Joint Mathematics Meetings Program by Day

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

Friday January 9, 1998

• Friday January 9, 1998, 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m.
  Joint Pi Mu Epsilon and MAA Student Chapter Advisors' Breakfast
• Friday January 9, 1998, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
• Friday January 9, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, I
  Organizers:
  James J. Tattersall, Providence College tat@providence.edu
  Karen H. Parshall, University of Virginia khp3k@virginia.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Mathematics of Levi ben Gershon.
    Shai Simonson*, Stonehill College
    (930-01-372)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Felix Hausdorff and the Continuum Problem.
    Jacob M Plotkin*, Michigan State University
    Marion Scheepers, Boise State University
    (930-01-432)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    George Berkeley's Mathematical, Philosophical, and Religious Ideas: The Intersections, 1732-1735.
    Helena M. Pycior*, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    (930-01-566)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Continuous nowhere differentiable functions.
    Peter Duren*, University of Michigan
    (930-01-171)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Women and Mathematical Education in Classical India.
    Kim Plofker*, Brown University
    (930-01-214)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The mathematical love letters of Barnes Wallis.
    John G Fauvel*, The Open University, England
    (930-01-143)
• Friday January 9, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Session on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, I
  Organizers:
  Michael A. McDonald, Occidental College mickey@oxy.edu
  Karen J. Graham, University of New Hampshire
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Identifying the Skills that are Critical to Success in Precalculus.
    Barry M Cherkas*, Hunter College (CUNY)
    Baranchik Alvin, Hunter College (CUNY)
    (930-00-471)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    The Effect of Computer Algebra Systems on Developmental Algebra Courses .
    Laurie B Hopkins*, Columbia College
    Amelia S Kinard, Columbia College
    (930-98-296)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    A Classification System For Conceptual and Procedural Errors in Calculus.
    Mary K. Porter*, Saint Mary's College
    (930-98-955)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Reform at West Point in year seven
    Rich West*, U.S. Military Academy
    (930-98-348)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    A Report on the Impact of the Calculus Reform Movement: A study conducted at the National Science Foundation.
    Susan L. Ganter*, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    (930-98-1018)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    The effects of writing assignments on second-semester calculus students' understanding of the limit concept.
    Melanie A Wahlberg*, Western Michigan University
    (930-98-653)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Knowing when you are right: Four students’' justifications of their solutions to a definite integral.
    King D King*, San Diego State University
    Chris L Rasmussen, Purdue University Calumet
    (930-98-688)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Describing Beginning Calculus Students' Understandings of Variables, Functions, and Rates as a Foundation for Learning the Derivative.
    Susan F Pustejovsky*, Alverno College
    (930-98-1167)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    How Undergraduates' Understanding of Variables Affects Their Choice of Strategies Used to Solve Algebra Problems .
    Albert D. Otto*, Illinois State University
    Cheryl A. Lubinski, Illinois State University
    (930-98-935)
• Friday January 9, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, II
  Organizers:
  Melvin Hochster, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor hochster@math.lsa.umich.edu
  Craig L. Huneke, Purdue University hunkek@macaulay.math.purdue.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Algorithmic computation of local cohomology modules: an application of non-commutative Gr\"obner bases to commutative algebra.
    Uli Walther*, University of Minnesota
    (930-13-187)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Symbolic Rees algebras over strongly F-regular rings.
    Anurag K. Singh*, University of Michigan
    (930-13-701)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Plus Closure in Mixed Characteristic.
    Raymond Heitmann*, The University of Texas at Austin
    (930-13-877)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A generalization of the Auslander-Buchsbaum formula.
    David A Jorgensen*, University of Texas
    (930-13-772)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Test ideals in coordinate rings of Fermat curves.
    Moira A. McDermott*, Bowdoin College
    (930-13-746)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Strong and weak F-regularity are equivalent in graded rings.
    Gennady Lyubeznik, University of Minnesota
    Karen E Smith*, MIT
    (930-13-334)
• Friday January 9, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Difference Equations and Applications, I
  Organizers:
  Edward A. Grove, University of Rhode Island grove@math.uri.edu
  Gerasimos Ladas, University of Rhode Island gladas@math.uri.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Extinction of Several Species in a Discrete Competitive System.
    John E Franke*, North Carolina State University
    David M Chan, North Carolina State University
    (930-92-831)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Discrete Age-Structured Competitive Systems With Predation And Patches.
    Abdul-Aziz Yakubu*, Howard University
    (930-34-153)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Dynamical behavior of a discrete, one-island, migration model with density-dependent selection.
    James F Selgrade*, North Carolina State University
    James H Roberds, USDA Forest Service
    (930-92-518)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Global Stability for a Population Model.
    Jeffrey T Hoag*, Providence College
    Gerry Ladas, University of Rhode Island
    John E. Franke, North Carolina State University
    (930-39-1012)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the Behavior of Solutions of the Difference Equation $x_{n+1}=x_{n-1}e^{-x_{n}}$.
    Edward A. Grove, Univ. of Rhode Island
    Candace M. Kent*, Univ. of Rhode Island
    Gerry Ladas, Univ. of Rhode Island
    (930-39-666)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Geometric unfolding of a difference equation.
    Christopher Zeeman*, Oxford University, Cambridge, UK
    (930-39-547)
• Friday January 9, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Inverse Problems and Signal Analysis, I
  Organizers:
  M. Zuhair Nashed, University of Delaware nashed@math.udel.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    An overview of parabolic inverse problems.
    John R Cannon*, University of Central Florida
    (930-35-294)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Continuous Dependence on Modling for Ill-Posed Problems.
    Karen A Ames*, UAH
    (930-35-748)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Gibbs(-Wilbraham) Phenomenon - An Update.
    Abdul J Jerri*, Clarkson University
    (930-65-532)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Discrete Cosine Transform.
    Gilbert Strang*, M.I.T.
    (930-42-330)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The asymptotics of optimal (equiripple) filters.
    Jianhong Shen*, MIT
    Gilbert William Strang, MIT
    (930-41-1191)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    System Identification Using Time-Frequency Analysis and Synthesis.
    Xiang-Gen Xia*, University of Delaware
    (930-94-308)
• Friday January 9, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Knot Theory and Quantum Topology, I
  Organizers:
  Doug Bullock, Boise State University bullock@diamond.idbsu.edu
  Mark E. Kidwell, U.S. Naval Academy mek@math6.sma.usna.navy.mil
  Jozef H. Przytycki, George Washington University przytyck@math.gwu.edu
  Yongwu Rong, George Washington University rong@math.gwu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Multiple harmonic series and Kontsevich's invariant
    Michael E Hoffman*, U.S. Naval Academy
    (930-16-29)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Structures and diagrammatics of four dimensional topological lattice field theories.
    J. Scott Carter, University of South Alabama
    Louis H. Kauffman, University of Illinois at Chicago
    Masahico Saito*, University of South Florida
    (930-57-295)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A topological approach to character varieties and their quantizations.
    Adam S. Sikora*, University of Maryland at Collage Park
    (930-57-1154)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Multiplicative Invariants and the Andrews-Curtis Conjecture.
    John Rosson*, Portland State University
    (930-57-928)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Lie Group Representations of Knot Complements.
    Brian S Mangum*, Barnard College, Columbia University
    Patrick D Shanahan, Loyola Marymount University
    (930-57-967)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Cyclic Dehn Surgery and the A-Polynomial of a Knot.
    Patrick D Shanahan*, Loyola Marymount University
    (930-57-45)
• Friday January 9, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematical Methods in Paper Folding, I
  Organizers:
  Thomas C. Hull, University of Rhode Island hull@math.uri.edu
  Robert J. Lang, Spectral Diode Laboratories, Inc. rjlang@aol.com
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Mathematical Models of Paper Folding - a Survey .
    Thomas C. Hull*, Merrimack College
    (930-52-574)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Folding and Cutting Paper.
    Erik D. Demaine*, University of Waterloo
    Martin L. Demaine, University of Waterloo
    (930-51-85)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Folding Regular Polygons.
    Robert R.A. Geretschläger*, Bundesrealgymnasium Keplerstrasse 1, Graz, Austria
    (930-51-139)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Folding Parabolic Cylinders in Three and Higher Dimensions.
    Vincent J Matsko*, Quincy University
    (930-51-503)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    An algorithm for origami design.
    Robert J Lang*, Pleasanton, CA
    (930-51-468)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The complexity of flat origami.
    Bern Marshall, Xerox PARC
    Hayes Barry*, PlaceWare, Inc.
    (930-05-1011)
• Friday January 9, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Recent Developments on the Laplace Operator and Its Geometric Applications, I
  Organizers:
  Ying Shen, Dartmouth College ying.shen@dartmouth.edu
  Shumhui Zhu, Dartmouth College shunhui.zhu@dartmouth.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Homoclinic harmonic maps from the Lorentz space $S^1\times R$ to symmetric spaces.
    Chuu-Lian Terng*, Northeastern Univeristy
    Karen Uhlenbeck, The University of Texas at Austin
    (930-35-871)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    K\"ahler-Ricci Solitons and Periodic Orbits.
    Huai-Dong Cao*, Texas A&M University
    (930-53-674)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Energy minimizing maps from Riemann surfaces.
    Jingyi Chen*, UBC/MIT
    (930-53-442)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Minimal isometric immersions of spherical space forms into spheres.
    Christine M Escher*, Oregon State University
    (930-53-215)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Heat kernels of Lorentz cones.
    Hongming Ding*, St. Louis University
    (930-35-123)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Mutually Isospectral Riemann Surfaces.
    Robert Brooks, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa)
    Ruth Gornet*, Texas Tech University
    William H. Gustafson, Texas Tech University
    (930-53-1149)
• Friday January 9, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Representation Theory and Noncommutative Harmonic Analysis: A Special Session Honoring the Memory of Harish-Chandra, I
  Organizers:
  Robert S. Doran, Texas Christian University r.doran@tcu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Harmonic Analysis on semisimple Lie groups: Harish--Chandra's work and its influence.
    Veeravalli S Varadarajan*, University of California at Los Angeles
    (930-22-133)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Weighted orbital integrals and transfer on real groups.
    James G. Arthur*, University of Toronto
    (930-22-439)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Intertwining operators and small unitary representations.
    A W Knapp*, SUNY Stony Brook
    (930-22-356)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Some problems in analysis related to representation theory.
    Ray A Kunze*, The University of Georgia
    (930-42-414)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Discrete Series Characters for GL(n) over a p-adic field.
    Paul J Sally, Jr*, University of Chicago
    (930-22-886)
• Friday January 9, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Topology in Dynamical Systems, II
  Organizers:
  Kathleen T. Alligood, George Mason University alligood@gmuvax.gmu.edu
  Judy Anita Kennedy, University of Delaware jkennedy@math.udel.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Conjugacies that preserve boundary orbits.
    Michael C Sullivan*, Southern Ill. Univ.
    (930-58-185)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Chaos in the Lorenz Equations with Classical Parameter Values: a Computer Assisted Proof.
    Konstantin Mischaikow, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Marian Mrozek, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski
    Andrzej C Szymczak*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (930-34-936)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Nonsymmetric Lorenz Attractor from a Homoclinic Bifurcation.
    Clark Robinson*, Northwestern University
    (930-58-508)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Homological properties of certain minimal sets.
    Krystyna M Kuperberg*, Auburn University
    (930-58-783)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    New characterizations of (weakly) almost periodic functions in terms of the algebra of $\beta S_d$.
    Neil Hindman*, Howard University
    Dona Strauss, University of Hull
    (930-54-287)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Directed organization [DO$_{i-j}$] groups on toroidal manifolds, and folding dynamics of proteins by topological mechanics.
    Okan Gurel*, IBM
    Demet Gurel, Touro College
    (930-54-1115)
• Friday January 9, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#13: Part A
  Music and mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Leon Harkleroad, Poughkeepsie, NY
• Friday January 9, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#2: Part A
  Interdisciplinary lively application projects.
  Organizers:
  Frank R. Giordano, COMAP
  Marie M. Vanisko, Carroll College
  Laurette B. Foster, Prairie View A|&M
• Friday January 9, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#8: Part B
  Linear algebra using an interactive text.
  Organizers:
  Eugene A. Herman, Grinnell College
  Michael D. Pepe, Seattle Central Community College
  Robert T. Moore, University of Washington
  James R. King, University of Washington
• Friday January 9, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  AMS Session on Algebraic Topology
  

  • 8:15 a.m.
    A counterexample to a question on the integrality property of `virtual signature'.
    Ranja Roy*, SUNY at Binghamton
    (930-55-66)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Periodic points on tori and Pontryagin duality.
    Peter N Wong*, Bates College
    (930-55-284)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    The topological fundamental group and the construction of fibrations which are nearly covering spaces.
    Daniel K. Biss*, Harvard University
    (930-55-487)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Some completion problems in algebraic topology.
    James A Kosinski*, University of Michigan
    (930-55-1128)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Homogeneous Spaces, Elliptic Genera and Loop Groups.
    Scott J Simmons*, University of Kentucky
    (930-55-1013)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Rational L.S. category of function spaces.
    Samuel B Smith*, Saint Joseph's University
    (930-55-79)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    A Minami-Webb formula for compact Lie groups
    John R. Martino*, Western Michigan University
    Stewart B. Priddy, Northwestern University
    (930-55-397)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the geometry of free loop space.
    Palanivel Manoharan*, Florida Gulf Coast University
    (930-58-243)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A Box Product in Unstable Equivariant Homotopy Theory.
    Michele Intermont*, Mesa State College
    (930-55-1030)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Residual Amenability and the Approximation of $L^2$-invariants.
    Bryan F. Clair*, Univ. Of Chicago
    (930-58-493)
• Friday January 9, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:10 a.m.
  AMS Session on Applied Dynamics, Geometric Analysis, and Mechanics
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Filling Wells of Negative Ricci Curvature.
    Christine M Guenther*, University of Oregon
    (930-58-1118)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces and Robertson conjecture.
    Subhajit Ghosechowdhury*, Purdue University
    (930-47-978)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Stabilizability Issue for Coupeled Wave System in Parallel.
    Mahmod Najafi*, Kent State University
    (930-93-1066)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    The Dirichlet Problem for Dirac Spinors. Prescribing the Surface Tension of Immersions.
    George I Kamberov*, Washington University
    (930-53-172)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Modeling Multi-Rigid-Body Dynamics with Contact and Friction.
    Mihai Anitescu*