AMS Meeting Program by Day

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:09:28

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

Saturday January 13, 1996

• Saturday January 13, 1996, 7:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:35 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on History of Mathematics, II
  Organizers:
  Thomas Archibald, Acadia University
  Victor J. Katz, University of the District of Columbia
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Notes on Oswald Teichm\"uller and his work on quasi-conformal mappings.
    Vicki Hill*, American University
    (908-01-206)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On the rearrangement of series---Another look at the works of Levy and Steinitz.
    John J. Saccoman*, Seton Hall University
    (908-01-15)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The binomial theorem and extensions.
    Richard A. Askey*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    (908-01-18)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Roots and early highlights of the development of engineering mathematics.
    Erwin O. Kreyszig*, Carleton University
    (908-01-78)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    The genesis of the abstract ring concept.
    Israel Kleiner*, York University
    (908-01-14)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, III
  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.
    The template-problem dilemma and ways to avoid it.
    Al Shenk*, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
    (908-98-303)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Peer-facilitated cooperative learning in large classes: Integrating reading, writing, and discussion.
    William E. Bonnice*, University of New Hampshire
    (908-98-349)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Mathematics reform: Perspectives from the classroom.
    Gail F. Burrill*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    (908-97-283)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The MIDDLE MATH Project: Reshaping the preparation of teachers of middle grades mathematics.
    Sidney L. Rachlin*, East Carolina University
    (908-97-360)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A model course portfolio for peer review.
    Steven R. Dunbar*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    (908-98-412)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Mathematics education reform in spite of limited resources: Changes at a liberal arts college.
    Thomas H. Rousseau*, Siena College
    (908-98-241)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Stochastic Differential Equations and Applications, II
  Organizers:
  R. W. R. Darling, University of South Florida
  Kandethody M. Ramachandran, University of South Florida
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Lyapunov exponents of linear stochastic functional differential equations: Examples and case studies.
    Salah-E Mohammed*, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
    (908-60-456)
  • 8:35 a.m.
    Backwards $SDE$ with random terminal time, and applications to elliptical $PDE$.
    R. W.R Darling*, University of South Florida
    Etienne C. Pardoux, CMI, France
    (908-60-182)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Hypersurfaces in $\Bbb R^n$ and the variance of exit times for Brownian motion.
    Kimberly K. J. Kinateder*, Wright State University
    Patrick McDonald, New College
    (908-60-571)
  • 9:25 a.m.
    Brownian motion and Riemannian geometry in the neighborhood of a submanifold $\rm I$.
    Martin Ngu Ndumu*, University of Yaounde, Cameroon
    (908-58-132)
  • 9:50 a.m.
    Stochastic integro-differential equations and applications.
    Sivapragasam Sathananthan*, Tennessee State University
    (908-60-250)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Solving a system of nonlinear parabolic partial differential equations by a probabilistic method.
    Zusheng Rao*, University of South Florida
    Etienne Pardoux, CMI, France
    Frederic Pradeilles, University of Provence, France
    (908-60-783)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Adapted solution of a degenerate backward $SPDE$, with applications.
    Jin Ma*, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    Jiongmin Yong, Fudan University, People's Republic of China
    (908-60-782)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Diophantine Problems From Different Perspectives, IV
  Organizers:
  Henri Rene Darmon, McGill University
  Andrew J. Granville, University of Georgia
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Effective estimates of the number of points of algebraic varieties over finite fields.
    Siman Yat-Fai Wong*, Institute for Advanced Study
    (908-11-210)
  • 8:25 a.m.
    On distribution of solutions of unit equations.
    Milja R. Poe*, Harvard University
    (908-11-200)
  • 8:50 a.m.
    Towards removal of semistability conditions at {\rm 5}.
    Brian D. Conrad*, Princeton University
    (908-11-112)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    The levels and weights of modular representations.
    Kevin Buzzard*, University of California, Berkeley
    (908-11-224)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Rational points on elliptic curves and splitting quadratic forms.
    Jonathan Shick*, Loyola University
    (908-11-742)
  • 10:05 a.m.
    Special values of Goss' L-function and Bernoulli ideals.
    Linghsueh Shu*, University of Vermont
    (908-11-222)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Geometry, Topology, and Analysis on Noncompact Manifolds, III
  Organizers:
  Peter E. Haskell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Symplectic surgery and the equivariant index theorem.
    Reyer Sjamaar*, Cornell University
    (908-58-201)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Legendrian circular helix links.
    Lisa M. Traynor*, Bryn Mawr College
    (908-58-366)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Cordes algebras based on Schr\"odinger operators with rapidly increasing potentials.
    Houshang H. Sohrab*, Towson State University
    (908-46-101)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    $L^2$ Oka-Grauert theory.
    Mikhael Gromov, Institute des Hautes Etudes Sciences, France
    Gennadi M. Henkin, University of Paris VI, France
    Mikhail A. Shubin*, Northeastern University
    (908-32-462)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Gluing formulae for the index of families of Dirac operators.
    Liviu I. Nicolaescu*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    (908-47-757)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Representation Theory and Harmonic Analysis of Topological Groups, II
  Organizers:
  Carolyn Pfeffer Johnston, Florida Atlantic University
  Gail D. L. Ratcliff, University of Missouri, St.\ Louis
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A Lie-theoretic approach to Schur duality.
    Roe W. Goodman*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
    Nolan R. Wallach, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
    (908-20-477)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A nonspherical representation of the icosahedral graded Hecke algebra.
    Catherine E. Kriloff*, Oklahoma State University
    (908-16-153)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The arithmetic of compact solvmanifolds.
    Jeffrey Stephen Fox*, University of Colorado, Boulder
    (908-22-618)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Break
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Functional equations of p-adic zeta integrals, and representations of the metaplectic group.
    W. Jay Sweet, Jr.*, Florida International University
    (908-22-169)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Quadratic base change for p-adic SL$(2)$ as a theta correspondence.
    David C. Manderscheid*, University of Iowa
    (908-22-238)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Algebra, Algebra Cohomology, and Polynomial Identities, III
  Organizers:
  Andy R. Magid, University of Oklahoma
  Lance W. Small, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Non-commutative and non-cocommutative Hopf algebras arising from finite group algebras.
    John F. P. Wen*, Florida State University
    Roselyn E. Williams, Florida A & M University
    (908-16-703)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Heisenberg algebras and coefficient rings.
    Horia C. Pop*, University of Iowa
    (908-16-655)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    $L_\infty$ algebras and their cohomology.
    Michael Robert Penkava*, University of California, Davis
    (908-17-286)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Frobenius extensions of subalgebras of Hopf algebras.
    Davida Fischman*, California State University, San Bernardino
    M. Susan Montgomery, University of Southern California
    Hans-Jurgen Schneider, University Munchen, Germany
    (908-16-58)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Residue complex for quantum planes.
    Kaushal Ajitabh*, University of Texas, Austin
    (908-14-479)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Generalized Massey products.
    Lynelle M. Lang*, University of California, Davis
    (908-17-87)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#15: Part B
  Dynamic geometry with Cabri Geometer.
  Organizers:
  James R. King, University of Washington
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#18: Part A
  Training tools for mathematics TA teaching workshops.
  Organizers:
  Marilyn McCollum, North Carolina State University
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
  AMS Session on General Topology
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Characterization of maximal ideals and ultrafilters in a complementary topology.
    Rahim G. Karimpour*, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
    (908-54-306)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    $\alpha$-scattered spaces.
    David A. Rose*, Southeastern College of the Assemblies of God
    (908-54-585)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    More on normality of products.
    Jamel A. Kammoun*, Benedict College
    (908-54-612)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    The semi-open set and the semi-regular set generated topologies.
    Charles I. Dorsett*, Louisiana Tech University
    (908-54-697)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The normability question.
    Jamuna P. Ambasht*, Benedict College
    (908-54-240)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Baire spaces and hyperspace topologies.
    Laszlo Zsilinszky*, University of South Carolina, Columbia
    (908-54-597)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Weak astrality, weak purity, and quasi-$(S_1)$properties.
    Gangadhar R. Hiremath*, Talladega College
    (908-54-176)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Examples of generalized metacompact spaces.
    James C. Smith, Jr.*, Virginia Polytech Institute & State University
    (908-54-175)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Generalized ordered spaces with point-countable bases.
    Harold R. Bennett, Texas Tech University
    David J. Lutzer*, College of William & Mary
    (908-54-143)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Companions to the double sequence theorem of Nagata.
    Henry Hin-Lai Hung*, Concordia University
    (908-54-47)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, I
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    K-admissibility of $S_{12}$,$S_{13}$,$S_{14}$,$S_{15}$.
    Steven Liedahl*, University of Notre Dame
    Zara Marija Girnius, University of Cincinnati
    (908-11-776)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Explicit construction of $PSL(2,7)$-fields over $\Bbb Q(t)$ embeddable in $SL(2,7)$-fields.
    John R. Swallow*, Davidson College
    (908-12-374)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Some computations for Witt groups of hyperelliptic curves.
    Jonathan Shick*, Loyola University
    (908-12-741)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    The Dedekind-Mertens Lemma and certain graphs.
    Alberto Corso*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
    Wolmer V. Vasconcelos, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
    Rafael H. Villarreal, ESFM del IPN, Mexico
    (908-13-411)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Tor and torsion on a complete intersection.
    David Allen Jorgensen*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    (908-13-489)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Kernel of a divisor class group map.
    Claudia Maria Miller*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    (908-13-720)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Investigating torsion in tensor products using numerical semigroups.
    Kurt D. Herzinger*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    (908-13-521)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Generators of maximal ideals in the ring of integer-valued polynomials.
    Scott Thomas Chapman*, Trinity University
    William W. Smith, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    (908-13-188)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Stable range in formal power series with any number of indeterminates.
    Amir M. Rahimi*,
    (908-13-81)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Dynamic feedback over commutative rings: The projective case.
    Oswaldo Lezama*, University Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
    Armando Rodado, University Nacional de Columbia,
    (908-93-157)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Applications of Gr\"obner bases to linear codes.
    Jeanne Fitzgerald*, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
    Robert F. Lax, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
    (908-94-602)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    The rank of some families of elliptic surfaces.
    Lisa A. Fastenberg*, Yale University
    (908-14-97)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Complex Analysis, I
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Cardinal Series and Shannon's sampling theorem.
    Nasser Dastrange*, Buena Vista College
    (908-26-281)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Weighted norm inequalities for fractional integrals with an application to mean convergence of Laguerre series.
    Elizabeth L. Kochneff*, Eastern Washington University
    (908-26-28)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On decentralized realization of smooth functions.
    Pengyuan Chen*, Gustavus Adolphus College
    (908-26-65)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Application of covering sets.
    Kandasamy K. Muthuvel*, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
    (908-26-187)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Reconstruction of some approximate antigradient.
    Xiao-Xiong Gan*, Morgan State University
    (908-26-259)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    An extension of the Hardy-Littlewood inequalities for power series and moments.
    Constantine Georgakis*, DePaul University
    (908-26-533)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Sharpened versions of the Schwarz Lemma.
    Peter R. Mercer*, Saint Mary's College of Maryland
    (908-30-442)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    On two meromorphic functions that share pairs of small functions.
    Ping Li*, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
    Chung-Chun Yang, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
    (908-30-320)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Some harmonic slit mappings.
    Michael John Dorff*, University of Kentucky
    (908-30-305)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    A generalization of Littlewood-Paley conjecture to m-th root transform of a class of close-to-convex functions.
    Massoud Jahangiri*, Kent State University, Burton
    (908-30-336)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Convergence and zero distribution of Laurent-type rational functions.
    Nicholas Papamichael, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
    Nikolaos N. Stylianopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
    Igor E. Pritsker*, Kent State University, Kent
    Edward B. Saff, University of South Florida
    (908-30-03)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Zero-free regions for sections of power series.
    Faruk F. Abi-Khuzam*, American University of Beirut
    (908-30-771)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Partial Differential Equations, I
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A linear variation of parameters formula and comparison theorems for three dimensional hyperbolic problems.
    Sudhakar Gurunath Pandit*, Winston-Salem State University
    (908-35-341)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    On connection between acoustics and quantum mechanics.
    Ivan Victorovich Andronov, Saint Petersburg University
    B. Belinskiy*, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
    Jerald P. Dauer, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
    (908-35-522)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Over specified parabolic boundary value problem.
    Morteza Shafii-Mousavi*, Indiana University, South Bend
    (908-35-282)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Some persistence results in a diffusive food-chain model.
    Wei Feng, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
    Chenhong Lu*, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
    (908-35-311)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Constructive solutions of boundary problems via sampling kernels.
    Peter A. McCoy*, U. S. Naval Academy and Radar Division, U. S. Naval Research Lab, Washington, D. C.
    (908-35-325)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    The effect of bridge impedence $Z = M + iR$ and mistuning on mode frequencies in musical instruments using courses of several strings.
    David R. Peterson*, University of Central Arkansas
    (908-35-464)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Dynamics of boundary controlled convection-reaction-diffusion equations.
    Victor I. Shubov*, Texas Tech University
    D. A. Gilliam, Washington University
    Christopher I. Byrnes, Washington University
    (908-35-486)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Group classification for generalized Burgers equations.
    S. K. Rai*, Texas A & M International University
    Chelluri C. A. Sastri, Dalhousie University
    (908-35-491)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Existence of solutions of degenerate quenching problems.
    Lan Ke, University of Southwestern Louisiana
    Shiying Ning*, University of Southwestern Louisiana
    (908-35-497)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    A semilinear elliptic equation at a critical exponent.
    Alexandra Kurepa*, North Carolina A & T State University
    (908-35-601)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Boundary identifiability of residual stress via the Dirichlet to Neumann map.
    Robert L. Robertson*, University of Kentucky
    (908-35-604)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Stability for the polyharmonic obstacle problem.
    Ronald F. Vandenhouten*, University of Kentucky
    (908-35-640)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Algebraic Topology
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Invariant differential forms on compact nilmanifolds.
    Necdet Guner*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    (908-55-236)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Cohomology of the Euclidian Bianchi groups.
    Ethan J. Berkove*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    (908-55-524)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On the Bredon cohomology of $B_GU$.
    Yimin Yang*, University of Minnesota, Morris
    (908-55-56)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    The knot slice problem via the eta invariant.
    Carl F. Letsche*, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona
    (908-57-388)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Fixed points of boundary-preserving maps of punctured surfaces.
    Jeanine Kay Nolan*, University of Nevada, Reno
    (908-55-685)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    The clasp number of alternating knots.
    Helmut Doll*, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
    Edith N. Starr, Vassar College
    (908-57-418)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Computer implementation of an improved braid conjugacy algorithm.
    John F. Pedersen*, University of South Florida
    (908-57-73)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Symmetry of knot invariants and Lie superalgebras.
    Arkady Vaintrob*, University of Utah
    (908-57-74)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Homology manifold transversality.
    Heather M. Johnston*, University of Pennsylvania
    (908-57-600)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    A connectivity property of geometric cell complexes.
    Steven W. Knox*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    (908-57-610)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Normals in a Minkowski plane.
    Kathleen Marie Hann*, California State University Hayward
    (908-52-559)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Mean curvature preserving isometrics between surfaces in $R^3$.
    Georgi I. Kamberov*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    (908-53-115)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Differential Geometry
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Least-area partitions of $R^n$.
    Frank Morgan*, Williams College
    (908-49-168)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Constrained optimization methods for PDEs.
    John Gregory*, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
    Kathleen A. Pericak-Spector, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
    (908-49-61)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Numerical solution of time-delay optimal control problems with inequality constraints.
    Mohammad A. Kazemi*, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
    (908-49-328)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    On the cell-averaging spectral Chebyshev solution of a nonlinear controlled dynamical system.
    Gamal Elnagar*, University of South Carolina, Spartanburg
    (908-49-329)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A new method for Lagrange problems in the calculus of variations.
    Geza Schay*, University of Massachusetts, Boston
    (908-49-495)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Automatic controls for nonlinear dynamical systems with Lipschitzian trajectories.
    Reza R. A. Ahangar*, Piedmont College
    Ebrahim Salehi, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    (908-49-800)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The group structure of a pyramidal puzzle.
    Darren Glass*, Rice University
    Matina Donaldson, Reed College
    Tiffany Maher, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
    (908-52-422)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    De Rham cohomology of the module of logarithmic forms for an arrangement of hyperplanes.
    Jonathan J. Wiens*, University of Oregon
    (908-52-500)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Mistilings of the plane with rectangles.
    Manjul Bhargava*, Harvard University
    (908-52-736)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Transverse matchings on a finite planar set.
    Mark J. Nielsen*, University of Idaho
    (908-52-718)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Representations of the Lie group of automorphisms of an almost r-paracontact manifold of P-Sasakian type, II.
    Andrew Bucki*, Oklahoma School of Science & Mathematics
    (908-53-651)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    $1$-type submanifolds of $HP^m$ and $OP^2$.
    Ivko M. Dimitric*, Pennsylvania State University, Uniontown
    (908-53-750)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Creating an Active Learning Environment: Preparing Pre-service Teachers, II
  Organizers:
  Hubert J. Ludwig, Ball State University
  Kay Meeks Roebuck, Ball State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Re-forming elementary teachers' beliefs.
    Janet Lea Heine Barnett*, University of Southern Colorado
    (908-00-1091)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Problem solving for pre-service elementary teachers: How to fit mathematics, pedagogy, and technology into $10$ weeks.
    Susan L. Addington*, California State University, San Bernardino
    (908-00-1090)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Hands-on data analysis.
    David C. Flaspohler*, Xavier University
    Ann L. Dinkheller, Project Discovery
    (908-00-1096)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Integrating mathematics and methods.
    Susan R. Beal*, Saint Xavier University
    Mark Klespis, Sam Houston State University
    (908-00-1092)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Mathematical modeling with secondary education emphasis.
    Thomas E. Kelley*, Metropolitan State College of Denver
    (908-00-1099)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Modern algebra---A discovery approach for pre-service teachers.
    John J. Koker*, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
    (908-00-1101)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Using problem solving to encourage active learning.
    Marie P. Sheckels*, Mary Washington College
    Sandra White, Mary Washington College
    (908-00-1110)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Role playing: An active learning strategy.
    Debra Rothermel*, Harrisburg Area Community College, Lancaster Campus
    Cathy Ann Godbois, Harrisburg Area Community College, Lancaster Campus
    (908-00-1108)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Preparing preservice elementary teachers to teach mathematics through modeling.
    Jane T. Upshaw*, University of South Carolina, Beaufort
    (908-00-1115)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Changing the mathematics courses for elementary teachers: Examples, suggestions and insights.
    Susan Gay*, University of Kansas
    (908-00-1098)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Combining content and methods for pre-service elementary teachers.
    Robert P. Stutts*, Columbia College
    (908-00-1112)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Visualization activities involving manipulatives and active group learning.
    Regina Baron Brunner*, Cedar Crest College
    (908-00-1094)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Poster Session on Research by Undergraduate Students
  Organizers:
  Judith Palagallo, University of Akron
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  AMS Committee on Education Panel Discussion
  Does calculus reform really work?
  Moderators:
  John H. Ewing, American Mathematical Society
  Panelists:
  George E. Andrews, Pennsylvania State University
  Morton Brown, University of Michigan
  John C. Polking, Rice University
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  NAM Claytor-Woodard Lecture
  The mathematics of queueing networks.
  William A. Massey*, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  Glimm-Effros type dichotomies.
  Gregory Hjorth*, California Institute of Technology
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematical Physics, III
  Organizers:
  Michael P. Loss, Georgia Institute of Technology
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Spectral analysis of nonselfadjoint operators generated by damped hyperbolic equations and applications to control theory and energy decay estimates.
    Marianna A. Shubov*, Texas Tech University
    (908-80-389)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Differential equations methods for the Monge-Kantorovich mass transfer problem.
    Craig Evans, University of California, Berkeley
    Wilfrid Gangbo*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (908-49-263)
  • 10:10 a.m.
    Extremals of zeta functions of Laplacians.
    Richard Snyder Laugesen*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    Carlo Morpurgo, University of Texas, Austin
    (908-58-465)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  AWM Workshop
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Book Sales and Exhibits
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 10:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  NAM Panel Discussion
  Affirmative action and underrepresented American minorities in mathematics at the graduate and professional levels.
  Moderators:
  Robert E. Bozeman, Morehouse College
  Presenters:
  Rhonda J. Hughes, Bryn Mawr College
  Arlie Oswald Petters, Princeton University
  Richard A. Tapia, Rice University
  James Turner, Florida A&M University
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  Having fun with linear algebra: Applications to combinatorics and geometry.
  Laszlo Babai*, University of Chicago and E\H otv\H os University, Hungary
  (908-00-950)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 10:10 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  Definability, automorphism, and the countably enumerable sets.
  Peter A. Cholak*, University of Notre Dame
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Invited Address
  It's as easy as {\rm abc}.
  Andrew J. Granville*, University of Georgia
  (908-00-908)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 12:05 p.m.-12:30 p.m.
  MAA Business Meeting
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 12:35 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
  AMS Business Meeting
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on History of Mathematics, III
  Organizers:
  Thomas Archibald, Acadia University
  Victor J. Katz, University of the District of Columbia
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Newton and mathematical language.
    John G. Fauvel*, Open University, United Kingdom
    (908-01-122)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Marshall Islands stick charts: A case in ethnomathematics.
    Marcia Ascher*, Ithaca College
    (908-01-107)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Archival record of minority mathematicians.
    Florence D. Fasanelli*, Mathematical Association of America
    (908-01-402)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Discovery of a lost factoring machine.
    Jeffrey Outlaw Shallit*, University of Waterloo
    (908-01-12)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On the origins of Riemann's concept of curvature.
    Paul R. Wolfson*, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
    (908-01-108)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Some medieval Indian approximation formulas.
    Kim Plofker*, Brown University
    (908-01-151)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Some observations on the history of mathematics in Mexico, $1930-1950$.
    Alejandro D. Garciadiego*, University Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
    (908-01-261)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Dimitrii Fedorovich Egorov and the ``True Orthodox Church''
    Charles Edwin Ford*, Saint Louis University
    (908-01-05)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Quantum Information and Computation, II
  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.
    Gates and circuits for quantum computers.
    David P. DiVincenzo*, IBM
    (908-81-427)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Quantum cryptoanalysis of hidden linear forms.
    Dan Boneh*, Princeton University
    R. J. Lipton, Princeton University
    (908-68-421)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Computations with quantum gate arrays.
    Richard Cleve*, University of Calgary
    (908-68-400)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On the simulation of quantum computations.
    R. J. Lipton*, Princeton University
    (908-68-423)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Discussion
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Stochastic Differential Equations and Applications, III
  Organizers:
  R. W. R. Darling, University of South Florida
  Kandethody M. Ramachandran, University of South Florida
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    On the chance of rogue waves at sea.
    Benjamin S. White*, Exxon Research & Engineering
    (908-60-516)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Stability of model ecosystems under Markovian structural perturbations.
    Gangaram S. Ladde*, University of Texas, Arlington
    (908-60-178)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Stochastic linearizations of point dissipative nonlinear systems.
    James A. Reneke*, Clemson University
    (908-93-194)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Stochastic homogenization of elliptic boundary value problems with $L^P$-data.
    Kevin T. Andrews, Oakland University
    Steve J. Wright*, Oakland University
    (908-35-44)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Direct averaging method for stochastic differential games.
    Kandethody M. Ramachandran*, University of South Florida
    (908-93-350)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Moving boundary problem and a class of diffusion processes.
    Weian Zheng*, University of California, Irvine
    (908-60-41)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Stochastic effect in curvature driven flows.
    Nung Kwan Aaron Yip*, Princeton University
    (908-49-45)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-1:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Diophantine Problems From Different Perspectives, V
  Organizers:
  Henri Rene Darmon, McGill University
  Andrew J. Granville, University of Georgia
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Arithmetic intersection in a Siegel threefold.
    Fernando Rodriguez-Villegas*, Princeton University
    (908-11-267)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The iterative method in Waring's problem for number fields.
    Morley A. Davidson*, Institute for Advanced Study
    (908-11-225)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Representation Theory and Harmonic Analysis of Topological Groups, III
  Organizers:
  Carolyn Pfeffer Johnston, Florida Atlantic University
  Gail D. L. Ratcliff, University of Missouri, St.\ Louis
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Algebraic methods towards higher-order probability inequalities.
    Donald St. P. Richards*, University of Virginia
    (908-43-460)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    $C$*-algebras associated to lattices in Heisenberg Lie groups.
    Soo-Teck Lee, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    Judith A. Packer*, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    (908-46-214)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Completely bounded multilinear forms on groups.
    Guanghua Zhao*, Fayetteville State University
    (908-43-369)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Harmonic analysis questions coming from quantization.
    Marc A. Rieffel*, University of California, Berkeley
    (908-20-230)
  • 2:50 p.m.
    Break
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Quasi-regular representations and the geometry of nilmanifolds.
    Ruth Gornet*, Texas Tech University
    (908-58-583)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Sampling of representation coefficients, frames, and wavelet theory.
    Karlheinz U. Grochenig*, University of Connecticut
    (908-42-806)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Legendre polynomials, simultaneously symmetric functions, and cocycles of an irrational rotation.
    Lawrence W. Baggett, University of Colorado, Boulder
    Herbert Antonio Medina, Loyola Marymount University
    Kathy Donovan Merrill*, Colorado College
    (908-43-576)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    An invariant theorem and its applications.
    Hongming Ding*, Saint Louis University
    (908-22-275)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#13: Part B
  Fibonacci and Catalan numbers.
  Organizers:
  Ralph P. Grimaldi, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#16: Part B
  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
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#17: Part B
  Using a laboratory approach to teach basic concepts of group theory.
  Organizers:
  Ellen Maycock Parker, Depauw University
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-3:25 p.m.
  AMS Session on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, II
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Projective normality of varieties of small degree.
    Alberto Alzati, University of Milan, Italy
    Marina Bertolini, University Degli Studi di Milan,
    Gian Mario Besana*, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
    (908-14-385)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Deformations of Lie superalgebras and $PBW$ theorem.
    Yi Ming Zou*, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
    (908-17-813)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The first degeneracy locus of the map $\cal S: {\rm Sec}(\Omega^1_{X/k})\longrightarrow\Omega^1_{H/k}$ for an algebraic surface $X$.
    Mark E. Huibregtse*, Skidmore College
    (908-14-450)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Degenerations of mixed Hodge structures.
    Eric C. Gaze*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    (908-14-528)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Lifting of deformations for tetragonal curves.
    James N. Brawner*, Saint John's University
    (908-14-643)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Curves on the torus and Klein bottle.
    Anatoly Korchagin*, Brooklyn, New York
    (908-14-781)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    A uniform property for finite sets of points in projective space.
    Lakshmi V. Modali*, Syracuse University
    (908-14-642)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Algebraic geometric codes over rings.
    Judy Leavitt Walker*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    (908-94-560)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Asymptotic prime-power divisibility of binomial, generalized binomial, and multinomial coefficients.
    John M. Holte*, Gustavus Adolphus College
    (908-05-245)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Motivic complexes from automorphisms.
    Mark Edward Walker*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    (908-19-647)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
  AMS Session on Complex Analysis, II
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Geometric properties inherited by approximating Ces\'aro sums.
    Joseph A. Cima, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
    Roger W. Barnard, Texas Tech University
    Kent Pearce*, Texas Tech University
    (908-30-696)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Two-point distortion theorems for bounded univalent functions.
    William Ma*, Pennsylvania College of Technology
    David Minda, University of Cincinnati
    (908-30-552)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Asymptotics of the zeros of relativistic Hermite polynomials.
    Matthew He*, Nova Southeastern University
    Paolo E. Ricci, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
    (908-30-40)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Weighted norm inequalities for conjugate $A$-harmonic tensors.
    Shusen Ding*, Florida State University
    (908-30-192)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    On a sequence of polynomials related to the Bieberbach-Milin problem.
    Arcadii Z. Grinshpan*, University of South Florida
    Mourad E.H Ismail, University of South Florida
    (908-30-83)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Pleating coordinates for the deformation space of a $2$-cusped hyperbolic $3$-manifold.
    Kavita G. Bhatia*, University of Oklahoma
    (908-99-424)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Growth extension and John domains.
    Navah Langmeyer*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    (908-30-798)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    A complex strongly extreme point which is not an analytic denting point.
    Patrick N. Dowling, Miami University, Oxford
    David Hu, El Paso Community College
    Douglas Mupasiri*, University of Northern Iowa
    (908-28-722)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Asymptotic measures, Morse-Smale diffeomorphisms, and residue lemmas.
    Donna K. Molinek*, Davidson College
    (908-28-504)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Boundary behavior of harmonic mappings.
    Paul Greiner*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    (908-33-376)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Global meromorphic solutions of partial differential equations.
    Peichu Hu*, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
    Chung-Chun Yang, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
    (908-32-739)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Quadruple product of ultraspherical functions.
    Mihr Jahanian Shah*, Kent State University, Trumbull Campus
    (908-33-154)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Gram polynomials and Kummer's function.
    Roger W. Barnard*, Texas Tech University
    G. Dahlquist, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
    Kent Pearce, Texas Tech University
    Lothar Reichel, Kent State University, Kent
    Kendall Clyde Richards, Southwestern University
    (908-33-688)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Sieved orthogonal polynomials.
    Blaise P. DeSesa*, Rowan College of New Jersey
    (908-33-342)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Animating Teichm\"uller spaces and Kleinian groups
    Paul R. McCreary*, University of Illinois
    (908-99-723)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-4:25 p.m.
  AMS Session on Partial Differential Equations, II
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Spectral gaps and rates to equilibrium for diffusions.
    Robert G. Smits*, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    (908-35-682)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Regularity of solutions of linear parabolic equations with singular lower order coefficients.
    Qi Zhang*, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    (908-35-687)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Location of inhomogeneities in elastic materials.
    John L. Tolle*, University of Kentucky
    (908-35-732)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    On the forced nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation.
    Charles Bu*, Wellesley College
    (908-35-705)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    A sign-changing solution for a sublinear elliptic boundary value problem.
    Alfonso Castro*, University of North Texas
    (908-35-708)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Optimal control of a surface runoff watershed model.
    K. Renee Deaton Fister*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    (908-35-191)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Quenching for a diffusive equation with a concentrated singularity.
    Keng Deng*, University of Southwestern Louisiana
    Catherine A. Roberts, Northern Arizona University
    (908-35-190)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Numerical solution of degenerate boundary value problems modeling anisotropic elastic plates and shells.
    Camille A. McKayle*, Lafayette College
    Robert Griffith Root, Lafayette College
    (908-35-123)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Quenching for the heat equation with a concentrated or a nonlocal nonlinear source term.
    Catherine A. Roberts*, Northern Arizona University
    (908-35-103)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Nonlinear elliptic problems and mixed $Fem$ solutions.
    Kumud S. Altmayer*, University of South Florida
    (908-35-94)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Student self-enrichment of concept image.
    George Exner*, Bucknell University
    Claudia R. Thompson, College of Wooster
    (908-35-95)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Quasi-periodic solutions of fixed frequencies for the forced Duffing equation without Diophantine restrictions.
    Melvyn S. Berger, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    Lu Ping Zhang*, University of California, Irvine
    (908-34-332)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Asymptotic results for the m-lambda function.
    John C.D Diamantopoulos*,
    (908-34-405)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Effects of initial data on the number of quenching points.
    C. Y. Chan, University of Southwestern Louisiana
    H.-H. T. Liu*, University of Southwestern Louisiana
    (908-99-819)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Manifolds
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Eigenvalue comparisons in graph theory.
    Gregory Quenell*, Oberlin College
    (908-53-257)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Elastic curves in hyperbolic $2$-space.
    Daniel H. Steinberg*, Case Western Reserve University
    (908-53-125)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    On free reductions and deformations of two complexes in four manifolds.
    Paul J. Kapitza*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    (908-57-649)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    A tight polyhedral immersion of the real projective plane with one handle.
    Davide P. Cervone*, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
    (908-57-532)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Visualizing Smale flows in the $3$-sphere.
    Michael C. Sullivan*, Northwestern University
    (908-57-36)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    An unavoidable tangle approach to four-twist reduction of knots.
    Kenneth Wayne Meerdink*, University of Idaho
    (908-57-562)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Algebraic and geometric convergence for Kleinian groups.
    Timothy D. Comar*, University of Michigan
    (908-57-70)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Nonextendable homeomorphisms.
    James Lee Kassebaum*, Montana State University-Bozeman
    (908-58-372)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Dual grassmannians, bispectrality and the $KP$ hierarchy.
    Alex Kasman*, University of Georgia
    (908-58-437)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Subharmonics for superquadratic Hamiltonian systems via the iteration method of the Maslov-type index.
    Tixiang Wang*, University of Connecticut, Groton
    Quihua Fei, Nanjing University, Peoples Republic of China
    (908-58-249)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Manifold structure on space of sections through function algebra.
    Palanivel Manoharan*, Kent State University, East Liverpool
    (908-58-50)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Stability and fractal structure of cells in locally isometric maps.
    Arek Jozef Goetz*, University of Illinois, Chicago
    (908-58-728)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Singular perturbations and chaos-integrability transition.
    Alexander Tovbis*, West Virginia University
    (908-58-523)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
  AMS Session on Associative Algebras
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Joint spectral radius and H\"older regularity of wavelets.
    Mohsen Maesumi*, Lamar University
    (908-15-37)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Iterates of semiring circulants.
    Rohan Hemasinha*, University of West Florida
    Kuiyuan Li, University of West Florida
    (908-15-63)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Simple multilinear algebras, rectangular matrices and Lie algebras.
    Xiaorong Shen*, Merrimack College
    J. D. H. Smith, Iowa State University
    (908-15-525)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Irreducible representations of centralizer algebras.
    Robert E. Leduc*, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks
    Arun Ram, University of Sydney, Australia
    (908-16-709)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Square-free rings and their quivers.
    Barbara K. D'Ambrosia*, John Carroll University
    (908-16-531)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Orphan polynomials in $\Cal o [x]$.
    Elizabeth S. Allman*, Bates College
    (908-16-208)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    $\tau$-Smooth modules.
    Heakyung Lee*, Winthrop University
    Peter L. Vachuska, University of Wisconsin, Washington County Center
    (908-16-170)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Hochschild cohomology of monomial algebras.
    Michael J. Bardzell*, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    (908-16-161)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On the chain conditions of the endomorphism ring and of a flat module.
    Soon-Sook Bae*, University of Iowa
    (908-16-155)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    An algorithm to test whether a finitely presented algebra is Noetherian.
    Xenia H. Kramer*, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
    (908-16-119)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Lie isomorphisms of prime rings satisfying $S_4$.
    Philip S. Blau*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    (908-17-543)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    State transformers and modes of computation.
    Bruce F. Carpenter*, Wolfram Research
    (908-18-712)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Radical semigroups.
    Rekha Bai*,
    (908-20-686)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    The semigroup of ultrafilters near $0$.
    Neil B. Hindman*, Howard University
    (908-22-310)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Rewriting reduction and pruning reduction on Munn trees.
    Kaicheng Wang*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    (908-20-588)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  MAA Session on Assessment of Student Learning for Improving the Undergraduate Major in Mathematics, II
  Organizers:
  Barbara T. Faires, Westminster College
  William A. Marion, Valparaiso University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Opening Remarks by William A. Marion
  • 1:05 p.m.
    Assessment of the program of the mathematical sciences major at Northern Illinois University.
    Linda R. Sons*, Northern Illinois University
    (908-00-1043)
  • 1:25 p.m.
    Revitalizing the math major at $CLU$: A status report.
    Terrence GL Tong*, California Lutheran University
    Sandra C. Lofstock, California Lutheran University
    (908-00-1044)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Assessing the mathematics major.
    Janice B. Walker*, Xavier University
    (908-00-1045)
  • 2:05 p.m.
    Assessment toward an integrated core curriculum.
    Richard Douglas West*, U. S. Military Academy
    (908-00-1046)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-2:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on The Scholarship of Humanistic Mathematics, III
  Organizers:
  Joan Countryman, The Lincoln School, Rhode Island
  Harald M. Ness, University of Wisconsin Centers-Fond du Lac
  Alvin M. White, Harvey Mudd College
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Humanistic experiences in learning mathematics.
    Robert B. Davis*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
    (908-00-1279)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Mathematics as a non-literary form of communication.
    Mark Klespis*, Sam Houston State University
    (908-00-1286)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Mathematics and poetry.
    JoAnne S. Growney*, Bloomsburg University
    (908-00-1284)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Beckettian mathematics.
    Paul R. Manning*, Oratory Preparatory School
    (908-00-1289)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Using political cartoons in teaching critical mathematics literacy.
    Marilyn Frankenstein*, University of Massachusetts, Boston
    (908-00-1281)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    The humanism of mathematical investigations.
    Lawrence E. Copes*, Augsburg College
    (908-00-1277)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-5:05 p.m.
  MAA Session on Interactive Mathematics Texts in the Classroom---A MathKit Perspective
  Organizers:
  James E. White, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Interactive math texts throughout the undergraduate curriculum.
    Samad Mortabit*, Saint Andrews Presbyterian College
    (908-00-1189)
  • 1:25 p.m.
    Mathwright workbooks for multivariable calculus and linear algebra.
    Michael D. Pepe*, Seattle Central Community College
    (908-00-1190)
  • 1:50 p.m.
    Writing Mathwright workbooks for a finite math course.
    Dan Kalman*, American University
    (908-00-1188)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Using MathKit as a cognitive research tool.
    Angela C. Hare*, American University
    (908-00-1186)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    MathKit in the freshman math class.
    Charles E. Hofmann, III*, Dresher, Pennsyvlania
    Roseanne S. Hofmann, Dresher, Pennsylvania
    (908-00-1187)
  • 3:05 p.m.
    Using MathKit lessons in first-year mainstream calculus.
    Anthony D. Berard, Jr.*, King's College
    (908-00-1180)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    $ODE$ animations.
    Michael G. Branton*, Stetson University
    (908-00-1182)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    $ODE$ labs.
    Margie A. Hale*, Stetson University
    (908-00-1185)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    The free Mathwright library of workbooks on the Internet.
    Ladnor D. Geissinger*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    (908-00-1184)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    CD---ROM curriculum for college algebra and trig.
    Lawrence O. Cannon*, Utah State University
    Robert Heal, Utah State University
    A. Gibbons, Utah State University
    (908-00-1183)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  MAA CCIME Poster Session
  Technology and mathematics curricular reform.
  Organizers:
  Marcelle Bessman, Jacksonville University
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Student Workshop
  Soap bubbles and salt crystals.
  Organizers:
  Frank A. Morgan, Williams College
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Coordinating mathematics and science education.
  Organizers:
  Lida K. Barrett, U. S. Military Academy
  Panelists:
  Sylvia Bozeman, Spelman College
  Lynn Kiaer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
  James H. Lightbourne, NSF
  Richard West, U. S. Military Academy
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  The job market for new Ph.D.s.
  Organizers:
  Curtis D. Bennett, Bowling Green State University
  Annalisa Cranell, Franklin-Marshall College
  Panelists:
  Ronald M. Davis, Anoka-Ramsey Community College
  Paul Humke, St. Olaf College
  Donald E. McClure, Brown University
  James F. Ramaley, Ziff-Davis Publishing
  James R. Schatz, National Security Agency
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Tracking reform in undergraduate mathematics education.
  Presenters:
  John A. Dossey, Illinois State University
  Carolyn Mahoney, California State University, San Marcos
  Curtis McKnight, University of Oklahoma
  Kenneth J. Travers, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  Panelists:
  Alfredo de los Santos, Maricopa Community College
  Raymond L. Johnson, University of Maryland, College Park
  James R. C. Leitzel, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-1:50 p.m.
  NAM Business Meeting
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Pell's equation and elliptic curves: From Fermat to Wiles.
  Henri Rene Darmon*, McGill University
  (908-00-903)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 2:35 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  MAA-Consortium for Ordinary Differential Equations Experiments Panel Discussion
  ODEs 2000.
  Organizers:
  Courtney Coleman, Harvey Mudd College
  Panelists:
  David C. Arney, United States Military Academy
  Robert Borelli, Harvey Mudd College
  Robert L. Devaney, Boston University
  Frank Giordano, United States Military Academy
  John H. Hubbard, Cornell University, Ithaca
  David O. Lomen, University of Arizona
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 2:35 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Quantitative literacy foundation courses.
  Organizers:
  Robert L. Bernhardt, East Carolina University
  Panelists:
  Harvey Carruth, University of Tennessee
  Lucy Deephouse, Trinity College
  David Ferguson, State University of New York, Stony Brook
  Linda Sons, Northern Illinois University
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 3:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#14: Part B
  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
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 3:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#18: Part B
  Training tools for mathematics TA teaching workshops.
  Organizers:
  Marilyn McCollum, North Carolina State University
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 4:10 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on My Favorite ODE Solver and Why, II
  Organizers:
  Robert L. Borrelli, Harvey Mudd College
  Courtney S. Coleman, Harvey Mudd College
  

  • 4:10 p.m.
    MacMath: From the beginning of ODE solver time.
    Beverly H. West*, Cornell University
    (908-00-1234)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Why I like and use differential systems.
    John C. Cantwell*, Saint Louis University
    (908-00-1221)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Interactive differential equations.
    Jean M. McDill*, California Polytechnic State University
    (908-00-1227)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Examples from ``Interactive Differential Equations''.
    Steven H. Strogatz*, Cornell University
    (908-00-1232)
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 4:10 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Orientation and supervision of part-time instructors.
  Organizers:
  Suzanne M. Lenhart, University of Tennessee
  Panelists:
  Betty Anne Case, Florida State University
  Stephen B. Rodi, Austin Community College
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 4:10 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  The Ph.D. in mathematics education: Program structures and professional opportunities for graduates.
  Organizers:
  Joan Ferrini-Mundy, University of New Hampshire
  Henry O. Pollak, Teachers College/Columbia University
  Panelists:
  Eileen F. Donoghue, Teachers College/Columbia University
  John A. Dossey, Illinois State University
  Bradford R. Findell, University of New Hampshire
  Richard M. Grassl, University of Northern Colorado
  Paul E. Kehle, Indiana University
• Saturday January 13, 1996, 6:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
  AMS Banquet