Joint Mathematics Meetings Program by Day

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

Thursday January 8, 1998

• Thursday January 8, 1998, 7:00 a.m.-4:40 p.m.
  Mathematical Sciences Employment Register
  Distribution of interview schedules; interviews. (Interviews take place beginning at 8:15 a.m.)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, III
  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
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    What Should We Expect from the Best and the Brightest? A Further Look at TIMSS Results.
    Curtis C. McKnight*, University of Oklahoma
    (930-97-1203)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Bridging the Math Wars --- Finding Common Ground Upon Which to Build.
    Steve Leinwand*, Connecticut Department of Education
    (930-97-922)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Saxon Method of Teaching Mathematics.
    Frank Y. H. Wang*, Saxon Publishers
    (930-97-979)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    School Mathematics Through the Years.
    Richard A Askey*, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
    (930-97-789)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Standards-based reform and its critics.
    Judith Roitman*, University of Kansas
    (930-96-210)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    {\bf Panel on Diversity in Education Reform}
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Influencing Mathematics Education at the State Level: A Report from New Jersey.
    Joseph G. Rosenstein*, Rutgers University
    (930-97-389)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Grades are out, Standards are in, and the Math looks tough: Implementing Standards-based Education and University Admissions in Oregon.
    Robert O Robson*, Oregon State University
    Paul M Latiolais, Portland State University
    (930-98-107)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Session on The Uses of History in the Teaching of Mathematics, I
  Organizers:
  Florence Fasanelli, Mathematical Association of America ffasanel@maa.org
  V. Frederick Rickey, Bowling Green State University
  Victor J. Katz, University of the District of Columbia
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Introduction
  • 8:05 a.m.
    Great Mathematics in Great Britain.
    Timothy A. Sipka*, Alma College
    (930-01-1022)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Teaching Classical Mathematics from Original Sources in a Senior Seminar.
    Robert E. Bradley*, Adelphi University
    (930-01-795)
  • 8:35 a.m.
    Biographies of Women Mathematicians: History in a Mathematics Course .
    Larry Riddle*, Agnes Scott College
    (930-01-375)
  • 8:50 a.m.
    Newton's Arithmetica Universalis.
    Rebecca A Berg*, Bowie State University, Bowie, Maryland
    (930-01-689)
  • 9:05 a.m.
    History of Mathematics as a Problem-Solving Course.
    Susann M. Mathews*, Wright State Universtity
    (930-01-838)
  • 9:25 a.m.
    Recurring Patterns in the Historical Development of Mathematical Knowledge: Implications for Pedagogy.
    Mary L Garner*, Emory University
    (930-01-828)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    A mathematics education course on teaching algebra from an historical perspective.
    Christopher E. Barat*, Virginia State University
    (930-01-817)
  • 10:05 a.m.
    The Sumario Compendioso: The New World's First Mathematics Book.
    Shirley B. Gray, California State University, Los Angeles
    C. Edward Sandifer*, Western Connecticut State University
    (930-01-727)
  • 10:25 a.m.
    A Historically-oriented course in Rational Thermodynamics.
    Stacy G. Langton*, University of San Diego
    (930-01-723)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Presenting Kepler's Second Law in Calculus 2 using Astronomia Nova.
    Michael Frank Siddoway*, Colorado College
    (930-01-984)
  • 11:05 a.m.
    Two multimedia presentations incorporating historical background for pedagogical emphasis.
    Patricia A. Clark*, Rochester Institute of Technology
    Rebecca E. Hill, Rochester Institute of Technology
    (930-01-419)
  • 11:25 a.m.
    Every Course a History Course.
    Richard J Jardine*, U. S. Military Academy
    (930-01-852)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Justifying Mathematics in the American Curriculum: The Lessons of E. H. Moore's Pedagogical Program.
    David Lindsay Roberts*, Laurel, MD
    (930-01-466)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, I
  Organizers:
  Melvin Hochster, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor hochster@math.lsa.umich.edu
  Craig L. Huneke, Purdue University huneke@math.purdue.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Etaleness, Normality and Intersections.
    Mark S McCormick*, Michigan State University
    (930-13-225)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On the acyclicity of Kustin-Ulrich complexes.
    Alexandre B Tchernev*, Purdue University
    (930-13-825)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Further cases when weak F-regularity localizes.
    Brian MacCrimmon*, University of Missouri
    (930-13-1059)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Infinite free complexes with finite length homologies in characteristic $p(>0)$.
    Sankar P. Dutta*, University of Illinois
    (930-13-713)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Formal Fibers at Height One Prime Ideals.
    Susan Loepp*, Williams College
    (930-13-88)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On the existence of maximal Cohen-Macaulay modules over $p$th root extensions.
    Daniel Katz*, University of Kansas
    (930-13-865)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Classification of 2-dimensional Singularities via Tight Closure.
    Janet Cowden Vassilev*, Virginia Commonwealth University/Purdue University
    (930-13-1190)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Small Cohen-Macaulay modules over Segre products in characteristic p.
    Douglas A Hanes*, University of Michigan
    (930-13-866)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computable Mathematics and Its Applications, II
  Organizers:
  Valentina Harizanov, George Washington University val@math.gwu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Degree spectra of relations on computable structures.
    Richard A. Shore*, Cornell University
    (930-03-318)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On intrinsically 1-recursive trees.
    John Chisholm*, Western Illinois University
    (930-03-882)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Towards a Logic of Discovery.
    J\=anis B\=arzdi\c{n}\u{s}, University of Latvia
    Carl H Smith*, University of Maryland
    Rusins Freivalds,
    (930-03-1208)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Applications of Computable Mathematics in Logical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence.
    Victor W. Marek*, University of Kentucky
    Jeffrey B. Remmel, University of California
    (930-03-862)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Some results in resource-bounded measure theory.
    Steven M. Kautz*, Randolph-Macon Woman's College
    (930-03-1151)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Recursion Theory and Fragments of Arithmetic.
    Marcia J. Groszek*, Dartmouth College
    (930-03-1205)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    On Realizations of Scott Rank.
    Gerald Sacks*, Harvard University
    (930-03-1189)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Homotopy Theory, III
  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
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    My time as Mike Boardman's student and our work on infinite loop spaces.
    Rainer M Vogt*, University of Osnabrueck
    (930-55-235)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Calculations in the $BP$-cohomology of the classifying space of a finite group.
    Kevin P. Lee*, University of Michigan
    (930-55-901)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The connective complex k-cohomology ring of elementary abelian groups.
    Robert R Bruner*, Wayne State University
    (930-55-823)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The K-theory of p-compact homogeneous spaces.
    Akimou Osse*, Universite de Neuchatel
    Alain Jeanneret, Bern University
    (930-55-819)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A calculation of the Morava K-theory of the Brown-Comenetz dual to $L_{K (n)}S^{0}$.
    Michael J. Hopkins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Hal Sadofsky*, University of Oregon
    (930-55-675)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Spectra of BP-linear relations, $v_n$-series, and BP-cohomology of Eilenberg--Mac Lane spaces.
    Hirotaka Tamanoi*, University of California
    (930-55-495)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    The Adams spectral sequence proof of Minami's theorem on the Kervare invariant elements.
    Wen-Hsiung Lin, National Tsiung Hua University
    Mark E. Mahowald*, Northwestern University
    (930-55-357)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Discussion
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Kleinian Groups and Hyperbolic Manifolds, II
  Organizers:
  James W. Anderson, University of Southampton jwa@maths.soton.ac.uk
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Semiconjugacies between Kleinian group actions on the Riemann sphere.
    Erica G Klarreich*, University of Michigan
    (930-51-670)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Conjugacy problem in the mapping class group of a surface.
    Howard A Masur, University of Illinois at Chicago
    Yair Minsky*, SUNY at Stony Brook
    (930-57-511)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Displacement estimates for hyperbolic manifolds.
    Bryan D Mosher*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (930-57-600)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Isoaxial Fuchsian groups.
    Darren Long, U.C.S.B
    Alan W. Reid*, U.T. Austin
    (930-20-345)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Injectivity Radius Bounds in Hyperbolic Convex Cores.
    Carol E. Fan*, Oklahoma State University
    (930-57-481)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Subgroup Separability of Kleinian Groups.
    Elizabeth S. Allman, University of North Carolina at Asheville
    Emily Hamilton*, Emory University
    (930-57-457)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Hausdorff Dimension and Limits of Kleinian Groups.
    Richard D Canary, University of Michigan
    Edward C Taylor*, University of Kentucky
    (930-58-121)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    A variational approach to the local uniqueness of minimal surfaces.
    Nancy E. Cunningham*, Rice University
    (930-53-425)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Quantum Gravity and Low-Dimensional Topology, III
  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.
    Grist for a 4-D State-Sum Mill: Examples of Monoidal Bicategories.
    David N Yetter*, Kansas State University
    (930-18-530)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    From Loop Quantum Gravity to a Sum over Surfaces.
    Carlo Rovelli*, University of Pittsburgh
    (930-83-386)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Path Integrals Linking Chern-Simons and WZW Partition Functions.
    Dana S Fine*, University of Massachussetts, Dartmouth
    (930-81-438)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    2-Tangles as a Free Braided Monoidal 2-Category with Duals.
    Laurel T Langford*, University of Wisconsin at River Falls
    John C Baez, University of California at Riverside
    (930-54-317)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Quantum Space and Causality.
    Fotini G Markopoulou*, Penn State University
    (930-83-1155)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Tautological Classes and Cohomological Field Theories in Genus One.
    Alexandre Kabanov, Michigan State University
    Takashi Kimura*, Boston University
    (930-14-876)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Lattice Gauge Field Theory and deformation quantization.
    Doug Bullock, Boise State University
    Charles Frohman, University of Iowa
    Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska*, Boise State University
    (930-57-711)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Einstein manifolds, spacetime foam, and the cosmological constant .
    Steven J. Carlip*, University of California at Davis
    (930-83-114)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Topology in Dynamical Systems, I
  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.
    Recurrent critical points and typical limit sets of rational maps.
    John C. Mayer*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Lex G. Oversteegen, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (930-58-1223)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Annulus Diffeomorphisms with Minimal Pseudocircles.
    Mark H. Turpin*, University of Hartford
    (930-58-1133)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Cantor limit sets for circle diffeomorphisms.
    Alec Norton*, University of Texas at Austin
    (930-58-889)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Cantor Bouquets and Brjuno Numbers.
    Robert L. Devaney*, Boston University
    Eileen Lee, Trinity College
    (930-58-658)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Rotation Vectors for Surface Diffeomorphisms.
    John Franks*, Northwestern University
    (930-58-661)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The dynamics of surface homeomorphisms and of graph endomorphisms.
    Andre S. de Carvalho*, University of California at Berkeley
    (930-58-946)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Entropy of homeomorphisms of continua.
    Marcy Barge*, Montana State University
    (930-58-1130)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Topological Horseshoes.
    James A. Yorke*, Institute for Physical Sci \& Technology, University of Maryland
    (930-39-1044)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Value Distribution Theory and Its Related Topics, III
  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.
    Unbounded domains of normality.
    J. M. Anderson, University College London
    Aimo Hinkkanen*, University of Illinois
    (930-30-625)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Distribution of values of subfunctions of the Schr\"odinger operator.
    Alexander Kheyfits*, Queensborough Community College/CUNY
    (930-31-80)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On zero-free solutions of higher order linear differential equations.
    Jarkko Rieppo*, University of Joensuu, Finland
    (930-34-631)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Approximation Of Analytic Functions.
    Charles F. Osgood*, NSA
    (930-30-113)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#14: Part B
  Knot theory and applications in sciences.
  Organizers:
  Stefanos P. Gialamas, The Illinois Institute of Art
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#6: Part B
  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
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Ordinary Differential Equations
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Eigenvalues for positive solutions of a nonlinear functional differential equation.
    Bonita A. Lawrence*, University of South Carolina-Beaufort
    Clayton T. Brooks, Georgia Southwestern State University
    (930-34-1107)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Positive Solutions and Nonlinear Conjugate Eigenvalue Problems for Functional Differential Euqations.
    Johnny Henderson, Auburn University
    William K.C. Yin*, LaGrange College
    (930-34-1076)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Nonexistence of asymmetric solutions to the Berman problem with injection.
    Chunqing Lu*, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
    (930-34-824)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    A general model for linear differential-like equations.
    Luis Verde-Star*, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City
    (930-34-460)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Almost automorphic solutions of evolution equations.
    Gaston N'Guerekata*, Morgan State University
    (930-34-244)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Some set theoretic maps in semi-dynamical systems.
    Prem N. Bajaj*, Wichita State University
    (930-34-504)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Uniform Bifurcation of Traveling Waves in the Singularly Perturbed Fitzhugh-Nagumo Equation.
    Daryl C. Bell*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (930-34-1134)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Stability of Volterra diffusion equations with time delays.
    Shair Ahmad, University of Texas at San Antonio
    M. R.M. Rao*, University of Texas at San Antonio
    (930-34-517)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Variational Lyaponov method.
    Srinivasa Gopalachar Leelamma*, SUNY Geneseo
    (930-34-880)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Solution of the matrix Riccati equation via linear Liapunov differential equation.
    Mohsen Razzaghi*, Mississippi State University
    (930-93-816)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Differentiation with Respect to a Parameter.
    Joseph Wiener*, University of Texas-Pan American
    Miguel Paredes, University of Texas-Pan American
    (930-98-368)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    A model of waste disposal in the ocean.
    Manar M. Abu-Joudeh*, Saint Paul's College
    Mahmoud Abu-Joudeh, Saint Paul's College
    (930-98-521)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Modeling the Rattle Motion of a Rattlesnake: A Project Involving Applied Analysis and Biology.
    Philip E Gustafson*, Emporia State University
    (930-35-691)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    New Developments on the Schiffer Problem and Isoparametric Hypersurfaces.
    Vladimir E. Shklover*, University of Maryland, College Park
    (930-35-73)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
  AMS Session on Complex Variables
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Harmonic Mappings on Convex Domains.
    Michael D. Galloy*, University of Kentucky
    (930-30-273)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Examples of Harmonic Mappings on Punctured Domains .
    John W Thompson*, University of Kentucky
    (930-30-321)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Subordination of plane harmonic functions.
    Lisbeth E. Schaubroeck*, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    (930-30-534)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    The Operator $DC_{\phi}$ on the Hardy and Bergman Spaces.
    Neil Portnoy*, University of New Hampshire
    (930-30-522)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Composition Operators on Dirichlet-type Spaces.
    Rita A Hibschweiler*, University of New Hampshire
    (930-30-662)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    On Properties of the Zeros of the Ces$\grave{a}$ro Approximants to Outer Functions.
    Roger W Barnard, Texas Tech University
    Kent Pearce, Texas Tech University
    William Wheeler*, Texas Tech University
    (930-30-719)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Convexity and ratios of successive zeros.
    Faruk F. Abi-Khuzam*, American University of Beirut
    (930-30-1225)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Convexity Preservation Under the Hadamard Product of Functions $f\in K_N$ with Functions $\phi +\overline{\phi}$ where $\phi$ is an Analytic Strip Mapping.
    Mary R. Goodloe*, University of Kentucky
    (930-30-1050)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the Muir-Ramanujan Approximations to the Arc Length of an Ellipse.
    Roger W Barnard*, Texas Tech University
    Kent Pearce, Texas Tech University
    Lawrence Schovanec, Texas Tech University
    (930-30-718)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    On Solutions of the Beltrami Equation.
    Melkana A. Brakalova*, The Hotchkiss School
    James A. Jenkins, Washington University
    (930-30-749)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Number Theory, II
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On the occurrence of $F_n$ in the Zeckendorf decomposition of n$F_n$.
    Evelyn L Hart*, Colgate University
    Laura Sanchis, Colgate University
    (930-11-872)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Sums of four $k$th powers.
    Joel M. Wisdom*, University of Michigan
    (930-11-976)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Almost all primes are very asymmetric.
    William Lindgren*, Slippery Rock University
    Carl Pomerance, University of Georgia
    (930-11-1014)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    An Extension of Schur's Theorem.
    Lenny Jones, Shippensburg University
    Michael D Seyfried*, Shippensburg University
    (930-11-358)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On the Second and Third Largest Prime Divisors of an Odd Perfect Number.
    Douglas E Iannucci*, University of the Virgin Islands
    (930-11-106)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Symmetric Prime Factors of Fermat Numbers.
    Peter Fletcher*, Virginia Tech
    Ezra Brown, Virginia Tech
    (930-11-436)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Divisibility properties of numerators of sums of reciprocals .
    Scott H Hochwald*, University of North Florida
    (930-11-451)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Density Theorems for Reciprocity Equivalences.
    Thomas C Palfrey*, Xavier University of Louisiana
    (930-11-422)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    2-adic congruences of Norlund numbers.
    Arnold Adelberg*, Grinnell College
    (930-11-509)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    An Explicit Expression for Large Digit Sums in Base $b$ Expansions.
    Curtis N. Cooper*, Central Missouri State University
    Robert E. Kennedy, Central Missouri State University
    (930-11-730)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On the Density of the Fibonacci Number System Niven Numbers.
    Robert E. Kennedy*, Central Missouri State University
    Curtis N. Cooper, Central Missouri State University
    (930-11-731)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Variations on Euclid's Algorithm.
    Geza Schay*, University of Massachusetts at Boston
    (930-11-851)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    The Distribution of Generalized Sum-of-Digits Functions in Residue Classes.
    Abigail Hoit*, University of Illinois
    (930-11-1069)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    A new proof of the Lucas-type formula for generalized binomial coefficients.
    John M. Holte*, Gustavus Adolphus College
    (930-11-878)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Connected and weakly connected dominating sets for complete grid graphs.
    Jerrold W. Grossman*, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309-4485
    (930-05-499)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Modelling affine planes on surfaces.
    Arthur T. White*, Western Michigan University
    (930-05-103)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-9:40 a.m.
  AMS Session on Topological Algebra
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Product of convergence groups.
    Jamuna P. Ambasht*, Benedict College, Columbia, SC 29204
    (930-54-1058)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Prime ideals in rings of continuous functions.
    Saleem Watson*, Calif. State Univ., Long Beach
    Lothar Redlin, Penn. State Univ., Abington
    Linda Byun, Calif. State Univ., Long Beach
    (930-54-1179)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    $a$-adic topological groups and rings.
    Edwin P Herman*, St. Thomas
    (930-22-1220)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Solving Equations in The Stone-Cech Compactification of N.
    Amir A Maleki Khan*, Howard University
    (930-22-608)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Right Subgroups of Compact Semigroups.
    Shing S. So*, Central Missouri State University
    Kathleen Roy, Central Missouri State University
    (930-22-649)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Divisors in a Strict Projective System.
    Yue-Chan Phoebe Ho*, Central Missouri State University
    (930-22-887)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Distal Compactifications of Group Extensions.
    Hugo D. Junghenn*, George Washington University
    Paul Milnes, University of Western Ontario
    (930-43-278)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  MAA Session on Applied Calculus and Mathematics for Advanced Technical Careers, I
  Organizers:
  Janet P. Ray, Seattle Central Community College janray@seaccc.sccd.ctc.edu
  Brian E. Smith, McGill University
  Yajun Yang, State University of New York
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Changing the Paradigm - From Both Sides of The Lectern.
    Robert L Kimball*, Wake Technical Community College
    (930-A1-283)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    The Tarzan Swing: A Tool for Developing Math and Physics Skills.
    Charles A. Gaston*, Penn State - York
    Karl P. Trout, Penn State - York
    Robert J. Stevens, Penn State
    Dawn M. Zimmaro, Penn State
    (930-A1-411)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Functioning in the World of Business Mathematics.
    Florence S. Gordon*, NSF-Long Island Consortium for Interconnect Learning
    (930-A1-941)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    What Should Students be Learning in Applied Calculus?
    Patti Frazer Lock*, St. Lawrence University
    (930-A1-610)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Teaching a Conceptual Applied Calculus Course.
    William G McCallum*, University of Arizona
    (930-A1-1077)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Non-Lethal Military Applications of Calculus.
    Howard L Penn*, United States Naval Academy
    (930-A1-684)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Enrolling in the Golden (Course) Section: Integration of Geometry Study within Design Curricula.
    Dorothy M. French*, The Community College of Philadelphia
    Miles Grosbard, The Community College of Philadelphia
    (930-A1-489)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Support for Mathematics by the NSF Advanced Technological Education Program.
    Elizabeth J. Teles*, National Science Foundation
    (930-A1-472)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Is Vocational Math Real Math?
    Susan L. Forman*, Bronx Community College
    Lynn A. Steen, St. Olaf College
    (930-A1-280)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Mathematics in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
    E. Clare Friedman*, University of San Diego
    (930-A1-252)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Integrating Curricula for Mathematics and Telecommunications - A Team Approach.
    Susan H. Randolph*, Jackson State Community College
    Neal F. Jackson, Jackson State Community College
    (930-A1-655)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    A Precalculus Initiative at an Urban Community College.
    Joanne S. Darken*, Community College of Philadelphia
    (930-A1-624)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Using Technology to Simulate Work Settings where Students Collaborate in Teams to Allocate and maximize fiscal resources.
    Robert Carson*, Hagerstown Junior College
    (930-A1-285)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Poster Session
  The National Science Foundation's Mathematics Across The Curriculum (MATC) projects.
  Organizers:
  Frank R. Giordano, COMAP
  James H. Lightbourne, III, National Science Foundation
  Elizabeth J. Teles, National Science Foundation
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 8:30 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Applied Dynamics, Geometric Analysis, and Mechanics, II
  Organizers:
  Tudor Ratiu, University of California At Santa Cruz tatiu@cats.ucsc.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Hamiltonian theory of the geometric non-linear Schr\"odinger equation on Hermitian symmetric spaces.
    Chuu-Lian Terng*, Northeastern Univeristy
    Karen Uhlenbeck, The University of Texas at Austin
    (930-35-870)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Perturbation theory of integrable systems on the line. A case study - defocusing NLS.
    Percy A. Deift*, New York University, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
    Xin Zhou, Duke University
    (930-35-916)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Riemannian Manifolds with Systols Almost Twice the Diameters
    Liang K Koh*,
    (930-53-24)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The multisymplectic geometry of field theory.
    Steve Shkoller*, Center for Nonlinear Studies
    (930-51-388)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On the Transversal Geometry of Poisson Manifolds.
    Roxana R Costinescu*, Western Oregon University
    (930-53-942)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    An Energy-Momentum Method for the Stability of Nonholonomic Systems.
    Dmitry V Zenkov*, The Ohio State University
    Anthony M Bloch, University of Michigan
    Jerrold E Marsden, California Institute of Technology
    (930-70-932)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    The Euler-Poincare Equations in Ideal Fluid Dynamics.
    Darryl D Holm*, Los Alamos National Lab
    Jerrold E Marsden, Caltech
    Tudor S Ratiu, UC Santa Cruz
    (930-76-964)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computational Commutative Algebra, III
  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.
    Approximate polynomial system solving and generic Gr\"obner bases.
    Narendra Karmarkar, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ
    Lakshman Yagati*, Drexel University
    (930-13-1197)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Generalized U-Resultants.
    Chee Yap*, NYU
    (930-13-1198)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Finding good codes using Groebner bases.
    Jeanne Fitzgerald*, James Madison University
    (930-94-163)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Decoding of codes defined by a ring with an order function.
    Michael E. O'Sullivan*, University of Puerto Rico
    (930-13-68)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Decoding Error Correcting Codes with Gr\"obner Bases.
    Eric V. York*, National Security Agency
    (930-94-173)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  AWM Emmy Noether Lecture
  Symplectic structures---a new approach to geometry.
  Dusa McDuff*, SUNY at Stony Brook
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
  Book Sales and Exhibits
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  Communicating visual mathematics: Illuminating mathematics via the Internet.
  Thomas F. Banchoff*, Brown University
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Invited Address
  K--12 mathematics education in the twenty-first century.
  Gail F. Burrill*, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
  (930-99-209)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
  AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture II
  Invariant theory, old and new.
  Gian-Carlo Rota*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  (930-11-42)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Why Characteristic p is Better.
  Melvin Hochster*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  (930-16-04)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 2:15 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
  AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, IV
  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.
    The Roles of Research Mathematicians in Developing K-12 Mathematics Curricula.
    Ralph L. Cohen*, Stanford University
    (930-97-393)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    The Mathematics of K-8 Textbook Adoption in California.
    Bill Jacob*, University of California, Santa Barbara
    (930-96-972)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Standards-based Reform, the Accountability System, and Equity: A Case Study from Texas.
    Uri Treisman*, University of Texas at Austin
    (930-96-1224)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Discussion
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Session on The Uses of History in the Teaching of Mathematics, II
  Organizers:
  Florence Fasanelli, Mathematical Association of America
  V. Frederick Rickey, Bowling Green State University
  Victor J. Katz, University of the District of Columbia
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Viewing History Up Close: A Trip to a Rare Book Room.
    Mark P Sand*, Northwest Missouri State University
    (930-01-801)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Four old problems revisited.
    Radoslav M. Dimitri\'c*, University of California at Berkeley
    (930-01-478)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Olivier and Abel on series convergence: An episode from early 19th century analysis.
    Michael S Goar*, New Mexico State Univ.
    (930-01-981)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A historical approach to the teaching of introductory analysis.
    Saul Stahl*, University of Kansas
    (930-01-408)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Historically Based Discovery Exercises.
    Robert G Stein*, CSU San Bernardino
    (930-01-830)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Volumes of Solids of Revolution: A Historical Approach.
    Elyn K Rykken*, Indiana University Northwest
    Jody M Sorensen, Grand Valley State University
    (930-01-786)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Barrow's Geometrical Methods for Finding Tangents.
    Andrew S. Leahy*, Knox College
    Nahyan A. G. Fancy, Knox College
    (930-01-663)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 2:15 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Applied Dynamics, Geometric Analysis, and Mechanics, III
  Organizers:
  Tudor Ratiu, University of California At Santa Cruz tatiu@cats.ucsc.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    The modular class of Poisson manifolds and Morita equivalence.
    Viktor L. Ginzburg*, University of California at Santa Cruz
    (930-58-1184)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Algorithms on Lie groups.
    Debra K Lewis*, University of California at Santa Cruz
    (930-70-1183)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Geodesic Flows and Integrability.
    Anthony M Bloch*, University of Michigan
    Roger W Brockett, Harvard University
    Peter E Crouch, Arizona State University
    (930-70-352)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Multisymplectic and frame-symplectic momentum mappings for field theories.
    Jeffrey K. Lawson*, Wake Forest University
    (930-58-64)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 2:15 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computable Mathematics and Its Applications, III
  Organizers:
  Valentina Harizanov, George Washington University val@math.gwu.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Isomorphisms between Boolean algebras.
    Julia F. Knight*, University of Notre Dame
    Michael Stob, University of Notre Dame and Calvin College
    (930-03-1188)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Boolean algebras with recursive copies.
    Julia F. Knight, University of Notre Dame
    Michael Stob*, University of Notre Dame and Calvin College
    (930-03-893)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Gasarch's Maximum Problem.
    James C. Owings, Jr.*, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
    (930-03-827)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    $\Pi^0_1$ Classes in Mathematics.
    Jeffrey B. Remmel*, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
    (930-03-1074)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 2:15 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Homotopy Theory, IV
  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.
    A little remark concerning Hopkins' chromatic splitting conjecture.
    Norihiko Minami*, The University of Alabama
    (930-55-1180)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Simplical algebras through the looking glass of p-local homotopy theory.
    James M Turner*, College of the Holy Cross
    (930-55-40)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Characterizations of spectra which satisfy the Brown-Gitler property.
    Nicholas J. Kuhn*, University of Virginia
    David J. Hunter, North Central College
    (930-55-112)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Sheared algebra maps and operation Hopf algebras for mod 2 homology and cohomology.
    Frank Williams*, New Mexico State University
    David J Pengelley, New Mexico State University
    (930-55-48)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 2:15 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Kleinian Groups and Hyperbolic Manifolds, III
  Organizers:
  James W. Anderson, University of Southampton jwa@maths.soton.ac.uk
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Bending measured laminations for geometrically finite Kleinian groups.
    Francis Bonahon*, University of Southern California
    Jean-Pierre Otal, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon
    (930-30-274)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Quasigeodesic Flows on Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds Which Fiber Over the Circle .
    Diane Hoffoss*, Colorado College
    (930-57-70)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Essential surfaces in hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
    D. Cooper, U.C. Santa Barbara
    D. D. Long*, U.C. Santa Barbara
    A. W. Reid, U.T. Austin
    (930-57-118)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Maps of the interval induced by linear fractional transformations mod one.
    Andrew H. Haas*, University of Connecticut
    (930-30-1185)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 2:15 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Nonlinear Inverse Problems: Mathematical Theory, Selected Applications, III
  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
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Newton Methods in Inverse Obstacle Scattering
    Rainer Kress*, Universit\"at G\"ottingen
    (930-45-30)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    An Accurate Numerical Algorithm for Inverse Problems of Nonlinear Parabolic PDEs.
    Xinglai Zhuang, Mississippi State University
    Jianping Zhu*, Mississippi State University
    (930-65-732)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    The Phase Problem in Inverse Scattering.
    Paul E. Sacks*, Iowa State University
    (930-81-129)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 2:15 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Recent Progress in the Theory of Operator Algebras and Their Applications, III
  Organizers:
  Randall Lee Crist, Creighton University crist@creighton.edu
  Roger Smith, Texas A\&M University rsmith@math.tamu.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    On some decomposition properties of factors.
    Liming Ge*, MIT
    (930-46-331)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Compact Matrix Sets and Operator Approximation Properties.
    Corran J Webster*, Texas A&M University
    (930-46-737)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Frames, Bases and Group Representations.
    Deguang Han, Texas A&M University
    David R. Larson*, Texas A&M University
    (930-47-1116)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Separating Vectors, Cores, and Affiliated Operators.
    Richard V Kadison*, University of Pennsylvania
    (930-46-353)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 2:15 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Value Distribution Theory and Its Related Topics, IV
  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
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Meromorphic functions with prescribed asymptotic behaviour and prescribed zeros and poles.
    Andreas Sauer*, Gerhard-Mercator-University Duisburg
    (930-30-793)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Uniqueness theorems and hyperbolicity.
    Bernard Shiffman*, Johns Hopkins University
    (930-32-891)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Value distribution for power series with gaps and slow growth .
    Linda R Sons*, NIU
    Zhuan J Ye, NIU
    (930-30-191)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Solutions of nonhomogeneous linear differential equations with exceptionally few zeros.
    Gary G Gundersen, University of New Orleans
    Enid M. Steinbart*, University of New Orleans
    Shupei Wang, University of New Orleans
    (930-34-49)
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 2:15 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#10: Part B
  Polynomial algebra.
  Organizers:
  David A. Cox, Amherst College
  John B. Little, College of the Holy Cross
  Donal B. O'Shea, Mount Holyoke College
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 2:15 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#15: Part A
  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
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 2:15 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#16: Part B
  The Fibonacci and Catalan numbers.
  Organizers:
  Ralph P. Grimaldi, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• Thursday January 8, 1998, 2:15 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#9: Part A
  Interactive multimedia modeling and differential equation solving.
  Organizers:
  Michael Moody, Harvey Mudd College
  Robert L. Borrelli, Harvey Mudd College
  Courtney S. Coleman, Harvey Mudd College
  Beverly H. West