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1998 Joint Mathematics Meetings
Baltimore, MD, January 7-10, 1998
Meeting #930

Monday January 5, 1998

• Monday January 5, 1998, 7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  MAA Short Course on the Introduction to Mathematical Imaging and Image Processing
  Organizers:
  Akram Aldroubi, Vanderbilt University
  Dennis Healy, DARPA/Dartmouth College
  

  • 7:00 a.m.
    Registration
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Overview of imaging and image processing.
    Murray Eden*, MIT
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Break
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Imaging systems.
    Dennis Healy*, DARPA/ Dartmouth College
  • 12:30 p.m.
    Lunch break
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Digital image processing (part 1).
    Akram Aldroubi*, Vanderbilt University
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Break
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Digital image processing (part 2).
    Akram Aldroubi*, Vanderbilt University
• Monday January 5, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  AMS Short Course Registration
• Monday January 5, 1998, 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
  AMS Short Course on Singular Perturbations
  Organizers:
  Robert E. O'Malley, Jr., University of Washington
  Jane Cronin Scanlon, Rutgers University
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Figuring out singular perturbations after a first course in ODEs.
    Robert E. O'Malley, Jr.*, University of Washington
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Break
  • 10:45 a.m.
    The method of multiple scales.
    Mark H. Holmes*, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Computational methods for singularly perturbed systems.
    Joseph Flaherty*, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Reception

Tuesday January 6, 1998

• Tuesday January 6, 1998, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  MAA Board of Governors
• Tuesday January 6, 1998, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
  AMS Short Course on Singular Perturbations
  Organizers:
  Robert E. O'Malley, Jr., University of Washington
  Jane Cronin Scanlon, Rutgers University
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Geometric methods and dynamical systems theory for singular perturbations.
    Tasso J. Kaper*, Boston University
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Break
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Analysis of cellular oscillations.
    Jane Cronin Scanlon*, Rutgers University
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Dynamic metastability and exponential asymptotics.
    Michael J. Ward*, University of British Columbia
• Tuesday January 6, 1998, 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
  MAA Short Course on the Introduction to Mathematical Imaging and Image Processing
  Organizers:
  Akram Aldroubi, Vanderbilt University
  Dennis Healy, DARPA/Dartmouth College
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Digital image processing (part 3).
    Akram Aldroubi*, Vanderbilt University
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Break
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Digital image processing (part 4).
    Akram Aldroubi*, Vanderbilt University
  • 12:00 p.m.
    Lunch break
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Diffusion Tensor MRI: A case study in processing tensor fieldl data.
    Peter Basser*, NICHD/NIH
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Statistical image processing.
    Carey Priebe*, Johns Hopkins University
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Break
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Signal estimation by wavelets in brain images.
    Urs Ruttimann*, NIAAA/NIH
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Multiwavelets in image processing.
    Doug Hardin*, Vanderbilt University
• Tuesday January 6, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
  AMS Council
• Tuesday January 6, 1998, 3:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
• Tuesday January 6, 1998, 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#3: Part A
  A dynamical systems approach to the differential equations course.
  Organizers:
  Paul R. Blanchard, Boston University
  Robert L. Devaney, Boston University
• Tuesday January 6, 1998, 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#4: Part A
  Computability and computational complexity: What is this all about?
  Organizers:
  William A. Marion, Valparaiso University
• Tuesday January 6, 1998, 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#5: Part A
  Teaching the history of mathematics using the World Wide Web.
  Organizers:
  Brian E. Smith, McGill University
  Mary Robinson, University of New Mexico
• Tuesday January 6, 1998, 6:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
  Mathchats
• Tuesday January 6, 1998, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#3: Part B
  A dynamical systems approach to the differential equations course.
  Organizers:
  Paul R. Blanchard, Boston University
  Robert L. Devaney, Boston University
• Tuesday January 6, 1998, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#4: Part B
  Computability and computational complexity: What is this all about?
  Organizers:
  William A. Marion, Valparaiso University
• Tuesday January 6, 1998, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#5: Part B
  Teaching the history of mathematics using the World Wide Web.
  Organizers:
  Brian E. Smith, McGill University
  Mary Robinson, University of New Mexico

Wednesday January 7, 1998

• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Mathematical Sciences Employment Register Registration
  Open for receipt of all interview request forms (forms accepted between 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.; none accepted on Thursday or Friday).
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 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 ndfisher@uic.edu
  Harvey B. Keynes, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
  Kenneth C. Millett, University of California Santa Barbara millett@math.ucsb.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Calculus with Precalculus: lessons learned in implementation.
    Doris J. Schattschneider*, Moravian College
    Kay B. Somers, Moravian College
    Dennis C. Ebersole, Northampton Comm. College
    (930-98-542)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Revitalizing Entry Level Mathematics.
    Benny D Evans*, Oklahoma State University
    (930-98-1038)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Outcomes Assessment of Teaching Methods in Remedial Mathematics.
    Judith Lee Baxter*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (930-98-110)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A Shift in Pedagogical and Curricular Focus: Impacting Students' Understanding and Attitudes.
    Tabitha T. Mingus*, Morehead State University
    Richard M. Grassl, University of Northern Colorado
    (930-98-413)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Evaluation of Non-Research Activities.
    L. Pamela Cook*, University of Delaware
    (930-98-1215)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Evaluation of Faculty - The Non-Research Side.
    Richard E. Phillips*, Michigan State University
    (930-98-540)
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computational Commutative Algebra, I
  Organizers:
  William W. Adams, University of Maryland, College Park
  Philippe Loustaunau, George Mason University
  Lyn Miller, Western Kentucky University lyn.miller@wku.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Moving Line Ideal Basis of Planar Rational Curves.
    David A. Cox*, Amherst College
    Thomas W. Sederberg, Brigham Young University
    Falai Chen, University of Science and Technology of China
    (930-13-183)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Tangent and normal cones at singular points of real surfaces.
    Donal O'Shea*, Mount Holyoke College and University of Hawaii at Manoa
    (930-14-174)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Cohomology of sheaves on a toric variety.
    David Eisenbud*, MSRI
    (930-14-1048)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A non-Buchberger algorithm for computing Groebner bases of toric ideals.
    Serkan Hosten*, George Mason University
    Rekha Thomas, Texas A&M University
    (930-13-175)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On the embedding dimension of the integral closure of an affine domain.
    B. Ulrich, Michigan State University
    Wolmer V. Vasconcelos*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
    (930-13-105)
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on History of Mathematical Logic, I
  Organizers:
  John W. Dawson, Jr., Pennsylvania State University, York jwd7@psu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Non-classical foundations before 1914.
    Wim B Ruitenburg*, Marquette University
    (930-01-486)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Last Fifty Years of Recursion Theory.
    Anil Nerode*, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850
    (930-03-595)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Set Theory Genealogy.
    Jean A. Larson*, University of Florida
    (930-01-1216)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Mathematical Import of Zermelo's Well-Ordering Theorem
    Akihiro Kanamori*, Boston University
    (930-01-28)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Fraenkel and the reception of intuitionism.
    Dirk D. Van Dalen*, Phil.Dept. Utrecht University
    (930-01-257)
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Homotopy Theory, I
  Organizers:
  W. Stephen Wilson, Johns Hopkins University wsw@math.jhu.edu
  Douglas C. Ravenel, University of Rochester drav@harpo.math.rochester.edu
  Jean-Pierre G. Meyer, Johns Hopkins University jpm@chow.mat.jhu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Restricted Kan complexes and higher categories .
    Andre Joyal*, UQAM
    (930-18-1161)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Block Bundle Origin of Stable Block Bundle Homotopy.
    Duane Randall*, Loyola University New Orleans
    (930-55-1093)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    An isomorphism between Bredon and Quinn homology via homotopy colimits.
    Robert N. Talbert*, Bethel College
    (930-55-938)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Homology of the Spectrum $bo$ and its Connective Covers.
    Dena S. Cowen*, John Carroll University
    (930-55-768)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Quasifibrations and the Abel-Jacobi map.
    Boon W Ong*, University of Rochester
    (930-55-260)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Little Polygons Operad.
    Satyan Devadoss*, Johns Hopkins University
    (930-55-198)
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Kleinian Groups and Hyperbolic Manifolds, I
  Organizers:
  James W. Anderson, University of Southampton jwa@maths.soton.ac.uk
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Boundaries of Teichm\"uller spaces and geodesic laminations.
    Jeffrey F Brock*, Stanford University
    (930-30-1088)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Triangle and Cube groups.
    Nicolaas H Kuiper, (deceased)
    Peter L Waterman*, Northern Illinois University
    (930-30-867)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Limits of Hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
    Timothy D Comar*, Valparaiso University
    (930-57-697)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Hyperbolic 3-manifolds with nonintersecting closed geodesics.
    Ara S. Basmajian*, Connecticut College and University of Oklahoma
    Scott A. Wolpert, University of Maryland
    (930-57-855)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Horoball packing and the volume of hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
    Chun Cao*, Boston College
    Robert Meyerhoff, Boston College
    (930-30-777)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Fundamental domains for cyclic groups.
    Todd A Drumm*, Swarthmore College
    Jonathan Poritz, Georgetown University
    (930-51-678)
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Nonlinear Inverse Problems: Mathematical Theory, Selected Applications, I
  Organizers:
  Heinz W. Engl, Johannes Kepler University engl@indmath.uni-linz.ac.at
  Thomas I. Seidman, University of Maryland, Baltimore County seidman@math.umbc.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Using Level Sets of Mode Shapes as Data for the Inverse Problem
    Joyce R. McLaughlin*,
    (930-35-35)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Affine Contravariant versus Covariant Gauss--Newton Methods for Nonlinear Inverse Problems.
    Peter J Deuflhard*, Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum Berlin
    (930-65-47)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Euler Methods for Backwards Heat Equations
    Thomas I Seidman*, UMBC (University of Maryland Baltimore County)
    (930-65-34)
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Quantum Gravity and Low-Dimensional Topology, I
  Organizers:
  John C. Baez, University of California Riverside baez@math.ucr.edu
  Stephen F. Sawin, Fairfield University ssawin@fair1.fairfield.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Discrete physics.
    Louis H. Kauffman*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (930-83-82)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Quantum Theory of Riemannian Geometry.
    Abhay Ashtekar*, Penn State
    (930-81-924)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A survey of cohomological physics.
    Jim Stasheff*, UNC - Chapel Hill
    (930-18-798)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Kontsevich integrals, knot invariants and TQFT.
    Roger Picken*, Instituto Superior T\'{e}cnico, Lisbon, Portugal.
    (930-55-650)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The space of states of canonical quantum gravity, diffeo invariance vs field theory.
    Joge Pullin*, Penn State
    (930-83-617)
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Recent Progress in the Theory of Operator Algebras and Their Applications, I
  Organizers:
  Randall Lee Crist, Creighton University crist@creighton.edu
  Roger Smith, Texas A\&M University rsmith@math.tamu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Crossed products of Hopf $C^*$-algebras and their universal properties.
    May M Nilsen*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (930-46-470)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Factorization in Nest Algebras II.
    Michalis Anoussis, Aegean University, Samos, Greece
    Elias G Katsoulis*, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858
    (930-47-302)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Nest Algebras are Hyperfinite.
    Kenneth R. Davidson*, University of Waterloo
    (930-47-452)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Principal Bimodules of Nest Algebras.
    Kenneth R Davidson, University of Waterloo
    John L. Orr*, University of Waterloo
    (930-47-966)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Purely infinite simple C*-algebras generated by a weighted shift and an isometry.
    Shuang Zhang*, University of Cincinnati
    (930-46-1169)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Brauer Semigroup.
    Astrid an Huef, Dartmouth College
    Iain Raeburn, University of Newcastle
    Dana P. Williams*, Dartmouth College
    (930-46-249)
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Value Distribution Theory and Its Related Topics, I
  Organizers:
  Ilpo Laine, University of Joensuu, Finland laine@joyl.joensuu.fi
  Charles F. Osgood, National Security Agency msp@titan1.math.umbc.edu
  C. C. Yang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology mayang@usthk.ust.hk
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Oscillation results for complex linear differential equations.
    Ilpo E Laine*, University of Joensuu, Finland
    Yik-Man E Chiang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    (930-34-637)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Completely invariant Julia sets for polynomial semigroups.
    Rich L. Stankewitz*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    (930-30-693)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Newton's method, transcendental functions, and complex dynamics.
    Kriete Hartje*, Goettingen University
    (930-30-1194)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    An Invariant Measure for Semigroups of Rational Functions .
    David A. Boyd*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    (930-30-687)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the Cardinality of the Unique Range Sets for Meromorphic and Entire Functions.
    Liangwen Liao*, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    (930-30-117)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Zeros of derivatives of a meromorphic function.
    Simon Hellerstein*, University of Wisconsin - Madison
    (930-30-908)
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#14: Part A
  Knot theory and applications in sciences.
  Organizers:
  Stefanos P. Gialamas, The Illinois Institute of Art
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#1: Part A
  Teaching a course in the history of mathematics.
  Organizers:
  V. Frederick Rickey, Bowling Green State University
  Victor J. Katz, University of the District of Columbia
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#6: Part A
  Mathematical algorithms, models, and graphic representations using spreadsheets.
  Organizers:
  Robert S. Smith, Miami University
  Deane E. Arganbright, University of Papua New Guinea
  Erich Neuwirth, University of Vienna
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Designs and Configurations
  

  • 8:15 a.m.
    The Terwilliger Algebras of Bipartite $P$- and $Q$-Polynomial Association Schemes.
    John S. Caughman, IV*, University of Wisconsin - Madison
    (930-05-57)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Planar and Toroidal Finite Fields.
    Dawn M. Jones*, Western Michigan University
    (930-05-524)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Modelling PG(n, q) on Surfaces and Pseudo-surfaces.
    Ramon M. Figueroa-Centeno*, Western Michigan University
    (930-05-651)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Combinatorial Approaches to the No-Three-in-Line Problem.
    Jodi A Schneider*, St.John's College
    (930-05-1008)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    The Spectrum for Directed Bowtie Systems.
    David A. Pike, East Central University
    Michael E. Raines*, Western Michigan University
    (930-05-104)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A Generalization of the Bell and Stirling Numbers.
    Robert V Gill*, University of Michigan
    (930-05-168)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Symmetrical Cayley maps with solvable automorphism groups.
    John Martino, Western Michigan University
    Michelle Schultz*, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    (930-05-454)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Examples of non-free arrangements.
    Joseph P. Kung*, University of North Texas
    (930-05-421)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Enumeration of words with forbidden patterns.
    Alexander Burstein*, University of Pennsylvania
    (930-05-569)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Covering with two block sizes.
    Daniel B Tenny*, Harvard College
    (930-05-561)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Zero-Sum Rado Numbers.
    Daniel Schaal*, South Dakota State University
    (930-05-1112)
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Functions
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Plurisubharmonic Extremal Functions of Linear Growth.
    David R Bainbridge*, University of Michigan
    (930-31-1127)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Cluster Sets of Analytic Functions on the Polydisk.
    John H Riley, Jr*, Bloomsburg Univ.
    (930-32-1003)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Geometric transplantation formulas for spherical functions.
    William O. Bray*, University of Maine
    (930-33-635)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Uniqueness for series of orthonormal functions.
    J. Marshall Ash*, DePaul University
    Gang Wang, DePaul University
    (930-42-861)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    $\L^p$ logarithmic Sobolev inequalities.
    Michael Pearson*, Mississippi State Univ
    (930-42-646)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Short Time Behavior of Hermite Functions on Compact Lie Groups.
    Jeffrey J. Mitchell*, Cornell University
    (930-33-126)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Vector-Valued Operational Calculus and Abstract Cauchy Problems.
    Boris Baeumer*, Louisiana State University
    (930-44-1162)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Weak univalence and connectedness of inverse images of continuous functions.
    Muddappa Seetharama Gowda, University of Maryland Baltimore County
    Roman Sznajder*, Bowie State University
    (930-90-644)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Multivariable multipower sampling theorems.
    Peter A. McCoy*, U.S. Naval Academy and U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
    (930-94-513)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    A comparison of the sampling theorems of Shannon and Kak.
    Nasser Dastrange*, Buena Vista University
    (930-26-435)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Calculus for Jerks.
    Paula L Kenyon*, Lockheed Martin
    Michael J Bardzell, Salisbury State University
    (930-98-1001)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Diophantine Conditions for the Linearization of Commuting Holomorphic Functions.
    David A. DeLatte*, University of North Texas
    (930-34-1144)
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  AMS Session on Algebraic Geometry and Fields
  

  • 8:15 a.m.
    Enriques surfaces as a family of bundles.
    Hoil Kim*, TGRC, Kyungpook Univ.
    (930-14-496)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Some amplifications and a correction of Iarrobino's construction of local parameters on {\rm Hilb}${}^n_{P^2_k}$.
    Mark E. Huibregtse*, Skidmore College (on leave 1997-98, visiting Texas A\&M University)
    (930-14-895)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Invariants and Association for Six Lines in ${\bf P}^3$.
    Dana R Vazzana*, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
    (930-14-937)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Variations of Mixed Hodge Structure.
    Gregory J. Pearlstein*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    Aroldo Kaplan, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    (930-14-1023)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    The Mathematics of Superfluidity.
    Christine Petersen Black*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    (930-14-1078)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    The algebraic closure of the Laurent series field in positive characteristic.
    Kiran S. Kedlaya*, Princeton University
    (930-12-671)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Embedding Problems and Quaternion Algebra Descent.
    John R. Swallow*, Davidson College
    (930-12-846)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Computing Galois Groups of Linear Differential Equations of Order Four.
    Sabrina A Hessinger*, Armstrong Atlantic State University
    (930-12-1142)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Explicit Reciprocity Laws for Function-Fields of Curves via Torsion-Witt Groups.
    Jonathan Shick*, New Orleans, Louisiana
    (930-13-1187)
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Chaotic Dynamics and Fractal Geometry, I
  Organizers:
  Jon W. Scott, Montgomery College jscott@umd5.umd.edu
  Denny Gulick, University of Maryland, College Park
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The sound of bifurcations.
    Steven M. Hetzler*, Salisbury State University
    Robert M. Tardiff, Salisbury State University
    (930-B1-784)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Legal inverse paths.
    Sandra Fillebrown*, St. Joseph's University
    (930-B1-735)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Undergraduate research experience in applied dynamics.
    Harold M Hastings*, Hofstra University
    Marysia T. Weiss, Hofstra University
    Yihren Wu, Hofstra University
    Martha L. Chong, Tufts University
    (930-B1-741)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Symbolic dynamics for IFS attractors.
    Sonya Bahar*, Duke University
    (930-B1-781)
  • 9:05 a.m.
    Chaos: The evolution of a definition.
    Pat Touhey*, College Misericordia
    (930-B1-752)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Understanding dynamics in two dimensions - an example.
    Ben Shanfelder*, Franklin & Marshall College
    Annalisa Crannell, Franklin & Marshall College
    (930-B1-769)
  • 9:35 a.m.
    Fractals and chaos: A connection.
    Hubert J. Ludwig*, Ball State University
    (930-B1-761)
  • 9:50 a.m.
    The complete bifurcation diagram.
    Chip Ross, Bates College
    Jody Sorensen*, Grand Valley State University
    (930-B1-771)
  • 10:05 a.m.
    Riddled basins of attraction: Inevitable uncertainties in outcomes of experiments.
    Edward Ott*, University of Maryland
    (930-B1-756)
  • 10:35 a.m.
    Chaotic attractors with discrete planar symmetries.
    Nathan Carter*, University of Scranton
    Richard Eagles, Lafayette College
    Stephen Grimes, Bucknell University
    (930-B1-774)
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Innovations in Teaching Linear Algebra, I
  Organizers:
  David C. Lay, University of Maryland, College Park lay@math.umd.edu
  Steven J. Leon, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth sleon@umassd.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    One-Dimensional Image Reconstruction: As a Tool to Motivate and Visualize a Basic Concept of Linear Algebra.
    Andrzej W. Kedzierawski*, SUNY Geneseo
    (930-F1-552)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Linear Algebra Projects on Wavelets.
    Edward Aboufadel*, Grand Valley State University
    Steven Schlicker, Grand Valley State University
    (930-F1-543)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Molecular Vibrations and Symmetry in Linear Algebra.
    Tom Halverson*, Macalester College
    Tom Varberg, Princeton University
    (930-F1-909)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Can I Make Money With This Polynomial?
    Brenda J Latka*, Lafayette College
    (930-F1-1103)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Using Affine Transformations to Generate Fractal Images.
    Henry J Ricardo*, Medgar Evers College (CUNY)
    (930-F1-648)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Matrices, Geometry \& Mathematica: Matrix theory through the eyes of the singular value decompostion.
    J. J. Uhl*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    William. J. Davis, Ohio State University
    Ben J. Halperin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Todd G Will, Davidson College
    (930-F1-312)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    ATLAST Mathematica Projects.
    Richard D Neidinger*, Davidson College
    (930-F1-423)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A Computer/Writing Project on Fourier Analysis in Linear Algebra.
    John A. Rhodes*, Bates College
    (930-F1-483)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    An Introduction to Angles: Visualizing Correlation and Randomness in Linear Algebra.
    Lisette G. dePillis, Harvey Mudd College
    Caroline N. Haddad*, State University of New York at Geneseo
    (930-F1-841)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    The importance of a writing component for computer exercises and projects in linear algebra.
    Steven J Leon*, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
    (930-F1-806)
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Session on Using Real World Data in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics, I
  Organizers:
  Florence S. Gordon, New York Institute of Technology fgordon@faculty.nyit.edu
  Sheldon P. Gordon, Suffolk Community College SGORDON@ccmail.sunysb.edu
  Iris B. Fetta, Clemson University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Opening remarks
  • 8:05 a.m.
    Applied calculus and football.
    Iris Brann Fetta*, Clemson University
    (930-G1-854)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Accessible Technology Puts Students in Business.
    Thomas E Kelley*, Metro State College of Denver
    (930-G1-570)
  • 8:35 a.m.
    Modeling of real data in algebra and finite mathematics courses.
    Ronald J. Harshbarger*, University of South Carolina-Beaufort
    (930-G1-461)
  • 8:50 a.m.
    Teaching Applied Calculus using Real World Data.
    Patti Frazer Lock*, St. Lawrence University
    (930-G1-611)
  • 9:05 a.m.
    Thomas Malthus: From the Original Source to a Modern Rendition.
    Carl E Swenson*, Seattle University
    (930-G1-1082)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Fitting Curves to Model the Sales of Compact Discs.
    Philip Cheifetz*, Nassau Community College
    (930-G1-376)
  • 9:35 a.m.
    Baseball Data in Teaching Advanced Modeling and Statistics.
    William P Fox*, USMA
    (930-G1-630)
  • 9:50 a.m.
    Quantitative Problem Solving Using Real Applications.
    Kay B. Somers*, Moravian College
    (930-G1-636)
  • 10:05 a.m.
    Assessing What Students Learn Using Real World Data.
    Sheldon P. Gordon*, SUNY College at Farmingdale
    (930-G1-892)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Chemistry ABC's in math classes.
    Rich West*, U.S. Military Academy
    (930-G1-360)
  • 10:35 a.m.
    Calculus Student's Interpretation of Their Computations Using Real World Data .
    Jack Bookman*, Duke University
    (930-G1-995)
  • 10:50 a.m.
    Using Data in the Teaching and Learning of Differential Equations.
    N. Paul Schembari*, East Stroudsburg University
    (930-G1-515)
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Mathematics For Preservice Elementary Teachers, I
  Organizers:
  Albert D. Otto, Illinois State University otto@math.ilstu.edu
  C. Patrick Collier, University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh
  Judith L. Covington, Louisiana State University at Shreveport
  William E. Haver, Virginia Commonwealth University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Mathematics for Preservice Elementary Teachers - An Integrated Course in Content and Methods at DePauw University.
    Janet E. Teeguarden*, DePauw University
    (930-N1-319)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Increasing the Math and Science Preparation of Prospective K-8 Teachers.
    Phillip E. McNeil*, Norfolk State University
    Sharon Emerson-Stonnell, Longwood College
    Curtiss E. Wall, Norfolk State University
    (930-N1-366)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Elementary Mathematics Education: A Capstone Experience.
    Michael A McDonald*, Occidental College
    (930-N1-363)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Strengthening Statewide Mathematics Requirements for Elementary School Teachers.
    William E. Haver*, Virginia Commonwealth University
    Richard D. Anderson, Louisiana State University
    (930-N1-698)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Mathematics for Preservice Elementary Teachers at Mary Washington College.
    Marie P Sheckels*, Mary Washington College
    Patricia M Dean, Mary Washington College
    (930-N1-845)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Enhancing Student Communication Skills Through Problems of the Week.
    Dale R. Oliver*, Humboldt State University
    Phyllis Z. Chinn, Humboldt State University
    (930-N1-940)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Mathematical Understanding Through Conversation.
    Joan D. Lukas*, University of Massachusetts at Boston
    Judith A. Clark, University of Massachusetts at Boston
    (930-N1-896)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Needed Experiences for K - 8 Preservice Teachers .
    Cheryl A. Lubinski*, Illinois State University
    Albert D. Otto, Illinois State University
    (930-N1-925)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Probability and Statistics for Preservice Elementary Teachers at Western Michigan University.
    Pam Crawford*, Western Michigan University
    (930-N1-669)
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  The impact of new K--12 instructional materials on teacher preparation programs.
  Organizers:
  Lee L. Zia, University of New Hampshire
  John S. Bradley, National Science Foundation
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Partnerships in undergraduate education, I.
  Organizers:
  Frank R. Giordano, COMAP
  James H. Lightbourne, III, National Science Foundation
  Elizabeth J. Teles, National Science Foundation
  Panelists:
  Mark H. Holmes, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  Dennis DeTurck, University of Pennsylvania
  Dorothy W. Wallace, Dartmouth College
  Benny Evans, Oklahoma State University
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 9:35 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  How can an MAA teaching consultant help a department?
  Organizers:
  Bonnie Gold, Wabash College
  Richard D. Carmichael, Wake Forest University
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 9:35 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Partnerships in undergraduate education, II.
  Organizers:
  Frank R. Giordano, COMAP
  James H. Lightbourne, III, National Science Foundation
  Elizabeth J. Teles, National Science Foundation
  Panelists:
  Alan C. Tucker, SUNY at Stony Brook
  Steven R. Dunbar, University of Nebraska
  Daniel P. Maki, Indiana University
  Donald B. Small, U. S. Military Academy
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  AMS Special Presentation
  Mathematical markup language: Enabling math in HTML documents.
  Organizers:
  Patrick D.F. Ion, {\it Mathematical Reviews}
  Ralph E. Youngen, AMS
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Recent advances in geometric mechanics: Theory and applications.
  Tudor Stefan Ratiu*, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Invited Address
  How to handle infinite energies.
  Haim Brezis*, Universit\'e de Paris and Rutgers University
  (930-82-11)
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Book Sales and Exhibits
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
  AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture I
  Introduction to geometric probability.
  Gian-Carlo Rota*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  (930-52-41)
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  They symmetry mystique.
  Marjorie Senechal*, Smith College
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 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.uic.edu
  Harvey B. Keynes, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
  Kenneth C. Millett, University of California Santa Barbara millett@math.ucsb.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Collaborating Across Communities: An Example.
    Deborah Ball*, University of Michigan
    Hyman Bass, Columbia University
    (930-97-1170)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Collaborating Across Communities: The Building on Strengths Colloquium.
    E.~Paul Goldenberg*, EDC
    Wayne Harvey, EDC
    (930-97-998)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Educational reform and minority institutions.
    James C. Turner, Jr.*, Arizona State University
    (930-98-836)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Curriculum Reform at Southern University.
    Stella R Ashford*, Southern University
    (930-98-1148)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Trends in Calculus Reform at the WBHR-AMP Institutions.
    Joshua A Leslie, Howard University
    Adeniran Adeboye*, Howard University
    (930-98-1177)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Ten Years of Calculus Reform: Where we've been and where we're going based on a study conducted at the National Science Foundation.
    Susan L. Ganter*, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    (930-98-1028)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    What Now, Brown Cow? --- Thoughts on the Future of Calculus Reform.
    D. J. Lewis*, National Science Foundation
    (930-98-753)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Lower Level Courses: What Lies Ahead?
    Deborah Hughes Hallett*, Harvard University
    (930-98-982)
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 2:15 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Applied Dynamics, Geometric Analysis, and Mechanics, I
  Organizers:
  Tudor Ratiu, University of California At Santa Cruz ratiu@cats.ucsc.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    The momentum cone of a cotangent bundle.
    Reyer Sjamaar*, Cornell University
    (930-58-890)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Relative Equilibria at Singular Points of the Moment Map.
    Eugene Lerman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne
    Stephanie Frank Singer*, Haverford College
    (930-53-996)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The exponential map on the free loop space is Fredholm.
    Gerard K Misiolek*, University of Notre Dame
    (930-58-297)
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computable Mathematics and Its Applications, I
  Organizers:
  Valentina Harizanov, George Washington University val@math.gwu.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Recursive Matheamtics: Where it is coming from and where it might go.
    Anil Nerode*, Cornell University
    (930-03-599)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Feasible Structures with Standard Universe.
    Douglas Cenzer*, Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    (930-03-449)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Properties of sets which are excisable from domains of computable real functions.
    Iraj Kalantari*, Western Illinois University
    (930-03-1015)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Generalized cohesiveness.
    Tamara Hummel*, Allegheny College
    Carl G. Jockusch, Jr., University of Illinois
    (930-03-65)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    More on generalized cohesiveness.
    Tamara Hummel, Allegheny College
    Carl G. Jockusch, Jr.*, University of Illinois
    (930-03-402)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Computable Fully Ordered Groups.
    David Reed Solomon*, Cornell University
    (930-03-934)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    A framework for the priority method.
    Manuel Lerman*, University of Connecticut
    (930-03-404)
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 2:15 p.m.-4:35 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computational Commutative Algebra, II
  Organizers:
  William W. Adams, University of Maryland, College Park
  Philippe Loustaunau, George Mason University
  Lyn Miller, Western Kentucky University lyn.miller@wku.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Invariants from canonical bases.
    Joseph P Brennan*, North Dakota State University
    (930-13-182)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    An Alternate Method for Computing SAGBI-Groebner Bases.
    William W. Adams, University of Maryland
    Philippe Loustaunau, Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc.
    J. Lyn Miller*, Western Kentucky University
    (930-13-1067)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Classification of term orders on a module.
    Karen Marie Horn*, University of Maryland
    (930-06-1199)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    A bottom-up approach to Gr\"obner Bases.
    Moss E Sweedler*, Cornell University
    (930-13-490)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Multivariable Elimination using Dixon Resultants.
    Deepak Kapur*, State University of New York at Albany
    (930-13-158)
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 2:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on History of Mathematical Logic, II
  Organizers:
  John W. Dawson, Jr., Pennsylvania State University, York jwd7@psu.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Hilbert's Consistency Proofs.
    Wilfried Sieg*, Carnegie Mellon University
    (930-01-267)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Was Aristotle the first mathematical logician?
    John Corcoran*, Department of Philosophy, SUNY at Buffalo
    (930-03-1209)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The "Infinitary Cholera Bacillus": Cantor and the Reception of Infinitesimals, 1870-1910.
    Gregory H. Moore*, McMaster University
    (930-01-1070)
• Wednesday January 7, 1998, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Homotopy Theory, II
  Organizers:
  W. Stephen Wilson, Johns Hopkins University wsw@math.jhu.edu
  Douglas C. Ravenel, University of Rochester drav@harpo.math.rochester.edu
  Jean-Pierre G. Mayer, Johns Hopkins University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Essential category weight and classifying spaces.
    Jeffrey A Strom*, Wayne State University
    (930-55-120)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Homotopy invariants of certain n-connective coverings.
    Charles A. McGibbon, Wayne State University
    Joseph Roitberg*, Hunter College, Graduate Center (CUNY)
    (930-55-127)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    A construction producing cyclotomic extensions of $E_\infty$ spectra.
    Roland Schw\"anzl, University of Osnabr\"uck
    Rainer M Vogt*, University of Osnabr\"uck
    Friedhelm Waldhausen, University of Bielefeld
    (930-55-258)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    The Bousfield-Kan Spectral Sequence for Periodic Homology Theories.
    Martin Bendersky*, Hunter College
    Robert D Thompson, Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY
    (930-55-152)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    $v_1$-periodic homotopy groups of compact simple Lie groups.
    Donald M. Davis*, Lehigh University
    (930-55-149)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    The Rigidity Theorems of Witten via Equivariant Elliptic Cohomology.
    Ioanid Rosu*, M.I.T.
    (930-55-620)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Homological Perturbation Theory.
    Mauricio Mata*, The Pennsylvania State Univeristy
    (930-18-1004)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    A generalization of Serre's theorem on the homotopy groups of a finite complex.
    Jesper Grodal*, MIT
    (930-55-968)