetics
    Yah L. Umanskii*, Greenacres, Florida
    (908-34-252)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Solving the sextic by iteration: A complex dynamical approach.
    Scott W. Crass*, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
    (908-32-556)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Parts and counterparts of the Hilbert $16$th problem for differential equations.
    Yulij Sergeevich Ilyashenko*, Moscow State University, Russia
    (908-32-764)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Some dynamical properties of polynomial automorphisms on $C^n$.
    He Wu*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    (908-58-763)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computational Harmonic Analysis and Approximation Theory, I
  Organizers:
  Richard A. Zalik, Auburn University, Auburn
  Narendra Kumar Govil, Auburn University, Auburn
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On the Bernstein inequality for rational functions with a prescribed zero.
    Roy C. Jones, Jr., University of Central Florida
    Xin Li, University of Central Florida
    R. N. Mohapatra*, University of Central Florida
    Rene S. Rodriguez, Jr., University of Central Florida
    (908-41-144)
  • 8:25 a.m.
    Poisson and related kernels.
    Mourad E.H Ismail*, University of South Florida
    (908-33-346)
  • 8:50 a.m.
    Jackson and Bernstein theorems for weighted polynomial approximation.
    Doron S. Lubinsky*, University of Witwatersrand, Republic of South Africa
    (908-41-779)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    On polynomials with coefficients ${0,-1,+1}$ and related matters.
    Peter B. Borwein*, Simon Fraser University
    (908-41-756)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Regularity estimates for multiwavelet constructions.
    Ingrid Daubechies*, Princeton University
    (908-42-778)
  • 10:10 a.m.
    Irregular sampling, Toeplitz matrices, and approximation of entire functions.
    Karlheinz U. Grochenig*, University of Connecticut, Storrs
    (908-42-786)
  • 10:35 a.m.
    General convergence properties of wavelet expansions.
    Mark Andrew Kon*, Boston University
    Louise A. Raphael, Howard University
    (908-41-358)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#4: Part A
  Interdisciplinary lively applications.
  Organizers:
  David C. Arney, U. S. Military Academy
  Frank Giordano, U. S. Military Academy
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#5: Part A
  Business calculus: A new real-data/model-building approach.
  Organizers:
  Donald LaTorre, Clemson University
  John L. Kenelly, Clemson University
  Iris B. Feta, Clemson University
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#6: Part A
  Workshop mathematics: Using new pedagogy and technology in introductory courses.
  Organizers:
  Nancy Baxter Hastings, Dickinson College
  Allan Rossman, Dickinson College
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
  AMS Session on Combinatorics and Graph Theory, I
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Some observations on derangements.
    Donald F. Bailey*, Trinity University
    (908-11-42)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    The computation of the five-digit Kaprekar sequences via a table.
    Linda Musco, Middlesex Community-Technical College
    Seok Sagong*, Middlesex Community-Technical College
    (908-11-24)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On achieving channels in a bipolar communication game.
    Curtis Clark*, Morehouse College
    (908-05-363)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Random Cayley maps and symmetry.
    Michelle Schultz*, Western Michigan University
    (908-05-339)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Degrees in stratified graphs.
    Gary Chartrand, Western Michigan University
    Reza Rashidi, Western Michigan University
    Farrokh Saba*, Western Michigan University
    Curtiss E. Wall, Norfolk State University
    (908-05-333)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Path vectors in directed trees.
    Gary Chartrand, Western Michigan University
    Donald W. Vanderjagt*, Grand Valley State University
    (908-05-335)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    A multiplicity problem related to Schur numbers.
    Daniel John Schaal*, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
    Hunter S. Snevily, University of Idaho
    (908-05-198)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Cyclic homology and de-Rham cohomology of affine hypersurfaces.
    Ruth I. Michler*, University of North Texas
    (908-19-127)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Partitions and sums and products.
    Dan Tang*, Howard University
    (908-05-384)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Binomial and q-binomial coefficient inequalities related to the Hamiltonicity of the Kneser graphs and their q-analogues.
    W. Edwin Clark*, University of South Florida
    Mourad E.H. Ismail, University of South Florida
    (908-05-428)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Cycle decompositions of an even cycle to a power.
    Charles L. Vanden Eynden*, Illinois State University
    (908-05-444)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Orderings of finite fields and balanced tournaments.
    Mark B. Beintama, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
    Jeffrey Thomas Bonn*, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
    Robert W. Fitzgerald, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
    Joseph Lewis Yucas, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
    (908-05-368)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Pegging number of a graph.
    Madeeha Khalid*, University of Texas, Austin
    David P. Moulton, University of California, Berkeley
    (908-05-805)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-11:10 a.m.
  AMS Session on Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics, I
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    An optical echo theory of quasars.
    Dennis Collins*, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
    (908-85-247)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Uniform stabilization of nonlinear shells and their approximations.
    Richard J. Marchand*, University of Virginia
    Irena M. Lasiecka, University of Virginia
    (908-93-609)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Waves in an inviscid rotating stratified fluid.
    Lokenath Debnath*, University of Central Florida
    (908-76-503)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Global existence of solutions of classical Yang-Mills equations in $4$-dimensional curved spacetime.
    D. Petrescu*, IME-USP, Brazil
    (908-81-131)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Spurious limit cycles in higher order averaging methods.
    Ronald E. Mickens*, Clark Atlanta University
    (908-82-38)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Nonlinear evolution of modulated gravity wavetrains in water of finite depth.
    David K. Rollins*, University of Central Florida
    Bhimsen K. Shivamoggi, University of Central Florida
    (908-76-714)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Analytic properties of the nonlinear evolution equations for modulated gravity wavetrains.
    Bhimsen K. Shivamoggi*, University of Central Florida
    David K. Rollins, University of Central Florida
    (908-76-713)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Exact solutions for some simple flows of an Oldroyd-B fluid.
    Kumbakonam R. Rajagopal, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
    Rakesh K. Bhatnagar*, University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg
    (908-76-417)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Permanent magnets can't levitate...or can they?
    Bruce K. Driver, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
    Rodney D. Driver*, University of Rhode Island
    (908-70-561)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Whirling of elastic tubes.
    Timothy J. McDevitt*, University of Virginia
    James G. Simmonds, University of Virginia
    (908-73-645)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Hamiltonian mechanics on finite symmetric space graphs.
    Elinor L. Velasquez*, University of California, Berkeley
    (908-73-118)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Generalized symplectic geometry on the vertically adapted frame bundle and Kaluza-Klein theory.
    Jeffrey K. Lawson*, Wake Forest University
    (908-53-812)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Computations of magnetic vortices.
    M. Affouf*, Pennsylvania State University, Dunmore
    (908-82-51)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Education, I
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Personalized research projects in the teaching of abstract algebra.
    Bruce A. Magurn*, Miami University
    (908-98-809)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Calculus connections: Using multimedia technology to enhance the math learning environment.
    Douglas A. Quinney*, University of Keele, UK
    (908-98-10)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Using guided discovery of recent research in an undergraduate course.
    Brenda J. Latka*, Lafayette College
    (908-99-509)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Recognition and construction of graphs of elementary functions.
    Gerald Wildenberg*, Saint John Fisher College
    Carol L. Freeman, Finger Lakes Community College
    (908-99-780)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Calculus I and II with an extra laboratory hour.
    Maria E. Calzada*, Loyola University
    (908-99-534)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Constructing topographic maps from on-line data using Mathematica.
    Allan A. Struthers*, Michigan Technological University
    (908-98-608)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Apparent benefits of computer lab support for calculus.
    Dietrich Burbulla, University of Toronto
    Christopher T. J. Dodson*, University of Toronto
    (908-98-548)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Improvement of students' performance on functions and mathematical models when using a graphic calculator.
    Margo P. Alexander*, Georgia State University
    Teresa Joan Murphy, Georgia State University
    (908-98-167)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Calculus reading quizzes: Getting students to read the text.
    Philip E. Gustafson*, Emporia State University
    (908-98-377)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Teaching students to read technical material: The use of reading outlines.
    Janet Lynn Andersen*, Hope College
    (908-99-730)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    An exploration into geometric visualization among pre-service teachers: Do drawing skills promote understanding?
    Dusty E. Sabo*, University of Idaho
    (908-98-92)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Mathematics for the community: The ethnomathematics major.
    Cynthia E. Trimble*, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
    Elinor L. Velasquez, University of California, Berkeley
    (908-98-794)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  MAA Session on Standards for Introductory College Mathematics Courses Before Calculus, I
  Organizers:
  Gregory D. Foley, Sam Houston State University
  Jon Wilkin, Northern Virginia Community College
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    An applications-driven curriculum: The Maricopa Mathematics Consortium ($M2C$) addresses the $AMATYC$ standards.
    Alan R. Jacobs*, Scottsdale Community College
    (908-00-1317)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Connected geometry: Powerful mathematical ``habits-of-mind'' integrating geometric, algebraic, and analytical thinking.
    E. Paul Goldenberg*, Education Development Center
    (908-00-1313)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Empowering underprepared college mathematics students.
    Sylvia M. Svitak*, Queensborough Community College, City University of New York
    Arlene H. Kleinstein, State University of New York Agricultural and Technical College, Farmingdale
    (908-00-1328)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Restructuring to effect change: A developmental algebra curriculum.
    Philip A. DeMarois, William Rainey Harper College
    Mercedes A. McGowen*, William Rainey Harper College
    Darlene Whitkanack, Indiana University, Bloomington
    (908-00-1323)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Some real mathematics for elementary education majors.
    Jerrold W. Grossman*, Oakland University
    (908-00-1315)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Guidelines for the mathematics preparation of prospective elementary teachers.
    Jane F. Schielack*, Texas A & M University, College Station
    (908-00-1326)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A functional approach to algebra.
    Shoko Brant, Essex Community College
    Ed Zeidman*, Essex Community College
    (908-00-1331)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Using data to enrich an algebra course.
    Philip R. Carlson*, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
    (908-00-1307)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Modeling and simulation in finite mathematics.
    Richard D. Bronson*, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck
    (908-00-1305)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Difference equations and models at the college algebra level.
    Dan Kalman*, American University
    (908-00-1319)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Ohio State University Technology Summer College Short Course and the college instructor network.
    Edward D. Laughbaum*, Ohio State University, Columbus
    (908-00-1320)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Chaotic Dynamics and Fractal Geometry, I
  Organizers:
  Denny Gulick, University of Maryland, College Park
  Jon W. Scott, Montgomery College
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Introduction
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Non-hyperbolic iterated function systems.
    Lawrence S. Husch*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    (908-00-1057)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Levy dragon and self-similar fractals.
    James E. Keesling*, University of Florida
    (908-00-1058)
  • 8:50 a.m.
    Recent results on the dimension of attractors and repellers.
    Brian R. Hunt*, University of Maryland, College Park
    (908-00-1056)
  • 9:25 a.m.
    Origins and early history of chaos and dynamical systems.
    Barbara Bohannon, Hofstra University
    Sharon Kunoff*, Long Island University
    (908-00-1051)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Intermittent chaos: A brief history.
    Steven M. Hetzler*, Salisbury State University
    (908-00-1055)
  • 10:05 a.m.
    Computation of long periodic orbits in chaotic dynamical systems.
    Huseyin Kocak*, University of Miami
    (908-00-1061)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Relating periodic cycles: The method of digraphs.
    Philip D. Straffin, Jr.*, Beloit College
    (908-00-1066)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Constructivism Across the Curriculum, I
  Organizers:
  David M. Mathews, Longwood College
  Keith E. Schwingendorf, Purdue University, North Central
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Some social aspects of assuming a constructivist model of learning.
    James R. Morrow*, Mount Holyoke College
    (908-00-1081)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    $DAREC$: A developmental algebra curriculum using a constructivist approach.
    Mercedes A. McGowen*, William Rainey Harper College
    Philip A. DeMarois, William Rainey Harper College
    Darlene Whitkanack, Indiana University, Bloomington
    (908-00-1080)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A constructivist approach to precalculus.
    Jerome J. Przybylski*, Elmira College
    (908-00-1084)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Making the transition from learner to teacher: A mathematics course for pre-service elementary teachers.
    Tracy L. Rusch*, University of Texas, Austin
    (908-00-1085)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A constructivist approach to a capstone course for prospective secondary teachers.
    Dale R. Oliver*, Humboldt State University
    Phyllis Z. Chinn, Humboldt State University
    (908-00-1083)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Assessing constructivist techniques in a secondary mathematics certification program.
    Carol Jean Bell*, University of Texas, Austin
    (908-00-1071)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Computer-based liberal arts mathematics.
    Mazen Mohammed Shahin*, College Misericordia
    (908-00-1087)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Scripting to learn with Maple and the TI-92: Constructivism in action.
    Phoebe T. Judson*, Trinity University, San Antonio
    (908-00-1078)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    ``Discovering'' abstract algebra in the classroom.
    Jill Dietz*, Gettysburg College
    (908-00-1074)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    The undergraduate geometry course: Problems, models, and projects.
    David A. Gay*, University of Arizona
    (908-00-1077)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A constructivist approach to the history of mathematics.
    Janet Lea Heine Barnett*, University of Southern Colorado
    (908-00-1070)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Constructivism in teaching mathematics at $UPRH$.
    Malhab C. Keirouz*, University of Puerto Rico, Humacao College
    (908-00-1079)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Active Learning Strategies for Statistics and Probability, I
  Organizers:
  Mary R. Parker, Austin Community College
  Allan J. Rossman, Dickinson College
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Probability through gambling.
    Larry R. Anderson*, Whitman College
    (908-00-1001)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Active learning strategies through laboratory analysis and technical report writing.
    Diane L. Benner, Harrisburg Area Community College
    Cathy Ann Godbois*, Harrisburg Area Community College
    Linda Harper, Harrisburg Area Community College
    (908-00-1007)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Teamwork, case analyses with Excel, and formal business writing in an introductory statistics course.
    Nancy C. Weida*, Bucknell University
    (908-00-1030)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Use of the jigsaw for teaching hypothesis testing.
    Clare T. Hemenway*, University of Wisconsin, Marathon County Center
    (908-00-1011)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Sampling distribution, binomials, and hypothesis testing activities.
    Olivia M. Carducci*, Lafayette College
    Brenda J. Latka, Lafayette College
    (908-00-1002)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Student statistical projects: Connecting the classroom to the real world.
    Florence S. Gordon*, New York Institute of Technology
    Sheldon P. Gordon, Suffolk Community College
    (908-00-1008)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Incorporating cooperative learning strategies in an introductory statistics course.
    Julia M. Clark*, Emory and Henry College
    (908-00-1003)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Workshop statistics---a graphing calculator approach.
    Barr Von Oehsen*, Piedmont College
    (908-00-1029)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A look at history: An activity using student-produced data.
    Kay B. Somers*, Moravian College
    (908-00-1028)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Applications of the Internet in a statistics class.
    Brian E. Smith*, McGill University
    (908-00-1027)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Using $PUMS$ in a statistics course.
    Charlie Jacobson*, Elmira College
    (908-00-1013)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Use of ergonomic data in statistics and research methods.
    Laurie J. Sawyer*, University of New England
    Paulette A. St. Ours, University of New England
    (908-00-1025)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  A modern course in calculus.
  Organizers:
  A. Wayne Roberts, Macalester College
  Panelists:
  Martin Flashman, Humboldt State University
  Sheldon Gordon, Suffolk Community College
  Margret Hoft, University of Michigan, Dearborn
  Sharon Ross, DeKalb University
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Mathematical modeling as a precursor of mathematics reform.
  Organizers:
  Henry J. Ricardo, Medgar Evers College (CUNY)
  Panelists:
  Ben Fusaro, Florida State University
  John Loase, Westchester Community College
  William Lucas, Claremont Graduate School
  Joyce McQuade, Westchester Community College
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Visiting lecturer programs in the mathematical sciences.
  Organizers:
  Deane E. Arganbright, University of Papua New Guinea
  Panelists:
  Marilyn Durkin, Bentley College
  Hal Berghel, ACM Visiting Lecturer Program
  Leon H. Seitelman, SIAM Visiting Lecturer Program
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
  SUMMA Presentation
  Intervention projects for minority precollege students.
  Organizers:
  William A. Hawkins, Director of SUMMA
  Presenters:
  Carolyn R. Mahoney, California State University, San Marcos
  Jack Morrell, Atlanta Metropolitan College
  Margaret Wiener, Marymount Manhattan College
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 9:35 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Distance learning.
  Organizers:
  L. Carl Leinbach, Gettysburg College
  Panelists:
  William J. Davis, Ohio State University, Columbus
  Thomas Upson, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Jeffrey Xavier Watt, Purdue University, Indianapolis
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 9:35 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Future perspectives on calculus.
  Organizers:
  Donald B. Small, U. S. Military Academy
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 9:35 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Committee on the Participation of Women Panel Discussion
  Women and mathematics: Case studies of intervention programs.
  Organizers:
  Virginia E. Knight, Meredith College
  Carole B. Lacampagne, U.S. Department of Education
  Panelists:
  Diana C. Dismus-Campbell, Rutgers University and Spelman-Bryn Mawr Summer Mathematics Program
  Sarah J. Greenwald, University of Pennsylvania Women in Mathematics
  Julie Kimbell, Chemical Industry Institute for Toxicology and North Carolina Women and Mathematics
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Retiring Presidential Address
  Rings and things.
  Irving Kaplansky*, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley
  (908-00-901)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Invited Address
  A century of syzygies.
  Roger A. Wiegand*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  (908-00-907)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
  AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture I
  Modular forms, elliptic curves and Galois representations.
  Andrew J. Wiles*, Princeton University
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Book Sale and Exhibits
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  Ongoing dialogue on mathematics and public policy.
  Robert Moses*, The Algebra Project, Boston, Massachusetts
  (908-00-955)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Session on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, I
  Organizers:
  Annie Selden, Tennessee Technological University
  John Selden, MERC
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Successful students' conceptions of mean, standard deviation, and the central limit theorem.
    David M. Mathews*, Central Michigan University
    (908-00-987)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    What is dynamic geometry?---How students learn mathematics using Geometer's Sketchpad, Cabri, Geometry Inventor.
    E. Paul Goldenberg*, Education Development Center
    (908-00-981)
  • 3:05 p.m.
    Enhancing learning in Calculus $II$ with the use of the {\rm TI-92} graphing calculator.
    Phoebe T. Judson*, Trinity University
    (908-00-983)
  • 3:25 p.m.
    Critical thinking and calculus reform.
    Connie M. Yarema*, East Texas State University
    (908-00-996)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    The effects of writing to learn mathematics on conceptual and procedural understanding in introductory college calculus.
    Mary K. Porter*, Saint Mary's College
    (908-00-990)
  • 4:05 p.m.
    Concepts and procedure in mathematics and the $MBTI$.
    Dennis Sentilles*, University of Missouri, Columbia
    Robert F. Wheeler, Northern Illinois University
    (908-00-992)
  • 4:25 p.m.
    Applications of pedagogical principles to undergraduate mathematics curriculum.
    Guershon Harel, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    Richard Cole Penney*, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    (908-00-989)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Trends in the organization and content of linear algebra courses.
    Natasha Warikoo*, Educational Development Center
    Wayne Harvey, Educational Development Center
    (908-00-993)
  • 5:05 p.m.
    Enhancing fairness in mathematics placement testing.
    Alvin Baranchik, Hunter College, City University of New York
    Barry M. Cherkas*, Hunter College, City University of New York
    (908-00-975)
  • 5:25 p.m.
    A statistical survey of the effectiveness of remedial college mathematics.
    Timothy W. Flood*, Pittsburgh State University
    (908-00-978)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Evaluating the effects of changing a mathematics core curriculum.
    Richard Douglas West*, U. S. Military Academy
    (908-00-995)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Analytic Methods in Several Complex Variables, I
  Organizers:
  F. Michael Christ, University of California, Los Angeles
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    The Cauchy-Riemann equations on a Hilbert space.
    Laszlo Lempert*, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    (908-32-195)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Rigidity and analyticity of $CR$ immersions into real hypersurfaces of complex spaces.
    Chong-Kyu Han*, Seoul National University, Korea
    Jae-Nyun Yoo, Pohang University of Science & Technology, Korea
    (908-32-180)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Boundary values of cohomology classes.
    Francois Treves*, Rutgers University
    (908-32-622)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Unimodular invariants of totally real tori in $C^n$.
    Xianghong Gong*, Mathematical Science Research Institute
    (908-32-508)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    The singularity of the Bergman kernel.
    Masatake Kuranishi*, Columbia University
    (908-53-623)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Local analytic structure of an $n$-manifold in complex $n$-space.
    Xiaojun Huang*, Mathematical Science Research Institute
    (908-32-580)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    The Szeg\"o projector as a function of the $CR$-function.
    Charles L. Epstein*, University of Pennsylvania
    (908-32-546)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Knot Theory, I
  Organizers:
  Tim D. Cochran, Rice University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Finite type invariants of homology $3$-spheres.
    Jerome P. Levine*, Brandeis University
    Stavros Garoufalidis, Brown University
    (908-05-316)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Invariants of graphs.
    Simrat M. Ghuman*, Rice University
    (908-57-398)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Milnor invariants of singular knots.
    Ted Stanford*, University of California, Berkeley
    (908-57-766)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    A $TQFT$ for wormhole cobordisms over the field of rational functions.
    Patrick M. Gilmer*, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
    (908-57-274)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Quantum invariants of templates.
    Louis H. Kauffman, University of Illinois, Chicago
    Masahico Saito*, University of South Florida
    Michael C. Sullivan, Northwestern University
    (908-57-220)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Equivariant slice knots in dimension $3$.
    Swatee Naik*, University of Nevada, Reno
    (908-57-52)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Minimal energies of polygonal knots.
    Jonathan K. Simon*, University of Iowa
    (908-57-219)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-6:20 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Algebraic Groups and Invariant Theory, I
  Organizers:
  Amassa C. Fauntleroy, North Carolina State University
  Aloysius G. Helminck, North Carolina State University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Projective projective $S_n$-modules and McMahon symmetric functions.
    Peter Norman Hoffman*, University of Waterloo
    (908-20-620)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Symbolic theory for invariants in positive characteristic.
    Joseph P. Brennan*, North Dakota State University
    (908-13-577)
  • 3:05 p.m.
    $G_a$ actions on $\bf C^n$.
    James K. Deveney*, Virginia Commonwealth University
    David R. Finston, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
    (908-14-392)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On representations associated with p-adic symmetric spaces
    Gerardus F. Helminck*, University of Twente, The Netherlands
    (908-20-621)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    Dimensional criteria for the semisimplicity of certain representations.
    George Joseph McNinch*, University of Oregon
    (908-20-476)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    Invariant analytic domains in complex semisimple groups.
    Ralph J. Bremigan*, Ball State University
    (908-20-150)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Induced modules from Frobenius kernels.
    Andy R. Magid*, University of Oklahoma
    (908-17-251)
  • 5:10 p.m.
    How many parameters does it take to define a generic polynomial?
    Joe P. Buhler, Reed College
    Zinovy Reichstein*, Oregon State University
    (908-14-475)
  • 5:35 p.m.
    Stratifying endomorphism algebras, I.
    Edward T. Cline*, University of Oklahoma
    Brian J. Parshall, University of Virginia
    Leonard L. Scott, Jr., University of Virginia
    (908-16-758)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Cohen-Macaulayness for $SL_n$ and $SO_n$ actions.
    V. Lakshmibai, Northeastern University
    Pradeep K. Shukla*, Suffolk University
    (908-14-138)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Differential Geometry and Mathematical Relativity, I
  Organizers:
  Gregory J. Galloway, University of Miami, Coral Gables
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    The geodesic space.
    John Kelly Beem*, University of Missouri, Columbia
    Robert J. Low, Coventry University, England
    Phillip E. Parker, Wichita State University
    (908-53-75)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    The nonspacelike cut locus revisited.
    Paul Ewing Ehrlich*, University of Florida
    (908-53-105)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Results on the categoricity of the causal boundary.
    Steven Guy Harris*, Saint Louis University
    (908-53-435)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Simplicial geometries for experimental mathematics.
    Kristin A. Schleich*, University of British Columbia
    Donald M. Witt, University of British Columbia
    (908-58-676)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    The conformal boundary of strongly asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds.
    Lars Andersson, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
    Ralph E. Howard*, University of South Carolina, Columbia
    (908-53-677)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    On functionals of Willmore type.
    Mingliang Cai*, University of Miami
    (908-53-218)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Complete simply-connected minimal surfaces in $\Bbb R^3$.
    Lucio L. Rodriguez*, Institute for Pure-Applied Mathematics, Brazil
    Harold Rosenberg, University of Paris VII, France
    (908-83-415)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Multidimensional Complex Dynamics, II
  Organizers:
  John Hamal Hubbard, Cornell University
  Ralph W. Oberste-Vorth, University of South Florida
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Complex horseshoes and H\'enon mappings.
    Ralph W. Oberste-Vorth*, University of South Florida
    (908-32-664)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Green's functions and iteration of birational maps of {\rm CP}$^2$.
    Jeffrey Diller*, Cornell University
    (908-32-69)
  • 3:50 p.m.
    Convex cores of $3$-laminations and a proof of Thurston's rigidity for rational maps.
    Yair N. Minsky*, State University of New York, Stony Brook
    (908-58-614)
  • 4:35 p.m.
    Hyperbolic $3$-laminations associated to rational maps.
    M. Lyubich*, State University of New York, Stony Brook
    (908-58-482)
  • 5:25 p.m.
    A compactification of the Fatou mapping.
    Vladimir Veselov*, University of South Florida
    (908-32-613)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-6:25 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Nonselfadjoint Operator Algebras and Their Applications, I
  Organizers:
  Timothy D. Hudson, East Carolina University
  Elias G. Katsoulis, East Carolina University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Reflexive closures of spaces of Toeplitz operators.
    Edward A. Azoff*, University of Georgia
    Marek Ptak, University of Agriculture, Poland
    (908-47-630)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    What is a nonselfadjoint operator algebra?
    David P. Blecher*, University of Houston
    (908-46-213)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Free semigroup algebras, $I$.
    Kenneth R. Davidson, University of Waterloo
    David R. Pitts*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    (908-47-573)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Free semigroup algebras, $II$.
    Kenneth R. Davidson*, University of Waterloo
    David R. Pitts, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    (908-47-457)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Algebraic orders on $K_0$ and limit algebras.
    Allan P. Donsig*, University of Waterloo
    (908-46-550)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Points of spectral continuity in algebras and manifolds.
    Douglas R. Farenick*, University of Regina
    Woo Young Lee, Sung Kyun Kwan University,
    (908-47-373)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Simultaneous triangularization: Problems and some solutions.
    Peter Rosenthal*, University of Toronto
    (908-47-459)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Recent progress in operator algebras.
    Frank L. Gilfeather*, University of New Mexico
    (908-47-807)
  • 6:10 p.m.
    On weakly closed Lie ideals of nest algebras.
    Timothy D. Hudson, East Carolina University
    Laurent W. Marcoux*, University of Alberta
    Ahmed Ramzi Sourour, University of Victoria
    (908-47-171)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Commutative Algebra, II
  Organizers:
  Craig L. Huneke, Purdue University, West Lafayette, and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  Gennady Lyubeznik, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Mixed multiplicities and local Chern characters.
    Paul C. Roberts*, University of Utah
    (908-13-458)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Some conjectures on Artin local rings.
    N. Mohan Kumar*, Washington University
    (908-13-762)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Resolution of singularities and Tchirnhausen approximate roots.
    Mark Spivakovsky*, University of Toronto
    (908-13-440)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Tight closure and Frobenius closure in homogenous coordinate rings of certain elliptic curves.
    Moira A. McDermott*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    (908-13-541)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Maximal Betti numbers and deformations of graded modules.
    Keith Aaron Pardue*, University of Toronto
    (908-13-624)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Adjunction maps, symmetric algebras, and linear programming duality.
    David Eisenbud*, Brandeis University
    Sorin Popescu, Brandeis University
    (908-13-754)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Rigidity of local cohomology.
    Craig L. Huneke, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    Roger A. Wiegand*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    (908-13-478)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Test modules for complete intersections.
    Luchezar L. Avramov*, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    (908-13-753)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computational Harmonic Analysis and Approximation Theory, II
  Organizers:
  N. K. Govil, Auburn University, Auburn
  Richard A. Zalik, Auburn University, Auburn
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    A modified minimum norm solution method for band-limited signal extrapolation with inaccurate data.
    M. Zuhair Nashed*, University of Delaware
    Xiang-Gen Xia, Hughes Research Laboratories
    (908-41-775)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    The zeroes of the Daubechies polynomials.
    Gilbert Strang*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Jianhong Shen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Cleve B. Moler, The Mathworks Incorporated
    (908-42-463)
  • 3:05 p.m.
    Nonabelian fast Fourier transforms.
    David K. Maslen*, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
    (908-20-445)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Spectral analysis for data on experimental designs.
    R. A. Bailey, Queen Mary & Westfield College, England
    Persi W. Diaconis, Harvard University
    Daniel N. Rockmore*, Dartmouth College
    Chris Rowley, Open University, England
    (908-20-653)
  • 4:05 p.m.
    Crystallographic Fourier transforms.
    Louis Auslander*, Graduate School & University Center (CUNY)
    (908-65-785)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Spherical harmonic spectral methods.
    Mark A. Taylor*, National Center for Atmospheric Research
    (908-65-635)
  • 4:55 p.m.
    Local tomography using wavelets.
    David F. Walnut*, George Mason University
    (908-42-707)
  • 5:20 p.m.
    Wavelets, fractals, and image compression.
    Geoffrey M. Davis*, Dartmouth College
    (908-94-549)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#10: Part A
  Mathematical algorithms, models, and graphic representations using spreadsheets.
  Organizers:
  Deane E. Arganbright, University of Papua New Guinea
  Erich Neuwirth, University of Vienna
  Robert S. Smith, Miami University, Oxford
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#7: Part A
  The historical development of the foundations of mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Robert L. Brabenec, Wheaton College
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#8: Part A
  Cooperative learning in undergraduate mathematics education.
  Organizers:
  Ed Dubinsky, Purdue University, West Lafayette
  Janet Ray, Seattle Central Community College
  Barbara Reynolds, Cardinal Stritch College
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#9: Part A
  Calculus for the 21st century.
  Organizers:
  Lawrence C. Moore, Duke University
  David A. Smith, Duke University
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Group Theory
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Some results on projective limits in convergence semigroups.
    Phoebe Ho*, Central Missouri State University
    Shing Seung So, Central Missouri State University
    (908-22-520)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Groups whose ascendant abelian subgroups have finite rank.
    Vonn A. Walter*, Southeastern Oklahoma State University
    (908-20-243)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Preliminary results on amalgams involving $SL_2(2^n)$.
    Mark Allen Lesperance*, Kansas State University
    (908-20-96)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Groups with many subgroups having a supplement.
    Luise-Charlotte Kappe*, State University of New York, Binghamton
    Joseph Kirtland, Marist College
    (908-20-173)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Irreducible modules and normal subgroups of prime index.
    Stephen P. Glasby*, University of Sydney, Australia
    Laszlo G. Kovacs, Australian National University, Australia
    (908-20-767)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On the near Frattini subgroups of residually finite amalgamated free products.
    Mohammad K. Azarian*, University of Evansville
    (908-20-179)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Direct products of inseparable finite groups, {\rm II}.
    Joseph Kirtland*, Marist College
    (908-20-32)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Verification of Dade's conjecture for the covering groups of $J_3$.
    Sonja Kotlica*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    (908-99-710)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Intersections with $S_2$-subgroups in nonsolvable groups.
    Arnold D. Feldman*, Franklin & Marshall College
    Amil Dasgupta, Franklin & Marshall College
    (908-20-278)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Large product-free subsets of finite groups.
    Kiran S. Kedlaya*, Harvard University
    (908-20-313)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    On a class of R-groups.
    Temple Harold Fay, University of Southern Mississippi
    Gary L. Walls*, University of Southern Mississippi
    (908-20-319)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    $P_{\germ G}$-subgroups for finite non-solvable groups.
    Mark C. Hofmann*, Skidmore College
    (908-20-399)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    A characterization of complete metacyclic groups.
    Jason P. Leasure*, State University of New York, Binghamton
    (908-20-434)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Stochastic dynamics and log-Sobolev inequalities.
    Stephen Bruce Sontz*, University of the Americas
    (908-82-19)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Counting primitive roots of unity in a finite group.
    Donald E. Spickler, Jr.*, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
    Lenny K. Jones, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
    (908-20-404)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Some results on compact convergence semigroups.
    Shing Seung So*, Central Missouri State University
    Paul J. Plummer, Central Missouri State University
    (908-22-519)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Combinatorics and Graph Theory, II
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Some polynomials associated with up-down permutations.
    Warren P. Johnson*, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
    (908-05-496)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Triads and triangles in $3$-connected matroids.
    John W. Leo*, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
    (908-05-539)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Restricted choice numbers and thwart numbers.
    Evan B. Wantland*, Western Connecticut State University
    Dean Hoffman, Auburn University, Auburn
    Peter D. Johnson, Jr., Auburn University, Auburn
    (908-05-566)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On a seating rearrangement problem.
    Curtis N. Cooper*, Central Missouri State University
    Robert E. Kennedy, Central Missouri State University
    (908-05-564)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Generalized stress on non-simplicial polytopes.
    Susan Lynn Foege*, University of Kentucky
    (908-05-644)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Extremal cases of the Ahlswede-Cai inequality.
    Andrew J. Radcliffe, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    Susanna Saniszlo*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    (908-05-698)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Completing certain partial latin squares.
    Tristan Mark Denley*, Umea University, Sweden
    Roland Haggkvist, Umea University, Sweden
    (908-05-743)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Homogenous hamming triple systems.
    Jerome M. LeVan*, Transylvania University
    (908-05-598)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    The Marica-Sch\"onheim inequality in lattices.
    Zsolt Lengvarszky*, University of South Carolina, Columbia
    (908-05-596)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Sequencing the dihedral groups $D_{4k}$.
    Paul Li*, Harvard University
    (908-05-593)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    On the degree of regularity of linear systems.
    Arie Bialostocki, University of Idaho
    Terry B. Meerdink*, University of Idaho
    Hanno Lefmann, University of Dortmund, Germany
    (908-05-518)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Matrices connected to Brauer's centralizer algebras.
    Mark D. McKerihan*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    (908-05-99)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    The independence and clique covering numbers of the Cartesian product of graphs.
    Glenn G. Chappell*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    (908-05-726)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Unavoidable minors of graphs of large type.
    John J. Dittmann, Jr.*, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
    Bogdan S. Oporowski, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
    (908-05-711)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    On induced path number of graphs.
    Akira Negi*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    (908-05-678)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics, II
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Biorthogonality series solution of Stokes flow problems in sectorial regions.
    S. A. Khuri*, University of Houston, Downtown
    Elias Yacoub Deeba, University of Houston-Downtown
    (908-76-733)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Integral equations for a unified linear time-harmonic Maxwell type system.
    George A. Avirappattu*, Indiana University, East
    (908-35-359)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Elimination of sensitivity to initial conditions and state selection under noise.
    Madjid Amir*, University of Karlsruhe, Rechenzetrum, Germany
    (908-99-197)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Energy equations and existence of global attractors.
    Xiaoming Wang*, Indiana University, Bloomington
    (908-35-751)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Orbit structure of certain one dimensional multiple valued dynamical systems.
    Richard E. Lampe*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    (908-99-706)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Characterization of blow-up solutions to a certain nonlinear Volterra integral equation with a concentrated source.
    Kelly Ann Molkenthin*, University of Rhode Island
    Catherine A. Roberts, Northern Arizona University
    (908-45-237)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    On the interaction between a strongly continuous unitary group of operators and a projection.
    Stephen William Taylor*, University of Auckland, New Zealand
    (908-99-814)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    $PBVP$ for second order integro-differential equations with general kernel.
    M. V. Moorthy*, Ohio Dominican College
    Sivapragasam Sathananthan, Tennessee State University
    (908-45-420)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Bounded and periodic solutions in integral equations.
    Tingxiu Wang*, Oakton Community College
    (908-45-34)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The Bourgain algebra of a nest algebra.
    Timothy G. Feeman*, Villanova University
    (908-47-25)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Chern characters associated with almost commuting algebras.
    Daoxing Xia*, Vanderbilt University
    (908-47-59)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Antoine's necklace related to the Cantor set.
    Margaret M. LaSalle*, University of Southwestern Louisiana
    (908-54-09)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
  AMS Session on Ordered Algebraic Structures
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Analytical translation of the mathematical lemmas in Newton's Principia, Book 1, Section 1.
    Robert L. Lamphere*, Elizabethtown Community College
    (908-01-749)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    A Spanish translation of the Disquisitiones Arithmeticae.
    Michael Josephy*, University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
    (908-01-540)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Al-Karaji contribution to the development of algebra.
    Ahlam E. Tannouri*, Morgan State University
    (908-01-637)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Subdirect product decompositions for two classes of effect algebras.
    Kuppusamy Ravindran*, Louisiana Tech University
    (908-99-542)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Representable, non-solvable varieties of lattice ordered groups.
    Michael A. Button*, Bowling Green State University
    (908-06-443)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On the involuntary dimension of involution posets.
    Khaled Al-Agha*, Louisiana Tech University
    (908-06-679)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Effect algebras as partially ordered sets.
    Scott R. Sykes*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    (908-06-371)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The equivalence between $Z$-algebraic posets and $Z$-bialgebraic frames.
    Deborah L. Cotten*, Vanderbilt University
    (908-06-512)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    The automorphism group of a function lattice: A problem of J\'onsson and McKenzie.
    Jonathan David Farley*, Mathematical Science Research Institute
    (908-06-126)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Polynomial algorithms in the membership problem.
    Zoltan Szekely*, University of South Carolina, Columbia
    (908-08-659)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Representing a many-sorted algebra as a partial algebra.
    William P. Wardlaw*, U. S. Naval Academy
    Anthony M. Gaglione, U. S. Naval Academy
    (908-08-345)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Operations of fuzzy numbers under the general extension principle (I).
    Zengxiang Tong*, Otterbein College
    (908-99-699)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Lebesgue measure and gambling.
    Vladimir Grigorievitch Kanovei, Moscow Institute of Railway Transport Engineers, Russia
    Tom J. Linton*, Western Oregon State College
    (908-04-507)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Some peculiarities in the models of set theory.
    Tekamul Buber*, Castleton State College
    (908-03-244)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  MAA Session on Innovations in Teaching Linear Algebra, I
  Organizers:
  Donald R. LaTorre, Clemson University
  David C. Lay, University of Maryland, College Park
  Steven J. Leon, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Matrix-vector products geometrically: A versatile teaching tool.
    David R. Hill*, Temple University
    David E. Zitarelli, Temple University
    (908-00-1137)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    A short course in linear algebra: A matrix approach using $MATLAB$.
    Lila Freeman Roberts*, Georgia Southern University
    (908-00-1147)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    Using $ATLAST$ software tools to visualize linear transformations.
    Steven J. Leon*, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
    (908-00-1144)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Pitch, roll and yaw.
    David W. Boyd*, Valdosta State University
    Richard H. Elderkin, Pomona College
    (908-00-1124)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    A linear algebra project on circles in space.
    Carl C. Cowen*, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    (908-00-1128)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Geometry of the singular value decomposition.
    Thomas A. Hern*, Bowling Green State University
    Kermit N. Sigmon, University of Florida
    (908-00-1136)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    Eigenvalues of the alphabet.
    Larry C. Grove*, University of Arizona
    (908-00-1134)
  • 4:40 p.m.
    Coordinate systems and satellite tracking.
    Dan Kalman*, American University
    (908-00-1141)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Visualizing linear combinations.
    David E. Zitarelli*, Temple University
    David R. Hill, Temple University
    (908-00-1153)
  • 5:20 p.m.
    Using $MATLAB$ without killing the instructor.
    James R. Weaver*, University of West Florida
    (908-00-1151)
  • 5:35 p.m.
    $ATLAST$ experiences and their influence on teaching vector space concepts.
    Robert James Tilidetzke*, Charleston Southern University
    (908-00-1149)
  • 5:50 p.m.
    Three MATLAB projects.
    Richard O. Hill, Jr.*, Michigan State University
    (908-00-1138)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
  MAA Session on Teaching Mathematics by Blind Instructors or to Blind Students
  Organizers:
  Norberto Salinas, University of Kansas
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Teaching mathematics as a blind person.
    Abraham Nemeth*, University of Detroit Mercy
    (908-00-1338)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    New braille tools for blind mathematicians.
    John Gardner*, Oregon State University
    (908-00-1336)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The blind professor and the sighted student.
    Lawrence W. Baggett*, University of Colorado, Boulder
    (908-00-1335)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Teaching calculus using alternative techniques.
    Norberto Salinas*, University of Kansas
    (908-00-1340)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Communicating with the graphing calculator.
    Elizabeth L. Doane*, Housatonic Community Technical College
    (908-00-1341)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Both sides of the teacher's desk.
    Charles Hallenbeck*, University of Kansas
    (908-00-1337)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Audio system for technical readings.
    T. V. Raman*, Digital Equipment Corporation
    (908-00-1339)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Recursive and Feasible Mathematics, II
  Organizers:
  Douglas Cenzer, University of Florida
  Jeffrey B. Remmel, University of California at San Diego
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Computably categorical structures and the degree spectra of relations.
    Richard A. Shore*, Cornell University
    (908-03-453)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Reductibilities and dimensions of recursive structures.
    Bakhadyr Khoussainov*, Cornell University
    (908-03-386)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Low$_n$ Boolean algebras and the search for recursive copies.
    John J. Thurber*, Eastern Oregon State College
    (908-03-615)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    $\Sigma_2$-constructions and $I\Sigma_1$.
    Marcia J. Groszek, Dartmouth College
    Tamara J. Hummel*, Allegheny College
    (908-03-265)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Partitions of Euclidean space.
    James H. Schmerl*, University of Connecticut, Storrs
    (908-03-408)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    On the semilattice of $NP$ substructures of a polynomial time structure.
    Anil Nerode*, Cornell University
    Jeffrey B. Remmel, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
    (908-03-657)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 3:20 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  Perspectives in the geometry of differential equations.
  Robert L. Bryant*, Duke University
  (908-00-951)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 3:20 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  AWM Panel Discussion
  Affirmative action: A look back and a look ahead.
  Moderators:
  Mary W. Gray, American University
  Panelists:
  Ingrid Daubechies, Princeton University
  Robion C. Kirby, University of California, Berkeley
  William A. Massey, AT&T Bell Laboratories
  Cora S. Sadosky, Howard University
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 4:20 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  AWM Business Meeting
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#11: Part A
  Earth math: Applications of precalculus mathematics to environmental issues.
  Organizers:
  Christopher Schaufele, Kennesaw State College
  Nancy Zumoff, Kennesaw State College
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#4: Part B
  Interdisciplinary lively applications.
  Organizers:
  David C. Arney, U. S. Military Academy
  Frank Giordano, U. S. Military Academy
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#6: Part B
  Workshop mathematics: Using new pedagogy and technology in introductory courses.
  Organizers:
  Nancy Baxter Hastings, Dickinson College
  Allan Rossman, Dickinson College
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  AMS Committee on the Profession Presentation
  Nonacademic career opportunities in mathematics.
  Presenters:
  Linda Thiel, Ursinus College
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  MAA Section Officers
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Social for First-Time Participants
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 7:15 p.m.-8:15 p.m.
  Young Mathematicians Network Open Forum
  Concerns of young mathematicians: A town meeting.
  Organizers:
  Edward F. Aboufadel, Southern Connecticut State University
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 8:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
  AMS Josiah Willard Gibbs Lecture
  Is field theory the answer? Is string theory the answer? What was the question?
  Steven Weinberg*, University of Texas, Austin
  (908-00-904)
• Wednesday January 10, 1996, 9:30 p.m.-11:00 p.m.
  AWM Open Reception

Thursday January 11, 1996

• Thursday January 11, 1996, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Session on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, II
  Organizers:
  Annie Selden, Tennessee Technological University
  John Selden, MERC
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Anxiety in entry level mathematics and speech courses.
    Bette L. Warren*, Eastern Michigan University
    Kathy Stacey, Eastern Michigan University
    (908-00-994)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Basic algebra via modeling.
    Susan J. Lamon*, Marquette University
    (908-00-986)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Symbolism in precalculus mathematics.
    Lillie F. Crowley*, Lexington Community College
    (908-00-976)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Students' decision making for learning algebra.
    Albert D. Otto*, Illinois State University
    Cheryl Lubinski, Illinois State University
    (908-00-988)
  • 9:25 a.m.
    An assessment of pedagogical content knowledge for prospective secondary teachers.
    Christine L. Ebert*, University of Delaware
    Linda A. Bolte, Eastern Washington University
    (908-00-977)
  • 9:50 a.m.
    Preservice teachers' levels of understanding functions in multirepresentational environments.
    David B. Klanderman*, Trinity Christian College
    (908-00-985)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Student preferences for representations of functions.
    Brian A. Keller*, Iowa State University
    Christian R. Hirsch, Western Michigan University
    (908-00-984)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Students' use of visual representations in the creation of proofs in advanced calculus.
    David R. Gibson*, Murray State University
    (908-00-979)
  • 11:05 a.m.
    College students' understanding of proof.
    Mary M. Goetting*, Georgetown Day School
    (908-00-980)
  • 11:25 a.m.
    Interviewing undergraduate majors about proof.
    Guershon Harel, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    Larry K. Sowder*, San Diego State University
    (908-00-991)
  • 11:45 p.m.
    Making sense of abstract algebra: The student's view.
    Orit Hazzan*, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
    Uri Leron, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
    (908-00-982)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Knot Theory, II
  Organizers:
  Tim D. Cochran, Rice University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Stability of lower central series of compact $3$-manifold groups.
    Tim D. Cochran*, Rice University
    Kent Orr, Indiana University, Bloomington
    (908-57-397)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Three manifold invariants and finite dimensional Hopf algebras.
    Louis H. Kauffman*, University of Illinois, Chicago
    (908-57-80)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Multiple strong fusions of boundary links.
    Paul A. Bellis*, Rice University
    (908-57-396)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Discussion
  • 10:10 a.m.
    The Kauffman-Radford-Hennings invariant for a general quantum group.
    Stephen F. Sawin*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (908-57-93)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Links, Bousfield-Kan completions and closures of groups.
    Tim D. Cochran, Rice University
    Kent Orr*, Indiana University, Bloomington
    (908-57-668)
  • 11:10 a.m.
    Link homotopy and the relative slice problem.
    Vjacheslav S. Krushkal*, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
    (908-57-114)
  • 11:40 a.m.
    Vassiliev invariants of two component links and the Casson-Walker invariant.
    Paul A. Kirk*, Indiana University, Bloomington
    Charles Livingston, Indiana University, Bloomington
    (908-57-264)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Algebraic Groups and Invariant Theory, II
  Organizers:
  Amassa C. Fauntleroy, North Carolina State University
  Aloysius G. Helminck, North Carolina State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Rings of covariants for finite coregular groups.
    Harold E.A. Campbell, Queen's University
    Ian Hughes, Queen's University
    Robert James Shank, Queen's University
    David L. Wehlau*, Royal Military College
    (908-13-581)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Centralizers of locally nilpotent derivations.
    David R. Finston*, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
    Sebastian Walcher, Technical University of Munich, Germany
    (908-14-258)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Quantization and invariant theory of nilpotent orbits.
    Ranee Kathryn Brylinski*, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
    Bertram Kostant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (908-58-666)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Discussion
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Generalized Capelli identities.
    Friedrich Knop*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
    Siddhartha Sahi, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
    (908-14-430)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Discussion
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Variation of geometric invariant theory quotients.
    Yi Hu*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    (908-14-11)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Dual to the McKay correspondence.
    Jean-Luc Brylinski*, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
    (908-14-619)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Multidimensional Complex Dynamics, III
  Organizers:
  John Hamal Hubbard, Cornell University
  Ralph W. Oberste-Vorth, University of South Florida
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Remarks on multidimensional algebraic complex dynamics.
    Peter Papadopol*, Grand Canyon University
    (908-32-301)
  • 8:50 a.m.
    The topology of generalized H\'enon mappings.
    John Hamal Hubbard*, Cornell University
    (908-32-665)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    On ``M\"obius'' transformations of the $2 \times 2$ Siegel upper half plane.
    Shmuel Friedland, University of Illinois, Chicago
    Pedro Freitas*, University of Illinois, Chicago
    (908-20-485)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On some problems of complex dynamics in several variables.
    Shmuel Friedland*, University of Illinois, Chicago
    (908-58-513)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    Discussion
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Nonselfadjoint Operator Algebras and Their Applications, II
  Organizers:
  Timothy D. Hudson, East Carolina University
  Elias G. Katsoulis, East Carolina University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Stable invariant subspaces.
    Don W. Hadwin*, University of New Hampshire
    John B. Conway, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    (908-47-575)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Extreme points in triangular $UHF$ algebras.
    Timothy D. Hudson, East Carolina University
    Elias G. Katsoulis, East Carolina University
    David R. Larson*, Texas A & M University, College Station
    (908-47-590)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A new S. Brown-Lomonosov type lemma.
    Bernard Chevreau, University of Bordeaux I, France
    WingSuet Li*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Carl M. Pearcy, Texas A & M University, College Station
    (908-47-487)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Factoring upper triangular operators through the diagonal.
    John L. Orr*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    David R. Pitts, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    (908-47-770)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Topological nilpotence.
    Justin R. Peters*, Iowa State University
    Warren R. Wogen, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    (908-47-755)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Positive-definite functions on semigroups and isometric representations.
    Gelu Fanica Popescu*, University of Texas, San Antonio
    (908-47-344)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Classification of direct systems of $4$-cycle digraph algebras.
    Stephen C. Power*, University of Lancaster, England
    Allan P. Donsig, University of Waterloo
    (908-46-184)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Higher-dimensional amenability for operator algebras.
    Alan T. Paterson, University of Mississippi
    Roger R. Smith*, Texas A & M University, College Station
    (908-46-652)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Commutative Algebra, III
  Organizers:
  Craig L. Huneke, Purdue University, West Lafayette, and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  Gennady Lyubeznik, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Factorial extensions of regular local rings and invariants of finite groups.
    Luchezar L. Avramov, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    Adam Richard Borek*, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    (908-13-229)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Saturated lexicographic ideals.
    Heather A. Hulett*, Miami University, Oxford
    Heath Mayall Martin, University of Central Florida
    (908-13-461)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Hilbert functions and multiplicities.
    Hema Srinivasan*, University of Missouri, Columbia
    (908-13-625)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Torsion-free morphisms and testing of flatness.
    Wolmer V. Vasconcelos*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
    (908-13-85)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Weak and strong $F$-regularity are equivalent for isolated singularities.
    Brian C. MacCrimmon*, University of Michigan
    (908-13-380)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Intermediate rings between a local domain and its completion.
    William J. Heinzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    Christel Rotthaus, Michigan State University
    Sylvia Margaret Wiegand*, University of Nebraska
    (908-13-773)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computational Harmonic Analysis and Approximation Theory, III
  Organizers:
  N. K. Govil, Auburn University, Auburn
  Richard A. Zalik, Auburn University, Auburn
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Minimax analysis of signal recovery problems: Brutal reality or unrealistic counterexamples?
    Timothy E. Olson*, Dartmouth College
    (908-42-514)
  • 8:25 a.m.
    Oblique multiwavelets.
    Akram Aldroubi*, National Institute of Health
    (908-42-661)
  • 8:50 a.m.
    Non-orthogonal wavelet approximation with rates of deterministic signals.
    George A. Anastassiou*, University of Memphis
    (908-41-33)
  • 9:25 a.m.
    Poisson's summation formula and multiresolution discretization.
    John J. Benedetto*, University of Maryland, College Park
    Georg Zimmermann, Vienna University, Austria
    (908-42-394)
  • 9:50 a.m.
    Weyl-Heisenberg systems and the finite Zak transform.
    Richard Tolimieri*, City College, City University of New York
    (908-42-784)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Self-similarity and multiwavelets.
    Carlos Cabrelli*, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Ursula M. Molter, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
    (908-42-654)
  • 10:50 a.m.
    Efficient and reliable algorithms for convolution on the $2$-sphere.
    Dennis M. Healy*, Dartmouth College
    (908-42-569)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Frame and basis perturbations.
    Narendra Kumar Govil, Auburn University, Auburn
    R. A. Zalik*, Auburn University, Auburn
    (908-42-505)
  • 11:40 a.m.
    Two-scale similarity transform and multiwavelets.
    Vasily Vladimirovich Strela*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (908-30-88)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#11: Part B
  Earth math: Applications of precalculus mathematics to environmental issues.
  Organizers:
  Christopher Schaufele, Kennesaw College
  Nancy Zumoff, Kennesaw College
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#12: Part A
  The use of symbolic computation in probability and statistics.
  Organizers:
  Zaven Karian, Denison University
  Elliot Tanis, Hope College
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Combinatorics and Graph Theory, III
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Radius versus diameter in cocomparability and intersection graphs.
    Erich Prisner*, Clemson University
    (908-05-669)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    The minimally $3$-connected graphs with exactly five simple-contractible edges.
    Talmage James Reid, University of Mississippi
    Hai-dong Wu*, Southern University
    (908-05-646)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The boundaries of squeezed $3$-balls are Hamiltonian.
    Robert L. Hebble*, University of Kentucky
    (908-05-641)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Hamiltonian decomposition of complete regular multipartite digraphs and lexicographic products.
    Lenhard L. Ng*, Harvard University
    (908-05-594)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Random player orderings on graph orientation games.
    Ryan C. Siders*, University of Minnesota
    (908-05-607)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Origami tessellations.
    Thomas C. Hull*, University of Rhode Island
    (908-05-538)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Optimally balanced orientations of graphs.
    John Frederick Fink*, University of Michigan, Dearborn
    Joseph R. Barr, University of California, Santa Barbara
    (908-05-537)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Greatest common distance-preserving subgraphs.
    Heather Gavlas*, Western Michigan University
    (908-05-280)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A minimization problem on product of graphs.
    Hosien S. Moghadam*, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
    (908-05-297)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Rotation and jump distances between graphs.
    Gary Chartrand*, Western Michigan University
    Hector Hevia, University Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile
    Mark A. Johnson, Upjohn
    (908-05-334)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The decycling index of graphs.
    Robert Charles Vandell*, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis
    Lowell W. Beineke, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis
    (908-05-364)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    A multigraph result in network reliability theory.
    John Thomas Saccoman*, Seton Hall University
    (908-05-148)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Polychrome spanning trees in complete graphs.
    Deda Zheng*, South Carolina State University
    Z. Tong, South Carolina State University
    (908-99-49)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Hamilton decompositions of block-intersection graphs.
    David Angus Pike*, Auburn University, Auburn
    (908-05-209)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Combinatorial representations of visibility graphs.
    Alice M. Dean*, Skidmore College
    Joan P. Hutchinson, Macalester College
    (908-05-409)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Properties of codes from difference sets in $2$-groups.
    Deirdre Longacher Smeltzer*, University of Saint Thomas
    (908-08-765)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
  AMS Session on Lie and Algebraic Groups
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    B-sheaves on $G/B$.
    Thomas L. La Framboise*, Kenyon College
    (908-20-689)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Pseudo algebraic integers.
    Heather D. Ries*, East Carolina University
    Alexandra V. Shlapentokh, East Carolina University
    (908-20-300)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Finite presentation of subgroups of graph groups.
    Leonard A. VanWyk*, Hope College
    Joshua D. Levy, Hope College
    Cameron Parker, University of Redlands
    (908-20-172)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    The Frobenius direct image of line bundles and a positive characteristic resolution problem.
    Mary Lynn Reed*, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science
    (908-20-110)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    $SL_2(\bf C)$, the cubic and the quartic.
    Yannis Y. Papageorgiou*, Yale University
    (908-20-98)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    A classification of multiplicity free actions.
    Chal Benson*, University of Missouri, St.\ Louis
    Gail D.L Ratcliff, University of Missouri, St.\ Louis
    (908-20-22)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    When is a Weyl group a subgroup?
    Daniel J. Goldstein*, Harvard University
    (908-22-740)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Lengths of closed geodesics in Heisenberg-like $2$-step nilmanifolds.
    Maura B. Mast*, University of Northern Iowa
    Ruth Gornet, Texas Tech University
    (908-22-683)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Dual representations of $GL_\infty$ and decomposition of Fock spaces.
    R. Michael Howe*, University of Iowa
    (908-22-599)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Lusternik-Schnirelmann category and simplicial objects.
    Aaron G. Montgomery*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    (908-22-498)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Complex analytic subgroups of affine algebraic groups.
    Patrick B. Chen*, John Carroll University
    Ta-Sun Wu, Case Western Reserve University
    (908-22-526)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    A canonical decomposition of the Kasparov groups.
    Claude L. Schochet*, Wayne State University
    (908-19-592)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    $HNN$ extensions of inverse semigroups.
    Akihiro Yamamura*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    (908-20-808)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    The mod $2$ cohomology of the Sylow $2$ subgroup of the Higman-Sims sporadic simple group.
    Richard A. Laird*, Emporia State University
    (908-20-811)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Probability Theory
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Runs of no winner in Oregon Megabucks lottery.
    D. Richard Iltis*, Willamette University
    (908-60-717)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Rate of convergence for the $\pm\alpha$ random walk on the circle.
    Francis Edward Su*, Harvard University
    (908-60-777)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On moments of squared norm of a $RKHS$ valued Gaussian random element.
    Milan N. Lukic*, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
    (908-60-606)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Stochastic integration with respect to a stochastic integral in Banach spaces.
    Nicolae Dinculeanu*, University of Florida
    (908-60-529)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Directionally reinforced processes.
    R. Daniel Mauldin, University of North Texas
    Michael G. Monticino*, University of North Texas
    Heinrich V. Weizsacker, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
    (908-60-499)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Discrete approximations for stochastic differential equations coupled with a variational inequality.
    Roger Pettersson*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    (908-60-488)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The stock market: Deterministic or probabilistic?
    Gholamreza G. Dargahi-Noubary*, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
    (908-60-395)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Strong laws for $L$- and $U$-statistics.
    Jonathan S.B Aaronson, Tel Aviv University, Israel
    Robert M. Burton, Jr., Oregon State University
    Herold Dehling, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    David Gilat, Tel Aviv University, Israel
    Theodore P. Hill*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Benjamin Weiss, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
    (908-60-370)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Locally time-varying harmonizable spatially isotropic random fields.
    Randall J. Swift*, Western Kentucky University
    (908-60-340)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Ergodic sequences of stochastic matrices with application to Markov random fields.
    Bruce W. Atkinson*, Samford University
    (908-60-323)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Weak convergence of interacting systems of SDEs.
    P. Sundar*, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
    A. Bose, Carleton University
    (908-60-745)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Monotonic approach to central limits.
    Jonathan Kane*, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
    (908-60-133)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Path integral representations of the solutions of hyperbolic equations.
    Ram Vedantham*, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
    (908-60-100)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Numerical solutions of stochastic PDE.
    Ruifeng Liu*, Michigan State University
    (908-60-67)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Parameter estimation for a non-ergodic process.
    Russell D. Rupp*, Ridgecrest, California
    (908-60-08)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    The joint determination of optimal stopping and optimal selection in a stochastic environment.
    Amy L. Biesterfeld*, University of California, Los Angeles
    (908-60-312)
  • 12:00 p.m.
    Change problems.
    Prem N. Bajaj*, Wichita State University
    (908-60-189)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
  AMS Session on Number Theory
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Does the Riemann Hypothesis imply a ``complete'' Vinogradov $3$-primes theorem?
    Gove W. Effinger*, Skidmore College
    (908-11-64)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    On digital sums and large digits of certain powers.
    Robert E. Kennedy*, Central Missouri State University
    Curtis N. Cooper, Central Missouri State University
    (908-11-579)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Number of solutions of a pair of quadratic forms over a finite field.
    Laura Mann Schueller*, University of Kentucky
    (908-11-684)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Multiplicities of the Euler $\phi$-function.
    Jeffrey J. Holt*, Michigan Technological University
    Starlett D. Louis, Hampton University
    Nikki J. Thompson, Hampton University
    (908-11-474)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    An algorithm for solving Legendre's equation.
    Patrick S. Mitchell*, Southeastern Louisiana University
    (908-11-254)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Criterion for the equality of norm groups of idele groups.
    Leonid Stern*, Towson State University
    (908-11-55)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Bounding the discriminants of fields that have rational Hilbert modular threefolds.
    H. G. Grundman*, Bryn Mawr College
    (908-11-253)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Examples of genus $2$ curves defined over the rationals and with $CM$.
    Paul B. van Wamelen*, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
    (908-11-650)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the norm exponent of a quartic extension of a number field of class number one.
    Robert Lawrence Yest*, Arizona State University
    (908-11-692)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Annihilators of scaled trace forms.
    Robert V. Perlis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
    Patricia Wright Beaulieu*, University of Southwestern Louisiana
    (908-11-715)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Average values of the class group of quadratic fields over finite fields.
    Zesen Chen*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    (908-11-611)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    New computations in connection with Stark's conjecture.
    Brett A. Tangedal*, University of Vermont
    (908-11-91)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Three open problems (and some partial answers) relating permutation representations to Iwasawa $Z_p$ towers.
    Robert V. Perlis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
    Nancy Colwell Segal*, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
    (908-11-536)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Spherical functions on finite upper half planes.
    Steven C. Poulos*, Xavier University
    (908-99-747)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    The jacobian of non-split Cartan modular curves.
    Imin Chen*, University of Oxford, England
    (908-11-77)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
  AMS Session on Ordinary Differential Equations, I
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Time is complex.
    Nora C. Hopkins*, Indiana State University
    (908-34-506)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Radial solutions of $\Delta v +f (v)=0$ in $\Bbb R^N$.
    Joseph Anthony Iaia*, University of North Texas
    (908-34-217)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Existence results for a class of steady-state diffusion-reaction problems.
    Jackie B. Garner*, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
    (908-34-309)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    The dynamical system called Daisyworld.
    Walter A. Pranger*, DePaul University
    (908-34-279)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Effects of diffusion on the stability of competitive systems.
    Shair Ahmad, University of Texas, San Antonio
    M. R. M. Rao*, University of Texas, San Antonio
    (908-34-239)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Extension of the method of quasilinearization and cubic convergence.
    R. N. Mohapatra, University of Central Florida
    Kuppalapalle Vajravelu*, University of Central Florida
    (908-34-330)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Stability of random neural networks.
    Gangaram S. Ladde, University of Texas, Arlington
    Masilamani Sambandham*, Morehouse College
    (908-34-401)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    A method for solving the magnetic boundary problem by iteration using the Green's function.
    Joan Rohrer Hundhausen*, Colorado School of Mines, Golden
    Boon Chye Low, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
    (908-45-357)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Cubic spline method for non-linear singularity-perturbed initial value problems.
    Rajesh K. Bawa*, Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology, India
    (908-99-419)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Linearization of retarded differential equations.
    Zhivko S. Athanassov*, Bulgarian Academy of Science, Bulgaria
    (908-34-426)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Predicting the optimum quotas for stochastic harvest control model.
    Ahlam E. Tannouri, Morgan State University
    Samir Tannouri*, Morgan State University
    (908-34-636)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Periodic solutions with prescribed energy for a singular Hamiltonian system.
    Thomas O. Maxwell*, Brigham Young University
    (908-34-494)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Data dependence for nonlinear boundary value problems.
    Jeffrey A. Ehme*, Spelman College
    (908-34-772)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Criteria of integrability of the generalized Riccati equation.
    Mira Bhargava*, Hofstra University
    (908-34-737)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Local properties of solutions of a differential equation via normed linear spaces.
    Frederick D. Gylys-Colwell, Ball State University
    Michael A. Karls*, Ball State University
    (908-34-557)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Planning Reformed Calculus Programs: Experiences and Advice, I
  Organizers:
  Martin E. Flashman, Humboldt State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Implementation of a new curriculum: How the paradigm shift affects all aspects of instruction.
    Barbara E. Reynolds*, Cardinal Stritch College and Brown University
    (908-00-1261)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    A taxonomy for creating writing assignments in mathematics.
    Thomas G. Travison*, Skidmore College
    (908-00-1264)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Implementing C$4$L.
    William E. Fenton*, Bellarmine College
    (908-00-1248)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Establishing a departmental consensus for reform.
    James J. Reynolds*, Clarion University
    (908-00-1262)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Close contact calculus at the University of Maryland, College Park.
    Denny Gulick*, University of Maryland, College Park
    (908-00-1254)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Some errors to avoid in reforming a calculus program.
    John S. Meyer*, Muhlenberg College
    (908-00-1259)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Restructuring calculus at Sam Houston State University.
    David Karl Ruch*, Sam Houston State University
    (908-00-1263)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Students' retention in the light of calculus reform.
    Vesna Kilibarda*, University of Alaska, Juneau
    (908-00-1256)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Departmental change: Working with other disciplines.
    J. Curtis Chipman*, Oakland University
    (908-00-1246)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Maxima and minima in designing the AUGMENT curriculum.
    Lawrence E. Copes*, Augsburg College
    (908-00-1247)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Implementing a Mathematica-based calculus curriculum.
    Francisco Alarcon*, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
    Charles H. Bertness, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
    Rebecca A. Stoudt, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
    (908-00-1240)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Gaining college wide acceptance for reformed calculus.
    Robert P. Webber*, Longwood College
    (908-00-1265)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Seven years of Project $CALC$ at Duke University---approaching a steady state?
    Jack Bookman*, Duke University
    (908-00-1243)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Calculus reform at the University of Northern Colorado.
    Dean E. Allison*, University of Northern Colorado
    (908-00-1241)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Process of calculus reform at $UNCA$: Students, faculty, administration, grants.
    Sherry L. Gale*, University of North Carolina, Asheville
    (908-00-1251)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  MAA Session on Creating an Active Learning Environment: Preparing Pre-service Teachers, I
  Organizers:
  Hubert J. Ludwig, Ball State University
  Kay Meeks Roebuck, Ball State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Welcome; Introductory Remarks; Organizational Comments
  • 8:05 a.m.
    Computer applications in the teaching of mathematics--Version $L$.
    Hubert J. Ludwig*, Ball State University
    (908-00-1102)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Patterns, functions, and recursion for the middle school teacher.
    Mary M. Sullivan*, Curry College
    Connie M. Yarema, East Texas State University
    (908-00-1113)
  • 8:35 a.m.
    Carousel numbers---a lead-in to number theory.
    Gary B. Klatt*, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
    (908-00-1100)
  • 8:50 a.m.
    MathKit lessons in a ``teaching methods'' course.
    Louise McNertney Berard*, Wilkes University
    (908-00-1093)
  • 9:05 a.m.
    Using technology to teach mathematics: A course for pre-service middle and secondary school teachers.
    Michael B. Fiske*, Saint Cloud State University
    (908-00-1095)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Creating an active learning environment: Preparing pre-service teachers with technology and discovery lessons at North Park College.
    Leona L. Mirza*, North Park College
    (908-00-1104)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Technology training of pre-service teachers.
    Cathleen Maria Zucco*, LeMoyne College
    (908-00-1116)
  • 9:50 a.m.
    Open-ended logo projects---A natural active learning environment.
    Susann M. Mathews*, Wright State University, Dayton
    (908-00-1103)
  • 10:10 a.m.
    Teaching and learning mathematics with spreadsheets.
    Kay I. Meeks Roebuck*, Ball State University
    (908-00-1107)
  • 10:25 a.m.
    A course in mathematics and technology for prospective teachers.
    Vincent P. Schielack, Jr.*, Texas A & M University, College Station
    (908-00-1109)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    A teacher in-service course on technology.
    Carl R. Spitznagel*, John Carroll University
    (908-00-1111)
  • 10:55 a.m.
    $NUMBERS$---an interactive tutorial program.
    Kenneth E. Thomas*, Andrews University
    (908-00-1114)
  • 11:10 a.m.
    Technology as a tool: Modeling for preservice teachers.
    Blake Ellis Peterson*, Oregon State University
    (908-00-1106)
  • 11:25 a.m.
    Creating an active learning environment: Preparing pre-service teachers using faculty development workshops.
    William P. Fox*, United States Military Academy
    (908-00-1097)
  • 11:40 a.m.
    Ideas and idea sources for creating active learning environments for prospective elementary teachers.
    Dale R. Oliver*, Humboldt State University
    Phyllis Z. Chinn, Humboldt State University
    (908-00-1105)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on The Scholarship of Humanistic Mathematics, I
  Organizers:
  Joan Countryman, The Lincoln School, Providence, Rhode Island
  Harald M. Ness, University of Wisconsin Centers-Fond du Lac
  Alvin M. White, Harvey Mudd College
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Humanistic mathematics
    Kazem Mahdavi*, State University of New York, College at Potsdam
    (908-00-1288)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Measuring the relative effectiveness of military opponents.
    Thomas J. O'Reilly*, Saint Joseph's University
    (908-00-1291)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    The rhythm of problem-solving.
    Martin Vern Bonsangue*, California State University, Fullerton
    (908-00-1272)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Mathematics and arts.
    Mihaela Anca Poplicher*, University of New Hampshire
    (908-00-1292)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Integrating art, computing, and children's writing with mathematics.
    Deane E. Arganbright*, University of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
    Susan Arganbright, Gonzaga University
    (908-00-1270)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Calculus for liberal arts: A humanistic approach.
    Kathleen M. Shannon*, Salisbury State University
    (908-00-1294)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Devising channels that nurture ingenuity and creativity in mathematics classes.
    Helen Christensen*, Loyola College
    (908-00-1275)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Multicultural mathematics in upper division math courses.
    Michael Morelli*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    (908-00-1290)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    A capstone writing course in mathematics.
    Raymond F. Coughlin*, Temple University
    (908-00-1278)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Student poems and stories on conic sections, set theory and more.
    Regina Baron Brunner*, Cedar Crest College
    (908-00-1274)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    History of mathematics in Jeopardy.
    Robert Lewand*, Goucher College
    (908-00-1287)
  • 11:40 a.m.
    The first $CAMS$ project at Salisbury State University.
    Homer W. Austin*, Salisbury State University
    Barbara A. Wainwright, Salisbury State University
    (908-00-1271)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 8:15 a.m.-4:40 p.m.
  Employment Register Interviews
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Recursive and Feasible Mathematics, III
  Organizers:
  Douglas Cenzer, University of Florida
  Jeffrey B. Remmel, University of California at San Diego
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    On the complexity of finding the obstruction set.
    William Gasarch*, University of Maryland, College Park
    (908-03-162)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Feasible graphs with standard universe.
    Douglas Cenzer, University of Florida
    Jeffrey B. Remmel*, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
    (908-03-382)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Difference sets and computability.
    Rodney G. Downey, Victoria University, New Zealand
    Zoltan Furedi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Carl G. Jockusch, Jr.*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Lee A. Rubel, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    (908-03-517)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On a question of Los.
    Theodore A. Slaman*, University of Chicago
    W. Hugh Woodin, University of California, Berkeley
    (908-03-656)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Approximate inference with generic oracles.
    Douglas Cenzer, University of Florida
    William R. Moser*, University of Florida
    (908-03-446)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Proof theoretic large cardinals.
    Edward R. Griffor*, Uppsala University, Sweden
    (908-03-484)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 8:30 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Differential Geometry and Mathematical Relativity, II
  Organizers:
  Gregory J. Galloway, University of Miami, Coral Gables
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Uniqueness problem of Schwarzschild-de Sitter spacetime.
    Abul K. Muhammad Masood-ul-Alam*, University of Miami
    (908-04-416)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A uniqueness theorem for degenerate electro-vacuum black holes.
    Piotr T. Chrusciel*, Universit\'e de Tours, France, and Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
    (908-83-414)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Harmonic maps with prescribed singularities on unbounded domains.
    Gilbert A. Weinstein*, University of Alabama, Birmingham
    (908-58-31)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the $2 + 1$ dimensional Einstein evolution equations.
    Lars Andersson*, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
    Vincent E. Moncrief, Yale University
    (908-83-211)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Existence of asymptotically hyperboloidal solutions of the Einstein constraint equations with nonconstant mean curvature.
    Jiseong Park*, University of Oregon
    (908-83-511)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Collapsing regions and black hole formation.
    Gregory A. Burnett*, University of Florida
    (908-83-30)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Topological censorship in cosmology.
    Kristin A. Schleich, University of British Columbia
    Donald M. Witt*, University of British Columbia
    (908-58-675)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  AWM Emmy Noether Lecture
  On some homogenization problems for differential operators.
  Olga A. Oleinik*, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 9:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Analytic Methods in Several Complex Variables, II
  Organizers:
  F. Michael Christ, University of California, Los Angeles
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Local and global regularity for box-b and d-bar Neumann.
    David S. Tartakoff*, University of Illinois, Chicago
    (908-35-492)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Remarks on the Bergman and Szeg\"o kernels.
    Nicholas Hanges*, Herbert H. Lehman College, City University of New York
    (908-32-545)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On an interesting one form on the boundary of a pseudoconvex domain.
    Emil J. Straube*, Texas A & M University, College Station
    (908-32-390)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    An extension of Hormander's theorem for infinitely degenerate differential operators.
    Denis R. Bell*, University of North Florida
    Salah-E Mohammed, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
    (908-35-298)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Subelliptic estimates for the d-bar-Neumann operator on piecewise strongly pseudoconvex domains.
    Mei-Chi Shaw*, University of Notre Dame
    Joachim Michel, University of Calais, France
    (908-32-473)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Global regularity of twisted Laplacians on pseudoconvex domains.
    Jeffrey D. McNeal*, Princeton University
    (908-32-586)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  JPBM Session
  Taking advantage of Math Awareness Week (MAW).
  Moderators:
  Gerald J. Porter, University of Pennsylvania
  Organizers:
  Richard H. Herman, Joint Policy Board for Mathematics
  Kathleen Holmay, Joint Policy Board for Mathematics
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  AMS Electronic Products and Services Presentation
  e-MATH on the World Wide Web.
  Organizers:
  Wendy A. Bucci, American Mathematical Society
  Ralph E. Youngen, American Mathematical Society
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Book Sale and Exhibits
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  Creating opportunities for minorities in mathematics.
  Etta Z. Falconer*, Spelman College
  (908-00-952)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Ordinary differential equations which generate all knots and links.
  Philip John Holmes*, Princeton University
  Robert W. Ghrist, Cornell University, Ithaca
  (908-00-905)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
  AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture II
  Modular forms, elliptic curves and Galois representations.
  Andrew J. Wiles*, Princeton University
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  Vector fields, flows and invariant sets.
  Krystyna M. Kuperberg*, Auburn University, Auburn
  (908-00-954)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Analytic Methods in Several Complex Variables, III
  Organizers:
  F. Michael Christ, University of California, Los Angeles
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    An invariant sequence of sets attached to a real analytic $CR$ manifold and applications.
    M. Salah Baouendi, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
    P. Ebenfelt*, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
    Linda Preiss Rothschild, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
    (908-32-469)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Obstruction to solvability of first order linear systems.
    Abdelhamid Meziani*, Florida International University
    (908-35-262)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Global properties of a class of vector fields of infinite type.
    Shiferaw Berhanu*, Temple University
    (908-32-186)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Holomorphic maps of real manifolds and algebraic sets in complex space.
    M. Salah Baouendi*, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
    P. Ebenfelt, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
    Linda Preiss Rothschild, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
    (908-32-662)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Knot Theory, III
  Organizers:
  Tim D. Cochran, Rice University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Counting intersections of curves in Heegaard surfaces.
    John P. Hempel*, Rice University
    (908-57-429)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Free knots.
    William H. Kazez*, University of Georgia
    David Gabai, California Institute of Technology
    (908-57-266)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Knot-theoretical constructions of Stein domains in complex surfaces.
    Lee N. Rudolph*, Clark University
    M. Boileau, Universit\'e Paul Sabatier, France
    (908-32-472)
  • 3:50 p.m.
    Representations of knot groups, equivariant knot signature, and the Casson invariant.
    Christopher M. Herald*, McMaster University
    (908-57-317)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Diophantine Problems From Different Perspectives, I
  Organizers:
  Henri Rene Darmon, McGill University
  Andrew J. Granville, University of Georgia
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Descent on curves.
    William G. McCallum*, Institute for Advanced Study
    (908-14-787)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    The mean values of some Hecke L-series at some integers.
    Songjie Ren*, University of Georgia
    (908-11-268)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Rational points on $K3$ surfaces in $\Bbb P^1\times \Bbb P^1\times \Bbb P^1$.
    Arthur Baragar*, University of Waterloo
    (908-14-797)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Lang's conjecture and uniformity.
    Dan Abramovich*, Boston University
    (908-11-120)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Algebraic Groups and Invariant Theory, III
  Organizers:
  Amassa C. Fauntleroy, North Carolina State University
  Aloysius G. Helminck, North Carolina State University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Chevalley's restriction theorem for modules of covariants.
    Abraham Broer*, University of Montreal
    (908-14-535)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Polynomial representations, algebraic monoids, and subalgebras of Schur algebras.
    Stephen R. Doty*, Loyola University of Chicago
    (908-20-667)
  • 3:05 p.m.
    Well-filtered algebras.
    Istvan Agoston, Hungarian Academy of Science, Hungary
    Vlastimil Dlab*, Carleton University
    Erzsebet Lukacs, Technical University of Budapest, Hungary
    (908-16-164)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On the characters of certain Demazure modules.
    Yasmine B. Sanderson*, University Louis Pasteur, France
    (908-17-425)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    Loewy series of modular principal series representations for finite groups of Lie type.
    Cornelius Pillen*, University of South Alabama
    (908-20-633)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Differential Geometry and Mathematical Relativity, III
  Organizers:
  Gregory J. Galloway, University of Miami, Coral Gables
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Approach to the singularity in Gowdy spacetimes.
    Vincent E. Moncrief, Yale University
    David Garfinkle*, Oakland University
    Beverly K. Berger, Oakland University
    (908-83-480)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    The stress-energy operator.
    Adam D. Helfer*, University of Missouri, Columbia
    (908-81-165)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Characteristic classes for pseudo-Riemannian manifolds with transverse metric singularities.
    Marek B. Kossowski*, University of South Carolina, Columbia
    (908-58-331)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Signature change in general relativity.
    Tevian Dray*, Oregon State University
    (908-83-574)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Nonselfadjoint Operator Algebras and Their Applications, III
  Organizers:
  Timothy D. Hudson, East Carolina University
  Elias G. Katsoulis, East Carolina University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Higher order Ext groups and the similarity problem.
    Sarah H. Ferguson*, University of Houston
    (908-47-347)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Extensions of operators.
    Warren R. Wogen*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    (908-47-343)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    From scaling function to wavelet.
    Xingde Dai*, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
    Shijie Lu, Zhejiang University, Peoples Republic of China
    (908-47-634)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Mappings preserving invertible elements of Banach and C* algebras.
    Lawrence A. Harris*, University of Kentucky
    Richard V. Kadison, University of Pennsylvania
    (908-46-441)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#10: Part B
  Mathematical algorithms, models, and graphic representations using spreadsheets.
  Organizers:
  Deane E. Arganbright, University of Papua New Guinea
  Erich Neuwirth, University of Vienna
  Robert S. Smith, Miami University, Oxford
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#5: Part B
  Business calculus: A new real-data/model-building approach.
  Organizers:
  Iris B. Feta, Clemson University
  John L. Kenelly, Clemson University
  Donald LaTorre, Clemson University
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#7: Part B
  The historical development of the foundations of mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Robert L. Brabenec, Wheaton College
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#9: Part B
  Calculus for the 21st century.
  Organizers:
  Lawrence C. Moore, Duke University
  David A. Smith, Duke University
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Education, II
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    We reform with a little help from our friends---Erd\H os, Goldbach, and Pascal.
    Emelie Kenney*, Siena College
    James R. Matthews, Siena College
    Lester A. Rubenfeld, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    (908-98-86)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    A concrete, collaborative course in algebra, or group exercises in group theory.
    Sharon E. Persinger*, Bronx Community College, City University of New York
    (908-98-76)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Roles for research mathematicians in K-$12$ mathematics education.
    David Allen Singer, Case Western Reserve University
    Susan L. Addington*, California State University, San Bernardino
    (908-98-117)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Writing to learn mathematics.
    Mahmoud Abu-Joudeh*, Saint Paul's College
    (908-98-185)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Leading the way to systemic change---innovations in teacher preparation programs.
    Elizabeth G. Yanik*, Emporia State University
    (908-98-379)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Simulation and family income.
    David E. Tepper*, Bernard M. Baruch College, City University of New York
    (908-98-544)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    What affects women's decisions to pursue graduate degrees in mathematics?
    Kathleen L. Bonn*, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
    (908-98-393)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Ordinary Differential Equations, II
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    On asymptotic behavior of non-monotone solutions of the Berman equation.
    Chunqing Lu*, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
    (908-34-196)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Unified economical model on time scale.
    Seenith Sivasundaram*, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
    (908-34-177)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Existence criteria for periodic boundary value problems with singular coefficients.
    Josaphat A. Uvah*, University of West Florida
    (908-34-160)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Analytic solutions of a degenerated system of two nonlinear equations at an irregular type singularity.
    Po-Fang Hsieh*, Western Michigan University
    (908-34-141)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Singular perturbations in a non-linear viscoelasticity.
    James H. Liu*, James Madison University
    (908-34-48)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Positive solutions for nonlinear eigenvalue problems.
    Johnny L. Henderson*, Auburn University, Auburn
    Haiyan Wang, Michigan State University
    (908-34-13)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Stability of invariant sets on time scales.
    Zahia Drici*, Illinois Wesleyan University
    (908-34-804)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Standards for Introductory College Mathematics Courses Before Calculus, II
  Organizers:
  Gregory D. Foley, Sam Houston State University
  Jon Wilkin, Northern Virginia Community College
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Mathematics for critical thinking: A general education mathematics course.
    Curtis C. McKnight, University of Oklahoma
    Andy R. Magid*, University of Oklahoma
    (908-00-1322)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Problem solving as a graduation requirement.
    James R. Bozeman*, Lyndon State College
    Daisy C. McCoy, Lyndon State College
    (908-00-1304)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Projects for finite mathematics.
    Dale K. Hathaway*, Olivet Nazarene University
    (908-00-1316)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A standard for a terminal mathematics course in a liberal arts college.
    Julia Roman*, Incarnate Word College
    Reginald Traylor, Incarnate Word College
    (908-00-1324)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Explorations in geometry: A course for the liberal arts.
    Gregory A. Fredricks*, Lewis & Clark College
    (908-00-1312)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Mathematical modeling in the liberal arts class.
    Craig M. Johnson*, Marywood College
    (908-00-1318)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Sending secret messages: A how-to guide to cryptology.
    Steven Rex Benson*, University of New Hampshire
    (908-00-1303)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on Chaotic Dynamics and Fractal Geometry, II
  Organizers:
  Denny Gulick, University of Maryland, College Park
  Jon W. Scott, Montgomery College
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Sierpinski polygons and polyhedra.
    Steven J. Schlicker*, Grand Valley State University
    (908-00-1065)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Creating landscapes with fractal geometry.
    Anne M. Burns*, C. W. Post Center-Long Island University
    (908-00-1053)
  • 2:50 p.m.
    Hyperchaos.
    James A. Yorke*, University of Maryland, College Park
    (908-00-1068)
  • 3:25 p.m.
    Fractional Brownian motion and characterization of on-off intermittency.
    Mingzhou Ding*, Florida Atlantic University
    (908-00-1054)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Extensions of Feigenbaum diagrams: There's more than just Cantor dust.
    Aaron David Klebanoff*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    John H. Rickert, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    (908-00-1060)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on Constructivism Across the Curriculum, II
  Organizers:
  David M. Mathews, Central Michigan University
  Keith E. Schwingendorf, Purdue University, North Central
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Constructivism in mathematics education---what does it mean?
    John Selden*, Tennessee Technological University
    Annie Selden, Tennessee Technological University
    (908-00-1086)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    The realization of a constructivist approach in the teaching of prospective elementary education teachers of mathematics.
    David Feikes*, Purdue University, North Central
    (908-00-1075)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    A constructivist approach to a course for elementary education majors.
    Anne E. Brown*, Indiana University, South Bend
    (908-00-1072)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Constructivism in the $AUGMENT$ program.
    Lawrence E. Copes*, Augsburg College
    (908-00-1073)
  • 3:35 p.m.
    Using visual aid, the Stella Octangula for the group of rotations of a cube.
    Saeja Oh Kim*, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
    (908-00-1082)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    A constructivist text for discrete mathematics.
    William E. Fenton*, Bellarmine College
    (908-00-1076)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on Active Learning Strategies for Statistics and Probability, II
  Organizers:
  Mary R. Parker, Austin Community College
  Allan J. Rossman, Dickinson College
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Some recommendation for teaching the reasoning of statistical inference.
    Allan J. Rossman*, Dickinson College
    (908-00-1024)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    An appraisal of some active learning techniques in applied statistics courses.
    John D. McKenzie, Jr.*, Babson College
    (908-00-1018)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Some tips for helping students in introductory statistics classes carry out successful data analysis projects.
    Anne D. Sevin*, Framingham State College
    (908-00-1026)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    All for a penny: Statistical activities using coins.
    Robin H. Lock*, Saint Lawrence University
    (908-00-1016)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Brains, elasticities, and slime: An activity for teaching transformations.
    George W. Cobb*, Mount Holyoke College
    (908-00-1004)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Using surveys and the $CBL$ to bring real data into an applied statistics course.
    Randall F. Westhoff*, Bemidji State University
    (908-00-1031)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Interactive statistics.
    Martha Bilotti-Aliaga*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    (908-00-1000)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    College credit for a high school statistics course.
    Mary R. Parker*, Austin Community College
    (908-00-1020)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
  JPBM Session
  What the media look for in a math story.
  Moderators:
  Carol S. Wood, Wesleyan University
  Organizers:
  Richard H. Herman, Joint Policy Board for Mathematics
  Kathleen Holmay, Joint Policy Board for Mathematics
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA Committee on the Teaching of Undergraduate Mathematics Panel Discussion
  Making teaching more public.
  Panelists:
  Linda H. Boyd, DeKalb Community College
  Steven Dunbar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  Bonnie Gold, Wabash College
  Organizers:
  James R. C. Leitzel, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  Panelists:
  Miriam Leiva, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
  Eli Passow, Temple University, Philadelphia
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
  Young Mathematicians Network Panel Discussion
  The training of teaching assistants.
  Organizers:
  Kevin E. Charlwood, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
  Panelists:
  Edward F. Aboufadel, Southern Connecticut State University
  Suzanne M. Lenhart, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
  Michael J. McAsey, Bradley University
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  AMS Electronic Products and Services Presentation
  The Internet and the World Wide Web.
  Organizers:
  Wendy A. Bucci, American Mathematical Society
  Ralph E. Youngen, American Mathematical Society
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 3:15 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Case studies in effective undergraduate mathematics programs.
  Moderators:
  Alan C. Tucker, State University of New York, Stony Brook
  Panelists:
  Linda H. Boyd, DeKalb Community College
  David J. Lutzer, College of William & Mary
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 3:20 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Geometric graphs.
  Janos Pach*, Hungarian Academy of Science, Hungary
  (908-00-902)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 4:25 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Joint Prize Session and Reception
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  Recpetion for Two-Year Colleges
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
  MER Banquet
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
  MAA Session on Innovations in Teaching Linear Algebra, II
  Organizers:
  Donald R. LaTorre, Clemson University
  David C. Lay, University of Maryland, College Park
  Steven J. Leon, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
  

  • 7:00 p.m.
    A national survey of linear algebra teaching.
    David C. Lay*, University of Maryland, College Park
    (908-00-1143)
  • 7:25 p.m.
    Elementary linear algebra: Whom are we teaching and what are we trying to accomplish.
    Charles R. Johnson*, College of William & Mary
    (908-00-1140)
  • 7:45 p.m.
    More linear algebra in the high school curriculum: A help or hindrance?
    A. Duane Porter*, University of Wyoming
    (908-00-1146)
  • 8:05 p.m.
    Reviewing prerequisite material in second course linear algebra.
    David H. Carlson*, San Diego State University
    (908-00-1125)
  • 8:25 p.m.
    Matrices in science and engineering.
    Gilbert Strang*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (908-00-1148)
  • 8:50 p.m.
    The use of portfolios in teaching linear algebra.
    Luz Maria DeAlba*, Drake University
    (908-00-1130)
  • 9:10 p.m.
    Examples of group projects.
    Brian P. Hopkins*, University of Washington
    (908-00-1139)
  • 9:30 p.m.
    Reforming linear algebra and its effects.
    Jeffrey D. Farmer*, University of Northern Colorado
    Tabitha Young Mingus, University of Northern Colorado
    (908-00-1133)
  • 9:50 p.m.
    A computer-based linear algebra course emphasizing understanding of traditional concepts.
    Janet L. Beery*, University of Redlands
    Alexander E. Koonce, University of Redlands
    (908-00-1120)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
  MAA Session on The Uses of History in the Teaching of Mathematics
  Organizers:
  Florence D. Fasanelli, Mathematical Association of America
  Victor J. Katz, University of District of Columbia
  V. Frederick Rickey, Bowling Green State University
  

  • 7:00 p.m.
    Introduction by V. Frederick Rickey
  • 7:05 p.m.
    History and the reform of undergraduate mathematics.
    Alphonse Buccino*, Contemporary Communications, Inc.
    (908-00-1345)
  • 7:25 p.m.
    Using original sources in class.
    Gary S. Stoudt*, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
    (908-00-1353)
  • 7:40 p.m.
    Galileo and Maria Gaetana Agnesi examine infinitesimals.
    Fredric J. Zerla*, University of South Florida
    (908-00-1354)
  • 8:00 p.m.
    De Beaune's proof of the Pythagorean Theorem.
    C. Edward Sandifer*, Western Connecticut State University
    Cynthia B. Gubitose, Western Connecticut State University
    (908-00-1352)
  • 8:20 p.m.
    Euler's discovery of the gamma function in a math history course.
    Stacy G. Langton*, University of San Diego
    (908-00-1349)
  • 8:40 p.m.
    Problems and puzzles in history of mathematics research.
    Kim Plofker*, Brown University
    (908-00-1351)
  • 8:55 p.m.
    Benjamin Banneker and double position.
    Leon M. Cohen*, Hampden-Sydney College
    Kristen Alynne Haring, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    Joyce Janiga, Paradise Valley Community College
    Kenneth L. Jones, American University
    Laura B. Smith, North Carolina Central University
    Marian W. Smith, Florida A&M University
    (908-00-1348)
  • 9:15 p.m.
    The report of the Committee of Fifteen in $1912$: How it affected the secondary curriculum.
    Steve Butcher, University of Central Arkansas
    Charles B. Pierre, Clark Atlanta University
    Harry B. Coonce*, Mankato State University
    (908-00-1347)
  • 9:30 p.m.
    The historical development of mathematics examinations.
    Lilian Metlitzky, California Polytechnic State University
    Agnes Tuska*, California State University, Fresno
    (908-00-1350)
  • 9:45 p.m.
    The early history of the Cornell University Mathematics Department.
    Gary G. Cochell*, Culver-Stockton College
    (908-00-1346)
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
  MAA Committee on Participation of Women Presentations
  Are we there yet? Encouraging women in mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Carole B. Lacampagne, U.S. Department of Education
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
  MAA Poster Session
  Projects under the Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement-Leadership in Laboratory Development programs.
  Organizers:
  Earl Fife, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
  Reunion for Calculus Reform Workshop Participants
  Organizers:
  Donald B. Small, U. S. Military Academy
• Thursday January 11, 1996, 7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
  MAA Presentation
  Department chairs session: Encouraging departmental change.
  Organizers:
  James R.C. Leitzel, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Friday January 12, 1996

• Friday January 12, 1996, 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m.
  Breakfast for MAA Student Chapter Faculty Advisors, Section Coordinators, and PME Advisors
• Friday January 12, 1996, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
• Friday January 12, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, I
  Organizers:
  William Henry Barker, Bowdoin College
  Naomi Fisher, University of Illinois, Chicago
  Kenneth C. Millett, University of California, Santa Barbara
  Hugo Rossi, University of Utah
  Philip D. Wagreich, University of Illinois, Chicago
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A collaborative to promote excellence and diversity for future teachers.
    William Burkley Jacob*, University of California, Santa Barbara
    Kenneth C. Millett, University of California, Santa Barbara
    Myriam Steinback, Newton, Massachusetts
    (908-98-760)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Promoting success in undergraduate education.
    William Burkley Jacob, University of California, Santa Barbara
    Kenneth C. Millett*, University of California, Santa Barbara
    (908-98-796)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Do we need Reform reform?
    Richard J. Cleary*, Saint Michael's College
    (908-98-348)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The preparation of elementary school teachers: Thoughts of an elementary curriculum writer.
    Philip D. Wagreich*, University of Illinois, Chicago
    (908-98-795)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    What I learned through teacher enhancement.
    Judith Roitman*, University of Kansas
    (908-96-02)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Emerging changes in secondary school mathematics: Implications for transition to collegiate mathematics.
    James T. Fey*, University of Maryland, College Park
    (908-97-142)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Diophantine Problems From Different Perspectives, II
  Organizers:
  Henri Rene Darmon, McGill University
  Andrew J. Granville, University of Georgia
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Dualities in Iwasawa Theory.
    Li Guo*, Institute for Advanced Study
    (908-11-272)
  • 8:25 a.m.
    The Ehrhart polynomial of a lattice polytope.
    Ricardo L. Diaz*, University of Northern Colorado
    Sinai Robins, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
    (908-11-226)
  • 8:50 a.m.
    Rational periodic points of polynomials over $\bf Q$.
    E. V. Flynn, University of Liverpool, England
    Edward Frank Schaefer, Santa Clara University
    Bjorn Poonen*, Princeton University
    (908-11-207)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Subgroups of groups of components.
    Dino J. Lorenzini*, University of Georgia
    (908-14-803)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    The method of Coleman/Chabauty applied to algebraic points on curves.
    Matthew James Klassen*, Pacific Lutheran University
    (908-11-315)
  • 10:05 a.m.
    Quaternion covers of elliptic curves.
    Seon-In Kwon*, McGill University
    (908-11-271)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On the degree of modular parametrizations $II$.
    Matthias Flach*, California Institute of Technology
    (908-11-147)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    $\epsilon$-factors and Galois module structure.
    Georgios Pappas*, Princeton University
    (908-11-276)
  • 11:25 a.m.
    Heegner points, p-adic L-functions and the Cerednik-Drinfeld uniformization.
    Massimo Bertolini*, Universita di Pavia, Italy
    Henri Rene Darmon, Princeton University
    (908-11-205)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Geometry, Topology, and Analysis on Noncompact Manifolds, I
  Organizers:
  Peter E. Haskell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Coarse geometry and index theory.
    Paul F. Baum*, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
    Nigel D. Higson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
    (908-46-471)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Transverse index and spectral invariants.
    Ronald G. Douglas*, SUNY at Stony Brook
    (908-58-285)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Higher spectral flow and the cohomology of the gauge group.
    Jerry Kaminker*, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis
    (908-46-672)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The $R^k$-equivariant index theorem and $C^*$-algebras of b-pseudodifferential operators.
    Richard B. Melrose, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Victor Nistor*, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
    (908-46-788)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Remarks on the Baum-Connes conjecture.
    James F. Davis*, Indiana University, Bloomington
    Wolfgang Luck, Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany
    (908-57-670)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Dirac-Schr\"odinger operators and equivariant index theory.
    Jeffrey Stephen Fox*, University of Colorado, Boulder
    Peter E. Haskell, Virginia Polytech Institute & State University
    (908-58-671)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Algebra, Algebra Cohomology, and Polynomial Identities, I
  Organizers:
  Andy R. Magid, University of Oklahoma
  Lance W. Small, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Koszul algebras.
    Edward L. Green*, Virginia Polytech Institute & State University
    (908-16-231)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Toward a theory of Poisson algebras.
    Daniel R. Farkas*, National Security Agency
    (908-17-289)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Making algebras with involution isomorphic.
    Adrian R. Wadsworth*, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
    (908-16-233)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Regularity of multiplicative invariants.
    Martin Lorenz*, Temple University
    (908-13-234)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    An embedding property of universal division algebras.
    Zinovy Reichstein, Oregon State University
    Nikolaus Vonessen*, University of Southern California
    (908-16-292)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A universal element of $K_2$ of a ring.
    Bruce A. Magurn*, Miami University, Oxford
    (908-19-72)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#12: Part B
  The use of symbolic computation in probability and statistics.
  Organizers:
  Elliot Tanis, Denison University
  Zaven Karian, Denison University
• Friday January 12, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#13: Part A
  Fibonacci and Catalan numbers.
  Organizers:
  Ralph P. Grimaldi, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• Friday January 12, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#8: Part B
  Cooperative learning in undergraduate mathematics education.
  Organizers:
  Ed Dubinsky, Purdue University, West Lafayette
  Janet P. Ray, Seattle Central Community College
  Barbara E. Reynolds, Cardinal Stritch College
• Friday January 12, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Numerical Analysis, I
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    $P$*-linear complementarity problems: Algorithms and equivalence.
    Mihai Anitescu, University of Iowa
    Goran Lesaja*, University of Iowa
    Florian A. Potra, University of Iowa
    (908-99-738)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    A statistical exploration of baseball's earned run average.
    Chris Edwards*, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
    (908-62-145)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Estimating a distribution function with orthogonal series.
    Mehdi Razzaghi*, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
    (908-62-156)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Parameter estimation in a time series model.
    B. B. Bhattacharyya, North Carolina State University
    Gary Douglas Richardson*, University of Central Florida
    (908-62-361)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Model office.
    Nicholas Frangos*, Athens University of Economics & Business, Greece
    (908-62-554)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Dependence and order in families of Archimedean copulas.
    Roger B. Nelsen*, Lewis & Clark College
    (908-62-07)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Adaptive estimation in linear regression.
    Hans-Yuergen Petersen*, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
    (908-62-595)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Implementation of a semi-parametric estimator of random effects.
    Robert L. Gould*, University of California, Los Angeles
    (908-62-648)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Application of non-homologous regression to ice-flow tracking.
    Robert J. McDevitt*, University of Virginia
    (908-62-690)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Bayesian estimation of a change-point in failure rate.
    Nancy L. Campbell*, John Carroll University
    (908-62-691)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Numerical methods for the maximum likelihood estimation of Weibull parameters.
    Pushpa L. Gupta, University of Maine, Orono
    Ramesh C. Gupta, University of Maine, Orono
    Sergey Jacob Lvin*, University of Maine, Orono
    (908-62-729)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    The exponential characteristic method for stiff systems---example: The point reactor kinetics equations.
    Kirk A. Mathews*, Air Force Institute of Technology
    (908-65-716)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-11:10 a.m.
  AMS Session on Approximation Theory
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Oscillation and stability in a delay model of a perennial grass.
    Richard C. DeVault*, University of Rhode Island
    Edward A. Grove, University of Rhode Island
    Gerasimos Ladas, University of Rhode Island
    R. Levins, Harvard School of Public Health
    C. Puccia, Harvard School of Public Health
    (908-39-693)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    A note on the functional equation $M(fg) = M(f)M(g) - L(f)L(g)$ on $H(G)$.
    N. R. Nandakumar*, Delaware State University
    (908-39-605)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The $2 \times 2$ focal problem.
    Betty J. Harmsen*, University of Nebraska, Omaha
    (908-39-327)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Positive solutions of a difference equation.
    Allan C. Peterson*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    (908-39-308)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Statistical limit superior and limit inferior.
    John A. Fridy*, Kent State University, Kent
    Cihan Orhan, Ankara University, Turkey
    (908-40-555)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Sequentially generated densities and statistical convergence.
    Jeannette L. Kline*, Ohio University, Chillicothe
    (908-40-362)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Symmetrical distributions.
    Larry Ericksen*, Millville, New Jersey
    (908-40-139)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    On a paper of Fridy about minimal rates of summability.
    Harry Ira Miller*, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
    Vanna Zanelli, University Degli Studi at Modena,
    (908-40-174)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Interactive surface modeling.
    Emil-Adrian Cornea*, University of South Carolina, Columbia
    (908-41-746)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Wavelet characterizations of Besov spaces in $L^p(\Omega),0
    Ronald A. DeVore, University of South Carolina, Columbia
    George Kyriazis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
    Pinghua Wang*, University of South Carolina, Columbia
    (908-41-731)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Biorthogonal multiwavelets.
    Jeffrey Allen Marasovich*, Vanderbilt University
    Douglas P. Hardin, Vanderbilt University
    (908-41-721)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Tensor product multiwavelets and image compression.
    David William Roach*, Vanderbilt University
    (908-41-639)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    A Paley-Wiener theorem for all two and three step nilpotent Lie groups.
    Robert R. Park*, University of California, Davis
    (908-42-810)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
  MAA Session on Innovations in Teaching Precollege Algebra Courses, I
  Organizers:
  Mohammad H. Ahmadi, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Introduction
  • 8:05 a.m.
    A laboratory approach to teaching precollege algebra.
    Daniel Cyphert*, Spring Hill College
    Matt J. Haines, Spring Hill College
    (908-00-1164)
  • 8:25 a.m.
    Making mathematics come alive.
    Arlene H. Kleinstein*, State University of New York Agricultural and Technical College, Farmingdale
    Sylvia M. Svitak, Queensborough Community College (CUNY)
    (908-00-1171)
  • 8:50 a.m.
    An introductory course in mathematics for liberal arts students.
    Holly Peters Hirst*, Appalachian State University
    James R. Smith, Appalachian State University
    (908-00-1168)
  • 9:10 a.m.
    Using a graphics calculator to introduce real data explorations and writing exercises in elementary and intermediate algebra.
    Elaine M. Hubbard*, Kennesaw State College
    (908-00-1169)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Project algebra: A new approach to teaching basic college algebra.
    Jerry Currence*, University of South Carolina, Lancaster
    (908-00-1163)
  • 9:50 a.m.
    Analyzing the relationship between problem-solving behaviors and achievements of students in cooperative learning groups.
    Patrick F. Mwerinde*, University of Delaware
    Christine L. Ebert, University of Delaware
    (908-00-1166)
  • 10:10 a.m.
    A segment approach to college mathematics classes.
    Ronnie C. Goolsby, Winthrop University
    Thomas W. Polaski*, Winthrop University
    (908-00-1173)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Using cooperative learning and technology to teach problem solving to adults.
    Elizabeth Rezel*, Cardinal Stritch College
    (908-00-1174)
  • 10:50 a.m.
    Teaching intermediate algebra using cooperative groups.
    Emmett C. Dennis*, Southeastern Louisiana University
    (908-00-1165)
  • 11:10 a.m.
    Introduction to algebra for adult students.
    Katherine Safford*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
    (908-00-1175)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Spreadsheets for applying the Harvard approach to precollege algebra.
    David Sher*, Nassau Community College
    (908-00-1176)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  MAA Session on My Favorite ODE Solver and Why, I
  Organizers:
  Robert L. Borrelli, Harvey Mudd College
  Courtney S. Coleman, Harvey Mudd College
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Taylor series solutions of ODEs using Mathematica.
    George Edgar Parker*, James Madison University
    (908-00-1230)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Using the Picard algorithm in an introductory course.
    James S. Sochacki*, James Madison University
    (908-00-1231)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The use of MicroCalc by differential equation students.
    Richard N. Barshinger*, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
    (908-00-1220)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Using Mathematica to explore differential equations via graphics and data.
    William D. Emerson*, Metropolitan State College of Denver
    (908-00-1223)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The solver of choice at the University of Puget Sound.
    Elly Claus-McGahan*, University of Puget Sound
    (908-00-1222)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    SYSTEMS, a public-domain software package.
    David O. Lomen*, University of Arizona
    (908-00-1226)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Maple: A comprehensive tool for introductory ODEs.
    Douglas B. Meade*, University of South Carolina, Columbia
    (908-00-1228)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    VisualDSolve, a Mathematica package for exploring ODEs.
    Edward W. Packel*, Lake Forest College
    (908-00-1229)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    PHASER: An animator/simulator for dynamical systems for IBM PCs.
    Huseyin Kocak*, University of Miami
    (908-00-1225)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Usefulness of Maple and MacMath in differential equations.
    Allen R. Killpatrick*, University of Redlands
    (908-00-1224)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The MODELS software package for ODEs.
    Thomas G. Wangler*, Illinois Benedictine College
    (908-00-1233)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Planning Reformed Calculus Programs: Experiences and Advice, II
  Organizers:
  Martin E. Flashman, Humboldt State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A tale of two calculus reforms.
    Daniel J. Hrozencik*, Westminster College
    (908-00-1255)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Assessing calculus reform at a two-year college.
    Maria R. Brunett*, Montgomery College
    (908-00-1245)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A comparison of calculus teaching methodologies: The need for evaluation in calculus reform.
    Susan L. Ganter*, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    (908-00-1252)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Evaluating calculus reform: Complex challenges of context and methodology.
    Joan Ferrini-Mundy*, University of New Hampshire
    Darien Lauten, University of New Hampshire
    (908-00-1249)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Two departments: A fictional tale of change and illusion.
    Martin E. Flashman*, Humboldt State University
    Susan Tappero, Cabrillo College
    (908-00-1250)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Where there is a strong will, there is a way.
    Claudia L. Pinter-Lucke*, California State Polytech University, Pomona
    (908-00-1260)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Planning science reform at a small college.
    Betty Mayfield*, Hood College
    (908-00-1258)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Attracting teachers to use computer algebra systems in the classroom.
    Lisa Townsley Kulich*, Illinois Benedictine College
    (908-00-1257)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Planning and implementation of calculus reform curricula: What worked and what we're still working on.
    Janet L. Beery*, University of Redlands
    Richard N. Cornez, University of Redlands
    Alexander E. Koonce, University of Redlands
    Allen R. Killpatrick, University of Redlands
    Mary E. Scherer, University of Redlands
    (908-00-1242)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Some formative and summative evaluations of a reform calculus program.
    Morton Brown*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    (908-00-1244)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Cooperative teaching: Lessons from calculus reform at Occidental College.
    Donald Y. Goldberg*, Occidental College
    Alan P. Knoerr, Occidental College
    (908-00-1253)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  MAA Session on Assessment of Student Learning for Improving the Undergraduate Major in Mathematics, I
  Organizers:
  Barbara T. Faires, Westminster College
  William A. Marion, Valparaiso University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Opening Remarks by Session Chair, Bill Marion
  • 8:05 a.m.
    A goal-driven mathematics major.
    Annalisa Crannell*, Franklin & Marshall College
    Alan L. Levine, Franklin & Marshall College
    (908-00-1035)
  • 8:25 a.m.
    Outcomes assessment in the $B.S.$ statistics program at Iowa State University.
    Richard A. Groeneveld*, Iowa State University
    (908-00-1036)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Portfolio assessment of student learning in mathematics.
    Laurie B. Hopkins*, Columbia College
    (908-00-1037)
  • 9:05 a.m.
    Improving the classroom learning climate with assessment.
    Sandra Z. Keith*, St. Cloud State University
    (908-00-1038)
  • 9:25 a.m.
    Assessment of student progress for a liberal arts college.
    Donald E. Miller*, Saint Mary's College
    (908-00-1039)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Assessment: The first stages.
    Catherine M. Murphy*, Purdue University, Calumet Campus
    (908-00-1040)
  • 10:05 a.m.
    Student assessment as learning.
    Susan F. Pustejovsky*, Alverno College
    Marie E. Pink, Alverno College
    (908-00-1041)
  • 10:25 a.m.
    Assessment of the mathematics major at Towson State University.
    Martha J. Siegel*, Towson State University
    (908-00-1042)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Student Chapters Paper Session
  Organizers:
  Karen J. Schroeder, Bentley College
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A fall gathering of North and South Carolina $MAA$ student chapters.
    Roger W. Allen, Jr.*, Francis Marion University
    Stephen Lloyd Davis, Davidson College
    (908-00-1360)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    $MAA$ chapters vs. Pi Mu Epsilon chapters.
    Prem N. Bajaj*, Wichita State University
    (908-00-1361)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    The good, the bad, the beautiful: Student activities in the Southern California section.
    Barbara J. Beechler*, Pitzer College
    (908-00-1362)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Monte Carlo music.
    Michelle P. Benedict*, Augusta College
    (908-00-1363)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Charting a charter chapter: Its first N$(=5)$ years.
    Richard D. Jarvinen*, Winona State University
    (908-00-1364)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Student conferences on careers and environmental applications.
    Garry L. Johns*, Saginaw Valley State University
    (908-00-1365)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Math over the Internet.
    Tom Kelley*, Metropolitan State College of Denver
    (908-00-1366)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Pi Mu Epsilon activities at Fairfield University.
    Joan Wyzkoski Weiss*, Fairfield University
    (908-00-1367)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Two math clubs, a week of events and a successful Math Awareness Week.
    Ivy C. West*, Metropolitan State College of Denver
    (908-00-1368)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Research methods in mathematics education.
  Organizers:
  John Selden, Mathematics Education Research Company
  Annie Selden, Tennessee Technological University
  Panelists:
  James J. Kaput, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
  Ed Dubinsky, Purdue University
  Stephen Monk, University of Washington
• Friday January 12, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  You're the author; what's next ?
  Organizers:
  Susanna Epp, DePaul University
  Gerald J. Porter, University of Pennsylvania
  Panelists:
  Robert L. Devaney, Boston University
  William E. Hoffman, Worth Publishers
  Barbara A. Holland, John Wiley & Sons
  Kay Murray, Authors Guilds
  Michael J. Sullivan, Chicago State University
• Friday January 12, 1996, 9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Geometry of real algebraic manifolds in complex space.
  Linda Preiss Rothschild*, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
  (908-00-906)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematical Physics, I
  Organizers:
  Michael P. Loss, Georgia Institute of Technology
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    The phase diagram of the extended Hubbard model.
    C. Borgs*, University of Leipzig, Germany
    Jennifer Tour Chayes, University of California, Los Angeles
    Jurg M. Frohlich, Eidgen Technische Hochschule, Switzerland
    J. Jedrzejewski, University of Wroclaw, Poland
    R. Kotecky, Charles University, Czech Republic
    D. Ueltschi, Ecole Polytechnic Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
    (908-81-628)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Low-lying spectrum of quantum interfaces.
    Tohru Koma, Gakushuin University, Japan
    Bruno L. Nachtergaele*, Princeton University
    (908-82-166)
  • 10:10 a.m.
    The mathematics and physics of the second law of thermodynamics.
    Elliott H. Lieb, Princeton University
    Jakob Yngvason*, University of Iceland, Iceland
    (908-80-403)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Book Sales and Exhibits
• Friday January 12, 1996, 9:10 a.m.-10:10 a.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  Models of exponentiation.
  David E. Marker*, University of Illinois, Chicago
• Friday January 12, 1996, 9:35 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Evaluation of the uses of computers in mathematics instruction.
  Organizers:
  Keith E. Schwingendorf, Purdue University, North Central
  Panelists:
  M. Kathleen Heid, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
  George M. McCabe, Purdue University, North Central
  David O. Tall, Warwick University
• Friday January 12, 1996, 9:35 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Presentation
  Interactive texts: Works in progress.
  Organizers:
  Gerald J. Porter, University of Pennsylvania
  Presenters:
  Dan Bach, Daiblo Valley College
  Michael G. Branton, Stetson College
  Margie A. Hale, Stetson College
  Kyle T. Siegrist, University of Alabama, Huntsville
• Friday January 12, 1996, 9:35 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Project NExT: Activities and lessons learned.
  Organizers:
  James R. C. Leitzel, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  T. Christine Stevens, Saint Louis University
• Friday January 12, 1996, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Quantum computation.
  Peter W. Shor*, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey
  (908-00-900)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 10:20 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  Constructing strongly minimal sets via dimension functions.
  Kitty L. Holland*, Northern Illinois University
• Friday January 12, 1996, 10:55 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  ASL Contributed Papers
  

  • 10:55 a.m.
    
• Friday January 12, 1996, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AWM 25th Anniversary Special Lecture
  Determinants of elliptic operators
  Kate Okikiolu*, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
  (908-00-961)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
  AWM 25th Anniversary Luncheon
• Friday January 12, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
  AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture III
  Modular forms, elliptic curves and Galois representations.
  Andrew J. Wiles*, Princeton University
• Friday January 12, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on History of Mathematics, I
  Organizers:
  Thomas Archibald, Acadia University
  Victor J. Katz, University of the District of Columbia
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Leonard Dickson's ``History of the Theory of Numbers'': An altruistic mission with professional gains.
    Della Dumbaugh Fenster*, University of Richmond
    (908-01-152)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Drawing the boundaries: Mathematical statistics in twentieth-century America.
    Patti Wilger Hunter*, University of Virginia
    (908-01-04)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Women and the Cambridge mathematical tripos examination.
    James J. Tattersall*, Providence College and U. S. Military Academy
    Shawnee L. McMurran, Providence College
    (908-01-53)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The Euclid-Euler theorem.
    William W. Dunham*, Muhlenberg College
    (908-01-260)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The historical role of geometric curve drawing devices in the genesis of calculus.
    David Dennis*, University of Texas, El Paso
    (908-01-43)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The first classroom calculus text: Charles-Ren\'e Reyneau's {\rm Analyse demontr\'ee (1708)}.
    Shelley Costa*, Cornell University
    (908-01-79)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Cauchy, existence proofs, and the problem of singular solutions.
    W. Thomas Archibald*, Acadia University
    (908-01-256)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    On the scribal errors in Plimpton $322$.
    Daniel E. Otero*, Xavier University
    (908-01-490)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, II (Cosponsored by CRAFTY)
  Organizers:
  William Henry Barker, Bowdoin College
  Naomi Fisher, University of Illinois, Chicago
  Kenneth C. Millett, University of California, Santa Barbara
  Hugo Rossi, University of Utah
  Philip D. Wagreich, University of Illinois, Chicago
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Current status and remaining agenda of the calculus reform movement.
    Alan C. Tucker*, State University of New York, Stony Brook
    (908-98-135)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Calculus instruction: Opportunities for bridge-building.
    Deborah Hughes Hallett*, Harvard University
    (908-98-700)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Calculus reform and the advanced placement program.
    Raymond J. Cannon, Jr.*, Baylor University
    (908-97-352)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    ``The Irrelevance of Calculus Reform'', and the aftermath.
    George E. Andrews*, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
    (908-96-68)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A history of one calculus reform project.
    William J. Davis*, Ohio State University, Columbus
    (908-98-391)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The workshop approach: Abandoning lectures.
    Nancy Baxter Hastings*, Dickinson College
    (908-98-354)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Next steps.
    Ronald G. Douglas*, State University of New York, Stony Brook
    (908-98-284)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Calculus reform, anthropology--zoology.
    Franklin A. Wattenberg*, Weber State University
    (908-98-294)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A mathematics technology classroom: Evolution of a calculus reform implementation.
    Anita J. Salem*, Rockhurst College
    (908-98-383)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Writing to learn calculus: Why, what, how.
    David A. Smith*, Duke University
    (908-98-701)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Quantum Information and Computation, I
  Organizers:
  Charles H. Bennett, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York
  Peter W. Shor, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Quantum information transmission primitives and reducibilities.
    Charles H. Bennett*, IBM Research
    (908-81-704)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Quantum coding for pure states.
    Benjamin Schumacher*, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    (908-81-454)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Quantum coding for mixed states.
    Richard Jozsa*, University of Plymouth, England
    (908-81-432)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Classical information capacity of a quantum channel.
    Michael D. Westmoreland*, Denison University
    (908-81-137)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Purification of mixed entangled states and quantum channel capacity.
    John A. Smolin*, University of California, Los Angeles
    (908-81-570)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    Good quantum error correcting codes exist.
    A. R. Calderbank*, A T & T Bell Laboratories
    Peter W. Shor, A T & T Bell Laboratories
    (908-68-663)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Quantum identification.
    Claude Crepeau*, University of Montreal
    Louis Salvail, University of Montreal
    (908-68-616)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Stochastic Differential Equations and Applications, I
  Organizers:
  R. W. R. Darling, University of South Florida
  Kandethody M. Ramachandran, University of South Florida
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Stochastic differential equations driven by semimartingale random measures.
    Thomas G. Kurtz*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    Philip E. Protter, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    (908-60-29)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Quadratic covariation and an extension of It\^o's formula.
    Hans Follmer, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
    Philip E. Protter*, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    Albert N. Shiryaev, Steklov Institute
    (908-60-146)
  • 2:10 p.m.
    Concerning the geometry of SDEs.
    Xue-Mei Li*, University of Connecticut
    (908-60-447)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    A loop group logarithmic Sobolev inequality.
    Bruce K. Driver*, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
    Terry M. Lohrenz, Rice University
    (908-34-203)
  • 3:10 p.m.
    Differentials of measure-preserving flows on Wiener space.
    Carolyn M. Cross*, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
    (908-60-431)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    On smooth stable manifolds for $SDE$ solutions.
    Ilya Gikhman*, Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine
    (908-60-181)
  • 4:10 p.m.
    On the Stratonovich stochastic integral equation for semimartingales with anticipative initial conditions.
    Tsung-Lin Cheng, National Central University, Taiwan, Republic of China
    Ching-Sung Chou*, National Central University, Taiwan, Republic of China
    (908-60-183)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Geometry, Topology, and Analysis on Noncompact Manifolds, II
  Organizers:
  Peter E. Haskell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    A parametrized index theorem for the algebraic K-theory Euler class.
    William G. Dwyer, University of Notre Dame
    Michael S. Weiss*, University of Notre Dame
    Bruce Williams, University of Notre Dame
    (908-57-674)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Asymptotic morphisms and equivariant index theory.
    John D. Trout, Jr.*, Dartmouth College
    (908-58-318)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Boundary calculations in E-theory.
    Erik P. Guentner*, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    (908-58-673)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Coarse cohomology and $\ell_p$-cohomology.
    Gabor Elek*, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    (908-58-89)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The geometry of the Hochshield complex.
    Nicolas Teleman*, University of Ancona, Italy
    (908-58-769)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Cutting and pasting of the $\zeta$-determinant.
    Krzysztof P. Wojciechowski*, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis
    (908-58-572)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Combinatorial differential topology.
    Robin Forman*, Rice University
    (908-57-629)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Intersection numbers in the moduli space of holomorphic bundles on a Riemann surface.
    Lisa Claire Jeffrey*, McGill University
    (908-58-221)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Wave-packet analysis of high-frequency eigenfunctions.
    Alejandro Uribe*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    Thierry Paul, University of Paris-Dauphine, France
    (908-58-551)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Torus invariant presymplectic manifolds and polyhedrals sets with no rationality.
    Elisa Prato*, University of Nice, France
    (908-58-202)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Representation Theory and Harmonic Analysis of Topological Groups, I
  Organizers:
  Carolyn Pfeffer Johnston, Florida Atlantic University
  Gail D. L. Ratcliff, University of Missouri, St. Louis
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Geometry of the linear cycle space.
    Joseph A. Wolf*, University of California, Berkeley
    (908-22-149)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Finite multiplicity, invariant differential operators, and the orbit method.
    Ronald L. Lipsman*, University of Maryland, College Park
    (908-22-102)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Representations of direct limits of compact Lie groups.
    Loki Natarajan, Tufts University
    Enriqueta Rodriguez-Carrington*, College of Staten Island, City University of New York
    Joseph A. Wolf, University of California, Berkeley
    (908-22-481)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    A Borel-Weil theorem for direct limits of finite dimensional compact Lie groups.
    Loki Natarajan*, Tufts University
    Enriqueta Rodriguez-Carrington, College of Staten Island, City University of New York
    Joseph A. Wolf, University of California, Berkeley
    (908-22-483)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Orbit structures of multiplicity free representations.
    Andrew S. Leahy*, Knox College
    (908-22-660)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Break
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Factor representations of the diffeomorphism group.
    Robert P. Boyer*, Drexel University
    (908-22-515)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Plancherel formulas for semi-direct product solvable homogenous spaces.
    Bradley N. Currey*, Saint Louis University
    (908-22-302)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Hua operators on non-symmetric domains in $\Bbb C^n$.
    Ewa Damek, University of Wroclaw, Poland
    Andrzej Hulanicki, University of Wroclaw, Poland
    Richard Cole Penney*, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    (908-16-582)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    The generalized Heisenberg fan.
    Chal Benson, University of Missouri, St.\ Louis
    Joe W. Jenkins*, State University of New York, Albany
    Gail D. L. Ratcliff, University of Missouri, St.\ Louis
    Tefera Worku, State University of New York, Albany
    (908-22-351)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematical Physics, II
  Organizers:
  Michael P. Loss, Georgia Institute of Technology
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    The birth of the infinite cluster.
    C. Borgs, University of Leipzig, Germany
    Jennifer Tour Chayes*, University of California, Los Angeles
    Harry Kesten, Cornell University
    Joel H. Spencer, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
    (908-60-632)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Lattice gases, large deviations, and the Navier-Stokes equations.
    Jeremy Quastel*, University of California, Davis
    Horug-Tzer Yau, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
    (908-82-21)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Entropy and the Euler scaling limit of the Boltzmann equation.
    Eric A. Carlen, Georgia Institute of Technology
    M. C. Carvalho*, University of Lisbon, Portugal
    (908-81-658)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    A simple model showing uniform behavior of resonances near an accumulation point.
    Christopher K. King*, Northeastern University
    Roger Waxler, State University of New York, Buffalo
    (908-81-584)
  • 3:10 p.m.
    Gaussian decay of the magnetic eigenfunctions.
    Laszlo Erdos*, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
    (908-81-406)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Counting eigenvalues using coherent states.
    W. Desmond Evans, University of Wales, Wales
    Roger T. Lewis*, University of Alabama, Birmingham
    Jan Philip Solovej, Aarhus University, Denmark
    Heinz Siedentop, University of Oslo, Norway
    (908-81-39)
  • 4:10 p.m.
    Asymptotic estimates for eigenfunctions and coherent states on K\"ahler manifolds.
    David Borthwick*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    Thierry Paul, University of Paris-Dauphine, France
    Alejandro Uribe, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    (908-58-436)
  • 4:40 p.m.
    Integral geodesic flows on homogenous space.
    Anthony Michael Bloch*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    Roger W. Brockett, Harvard University
    Peter E. Crouch, Arizona State University
    (908-70-121)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Algebra, Algebra Cohomology, and Polynomial Identities, II
  Organizers:
  Andy R. Magid, University of Oklahoma
  Lance W. Small, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Characters and Shirshov's Theorem.
    Robert M. Guralnick*, University of Southern California
    (908-16-296)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Infinitesimal Schur algebras of finite representation type.
    Daniel Ken Nakano*, Utah State University
    Stephen R. Doty, Loyola University of Chicago
    Karl Michael Peters, Loyola University of Chicago
    (908-20-291)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Tame versus wild commutative noetherian rings.
    Lee C. Klingler, Florida Atlantic University
    Lawrence S. Levy*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    (908-16-235)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    On the projective Schur subgroup of the Brauer group.
    Eli Aljadeff*, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
    (908-17-288)
  • 2:50 p.m.
    Break
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Subalgebras of noetherian Hopf algebras.
    Edward S. Letzter*, Texas A & M University, College Station
    (908-16-232)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The center and the central Proj of the coordinate ring of quantum n$\times$n matrices at roots of unity.
    Joanna M. Staniszkis*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    (908-16-290)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Finite quantum groups.
    Shlomo Gelaki*, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
    (908-17-287)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Subalgebras which appear in quantum Iwasawa decompositions.
    Gail R. Letzter*, National Security Agency
    (908-17-17)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Embedding division algebras in crossed products.
    Burton I. Fein, Oregon State University
    David J. Saltman*, University of Texas, Austin
    Murray M. Schacher, University of California, Los Angeles
    (908-12-01)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#14: Part A
  Learning to write good test items that allow or require the use of technology.
  Organizers:
  Rose C. Hamm, College of Charleston
  Jan I. VanDever, South Dakota State University
• Friday January 12, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#15: Part A
  Dynamic geometry with Cabri Geometer.
  Organizers:
  James R. King, University of Washington
• Friday January 12, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Operator Theory
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Neutral equations with abstract Volterra operators.
    Constantin Corduneanu*, University of Texas, Arlington
    (908-99-617)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Mixing properties of linear operators in Hilbert spaces.
    E. Flytzanis*, Athens School of Economics Business Science, Greece
    (908-47-553)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The operator of Foias and Williams: Some algebraic properties.
    Srdjan Petrovic*, Indiana University, Bloomington
    (908-47-603)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Semigroups of centered operators.
    Ximena C. Catepillan*, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
    Waclaw Szymanski, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
    (908-47-502)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Weyl's law of elliptic operators with correction form fractal boundary.
    Zhiqiang Wu*, University of Kentucky
    (908-47-744)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Dilations for polynomially bounded operators.
    George Exner, Bucknell University
    Young Soo Jo, Keimyung University, Korea
    Il Bong Jung*, Kyungpook National University, Korea
    (908-47-455)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Inverse spectral problems for operator-valued R-functions and non-selfadjoint Shturm-Liouville operator on half-line.
    Sergey V. Belyi, University of South Florida
    E. R. Tsekanovskii*, State University of New York, Buffalo
    (908-47-26)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    On operators $\lambda$-commuting with a compact operator.
    Vasile Lauric*, Texas A & M University, College Station
    (908-47-493)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The necessity of Muckenhoupt's condition for unconditional basicity of reproducing kernels.
    Arcady Moiseevitch Minkin*, Saratov State University, Russia
    (908-47-452)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    On cyclic vectors on weighted Dirichlet spaces.
    Farhad Jafari, University of Wyoming
    Richard F. Raposa*, University of Wyoming
    (908-47-113)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Noncommutative Hardy spaces.
    Michael Marsalli, Illinois State University
    Graeme Philip West*, University of Witwatersrand, Republic of South Africa
    (908-47-35)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Jordan operators which admit spectral synthesis.
    James Paul Lesko*, Bowling Green State University
    (908-47-407)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Reduced $C^*$-crossed products by semigroups of automorphisms.
    Sun Young Jang*, University of Ulsan, Korea
    (908-47-367)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    On semilinear elliptic generalized eigenvalue problems.
    Dan D. Pascali*, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
    (908-47-338)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Operators and multiwavelets.
    Vishnu Govind Kamat*, Texas A & M University, College Station
    (908-47-694)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Representations on gaps and related notions in reflexive lattices of subspaces.
    Sean Bradley*, University of Oregon
    (908-47-216)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    On chains of Hilbert spaces and distributional spectral theory generated by a family of commuting normal operators.
    Nikolaos Kodogianidis*, Saint Leo College
    (908-47-215)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Ky Fan's best approximation and fixed points.
    Sankatha P. Singh*, Memorial University of Newfoundland
    Virindra M. Sehgal, University of Wyoming
    (908-47-60)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Global behavior of solutions of $x_{n+1}={max}\{x^k_n,A\}/x_{n-1}$.
    E. J. Janowski, University of Rhode Island
    Vlajko Lj Kocic*, Xavier University
    Gerasimos Ladas, University of Rhode Island
    George K. Tzanetopoulos, University of Rhode Island
    (908-39-451)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Some fixed point theorems for non-convex spaces.
    Farhad Jafari, University of Wyoming
    Virindra M. Sehgal*, University of Wyoming
    (908-99-818)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
  AMS Session on Numerical Analysis, II
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Numerical solution of the advection-diffusion equation.
    Dennis W. Quinn*, Air Force Institute of Technology
    (908-65-527)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Recurrence formulas for the moments of box splines and an application to wavelets.
    David A. Eubanks, Coker College
    Patrick J. Van Fleet*, Sam Houston State University
    Jianzhang Wang, Sam Houston State University
    (908-65-467)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Particle modeling of liquid drop formation on a solid surface in 3---D.
    Mark S. Korlie*, University of Texas, Arlington
    (908-65-136)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    On the global support of a scaling vector.
    David Karl Ruch*, Sam Houston State University
    Wasin So, Sam Houston State University
    Jianzhang Wang, Sam Houston State University
    (908-99-470)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Implicitization of rational parametric surfaces.
    Chih P. Hsu*, University of Texas, Arlington
    (908-65-322)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Numerical weighted Sobolev descent for singular PDEs.
    William Ted Mahavier*, Nicholls State University
    (908-65-449)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Two parameter SOR method; One more time.
    Saadat Moussavi*, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
    (908-65-307)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    A basic family of iteration functions for polynomial root finding and its characterizations.
    Bahman Kalantari*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
    Iraj Kalantari, Western Illinois University
    Rahim Zaare Nahandi, University of Tehran,
    (908-65-06)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A high order multigrid difference scheme for biharmonic equation.
    Irfan Altas*, Charles Sturt University, Australia
    Murli M. Gupta, George Washington University
    Ram Manohar, University of Saskatchewan
    (908-65-591)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    On solving nonlinear complex equations.
    Yixun Shi*, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
    (908-65-727)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Exchange edges in a shuffle exchange network.
    Neal Brand*, University of North Texas
    (908-68-734)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Boundary surfaces of implicitly defined solids.
    Frederick A. Adkins, IV*, University of Iowa
    (908-68-587)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Modeling aspects of $AIDS$ with artificial neural networks.
    Emelie Kenney, Siena College
    Langdon White*, Siena College
    (908-68-84)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Optimal mutation and crossover probability for genetic algorithms.
    Raymond N. Greenwell*, Hofstra University
    (908-68-116)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A numerical integration scheme in adaptive quadrature.
    Yajun Yang*, State University of New York Agricultural and Technical College, Farmingdale
    (908-65-375)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Applications: Life Sciences and Economics
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Surface smoothing and narrowband non-Gaussian noise removal.
    W. Zheng*, University of South Carolina, Columbia
    Bjorn Jawerth, University of South Carolina, Columbia
    (908-42-735)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Orthogonal spline multiwavelets.
    George C. Donovan, Princeton University
    Jeffrey S. Geronimo, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Douglas P. Hardin*, Vanderbilt University
    (908-41-130)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Average interpolation $p$-wavelets construed by Haar systems.
    Baiqiao Deng*, Columbus College
    (908-41-62)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    A refined way of Wiener-Levinson method in frequency analysis.
    K. Pan*, Barry University
    (908-41-248)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Two weight norm inequalities for the one-sided fractional maximal operator.
    David V. Cruz-Uribe*, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    (908-42-501)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Cantor-Lebesque type theorems, $\rm I$.
    J. Marshall Ash, DePaul University
    Gang Wang*, DePaul University
    (908-42-438)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Cantor-Lebesque type theorems, $\rm II$.
    J. Marshall Ash*, DePaul University
    Gang Wang, DePaul University
    (908-42-439)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Weighted norm inequalities for maximal convolution-type operators.
    Christoph J. Neugebauer, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    Victor Jacob Olesen*, Purdue University
    (908-42-433)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Orthogonal algebraic polynomial Schauder bases of optimal degree.
    Theodore A. Kilgore*, Auburn University, Auburn
    Jurgen Prestin, University of Rostock, Germany
    Kathi Selig, University of Rostock, Germany
    (908-41-761)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Mathematical models for the temporal and geographic transmission of $HIV$ and $AIDS$.
    Peter J. Costa*, University of Saint Thomas
    (908-92-273)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Mathematical neuroscience: Gold mine for undergraduate research.
    Jan E. Holly*, R S Dow Neurological Sciences Institute
    (908-92-163)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    A general two-compartment model for mechanical ventilation.
    J. J. Marini, University of Minnesota, St. Paul
    Philip S. Crooke, III, Vanderbilt University
    J. Derrick Head*, Vanderbilt University
    (908-92-567)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Hierarchical games and applications.
    Alexey L. Sadovski*, Texas A & M University, Corpus Christi
    (908-90-134)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    The limiting values of the connection weights for the elastic net method.
    Rahman Ghamasaee*, University of Arizona
    Jeffrey B. Goldberg, University of Arizona
    (908-90-748)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A better draft: Fair division of the talent pool.
    Bryan Dawson*, Emporia State University
    (908-90-378)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Estimation of groundwater contaminants.
    Sungkwon Kang*, Chosun University, Korea
    (908-86-111)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Steady-state, inspiratory airflow simulation in rat nasal passages.
    Julia S. Howell Kimbell*, CIIT
    M. N. Godo, Fluid Dynamics International
    E. A. Gross, CIIT
    D. R. Joyner, CIIT
    R. B. Richardson, CIIT
    K. T. Morgan, CIIT
    (908-76-724)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    A numerical algorithm for the optimal decision, on asset/liability management.
    Lijia Guo*, Ohio State University, Columbus
    (908-99-759)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    A mathematical study of how mechanical forces affect biological pattern formation.
    Mei Zhu*, Lafayette College
    James D. Murray, University of Washington
    (908-92-774)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    A model for the development of antibiotic resistance bacteria.
    Dennis Huthnance*, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
    (908-92-356)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Functional Analysis, I
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Products of linear functionals.
    Raymond A. Ryan, University College of Galway, Republic of Ireland
    Barry Turett*, Oakland University
    (908-46-680)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Eigenvalue and eigenfunction asymptotics for self-adjoint $4$th-order ordinary differential operators.
    Albert William Schueller*, University of Kentucky
    (908-46-681)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Characterizations of non-linear abstract Carleman operators.
    William Alan Feldman*, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
    (908-46-725)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    A logarithmic Sobolev inequality for the real line.
    J. Michael Pearson*, Mississippi State University
    (908-46-565)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Unitary representations of gauge groups.
    Ruth Huerfano*, Southwestern Oklahoma State University
    Hans R. Fischer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    (908-46-563)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    The first order cohomology group $H^1(\ell^1(S),X)$ for some $\ell^1(S)$-bimodules.
    Stephen J. Bowling*, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
    John Duncan, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
    (908-46-558)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    A characterization of representable functionals on complex Banach*-algebras.
    A. K. Gaur*, Duquesne University
    (908-46-326)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    On existence of invariant weak units in Banach Lattices.
    Kanagarajah Prabaharan*, Southern University
    (908-46-510)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The reciprocal Dunford Pettis property.
    Elizabeth Mary Bator*, University of North Texas
    (908-46-304)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Using peak functions to prove the Banach-Stone theorem.
    G. Beate Zimmer*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    (908-46-468)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Weak-appearing equivalents of the Hahn-Banach Theorem.
    Eric Schechter*, Vanderbilt University
    (908-46-159)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    On the spectrum of Frobenius-Perron operators.
    Jiu Ding*, University of Southern Mississippi
    (908-46-104)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    An application of a monotone convergence theorem for nets to the Radon-Nikodym property.
    Robert C. Stolz*, Lafayette College
    (908-46-124)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Lp(w)-spaces.
    Tibor Szarvas*, University of South Carolina, Columbia
    (908-46-255)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Normal structure of Musielak-Orlicz spaces.
    Eleni Katirtzoglou*, University of Memphis
    (908-46-324)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Rate of convergence of solutions of variational inequalities with weakly differential inverse-monotone operators.
    Fengshan Liu*, Delaware State University
    M. Zuhair Nashed, University of Delaware
    (908-46-410)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Asymptotically isometric copies of $\ell^1$ in Banach spaces.
    Patrick N. Dowling*, Miami University, Oxford
    Christopher J. Lennard, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
    Barry Turett, Oakland University
    (908-46-448)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Invariance of the Wilansky property.
    Maureen T. Carroll*, University of Scranton
    (908-46-466)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    A sufficient condition for Bishop's property($\beta$) and two applications.
    Thomas Len Miller, Mississippi State University
    Vivien Glass Miller*, Mississippi State University
    Robert Colman Smith, Mississippi State University
    (908-47-719)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Vectorially minimal projections.
    A. Bacopoulos*, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
    (908-46-801)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    An n-dimensional Hahn-Banach extension theorem.
    Bruce L. Chalmers*, University of California, Riverside
    (908-46-802)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
  AMS General Session
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Conjectures on spectral properties of real symmetric Toeplitz matrices.
    William F. Trench*, Trinity University
    (908-15-793)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    V-valuations and V-monoids.
    Laurie June Burton*, University of Oregon
    (908-13-789)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    A numerical method for finding sign-changing solutions to superlinear Dirichlet problems.
    John M. Neuberger*, Mississippi State University
    (908-35-792)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Smooth dependence on boundary matrices for first order differential equations.
    Bonita A. Lawrence*, North Carolina Wesleyan College
    Anjali G. Datta, Tuskegee Institute of Technology
    (908-34-790)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    The explicit solution of the $\overline\partial$-Neumann problem in the non-isotropic Siegel domain.
    Jingzhi Tie*, University of Toronto
    (908-35-90)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    DeRham cohomology of the module of logarithmic forms of an arrangement of hyperplanes.
    Jonathan J. Wiens*, University of Oregon
    (908-52-791)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    C-metacompact spaces.
    Elise M. Grabner, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
    Gary Clem Grabner*, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
    (908-54-82)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Singular homology and cohomology for diagrams of topological spaces.
    Krzysztof Sarnowski*, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
    (908-55-815)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Analysis of transient patterns.
    Rebecca Tyson*, University of Washington
    (908-99-817)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Syzygies of surfaces.
    B. P. Purnaprajna*, Brandeis University
    (908-14-295)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Stiefel-Whitney currents.
    Reese Harvey, Rice University
    John W. Zweck*, University of Nevada, Reno
    (908-58-71)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Interdisciplinary Programs with Undergraduate Mathematics
  Organizers:
  Louis J. Gross, University of Tennessee
  Jerry A. Johnson, University of Nevada, Reno
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Introduction
  • 1:05 p.m.
    Mathematics across the curriculum at the University of Nevada.
    Jerry A. Johnson*, University of Nevada, Reno
    (908-00-1206)
  • 1:25 p.m.
    Interdisciplinary quantitative curriculum development: Lessons from a project in the life sciences.
    Louis J. Gross*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    (908-00-1204)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    A course in mathematical biology.
    William R. Derrick*, University of Montana
    (908-00-1202)
  • 2:05 p.m.
    Epidemics.
    Una M. Bray*, Skidmore College
    (908-00-1200)
  • 2:25 p.m.
    Environmental modeling in an interdisciplinary setting.
    Robert S. Cole*, Evergreen State College
    (908-00-1201)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    An interdisciplinary course to replace college algebra.
    Benny Dan Evans*, Oklahoma State University
    (908-00-1203)
  • 3:05 p.m.
    Functioning in the real world: A precalculus experience with applications across the disciplines.
    Sheldon P. Gordon*, Suffolk Community College
    (908-00-1205)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Mathematics for decision making.
    Frank H. Mathis*, Baylor University
    (908-00-1208)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    $TEAM$, an interdisciplinary course in mathematics and economics.
    J. Rody Borg, Jacksonville University
    Marilyn Repsher*, Jacksonville University
    (908-00-1211)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    An interdisciplinary approach to teaching mathematics and composition.
    Joseph Kirtland*, Marist College
    (908-00-1207)
  • 4:40 p.m.
    Using mathematics to improve writing skills.
    William J. O'Connor*, Incarnate Word College
    (908-00-1209)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Team teaching an integrated mathematics and science course.
    Richard E. Pfiefer*, San Jose State University
    (908-00-1210)
  • 5:20 p.m.
    Computational science in a liberal arts setting.
    Daniel Craig Sloughter*, Furman University
    (908-00-1212)
  • 5:40 p.m.
    Modern, computer assisted, Fourier analysis.
    James S. Walker*, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
    (908-00-1213)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  MAA Session on Innovations in Teaching Linear Algebra, III
  Organizers:
  Donald R. LaTorre, Clemson University
  David C. Lay, University of Maryland, College Park
  Steven J. Leon, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Fractals and the geometry of linear transformations.
    James A. Walsh*, Oberlin College
    (908-00-1150)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Determinants of the tournaments.
    Arthur T. Benjamin*, Harvey Mudd College
    Clifford A. McCarthy, Convex Supercomputers, Dallas, Texas
    (908-00-1121)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Panel on Interactive Textbooks:
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Interactive linear algebra project.
    Elias Yacoub Deeba*, University of Houston, Downtown
    Ananda D. Gunawardena, University of Houston, Downtown
    (908-00-1155)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    The linear algebra modules project.
    Eugene A. Herman*, Grinnell College
    Michael D. Pepe, Seattle Central Community College
    Robert T. Moore, University of Washington
    James R. King, University of Washington
    (908-00-1156)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Linear algebra as a laboratory course.
    Gerald J. Porter*, University of Pennsylvania
    David R. Hill, Temple University
    (908-00-1157)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Using Maple $V$ in teaching linear algebra.
    Lisa O. Coulter*, Stetson University
    (908-00-1127)
  • 3:05 p.m.
    Teaching of numerical linear algebra at undergraduate levels.
    Biswa Nath Datta*, Northern Illinois University
    (908-00-1129)
  • 3:25 p.m.
    An algorithmic approach to linear algebra.
    Harold M. Edwards*, New York University-Courant Institute
    (908-00-1132)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Multigrid graph paper.
    Jean H. Bevis*, Georgia State University
    (908-00-1122)
  • 4:05 p.m.
    Software independent problems in linear algebra; why and how.
    Melvin Henriksen*, Harvey Mudd College
    (908-00-1135)
  • 4:25 p.m.
    Linear algebra: An interactive laboratory approach with Mathematica.
    John R. Wicks*, North Park College
    (908-00-1152)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Eigenvectors and axes of symmetry.
    Saeja Oh Kim*, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
    (908-00-1142)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Some psychological foundations of teaching linear algebra with $MATLAB$ and $ATLAST$ materials.
    Mikhail Bouniaev*, Southern Utah University
    (908-00-1123)
  • 5:20 p.m.
    Visualizing linear transformations on the HP-$48$G.
    Thomas W. Polaski*, Winthrop University
    (908-00-1145)
  • 5:35 p.m.
    Teaching abstract vector spaces with $HP48G/GX$.
    Hasan A. Celik*, California State Polytech University, Pomona
    (908-00-1126)
  • 5:50 p.m.
    An averaging game with weights using Mathematica.
    Tilak Ananda De Alwis*, Southeastern Louisiana University
    (908-00-1131)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Workshop
  Teacher enhancement opportunities.
  Organizers:
  Ronald G. Douglas, State University of New York, Stony Brook
  Mary M. Lindquist, Columbus College
  Presenters:
  Spud Bradley, National Science Foundation
  Jean Klanica, Cherry Creek School District, Colorado
  Barbara Reys, University of Missouri, Columbia
  Judith Roitman, University of Kansas
  Diane Spresser, National Science Foundation
  Philip D. Wagreich, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Friday January 12, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  MAA Poster Session
  Interactive mathematics texts: Getting students involved.
  Organizers:
  Marvin Brubaker, Messiah College
  Ladnor D. Geissinger, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
  Lester J. Senechal, Mount Holyoke College
• Friday January 12, 1996, 2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  Title to be announced.
  Randall Dougherty*, Ohio State University, Columbus
• Friday January 12, 1996, 2:10 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Diophantine Problems From Different Perspectives, III
  Organizers:
  Henri Rene Darmon, McGill University
  Andrew J. Granville, University of Georgia
  

  • 2:10 p.m.
    On the equation $\vert ax^n-by^n\vert =1$.
    Michael A. Bennett*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    (908-11-270)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    Rank $0$ quadratic twists of elliptic curves.
    Ken Ono*, Institute for Advanced Study
    (908-11-204)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Hecke algebras and arithmetic of jacobians of modular curves.
    Loiic Merel*, University of California, Berkeley
    (908-11-223)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    p-adic properties of Jacobi forms.
    Adriana Sofer*, Princeton University
    (908-11-269)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    On the paucity of non-diagonal solutions in diagonal diophantine systems.
    Christopher M. Skinner*, Princeton University
    (908-11-799)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    Diophantine questions and metaplectic forms.
    Daniel B. Lieman*, Columbia University
    (908-11-227)
  • 4:50 p.m.
    Computing Iwasawa modules of real quadratic number fields.
    James Kraft*, Ithaca College
    Rene Schoof, University of Rome II, Italy
    (908-11-193)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    On the size of the Shafarevich-Tate group of elliptic curves over function fields.
    C. S. Rajan*, McGill University
    (908-11-578)
  • 5:40 p.m.
    Fermat quotients for function fields.
    James J. Sauerberg*, Union College
    Linghsueh Shu, University of Vermont
    (908-11-228)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  MAA Retiring Presidential Address
  Charting directions for a new century---A portrait of the MAA on its $100$th birthday.
  Donald L. Kreider*, Dartmouth College
  (908-00-953)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  NAM Presentations by Recent Doctoral Recipients
  Moderators:
  Stella Robertson Ashford, Southern University
  Presenters:
  Patty J. Anthony, National Security Agency
  Shannon S. Cobb, University of Alabama at Huntsville
  Debra Curtis, Bloomfield College
  Dunn Maria, Southern University
  Lawrence Andrea, Spelman College
  Meyiness Joseph, Southern University
  Gregory L. Smith, Norfolk State University
• Friday January 12, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  RMMC Board of Directors
• Friday January 12, 1996, 2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  AMS Committee on Science Policy Panel Discussion
  Establishing priorities for mathematical research.
  Presenters:
  John Bahcall, Institute for Advanced Study
  John C. Polking, Rice University
  Jean E. Taylor, Rutgers University
• Friday January 12, 1996, 2:40 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  Title to be announced.
  David L. Reed*, Duke University
• Friday January 12, 1996, 3:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#16: Part A
  Contemporary calculus through applications using the TI-82.
  Organizers:
  Kevin G. Bartkovich, North Carolina School of Science & Medicine
  Daniel J. Teague, North Carolina School of Science & Medicine
• Friday January 12, 1996, 3:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#17: Part A
  Using a laboratory approach to teach basic concepts of group theory.
  Organizers:
  Ellen Maycock Parker, Depauw University
• Friday January 12, 1996, 3:20 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  Games, complexity classes, and approximation algorithms.
  Joan Feigenbaum*, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey
• Friday January 12, 1996, 3:20 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  MAA Teaching Awards Presentations
• Friday January 12, 1996, 4:20 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  AMS Committee on Science Policy-JPBM-MAA Science Policy Committee Government Speaker
  Realities and expectations in a time of change.
  William C. Harris*, National Science Foundation
• Friday January 12, 1996, 4:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  ASL Contributed Papers
  

  • 4:30 p.m.
    
• Friday January 12, 1996, 5:00 p.m.-6:20 p.m.
  MAA Informal Discussion
  Actuarial education.
  Organizers:
  James W. Daniel, University of Texas, Austin
• Friday January 12, 1996, 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
  NAM Reception, Banquet, and Cox-Talbot Address
  Some perspectives about mathematics and mathematics education.
  Evelyn B. Granville*, University of Texas, Tyler
• Friday January 12, 1996, 7:00 p.m.-9:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Standards for Introductory College Mathematics Courses Before Calculus, III
  Organizers:
  Gregory D. Foley, Sam Houston State University
  Jon Wilkin, Northern Virginia Community College
  

  • 7:00 p.m.
    An algebra curriculum project.
    Lillie F. Crowley*, Lexington Community College
    Darrell H. Abbey, Maysville Community College
    (908-00-1309)
  • 7:15 p.m.
    Earth algebra/earth math: Precalculus with environmental focus.
    Christopher Schaufele*, Kennesaw State College
    Nancy E. Zumoff, Kennesaw State College
    (908-00-1325)
  • 7:30 p.m.
    $CBL$ experiments in college algebra.
    Jacquelyn Wozniak*, Brevard Community College
    (908-00-1330)
  • 7:45 p.m.
    What do our most successful college algebra students know about functions?
    Marilyn P. Carlson*, Arizona State University
    (908-00-1306)
  • 8:00 p.m.
    Precalculus---A collaborative approach.
    H. Louise Amick*, Washington College
    (908-00-1302)
  • 8:15 p.m.
    Precalculus: A study of course content, organization, and pedagogy.
    Despina Stylianou*, Educational Development Center
    (908-00-1327)
  • 8:30 p.m.
    One attempt to implement the standards.
    Dennis C. Ebersole*, Northampton Community College
    (908-00-1311)
  • 8:45 p.m.
    Contemporary precalculus through applications.
    Jo Ann Lutz*, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
    (908-00-1321)
  • 9:00 p.m.
    Bridging the gap; using real-world projects, cooperative learning, and technology to motivate achievement in precalculus.
    Jane T. Upshaw*, University of South Carolina, Beaufort
    (908-00-1329)
  • 9:15 p.m.
    The Ohio State $C^2PC$ project: A project ahead of its time whose time has come.
    Franklin D. Demana*, Ohio State University, Columbus
    Bert K. Waits, University of Texas, Arlington
    (908-00-1310)
  • 9:30 p.m.
    Functioning in the real world: The math modeling/precalculus project.
    Sheldon P. Gordon*, Suffolk Community College
    Florence S. Gordon, New York Institute of Technology
    (908-00-1314)
  • 9:45 p.m.
    Modelling and precalculus ($MAP$).
    Jere Confrey*, Cornell University
    Susan Piliero, Cornell University
    Alan Maloney, Cornell University
    (908-00-1308)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
  MAA Session on Chaotic Dynamics and Fractal Geometry, III
  Organizers:
  Denny Gulick, University of Maryland, College Park
  Jon W. Scott, Montgomery College
  

  • 7:00 p.m.
    Order and chaos in a cubic oscillator.
    Larry G. Blaine*, Plymouth State College
    (908-00-1050)
  • 7:20 p.m.
    Indecomposable subcontinua in dynamical systems.
    Judy Anita Kennedy*, University of Delaware
    James A. Yorke, University of Maryland, College Park
    (908-00-1059)
  • 7:55 p.m.
    Torus maps and closed queuing network models.
    James A. Walsh*, Oberlin College
    G. R. Hall, Boston University
    Bruce Elenbogen, University of Michigan, Dearborn
    (908-00-1067)
  • 8:15 p.m.
    Defining chaos.
    Mario Umberto Martelli*, California State University, Fullerton
    Mai Dang, California State University, Fullerton
    Tanya Ann Seph, California State University, Fullerton
    (908-00-1062)
  • 8:35 p.m.
    Can Mother Nature integrate her own equations?
    Timothy D. Sauer*, George Mason University
    (908-00-1064)
  • 9:10 p.m.
    Visualizing $2$-D automata in $3$-D and the hyperbolic plane.
    John E. Pulsifer, Lafayette College
    Clifford A. Reiter*, Lafayette College
    (908-00-1063)
  • 9:30 p.m.
    Symmetric attractors in $3$-space.
    Gabriel F. Brisson, Lafayette College
    Kaj M. Gartz, Lafayette College
    Benton J. McCune, Lafayette College
    Kevin P. O'Brien*, Lafayette College
    (908-00-1052)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 7:00 p.m.-9:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Active Learning Strategies for Statistics and Probability, III
  Organizers:
  Mary R. Parker, Austin Community College
  Allan J. Rossman, Dickinson College
  

  • 7:00 p.m.
    Sampling $+$ simulation$=$statistical understanding: Computer graphics simulations in introductory statistics.
    Sheldon P. Gordon*, Suffolk Community College
    Florence S. Gordon, New York Institute of Technology
    (908-00-1009)
  • 7:15 p.m.
    Statistics made interesting for students with math anxiety.
    K. L.D Gunawardena*, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
    (908-00-1010)
  • 7:30 p.m.
    Group projects in probability and statistics.
    Paul J. Laumakis*, U. S. Military Academy
    (908-00-1014)
  • 7:45 p.m.
    Learning strategies for statistics and probability.
    William P. Fox*, U. S. Military Academy
    (908-00-1006)
  • 8:00 p.m.
    Using games and projects to teach probabilistic modeling.
    Marilyn K. Pelosi*, Western New England College
    Richard S. Pelosi, Western New England College
    C. Edward Sandifer, Western Connecticut State University
    (908-00-1022)
  • 8:15 p.m.
    The use of spreadsheets and group work in a business statistics course.
    Ann E. Moskol*, Rhode Island College
    (908-00-1019)
  • 8:30 p.m.
    Tying up loose ends with probability.
    Cathy S. Liebars*, Trenton State College
    (908-00-1015)
  • 8:45 p.m.
    What statistics should be used to rank students?
    Paul L. Patterson, III*, Saint Louis University
    Donald E. Miller, Saint Mary's College
    (908-00-1021)
  • 9:00 p.m.
    Active learning in statistics and probability by exploring data.
    Susann M. Mathews*, Wright State University, Dayton
    (908-00-1017)
  • 9:15 p.m.
    Using print and broadcast media in elementary statistics.
    Darrell J. Horwath*, John Carroll University
    (908-00-1012)
  • 9:30 p.m.
    The ``hot-hands'' project for statistics students.
    Rexanne Bruno, University of North Florida
    John R. Reay*, Western Washington University
    Eric G. Stade, University of Colorado, Boulder
    Pat Tarrant, Santa Fe Community College
    (908-00-1023)
  • 9:45 p.m.
    Incorporating hands-on activities into a mathematical statistics course.
    Paul R. Coe*, Rosary College
    (908-00-1005)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 7:00 p.m.-9:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on The Scholarship of Humanistic Mathematics, II
  Organizers:
  Joan Countryman, The Lincoln School, Rhode Island
  Harald M. Ness, University of Wisconsin Centers-Fond du Lac
  Alvin M. White, Harvey Mudd College
  

  • 7:00 p.m.
    ``The Shock of the New'': A freshman honors seminar.
    Leon M. Cohen*, Hampden-Sydney College
    Elizabeth J. Deis, Hampden-Sydney College
    (908-00-1276)
  • 7:20 p.m.
    Symmetry: A link between art and mathematics.
    Catherine Gorini*, Maharishi International University
    (908-00-1283)
  • 7:40 p.m.
    Reform in mathematics education and Dewey's philosophy.
    Bernard A. Fleishman*, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    (908-00-1280)
  • 8:00 p.m.
    The history of mathematics: The humanistic way.
    Dorothy W. Goldberg*, Kean College of New Jersey
    (908-00-1282)
  • 8:20 p.m.
    Solving problems and playing baseball.
    Kenneth J. Preskenis*, Framingham State College
    (908-00-1293)
  • 8:40 p.m.
    Non-supersaturated solutions: Problems and their educational uses.
    Stephen I. Brown*, State University of New York, Buffalo
    (908-00-1273)
  • 9:00 p.m.
    Curriculum development via literary and musical forms.
    Joel K. Haack*, University of Northern Iowa
    (908-00-1285)
  • 9:20 p.m.
    Use of small groups in beginning and intermediate algebra.
    Frances A. Rosamond*, National University
    (908-00-1296)
  • 9:40 p.m.
    Algebraic models of marriage systems: Have mathematicians been insensitive to the needs of anthropologists?
    James M. Cargal*, Troy State University
    (908-00-1295)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
  MAA CUPM Subcommittee on Calculus Reform and the First Two Years Poster Session
  Innovations in freshman and sophomore mathematics instruction.
  Organizers:
  William Barker, Bowdoin College
• Friday January 12, 1996, 7:20 p.m.-9:25 p.m.
  MAA Session on Innovations in Teaching Precollege Algebra Courses, II
  Organizers:
  Mohammad H. Ahmadi, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
  

  • 7:20 p.m.
    Using parametric equations to improve the teaching of precollege algebra courses.
    Jane Swaggerty*, Incarnate Word College
    (908-00-1177)
  • 7:40 p.m.
    Algebra tutorial.
    Roosevelt Gentry*, Jackson State University
    (908-00-1167)
  • 8:00 p.m.
    College algebra: Traditional instruction versus instruction via video tape.
    Richard A. Mitchell*, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
    (908-00-1172)
  • 8:20 p.m.
    A successful method to teach precollege algebra courses.
    Jay M. Jahangiri*, Kent State University, Burton
    (908-00-1170)
  • 8:40 p.m.
    Telephones and algebra.
    Elizabeth B. Appelbaum*, Park College
    (908-00-1161)
  • 8:55 p.m.
    Some unusual absolute values.
    Robert E. Buck*, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
    (908-00-1162)
  • 9:10 p.m.
    Collaborative learning approach in precollege algebra.
    Mohammad H. Ahmadi*, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
    (908-00-1160)
• Friday January 12, 1996, 7:30 p.m.-8:20 p.m.
  MAA Student Lecture
  Mathematics education and national concerns.
  Richard A. Tapia*, Rice University
  (908-00-960)