AMS Meeting Program by Day

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

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

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