Joint Mathematics Meetings Program by Day

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

Saturday January 10, 1998

• Saturday January 10, 1998, 7:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 7:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, III
  Organizers:
  James J. Tattersall, Providence College tat@providence.edu
  Karen H. Parshall, University of Virginia khp3k@virginia.edu
  

  • 7:30 a.m.
    Some Roots of a Revolution: The Conflict over Arithmetization in Sixteenth-, Seventeenth- and Eighteenth- Century English Editions of Euclid's Elements Books I Through VI: 1570-1795.
    Joel A Goldstein*, Wise Web softWare
    David G Goldstein, Wise Web softWare
    Jonathan R Verlin, Drexel University, W. B. Saunders Inc.
    (930-01-847)
  • 8:00 a.m.
    Leibniz’s'notions of coordinates in a new age of physical enquiry.
    John D Anderson*, University of Toronto
    (930-01-958)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    William Fogg Osgood at Harvard.
    Diann R Porter*, University of Arizona
    (930-01-462)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Mathematics in the XIX and first half of the XX century in South America.
    Ubiratan D'Ambrosio*, Brazilian Society of History of Science
    (930-01-429)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Search for L. C. Walker.
    Bruce Reznick*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (930-01-724)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Adolph Mayer's Early Work in the Calculus of Variations.
    Craig G Fraser*, University of Toronto
    (930-01-329)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The origin of the fifteen schoolgirls problem.
    Robin J. Wilson*, The Open University, UK
    Terry S. Griggs, The Open University, UK
    (930-01-303)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Session on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, II
  Organizers:
  Michael A. McDonald, Occidental College mickey@oxy.edu
  Karen J. Graham, University of New Hampshire
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Fundamental Theorem of Statistics: Classifying Student Understanding of Basic Statistical Concepts.
    Julie M. Clark*, Emory & Henry College
    David Mathews, Southwestern Michigan College
    Joseph Wimbish, Huntindgon College
    (930-98-327)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    An Investigation of the Development of Mathematical Understanding and the Nature of Students' Processes of Constructing Knowledge in a Technological Environment.
    Mercedes A McGowen*, William Rainey Harper College
    (930-98-1181)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Research on aspects of mathematics learning in the context of projects in a multivariable calculus course with CAS support.
    Ronald H. Wenger, University of Delaware
    David C. Klemenz*, University of Delaware
    (930-98-939)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Math Majors' Attempts at Proof Validation.
    Annie Selden*, Tennessee Technological University
    John Selden, Mathematics Education Resources Co.
    (930-98-465)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    The Relationship Between Gender, Level of Mathematics Anxiety, and Coping Strategies in College Students: A Goodness of Fit Model.
    Fred Peskoff*, Kingsborough Community College, CUNY
    (930-98-682)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Undergraduate Mathematics Majors' Understanding of Definition.
    Barbara S Edwards*, Oregon State University
    (930-98-917)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Facilitating Learning Events Through Example Generation.
    Randall P. Dahlberg, Crofton, MD
    David L Housman*, Allegheny College
    (930-98-550)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Pre-service elementary school teachers' conceptions of least common multiple.
    Anne Brown, Indiana University South Bend
    Karen Thomas, University of Wisconsin Platteville
    Georgia Tolias*, Purdue University Calumet
    (930-98-1056)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Pre-service elementary school teachers' mathematical conceptions - some obstacles to schema construction .
    Anne E Brown*, Indiana University South Bend
    Karen Thomas, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
    Georgia Tolias, Purdue University Calumet
    (930-98-573)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, IV
  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.
    A generalized Dedekind-Mertens lemma and its converse.
    Alberto Corso*, Purdue University
    (930-13-999)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On small cofinite irreducibles.
    Jee Heub Koh*, Indiana University
    (930-13-1029)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The commutative algebra of exterior algebras.
    Annetta Aramova, University of Sofia
    Luchezar L. Avramov*, Purdue University
    J\"urgen Herzog, University of Essen
    (930-13-860)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    An Asymptotic Upper Bound for Certain Socle Dimensions.
    Carolyn A. Yackel*, University of Michigan
    (930-13-378)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Gorenstein sets of points and the Gale Transform.
    David Eisenbud*, MSRI/ UC Berkeley
    (930-13-1040)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Linear equivalence of topologies.
    Irena Swanson*, New Mexico State University
    (930-13-380)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Difference Equations and Applications, III
  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.
    Multiple positive solutions to a discrete boundary value problem.
    Allan C. Peterson*, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (930-39-864)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Distributional Analog of A Sum Form Functional Equation.
    Elias Y. Deeba*, University of Houston-Downtown
    Eusebio L. Koh, University of Regina
    Shishen S. Xie, University of Houston-Downtown
    Prasanna K. Sahoo, University of Louisville
    (930-39-93)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Positive Solutions of Boundary Value Problems for $nth$ Order Nonlinear Difference Equations.
    Johnny Henderson*, Auburn University
    Susan D. Lauer, Auburn University
    (930-39-33)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Ibn-Ezra Transform.
    Doron Zeilberger*, Temple University
    (930-39-538)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Polytopic Jacobi and Gauss--Seidel Iterations: Convergence {\em via Convex $M$--Matrices}
    Dragoslav D. {\v S}iljak*, Santa Clara University
    Du{\v s}an M. Stipanovi{\'c}, Santa Clara University
    (930-65-392)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Scaling laws for shadowing time.
    Tim D. Sauer*, George Mason University
    (930-39-1085)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Homotopy Theory, VI
  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.
    Some questions about Bousfield classes.
    Mark Hovey, Wesleyan University
    John H Palmieri*, University of Notre Dame
    (930-55-1075)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On rank two Kac-Moody groups.
    Nitya R Kitchloo*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
    (930-55-787)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On homotopy extensions of a finite p-group by a finite group.
    Carlos Broto, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
    Ran Levi*, Northwestern University
    (930-55-1032)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Identification of Infinite Loop Spaces Arising from Group Theory.
    Kathryn Lesh Lesh*, Univ of Toledo and MIT
    (930-55-556)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    When projective does not imply flat.
    L.\ Gaunce Lewis, Jr.*, Syracuse University
    (930-55-545)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Chromatic Hasse squares, with an application to the cohomology of $MO \langle8 \rangle$.
    Matthew Ando*, University of Virginia and Johns Hopkins University (visiting)
    (930-55-384)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Recent Developments on the Laplace Operator and Its Geometric Applications, III
  Organizers:
  Ying Shen, Dartmouth College ying.shen@dartmouth.edu
  Shumhui Zhu, Dartmouth College shunhui.zhu@dartmouth.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Harmonic Functions on Manifolds with Nonnegative Ricci Curvature and Linear Volume Growth.
    Christina A Sormani*, Johns Hopkins
    (930-53-134)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Weil-Petersson Convexity of the Energy Functional and its applications.
    Sumio Yamada*, MIT
    (930-58-714)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Eigenvalue spacings for some completely integrable systems.
    Steve Zelditch*, Johns Hopkins University
    (930-81-328)
• Saturday January 10, 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, III
  Organizers:
  Robert S. Doran, Texas Christian University r.doran@tcu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Orbital integrals of unipotent elements.
    Dan M Barbasch*, Cornell University
    (930-22-618)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Solving Seiberg Witten equations using representation theory.
    Birgit E Speh*, Cornell University
    (930-22-879)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Bessel functions on boundary orbits and analytic continuation of holomorphic discrete series.
    Kenneth I. Gross*, University of Vermont
    Ray A. Kunze, University of Georgia
    Hongming Ding, St. Louis University
    Donald St. P. Richards, University of Virginia
    (930-22-974)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Unitary Representations of Lie Groups with Reflection Symmetry
    Palle E.T. Jorgensen*, University of Iowa
    Gestur \'{O}lafsson, Louisiana State University
    (930-22-32)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    $K$ Theory for $p$-adic Groups.
    Paul Baum*, The Pennsylvania State University
    (930-19-282)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Harish-Chandra homomorphisms for p-adic groups.
    Roger E. Howe*, Yale University
    (930-22-322)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Representations of Finite Groups, II
  Organizers:
  Jonathan L. Alperin, University of Chicago alperin@math.uchicago.edu
  Jon F. Carlson, University of Georgia jfc@math.uga.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On the decomposition matrix of a finite group of Lie type in the defining characteristic.
    James E Humphreys*, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
    (930-20-189)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On products of characters of the symmetric group.
    Ernesto Vallejo*, Instituto de Matematicas, UNAM
    (930-20-84)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Phantom maps and purity over group algebras.
    Gilles Ph. Gnacadja*, University of Georgia
    (930-20-424)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Small Cross Characteristic Representaions for Odd Characteristic Symplectic Groups.
    Robert M Guralnick, University of Southern California
    Kay Magaard*, Wayne Sate University
    Jan Saxl, Cambridge University
    (930-20-775)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The norm map between the endomorphism algebras of Gelfand-Graev representations.
    Julianne G. Rainbolt*, Michigan State University
    (930-20-894)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Some remarks on Hecke algebras of type A.
    Bhama Srinivasan*, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago
    (930-20-926)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Smooth Ergodic Theory and Related Areas, II
  Organizers:
  John Smillie, Cornell University smillie@math.cornell.edu
  John M. Franks, Northwestern University john@math.nwu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Pesin theory for actions of higher-rank Abelian groups.
    Anatole Katok*, Pennsylvania State University
    (930-58-1141)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On the entropy and growth of expanding periodic points for one-dimensional maps.
    Anatole Katok, Pennsylvania State University
    Alexander Mezhirov*, Pennsylvania State University
    (930-26-832)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Smooth ergodic theory.
    Howard Weiss*, The Pennsylvania State University
    (930-58-565)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Lyapunov Spectrum For Conformal Smooth Maps.
    Yakov B Pesin*, Penn State Univ.
    (930-58-536)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
  AMS Session on Funtional Analysis
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Fixed Point Theorems in Logic Programming.
    Mohamed A Khamsi*, The University of Texas at El Paso
    Driss Misane, Mohamed V
    (930-46-311)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    On j-Convex Preserving Interpolation Operators.
    Michael P Prophet*, Murray State University
    (930-46-387)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Skew product graphs and coactions of discrete groups.
    Steven P. Kaliszewski*, Dartmouth College
    Iain Raeburn, University of Newcastle
    John Quigg, University of Arizona
    (930-46-1125)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    (sb)Operators on Injective Tensor Product Spaces.
    Elizabeth M Bator, University of North Texas
    Dawn R Slavens*, University of North Texas
    (930-46-1083)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Remarks on James's distortion theorems.
    Patrick N Dowling, Miami University
    Narcisse Randrianantoanina, Miami University
    Barry Turett*, Oakland University
    (930-46-1206)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    On the Functional Equation $M(fg)=M(f)M(g) -L(f)L(g)$.
    N. R. Nandakumar*, Delaware State University
    (930-46-992)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Holomorphic functions on an infinite dimensional group.
    Maria Gordina*, Cornell University
    (930-46-965)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Holomorphic idempotents in ${\rm B}^*$-algebras.
    Jerry R Muir, Jr.*, University of Kentucky
    (930-46-1166)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Towards a Generalized Euler's Constant.
    Leon C Hardy*, University of Central Florida
    (930-28-89)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Partitions of real numbers.
    Kandasamy Muthuvel*, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
    (930-26-1178)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-9:40 a.m.
  AMS Session on Topology of Manifolds
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Embeddings of Essential Tori in Link Complements.
    Valeriu Pinciu*, SUNY at Buffalo
    (930-55-933)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    An Upper Bound on Edge Numbers of 2-Bridge Knots and Links.
    Cynthia L. McCabe*, The University of Iowa
    (930-57-444)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Noncompact finite-volume hyperbolic manifolds as submanifold complements .
    Dubravko Ivan\v si\' c*, University of Oklahoma
    (930-57-1157)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    The Appearance of Milnor Linking Numbers in Ohtsuki's Finite Type Invariants of Integral Homology Spheres.
    Daylene Zielinski*, University of Iowa
    (930-57-1137)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On the Remaining (and Original) Case of H. Poincar\'e's Conjecture.
    B. Craig Pringle, D.A.*, UNLV, Mathematics
    (930-57-333)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Homogeneity of visual boundaries of some non-positively curved manifolds.
    Hanspeter Fischer*, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
    (930-57-382)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Hyperbolic $5$-manifolds that are nontrivial plane bundles over hyperbolic $3$-manifolds.
    Igor Belegradek*, University of Maryland, College Park
    (930-57-111)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  MAA Session on Mathematics Across the Disciplines, II
  Organizers:
  Brian J. Winkel, United States Military Academy ab3646@usma2.usma.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Integrating Math Modeling.
    Ronald M. Brzenk*, Hartwick College
    (930-K1-219)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    To Beam or Not to Beam.
    Charles G. Clark, Jr.*, U. S. M. A.
    Joseph V. Muscarella, U. S. M. A.
    (930-K1-810)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A Celestial Marriage of Mathematics and Physics.
    Ethan J. Berkove, United States Military Academy
    Richard J. Marchand*, United States Military Academy
    Wayne Jerzak, United States Military Academy
    Frederick J. Gellert, United States Military Academy
    Mark L. Sward, United States Military Academy
    (930-K1-336)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Vector Analysis Meeets Descriptive Geometry in the College of Architecture.
    Ruth Favro*, Lawrence Technological University
    Patricia Wray, Lawrence Technological University
    (930-K1-961)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Resistance and Basic Electrical Laws: An Excellent Source of Data.
    Cathy Ann Godbois*, Lancaster Campus Harrisburg Area Community College
    (930-k1-179)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    How's the Weather up There?
    Steven M Hetzler*, Salisbury State University
    Michael E Folkoff, Salisbury State University
    Donald C Cathcart, Salisbury State University
    (930-K1-564)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Modeling Lead Dynamics in the Human Body: A Lab for General Education Students.
    Robert M Tardiff*, Salisbury State University
    Robert S. Cole, The Evergreen State College
    (930-K1-205)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Integrating Vector Calculus and Electromagnetics in a First Year Curriculum.
    Kurt M Bryan*, Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech.
    (930-K1-237)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Integrated Mathematics and Physical Science (IMPS): A new approach for first year students at Dartmouth College.
    Eric W Hansen*, Dartmouth College
    (930-K1-656)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    An Integrated Pre-Engineering Curriculum.
    Phillip Zenor*, Auburn University
    Thomas Shumpert, Auburn University
    (930-K1-539)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Interdisciplinary Workshop for Mathematics, Physics and Technology.
    Yuen Chinn, SUNY-Farmingdale
    Arlene Kleinstein, SUNY-Farmingdale
    Yajun Yang*, SUNY-Farmingdale
    (930-K1-690)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
  AMS-MAA Joint Panel Discussion
  New directions in information technology: Challenges and opportunities.
  Organizers:
  James H. Lightbourne, III, National Science Foundation
  Lee L. Zia, University of New Hampshire
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Life after retirement.
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 8:15 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
  AMS Session on Waves, Fluid Mechanics, and Scientific Applications
  

  • 8:15 a.m.
    Variational Principle for Nonlinear Ross by Waves and Conservation Laws.
    Lokenath Debnath*, Univ of Central Florida
    (930-76-157)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A class of exact solutions of steady plane MHD flow of a micropolar fluid.
    Indrasena Adluri*, Wheeling Jesuit University
    (930-76-239)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Drainage of a Thin Liquid Film.
    Richard J Braun*, U of Delaware
    Steven A Snow, Dow Corning Corp
    Udo C Pernisz, Dow Corning Corp
    (930-76-1087)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Proper-time Classical Electrodynamics.
    Tepper L. Gill*, Institute For Advanced Study
    Woodford W. Zachary, Howard University, Wash., DC.
    (930-78-874)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Analysis of viscoelastic deformations of the cochlear outer hair cell wall.
    J Tilak Ratnanather*, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Alexander A Spector, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Aleksander S Popel, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    William E Brownell, Baylor College of Medicine
    (930-92-1019)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Modified Boundary Conditions in Shell Buckling .
    Timothy J. McDevitt*, Millersville University
    (930-73-1165)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    The Proper-time Group in Special Relativity.
    Tepper L. Gill, Institute For Advanced Study
    Woodford W. Zachary*, Howard University, Wash., DC.
    (930-83-868)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Global Stability in a Mathematical Model of a Unilingual-Bilingual Populations Interactions in Two Adjacent Regions .
    A. S. Elkhader*, Northern State University
    (930-92-367)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Existence results for a class of abstract nonlocal Cauchy problems.
    Sergiu Aizicovici, Ohio University
    Mark McKibben*, Ohio University
    (930-34-520)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 8:20 a.m.-5:10 p.m.
  AWM Workshop
  

  • 8:20 a.m.
    {\bf Opening remarks}
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Lower Algebraic {\em K}-theory of Bianchi Groups.
    Kimberly Pearson*, Valparaiso University
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Counting moduli for some surfaces of general type.
    Caryn Werner*, University of Michigan
  • 9:30 a.m.
    B\"acklund transformations of hyperbolic Monge-Amp\`ere systems.
    Jeanne Nielsen Clelland*, Institute of Advanced Study
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Closed geodesics on a pair of pants.
    Claire Baribaud*, Florida State University
  • 10:30 a.m.
    {\bf Graduate Student Poster Session} (Posters will be displayed all day.)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Group Actions on {\bf R}-trees.
    Lisa A. Orlandi-Korner*, Cornell University
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Even More Brauer Algebras.
    Cheryl Grood*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Upper Bounds on Edge Numbers of Knots and Links.
    Cynthia McCabe*, University of Iowa
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The singular homology of strong bouquets of Moore spaces.
    C\'eline M. Lossa*, University of Rochester
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Heat Trace Asymptotics for Domains with Singular Boundaries.
    Olga Simek*, University of Arizona
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Asymptotic Bounds for Annihilator Lengths in Quotient Rings.
    Carolyn Yackel*, University of Michigan
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Non-Real Zeros of {\em f} and the Wiman Conjecture.
    Stephanie P. Edwards*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Exact Rates of Convergence for Some Non-Reversible Markov Chains.
    Elizabeth Lee Wilmer*, Harvard University
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The structure of Prime Ideal Spectra in Rings of Continuous Functions.
    Chawne M. Kimber*, University of Florida
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A variational approach to the local uniqueness of minimal surfaces in $R^3$.
    Nancy E. Cunningham*, Rice University
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Ergodic Theory of Analytic Maps of Complex Projective Space.
    Lorelei Koss*, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Subordination and Shears of Plane Harmonic Functions.
    Lisbeth E. Schaubroeck*, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • 12:00 p.m.
    Luncheon
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Group duals: the non-abelian case and the role of Hopf $C^*$-algebras.
    May M. Nilsen*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Derived Vorono\"i Tilings and How They Can Be Used to Analyse Hierarchy in Tilings.
    Natalie M. Priebe*, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Entropies of One-Dimensional Tiling Subshifts.
    Sylvia Silberger*, Lafayette College
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Independence in ergodic theory.
    Deborah Heicklen*, University of California, Berkeley
  • 3:30 p.m.
    {\bf Panel Discussion:} {\bit Launching a Career in Mathematics}
  • 5:00 p.m.
    {\bf Closing remarks}
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  AMS Committee on Education-MAA President's Task Force on the NCTM Standards Forum
  The future of the NCTM standards.
  Organizers:
  Kenneth A. Ross, University of Oregon
  Roger E. Howe, Yale University
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  Tilings, randomness, and undergraduate research.
  James Propp*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 9:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  A solution to Prikry's problem (with Theodore A. Slaman).
  Marcia Groszek*, Dartmouth University
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  NAM Panel Discussion
  A profile for an undergraduate in the department of mathematics at a minority institution for the 21st century.
  Moderators:
  Leon C. Woodson, Morgan State University
  Panelists:
  Genevieve M. Knight, Coppin State College
  Stella Roberson Ashford, Southern University
  William A. Hawkins, Jr., University of the District of Columbia/MAA
  Tasha Innis, University of Maryland, College Park
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Book Sales and Exhibits
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 9:55 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  How tall is the automorphism tower of a group?
  Joel Hamkins*, College of Staten Island, CUNY
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 10:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  NAM Business Meeting
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  New views of the idea of mathematical induction.
  Herbert S. Wilf*, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 11:10 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
  MAA Business Meeting
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
  AMS Business Meeting
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
  NAM Claytor-Woodard Lecture
  Lie's Third Theorem in Infinite Dimentions.
  Joshua Leslie*, Howard University
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, V
  Organizers:
  Melvin Hochster, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor hochster@math.lsa.umich.edu
  Craig L. Huneke, Purdue University hunkek@macaulay.math.purdue.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Gorenstein singularities of finite Cohen-Macaulay type.
    Roger Wiegand*, University of Nebraska
    (930-13-683)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Frobenius Limits of Finite Length Modules over Complete Intersections.
    Claudia Miller*, University of Michigan
    (930-13-1132)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Some remarks on the relation type conjecture .
    Ian M Aberbach*, University of Missouri
    (930-13-686)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The almost complete intersection locus of licci ideals.
    Mark Johnson*, University of Arkansas
    (930-13-544)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The degrees of an ideal.
    Wolmer V. Vasconcelos*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
    (930-13-211)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A conjecture on pairs of ideals primary to the maximal ideal of a regular local ring.
    J. Bruce Fields*, University of Michigan
    (930-13-1104)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Finite Determination of Complexes.
    Steven D Cutkosky, University of Missouri
    Hema Srinivasan*, University of Missouri
    (930-13-1016)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Rees algebras of finitely generated torsion-free modules over a two-dimensional regular local ring.
    Jung-Chen Liu*, Purdue University
    (930-13-417)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    When the symbolic powers of an ideal equal the standard powers.
    Susan E Morey*, Southwest Texas State University
    (930-13-246)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Difference Equations and Applications, IV
  Organizers:
  Edward A. Grove, University of Rhode Island grove@math.uri.edu
  Gerasimos Ladas, University of Rhode Island gladas@math.uri.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Global Asymptotic Stability for Discrete Dynamical Systems.
    Mario U. Martelli*, Cal. State Univ. Fullerton
    (930-39-176)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Geometric stability conditions for higher order difference equations.
    Hassan Sedaghat*, Virginia Commonwealth University
    (930-39-410)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Linear asymptotic equilibrium for nilpotent systems of difference equations.
    William F. Trench*, Trinity University
    (930-39-247)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Difference equation models of reaction-diffusion PDE's.
    Ronald E Mickens*, Clark Atlanta University
    (930-65-268)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    {\bf The Stability of the Finite Difference Schemes for Stokes Equations }.
    Young S Lee*, University 0f Wisconsin-Madison
    (930-39-921)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Finite Element Methods in Singularly Perturbed Problems: A Review.
    Jichun Li*, Florida State University
    (930-65-412)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Stocking sequences for generalized Pascal triangles
    Donald R. Snow*, Brigham Young University
    (930-05-398)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Some oscillation results for forced even order nonlinear difference equations.
    John R. Graef*, Mississippi State University
    M. Maria Susai Manuel, Madras University P G Center
    Paul W. Spikes, Mississippi State University
    E. Thandapani, Madras University P G Center
    (930-39-480)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    On the Nonautonomus Equation X(n+1)=max{A(n)/X(n),B(n)/X(n-1)}.
    Bill Briden*, University of Rhode Island
    Ed Grove, University of Rhode Island
    Gerry Ladas, University of Rhode Island
    Lynn McGrath, University of Rhode Island
    (930-39-1084)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Homotopy Theory, VII
  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
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Brown representability for the dual.
    Amnon Neeman*, University of Virginia
    (930-55-383)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The classification of stable model categories.
    Stefan Schwede, MIT
    Brooke Shipley*, University of Chicago
    (930-55-310)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    $Q$-rings and unstable operations in ordinary cohomology.
    Terrence P Bisson*, Canisius College, Buffalo, N.Y. 14208
    Andr\'e Joyal, UQAM, Montr\'eal, Qu\'ebec H3C3P8
    (930-55-292)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Hopf Rings and RIngs in Dieudonn\'e Modules.
    Paul G Goerss*, University of Washington
    (930-55-338)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Homotopy actions of $GL_n$ on iterated products $H$-spaces.
    Stewart B Priddy*, Northwestern University
    Ran Levi, Northwestern University
    (930-55-306)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Towards a $K(n)$-local Segal conjecture.
    Neil P Strickland*, Cambridge University
    (930-57-261)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Symplectic geometry and stable homotopy theory.
    David E Hurtubise*, Penn State University - The Altoona College
    (930-55-231)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Rational homotopy type and `the language of trees'.
    David A Blanc*, Univ. of Haifa
    (930-55-184)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Calculations with the Real Adams Novikov Spectral Sequence .
    Po Hu*, University of Michigan
    (930-55-811)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Inverse Problems and Signal Analysis, III
  Organizers:
  M. Zuhair Nashed, University of Delaware nashed@math.udel.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Hilbert spaces of distributions with an orthogonal basis of exponentials.
    Jean-Pierre Gabardo*, McMaster University
    (930-42-1053)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Inverse Problems, Moment Problems, and Signal Analysis: Some Bridges.
    M. Zuhair Nashed*, University of Delaware
    (930-65-1235)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Some Nonlinear Optimization Problems Occurring in Image Reconstruction and Related Problems.
    Otmar Scherzer*, University of Linz
    (930-65-409)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    A Multi--Level Algorithm for the Solution of Moment Problems.
    Thomas Strohmer*, University of Stanford
    Otmar Scherzer, University of Linz
    (930-65-704)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The treatment of ill-posed maximum likelihood estimation problems.
    Paul P. B. Eggermont*, University of Delaware
    (930-65-1207)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Approximation of a Class of Stochastic Processes by Weyl-Heisenberg Pairs.
    Radu V Balan*, Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University
    (930-42-455)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Reconstruction from averages and irregular sampling.
    David F. Walnut*, George Mason University
    (930-42-1239)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Knot Theory and Quantum Topology, III
  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
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    A Structure Theorem for the Kauffman Bracket Skein Module .
    Walter F. LoFaro*, University of Iowa
    (930-57-195)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    An Integral Formula for the Turaev-Viro Invariant.
    Charles D Frohman*, The University of Iowa
    Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska, Boise State University
    (930-57-364)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    A theorem about surface groups in surgered manifolds.
    Anneke Bart*, University of California, Santa Barbara
    (930-57-612)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Kauffman--Radford--Hennings invariants of 3-manifolds associated with the centralized quantum group $s\ell ^t_{q,z}(2)$.
    Keqin Liu*, University of British Columbia
    (930-57-843)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Automorphisms of braid groups of surfaces.
    Nikolai V. Ivanov*, Michigan State University
    (930-57-745)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Invariants of Embedded Unframed Topological Graphs.
    David N Yetter*, Kansas State University
    (930-57-531)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Extending the Gassner representation from pure braids to tangles, and some rational functions that generate Milnor invariants.
    Theodore B Stanford*, US Naval Academy
    (930-57-950)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A Type 2 Polynomial Invariant of Links Derived from the Casson-Walker Invariant.
    Jeff Johannes*, Indiana University
    (930-57-1068)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    On the star-delta transformation in network reliability and knot theory.
    Lorenzo Traldi*, Lafayette College
    (930-57-272)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Floer homology of Brieskorn homology spheres and Jones polynomial.
    Nikolai N. Saveliev*, University of Michigan
    (930-57-50)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Representation Theory and Noncommutative Harmonic Analysis: A Special Session Honoring the Memory of Harish-Chandra, IV
  Organizers:
  Robert S. Doran, Texas Christian University r.doran@tcu.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Character Theory.
    Jeffrey Adams*, University of Maryland
    (930-22-1217)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Discrete Series Characters as Lifts from Two-structure Groups.
    Rebecca A Herb*, University of Maryland
    (930-22-374)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Linear Cycle Space and Double Fibration Transforms.
    Joseph A. Wolf*, University of California at Berkeley
    (930-22-344)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Germs of characters.
    Fiona Murnaghan*, University of Toronto
    (930-22-326)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Representations of Finite Groups, III
  Organizers:
  Jonathan L. Alperin, University of Chicago alperin@math.uchicago.edu
  Jon F. Carlson, University of Georgia jfc@math.uga.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Projective Representations in Cross Characteristics for some Classical Groups.
    Corneliu G Hoffman*, Univ. of Southern California
    (930-20-192)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Counting irreducible modules with formulas similar to Alperin's weight conjecture-some examples.
    Harald E Ellers*, Northern Illinois University
    (930-20-904)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Alperin's weight conjecture and the Brauer quotient for symmetric groups.
    Luis Valero-Elizondo*, University of Minnesota
    (930-20-551)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Fitting heights of finite solvable groups with few irreducible character degrees.
    Jeffrey M Riedl*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    (930-20-87)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Induction Theorems on the Center of the Ring of Generic Matrices.
    Esther Beneish*, Syracuse University
    (930-20-151)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Cross-characteristic character and fixed point space ratios .
    David H Gluck*, Wayne State University
    Kay Magaard, Wayne State University
    (930-20-216)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Determining Group Structure from Sets of Character Degrees.
    Mark L Lewis*, Kent State University
    (930-20-156)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Modular Representations of Symmetric and Alternating Groups.
    Ben Ford*, Case Western Reserve University
    (930-20-685)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Stratifications and Mackey Functors.
    Peter Webb*, University of Minnesota
    (930-20-702)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Smooth Ergodic Theory and Related Areas, III
  Organizers:
  John Smillie, Cornell University smillie@math.cornell.edu
  John M. Franks, Northwestern University john@math.nwu.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    A new approach to the rigidity of real quadratic polynomials.
    Mitsuhiro Shishikura*, University of Tokyo and Johns Hopkins University
    (930-58-990)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Parabolic Limits of Renormalization.
    Benjamin V Hinkle*, SUNY at Stony Brook
    (930-58-603)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Non-uniform Hyperbolicity and Universal Bounds for S-unimodal Maps.
    Duncan J Sands*, SUNY Stony Brook
    Tomasz Nowicki, University of Warsaw
    (930-58-433)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Transversality Principles in Complex Analytic Dynamics.
    Adam L Epstein*, SUNY Stony Brook
    (930-30-668)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Rational maps with disconnected Julia set.
    Kevin M Pilgrim*, Cornell University
    Lei Tan, Univ. of Warwick
    (930-58-597)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Renormalization in Interval Dynamics.
    Marco Martens*, SUNY Stony Brook
    (930-58-1119)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Hausdorff Dimension of the Feigenbaum Julia Set.
    Mikhail Lyubich*, SUNY at Stony Brook
    (930-58-529)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#12: Part B
  The use of hand-held numerical, graphical, and symbolic algebra devices in the teaching and learning of calculus.
  Organizers:
  L. Carl Leinbach, Gettysburg College
  Wade Ellis, Jr., West Valley College
  Bert K. Waits, The Ohio State University
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#13: Part B
  Music and mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Leon Harkleroad, Poughkeepsie, NY
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#15: Part B
  Developing the ability in beginning college mathematics majors to write proofs.
  Organizers:
  Diane Resek, San Francisco State University
  Daniel M. Fendel, San Francisco State University
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Partial Differential Equations
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Oscillatory and Periodic Solutions to a Diffusion Equation of Neutral Type.
    Joseph Wiener, Univ. of Texas-Pan American
    William H Heller*, Univ. of Texas-Pan American
    (930-35-136)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Propagation of Singularities of Semilinear Hyperbolic Equations with Strongly Singular Initial Data .
    Kirsten E Travers*, Duke University
    (930-35-194)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Weighted Caccioppoli-Type Estimate for Solutions to the A-Harmonic Equation.
    Shusen Ding*, University of Minnesota
    (930-35-206)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Mountain Pass Solutions for a System of Partial Differential Equations: An Existence Theorem with Computational Results.
    Lisa D Humphreys*, Rhode Island College
    (930-35-217)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Complete Blow-up for Degenerate Semilinear Parabolic Equations.
    C. Y. Chan, University of Southwestern Louisiana
    W. Y. Chan*, University of Southwestern Louisiana
    (930-35-354)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Nonlinear Wave Equations with Blow-up Solutions.
    Kelly M Fuller*, Nazareth College
    (930-45-1043)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Blow-Up of Solutions of Semilinear Euler-Poisson-Darboux Equations with Nonlocal Boundary Conditions.
    C. Y. Chan, University of Southwestern Louisiana
    J. K. Zhu*, University of Southwestern Louisiana
    (930-35-453)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Positive Solution Curves in Semipositone Problems with Concave-Convex Type Nonlinearities .
    Joseph A. Iaia*, Univ. of N. Texas
    (930-35-602)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Many Solutions to a Superlinear Dirichlet Problem on a Thin Annulus.
    John M Neuberger*, Northern Arizona University
    Alfonso Castro, University of North Texas
    Jorge Cossio, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
    (930-35-533)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Spectral Analysis on Infinite Sierpinski Gaskets.
    Alexander Teplyaev*, Cornell University
    (930-35-963)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Boundary Control for Nonlinear Schr\"odinger Equations.
    Joel P DeJager*, University of Minnesota
    (930-35-989)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A dynamic thermoviscoelastic contact problem with friction and wear.
    Kevin T Andrews*, Oakland University
    Anders Klarbring, Link\"oping Institute of Technology
    Meir Shillor, Oakland University
    Steve Wright, Oakland University
    (930-35-170)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Post-Surgical Passive Response of Local Environment to Primary Tumor Removal II: Heterogeneous Model.
    Carryn Bellomo*, Old Dominion
    John A Adam, ODU
    (930-35-802)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Analysis of Nonlinear Ion Transport Models .
    Rikki B Wagstrom*, Univerisity of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (930-35-1164)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Estimates for Determining Heat Influx From Interior Observations.
    Xueping Ru*, Louisiana State University
    (930-35-1052)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Encapsulated Vortex Solutions to Nonlinear Wave Equations: Stability.
    Robert L. Pego, University of Maryland
    Henry A. Warchall*, University of North Texas
    (930-35-850)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Instability of NonNegative Solutions for a Class of Semilinear Elliptic Boundary Value Problems.
    C. Maya, Mississippi State University
    R. Shivaji*, Mississippi State University
    (930-35-738)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
  AMS Session on Graph Theory
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    A Note on Arc-transitive Circulants.
    Margaret J Morton*, University of Auckland
    (930-05-760)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    On Exact $n$-Step Domination.
    Lauren Kiyomi Williams*, Harvard University
    (930-05-1234)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Pebbling and Graham's Conjecture.
    Stephen S. Wang*, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
    (930-05-977)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    On Edge–magic and Strong Edge–Magic Graphs.
    Ramon M Figueroa-Centeno, Western Michigan University
    Francisco A Muntaner*, Western Michigan University
    Rikio Ichishima, Western Michigan University
    (930-05-657)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    On Questions by Ringel and Erdos About Edge-Magic Graphs.
    Esther Tesar*, Drew University
    David Craft, Muskingum College
    (930-05-291)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    1-Factors and Cycles in BIBD$(n,3,\lambda)$ Block-Intersection Graphs.
    David A. Pike*, East Central University
    Michael E. Raines, Western Michigan University
    (930-05-108)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    On the Local Distinguishing Numbers of Cycles.
    Christine Tan Cheng*, Johns Hopkins University
    Lenore Jennifer Cowen, Johns Hopkins University
    (930-05-320)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    The Oriented Cycle Game.
    Tam\'as Szab\'o*, The University of Memphis
    B\'ela Bollob\'as, The University of Memphis
    (930-05-1139)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Decompositions and Packings of Digraphs with Orientations of a 4-cycle.
    Robert B Gardner, East Tennessee State University
    Coleen Huff, East Tennessee State University in Kingsport
    Janie A Kennedy*, Samford University
    (930-05-324)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Representations of Graphs Modulo n.
    Anthony B. Evans, Wright State University
    Garth Isaak, Lehigh University
    Darren A. Narayan*, Lehigh University
    (930-05-332)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Growth of infinite planar graphs.
    Neal Brand*, University of North Texas
    Margaret Morton, Auckland University
    Dirk Vertigan, Louisiana State University
    (930-05-448)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Construction of a Hamiltonian Path in Self Complementary Graphs.
    Timothy K Pollis*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    A J Radcliffe, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (930-05-1126)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On matching extensions with prescribed and proscribed edge sets II.
    Michael D. Plummer*, Vanderbilt University
    Robert E. L. Aldred, University of Otago
    (930-05-884)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Hamiltonian Cycles in Layered Cubic Planar Graphs.
    D. S. Franzblau*, CUNY/College of Staten Island
    (930-05-676)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On the n-Dimensional Z-Cube.
    Farrokh Saba*, Univ. of Detroit Mercy
    Rikio Ichishima, Keio University
    Dionysios Kountanis, Western Michigan Univ.
    (930-05-919)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Antipodal Quotients of Distance-Regular Graphs.
    Heather Ames Lewis*, Nazareth College
    (930-05-987)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Random Nearest Neighbor Graphs.
    Tara L. Bass*, Pomona College
    (930-05-1005)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    The Fractional Chromatic Gap of Infinite Graphs.
    Gregory M Levin*, The Johns Hopkins University
    (930-05-1121)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-3:25 p.m.
  AMS Session on Geometry
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Products of Chord Lengths of an Ellipse.
    Thomas E. Price*, The University of Akron
    (930-51-673)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Animating the Hopf fibration of $S^3$ and fundamental polyhdra in hyperbolic 3-space.
    Paul R. McCreary*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (930-51-1106)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Standard Position of Polyhedra in Hyperbolic Space.
    Hanna M. Sandler*, American University
    Jeffrey L. Hakim, American University
    (930-51-72)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Concave Functions and Isoperimetric Inequalities.
    Alane S Ferland*, University of Massachussetts
    (930-51-1110)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Projection Bodies and a Measure of Symmetry.
    Noah S Brannen*, Samford University
    (930-52-218)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    On the Mean Radius of Permutation Polytopes.
    Alexander Barvinok, University of Michigan
    Raymond Robb*, University of Michigan
    (930-52-1122)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Even compositions of entire functions.
    Alan L Horwitz*, Penn State University
    (930-30-555)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    The Length Spectrum of Riemannian Two-Step Nilmanifolds.
    Maura B Mast*, University of Northern Iowa
    Ruth Gornet, Texas Tech University
    (930-58-1174)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Origami and the design of the universe.
    Robert J. Heaston*, National Research Council
    (930-85-1010)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    How to Generate All Integral Triangles Containing a Given Angle.
    Nelson Petulante, Bowie State University
    Ifeoma A. Kaja*, Bowie State University
    (930-11-528)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-2:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Statistics and History
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Concordance and Gini's measure of association.
    Roger B. Nelsen*, Lewis & Clark College
    (930-62-53)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Confidence Bands For Survival Functions With Censored Data.
    Joel S Schmitter*, Midwestern State University
    (930-62-200)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Adaptive estimation of the slope in the linear model.
    Hans-Juergen Petersen*, Loyola University Chicago
    (930-62-1158)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Some Criteria for the Cumulant Generating Function of an Exponential Family.
    Zhihui Liu*, Div. of Biostat., Univ. of Minnesota
    (930-62-1212)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    The number theorist Ramanujan, a tribute.
    Baikunth P. Ambasht*, Bokaro Steel City, India
    Jamuna P. Ambasht, Benedict College, Columbia, SC 29204
    Sanjay Tiwari, Jagjiwan Road, Gaya, India
    (930-00-1061)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    An annotated list of writings about R.L. Moore andthe Moore method.
    Ben Fitzpatrick, Jr.*, Auburn University
    (930-01-315)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The Role of Women in Mathematics Education: A Historic Qualitative Investigation.
    Michael J. Bosse', Delaware State University
    Deborah A. Conley*, Delaware State University
    (930-01-1060)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    An uncommon interpretation of Euclid's fifth postulate and the curvature of a space.
    Ilhan A. Izmirli*, Strayer College
    (930-01-262)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
  MAA Session on Mathematics and Sports
  Organizers:
  Robert E. Lewand, Goucher College blewand@goucher.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Introductory remarks by Robert Lewand.
  • 1:05 p.m.
    SABERMETRICS--Mathematics and Baseball.
    William P Fox*, USMA
    (930-C1-626)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    On a Method of James and Adams.
    David A. Trautman*, The Citadel
    (930-C1-166)
  • 1:35 p.m.
    The SLOB in Baseball: A Mathematical Model for Judging Offensive Value.
    Helen E. Salzberg*, Rhode Island College
    (930-C1-271)
  • 1:50 p.m.
    Analysis of Expansion Draft Methods for the Western Professional Hockey League.
    C. Bryan Dawson*, Emporia State University
    (930-C1-473)
  • 2:05 p.m.
    Defensive Alignments in Football and Graph Theory.
    Mark C Ginn*, Austin Peay State University
    (930-C1-815)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    A Mathematical Approach to the Long Jump.
    Martha L. Abell*, Georgia Southern University
    Lisa M. Norton, Georgia Southern University
    Stuart Davidson, Greensboro College
    (930-C1-242)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    Modeling Army Football.
    William P Fox*, USMA
    (930-C1-628)
  • 2:50 p.m.
    Mathematics and Sport via a Spreadsheet.
    Deane E. Arganbright*, University of Papua New Guinea
    (930-C1-256)
  • 3:05 p.m.
    Efficiently Communicating the Results of a Tournament.
    Jeffrey L. Poet*, University of Wyoming
    (930-C1-230)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Engineering the Javelin for Distance.
    Joseph D Myers*, US Military Academy
    Randolph J Wagner, US Military Academy
    (930-C1-276)
  • 3:35 p.m.
    A comparison of performance models for running and swimming.
    Deborah P. Levinson*, The Colorado College
    (930-C1-165)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-4:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Teaching the Practice of Statistics at All Levels, II
  Organizers:
  Anne D. Sevin, Framingham State College asevin@frc.mass.edu
  K. L.D Gunawardena, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Simulation: A Topic, a Technique, or Both.
    Anne D. Sevin*, Framingham State College
    (930-D1-971)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Using a Portfolio in Introductory Statistics.
    Home W. Austin*, Salisbury State University
    (930-D1-560)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Using the risks of HIV infection and pregnancy to teach probability.
    Jerry Przybylski*, Elmira College
    (930-D1-1172)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Routinely using non-routine problems.
    Barry Schiller*, Rhode Island College
    (930-D1-639)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    The Price (or Probability) is Right.
    Amy L. Biesterfeld*, Carleton College
    (930-D1-1027)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    A New Approach to Introductory Statistics.
    William Wilbur Johnston*, Centre College
    (930-D1-1238)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Different Examples for Different Samples .
    Richard J. Cleary*, Cornell U.
    (930-62-1200)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Break
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Including the Practice of Statistics in a Mathematical Probability and Statistics Course.
    Melvin A. Nyman*, Alma College
    (930-D1-643)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Teaching an Introductory Linear Models Course.
    Therese A Stukel*, Dartmouth College
    (930-D1-221)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Use MAPLE to Simulate Observations of the First $m$ Out of $n$ Order Statistics.
    Elliot A. Tanis*, Hope College
    (930-D1-710)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Maximum entropy interpretation of common probability models.
    Philip E. Luft*, Salisbury State University
    (930-D1-469)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Applying Linear Regression in Music.
    John F. Putz*, Alma College
    (930-D1-614)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Statistical and Mathematical Paradoxes in Grading.
    Jerry W. Bradford*, College Misericordia
    (930-D1-742)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Illustrating Statistics with Visual BASIC.
    Gove W. Effinger*, Skidmore College
    (930-D1-638)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    David vs Goliath -- An Introductory Statistics Class vs The Texas Lottery Commission.
    Gerald Busald*, San Antonio College
    (930-D1-794)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on Establishing and Maintaining Undergraduate Research Programs in Mathematics, II
  Organizers:
  Emelie Kenney, Sienna College emelie@ares.cs.sienna.edu
  Joseph A. Gallian, University of Minnesota at Duluth
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    The Mount Holyoke College Summer Mathematics Research Institute 1988-1997.
    Margaret M Robinson*, Mount Holyoke College
    (930-P1-193)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Mathematical Exposition: A Writing Course for Advanced Undergraduates.
    Thomas W Rishel*, Cornell University
    (930-P1-241)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Potsdam REU.
    Kazem Mahdavi*, SUNY Potsdam
    (930-P1-236)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Experience is a teacher . . . some thoughts for the pool.
    Timothy J. Pennings*, Hope College
    (930-P1-477)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    On the Research Assembly Line.
    Larry E Knop*, Hamilton College
    (930-P1-394)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    The WPI Plan, 27 years of project oriented undergraduate education.
    Brigitte Servatius*, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    (930-P1-923)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The North Carolina Governor's School Mathematics Program.
    Todd Lee*, Elon College
    (930-P1-654)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    The SMALL Project: what works after ten years.
    Deborah J Bergstrand*, Williams College
    (930-P1-147)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Incorporating Undergraduate Research into Upper Level Mathematics Classes.
    Anant P Godbole*, Michigan Technological University
    (930-P1-554)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Good Problems for Undergraduate Research - Some Examples and Free Samples.
    Daniel Schaal*, South Dakota State University
    (930-P1-1195)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    REU at Trinity University.
    Saber Elaydi*, Trinity University
    (930-P1-1242)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Models for Supervising Undergraduate Research in Statistics.
    Christine E. McLaren*, Moorhead State University
    (930-P1-1147)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Math Research at the CMST Summer Camp.
    Mark Stamp*, National Security Agency
    Didon Pachner, National Security Agency
    Matthew Lee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Jonathan Needleman, Montgomery Blair High School
    Alex Shaller, McDonough School
    Michael Ferguson, Northfield Mt Herman High School
    Joseph Engel, Pikesville High School
    (930-P1-459)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Research methodology/ethics issues.
  Organizers:
  Judith T. Sowder, San Diego State University
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Environmental mathematics at work.
  Organizers:
  B. A. Fusaro, Florida State University
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 1:05 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
  MAA Session on Developmental Programs That Work
  Organizers:
  Catherine M. Murphy, Purdue University Calumet murphycm@calumet.purdue.edu
  Eileen Poiani, St. Peters College
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Introductory remarks.
  • 1:05 p.m.
    Innumeracy.
    Jo F. Warner*, Eastern Michigan University
    (930-J1-568)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Student Beliefs, Learning Theories, and Developmental Mathematics: New Challenges in Preparing Successful College Students.
    Irene M. Duranczyk*, Eastern Michigan University
    Joanne Caniglia, Eastern Michigan University
    (930-J1-1037)
  • 1:35 p.m.
    An Imagistic-Based Approach to Developing Meaning for Algebraic Expressions.
    Diana U Gregg*, Purdue University Calumet
    Erna Yackel, Purdue University Calumet
    (930-J1-1100)
  • 1:50 p.m.
    Implementation of a Developmental Algebra Curriculum Project: An Examination of the Role of Technology and Its Impact on the Nature of Knowledge Acquisition.
    Mercedes A McGowen*, William Rainey Harper College
    (930-J1-1182)
  • 2:05 p.m.
    Combining Experiential Learning with the TI-92 in Developmental Algebra Courses.
    Laurie B Hopkins*, Columbia College
    Amelia S Kinard, Columbia College
    (930-J1-301)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    The Log Divides Formula: An Example of Content We Should (and Should Not) Be Teaching in Developmental Mathematics Courses.
    Suzanne I Doree*, Augsburg College/Mpls, MN
    (930-J1-1120)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    College Mathematics Instructions in Transition.
    Teri J Murphy*, University of Oklahoma
    (930-J1-406)
  • 2:50 p.m.
    Implementing a Problem Solving Approach in Arithmetic and Pre-Algebra for Developmental Students .
    Rose M Dubec*, Purdue University Calumet
    Diana Underwood, Purdue University Calumet
    (930-J1-740)
  • 3:05 p.m.
    Remedial Algebra at the university level: How to deal with it.
    Arthur J. Currence*, Univ. of SC Lancaster
    (930-J1-692)
  • 3:35 p.m.
    Introduction to Algebra for Adult Students: A Developmental Mathematics Program that Works.
    Katherine M Safford*, Saint Peter's College
    (930-J1-1046)
  • 3:50 p.m.
    The NKATE Reform Algebra Project.
    Lillie F Crowley*, Lexington Community College
    Darrell H Abney, Maysville Community College
    (930-J1-1086)
  • 4:05 p.m.
    Quantitative Problem Solving at Valparaiso University.
    Richard Alan Gillman*, Valparaiso University
    (930-J1-1064)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    Intensive Calculus.
    James M. Henle*, Smith College
    (930-J1-739)
  • 4:35 p.m.
    A Foundations Course for Underprepared Students.
    Frances B. Lichtman*, Alma College
    (930-J1-951)
  • 4:50 p.m.
    A Developmental Program That Works.
    Gabriella Wepner*, Ramapo College of New Jersey
    Kay Gura, Ramapo College of New Jersey
    (930-J1-694)
  • 5:05 p.m.
    Cognitive Development in an Integrated Mathematics & Science Program.
    Jerome S. Epstein*, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Ed. Dept.
    (930-J1-1145)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  Special Poster Session
  Guided student exploration as a means of learning mathematics: A follow-up to the NSF UFE workshop, Mount Holyoke's Lab in Mathematical Exploration.
  Organizers:
  Donal B. O'Shea, Mount Holyoke College
  Harriet Pollatsek, Mount Holyoke College
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 2:00 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  Ramsey revision, recovery, and demands for information.
  Isaac Levi*, Columbia University
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Randomized algorithms.
  Prabhakar Raghavan*, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 2:35 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  New models for the preparation of secondary school mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Mary M. Lindquist, Columbia State University
  Joan Ferrini-Mundy, University of New Hampshire, Durham
  Philip Quartararo, Jr., Southern University
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 2:35 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  MAA CRAFTY Panel Discussion
  Research in mathematics education: Its importance for undergraduate education.
  Organizers:
  William H. Barker, Bowdoin College
  Herbert E. Kasube, Bradley University
  Susanna S. Epp, DePaul University
  Panelists:
  Kathleen Heid, Pennsylvinai State University
  David M. Mathews, Southwestern Michigan College
  David O. Tall, University of Warwick
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 2:55 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  Wittgenstein on G\"odel and mathematics.
  Juliet Floyd*, Boston University
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 3:00 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
  AMS Session on Representation Theory and Noncommutative Harmonic Analysis
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Hecke algebra isomorphisms for p-adic groups.
    Daniel Goldstein*, UCSD
    (930-22-1033)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Quantum Groups, The Unitary Dual, and Geometric Quantization.
    Tamba W. Sesay*, African American Academy of Math, Science and Technology
    (930-43-69)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Prime Ideals of the Enveloping Algebra $U(sl_3)$.
    Stefan Catoiu*, Temple University, Philadelphia
    (930-16-81)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Simple Lie Algebras of characteristic 5.
    Gaik M. Melikian*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (930-17-86)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    A construction of supercuspidal representations.
    Jeffrey D. Adler*, University of Toronto
    (930-22-101)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Distinguished Supercuspidal Representations.
    Jeffrey L. Hakim*, American University
    (930-43-71)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Convergence of the Drunkard's Walk on the Sphere.
    Francis Edward Su*, Harvey Mudd College
    (930-43-613)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Unitary Representations fo $U(p,q)$.
    Peter E. Trapa*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (930-22-116)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Invariant Distributions and Bessel Functions.
    Moshe Baruch*, Ohio State University
    (930-22-197)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Pompeiu Sets in Compact Heisenberg Manifolds.
    Robert R Park*, Southern University
    Leonard Richardson, Louisiana State University
    (930-22-95)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Associated U(n) bundles over the cone of positive definite symmetric matrices.
    George Rosensteel*, Tulane University
    (930-81-1173)
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 3:15 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#11: Part B
  Elementary mathematical models: Order aplenty and a glimpse of chaos.
  Organizers:
  Dan Kalman, American University
  Angela C. Hare, Messiah College
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 3:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#2: Part B
  Interdisciplinary lively application projects.
  Organizers:
  Frank R. Giordano, COMAP
  Marie M. Vanisko, Carroll College
  Laurette B. Foster, Prairie View A|&M
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 4:10 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  MAA Committee on the Mathematical Education of Teachers Panel Discussion
  Accreditation of mathematics programs for the preparation of teachers.
  Organizers:
  James D. Gates, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
  Mary M. Lindquist, Columbus State University
  Panelists:
  Donna M. Gollnick, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
  Marilyn L. Hala, National Council for Teachers of Mathematics
  C. Patrick Collier, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
  Willie Mae W. Beamon, Norfolk State University
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 4:10 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Authors, publishers, and contracts: Classical issues and modern problems.
  Organizers:
  Susanna S. Epp, DePaul University
  Gerald J. Porter, Pennsylvania State University
  Presenters:
  Kay Murray, Authors Guild
• Saturday January 10, 1998, 7:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
  AMS Banquet