Joint Mathematics Meetings Program by Day

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Joint Mathematics Meetings
New Orleans, LA, January 10-13, 2001
Meeting #962

Saturday January 13, 2001

• Saturday January 13, 2001, 7:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 7:30 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Implementation of National Projects on Local Campuses
  Organizers:
  Stuart F. Boersma, Alfred University boersma@alfred.edu
  Constant J. Goutziers, SUNY at Oneonta
  

  • 7:30 a.m.
    The Saturday Mathematics Workshop Series at the University of Arizona: An Outreach Project Connecting Undergraduate and Graduate Students to High School Students and Teachers.
    Jennifer C Smith*, University of Arizona
    (962-K1-601)
  • 7:45 a.m.
    Computer Enhanced Instruction in Differential Equations.
    Stuart Boersma, Central Washington University
    Addison E Frey*, Alfred University
    Robert C Williams, Alfred University
    (962-K1-536)
  • 8:00 a.m.
    ATLAST Project in Linear Algebra.
    David E Manes*, State University of New York, College at Oneonta
    (962-K1-551)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Writing Interdisciplinary Lively Application Projects.
    Stuart F Boersma*, Central Washington University
    (962-K1-535)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Experiencing Geometry in diverse ways in one semester.
    Margaret L Morrow*, Plattsburgh SUNY
    (962-K1-534)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Local implementation of the Boston University ODE project and the ATLAST initiative in Linear Algebra.
    Constant J Goutziers*, SUNY, College at Oneonta
    (962-K1-488)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A Calculus Lab Component Adapted from the MAA "Resources for Calculus" Collection.
    Cameron C Sawyer*, Southwestern University
    (962-K1-484)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    A Discussion: How Standards and Assessment Might Improve Undergraduate Mathematics Education.
    Steven M Hetzler*, Salisbury State University
    Robert M Tardiff, Salisbury State University
    (962-K1-444)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Mathematics, Science and Technology Integration for Education.
    Kris H Green, St. John Fisher College
    Carol Freeman*, St. John Fisher College
    (962-K1-403)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Engaging Students with Hands-On Algebra Activities.
    Cathy W Carter*, Christian Brothers University
    (962-K1-385)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Course, Curriculum, and Faculty Development Through a Consortium of Schools.
    Jack Y Narayan*, SUNY Oswego
    John A Winn, SUNY Farmingdale
    (962-K1-358)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Mathematics In Action: Social and industrial Problems.
    Morteza Shafii-Mousavi*, Indiana University South Bend
    Paul Kochanowski, Indiana University South Bend
    Jesse H Warren, South Bend Community School Corporation
    (962-K1-248)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Mathematics Reform Across the Curriculum.
    Jack A Winn*, SUNY Farmingdale
    (962-K1-241)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Closing Remarks.
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computational Algebraic Geometry for Curves and Surfaces, III
  Organizers:
  Mika K. Seppala, Florida State University Mika.Seppala@fsu.edu
  Emil J. Volcheck, National Security Agency volcheck@acm.org
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Ruled surfaces contained in quadric cones in five dimensional complex projective space.
    Gian Mario Besana*, Indiana University Northwest
    Alberto Alzati, Universita' degli Studi di Milano
    Marina Bertolini, Universita' degli Studi di Milano
    (962-14-134)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Specializing $A_n$ Covers of Elliptic Curves with $j$-invariant 1728.
    Mark F Evans*, Vassar College
    (962-11-657)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The use of computer algebra programs for the classification and for explicit constructions in the theory of algebraic surfaces.
    Fabrizio M Catanese*, Universitaet Goettingen
    (962-14-724)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Resultants and Chow forms via exterior algebra.
    David Eisenbud*, MSRI
    (962-14-779)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Maximally Inflected Curves.
    Viatcheslav Kharlamov, IRMA Strasbourg
    Frank J Sottile*, University of Massachusetts
    (962-14-96)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Reduction of wildly ramified covers of curves.
    Claus G Lehr*, University of Pennsylvania
    (962-14-815)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Group Cohomology and Applications to Homotopy Theory and Representation Theory, III
  Organizers:
  Alejandro Adem, University of Wisconsin, Madison adem@math.wisc.edu
  Jon F. Carlson, University of Georgia jfc@sloth.math.uga.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Constructing group actions.
    William Browder*, Princeton University
    (962-55-709)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Celluar vs Acyclic.
    Wojciech Chacholski*, Yale University
    Paul-Eugene Parent, Universite catholique de Louvain
    Don Stanley, University of Alberta
    (962-55-1026)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Some groups of type VF.
    Ian J Leary*, University of Southampton
    Brita E A Nucinkis, Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule, Zuerich
    (962-20-827)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Relating the cohomological varieties for finite groups and Lie algebras.
    Zongzhu Lin*, Kansas State University
    (962-20-993)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Minami-Webb Type Decompositions For Compact Lie Groups.
    John R Martino, Western Michigan University
    Stewart B Priddy*, Northwestern University
    (962-55-833)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Geometry and Topology of Low Dimensional Manifolds, III
  Organizers:
  Slawomir Kwasik, Tulane University kwasik@math.tulane.edu
  Terry Lawson, Tulane University tcl@math.tulane.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A sufficient condition for a graph to be intrinsically knotted.
    Joel S Foisy*, SUNY Potsdam
    (962-57-77)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Colored Unlinking.
    Jeff Johannes*, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    (962-57-982)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Trace Fields of Twist Knots.
    Jim Hoste, Pitzer College
    Patrick D Shanahan*, Loyola Marymount Univ.
    (962-57-94)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On the existence of finite type link homotopy invariants.
    Blake Mellor*, Honors College, Florida Atlantic University
    Dylan Thurston, Harvard University
    (962-57-127)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Hochschild homology of skein algebras.
    Michael S McLendon*, University of Iowa
    (962-57-186)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Integrality for Morphisms induced by cobordisms in TQFTs.
    Patrick M Gilmer*, Louisiana State University
    (962-57-688)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Analysis on Infinite Dimensional Spaces (in honor of Leonard Gross), II
  Organizers:
  Hui-Hsiung Kuo, Louisiana State University kuo@math.lsu.edu
  Ambar N. Sengupta, Louisiana State University sengupta@math.lsu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A conjectural analog of the Stone-von Neumann theorem in the setting of Gross's generalized Fock space.
    Brian C Hall*, University of Notre Dame
    (962-81-819)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Asymptotic Behavior of Special Functions in Heat Kernel Analysis.
    Jeffrey J Mitchell*, Baylor University
    (962-58-808)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Sharp bounds for the heat kernel on certain symmetric spaces of the non-compact type.
    Matthew B Stenzel*, Ohio State University, Newark Campus
    (962-58-877)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Recent results in Segal-Bargmann Analysis.
    Stephen B Sontz*, UAM-Iztapalapa
    (962-81-777)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A new Heisenberg inequality for White Noise Analysis.
    Aurel I Stan*, Northwestern University
    (962-60-699)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Complex white noise.
    Mylan Redfern*, University of Southern Mississippi
    (962-60-391)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Partial Differential Equations and Geometric Implications, II
  Organizers:
  Vladimir E. Shklover, Northeastern University of Illinois ves@math.nwu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Integrability criteria for distributions orthogonal to foliations on closed Riemannian manifolds.
    Richard H Escobales*, Canisius College
    (962-53-112)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Pompeiu Sets in Compact Heisenberg Manifolds.
    Robert Park*, Raytheon
    Leonard Richardson, Louisiana State University
    (962-44-921)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Heat Equation and Schiffer Problem.
    Vladimir E Shklover*, Northeastern Illinois University
    (962-35-1003)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The conformal Laplacian and Dirac operators on the sphere and hyperbola.
    John Ryan*, University of Arkansas
    Hong Liu, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
    (962-30-1039)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Crystals that rotate as they shrink.
    Jean E Taylor*, Rutgers University
    (962-35-1025)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On inverse scattering solutions to the Hunter-Saxton equation.
    David H Sattinger*, Utah State University
    Richard W Beals, Yale University
    Jacek Szmigielski, University of Saskatchewan
    (962-35-242)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Integral Transforms, III
  Organizers:
  Gestur Olafsson, Louisiana State University olafsson@math.lsu.edu
  Gunter Lumer, University of Mons-Hainaut dufour@umh.ac.be
  Frank Neubrander, Louisiana State University neubrand@math.lsu.edu
  A. Ludu, Louisiana State University aludu@lsu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Wavelet methods for edge detection problems.
    Sitharama S Iyengar*, Louisiana State University
    (962-43-1296)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Time Operator, Wavelets and Shift Representation of Chaotic Systems.
    Ioannis Antoniou*, Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry, Belgium
    (962-37-726)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    New materials-simulation techniques and algorithms based on wavelets and multiresolution approaches.
    Priya Vashishta*, Louisiana State University
    Rajiv K Kalia, Louisiana State University
    (962-43-1303)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Localized eigenvectors from widely spaced matrix modifications.
    Gilbert Strang*, M.I.T.
    Xiangwei Liu, M.I.T.
    Susan Ott, M.I.T.
    (962-43-469)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Sampling and reconstruction in shift invariant spaces in presence of noise.
    Akram Aldroubi*, Vanderbilt University
    (962-44-831)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    M Band Daubechies' Scaling Functions Are Asymmetric.
    Qiyu Sun*, National University ofSingapore
    (962-43-216)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Discrete Geometry, II
  Organizers:
  Andras Bezdek, Auburn University bezdean@mail.auburn.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Packing congruent balls in the $d$-dimensional cube.
    Wlodzimierz Kuperberg*, Auburn University
    (962-52-651)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On the Dimension of dense Sphere Packings.
    Joerg Wills*, University of Siegen
    (962-52-863)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Densest packings of the hyperbolic plane by equal circles.
    Charles Radin*, University of Texas at Austin
    (962-52-560)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Isoperimetric Networks With Five Regions In The Euclidean Plane.
    Michael N Bleicher*, Clark Atlanta University
    J. Marshall Osborn, University of Wisconsin -- Madison
    (962-52-1013)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On Malfatti's Problem.
    Ferenc Fodor*, Tennessee Technological University
    (962-52-1019)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Big holes in lattices.
    Bob Erdahl, Queen's University
    Konstantin Rybnikov*, Cornell University
    (962-52-1220)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#10: Part B
  Developing your department's assessment plan.
  Organizers:
  William A. Marion, Valparaiso University
  Bonnie Gold, Monmouth University
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#4: Part B
  The Global Classroom: Using the Web as an interactive learning environment.
  Organizers:
  Marcelle Bessman, Jacksonville University
  Douglas A. Quinney, Keele University
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#9: Part B
  Making liberal arts mathematics the most important course students take to learn effective thinking.
  Organizers:
  Edward B. Burger, Williams College
  Michael Starbird, University of Texas at Austin
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
  AMS Session on Rings
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Primitive and Poisson Spectra of Twists of Polynomial Algebras.
    Mary-Katherine E Brandl*, University of Oregon
    (962-16-1033)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Binomial Algebras and Rings.
    Jessica K Sklar*, University of Oregon
    (962-16-1046)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Blowings-up of noncommutative weighted projective planes.
    Colin Ingalls, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences
    David Patrick*, University of Washington
    (962-16-1122)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Quadratic Artin-Schelter Regular Algebras.
    Craig C Tingey*, University of Oregon
    (962-16-1129)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Descent Theory for Duals of Inseparable Field Extensions.
    Darren B Parker*, Bemidji State University
    (962-16-135)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Representation Theory of the quantum function algebra of a Kac Moody Lie algebra.
    Bharath R Narayanan*, Kansas State University
    (962-16-140)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Zero-Divisor Graph of a Noncommutative Ring.
    Shane P Redmond*, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
    (962-16-898)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    An operational calculus for operator-valued equations.
    Jason P Huffman*, Jacksonville State University
    Henry E Heatherly, University of Louisiana, Lafayette
    (962-16-947)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Locally Artinian Serial Rings.
    Jennifer A Firkins*, Linfield College
    (962-16-953)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
  AMS Session on Statistics
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Confidence Intervals for the Common Variance of Correlated Normal Random Variables.
    Daniel J Ghezzi*, SUNY at Binghamton
    (962-62-1078)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Efficient Estimation of a Linear Functional of a Bivariate Distribution with Identical Marginal Distributions.
    Hanxiang Peng*, Binghamton University
    (962-62-1335)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Analysis of the One- and Two-Sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test for Quality Control.
    Raymond N Greenwell*, Hofstra University
    Stephen J Finch, State University of New York at Stony Brook
    (962-62-249)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Break.
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Learning and Teaching Statistics Through the Language Roots of the Basic Statistics Terms.
    Annie Y Han*, BMCC/CUNY
    (962-62-416)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Multigroup Detection and Analysis of Seasonality.
    Osvaldo Marrero*, Villanova University
    (962-62-606)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Fairly Ranked NFL Statistics.
    Chris T Edwards*, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
    (962-62-715)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Semi-parametric Modeling Techniques and Applications.
    William J Hooper*, Binghamton University and SUNY Oneonta
    (962-62-835)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the Robustness of the Synthetic Control Chart.
    Maria E Calzada*, Loyola University New Orleans
    Stephen Scariano, Loyola University New Orleans
    (962-62-868)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Estimation and relative efficiency of a periodic inspection plan: the case of loglogistic distribution.
    Haimeng Zhang*, Concordia College
    M. B Rao, North Dakota State University
    Ahmad Abu-Taleb, Jordan University of Science and Technology
    (962-62-914)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-9:10 a.m.
  AMS Session on Game Theory, Economics and Natural Sciences
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Laplace Transform formulation for an American Put Option.
    Roland Mallier*, University of Western Ontario
    Ghada Alobaidi, University of Western Ontario
    (962-91-1215)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Stochastic model of caries progression.
    Dorota T Kopycka-Kedzierawski*, university of Rochester
    Mark E Moss, University of Rochester
    Andrzej W Kedzierawski, SUNY Geneseo
    (962-92-1166)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Biotopology and Chirality in Proteins.
    Okan Gurel*, IBM
    Demet Gurel, Touro College
    (962-92-1239)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Grand Canyon River Trip Simulator Project.
    Joanna A Bieri*, Northern Arizona University
    Catherine A Roberts, Northern Arizona University
    (962-92-1194)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Exercise, Fitness, and Case Examples for Recent Application.
    C.S. Felicitas*, CFCTE and Gottlieb Library
    M.W. Auslander, CFCTE and Gottlieb Library
    (962-92-782)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
  MAA Session on Innovative Practices in Statistics Education, II
  Organizers:
  Mary M. Sullivan, Rhode Island College mmsullivan@ric.edu
  Carolyn K. Cuff, Westminster College
  Mary R. Parker, Austin Community College
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Making Connections: Turning Students onto Learning Statistics.
    Cathleen M Zucco-Teveloff*, Trinity College
    (962-E1-163)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Discussion.
  • 8:30 a.m.
    When Must It Fit? Classroom Activities with Modeling and Sampling.
    Cathy W Carter*, Christian Brothers University
    Pascal Bedrossian, Christian Brothers University
    (962-E1-596)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Don't neglect descriptive statistics in a first business statistics class.
    Barry Schiller*, Rhode Island College
    (962-E1-587)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Statistics Activities for Psychology Majors.
    Ginger Holmes Rowell*, Middle Tennessee State University
    (962-E1-362)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Statistical Experiments in the Natural Sciences.
    Colleen G. Livingston*, Bemidji State University
    (962-E1-338)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    When Statistics Is Not A Full-Semester Course. . .
    Mary M Sullivan*, Rhode Island College
    (962-E1-374)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Innovation in the teaching of introductory statistics: results of a survey.
    Joan B Garfield*, University of Minnesota
    (962-E1-329)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The American Statistical Association's Undergraduate Statistics Education Initiative (USEI).
    Mary R Parker*, Austin Community College
    (962-E1-614)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Ways to Incorporate Innovative Practices in an Applied Regression Analysis Course.
    Katherine T Halvorsen, Smith College
    John D McKenzie, Jr.*, Babson College
    Mary M Sullivan, Rhode Island College
    (962-E1-567)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Integrating Mathematics and Other Disciplines, III
  Organizers:
  William G. McCallum, University of Arizona wmc@math.arizona.edu
  Deborah Hughes Hallett, University of Arizona
  Yajun Yang, SUNY at Farmingdale
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Integrated Mathematics and Physical Science---The Best pre-Calculus.
    Jerome S Epstein*, Polytechnic University
    (962-G1-411)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Integrating Mathematics with the Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum: Using Just-in-Time Delivery.
    Jenna P Carpenter*, Louisiana Tech University
    Bernd Schroeder, Louisiana Tech University
    (962-G1-579)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Multi-Disciplinary Multivariate Calculus.
    Andrew J Weate*, United States Military Academy
    Joseph Myers, United States Military Academy
    Gerald C Kobylski, United States Military Academy
    (962-G1-586)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Service in Ordinary Differential Equations.
    William P Fox*, Francis Marion University
    (962-G1-1014)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The outcomes of direct problem solving instruction in an integrated calculus and physcics program.
    Karen A Marrongelle*, University of New Hampshire
    Kelly Black, University of New Hampshire
    Dawn Meredith, University of New Hampshire
    (962-G1-410)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    EcoMath: A Computer-Based Teaching Initiative in Integrated Ecology and Mathematics.
    Betty Mayfield*, Hood College
    (962-G1-183)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Use of Elementary Mathematics to Solve Important Optimization Problems in Forestry.
    Hari Pulapaka*, Stetson University
    David R Gibson, Valdosta State University
    (962-G1-471)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    "Directed Consulting": A Course in Which Students Solve Real, Not Just Realistic, Problems.
    Everette L May*, Salisbury State University
    (962-G1-386)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Chemical Reactions in Many Levels of Math.
    Richard D West*, Francis Marion University
    (962-G1-466)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    The Computational Science Paradigm: Connecting Mathematics, Computing and Science.
    Ignatios E Vakalis*, Capital University
    (962-G1-373)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A special course for students with advanced placement calculus credit.
    David O Lomen*, University of Arizona
    (962-G1-500)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    An Integrated Course in Advanced Engineering Mathematics: A Multimedia Approach.
    Donald G Hartig*, California Polytechnic State University
    Russell M Cummings, California Polytechnic State University
    (962-G1-954)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  MAA Session on Putting the ``Service" Back into Service Courses
  Organizers:
  Thomas L. Moore, Grinnell College mooret@grinnell.edu
  Ahmed I. Zayed, University of Central Florida
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    College Algebra: A coordinated approach.
    JoAnn B. Royster*, University of Central Arkansas
    (962-M1-430)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Designing College Algebra To Serve Its Clientele Effectively.
    Scott R Herriott*, Maharishi University of Management
    (962-M1-421)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Discussion.
  • 9:30 a.m.
    ``The Private History of a Reform that Failed:'' College Algebra and Student Readiness.
    Thomas W Polaski*, Winthrop University
    Ron C Goolsby, Winthrop University
    (962-M1-337)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Service Courses for Humanities and for Business.
    Kay M. Gura*, Ramapo College of New Jersey
    (962-M1-463)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A Freshman Study Skills Seminar for Underprepared Students.
    Barbara A Ashton*, Wittenberg University
    (962-M1-278)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  MAA Session on College Mathematics in Depth with Dynamic Mathematics Software, I
  Organizers:
  E. Paul Goldenberg, Education Development Center pgoldenberg@edc.org
  Jean-Marie Laborde, Laboratoire Leibnitz
  Barbara J. Pence, San Jose State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Sketchpad Explorations that Help Students Read, Discover, and Understand Euclidean Theorems and Proofs.
    Teresa D Magnus*, Rivier College
    (962-N1-546)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Creating Your Own Dynamic Software with TCL/TK.
    Robert J Decker*, University of Hartford
    (962-N1-417)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Mathematica Packages for the Visualization of Mathematical Ideas.
    Bruce F Torrence*, Randolph-Macon College
    (962-N1-304)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Visualization in Precalculus with Mathematica.
    Barry Cherkas*, Hunter College (CUNY)
    (962-N1-270)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Dynamic Interactive Explorations Using Mathwright and LAVA.
    James E White*, President, Bluejay Lispware and Director, Project WELCOME
    Dan Kalman, American University
    (962-N1-432)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Regression lines through quadratic forms.
    Al Cuoco*, Center for Mathematics Education, EDC
    (962-N1-1333)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Non-Euclidean Constructions using {\it Geometer's Sketchpad}.
    Stephen D Szydlik*, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
    (962-N1-451)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Dynamic Projective Geometry.
    Alan S McRae*, Washington and Lee University
    (962-N1-433)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 8:20 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Analytic Number Theory, III
  Organizers:
  Dorian Goldfeld, Columbia University goldfeld@columbia.edu
  

  • 8:20 a.m.
    Analytic Number Theory and Cryptography.
    Banks William, University of Missouri
    Daniel B Lieman*, University of Georgia
    Igor Shparlinski, Macquarie University
    (962-11-1240)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On the Normality of Arithmetical Constants.
    Jeffrey C Lagarias*, AT\&T Labs
    (962-11-740)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Towards an Artin conjecture for composites.
    Carl Pomerance*, Bell Labs - Lucent Technologies
    (962-11-814)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    q-series identities and L-functions.
    Ken Ono*, University of Wisconsin at Madison
    (962-11-785)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 8:20 a.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AWM Workshop
  This session consists of several parts listed separately throughout this program. All meeting participants are invited to attend all presentations.
  Organizers:
  Gail D. L. Ratcliff, University of Missouri, St. Louis
  Sue Geller, Texas A\&M University
  Jodie D. Novak, University of Northern Colorado
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, III
  Organizers:
  Karen H. Parshall, University of Virginia khp3k@virginia.edu
  David E. Zitarelli, Temple University zit@unix.temple.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Florian Cajori at Tulane University: how history entered mathematical pedagogy in the United States.
    John G Fauvel*, Open University
    (962-01-750)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Operations Research Work of Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley.
    David C Arney*, United States Military Academy
    Frederick Rickey, United States Military Academy
    (962-01-74)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On Hilbert's 24th Problem: Report on a new source and some remarks.
    R\"udiger Thiele*, University of Leipzig
    (962-01-285)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Agustín Aragón, Mexican scholar and journalist.
    Alejandro R Garciadiego*, UNAM - CINVESTAV
    (962-01-984)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On the Discovery of Wallis's Formula.
    Harold M. Edwards*, New York University
    (962-01-281)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Applications of Mathematics to Human Physiology and Medicine, III
  Organizers:
  James Cassatt, National Institutes of Health cassattj@nigms.nih.gov
  Michael C. Reed, Duke University reed@math.duke.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Half-lives of HIV infected Cells.
    Patrick Nelson*, University of Michigan
    (962-92-1216)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Transmembrane protein structure from NMR, mathematical analysis.
    J R Quine*, Florida State University and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
    Jeffrey K Denny, Mercer University
    Timothy A Cross, Florida State University and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
    (962-92-1023)
  • 10:10 a.m.
    A spatio-temporal model of the mitotic clock in avascular tumors.
    Trachette Jackson*, University of Michigan
    (962-92-1102)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
  AWM Workshop: Research Talks by Recent Women Ph.D.s, I
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Counting Permutations by their Rigid Patterns.
    Amy N. Myers*, University of Pennsylvania
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Computational Complexity of Generalized Pattern Matching.
    Christine E. Heitsch*, University of British Columbia
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Baues problem and the toric Hilbert scheme.
    Diane Maclagan*, Institute for Advanced Study
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Gap sets and error-correcting codes.
    Gretchen L. Matthews*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  AMS Committee on Education Panel Discussion
  The Mathematics Learning Study and its implications for teacher preparation.
  Organizers:
  Roger E. Howe, Yale University
  Panelists:
  Jeremy Kilpatrick, University of Georgia
  Jane O. Swafford, National Research Council
  Deborah L. Ball, University of Michigan
  Roger E. Howe,
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  Collision and percolation.
  Peter M. Winkler*, Bell Laboratories - Lucent Technologies
  (962-A0-40)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  The latest news about the computably enumerable sets.
  Peter A. Cholak*, University of Notre Dame
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
  MAA Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics Panel Discussion
  Restructuring the mathematics bachelor degree.
  Organizers:
  Lisa Townsley Kulich, Benedictine University
  Panelists:
  Patricia Rogers, York University
  Richard A. Gillman, Valparaiso University
  David C. Arney, U.S. Military Academy
  Donald W. Vander Jagt, Grand Valley State University
  Thomas R. Berger, Colby College
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
  MAA Special Presentation
  The pedagogical potential of computer symbolic algebra in the teaching of precalculus and calculus.
  Organizers:
  Bernhard Kutzler, University of Linz
  Helmut Heugl, Technical University of Vienna
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Writing and the mathematics classroom.
  Organizers:
  John E. Meier, Lafayette College
  Thomas W. Rishel, MAA
  Panelists:
  Annalissa Crannell, Franklin and Marshall College
  Julian F. Fleron, Westfield State College
  Philip R. Hotchkiss, Westfield State College
  John E. Meier,
  Morris Orzech, Queen's University
  Thomas W. Rishel,
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  NAM Panel Discussion
  Successful graduate diversity programs in the mathematical sciences.
  Moderators:
  Nathaniel Dean, Rice University
  Panelists:
  Carl Cowen, Purdue University
  Duane A. Cooper, University of Maryland, College Park
  Eugene W. Madison, University of Iowa
  William A. Massey, Lucent Technologies
  LaMont Toliver, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
  Employment Center
  Interview center.
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Book Sales and Exhibits
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 10:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  Model theory of compact complex manifolds.
  Thomas W. Scanlon*, University of California Berkeley
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 10:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  NAM Business Meeting
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  A kaleidoscope of mathematics and art.
  Ivars Peterson*, {\it Science News}
  (962-A0-38)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  AWM Workshop: Women Graduate Student Poster Session
  

  • 10:30 a.m.
    {\bf Light refreshments will be served.}
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Weak $P_{{\kappa}^+}$ \hskip .1pc -points in $u(\kappa)$.
    Joni E. Baker*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Goodwillie Calculus Towers of Functors of Hopf Algebra Type.
    Kristine Baxter*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Moving Frames and Cartesian Lie Group Actions.
    Mireille Boutin*, University of Minnesota
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Geometry of DNA and DNA-Protein Interactions.
    Dorothy Buck*, University of Texas at Austin
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Wavelet Homogenization Methods for Partial Differential Equations.
    Kirsten J. Boyd*, Stanford University
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Dynamics of Non-Abelian Toda-like Flows.
    Melinda Evrithiki Koelling*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • 10:30 a.m.
    $L^p$ Estimates for Maxwell's Equations in Stratified Media.
    Aurelia Minut*, Michigan State University
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Incidence Numbers for Line and Pseudo-line Arrangements.
    Kathryn Nyman*, Cornell University
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Questions On and Uses of Local Cohomology.
    Victoria A. Sapko*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Hyperbolic sets for holomorphic endomorphisms of $\mathbb{P}^k$.
    Ma{\l}gorzata Stawiska*, Northwestern University
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Analytic Rigidity of K-trivial Contractions in Dimension Three.
    Csilla Tam\'as*, Purdue University
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Dependent Edges in Acyclic Orientations of Graphs.
    Kimberly Tysdal*, Wesleyan University
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 11:10 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
  MAA Business Meeting
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
  AMS Business Meeting
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
  AWM Workshop: Panel Discussion
  Launching a Career in Mathematics.
  Moderators:
  Jodie D. Novak, University of Northern Colorado
  Panelists:
  Carolyn S. Gordon, Dartmouth College
  Tasha R. Inniss, Trinity College, D.C.
  Tamara G. Kolda, Sandia National Labs
  Lisa Mantini, Oklahoma State University
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-1:50 p.m.
  NAM Invited Address
  Numerical grid generation and 3D visualization of special functions.
  Bonita V. Saunders*, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, IV
  Organizers:
  Karen H. Parshall, University of Virginia khp3k@virginia.edu
  David E. Zitarelli, Temple University zit@unix.temple.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Large Numbers and the Infinite in Ancient Chinese Mathematics: Puzzles of Xu Yue's {\rm Shu Shu Ji Yi} (Memoir on Some Traditions of the Mathematical Art).
    Joseph W. Dauben*, Herbert H. Lehman College and Ph.D. Program in History, The Graduate Center, CUNY
    (962-01-788)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Mathematics in the American Journal of Science and Arts, 1819-1840.
    Todd Timmons*, Westark College/University of Oklahoma
    (962-01-295)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Tragedy and Trigonometry: The Story of Harvard's John Farrar.
    Amy K Ackerberg-Hastings*, Rockville, MD
    (962-01-209)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Hilbert's Grundlagen der Geometrie and Its Relation to Euclid's Elements.
    Craig G Fraser*, University of Toronto
    (962-01-161)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Mathematics around 1900: Transition from one century to the next.
    Erwin O. Kreyszig*, Carleton University
    (962-01-58)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The Lost Squares of Dr. Franklin.
    Paul C Pasles*, Villanova University
    (962-01-113)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The Laws of Boole's Thought.
    Stanley N Burris*, University of Waterloo
    (962-01-253)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Applications of Mathematics to Human Physiology and Medicine, IV
  Organizers:
  James Cassatt, National Institutes of Health cassattj@nigms.nih.gov
  Michael C. Reed, Duke University reed@math.duke.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Distribution of the number of clonogenic tumor cells surviving fractionated radiation.
    Leonid Hanin*, Idaho State university
    (962-92-1214)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Natural Selection of Strategies for the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma.
    David Kraines, Duke University
    Vivian Kraines*, Meredith College
    (962-92-1082)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Hypothesis Testing with the Benefit/Risk Model.
    Michael Greenwich*, Purdue University Calumet
    Benjamin Djulbegovic, Moffitt Cancer Center
    Iztok Hozo, Indiana University Northwest
    Stela Pudar-Hozo, Indiana University Northwest
    (962-62-197)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Mathematical modeling of motile microorganisms.
    Lisa Fauci*, Tulane University
    (962-92-1386)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Why is Mathematical Biology so Hard?
    Michael C Reed*, Duke University
    (962-92-1402)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    Discussion.
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Analysis on Infinite Dimensional Spaces (in honor of Leonard Gross), III
  Organizers:
  Hui-Hsiung Kuo, Louisiana State University kuo@math.lsu.edu
  Ambar N. Sengupta, Louisiana State University sengupta@math.lsu.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Some roles of the Levy Laplacian.
    Takeyuki Hida*, IIAS, Japan
    (962-60-956)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Stochastic calculus with the renormalized square of white noise.
    Luigi Accardi*, Centro Vito Volterra
    (962-46-1072)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Invariant measures on (finite and) infinite dimensional manifolds.
    Michael Roeckner*, Fakultaet fuer Mathematik, Universitaet Bielefeld
    (962-60-1416)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Infinite dimensional stochastic analysis and interest rate models.
    Rene Carmona*, Princeton University
    (962-60-1435)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Random Field Models of Interest Rates.
    Victor W. Goodman*, Indiana University
    Hassan Allouba, Indiana University
    (962-60-974)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A generalization of the Riesz representation theorem to infinite dimensions.
    Yuh-Jia Lee*, National University of Kaohsiung
    (962-46-326)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Information capacity of quantum channels.
    Christopher K King*, Northeastern University
    Beth Ruskai, University of Massachusetts Lowell
    (962-81-751)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Roles of Grwoth Functions in Infinite Dimensional Analysis.
    Nobuhiro Asai*, International Institute for Advanced Studies
    (962-46-343)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    On a space of BV functions on an abstract Wiener space.
    Masatoshi Fukushima, Japan
    Masanori Hino*, Cornell Univ. and Kyoto Univ.
    (962-46-1343)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    New Developments in Infinite-dimensional processes.
    Sergio Albeverio*, University of Bonn
    (962-60-871)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Analytic Number Theory, IV
  Organizers:
  Dorian Goldfeld, Columbia University goldfeld@columbia.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Gross-Zagier's formulas with characters.
    Shou-Wu Zhang*, Columbia University
    (962-11-723)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Geometric construction of modular forms over function fields.
    Douglas Ulmer*, University of Arizona
    (962-11-837)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Cocycles associated to values of derivatives of $L$-functions and their geometry.
    Nikolaos Diamantis*, McMaster University
    (962-11-744)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Generalized Jacobi's derivative formulas and singular torsion on elliptic curves.
    David R Grant*, University of Colorado at Boulder
    John Boxall, Universite de Caen
    (962-11-1235)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Generating Jacobi forms.
    Howard Skogman*, University of Southern California
    (962-11-817)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On Generalizations of Irreducibility Theorems of I. Schur.
    Martha A Allen*, University of South Carolina
    (962-11-855)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    The Density of Pseudoprimes with Two Prime Factors.
    William F Galway*, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (962-11-1393)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On a conjecture of M\c akowski and Schinzel.
    Alexander Grytczuk, T. Kotarbinski Pedagogical University
    Florian Luca*, UNAM
    Marek Wojtowicz, T. Kotarbinski Pedagogical University
    (962-11-117)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Divisibility of Binomial Coefficients and Catalan Numbers.
    Pantelimon Stanica*, Auburn University Montgomery
    (962-11-818)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Iterative Methods for Systems of Additive Forms.
    Scott T Parsell*, Texas A\&M University
    (962-11-125)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Partial Differential Equations and Geometric Implications, III
  Organizers:
  Vladimir E. Shklover, Northeastern University of Illinois ves@math.nwu.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    An integral representation of solutions of elliptic periodic PDE.
    Peter Kuchment*, Wichita State University
    Yehuda Pinchover, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
    (962-35-190)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Geometry of Stationary Sets for the Wave Equation in $R^n$. The Case of Finitely Supported Initial Data.
    Mark Agranovsky, Bar Ilan University
    Eric Todd Quinto*, Tufts University
    (962-35-312)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Spherical Line Congruences and the Sinh-Gordon Equation.
    Mary D Shepherd*, SUNY-College at Potsdam
    (962-53-84)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    A Symmetry Result for Overdetermined Degenerate Elliptic Problems.
    Friedemann Brock*, University of Missouri-Columbia
    (962-35-797)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The length spectrum and isospectral Riemannian nilmanifolds.
    Ruth Gornet*, Texas Tech University
    Maura B Mast, University of Massachusetts Boston
    (962-53-1312)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Pompeiu problem and discrepancy theory.
    Tibor O'dor*, Tokyo University
    (962-35-1284)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Semilinear Elliptic Problem on Lipschitz domains in Riemannian manifolds.
    Martin Dindos*, University of North Carolina
    (962-35-100)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Lorentz Wave Maps.
    Tadg H Woods*, University of Oregon
    (962-35-1379)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Stochastic Analysis and Applications, III
  Organizers:
  Padmanabhan Sundar, Louisiana State University sundar@math.lsu.edu
  Guillermo S. Ferreyra, Louisiana State University ferreyra@math.lsu.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Inversion formulas and ergodic properties of general spacing measures.
    Olav H Kallenberg*, Auburn University
    (962-60-1178)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    A simple test for Holder continuity of a class of Hilbert space valued processes.
    Douglas J Blount*, Arizona State University
    Michael A Kouritzin, University of Alberta
    (962-60-908)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Stochastic differential games with multiple modes and a small parameter.
    Kandethody M Ramachandran*, University of South Florida
    (962-60-690)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Regularity conditions and Lyapunov exponents for stochastic partial differential equations with random coefficients.
    Frederi G Viens*, Purdue University
    Jorge A Leon, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico DF, Mexico
    Samy Tindel, Universite Paris XIII, France
    (962-60-893)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Optimal Fluid Control Problems and Large Deviations of Stationary Reflected Brownian Motion.
    Kavita Ramanan*, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies
    Paul Dupuis, Brown University
    (962-60-981)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Growth and Spatial Dispersal Behavior of the Contact Process.
    Irene Hueter*, University of Florida
    (962-60-1034)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Integration with respect to fractional Brownian motion.
    Jerzy Szulga*, Auburn University, AL
    (962-60-1236)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A summable process which is not a semimartingale.
    Nicolae Dinculeanu, University of Florida
    Oana Mocioalca*, University of Florida
    (962-60-330)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Integral Transforms, IV
  Organizers:
  Gestur Olafsson, Louisiana State University olafsson@math.lsu.edu
  Gunter Lumer, University of Mons-Hainaut dufour@umh.ac.be
  Frank Neubrander, Louisiana State University neubrand@math.lsu.edu
  A. Ludu, Louisiana State University aludu@lsu.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Generalizations of $H^r$ functions and applications.
    Richard D. Carmichael*, Wake Forest University
    S. Pilipovi\'c, University of Novi Sad
    (962-44-654)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Boehmians on Manifolds.
    Piotr Mikusi\'nski*, University of Central Florida
    (962-44-925)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    On the inversion of some integral transforms in spaces of ultradistributions.
    Ioana Cioranescu*, University of Puerto Rico
    (962-46-1083)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The distributional and average behavior of generalized functions.
    Ricardo Estrada*, Universidad de Costa Rica
    (962-46-937)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Break.
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Applications of Generalized Functions in the Theory of Singular Integral Equations.
    Ram P Kanwal*, Pennsylvania State University
    (962-45-1056)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Generalized functions and Laplace transform in stabilization by boundary control.
    Gunter Lumer*, University of Mons-Hainaut and Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry, Belgium
    (962-44-725)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Vector-valued generalized functions.
    Boris Baeumer*, University of Nevada, Reno
    (962-44-970)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Local Laplace transform and singular Cauchy problems.
    Valentin Keyantuo*, University of Puerto Rico
    (962-47-1069)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Discrete Geometry, III
  Organizers:
  Andras Bezdek, Auburn University bezdean@mail.auburn.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Remarks on the Moment Theorem.
    G\'abor Fejes T\'oth*, R\'enyi Institute of Mathematics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
    (962-52-1387)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Modelling the folding of paper into three dimensions.
    Sarah-Marie Belcastro, University of Northern Iowa
    Thomas C Hull*, Merrimack College
    (962-52-873)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Aperiodicity and Computation in the Hyperbolic Plane.
    Chaim Goodman-Strauss*, University of Arkansas
    (962-52-1080)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The combinatorics of $n+3$ points in projective $n$-dimensional space.
    Javier Bracho*, Instituto de Matematicas, UNAM
    (962-52-1315)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Configurations of points and lines in affine and projective space.
    Luis Montejano*, National University of Mexico
    (962-52-1291)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Unit chords of a convex body.
    Bernardo M Abrego, Rutgers University
    Silvia Fernandez*, Rutgers University
    (962-52-1233)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Finite point sets with many similar copies of a given pattern.
    Bernardo M Abrego*, Rutgers University
    Gyorgy Elekes, Eotvos University
    Silvia Fernandez, Rutgers University
    (962-52-1232)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A Polytopal Generalization of Sperner's Lemma.
    Elisha B Peterson, Oxford University
    Francis Edward Su*, Harvey Mudd College
    (962-52-213)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Interaction of Inverse Problems and Image Analysis, III
  Organizers:
  M. Zuhair Nashed, University of Delaware nashed@math.udel.edu
  Otmar Scherzer, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen scherzer@rz.mathematik.uni-muenchen.de
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Regularization Methods in Image Sequence Analysis.
    Joachim Weickert*, University of Mannheim, Germany
    Christoph Schnoerr, University of Mannheim, Germany
    (962-49-1119)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Image Registration of Histological Sections of the Human Brain.
    Jan Modersitzki*, Medical University of Luebeck
    (962-65-673)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Models for non-texture inpaintings.
    Tony F Chan, UCLA
    Jianhong (Jackie) Shen*, University of Minnesota & IMA
    (962-68-595)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Hybrid steepest descent method and its application to convexly constrained inverse problems.
    Isao Yamada*, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
    (962-65-783)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Inverse Problems in Sampling Theory.
    Ahmed I Zayed*, University of Central Florida
    (962-34-684)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A nonstationary iterated Tikhonov-Morozov method.
    Charles W Groetsch*, University of Cincinnati
    Otmar Scherzer, Universitaet Bayreuth
    (962-65-681)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Models for image interpolation based on the optical flow.
    Walter Hinterberger, Linz
    Otmar Scherzer*, Bayreuth
    (962-49-653)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Inverse spectral problem for the fourth order differential operator.
    Amin Boumenir*, Moravian College
    (962-34-829)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Image reconstruction and its application in mathematical biology.
    Mike Mayergoiz*, Rockville, Maryland
    (962-49-121)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Continuous algorithm for solving nonlinear ill-posed problems with simultaneous regularized inversion of the Fr\'echet derivative operator.
    Alexandra B Smirnova*, Georgia State University
    (962-65-1038)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#11: Part B
  The mathematics of decision making.
  Organizers:
  Deborah Hughes Hallett, University of Arizona
  William G. McCallum, University of Arizona
  Richard B. Thompson, University of Arizona
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#14: Part B
  Discrete dynamical systems, mathematics, methods, and models.
  Organizers:
  David C. Arney, U.S. Military Academy
  Frank R. Giordano, Marina, CA
  John S. Robertson, Georgia College & State University
  Maurice D. Weir, Naval Postgraduate School
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#5: Part B
  Creating and exporting computer animations to the Web.
  Organizers:
  William D. Emerson, Metropolitan State College of Denver
  Louis A. Talman, Metropolitan State College of Denver
  Bradford Kline, Metropolitan State College of Denver
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-4:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Ordinary Differential Equations
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Monotone iterative techniques for nonlinear problems involving the difference of two monotone functions.
    T G Bhaskar, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
    Farzana A McRae*, Catholic University of America
    (962-34-1138)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Stability Analysis of Solutions to a System of Nolinear FDE's with State-Dependent Delay.
    Sanjay Rai, Jacksonville University
    Robert L Robertson*, Huntingdon College
    (962-34-1150)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Eigenparameter dependent Inverse Sturm-Liouville problems.
    C. Maeve McCarthy*, Murray State University
    William Rundell, Texas A\&M University
    (962-34-1187)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    A geometric proof of Lie's formula for symmetries and integrating factors of first-order o.d.e's.
    Terrance J Quinn*, Texas A&M International University
    Scott Simmons, Texas A&M International University
    (962-34-1188)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Monotone-iterative Technique for Impulsive Hybrid Equations.
    Snezhana G. Hristova*, Georgia Southern University
    (962-34-1285)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Eigenvalues of Regular Fourth Order Sturm-Liouville Problems Using Sampling Theory.
    Bilal Chanane*, KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
    (962-34-1287)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    A Comparison of Eigenvalues for a Sturm-Liouville Boundary Value Problem on a Measure Chain.
    Bonita A. Lawrence*, University of South Carolina Beaufort
    Denise T. Reid, Valdosta State University
    (962-34-1300)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Existence of Neutral Stochastic Functional Differential Equations with Abstract Volterra Operators.
    Zephyrinus C Okonkwo*, Albany State University
    James C Turner Jr., Florida State University
    (962-34-1329)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The Center Variety of Polynomial Differentail Systems.
    Abdul Salam M Jarrah*, New Mexico State University
    (962-34-1368)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Break.
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Geometric Aspects of Sturm-Liouville Problems Space of Boundary Conditions for Left-Definitness.
    Kevin J Haertzen*, Northern Illinois University
    Qingkai Kong, Northern Illinois University
    Hongyou Wu, Northern Illinois University
    Anton Zettl, Northern Illinois University
    (962-34-525)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Modified Wiener Equations.
    Will Watkins*, University of Texas-Pan American
    (962-34-703)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Dynamics of Systems with Discrete-Continuous time and Impulsive effects.
    Sivasundaram Seenith*, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida
    (962-34-786)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Existence and Uniqueness for a Class of Delay Differential-Algebraic Equations.
    Dan I Coroian*, Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne
    (962-34-811)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Singularities of second order implicit differential equations: A geometrical approach.
    Michelle C LeMasurier*, Franklin and Marshall College
    (962-34-836)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Positive Solutions for Classes of Multiparameter Boundary Value Problems.
    Patrick S Caldwell*, Mississippi State University
    (962-34-876)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-4:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Real Analysis
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Inclusion Theorems for Euler Submethods.
    Jeffrey A Osikiewicz*, Kent State University
    Mohammad K Khan, Kent State University
    (962-40-1141)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    On the convergence of functions defined on compact Hausdorff speces.
    Arthur A Danielyan*, University of Central Florida
    (962-40-1431)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    On the degreee of approximation of fuctions belonging to a weighted class by (E, 1)H means.
    Billy E Rhoades*, Indiana University
    (962-40-165)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Jayasri Summability.
    Jerry P King*, Lehigh University
    (962-40-803)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Multipliers and Factorizations for Bounded Statistically Convergent Sequences.
    J. Connor*, Ohio University
    K. Demirci, Kirikkale University
    C. Orhan, Ankara University
    (962-40-946)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    On Polynomials Monotonic on the Unit Interval.
    Mohammed A Qazi*, Tuskegee University
    (962-41-1004)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Asymptotic Behavior of Szeg\"o Polynomials with Respect to a Weak-star Convergent Sequence of Measures on the Unit Circle.
    Michael J Arciero*, University of Rhode Island
    (962-41-1173)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    An Algorithm for Solving Boundary Value Problems.
    Elias Deeba*, University of Houston-Downtown
    Shishen Xie, University of Houston-Downtown
    Suheil Khuri, American University of Sharjah
    (962-41-42)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Generalized Bernstein Polynomials and Symmetric Functions.
    Robert P Boyer, Drexel University
    Linda C Thiel*, Ursinus College
    (962-41-816)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Formulas Relating the Fourier and Wavelet Transforms of Distributions.
    George K Yang*, Tennessee State University
    (962-42-1040)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Maximal and Square Functions for Wavelets.
    Sarah V Cook*, Washburn University
    (962-42-1153)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Break.
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Smoothness of Refinable Function Vectors.
    Denise A Jacobs*, Georgia Tech
    (962-42-131)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Characterization of Fourier series of Stepanov almost-periodic functions.
    Gerard T. LaVarnway*, Norwich University
    Roger L. Cooke, University of Vermont
    (962-42-34)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A two-parameter Littlewood-Paley inequality.
    Robert D Poodiack*, Norwich University
    (962-42-53)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Translation-Invariant Multiwavelet Transforms.
    Peter R Massopust*, Tuboscope Vetco Pipeline Services
    Kathrin Berkner, Ricoh Silicon Valley, Inc.
    (962-42-760)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-4:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Combinatorics, III
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Bipartite distance-regular graphs and their primitive idempotents.
    Mark S MacLean*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (962-05-621)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Runs in Lotto - A Combinatorial Analysis.
    Patricia B Humphrey*, Georgia Southern University
    David R Stone, Georgia Southern University
    (962-05-634)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The Petersen block.
    Joseph P Kung*, University of North Texas
    (962-05-635)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Pebbling Numbers of Graphs.
    Sivaram K Narayan, Central Michigan University
    Matthew R Zuckero*, Central Michigan University
    (962-05-677)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Exploring the Bose-Burton Geometries.
    Rachelle M Ankney*, George Washington University
    (962-05-720)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    (16,6) Configurations of Points and Planes in ${\bf P}^3$.
    Sharon L Sullivan*, University of Kentucky
    (962-05-734)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Partition theorems for left and right variable words.
    Neil Hindman*, Howard University
    Randall McCutcheon, University of Maryland
    (962-05-792)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Partitioning the Boolean lattice into chains of large minimum size, Part I.
    Tim Hsu, Pomona College
    Mark J Logan, Claremont McKenna College
    Shahriar Shahriari, Pomona College
    Christopher Towse*, Scripps College
    (962-05-805)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Partitioning the Boolean lattice into chains of large minimum size, Part II.
    Tim Hsu, Pomona College
    Mark J Logan*, Claremont McKenna College
    Shahriar Shahriari, Pomona College
    Christopher Towse, Scripps College
    (962-05-806)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The Poincare Polynomial of a Graph.
    Jonathan J Wiens*, University of Alaska Fairbanks
    (962-05-838)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Parameter inequalities for asymmetric orthogonal arrays.
    Wiebke S Diestelkamp*, University of Dayton
    (962-05-846)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    A Restriction on Tree-Tolerance Representations for Cycles.
    Mary Ann Saadi*, University of Rhode Island
    (962-05-848)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Average Cayley Genus for Cayley Maps with Dihedral Groups.
    Jamie Langille*, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    Michelle Schultz, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    (962-05-899)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Geometric Representations of Ordered Sets.
    Joshua D Laison*, Dartmouth College
    (962-05-977)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On the independence number of the Cartesian product of caterpillars.
    Jeffrey S Powell*, Furman University
    Scott P Martin, Furman University
    Douglas F Rall, Furman University
    (962-05-949)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Rearrangeability Numbers: Bounds on Tournaments and Meshes.
    Sarah E Moss*, Harvard University
    (962-05-1268)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
  AMS Session on Algebraic Geometry and Linear Algebra
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    AIEP $\mathbb{Z}$-modules.
    Darin Kapanjie*, Shippensburg University
    Lenny K Jones, Shippensburg University
    (962-15-1212)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    On the Minimum Distance of a Class of 2-D Cyclic Codes Using Artin-Schreier Curves.
    Cem Guneri*, Louisiana State University
    (962-14-1027)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    An elementary construction of certain affine open subschemes of the {H}ilbert scheme of $n$ points of the affine plane.
    Mark E Huibregtse*, Skidmore College
    (962-14-1347)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    A note on a class of rings found as Ga-invariants for locally trivial actions on normal affine varieties.
    Kristofer D Jorgenson*, Laurel Technical Services
    (962-14-210)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Effective Divisor Classes on a Ruled Surface.
    Jeffrey A Rosoff*, Gustavus Adolphus College
    (962-14-645)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    On Rational Sections of Yoshida Elliptic Surfaces.
    Charles F Schwartz*, Rider University
    William L Hoyt, Rutgers University
    (962-14-891)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Points on Quantum Projectivizations.
    Adam Nyman*, University of Washington
    (962-14-983)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-2:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Classroom Demonstrations and Course Projects That Make a Difference, II
  Organizers:
  David R. Hill, Temple University hill@math.temple.edu
  Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State College
  Lila F. Roberts, Georgia Southern University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Creating WWW-based demonstrations using the JavaSketchpad.
    David A Thomas*, Ball State University
    (962-L1-146)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    A Community Based Modeling Project - The Human Cost of Census Undercounting.
    Rebekah Dupont*, Augsburg College
    (962-L1-422)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Probability Involving a TV Game.
    Susie M Lanier*, Georgia Southern University
    Sharon M Barrs, Georgia Southern University
    (962-L1-370)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Exploring the theory of the rainbow.
    Gerbrand Hagmolen of ten Have*, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
    (962-L1-517)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    College Algebra and Analysis of Stock Market Investing.
    Paul D Sisson*, LSU - Shreveport
    (962-L1-562)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Enhancing Student Learning and Perceptions in Calculus Using Internet Based Projects.
    Clifton Wingard*, Delta State University
    (962-L1-340)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    CLT Revisited: A Demonstration of the Central Limit Theorem for an Introductory Statistics Course.
    Jacqueline A Hall*, Longwood College
    (962-L1-364)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Shake a Stick at Ill-Conditioning.
    Jeff L Stuart*, U. of Southern Mississippi
    (962-L1-542)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  MAA Session on College Mathematics in Depth with Dynamic Mathematics Software, II
  Organizers:
  E. Paul Goldenberg, Education Development Center pgoldenberg@edc.org
  Jean-Marie Laborde, Laboratoire Leibnitz
  Barbara J. Pence, San Jose State University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    New technologies as a bridge between various areas of mathematics.
    Colette Laborde*, University of Grenoble and University Institute for Teacher Education, FRANCE
    (962-N1-1272)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Approaching affine geometry concepts with dynamic software: invariance, concurrence, area theorems, barycentric coordinates and splines.
    James R. King*, University of Washington
    (962-N1-387)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Shears as a unifying topic through the high school and college curriculum.
    Susan L Addington*, California State University, San Bernardino
    (962-N1-611)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Dynamic geometry visualization in algebra.
    Nicholas Jackiw*, KCP Technologies
    (962-N1-1281)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Properties of measures---Statistics investigations with Fathomm.
    William Finzer*, KCP Technologies
    (962-N1-1273)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Dynamic Interactive Tools for Visualizing Concepts in Multivariate Calculus.
    Jean Marie McDill*, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
    Agnes M Rash, St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia
    (962-N1-487)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    PascalGT: Conjectures, Explorations, and Reasoning in Mathematics.
    Kathleen M Shannon*, Salisbury State University
    Michael J Bardzell, Salisbury State University
    (962-N1-342)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Using Dynamic Geometry Software to Simulate Motion Graphs with a Data Collection Device.
    Douglas A Lapp*, Central Michigan University
    (962-N1-156)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Integration By Parts as a Curve Drawing Machine: Leibniz's Transmutation of Curves as a Critical Experiment Testing the Ability of Formal Languages to Model Geometry.
    David Dennis*, University of Texas at El Paso
    (962-N1-609)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Algebraic curves in a Dynamic Interactive Geometry Environment like Cabri.
    Jean-Marie Laborde*, CNRS and University Joseph Fourier (Grenoble), France
    (962-N1-1328)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on General Contributed Papers, III
  Organizers:
  Howard L. Penn, United States Naval Academy hlp@usna.edu
  Elizabeth M. Mayfield, Hood College
  Jay A. Malmstrom, Oklahoma City Community College
  William P Wardlaw, United States Naval Academy
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    A Final Exam Schedule.
    Pascal M Bedrossian*, Christian Brothers University
    (962-T1-590)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Variability of Referee Ratings of Conference Papers.
    Henry M Walker*, Grinnell College
    Weichao Ma, Boston University
    Dorene Mboya, Northeastern University
    (962-T1-199)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Exploring Finite Topologies.
    Jeffrey W Clark*, Elon College
    (962-T1-258)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    A Canonical Basis for Ohtsuki's Finite Type Invariants of Integral Homology 3-Spheres.
    Daylene Zielinski*, Bellarmine University
    (962-T1-617)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Palindromic Prime Pyramids.
    Chris K Caldwell*, University of Tennessee, Martin
    G. L Honaker, Bristol, Tennessee
    (962-T1-382)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Square-Banded Polygons and Affine Regularity.
    Duane DeTemple*, Washington State University
    Matthew Hudelson, Washington State University
    (962-T1-262)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Weak Bourbaki Unmixed Rings: A Step Towards Non-Noetherian Cohen-Macaulayness.
    Tracy D Hamilton*, Western Illinois University
    (962-T1-365)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Root Multiplicities of Kac-Moody Lie Algebras of Indefinite Type.
    Jennifer M Hontz*, Meredith College
    (962-T1-482)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Generalizing the "Equal Area Zones Property" of the Sphere.
    Jeff Dodd*, Jacksonville State University
    Vincent Coll, Ambler, PA
    (962-T1-352)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Nondegenerate Rational Approximation.
    Franklin Kemp*, Plano, Texas
    (962-T1-173)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Angular Ratio Transference.
    James H Mulberry*, Houston, TX
    (962-T1-169)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Asymmetric Binomial Coefficients.
    Bruce E O'Neill*, American University in Cairo
    (962-T1-376)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Unit Step and Impulse Functions in Gene Dynamics.
    Robert L Fulton*, University of Louisville
    Beth Bradley, University of Louisville
    (962-T1-453)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    The Numerical solution of exterior Dirichlet problem for Helmholtz's equation via modified Green's functions approach.
    Yajni M Warnapala-Yehiya*, Roger Williams University
    Tzu C Lin, University of Wisconsin-MIlwaukee
    (962-T1-198)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The Existence of Solutions of Parabolic Equations with Barrier Boundary Condition.
    Chi-Kan Chen*, University of Central Arkansas
    (962-T1-166)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    A study of Length-biased Distributions and Their Transformations.
    Prashant S Sansgiry, Coastal Carolina University
    Olcay Akman*, Coastal Carolina University
    (962-T1-357)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    What Is a Mathematical Entity?
    Roger A Simons*, Rhode Island College
    (962-T1-564)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Joint Panel Discussion
  Philosophy of mathematics: That which is of interest to mathematicians.
  Organizers:
  Joseph Auslander, University of Maryland
  Bonnie Gold, Monmouth University
  Panelists:
  Chandler Davis, University of Toronto
  Reuben Hersh, University of New Mexico
  Saunders Mac Lane, University of Chicago
  Kenneth Manders, University of Pittsburgh
  Timothy Bays, University of Notre Dame
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
  MAA CUPM Subcommittee on Calculus Reform and the First Two Years Panel Discussion
  Calculus renewal: Issues for undergraduate mathematics education in the next decade.
  Organizers:
  Susan L. Ganter, Clemson University
  Panelists:
  Jack Bookman, Duke University
  Wade Ellis, Jr., West Valley College
  James H. Lightbourne, III, National Science Foundation
  William G. McCallum, University of Arizona
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Qualities needed in Department Chairs.
  Organizers:
  Gerald L. Alexanderson, Santa Clara University
  Catherine M. Murphy, Purdue University Calumet
  Panelists:
  Keith Devlin, St. Mary's College
  Ronald G. Douglas, Texas A\&M University
  Joe King, University of New Orleans
  Anita E. Solow, Randolph-Macon Woman's College
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
  MAA Task Force on Articulation Panel Discussion
  Articulation: Is the transition to college mathematics as smooth as we think it is?
  Organizers:
  Sheldon P. Gordon, SUNY at Farmingdale
  Bernard L. Madison, University of Arkansas
  Moderators:
  Linda Boyd, Georgia Perimeter College
  Panelists:
  Bernard L. Madison,
  Lee Jones, College Board
  Susan L. Forman, Bronx Community College
  Daniel Kennedy, Baylor School
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Professor for the Future programs in mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Thomas W. Rishel, MAA
  Panelists:
  Amy Cohen-Corwin, Rutgers University
  Luise Charlotte Kappe, Binghamton University
  Matthias Kawski, Arizona State University
  Kathryn L. Nyman, Cornell University
  Eileen T. Shugart, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  Virginia M. Warfield, University of Washington
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  Ramsey's theorem and computability theory: A survey.
  Tamara J. Hummel*, Allegheny College
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 2:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AWM Workshop: Research Talks by Recent Women Ph.D.s, II
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Spectral properties of elliptic layer potentials on non-smooth domains.
    Irina Mitrea*, Institute for Advanced Study
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Factorization of formal exponentials and uniformization.
    Katrina Barron*, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Hidden Symmetries for a Renormalized Integral of Eisenstein Series.
    Jennifer E. Beineke*, Trinity College, Hartford
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The Witten Genus and Equivariant Elliptic Cohomology.
    Maria Basterra*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • 4:00 p.m.
    AWM Workshop closing remarks.
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Mathematical problems suggested by Analog-to-Digital conversion.
  Ingrid Daubechies*, Princeton University
  (962-94-23)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 2:30 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  The core model induction.
  John Steel*, University of California Berkeley
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 2:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Open Discussion on Reforming College Algebra
  Organizers:
  Donald B. Small, U.S. Military Academy
  Panelists:
  Della D. Bell, Texas Southern University
  Sarah Bush, Wiley College
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 2:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Mathematics and the mathematical sciences in 2010: What should graduates know?
  Organizers:
  Thomas R. Berger, Colby College
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  MAA Session on Courses and Programs That Illustrate Recommendations of the Mathematical Education of Teachers Document, III
  Organizers:
  Judith L. Covington, LSU-Shreveport jcovingt@pilot.lsus.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Mathematics for Future Elementary School Teachers in a Core Liberal Arts Program.
    E. F. Donoghue*, CUNY, College of Staten Island
    D. S. Franzblau, CUNY, College of Staten Island
    (962-F1-470)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A Course in Statistics and Probability that Illustrates the Recommendations of the MET Document.
    Christine A Franklin*, University of Georgia
    (962-F1-574)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Course Portfolios for Assessing Learning in an Investigations Based Class.
    Maura A Murray*, Salem State College
    (962-F1-641)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Impact of the Missouri Middle Mathematics Project on the Preparation of Prospective Middle School Teachers.
    Ira J Papick*, University of Missouri-Columbia
    John K Beem, University of Missouri-Columbia
    Barbara J Reys, University of Missouri-Columbia
    Robert E Reys, University of Missouri-Columbia
    (962-F1-15)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 3:00 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on The Undergraduate Seminar in Mathematics, II
  Organizers:
  Barry J. Arnow, Kean University of New Jersey barnow@turbo.kean.edu
  George A. Avirappattu, Kean University of New Jersey
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Banach-Tarski in Senior Seminar.
    William P Abrams*, Longwood College
    (962-I1-308)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Keeping Students on Task.
    Jeremy S Case*, Taylor University
    (962-I1-603)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Philosopy of Mathematics.
    Alvin White*, Harvey Mudd College
    (962-I1-371)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    The History of Mathematics as a Seminar.
    Herbert E Kasube*, Bradley University
    (962-I1-303)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Undergraduate Seminars in Mathematics at Alma College.
    Aklilu Zeleke*, Alma College
    (962-I1-236)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Strategies for a Successful Undergraduate Seminar.
    D. S. Franzblau*, CUNY, College of Staten Island
    (962-I1-568)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The Senior Mathematics Seminar as a Capstone Experience.
    Janet C. Woodland*, University of Arkansas
    (962-I1-573)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    A History of Math Course as a Senior Seminar.
    Betty Mayfield*, Hood College
    (962-I1-182)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Creating a Useful Senior Seminar Experience.
    Robert T Harger*, High Point University
    (962-I1-540)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 3:10 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  MAA Session on Innovative Uses of the World Wide Web in Teaching Mathematics, III
  Organizers:
  Marcelle Bessman, Jacksonville University mbessma@ju.edu
  Brian E. Smith, McGill University
  

  • 3:10 p.m.
    Teaching Upper-level Math Courses in the 21st Century.
    James M Parks*, SUNY Potsdam
    (962-C1-176)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Using Applets in Teaching Mathematics.
    Garrett D Heath*, United States Military Academy
    (962-C1-477)
  • 3:50 p.m.
    Using the Web to Communicate.
    Richard M Rubin*, Christian Brothers University
    (962-C1-552)
  • 4:10 p.m.
    Stuck in Traffic in Chicago: A World Wide Web Project.
    Elyn Rykken*, Muhlenberg College
    Maureen T Carroll, University of Scranton
    (962-C1-515)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Development of e-tutorials for Remedial Mathematics Courses.
    James M Sobota*, Univ Wis - LaCrosse
    (962-C1-388)
  • 4:50 p.m.
    Audiographics as a Mathematics Course Delivery System.
    Paul A Sundheim*, University of Wisconsin Waukesha
    (962-C1-1436)
  • 5:10 p.m.
    Designing Interactive Mathematics Software for Your Web Page.
    Robert J Decker*, University Of Hartford
    (962-C1-584)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Using Blackboard CourseInfo 4.0 to Teach Internet Courses in College Algebra, Finite Mathematics, and Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers.
    Ron Tuttle*, University of South Carolina Beaufort
    (962-C1-60)
  • 5:50 p.m.
    Discussion.
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 3:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#3: Part B
  Teaching contemporary statistics with active learning.
  Organizers:
  Allan J. Rossman, Dickinson College
  Beth L. Chance, California Polytechnic State University
  Robin H. Lock, St. Lawrence University
  Mary R. Parker, Austin Community College
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 3:30 p.m.-4:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Dynamical Systems and Finite Differences
  

  • 3:30 p.m.
    A criterion for minimality of restrictions of compact minimal Abelian flows.
    Alica Miller*, Michigan State University
    (962-37-141)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Global Behavior of Solutions of x[n+1] = max { A, x[n] } / (x[n]x[n-1]).
    Jeffrey Feuer, Coastal Carolina University
    Edward Janowski, University of Rhode Island
    Gerasimos Ladas, University of Rhode Island
    Christopher T Teixeira*, Rhode Island College
    (962-39-1219)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Control problems for the linear Cauchy functional equation.
    Donald R. Snow*, Brigham Young University
    (962-39-1419)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Compact Operators and Delay Differential Equations.
    Jonathan D Bihari*, Duke University
    (962-39-150)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Asymptotic behavior of solutions of difference adiabatic oscillator.
    Alexei V Bourd*, QUALCOMM Inc.
    (962-39-780)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    On Non-homogeneous Cauchy Difference Equations of a Special Type.
    Bruce R Ebanks*, Mississippi State University
    (962-39-713)
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 3:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  MAA Committee on Two-Year Colleges Panel Discussion
  Teaching to attract potential teachers.
  Organizers:
  Mary Robinson, University of New Mexico-Valencia Campus
  Janet P. Ray, Seattle Central Community College
  Gary L. Britton, University of Wisconsin Washington County
  Moderators:
  Jay A. Malmstrom, Oklahoma City Community College
  Panelists:
  Joanne Peeples, El Paso Community College
  Patricia Stone, Tomball College
  Susan D. Parsons, Cerritos College
  Arnold M. Ostebee, St. Olaf College
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  ASL Special Presentations in Set Theory
• Saturday January 13, 2001, 6:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
  AMS Banquet