AMS Meeting Program by Day

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:09:35

1997 Joint Mathematics Meetings
San Diego, CA, January 8-11, 1997
Meeting #918

Wednesday January 8, 1997

• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 7:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computational Algebraic Geometry, I
  Organizers:
  Reinhard Laubenbacher, New Mexico State University reinhard@nmsu.edu
  Donal B. O'Shea, Mount Holyoke College doshea@mhc.mtholyoke.edu
  

  • 7:30 a.m.
    Algorithms for computing the generators of the torsion module of differentials
    Ruth I Michler*, University of North Texas
    (918-14-356)
  • 8:00 a.m.
    Betti Numbers for Finite Length Modules
    E. Graham Evans, Jr.*, University of Illinois
    (918-13-958)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Certificates for Deficient Sparse Polynomial Systems
    Birkett T Huber*, Texas A&M
    Jan Verschelde, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
    (918-14-540)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Maximal Betti Numbers in Quotient Rings
    Keith Aaron Pardue*, Queen's University
    Srikanth Iyengar, Purdue University
    (918-14-1035)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Ideals and their integral closure
    Alberto Corso*, Purdue University
    (918-13-586)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Non-Commutative Groebner Bases for Commutative Algebras
    David Eisenbud,
    Irena Peeva,
    Bernd Sturmfels*,
    (918-13-345)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Noetherian property in some quadratic algebras
    Xenia H. Kramer*, University of California-Berkeley
    (918-16-1049)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Mathematical Sciences Employment Register
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, I
  Organizers:
  William Henry Barker, Bowdoin College barker@polar.bowdoin.edu
  Jerry L. Bona, University of Texas at Austin Bona@fireant.ma.utexas.edu
  Naomi Fisher, University of Illinois at Chicago naomi.d.fisher@uic.edu
  Harvey B. Keynes, University of Minnesota fqhfc05@vx.cis.umn.edu
  Kenneth C. Millett, University of California, Santa Barbara millett@math.ucsb.edu
  Philip D. Wagreich, University of Illinois at Chicago p.wagreich@uic.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Down the Slippery Slope - Getting Involved in Pre-college Education
    Philip Wagreich*,
    (918-96-663)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Math Circle
    Ellen F Kaplan, Commonwealth School
    Robert L. Kaplan*, Harvard University
    (918-97-598)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Mathematics and Education Reform Improving the Quality of Mathematics Education in California The California Mathematics Project
    Nicholas A. Branca*, San Diego State University
    (918-98-621)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Involving the Lay Community in Their Children's Mathematics Education: A Fifteen-Year Perspective
    Virginia Helen Thompson*, University of California at Berkeley
    (918-96-675)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A Course on Using Technology to Teach Geometry
    Heidi Burgiel*, The Geometry Center
    (918-98-192)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    How Geometry Course Can Be Improved By New Information Technology
    Moisey Guysinsky, Penn State University
    Svetlana Katok, Penn State University
    Serge Khanvin, Moscow State University
    Anatoli Kouchnirenko*, Penn State University
    (918-98-1318)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Stochastic Modelling, I
  Organizers:
  Raisa Epstein Feldman, University of California, Santa Barbara epstein@pstat.ucsb.edu
  Glen H. Swindle, University of California, Santa Barbara swindle@bernoulli.ucsb.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Error Distribution for the Euler Method in SDEs.
    Philip E. Protter*, Purdue University
    Jean Jacod, University of Paris VI
    (918-60-1011)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Asymptotic equivalence of statistical experiments for stochastic PDE's.
    Marianne Huebner*, Michigan State University
    (918-60-534)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Particle representations for measure-valued models in population genetics
    Peter Donnelly, Oxford University
    Thomas G. Kurtz*, University of Wisconsin - Madison
    (918-60-1136)
  • 10:35 a.m.
    Filtering from observations with L\'{e}vy noise
    Hyungsok Ahn*, University of California Santa Barabara
    Raisa E Feldman, University of California Santa Barbara
    (918-60-1030)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates, I
  Organizers:
  John E. Meier, Lafayette College meierj@lafayette.edu
  Leonard A. VanWyk, Hope College vanwyk@cs.hope.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Canonical Ramsey Numbers
    Paul R Komarek*, Western Washington University
    (918-05-662)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Sum of All Distances in a Random Graph
    Robert R. Schneck*, Duke University
    Jessica Soon-Hae Sidman, Scripps College
    Ian G. Taylor, Carleton College
    (918-05-114)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Properties of Regular Strictly Bi--Transitive Graphs
    Karen S Potanka*, Virginia Tech
    (918-05-756)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Symmetry breaking in circulant graphs.
    Moon Duchin*, Harvard University
    Robert R. Schneck, Duke University
    (918-05-116)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Characteristic Polynomial for Some Classes of Antimatroids
    Elizabeth W. McMahon, Lafayette College
    Beth A. Olszewski*, University of Scranton
    Jessica A. Wolfson, Lafayette College
    (918-05-993)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Orlik-Solomon Algebras and Tutte Polynomials
    Carrie J. Eschenbrenner*, Elmhurst College
    (918-05-504)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Nonlinear Wave Equations, I
  Organizers:
  Samuel Shanpu Shen, University of Alberta shen@cake.math.ualberta.ca
  Mark J. Ablowitz, University of Colorado markjab@boulder.colorado.edu
  Stephanos Venakides, Duke University ven@math.duke.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On modeling nonlinear dispersive long waves
    Theodore Y. Wu*, California Inst. of Technology
    (918-76-1175)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The forced KdV equation: passage through resonance and sediment resuspension
    Larry G. Redekopp*,
    (918-35-814)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Reflected waves in an inhomogeneous nerve axon
    John Rinzel*, Math Research
    Bard Ermentrout,
    (918-35-535)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Critical Dispersive Phenomena in Nonlinear Particle Chains
    Anne-Marie Filip, Duke University
    Stephanos Venakides*, Duke University
    (918-70-947)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Renormalization of the Toda $\tau$-Function and The Toda Shock Problem
    Michael A McDonald*, Occidental College
    Stephanos Venakides, Duke University
    (918-35-581)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Geometric Function Theory in One and Several Complex Variables, I
  Organizers:
  Carl H. FitzGerald, University of California, San Diego
  Ian Graham, University of Toronto graham@math.toronto.edu
  David Minda, University of Cincinnati mindacd@math.uc.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On Dyadically Generated Curves
    Frank D. Lesley*,
    (918-30-153)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    New results on domains with non-compact automorphism group
    Steven G. Krantz*, Washington University
    (918-32-300)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Verification of D.A. Brannan's conjecture for the seventh coefficient
    Roger W. Barnard*, Texas Tech University
    Kent Pearce, Texas Tech University
    William Wheeler, Texas Tech University
    (918-30-287)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Disc Theorem
    John Erik Fornaess*, University of Michigan
    (918-32-417)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The size of the set on which a univalent function is large.
    Albert Baernstein, II*, Washington University, St.Louis, MO 63130
    (918-30-257)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Embeddability for three dimensional CR manifolds
    John S Bland*, University of Toronto
    (918-32-342)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematics of Industry, Government and Business: A Survey, I
  Organizers:
  Desiree A. Beck, Washington, DC dbeck@afterlife.ncsc.mil
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Precise Positioning of Ground Targets Observed by Airborne Surveillance Radar
    Mark G. Yarbrough*, Daniel H. Wagner, Associates
    (918-14-1336)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    What's a mathematician like you doing in a place like that?
    Leon H. Seitelman*, Pratt & Whitney
    (918-65-423)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Mathematics in Preclinical Drug Development
    Laura A. Bloom*, Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    (918-92-1197)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A Survey of Mathematical Applications in Biotechnology and Related Fields.
    Stanley J. Benkoski*, Wagner Associates
    (918-92-1521)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Nonlinear Interference Suppression Techniques for Digital Communications
    James W. Bond*, SAIC
    (918-94-319)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Reynolds Equation and Its Impact on the Data Storage Industry
    Derry Connolly*,
    (918-76-150)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#15: Part A
  Learning to write good test items that allow or require the use of technology.
  Organizers:
  Jan Vandever, South Dakota State University
  Kathy Layton, Beverly Hills High School
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#18: Part A
  Combinatorics via functional equations.
  Organizers:
  Donald R. Snow, Brigham Young University
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#5: Part A
  Low cost visualization training for multivariable calculus: Drawing.
  Organizers:
  Caspar Curjel, University of Washington, Seattle
  Rose L. Pugh, Bellevue Community College
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#8: Part A
  Mathematical modeling and forecasting with calculators: The differences, interplay, and new role in beginning courses.
  Organizers:
  John Kenelly, Clemson University
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Combinatorics, I
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On the decomposition of graphs into cliques
    Gregory F. Bachelis*, Wayne State University
    Xiang-Ying Su, University of Southern Mississippi
    (918-05-1184)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Maximizing the number of 3-cycles in oriented graphs
    Lowell Beineke*, Indiana University-Purdue University
    Frank Harary, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
    (918-05-707)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A Lower Bound on the Number of Functions Satisfying the Strict Avalanche Criterion
    Daniel K. Biss*, Harvard University
    (918-05-885)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    A note on the growth rate of planar graphs
    Neal Brand*, University of North Texas
    Margaret Morton, University of Auckland
    (918-05-965)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Planetary Domination Numbers of Graphs
    Gary Chartrand*, Western Michigan University
    Michael A Henning, University of Natal
    Kelly Schultz, Western Michigan University
    (918-05-1033)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    On Rectangle Visibility Graphs I. $k$-Trees and Caterpillar Forests
    Prosenjit Bose,
    Alice M Dean*,
    Joan P Hutchinson,
    Thomas Shermer,
    (918-05-990)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Bounds on Degrees of Freedom of Graphs via Ear Decomposition
    D. S. Franzblau*, CUNY/Coll. of Staten Island
    (918-05-1350)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Near-Automorphisms of Graphs
    Heather Gavlas*, Grand Valley State University
    (918-05-394)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On enumerating one-factors of the $n$-cube.
    John C. George*, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
    (918-05-998)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Competition Graphs of Hamiltonian Digraphs
    David R. Guichard*, Whitman College
    (918-05-611)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    All-Sums Sets in (0,1] -- Category and Measure.
    Vitaly Bergelson, Ohio State University
    Neil Hindman*, Howard University
    Benjamin Weiss, Hebrew University
    (918-05-651)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Arithmetic Properties of Generalized Euler Numbers
    Bruce E Sagan, Michigan State University
    Ping Zhang*, Western Michigan University
    (918-05-1031)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Functional Analysis, I
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The n-dimensional H\"older inequality and minimal projections
    Bruce L. Chalmers*, University of Claifornia, Riverside
    (918-46-1519)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Projections, multicriteria optimization and best approximation
    Alexis Bacopoulos*, National Technical University, Athens, Greece
    (918-46-1517)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Orbits and spectral properties of linear operators
    Elias Flytzanis*, Economic University of Athens, Greece
    (918-46-1516)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Reciprocal Dunford-Pettis sets in Banach spaces
    Elizabeth M. Bator*, University of North Texas, Denton
    Paul W. Lewis, University of North Texas, Denton
    (918-46-1145)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Relating Strictly Singular and Strictly Cosingular Operators to the Condition $X
    Theresa L. Friedman*, Lehigh University
    (918-46-1359)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Hall's transform for infinite dimensional groups
    Maria Gordina*, Cornell University
    (918-46-1426)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Differentiating Vector Measures
    G. Beate Zimmer*, College of William and Mary
    (918-46-962)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Concerning the Bourgain $\bf{\ell_1}$ index of a Banach space.
    Robert P Judd*, Univ. of Texas at Austin
    Edward Odell, Univ. of Texas at Austin
    (918-46-1159)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Crossed Products by Dual Coactions of Groups and Homogeneous Spaces
    Siegfried Echterhoff, Universit\"at-Gesamthochschule Paderborn
    S. Kaliszewski*, University of Newcastle
    Iain Raeburn, University of Newcastle
    (918-46-236)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    s-Numbers of diagonal operators and Bernstein's "Lethargy" theorem
    Asuman Aksoy, Claremont McKenna College
    Grzegorz Lewicki*, Jagiellonian University
    (918-46-930)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Range of a Representing Measure
    Paul Lewis*, University of North Texas
    James Ochoa, University of Montevallo
    (918-46-1064)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Derivation Pairs of Operators on Algebras of Analytic Functions.
    N. R. Nandakumar*, Delaware State University
    A. K. Gaur, Duquesne University
    (918-46-1489)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
  AMS Session on Numerical Analysis
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Boundary Surfaces of Implicitly Defined Solids: Part II-- Graphical Output.
    Frederick Addison Adkins, IV*, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15705
    (918-65-1486)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Implicit, Continuously Differentiable Runge-Kutta Formulas of Order Four and Five
    Saeed M Dubas*, UW - Milwaukee
    (918-65-1067)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Particle Simulation of Carbon Dioxide Bubbles in Water
    Mark S Korlie*, Montclair State Univ.
    Donald Greenspan, University of Texas at Arlington
    (918-65-882)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    On the approximation of strongly nonlinear boundary problems on undounded domains
    Michael D. Marcozzi*, U.S.Military Academy
    C. Ara Pehlivanian, U.S.Military Academy
    (918-65-472)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On the convergence in solving complex equations
    Yixun Shi*, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
    (918-65-465)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    The problem of steady, incompressible, viscous flow between two infinite cylinders
    Nihal J. Siriwardana*, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
    (918-65-1109)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    An Obrechkoff Numerical Integration Scheme For Linear ODEs Whose Functions Have Known Derivative.
    David P Stapleton*, University of Central Oklahoma
    (918-65-1234)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Error estimates for solenoidal approximations to the non-stationary Stokes equations using the cell discretization algorithm.
    Howard S. Swann*, San Jose State University
    (918-65-724)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On Halley Iteration
    Qingchuan Yao*, Michigan State University
    (918-65-696)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Numerical methods for systems of two balance laws in one space dimension.
    Kamel M Al-Khaled, Jordan University of Science and Technology
    Thomas S Shores*, University of Nebraska
    (918-65-1388)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Algebra, I
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Continuity of the Kasparov Product and Quasidiagonality
    Claude L. Schochet*, Wayne State University
    (918-19-456)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Using an Algorithm by Xia to Tackle Decision and Enumeration Problems
    Michelle A. Donalies, Hampton University
    Bernd S. W. Schr\"oder*, Hampton University
    (918-06-111)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Finite, Lattice Ordered Effect Algebras of Height Three
    Scott R. Sykes*, Amherst College
    (918-06-729)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Learnability in the lattice of atomic formulas.
    Irene Tsapara*, University Of Illinois
    Gyorgy Turan, Univ. of Illinois
    (918-06-822)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On finitely-generated partial Boolean algebras
    Derek Alan Smith*, Princeton University
    (918-08-1106)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Bases of Differentially Homogeneous Differential Polynomials.
    Georg M Reinhart*, Wellesley College
    (918-12-1053)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Witt Rings of *-Fields
    Michele R McDonough*, University of Cincinnati
    (918-12-161)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Fractal transfer matrices of N-dimensional Sierpinski Gaskets
    Hyun Suk Kim, Wonkwang University
    Jin Bai Kim*, West Virginia University
    (918-15-1534)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-9:40 a.m.
  AMS Session on Physics, Geophysics and Economics
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Critical Speed for the Avoindance of Blow-up in a Reactive-Diffusive Medium
    W. Edward Olmstead*, Northwestern University
    (918-80-927)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Explosion in a Diffusive Strip Due to a Source with Local and Nonlocal Features
    Catherine A. Roberts*, Northern Arizona University
    W. E. Olmstead, Northwestern University
    (918-80-343)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Flow Fields For A Pumping Well With A Ring Source
    Dan Van Peursem*, Mathematics and Statistics Department, UNL
    Glenn Ledder, Mathematics and Statistics Department, UNL
    Vitaly Zlotnik, Geology Department, UNL
    (918-86-596)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Perfect Competition in the Continuous Assignment Model
    Neil E Gretsky*, University of California, Riverside
    Joseph M. Ostroy, Economics Department, University of California, Los Angeles
    William R. Zame, Economics Department, University of California, Los Angeles
    (918-90-1111)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Perron-Fr\"obenius Theory and the Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma
    Michael A. Jones*, USMA - West Point
    (918-90-1019)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Colors and covers.
    Monique L. Pavel*, University of Paris
    (918-68-10)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Number Theory, I
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On Vinogradov's Constant in Goldbach's Ternary Problem
    Dmitrii Zinoviev*, Ohio State University
    (918-11-1205)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    A Complete Vinogradov 3-Primes Theorem Under the Riemann Hypothesis
    J.-M. DeSouillers,
    G. Effinger*, Skidmore College
    H. te Riele,
    D. Zinoviev,
    (918-11-1182)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Ducci processes of five tuples
    Anne Ludington Young*, Loyola College in Maryland
    (918-11-207)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Characterizing Siegel Modular Forms
    Tamara B Veenstra*, Dartmouth College
    (918-11-1013)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Euclidean Systems
    Stefan G Treatman*, Wabash College
    (918-11-1107)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Function digraphs of quadratic maps modulo p.
    Christie L Gilbert,
    Joseph D Kolesar,
    Clifford A Reiter,
    John D Storey*,
    (918-11-468)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Some computations for Witt groups of hyperelliptic curves.
    Jonathan Shick*, Loyola University
    (918-11-1397)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Classifying Pairs of Quadratic Forms over Arbitrary Fields
    David Leep, University of Kentucky
    Laura Mann Schueller*, Whitman College
    (918-11-1323)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Quadratic Forms Representing All Natural Numbers
    John H Conway, Princeton University
    William A Schneeberger*, Princeton University
    (918-11-640)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    The Galois Number
    Thomas Palfrey*, Xavier University of Louisiana
    (918-11-1130)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Class numbers of cyclotomic function fields: calculations and conjectures
    Joseph J. Palen*,
    (918-11-380)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Trajectories of zeros of Epstein zeta functions
    Daniel J O'Leary*, Picker International, Inc.
    (918-11-911)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  AMS Session on Algebraic Geometry
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Toric Calabi Yau Hypersurfaces and their Moduli Spaces
    Paula A Gunter*, Howard University
    (918-14-1183)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Quadruple Covers of Algebraic Varieties
    David W. Hahn*, Hope College
    (918-14-212)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On the Tangent Space at a $k$-point of {\rm Hilb}${}^n_X$ for an Algebraic Surface $X$.
    Mark E. Huibregtse*, Skidmore College
    (918-14-1110)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Chern classes of Complex threefolds
    Hoil Kim*, TGRC Kyungpook Univ.
    Mei-chu Chang, Univ. of California, Riverside
    (918-14-370)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Commutative Algebras of Differential Operators with Matrix Coefficients
    Masato Kimura*, College of William and Mary
    Motohico Mulase, UC Davis
    (918-14-1017)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Infinitely near base conditions and integer polytopes
    James J Madden*, Louisiana State University
    (918-14-900)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Degenerating Variations of Mixed Hodge Structure
    Christine Schwarz*, University of Massachusetts
    (918-14-1355)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Testing Torsion Divisors for Symbolic Integration
    Emil Volcheck*, National Security Agency
    (918-14-868)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Gaussian-Wahl map for tetragonal curves
    James N. Brawner*, St. John's University
    (918-14-1441)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Surfaces with a numerically degenerate higher secant variety.
    Michael Catalano-Johnson*, Swarthmore College
    (918-14-266)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Moduli of Flat G Connections over Riemann Surfaces
    Eugene Z. Xia*, University of Maryland at College Park
    (918-14-1529)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Session on The Uses of History in the Teaching of Mathematics, I
  Organizers:
  Florence D. Fasanelli, Mathematical Association of America ffasanel@maa.org
  Victor J. Katz, University of the District of Columbia vkatz@udc.edu
  V. Frederick Rickey, Bowling Green State University rickey@math.bgsu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Introduction
  • 8:05 a.m.
    Begin at the Beginning: Combining Euclid in Translation With a Conventional Text
    Mark S. Foskey*, Jacksonville University
    (918-A1-602)
  • 8:25 a.m.
    Back to the academic year 1851-2.
    Etienne Archinard*, College de Saussure, Geneva, Switzerland
    (918-A1-432)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    The use of Historical Numeration Systems in the South Dakota Native Americans Mathematics Enhancement Program
    A. S. Elkhader*, Northern State University
    (918-A1-1421)
  • 9:05 a.m.
    Using History to Provide Context
    Janet H. Barnett*,
    (918-A1-665)
  • 9:25 a.m.
    Euler's Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem for n=3.
    Peter R. Flusser*, Kansas Wesleyan University
    Charles B. Pierre, Clark Atlanta University
    (918-A1-304)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Cauchy's Proof of the Power Rule: A Project for Real Analysis.
    Maureen T. Carroll*,
    (918-A1-1102)
  • 10:05 a.m.
    Using Original Sources to Teach the Logistic Equation: A Module
    Bonnie J. Shulman*, Bates College
    (918-A1-326)
  • 10:25 a.m.
    A non-traditional course in the history of mathematics
    Elizabeth Mayfield*, Hood College
    (918-A1-474)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Pascal and the Problem of the Points
    Ruth Rebekka Struik*, University of Colorado, Boulder
    (918-A1-968)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Innovations in Teaching Abstract Algebra, I
  Organizers:
  Allen C. Hibbard, Central College hibbarda@ac.central.edu
  Ellen Maycock Parker, DePauw University
  Krystina K. Leganza, Ball State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    C++ Classes for Group Theoretical Computations
    Jeffrey W. Clark*, Elon College
    (918-H1-599)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Finite Matrix Groups using MATLAB
    George B Mackiw*, Loyola College in Maryland
    (918-H1-373)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Visualizing Games and Their Groups Using Interactive Texts
    John Pais*,
    Richard Singer,
    (918-H1-210)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On Driving Students to Abstraction
    Paul Fjelstad*,
    (918-H1-213)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    A Comparison of Student Attitudes Toward Abstract Algebra
    Julie M. Clark*, Emory & Henry College
    Clare Hemenway, University of Wisconsin Marathon Center
    Dennis St. John, Central Michigan University
    Georgia Tolias, Purdue University Calumet
    Roozbeh Vakil, Benedict College
    (918-H1-294)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Ringing a Peal - an Aural Permutation Group
    Lucy Dechene*, Fitchburg State College
    (918-H1-738)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    A Classroom Activity on Permutations
    Matthew J. Haines*,
    (918-H1-869)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Teaching Abstract Algebra with {\it ISETL}: An Instructor's View
    Robert S. Smith*, Miami University
    (918-H1-505)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Student Explorations in Algebra
    Mysore Jagadish*, Barry University
    (918-H1-1351)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Using Group Activities to Build a Foundation
    Steve Morics*, University of Redlands
    (918-H1-1034)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Teaching Abstract Algebra Today
    Saunders Mac Lane*, The University of Chicago
    (918-H1-1065)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
  MAA Committee on Undergraduate Programs in Mathematics Panel Discussion
  NSF-funded projects under the DUE interdisciplinary initiative.
  Organizers:
  Frank R. Giordano, COMAP
  Presenters:
  William E. Boyce, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  Dennis DeTurck, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
  Steven R. Dunbar, University of Nebraska
  James H. Lightbourne, National Science Foundation
  Daniel P. Maki, Indiana University
  Alan C. Tucker, SUNY-Stony Brook
  Dorothy I. Wallace, Dartmouth College
  Lee Zia, National Science Foundation
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Using real-world data to motivate the teaching and learning of mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Florence S. Gordon, New York Institute of Technology
  Sheldon P. Gordon, Suffolk Community College
  Panelists:
  John Kennelly, Clemson University
  David Lomen, University of Arizona
  Mercedes McGowen, William Rainey Harper College
  David Smith, Duke University
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  A half century of game theory
  Harold W. Kuhn*, Princeton University
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 9:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Committee on Education Graduate Student Workshop
  Obtaining employment as a mathematical scientist.
  Organizers:
  Deborah Hughes Hallett, Harvard University
  Samuel M. Rankin, III, AMS
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Advising in and about graduate school.
  Organizers:
  David Lutzer, College of William and Mary
  Bettye Anne Case, Florida State University
  Panelists:
  Mariah Birgin, University of Michigan
  James Fink, Gettysburg College
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  MAA Committee on Undergraduate Programs in Mathematics Panel Discussion
  Grass roots projects and interdisciplinary success stories.
  Organizers:
  Frank Giordano, COMAP
  Panelists:
  Jeff Froyd, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
  Jerry Johnson, University of Nevada at Reno
  C. Lynn Kiaer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
  John L. Scharf, Carroll College
  Marie M. Vanisko, Carroll College
  Franklin A. Wattenberg, Carroll College
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Where will mathematics be when the sludge hits the fan?
  Organizers:
  Ben Fusaro, Florida State University
  Patricia Kenschaft, Montclair State University
  Panelists:
  David L. Ferguson, SUNY at Stony Brook
  Kay S. King, Theta Technologies
  Rollie Lamberson, Humboldt State College
  Chris Schaufele, Kennesaw State College
  Nancy Zumoff, Kennesaw State College
  Moderators:
  Ben Fusaro,
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 10:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Presentation
  e-MATH on the World Wide Web.
  Organizers:
  Wendy A. Bucci, AMS
  Ralph E. Youngen, AMS
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 10:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  Board on Mathematical Sciences Presentation
  Actions for the mathematical sciences: Preserving strength while meeting challenges.
  Moderators:
  John R. Tucker, Board on Mathematical Sciences
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Networks of Neurons and Dynamical Systems
  Nancy Kopell*, Department of Mathematics, Boston University
  (918-92-757)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Invited Address
  The notion of limit in topology, geometry, and algorithmic complexity
  Michael H. Freedman*, University of California, San Diego
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
  AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture I
  Analysis on spaces of paths.
  Daniel W. Stroock*, Massachusetts Institute of Technnology
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Book Sales and Exhibits
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  MAA and SMM Invited Address
  What is wrong with calculus?
  Carlos Imaz*, CINVESTAV del IPN
  (918-00-85)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, II
  Organizers:
  William Henry Barker, Bowdoin College barker@polar.bowdoin.edu
  Jerry L. Bona, University of Texas at Austin Bona@fireant.ma.utexas.edu
  Naomi Fisher, University of Illinois at Chicago U37158@uicvm.cc.uic.edu
  Harvey B. Keynes, University of Minnesota fqhfc05@vvx.cis.umn.edu
  Kenneth C. Millett, University of California, Santa Barbara millett@math.ucsb.edu
  Philip D. Wagreich, University of Illinois at Chicago u117788@uicvm.cc.uic.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Michigan Calculus: What we've done and where we go next
    Mort Brown*, University of Michigan
    (918-I1-1277)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    The Evaluation Process for Duke University's Project CALC
    Jack Bookman*, Duke University
    (918-98-913)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The Role of Mathematical Knowledge in Teaching: What Do We Know And What Do We Need To Learn?
    Deborah Loewenberg Ball*, University of Michigan
    (918-96-902)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Making Research in Mathematics Education relevant to Research Mathematicians
    David O Tall*, University of Warwick UK
    (918-98-951)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    School Mathematics in the United States: Report from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study.
    William H. Schmidt*, Michigan State University
    (918-97-1488)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Viewing Eighth Graders' Opportunity to Learn: Results from U.S. TIMSS Population 2
    John A. Dossey*,
    (918-96-467)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Opportunities to Learn in 8th Grade Mathematics Classrooms in the Japan, Germany, and the United States: Content Comparisons Based on Videotaped Lessons.
    Alfred B. Manaster*, University of California, San Diego
    (918-97-1273)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    TIMSS: Policy, Practice, and K-12 Articulation Implications
    Daniel L. Goroff*,
    Joan Ferrini-Mundy,
    (918-97-1084)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-6:35 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computational Algebraic Geometry, II
  Organizers:
  Reinhard Laubenbacher, New Mexico State University reinhard@nmsu.edu
  Donal B. O'Shea, Mount Holyoke College doshea@mhc.mtholyoke.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Symmetry and Antisymmetry in Bracket Polynomials
    Neil L. White*, University of Florida
    (918-13-725)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Preorders and Computational Semi-algebraic Geometry
    Victoria Powers*, Emory University
    Claus Scheiderer, Universit\"at Regensburg
    (918-14-558)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Hilbert's 16th Problem and a Combinatorial Construction of Viro
    Frederick J. Wicklin*, The Geometry Center, University of Minnesota
    Jesus A De Loera, the Geometry Center, University of Minnesota
    (918-14-1410)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Computing Gr\"obner bases in Parallel
    Alyson A. Reeves*, Center for Computing Sciences/Institute for Defense Analyses
    (918-14-156)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Calculating Galois Groups of Completely Reducible Differential Operators
    Elie Compoint,
    Michael F. Singer*,
    (918-12-521)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Homological methods in the theory of splines
    Henry Koewing Schenck*, Cornell University
    Michael Stillman, Cornell University
    (918-14-1551)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Enumerative geometry for real varieties
    Frank Sottile*, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and The University of Toronto (on leave)
    (918-14-330)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    The group relaxation in integer programming and initial ideals of lattice ideals
    Serkan Hosten*,
    Rekha R Thomas,
    (918-52-880)
  • 6:15 p.m.
    Grobner Bases, Rewrite Rules, and Matrix Expressions
    John J Wavrik*, University of California at San Diego
    (918-68-585)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Dynamics of Networks and Neurons, I
  Organizers:
  Nancy J. Kopell, Boston University nk@math.bu.edu
  David H. Terman, Ohio State University terman@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Waves in synaptically coupled neurons
    Bard Ermentrout*, University of Pittsburgh
    (918-93-733)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Image Segmentation by Oscillator Networks
    DeLiang Wang*, The Ohio State University
    David Terman, The Ohio State University
    (918-92-142)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Partial synchronization in a network of neural oscillators
    David H. Terman*, Ohio State University
    Euiwoo Lee, Soongsil University
    (918-92-318)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    The dynamics of fast spiking neurons with mutual inhibition
    Carson C Chow*,
    (918-92-617)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    A model of the crab gastric mill rhythm: the interaction between a slow and a fast oscillatory neuronal network
    Farzan Nadim*, Brandeis University
    (918-92-1122)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Stochastic Modelling, II
  Organizers:
  Raisa Epstein Feldman, University of California, Santa Barbara epstein@pstat.ucsb.edu
  Glen H. Swindle, University of California, Santa Barbara swindle@bernoulli.ucsb.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Statistical models for financial volatility.
    Robert F Engle*, UCSD
    (918-90-1331)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Options Pricing in Incomplete Markets: An Asymptotic Approach
    Per A. Mykland*, The University of Chicago
    (918-60-903)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    Filtering derivative security valuations from market prices.
    Robert J. Elliott*, University of Alberta
    (918-90-834)
  • 4:55 p.m.
    Finite Element and Difference Approximation of Some Parabolic and Elliptic Stochastic Partial Differential Equations
    Edward J. Allen*, Texas Tech University
    Steven J. Novosel, Western Geophysical
    Zhimin Zhang, Texas Tech University
    (918-65-272)
  • 5:05 p.m.
    A random field aquifer model
    Timothy R Ray*, Southeast Missouri State University
    (918-60-1314)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    BMO estimates of random polynomial chaos
    Niandi Xiang*, University of Illinois, Chicago
    (918-60-165)
  • 5:35 p.m.
    Tails in Harnesses
    Andre Toom*, University of the Incarnate Word
    (918-60-338)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Implementation of a Two-Stage Stochastic Model for Carcinogenesis
    Thomas W. Polaski*, Winthrop University
    Gary A. Tucker, Averett College
    Julia S. Kimbell, Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology
    (918-60-308)
  • 5:55 p.m.
    A stochastic model of carcinogenesis and asymptotic distribution of tumor size at detection
    Leonid G. Hanin*, Wayne State University
    (918-60-327)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-6:35 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Recent Advances in Set Theory, I
  Organizers:
  Matthew D. Foreman, University of California, Irvine mforeman@math.uci.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    An Elementary Approach to the Fine Structure of L.
    Sy D. Friedman*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (918-04-154)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Automatic continuity of group operations
    Slawomir Solecki*, University of California-Los Angeles
    (918-04-850)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Two applications of model theory to the study of topological groups
    Greg Hjorth*, University of California, Los Angeles
    (918-04-155)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Some combinatorial consequences of projective absoluteness.
    Joan Bagaria*, Universitat de Barcelona
    (918-04-314)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Partition relations for triple
    James E Baumgartner*, Dartmouth College
    (918-03-252)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Forcing closed unbounded subsets of $\omega_{2}$
    Mack Stanley*, San Jose State
    (918-04-1027)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    A classification of small simply definable posets
    Jindrich Zapletal*, California Institute of Technology
    (918-03-1057)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Cardinal sequences for superatomic Boolean algebras.
    Juan Carlos Mart\'{\i}nez*, Facultat de Matem\`atiques, Universitat de Barcelona
    (918-04-734)
  • 6:15 p.m.
    Applications of set theory to a question in dynamical systems
    A.R.D. Mathias*, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
    (918-04-728)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates, II
  Organizers:
  John E. Meier, Lafayette College meierj@lafayette.edu
  Leonard A. VanWyk, Hope College vanwyk@cs.hope.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    On Voronoi Bases and minimal bases
    Jade P. Vinson*, Washington University in St. Louis
    Shelly L. Harvey, California Polytechnic University
    (918-52-516)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Train tracks and zipping sequences for pseudo-Anosov braids
    Robert D. Kleinberg*, Cornell University
    (918-57-441)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Presentations of subgroups of Artin groups
    Jennifer Lynn Becker, Dickinson College
    Matthew Eugene Horak, Northern Arizona University
    Leonard Arthur VanWyk*, Hope College
    (918-20-109)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Reflection Groups, Matroids, and Signed Graphs
    Lori Jean Fern, Eastern Nazarene College
    Gary Peter Gordon, Lafayette College
    Jason Paige Leasure*, SUNY Binghamton
    Sharon Nichole Pronchik, Lafayette College
    (918-20-285)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Computation of an upper bound for the diameter of the Cayley graph for R(2,5)
    Todd D. Mateer*, DIMACS Center, Rutgers University
    (918-20-328)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Automatic Groups and Polygonal Amalgams
    Sean Spencer Grettum*, University of Redlands
    Jennifer Jane Mandelson, Lafayette College
    Philippa Mignon Rhodes, North Carolina A\&T State University
    (918-20-251)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Distribution of Commutators Over the Derived Group
    Brian S Fisher*, Pomona College
    (918-20-860)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Is Thompson's Group $F$ Amenable?
    Robert D. Kleinberg, Cornell University
    Jeremy L. Bem*, Cornell University
    (918-20-1112)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Banach Algebras, I
  Organizers:
  John Duncan, University of Arkansas jduncan@comp.uark.edu
  Michael M. Neumann, Mississippi State University neumann@math.msstate.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Algebraic and strong splittings of extensions of Banach algebras
    W. G. Bade*, University of California, Berkeley
    H. G. Dales, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
    Z. A. Lykova, University of Lancaster, United Kingdom
    (918-46-241)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Finite-dimensional extensions of Banach algebras
    W. G. Bade, University of California, Berkeley
    H. G. Dales*, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
    Z. A. Lykova, University of Lancaster, United Kingdom
    (918-46-242)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    On global (homological) dimension of commutative Banach algebras.
    F. Ghahramani*, University of Manitoba
    Yu V. Selivanov, Russian State University of Aviation Technology, Russia
    (918-46-136)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    On the dual Banach algebras of certain C*-submalgebras of VN(G).
    Anthony To-Ming Lau*, University of Alberta
    (918-43-135)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Topological centres and weak sequential completeness.
    J. P. McClure*, University of Manitoba
    (918-46-137)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Amenability and semisimplicity for second duals of quotients of the Fourier algebra A(G).
    Edmond E. Granirer*, University of British Columbia
    (918-43-168)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    An amenable, radical Banach algebra
    Volker Runde*, Universitat des Saarlandes, Germany
    (918-46-634)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Hermitian group algebras
    Theodore W. Palmer*, University of Oregon
    (918-46-396)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Nonlinear Wave Equations, II
  Organizers:
  Samuel Shanpu Shen, University of Alberta shen@cake.math.ualberta.ca
  Mark J. Ablowitz, University of Colorado markjab@boulder.colorado.edu
  Stephanos Venakides, Duke University ven@math.duke.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Homoclinic Orbits via Lyapanov-Schmidt Methods for Near Integrable PDEs
    David W. McLaughlin*, New York University
    Jalal Shatah, New York University
    (918-35-1243)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Long internal waves of finite amplitude in two fluid systems
    Roberto Camassa*, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    Wooyoung Choi, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    (918-76-1173)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Forced evolution equations, bifurcation and stability
    Samuel S. Shen*, University of Alberta
    (918-35-551)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Forced Lattice Vibrations
    Percy Deift, Courant Institute
    Thomas Kriecherbauer*, Mathematisches Institut
    Stephanos Venakides, Duke University
    (918-70-1451)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Nonlinear instability of solitary waves of the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation in three dimenstions.
    Yue Liu*, University of Texas at Austin
    Jerry L Bona, University of Texas at Austin
    (918-35-379)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Time decay for an Airy operator with potential
    Judith R. Miller*,
    (918-35-1192)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Geometric Function Theory in One and Several Complex Variables, II
  Organizers:
  Carl H. FitzGerald, University of California, San Diego
  Ian Graham, University of Toronto graham@math.toronto.edu
  David Minda, University of Cincinnati
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Harmonic mappings related to Scherk's saddle-tower minimal surfaces
    Peter Duren*, Univ. of Michigan
    William R. Thygerson,
    (918-30-270)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Fatou-Bieberbach Domains
    Berit Stensones*, University of Michigan
    (918-32-297)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    In and out radii
    Paul M. Gauthier*, Universite de Montreal
    (918-30-298)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    A mass-density condition for the Bernstein-Markov inequality
    Thomas Bloom*, University of Toronto
    (918-32-324)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    The Density Property for Complex Manifolds
    Dror Varolin*, University of Wisconsin
    (918-32-457)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Some results on sets of sampling and interpolation in Bergman spaces
    Alexander P. Schuster*, University of Michigan
    (918-30-94)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    On the dynamics of some diffeomorphisms of ${\Bbb C}^2$ near$\;$parabolic fixed points
    Dan Coman*, The University of Michigan
    Marius Dabija, The University of Michigan
    (918-32-250)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Distortion theorems for Bloch functions with branch points
    Ian Graham*, University of Toronto
    David Minda, University of Cincinnati
    (918-30-280)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Commutative Algebra, I
  Organizers:
  Roger A. Wiegand, University of Nebraska rwiegand@math.unl.edu
  Sylvia Margaret Wiegand, University of Nebraska swiegand@math.unl.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Intermediate rings between a local domain and its completion
    William Heinzer*, Purdue University
    Christel Rotthaus, Michigan State University
    Sylvia Wiegand, University of Nebraska
    (918-13-348)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    The number of generators for an ideal and its dual in a numerical semigroup
    Kurt D. Herzinger*, West Texas A\&M University
    (918-13-392)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    A ``linear'' property of the integral closure of ideals and modules.
    Donatella Delfino*, University of Michigan
    (918-13-961)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    On the structure of complexes acyclic in grade 1
    Alexandre B. Tchernev*,
    (918-13-1108)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    A Generalization of the Auslander-Nagata Purity Theorem
    Miriam Ruth Kantorovitz*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (918-13-503)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Vanishing of Tor over Gorenstein rings
    David A Jorgensen*, University of Texas
    (918-13-752)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    On the Cohen-Macaulayness of Blow-up Algebras
    Claudia Polini*, Michigan State University
    (918-13-839)
  • 5:40 p.m.
    One-dimensional semilocal rings with residue domains of prescribed cardinalities
    Chandni Shah*, Colgate University
    (918-13-591)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Noncommutative Geometry and Applications, I
  Organizers:
  Carla E. Farsi, University of Colorado
  Jeffrey Stephen Fox, University of Colorado
  Guoliang Yu, University of Colorado gyu@euclid.colorado.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Rigidity of $K$-theory under deformation quantization
    Jonathan M. Rosenberg*, University of Maryland, College Park
    (918-19-157)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Spectrum and boundary chaos
    Steven Hurder*, UIC
    (918-58-1363)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Perturbed Dolbeault Operators
    Jeffrey S. Fox, University of Colorado
    Peter E. Haskell*, Virginia Tech
    (918-58-750)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Homotopy invariance of eta invariants
    Jerome Kaminker*, IUPUI
    (918-19-1309)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Cyclic homology and rational injectivity of the Baum-Connes map
    Ronghui Ji*,
    (918-58-376)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    The isometry group of a Fredholm module
    Efton Park*, Texas Christian University
    (918-46-464)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    $C^*$-algebras, $K$-theory, and Index Theory for Hilbert Manifolds
    John David Trout, Jr.*, Dartmouth College
    (918-58-1475)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#10: Part A
  Environmental mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Ben Fusaro, Florida State University
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#2: Part A
  Developing units and projects for fundamental mathematics courses.
  Organizers:
  Linda R. Sons, Northern Illinois University
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#5: Part B
  Low cost visualization training for multivariable calculus: Drawing.
  Organizers:
  Caspar Curjel, University of Washington, Seattle
  Rose L. Pugh, Bellevue Community College
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#8: Part B
  Mathematical modeling and forecasting with calculators: The differences, interplay, and new role in beginning courses.
  Organizers:
  John Kenelly, Clemson University
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
  AMS Session on Complex Variables
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    A method to find conjugate $p$-harmonic tensors
    Shusen Ding*, University of Minnesota, Duluth
    (918-30-238)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The Inner Mapping Radius of Harmonic Mappings of the Unit Disk
    Michael J. Dorff*, University of Kentucky
    Ted Suffridge, University of Kentucky
    (918-30-723)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Composition operators on Cauchy-Stieltjes transforms.
    Rita A. Hibschweiler*, University of New Hampshire
    (918-30-43)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Twist points of a Jordan domain
    John Marafino*, James Madison University
    (918-30-996)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Some maximal polynomials must be nonreal
    Michael J. Miller*, Le\,Moyne College
    (918-30-453)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The Dirichlet problem on an annulus.
    Thomas Misseldine*, Idaho State University
    (918-30-243)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Quasiconformally homogeneous compacta in the complex plane
    Paul MacManus, University of Edinburgh
    Raimo Nakki, University of Jyvaskyla
    Bruce Palka*, University of Texas at Austin
    (918-30-384)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Prime Mappings Under the Hadamard Product
    John Randall Prather*, University of Kentucky
    (918-30-760)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Some extremal Jacobians
    Jack Quine*, The Florida State Universtiy
    Peter Liang Zhang,
    (918-30-61)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Differentials and Periods on Supercurves
    Jeffrey M. Rabin*, U.C.S.D.
    (918-30-613)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    On representation of F(z) in multiply-connected domains (in the complex z-plane).
    David S. Tselnik*, Fargo, North Dakota
    (918-30-162)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Existence and Uniqueness of Rectilinear Slit Maps
    Frederick Weening*, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
    (918-30-494)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Distribution and multiplicity of values of functions of small growth
    Faruk Fouad Abi-Khuzam*, American University of Beirut
    (918-30-907)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Partial Differential Equations, I
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Wavelet sampling associated with fractional partial differential operators
    Peter A. McCoy*, U. S. Naval Academy
    (918-35-199)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Fr\'echet domain derivatives and applications to inverse scattering problems
    Thomas S. Angell*, University of Delaware
    Frank Hettlich, Universit\"at Erlangen-N\"urnberg
    (918-35-1226)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Generalized Quasilinearization For Reaction-Diffusion Equations With fixed Moments of Impulse
    Zahia Drici*, Illinois Wesleyan University
    (918-35-1254)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A semilinear wave equation with derivative of nonlinearity containing multiple eigenvalues of infinite multiplicity.
    Alfonso Castro*,
    Jose F. Caicedo,
    (918-35-815)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    A nonlinar Fabes-Stroock result
    Ping-kan Ken Fok*, University of California, Santa Barbara
    (918-35-309)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Weakly Nonlinear Instabilities of Exothermic Interfaces
    Laura K. Gross*, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Victor Roytburd,
    (918-35-1223)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    A Report on Numerical Methods for an Inverse Boundary Value Problem
    Fred Gylys-Colwell*,
    (918-35-1357)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Zeros of Solutions of $\Delta(u)+f(u)=0$ in the Supercritical Case.
    Michael A Karls*, Ball State University
    (918-35-1356)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Nonzero solutions of a nonlinear elliptic system at resonance.
    Mario Zuluaga*, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota
    (918-35-187)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Stokes flow around a bend
    Suheel A Khuri*, University of Houston-Downtown
    (918-35-1328)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    D'Alembert formulae and scattering theory for abstract higher order factored Cauchy problems
    Nikos Kodogianidis*, Saint Leo College
    (918-35-637)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Riemann solutions of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation in several space dimensions
    James Glimm, State University of New York at Stony Brook
    Herbert C. Kranzer*, State University of New York at Stony Brook
    John Pinezich, State University of New York at Stony Brook
    Dechun Tan, State University of New York at Stony Brook
    Folkert M. Tangerman, State University of New York at Stony Brook
    (918-35-938)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    The second Stekloff eigenvalue and energy dissipation inequaliteis for functionals with surface energy
    Robert Lipton*, Worcester Polytechnic Inst
    (918-35-917)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Does Quenching For Degenerate Semilinear Parabolic Equations Occur At The Boundaries?
    Hon-hung Terence Liu*, Southeastern Louisiana University
    C. Y. Chan, University of Southwestern Louisiana
    (918-35-355)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Variational Characterization of Solutions to Elliptic Dirichlet Problems.
    John M Neuberger*, Mississippi State University
    (918-35-1471)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
  AMS Session on Functional Analysis, II
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    (V)-subsets of injective tensor dual spaces.
    Paul W. Lewis, University of North TExas
    James P. Ochoa*, University of Montevallo
    (918-46-1010)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The Bernstein Operator From a Shape-Preserving Approach
    Michael P Prophet*, Murray State University
    (918-46-739)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Shift operator
    K. Sundaresan, Cleveland State University
    M. Rajagopalan*, Tennessee State University
    (918-46-1432)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    BSE Banach modules and bundles of Banach spaces
    D. A. Robbins*, Trinity College
    (918-46-779)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Vector-valued generalizations of the Hahn-Banach Theorem
    Eric Schechter*, Vanderbilt University
    (918-46-523)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    $C^{*}$-crossed products by twisted inverse semigroup actions.
    N\'andor Sieben*,
    (918-46-896)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    On the extremal structure of the unit balls of K\"othe-Bochnerspaces
    Mark A. Smith*, Miami University
    (918-46-1452)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Asymptotically isometric copies of $c_0$
    P. N. Dowling,
    C. J. Lennard,
    B. Turett*,
    (918-46-985)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Sun-dual characterizations of the translation group of R
    Fran Jackson*, California Institute of Technology
    (918-46-200)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Dedekind completion of almost f-algebras
    Gerard J. Buskes*, University of Mississippi
    (918-06-448)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-6:40 p.m.
  AMS Session on Combinatorics, II
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    A combinatorial problem involving monomial ideals.
    Todd G Will*, Davidson College
    Heather Hulett,
    (918-05-1370)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Orientable $k$-Step Twin Domination of Graphs
    Lisa M Holley*, Western Michigan University
    (918-05-592)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    On majority domination in graphs.
    Tara S Holm*,
    (918-05-405)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Urn Sampling and a Majorization Inequality
    Kiran S Kedlaya*, Princeton University
    (918-05-1349)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Small G-designs of all Indices
    Kimberly S Kirkpatrick*, Auburn University
    Dean G Hoffman, Auburn University
    (918-05-1073)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The edge-deleted center of a graph
    John Koker*, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
    Kevin McDougal, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
    Steven J. Winers, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
    (918-05-196)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Symplectic structures on matroids using Pfaffian identities
    Joseph P. Kung*, University of North Texas
    (918-05-301)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The edge-added eccentricity of vertices in a graph
    Kevin Mc Dougal*, Univesity of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
    (918-05-974)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    When does a set of orthogonal frequency hypercubes give an affine geometry?
    Ilene H. Morgan*, University of Missouri-Rolla
    (918-05-1296)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Designs on Graphs
    Cheryl L Olsen*, University of Nebraska
    (918-05-1322)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    On the connectivity of graphs embedded in surfaces
    Michael D. Plummer*, Vanderbilt University
    Xiaoya Zha, Vanderbilt University
    (918-05-1418)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A new proof of a formula of Richard Stanley
    James G. Propp*, MIT
    (918-05-310)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Embedding Results for Partial Extended Triple Systems
    Michael E Raines*, Auburn University
    (918-05-1074)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Some Results on Stratified Graphs
    Dionysios Kountanis, Western Michigan University
    Yung-Ling Lai, Western Michigan University
    Reza Rashidi, Western Michigan University
    Farrokh Saba*, Western Michigan University
    (918-05-1263)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Lower Bounds on the Independence Ratio of Some Simple Graphs with Forbidden Induced Complete Subgraphs
    Peter L Sandberg*, University of South Carolina
    (918-05-706)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Molien series for complex reflection groups
    Scott Crass*,
    Anne Shepler,
    (918-05-63)
  • 6:15 p.m.
    A Characterization of Ternary Oriented Matroids
    Jon Lee,
    Matthew W Scobee*,
    (918-05-991)
  • 6:30 p.m.
    The boundaries of squeezed 3-balls and 4-balls are Hamiltonian
    Robert L. Hebble*, University of Kentucky
    (918-05-1571)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Geometry, I
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    The appolonius contact problem: Gergonne's construction.
    Jay P. Fillmore*, University of California, San Diego
    Marco Paluszny, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas
    (918-51-89)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Venn Said it couldn't be done
    Peter Hamburger*, Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne
    (918-51-170)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Ceva's and Steiner-Lehmus Theorem.
    Rahim G Karimpour*, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
    (918-51-670)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Computer Animations of Conformal Embeddings of Riemann Surfaces into $R^3$
    Paul R McCreary*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (918-51-1333)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Trace Equivalence in $SU(2,1)$
    Hanna M Sandler*, American University
    (918-51-1444)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Combinatorial Algebraic Methods for Symmetric Embedding of Triangulated Tori
    Heidi L Burgiel*, The Geometry Center
    Dennis Stanton, University of Minnesota
    (918-52-715)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    A Note on the Poincar\'e Polynomial of a Hyperplane Arrangement
    Stephen D. Szydlik*, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
    (918-52-435)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Composition Operators with Multivalent Symbol
    Rebecca G. Wahl*, Purdue University
    (918-47-978)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Group Theory
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Relation between the representations of a monoid of Lie type and those of its unit group.
    Rixin Yan*,
    (918-20-667)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Hyperbolic reflection groups, the Monster and the Bimonster
    Christopher S. Simons*, Princeton University
    (918-20-336)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Commuting Operators and Class Functions
    Edgar N Reyes*, Southeastern Louisiana University
    (918-20-864)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On Engelizers of Group Elements
    Patrick M. Ratchford*, Binghamton University
    (918-20-550)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    On an isomorphism problem for endomorphism near-rings
    Gary L Peterson*, James Madison University
    (918-20-493)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The equivalence of virtual descending and ascending chain conditions for virtually solvable groups.
    Robin Brooks, Bates College
    Charles Odenthal*, University of Toledo
    (918-20-847)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    On the conjugacy problem
    Seymour Lipschutz*, Temple University
    Wujie Shi, Southwest Normaal University
    (918-20-244)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Injectives in Categories of B-sheaves
    Thomas L LaFramboise*, Marietta College
    (918-20-653)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Subgroups with the Character Restriction Property and Normal Complements
    Suzanne I Doree*, Augsburg College
    (918-20-746)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The Semigroup of Binary Relations and Quasi Regularity
    Robert L Brandon*,
    Darel W Hardy,
    (918-20-382)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Exceptional Group Ring Automorphisms
    Peter Floodstrand Blanchard*, University of Alberta
    (918-20-1213)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Parametric characterizations of toroidal maps and modular quotient groups
    Jean H Bevis*, AMS
    (918-20-487)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Ulm Invariants and Normal $p$--subgroups of the Automorphism Group of an Abelian $p$--group
    Ross Peder Abraham*, University of Houston
    (918-20-828)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    On the near Frattini subgrops of residually finite amalgamated free products. II
    Mohammad K. Azarian*, University of Evansville
    (918-20-144)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Hall Polynomials for Classical Groups
    F. Miller Maley*, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
    (918-20-22)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Innovations in Teaching Linear Algebra, I
  Organizers:
  David C. Lay, University of Maryland lay@math.umd.edu
  Steven J. Leon, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    ATLAST Lesson Plans for Visualizing and Discovering Linear Algebra
    Steven J Leon*, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
    (918-F1-1316)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    Using MATLAB to Promote Visualization and Discovery of the Concepts of Span and Subspace
    Mary E Scherer*, University of Redlands
    David P Nasby, Orange Coast College
    Jeff W Neslen, Ursinus College
    Paul R Patten, North Georgia College
    Marcus J Saegrove, Viterbo College
    (918-F1-1100)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    A geometric introduction to the SVD
    Dan Kalman*, The Mathematical Association of America
    (918-F1-1364)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The Magnification Factor, Geometrically
    David R. Hill*, Temple University
    (918-F1-372)
  • 3:35 p.m.
    Singular Value Decomposition as a Last Lecture for Linear Algebra Classes
    Richard H. Elderkin*, Pomona College
    Colm Mulcahy, Spelman College
    John F. Rossi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
    (918-F1-1094)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    The Inclusion of Writing Assignments and Technology in a Linear Algebra Course
    Jennifer M McNulty*, The University of Montana
    (918-F1-1196)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    A project of Geometric Visualization in Linear Algebra
    EnBing Lin*, University of Toledo
    (918-F1-1081)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Using The Joy of Mathematica in Linear Algebra
    Alan Shuchat*, Wellesley College
    Fred Shultz, Wellesley College
    (918-F1-654)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Eigenshows using Mathematica
    Tilak A de Alwis*, Southeastern Louisiana University
    (918-F1-867)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Matrix inverses and linear independence - making the mysterious obvious
    Patrick A. Rossi*,
    (918-F1-1464)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    When can (or should) we teach least squares?
    Richard N Barshinger, Penn State-Scranton
    Caroline Haddad*, SUNY-Geneseo
    (918-F1-944)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    ``Tech'' Lesson Plans: Least Squares and the Normal Equations
    William C. Calhoun*, Kalamazoo College
    (918-F1-813)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Least Squares Problems and Developing the Concept of Projection in Linear Algebra Course
    Mikhail M. Bouniaev*, Southern Utah University
    (918-F1-520)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
  MAA Session on New Directions in Student Assessment, I
  Organizers:
  Richard Vandervelde, Hope College vandervelde@hope.cit.hope.edu
  Jay M. Jahangiri, Kent State University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    The Benefits of ``Out-of-Class" Testing and Retesting in Precalculus Mathematics
    Dianna Zook*, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
    Marilyn Reba, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
    (918-N1-1367)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Making mathematics user friendly using graphing technology and real-world projects.
    Jane T. Upshaw*, University of South Carolina Beaufort
    (918-N1-1134)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    "Is this going to be on the test?" Assessing Students' Abilities to Solve In-Depth Problems
    Trisha A Bergthold*,
    (918-N1-344)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Assessment and Student-Centered Active Learning
    G. Daniel Callon*,
    (918-N1-1048)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Written Student Course Portfolios to Assess and Promote Student Learning
    P. Gavin LaRose*, Nebraska Wesleyan Univ.
    (918-N1-1115)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Group Tests with Cooperative Learning.
    Nancy L. Hagelgans*, Ursinus College
    (918-N1-1219)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Integrating writing into assessment: Projects, Portfolios, \& essays.
    Richard D. West*,
    (918-N1-764)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Discussion
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Creativity and Technology in Student Projects
    Vesna Kilibarda*, University of Alaska Southeast
    (918-N1-660)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Student Management in the Calculus Classroom
    David O. Lomen*, University of Arizona
    (918-N1-528)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    New Directions in Student Assessment
    Virginia E. Stallings, American University
    Carol A. Tascione*, Bellevue University
    (918-N1-444)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A Professional Evaluation Model for Assessment
    Alan P. Knoerr*, Occidental College
    (918-N1-1149)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Journals and a Reflective Portfolio
    Michael A McDonald*, Occidental College
    (918-N1-525)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Creative Computer Based Assessment Methods
    Scott E. Inch*, Bloomsburg University
    Helmut R. Doll, Bloomsburg University
    (918-N1-1233)
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  AMS Committee on the Profession Presentation
  Careers for mathematicians in industry, government, and business.
  Organizers:
  Ruth Williams, University of California, San Diego
  Panelists:
  Steve Altschuler, Microsoft
  Richard Clayton, National Security Agency
  Aaron Levy, J. P. Morgan Securities
  Jill P. Mesirov, IBM
  Lani Wu, Microsoft
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Life after retirement.
  Organizers:
  Andrew Sterrett Jr, Mathematical Association of America
  Carol Shaw, Mathematical Association of America
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 2:15 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS) Presentation
  Mathematical, statistical, and algorithmic problems of very large data sets.
  Organizers:
  Anne K. Boyle, National Science Foundation
  Joan Feigenbaum, AT\&T Research
  Fred S. Roberts, DIMACS
  Presenters:
  Sarbani Basu, Aarhus University (Denmark)
  Ken Church, AT\&T Bell Laboratories
  David R. Karger, M.I.T.
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 3:20 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  The deepening impact of technology on mathematics and the means by which it can be learned and taught: The case of mathematics of change and variation
  James Kaput*, University of Massachussetts, Dartmouth
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
  AWM Panel Discussion
  What it takes to have a successful career in the mathematical sciences.
  Moderators:
  Chuu-Lian Terng, Northeastern University
  Panelists:
  Lynne M. Butler, Haverford College
  Mary W. Gray, American University
  Nancy J. Kopell, Boston University
  Lesley M. Sibner, Polytechnic University
  Audrey Terras, University of California, San Diego
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#16: Part A
  Technology, modeling, cooperative learning: Putting it all together.
  Organizers:
  Rosalie Dance, Georgetown University
  James T. Sandefur, Georgetown University
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#18: Part B
  Combinatorics via functional equations.
  Organizers:
  Donald R. Snow, Brigham Young University
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#3: Part A
  The use of hand-held numerical, graphical, and symbolic algebra devices in the teaching and learning of calculus.
  Organizers:
  Wade Ellis, West Valley College
  Carl Leinbach, Gettysburg College
  Bert K. Waits, Ohio State University
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  AMS Committee on the Profession Panel Discussion
  Beyond Rochester: Lessons for the future.
  Organizers:
  Frank Gilfeather, University of New Mexico
  Panelists:
  Arthur M. Jaffe, Harvard University
  Marvin Goldberger, University of California, San Diego
  James W. Maxwell, AMS
  John Tucker, Board on Mathematical Sciences
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 4:40 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  AWM Business Meeting
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Reception for First-Time Participants
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 7:15 p.m.-8:15 p.m.
  Young Mathematicians Network Discussion
  Concerns of young mathematicians: A town meeting.
  Organizers:
  Philip E. Gustafson, Emporia State University
  Panelists:
  Frank Sottile, University of Toronto
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 8:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
  AMS Josiah Willard Gibbs Lecture
  Patterns in Eigenvalues
  Persi Diaconis*, Harvard University
• Wednesday January 8, 1997, 9:30 p.m.-11:00 p.m.
  AWM Reception