Joint Mathematics Meetings Program by Day

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

Thursday January 11, 2001

• Thursday January 11, 2001, 7:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Employment Center
  Distribution of schedules, scheduled interviews, and interview center (see article for specific hours).
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 7:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
  Committee on MAA/Department Liaisons Breakfast
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 7:55 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Redefining What a Modern ``College Algebra" Experience Means, II
  Organizers:
  Sheldon P. Gordon, SUNY at Farmingdale gordonsp@farmingdale.edu
  Florence S. Gordon, New York Institute of Technology
  Arlene H. Kleinstein, SUNY at Farmingdale
  Mary Robinson, University of New Mexico, Valencia
  Linda H. Boyd, Georgia Perimeter College
  Barbara A. Jur, Macomb Community College
  

  • 7:55 a.m.
    Introductory remarks.
  • 8:00 a.m.
    Three Versions of College Algebra at Portland Community College.
    Jerry R Kissick*, Portland Community College
    (962-D1-608)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    In-Class Collaborative Learning for a 60-student "College Algebra" Class for Business Students.
    Sarah-Marie Belcastro*, University of Northern Iowa
    (962-D1-288)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Integrating Projects Into the College Algebra Curriculum.
    Jay A Malmstrom*, Oklahoma City Community College
    Chris Chris Oehrlein, Oklahoma City Community College
    (962-D1-318)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    A Precalculus Technology Course with Mathematica.
    Barry Cherkas*, Hunter College (CUNY)
    (962-D1-269)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Computer Algebra Systems and Pedagogically Unsound Automated Procedures.
    Michael J. Bosse', Delaware State University
    N. R. Nandakumar*, Delaware State University
    (962-D1-449)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Putting "College" back into College Algebra.
    Michelle R DeDeo*, University of North Florida
    (962-D1-218)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Revitilizing Precalculus Using Problem-Based Learning.
    Sonya S Stanley*, Samford University
    (962-D1-599)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Fostering Active Engagement and Learning in College Algebra courses through Writing, Collaborative Learning, and Modeling.
    Harel Barzilai*, Salisbury State University
    (962-D1-333)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Enhancing College Algebra Instruction.
    Hengli Jiao*, Jackson State University
    (962-D1-427)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Mathematical Literacy in the 21st Century: A Comparison of Student Learning in Contemporary and Traditional College Algebra Courses.
    Christine L Ebert*, University of Delaware
    Patrick Mwerinde, University of Delaware
    (962-D1-583)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Precalculus with Parallel Review.
    Rafael Martinez-Planell*, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
    Darrell Hajek, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
    Daniel McGee, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
    Sarah E Torres-Ruiz, Interamerican University
    (962-D1-232)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Taking Variables Seriously.
    Aaron G Montgomery*, Central Washington University
    (962-D1-243)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Cryptography as a Theme in a Course on Functions (Preliminary Report).
    Aaron T Ekstrom*, Alfred University
    Jennifer C Smith, University of Arizona
    (962-D1-533)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    43.095 General Mathematics - Symbolic Manipulation and More.
    Sarah L Mabrouk*, Framingham State College
    (962-D1-620)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    College Algebra {it\ within} Calculus!
    Donovan H Van Osdol*, University of New Hampshire
    (962-D1-128)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Politics, Placement, Peer Study and Performance in College Algebra.
    Paul Chacon*, University of Southern Colorado
    Tamara Watkins, University of Southern Colorado
    (962-D1-569)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, III
  Organizers:
  Naomi Fisher, University of Illinois at Chicago ndfisher@uic.edu
  William H. Barker, Bowdoin College
  Jerry L. Bona, University of Texas at Austin
  Kenneth C. Millett, University of California, Santa Barbara
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Mathematical Preparation of Teachers: Issues for Mathematics Departments.
    Joan Ferrini-Mundy*, Michigan State University
    (962-97-1346)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Are students learning the necessary concepts of calculus? A comparative study of Japanese and American High School Students.
    Thomas W Judson*, University of Portland
    Toshiyuki Nishimori, Hokkaido University
    (962-97-194)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Ten Years of Calculus Renewal: A report on evaluation efforts and national impact.
    Susan L Ganter*, Clemson University
    (962-97-1165)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    CAMP/CTFMS Mathematics Teaching Internships.
    Kenneth C Millett*, UCSB
    (962-97-1263)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Project ENACT: An MAA program to increase the number of Native American mathematics teachers.
    Robert E. Megginson*, University of Michigan
    (962-97-1021)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    UCLA Teacher Preparation Program in Mathematics.
    Philip C Curtis, Jr.*, UCLA
    (962-97-1261)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Mathematically enabling students in the Boston Public Schools.
    Maurice E Gilmore*, Northeastern University
    (962-97-1302)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Some Programs that Promote Mathematics Teaching Careers.
    Kenneth C Millett*, UCSB
    (962-97-1265)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Geometric Group Theory, III
  Organizers:
  Stephen G. Brick, University of South Alabama ggg@math.usouthal.edu
  Igor Mineyev, University of South Alabama
  Jon M. Corson, University of Alabama
  Martin R. Bridson, Mathematical Institute, Oxford
  Philip L. Bowers, Florida State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Plane Polynomial Crystallographic Groups.
    Karel Dekimpe*, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Campus Kortrijk
    (962-20-652)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Developments in coset enumeration.
    George Havas*, The University of Queensland
    Colin Ramsay, The University of Queensland
    (962-20-856)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    An algorithm to detect a nonpositively-curved metric simplical complex.
    Jon McCammond*, Texas A\&M University
    Murray Elder, Texas A\&M University
    (962-20-787)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Subgroup structure of word-hyperbolic groups.
    Ilya Kapovich*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Richard Weidmann, Ruhr-Universitat at Bochum
    (962-20-866)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Graph products and Cannon pairs.
    Joseph Loeffler*, The College of New Jersey
    John Meier, Lafayette College
    James Worthington, Binghamton University
    (962-20-1198)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Geometry of the space of semi-labelled binary trees, and an application to computational biology.
    Louis Billera, cornell university
    Susan Holmes*, statistics, stanford
    Karen Vogtmann, cornell
    (962-92-743)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Subgroup separability in tree groups and other graph groups.
    Tim Hsu*, Pomona College
    Daniel T. Wise, Brandeis University
    (962-20-1058)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Non-amenable finitely presented groups without free subgroups.
    Alexander Olshanskii, Vanderbilt University, Moscow State University
    Mark Sapir*, Vanderbilt University
    (962-20-859)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Model Theory, I
  Organizers:
  Steven A. Buechler, University of Notre Dame buechler.1@nd.edu
  Sergei Starchenko, University of Notre Dame starchenko.1@nd.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Some Model Theory of Compact Complex Spaces.
    Rahim N Moosa*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (962-03-1022)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Classifying minimal groups in separably closed fields.
    Elisabeth Bouscaren*, CNRS - University Paris 7
    Francoise Delon, CNRS - University Paris 7
    (962-03-706)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    On a result of Rosenlicht.
    Wai Yan Pong*, Univerisity of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
    (962-12-1157)
  • 9:50 a.m.
    Homogeneity of locally modular geometry.
    Byunghan Kim*, MIT, Cambridge, MA
    (962-03-888)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Real-closed analytic proper subfields of the reals have Hausdorff dimension zero.
    Gerald A Edgar, The Ohio State University
    Chris Miller*, The Ohio State University
    (962-03-1015)
  • 10:50 a.m.
    When flat covers of pure-injective modules are pure-injective.
    Philipp S Rothmaler*, Wesleyan University
    (962-16-1321)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    Galois groups of first order theories.
    Anand Pillay*, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (962-03-1253)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Representation Theory of Finite and Algebraic Groups, II
  Organizers:
  Zongzhu Lin, Kansas State University zlin@math.ksu.edu
  Daniel K. Nakano, Utah State University nakano@sunfs.math.usu.edu
  Cornelius Pillen, University of South Alabama pillen@mathstat.usouthal.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Decomposing Tensor Products by Counting Polytopes.
    Jared E Anderson*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    (962-22-820)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Low-dimensional representations of $Sp_{2n}(q)$ and $SU_{n}(q)$ in cross-characteristic.
    Robert M. Guralnick, University of Southern California
    Kay Magaard, Wayne State University
    Jan Saxl, University of Cambridge
    Pham Huu Tiep*, University of Florida
    (962-20-566)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Ext$^1$ quiver for completely splittable modules of the symmetric group.
    David J Hemmer*, University of Chicago
    (962-20-360)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Case for the Modular {F}robenius Symbol.
    Ben Ford*, Sonoma State University
    (962-20-1298)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Representations of the supergroup Q(n).
    Jonathan W Brundan*, University of Oregon
    (962-20-880)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The symmetric group in the search for more general weight conjectures.
    Harald E Ellers*, Northern Illinois University
    (962-20-1305)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    New results on representations of double covers of symmetric groups.
    Alexander S Kleshchev*, University of Oregon
    (962-20-196)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Representations on extraspecial groups applied to the classification of quasithin groups.
    Stephen D Smith*, U. Illinois-Chicago
    (962-20-72)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Integrals and Series throughout Mathematics, III
  Organizers:
  Victor H. Moll, Tulane University vhm@math.tulane.edu
  George Boros, University of New Orleans gboros@math.uno.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    New classes of exact definite integrals derivable from Laplace transform methods.
    Pedro M Jordan*, Naval Research Laboratory
    Pratap Puri, University of New Orleans
    George Boros, University of New Orleans
    (962-44-716)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Asymptotic formulas for two continued fractions in Ramanujan's lost notebook.
    Jaebum Sohn*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Bruce C Berndt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (962-11-853)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A Tauberian Style Theorem for Two-Dimensional Walsh Series.
    Douglas S Daniel*, Wake Forest University
    (962-42-1349)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Matrix Transformations: From Absolutely Convergent Series To Convergent Sequences.
    Jinlu Li*, Shawnee State University
    (962-40-1254)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Automatic generation of enumerating series for Wilf classes.
    Mohamud G Mohammed*, Temple University
    Doron Zeilberger, Temple University
    (962-05-205)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Multiple zeta series via box splines.
    Karl Dilcher, Dalhousie University
    Kirk Haller*, Dalhousie University
    (962-11-301)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Multiple harmonic sums and quasi-symmetric functions.
    Michael E. Hoffman*, U.S. Naval Academy
    (962-16-286)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    A new formula for Ramanujan's tau function.
    Stephen C Milne*, The Ohio State University
    (962-11-143)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Asymptotic Behavior of Difference Equations with Applications, III
  Organizers:
  Vlajko L. Kocic, Xavier University vkocic@xula.edu
  Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Howard University aziz@scs.howard.edu
  Gerasimos Ladas, University of Rhode Island gladas@math.uri.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Open problems and conjectures.
    Gerry Ladas*, University of Rhode Island
    (962-39-1308)
  • 8:25 a.m.
    Convergence of Solutions in a Nonhyperbolic Case When the Equilibrium is Positive.
    Candace M Kent*, Virginia Commonwealth University
    (962-37-211)
  • 8:50 a.m.
    Nonlinear Discrete-Time Pair Formation Models.
    Carlos Castillo-Chavez*, Cornell University
    Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Howard University & Cornell University
    (962-92-826)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Dispersal, Disease and Discrete-Time Models.
    Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Cornell University
    Abdul-Aziz Yakubu*, Howard University & Cornell University
    (962-92-824)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    On the Rational Difference Equation of Second Order.
    Carol H Gibbons, University of Rhode Island
    M. R.S. Kulenovic*, University of Rhode Island
    Gerry Ladas, University of Rhode Island
    (962-39-75)
  • 10:05 a.m.
    On asymptotic representation of solutions of perturbed systems of linear difference equations.
    Sigrun Bodine*, University of Puget Sound
    (962-39-1366)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On A Rational Difference Equation.
    Edward A Grove, University of Rhode Island
    Gerasimos Ladas, University of Rhode Island
    Lynn C McGrath*, University of Rhode Island
    Christopher Teixeira, Rhode Island College
    (962-39-663)
  • 10:55 a.m.
    On the Difference Equation $x_[n+1] = a + b x_[n-1] e^{-x_[n]}, n=0,1,2,.....$
    Michael A Radin*, Univ. of Rhode Island
    Hamdi El-Metwally, Univ. of Rhode Island
    Edward A Grove, Univ. of Rhode Island
    Gerry Ladas, Univ. of Rhode Island
    Richard Levins, Harvard University
    (962-39-46)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    Dynamics of a nonlinear, second order, rational difference equation.
    Witold Kosmala*, Appalachian State University
    Mustafa Kulenovic, Univ. of Rhode Island
    Gerry Ladas, Univ. of Rhode Island
    Chris Teixeira, Univ. of Rhode Island
    (962-39-513)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    On the Recursive Sequence x(n+1)=(a+b(x(n))/(Bx(n)+Cx(n-1)).
    Kim Cunningham, University of Rhode Island
    Mustafa Kulenovic, University of Rhode Island
    Gerry Ladas, University of Rhode Island
    Soudabeh Valicenti*, University of Rhode Island
    (962-37-108)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Function Theory, Differential Equations and Functional Equations, II
  Organizers:
  Gary G. Gundersen, University of New Orleans ggunders@math.uno.edu
  Ilpo Laine, University of Joensuu Ilpo.Laine@joensuu.fi
  Enid M. Steinbart, University of New Orleans esteinba@math.uno.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Potential theory of $T$-automorphic domains and entire functions of completely regular growth.
    David Drasin*, Purdue University
    Pietro Poggi-Corradini, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan KS
    Vladamir Azarin, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
    (962-31-1137)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Hayman Directions for Meromorphic Functions.
    P C Fenton, University of Otago
    John F Rossi*, Virginia Tech
    (962-30-629)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On a question of Hellerstein and Rossi regarding the equation $y''+P(z)y=0$.
    Yik-Man Chiang*, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Shupei Wang, Houston, Texas
    (962-34-1230)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Holomorphic solutions of certain functional and functional differential equations.
    Ludwig P Reich*, University of Graz, Austria
    (962-30-675)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Value distribution theory and some functional equations.
    Katsuya Ishizaki*, NIPPON Institute of Technology
    (962-30-689)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Functional equations and spherical functions.
    Henrik Stetkaer*, Aarhus University, Denmark
    (962-39-705)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Operator Theory on Function Spaces, III
  Organizers:
  Zhijian Wu, University of Alabama
  Dechao Zheng, Vanderbilt University zheng@math.vanderbilt.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On the $\lambda$-commutativity of Volterra operators.
    Srdjan Petrovic*, Western Michigan University
    Alan Lambert, University of North Carolina Charlotte
    Animikh Biswas, University of North Carolina Charlotte
    (962-47-1171)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On the Invertibility of some operators on Hilbert Spaces.
    Ramesh V Garimella*, Tennessee Technological University
    Voldymyr Hrynkiv, Tennessee Technological University
    Yung-Way Liu, Tennessee Technological University
    (962-47-832)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Properties of Weakly Compact Operators on VMOA.
    Joseph A Cima*, UNC, Chapel Hill, N.C.
    Alec Matheson, Lamar Univ.
    (962-30-20)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Inverses in single generated algebras.
    Gabriel T Prajitura*, Bucknell University
    (962-47-1077)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Decomposability and the cyclic behavior of composition operators.
    Joel H Shapiro*, Michigan State University
    (962-47-784)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Weighted composition operators between Hardy and Bloch spaces.
    Sh\^{u}ichi Ohno*, Nippon Institute of Technology
    (962-47-55)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    The Role of the Spectrum in the Cyclic Behavior of Composition Operators.
    Eva A. Gallardo-Gutierrez*, Universidad Cadiz
    Alfonso Montes-Rodriguez, Universidad de Sevilla
    (962-47-501)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Spectra of Linear Fractional Composition Operators in Several Variables.
    Carl C. Cowen*, Purdue University
    (962-47-626)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on PDE Models in Population Biology and Epidemiology, II
  Organizers:
  J. M. Cushing, University of Arizona cushing@math.arizona.edu
  Eric T. Funasaki, Georgia Southern University funasaki@gsu.cs.GaSoU.edu
  Shandelle M. Henson, College of William and Mary henson@math.wm.edu
  Anna Maria Spagnuolo, Oakland University spagnuol@oakland.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Optimal Control of Boundary Habitat Hostility for Interacting Species.
    Suzanne Lenhart*, University of Tennessee
    (962-35-942)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Optimal Control of a Chemotaxis System.
    K. Renee Fister*, Murray State University
    C. Maeve McCarthy, Murray State University
    (962-35-179)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    An Existence Result for a Population Model with Constant Effort Harvesting.
    Ratnasingham Shivaji*, Mississippi State University
    (962-35-860)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Diffusive logistic equations with predation terms.
    Junping Shi*, College of William and Mary
    (962-35-1407)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Conditional persistence in logistic models via nonlinear diffusion.
    Robert S Cantrell*, University of Miami
    George C Cosner, University of Miami
    (962-92-570)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Brucellosis, Botflies, and Brainworms: the Impact of Edge Habitats on Pathogen Transmission and Species Extinction.
    Robert S Cantrell, University of Miami
    Chris Cosner*, University of Miami
    William F Fagan, Arizona State University
    (962-92-547)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Linear conjecture for spread in cooperative models.
    Bingtuan Li*, University of Utah
    Hans F Weinberger, University of Minnesota
    Mark A Lewis, University of Utah
    (962-92-980)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Applications, II
  Organizers:
  Ralph A. Saxton, University of New Orleans rsaxton@math.uno.edu
  David H. Wagner, University of Houston wagner@math.uh.edu
  Katarzyna Saxton, Loyola University saxton@loyno.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Weak Shock Reflection by a Wedge and the Related Free Boundary Problems.
    Suncica Canic*, University of Houston
    Barbara L Keyfitz, University of HOuston
    Eun-Heui Kim, University of Houston
    (962-35-850)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A free boundary problem for a quasilinear degenerate elliptic equation: weak shock reflection in the UTSD equation.
    Sun\v{c}ica \v{C}ani\'{c}, University of Houston
    Barbara L Keyfitz, University of Houston
    Eun Heui Kim*, University of Houston
    (962-35-845)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Decay of Almost Periodic Solutions of Conservation Laws.
    Hermano Frid*, Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics-IMPA
    (962-35-718)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A Strictly Hyperbolic, Genuinely Nonlinear 2x2 System of Conservation Laws which is $L^1$-unstable.
    Herbert C Kranzer*, Adelphi University
    (962-35-99)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Solitary wave interactions of the Euler-Poisson equations.
    David H Sattinger*, Utah State University
    Mariana Haragus, University of Bordeaux
    David P Nicholls, University of Minnesota
    (962-35-339)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Global Attractors for a Degenerate Equation from Viscoelasticity.
    John P Wilber*, Texas A\&M University
    Stuart S Antman, University of Maryland
    (962-37-61)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#4: Part A
  The Global Classroom: Using the Web as an interactive learning environment.
  Organizers:
  Marcelle Bessman, Jacksonville University
  Douglas A. Quinney, Keele University
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#7: Part B
  Cwatsets: A research experience for undergraduates.
  Organizers:
  Gary J. Sherman, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#9: Part A
  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
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
  AMS Session on Complex Variables and Potential Theory
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Counting Functional Roots.
    Lawrence J Crone*, American University
    (962-30-399)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Uniqueness of Solutions to a Free Boundary Problem.
    Jonathan E Huntley, Baruch College,CUNY
    Nam J Moh, Queensborough Community College
    David E Tepper*, Baruch College,CUNY
    (962-30-104)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Numerical computation of the Ahlfors map in multiply connected domains.
    Thomas J Tegtmeyer*, Truman State University
    (962-30-1099)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Schwarz-Christoffel mapping of the annulus.
    John A Pfaltzgraff*, University of North Carolina
    Thomas K DeLillo, Wichita State University
    Alan R Elcrat, Wichita State University
    (962-30-1163)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Density of a Class of Polynomials in the Class $S_H^0$ of Sense-Preserving Harmonic Functions, Preliminary Report.
    Christopher J Morgan*, University of Kentucky
    (962-30-438)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Boxlike domains in the complex plane.
    John Feroe, Vassar College
    Benjamin A Lotto*, Vassar College
    Charles I Steinhorn, Vassar College
    (962-30-662)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On harmonic univalent maps.
    Yusuf I Abu Muhanna*, American University of Sharjah
    (962-30-918)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Parametric Versions of the Weighted Caccioppoli-type Inequalities for A-Harmonic Tensors.
    Shusen Ding*, Seattle University
    (962-31-282)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Lower bounds of generalized subharmonic functions.
    Alexander I Kheyfits*, Bronx Community College/CUNY
    (962-31-990)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Unbounded Convex Mappings of the Ball in $\mathbb{C}^n$.
    Jerry R Muir, Jr.*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    Ted J Suffridge, University of Kentucky
    (962-32-714)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Partial Differential Equations
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    $L^p$ Estimates for Maxwell's Equations in Stratified Media.
    Aurelia Minut*, Michigan State University
    (962-35-1154)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Numerical solution of inverse scattering problem for acoustic waves in inhomogeneous medium.
    Andrzej W Kedzierawski*, SUNY Geneseo
    (962-35-1161)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Lie Symmetries of the Vaidya Equations.
    Russell L Herman*, UNC Wilmington
    (962-35-1249)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Generalized Quasilinearization Method For Semilinear Hyperbolic Problems.
    V. Lakshmikantham, Florida Tech
    Semen Koksal*, Florida Tech
    Tenali Gnana Bhaskar, Indian Institute of Technology
    (962-35-1309)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A Dynamic Thermoviscoelastic Model for Grinding.
    Kevin T Andrews*, Oakland University
    M. Shillor, Oakland University
    S. Wright, Oakland University
    (962-35-1358)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Torsional Oscillations in Suspension Bridges: Bifurcation and Stability Results for Nonlinearly Coupled Beam and Wave Equations.
    Kristen S Moore*, University of Michigan
    P.J. McKenna, University of Connecticut
    (962-35-1373)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Dimensional Reduction Algorithm for A Thin Domain.
    Robert E DeVille*, Boston University
    (962-35-1384)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    An asymptotic expansion for a solution of convection-diffusion problem.
    Bruce R Kellogg, University of Maryland
    Igor V Shimansky*, University of Maryland and Enig Associates, Inc
    (962-35-1417)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the determining equations for the nonclassical reductions of the heat and Burgers' equation.
    Danny Arrigo*, University of Central Arkansas
    Fred Hickling, University of Central Arkansas
    (962-35-585)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    The nth order Darboux transformation for the heat equation factors.
    Danny Arrigo, Univ. Central Arkansas
    Fred Hickling*, Univ. Central Arkansas
    (962-35-623)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Global Existence Theorems for the n-Dimensional Vector Burgers Equation.
    Guy Bernard*, University of Central Arkansas
    (962-35-639)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Complete blow-up of solutions for quasilinear parabolic problems.
    C. Y. Chan, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Nadejda E Dyakevich*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (962-35-701)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Blow-up of solutions for degenerate parabolic problems due to local and nonlocal nonlinear sources.
    C. Y. Chan, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Haiyan Tian*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (962-35-721)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    A Multiplicity Result for Classes of p-Laplacian Equations.
    Shobha Oruganti*, Mississippi State University
    (962-35-861)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Recovery of a boundary flux using far boundary data.
    Seth F. Oppenheimer*, Mississippi State University
    Mark S Riggs, Mississippi State University
    (962-35-939)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Regularity Properties of a Class of Solutions to the Monge-Ampere Equation.
    David A Hartenstine*, Temple University
    (962-35-965)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Number Theory, II
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Distribution of Primes in Function Fields.
    Joseph J Palen*, Alma College
    (962-11-1020)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Generalized Stieltjes constants $\gamma_k$ for non-integral $k$.
    Rick Kreminski*, Texas A\&M University - Commerce
    (962-11-1064)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Nontrivial Tame Extensions Over Hopf Orders.
    Daniel R Replogle, College of Saint Elizabeth
    Robert G Underwood*, Auburn University Montgomery
    (962-11-107)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    The First Moment of the Number of 1's Function in the Zeckendorf Number System and in Base $\beta$.
    Curtis N Cooper*, Central Missouri State University
    Robert E Kennedy, Central Missouri State University
    (962-11-1103)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    $n$-Pattern Sequences and Stirling Numbers of the Second Kind.
    Robert E Kennedy*, Central Missouri State University
    Curtis N Cooper, Central Missouri State University
    (962-11-1105)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    A connection between the final digits of Fibonacci numbers and Chinese zodiac.
    Seok Sagong*, Middlesex Community College
    (962-11-1191)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The distribution of prime ideals of imaginary quadratic fields.
    Glyn Harman, University of London
    Angel V Kumchev*, University of South Carolina
    Philip Lewis, Cardiff University
    (962-11-1234)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    A digit-product function with interesting properties.
    Paul A Loomis*, Bloomsburg University
    (962-11-1318)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Fundamental system of units of certain composita of two pure cubic fields.
    Claude Levesque*, Universit\'e Laval
    (962-11-1356)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Annihilating Polynomials in the Witt Ring.
    Thomas C Palfrey*, Xavier University of Louisiana
    (962-11-283)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The 3x+1 Problem and Directed Graphs.
    Paul J Andaloro*, Kent State University, Stark Campus
    (962-11-409)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Pure Multigrades.
    A. W. Goodman*, University of South Florida
    (962-11-518)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    On disproving the Fermat-Catalan Conjecture.
    Susil K Jena*, Bhubaneswar, Orissa,India
    (962-11-619)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Extension of Universal Kummer Congruences.
    Arnold M Adelberg*, Grinnell College
    (962-11-644)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Primitive Roots in Cubic and Higher Extensions of a Finite Field.
    Donald Mills*, United States Military Academy
    Gavin McNay, London, UK
    (962-11-735)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Fractal Dimension of Generalized Multinomial Coefficients Modulo a Prime.
    John M Holte*, Gustavus Adolphus College
    (962-11-890)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Field Theory and Commutative Rings
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Division Algebras with $\hbox{PSL}(2,q)$-Galois Maximal Subfields.
    Elizabeth S Allman*, University of Southern Maine
    Murrray M Schacher, UCLA
    (962-12-1208)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Isomorphism Classes of Elliptic Function Fields Over a Finite Field.
    Mark J Motley*, University of Kentucky
    (962-12-1322)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On pseudo-valuation domains whose overrings are going-down domains.
    R. Douglas Chatham*, Wake Forest University
    David E Dobbs, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    (962-13-1029)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Iteration of Quadratic Functions in $\mathbb{Z}_{n}$.
    Carrie E Finch*, Shippensburg University
    Lenny K Jones, Shippensburg University
    Michael D Seyfried, Shippensburg University
    (962-13-1108)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Monoids and Direct Sum Decompositions of Modules.
    Karl Kattchee*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    (962-13-1176)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Gr\"obner Bases and the Design and Implementation of Multi-Dimensional Filter Banks.
    Mikhail K Tchobanou, Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University)
    Cynthia J Woodburn*, Pittsburg State University
    (962-13-1183)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Two star-operations and their induced lattices.
    Daniel D Anderson, The University of Iowa
    Sylvia J Forman*, St. Joseph's University
    (962-13-1200)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Normal Monomial Ideals.
    Les Reid, Southwest Missouri State University
    Leslie G. Roberts, Queen's University
    Marie A. Vitulli*, University of Oregon
    (962-13-1276)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Koszul Homology and Frobenius Powers of Quotient Ideals.
    Carolyn A Yackel*, Indiana University
    (962-13-255)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Eminent Domains and Algebraically-Defined Integers.
    Michael J Khoury*, Denison University
    (962-13-292)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Some Remarks on U-factorizations.
    Michael C Axtell*, Wabash College
    (962-13-30)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Tensor Products and Quotient Rings which are Finite Commutative Principal Ideal Rings.
    Jilyana Cazaran*, Louisiana State University
    (962-13-335)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Dense Ideals of Incidence Algebras.
    Muge Kanuni*, University of Connecticut
    (962-13-739)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Implications of the maximal growth of a Hilbert function on the Betti numbers of a lex-segment ideal.
    Kimberly J Presser*, Shippensburg University
    (962-13-823)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    A $p$-Bases Algorithm for Indecomposable $\mathbf Z_{p^{n}}C_p$-Modules.
    Maria A. Avino-Diaz*, ITESM, Ciudad de México
    Luis D Garcia, New Mexico State University
    (962-13-971)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Slender rings.
    Radoslav M. Dimitric*, Berkeley City College
    (962-13-220)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Great Theorems of Mathematics, II
  Organizers:
  Cheryl L. Olsen, Shippensburg University clolse@ship.edu
  Douglas E. Ensley, Shippensburg University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Derivative Relationships Between Volume and Surface Area.
    Leon Hall*, University of Missouri-Rolla
    Michael Dorff, Brigham Young University
    (962-A1-184)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Proofs of the infinity of prime numbers.
    Zengxiang Tong*, Otterbein College
    (962-A1-11)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Bolyai's Geometric Constructions.
    J. Charles Jascobson*, Elmira College
    (962-A1-378)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Cantor-Schröder-Bernstein Theorem, Yente the Matchmaker's Marriage Theorem, and Why ONE Point Determines a Straight Line.
    Ira Rosenholtz*, Eastern Illinois University
    (962-A1-250)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    A Glimpse at the Weyl Unitary Trick.
    Maria G. Fung*, University of Wisconsin-Stout
    (962-A1-311)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Godel's Theorem Via Kolmogorov Complexity.
    Homer S White*, Georgetown College
    (962-A1-148)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Arrow's Theorem.
    Thomas L Bartlow*, Villanova University
    (962-A1-106)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    The Sprague-Grundy Theorem: Nim Games in Disguise.
    Jodie D Novak*, University of Northern Colorado
    (962-A1-461)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Alfred Kempe's "Proof" of the Four Color Theorem.
    Timothy A Sipka*, Alma College
    (962-A1-636)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    The Erdos-Ramsey Connection.
    Elaine A Terry*, St. Joseph's University
    (962-A1-510)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    Graphical Sequences and the Havel-Hakimi Theorem.
    Linda E McGuire*, Muhlenberg College
    (962-A1-180)
  • 11:40 a.m.
    Cauchy's Integral Theorem.
    Louise Amick*, Washington College
    (962-A1-431)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  MAA Session on Courses and Programs That Illustrate Recommendations of the Mathematical Education of Teachers Document, II
  Organizers:
  Judith L. Covington, LSU-Shreveport jcovingt@pilot.lsus.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Providing the Historical Perspective.
    Dick Jardine*, Keene State College
    (962-F1-413)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Vision, the Challenge, and the Reality: An examination of efforts to develop preservice teachers mathematical habits of mind in the mathematics content courses.
    Mercedes A McGowen*, William Rainey Harper College
    (962-F1-616)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Improving Middle Grades Mathematics Instruction Through Certification of Mathematics Specialists.
    Judy S O'Neal*, North Georgia College \& State University
    (962-F1-24)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    An Example of a Capstone Course for Mathemtics Educatoin Majors.
    Curtis D Bennett*, Bowling Green State University
    David E Meel, Bowling Green State University
    (962-F1-289)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Project T.E.A.M.: A Professional Development Opportunity for Mathematics Teachers, Mathematicians, and Mathematics Educators.
    Katherine G McGivney*, Shippensburg University
    (962-F1-460)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Three Math Courses to Support the Teaching of Algebra in the Middle Grades.
    Dale Oliver*, Humboldt State University
    (962-F1-414)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Capstone Courses For Secondary Mathematics Teachers.
    Barbara J Pence*, San Jose State University
    (962-F1-266)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    I saw two paths: Parallels Between the MET Document and the MST Major at SJFC.
    Kris H Green*, St. John Fisher College
    (962-F1-402)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
  MAA Session on Mathematics in the Age of Euler, I
  Organizers:
  V. Frederick Rickey, United States Military Academy fred-rickey@usma.edu
  William W. Dunham, Muhlenberg College
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Euler's proof for the value of the zeta function in a class room.
    Mysore S. Jagadish*, Barry University, Miami Shores
    (962-Q1-457)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Euler and some "paradoxes" of integral calculus.
    Michael K Kinyon*, Indiana University South Bend
    (962-Q1-439)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Euler, the Calculus of Variations, and Some Applications.
    Lisa O Coulter*, Stetson University
    (962-Q1-159)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Chains, Names, and Imaginary Spheres: A History of the Hyperbolic Functions in the 18th Century.
    Janet H Barnett*, University of Southern Colorado
    (962-Q1-502)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Leonhard Euler as a Map Maker.
    George W Heine*, BLM
    (962-Q1-443)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Researches on the Curvature of Surfaces.
    Jerry M Lodder*, New Mexico State University
    (962-Q1-465)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Euler's Fourteen Problems.
    Edward Sandifer*, Western Connecticut State U
    (962-Q1-97)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    A Letter from Euler to Goldbach: Comments on the Factorization of a Polynomial.
    Luise-Charlotte Kappe, SUNY at Binghamton
    Friedrich L Kluempen*, SUNY at Binghamton
    (962-Q1-291)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    A History of Euler's Theorem that $(m,n)=1 \Rightarrow m^{\varphi(n)}=1$ (mod $n$) with Applications.
    Craig P Bauer*, Northwestern State University of Louisiana
    (962-Q1-390)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Gauss, recurrence relations, and the agM.
    Stacy G Langton*, University of San Diego
    (962-Q1-271)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-11:35 a.m.
  MAA Session on ARUME, II
  Organizers:
  Julie M. Clark, Emory \& Henry College jmclark@ehc.edu
  Chris Rasmussen, Purdue University Calumet
  Rina Zazkis, Simon Fraser University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Development of a Calculus Concept Inventory (CCI).
    Jerome S Epstein*, Polytechnic University
    (962-S1-455)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Why formal set theory should be excluded from prospective elementary teachers' mathematics preparation.
    Sybilla K Beckmann*, University of Georgia
    (962-S1-372)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Collaborative Learning and the Use of Technology:Experiences Gained from a Statistics Course.
    Maria M Meletiou*, Pedagogical Institute of Cyprus
    William O Martin, North Dakota State University
    (962-S1-1359)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Introducing indivisibles into calculus instruction - preliminary results.
    Bronislaw Czarnocha*, Hostos Community College, City University of New York
    Vrunda Prabhu, William Woods University
    Marlene Aquilar, Tecnico de Monterey
    (962-S1-1352)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Mixed Metaphors: Undergraduate Language and Understanding in Calculus.
    Eric Hsu*, University of Texas at Austin
    Michael Oehrtman, University of Texas at Austin
    (962-S1-1301)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Motivation of the Limit Concept.
    Aaron G Montgomery*, Central Washington University
    Keith E Schwingendorf, Purdue University North Central
    (962-S1-244)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Pre-service Teachers Learning Mathematics with Calculators: A Failure to Connect Between Current and Future Practice.
    Sharon B Walen, Boise State University
    Steven R Williams, Brigham Young University
    Bradley E Garner*, Boise State University
    (962-S1-446)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Tool or Topic: Student Perceptions of Matrices in Linear Algebra.
    Jim Cottrill*, Illinois State University
    Aaron Montgomery, Central Washington University
    (962-S1-1168)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    An Investigation of the Major Conceptual Strands of First Semester Calculus.
    Marilyn P Carlson*, Arizona State University
    (962-S1-1246)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    On Understanding of Transformations, Domain, and Range of Functions.
    Bernadette Baker, Drake University
    Clare Hemenway*, University of Wisconsin Marathon County
    Maria Trigueros, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico
    (962-S1-1341)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    Conceptions of Indexing.
    Anne Brown*, Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, IN
    Michael McDonald, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
    Kirk Weller, Bethel College, Mishawaka, IN
    (962-S1-1007)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  AWM Emmy Noether Lecture
  Nonlinear equations in conformal geometry.
  Sun-Yung Alice Chang*, Princeton University and University of California Los Angeles
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Chaotic Systems and Fractal Geometry, II
  Organizers:
  Denny Gulick, University of Maryland, College Park dng@math.umd.edu
  Jon W. Scott, Montgomery College
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Fractal Tilings with Radial Symmetry.
    Thomas E Price*, The University of Akron
    Adam E Roberts, The University of Akron
    (962-B1-773)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Visualizing point sets, fractals and quasicrystals with raster tilings.
    Ned W Allis, Lafayette College
    Jeffrey P Dumont, Lafayette College
    Clifford A Reiter*, Lafayette College
    (962-B1-519)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Does Devaney's definition of SDIC imply a positive Lyapunov constant?
    Timothy J Pennings*, Hope College
    (962-B1-400)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Irregular Sierpinski Triangles.
    Judith A Palagallo*, University of Akron
    Matthew C Palmer, University of Akron
    (962-B1-775)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Fractal Geometry as Curriculum Enhancement.
    David A Brown*, Cornell University
    Osman Yurekli, Ithaca College
    (962-B1-260)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Fractals in the Liberal Arts Classroom.
    Holly Hirst*, Appalachian State University
    (962-B1-592)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    The Fractal Dimension of the Blues.
    David Fowler*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (962-B1-162)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    Persistent Properties of Chaos.
    Pat Touhey*, College Misericordia
    (962-B1-18)
  • 11:40 a.m.
    Mfurcations, M=3,4,5,... or Parabolic Bifurcations in the Mandelbrot Set.
    Anne M Burns*, Long Island University/C.W.Post Campus
    (962-B1-239)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
  MAA Committees Panel Discussion
  Faculty isolated by discipline.
  Organizers:
  John D. Fulton, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  Panelists:
  Donald L. Bentley, Pomona College
  John B. Fink, Kalamazoo College
  Annie Selden, Tennessee Technological University
  Henry M. Walker, Grinnell College
  Bernard L. Madison, University of Arkansas
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Subcommittee on Quantitative Literacy Poster Session
  College and university quantitative literacy programs across the nation.
  Organizers:
  John G. Harvey, University of Wisconsin
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Doctoral programs in mathematics education.
  Organizers:
  Robert E. Reys, University of Missouri, Columbia
  Panelists:
  Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Michigan State University
  James T. Fey, University of Maryland, College Park
  Robert Glasgow, Southwest Baptist University
  Jeremy Kilpatrick, University of Georgia
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
  MAA-Project NExT Panel Discussion
  How to attract more students into advanced mathematics classes.
  Organizers:
  T. Christine Stevens, St. Louis University
  Joseph A. Gallian, University of Minnesota, Duluth
  Aparna W. Higgins, University of Dayton
  Panelists:
  Mary D. Shepherd, SUNY-College at Potsdam
  Paul Zorn, St. Olaf College
  Kirby A. Baker, University of California Los Angeles
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
  Book Sales and Exhibits
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  Some topics in applied mathematics.
  Peter D. Lax*, Courant Institute, New York University
  (962-A0-37)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#3: Part A
  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
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 10:45 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
  AMS Session on Integral Equations and Transforms
  

  • 10:45 a.m.
    Multidimensional Laplace transforms involving heat equation and Green's function.
    R.S. Dahiya*, Iowa State University
    (962-44-687)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    A Quenching Problem for the Heat Equation.
    Colleen M Kirk*, Montclair State University
    Catherine A Roberts, Northern Arizona University
    (962-45-1378)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    A Comparison Study on Quadrature Based Method and Hybrid Sampling Series For an Abel - Type Equation.
    Xiaoping Shen*, Eastern Connecticut State University
    (962-45-778)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    On a certain integral equation.
    Murali Rao*, University of Florida
    Li-chien Shen, University of Florida
    (962-45-882)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
  MAA Committee on the Teaching of Undergraduate Mathematics Panel Discussion
  Growing an oak tree from an acorn: Extending a new program from a few innovators to the whole department.
  Organizers:
  Bonnie Gold, Monmouth University
  Richard Jardin, Keene State College
  Panelists:
  Morton Brown, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  Jim Lewis, University of Nebraska
  Bernard L. Madison, University of Arkansas
  David C. Arney, U.S. Military Academy
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Beyond the writing of principles and standards for school mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Gary Martin, NCTM
  Panelists:
  Lee V. Stiff, North Carolina State University
  Glenda Lappan, Michigan State University
  Mary Lindquist, Columbus State University
  Gary Martin,
  John A. Thorpe, NCTM
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Funding opportunities in the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education.
  Organizers:
  James H. Lightbourne, NSF
  Harriet G. Taylor, NSF
  Elizabeth J. Teles, NSF
  Lee L. Zia, NSF
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
  AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture II
  Large rationally connected varieties, II.
  J\'anos Koll\'ar*, Princeton University
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
  AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, IV
  Organizers:
  Naomi Fisher, University of Illinois at Chicago ndfisher@uic.edu
  William H. Barker, Bowdoin College
  Jerry L. Bona, University of Texas at Austin
  Kenneth C. Millett, University of California, Santa Barbara
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Improving Secondary School Mathematics with NSF-funded Curricula: What Are They Trying to Accomplish?
    James Fey*, University of Maryland, College Park
    Eric Robinson, Ithaca College
    (962-97-791)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The Interactive Mathematics Program.
    Sherry Fraser*, Interactive Mathematics Program
    Edward F Wolff, Beaver College
    (962-97-1149)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    "Mathematics: Modeling Our World" -- Reforming High School Curricula Via a Modeling Immersion Approach.
    Solomon Garfunkel*, COMAP, Inc.
    Jerry Lege, Jersey City, NJ
    (962-97-1074)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Implementation Issues Surrounding New Directions in High School Mathematics.
    Eric Robinson*, Ithaca College
    Midge Cozzens, Univ. of Colorado, Denver
    Edward Wolff, Beaver College
    Paul Zorn, St. Olaf College
    (962-97-810)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Geometric Group Theory, IV
  Organizers:
  Stephen G. Brick, University of South Alabama ggg@math.usouthal.edu
  Igor Mineyev, University of South Alabama
  Jon M. Corson, University of Alabama
  Martin R. Bridson, Mathematical Institute, Oxford
  Philip L. Bowers, Florida State University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    A Class of Rigid Coxeter Groups.
    Anton Kaul*, University of South Florida
    (962-20-647)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Visual JSJ Decompositions of Coxeter Groups.
    Michael L Mihalik*, Vanderbilt University
    Steven T Tschantz, Vanderbilt University
    (962-20-133)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Commensurability classes of hyperbolic Coxeter simplex reflection groups.
    Norman W Johnson, Wheaton College
    Ruth Kellerhals, University of Fribourg
    John G Ratcliffe*, Vanderbilt University
    Steven T Tschantz, Vanderbilt University
    (962-20-696)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Homological finiteness conditions and finite derivation type.
    Juan M Alonso, Industrilogik
    Susan M Hermiller*, University of Nebraska
    (962-20-885)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Test elements on the boundary of a group.
    Edward C Turner*, SUNY Albany
    (962-20-895)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The canonical JSJ decomposition for fully residually free groups and Krull dimension of $F^n$.
    Olga G. Kharlampovich*, McGill University
    (962-20-1434)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Representation Theory of Finite and Algebraic Groups, III
  Organizers:
  Zongzhu Lin, Kansas State University zlin@math.ksu.edu
  Daniel K. Nakano, Utah State University nakano@sunfs.math.usu.edu
  Cornelius Pillen, University of South Alabama pillen@mathstat.usouthal.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Variations on a theme of Steinberg.
    Gary M Seitz*, Univerity of Oregon
    Martin W Liebeck, Imperial College, London
    (962-20-238)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Abstract homomorphisms of algebraic groups with non-reductive image.
    Lucy Lifschitz*, Tufts University
    Andrei S Rapinchuk, University of Virginia
    (962-20-1193)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Admissible Nilpotent Coadjoint Orbits of Exceptional Real and p-adic Lie Groups.
    Monica A Nevins*, University of Ottawa
    (962-22-359)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Nilpotent blocks of reduced enveloping algebras: problems and conjectures.
    James E Humphreys*, U. Massachusetts, Amherst
    (962-17-762)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On the restricted nullcone of an algebraic group.
    Brian J Parshall*, University of Virginia
    Daniel K Nakano, Utah State University
    (962-20-892)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Rpepresentations of affine and classical Lie algebras in positive characteristic.
    Leonard L Scott*, The University of Virginia
    (962-20-999)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Commutative Rings and Monoids, III
  Organizers:
  Scott T. Chapman, Trinity University schapman@trinity.edu
  Evan G. Houston, University of North Carolina at Charlotte eghousto@email.uncc.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    The strong two-generator property in rings of integer-valued polynomials.
    Paul-Jean Cahen*, Universit\'e Aix-Marseille 3
    (962-13-789)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Elasticity and length functions on atomic monoids.
    Scott T Chapman, Trinity University
    Juan I Garcia-Garcia, Universidad de Granada
    Pedro A Garcia-Sanchez*, Universidad de Granada
    Jose C Rosales, Universidad de Granada
    (962-20-886)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Generalized Factorial Ideals.
    Jean-Luc Chabert*, Universit\'e de Picardie, Amiens, France
    (962-13-424)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Realizing monoids as isomorphism classes of modules.
    Roger A Wiegand*, University of Nebraska
    (962-13-774)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Divisibility properties and total quotient rings.
    David F Anderson*, University of Tennessee
    Ayman Badawi, Birzeit University
    (962-13-960)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    One-dimensional rings of bounded representation type.
    Meral Arnavut, SUNY Fredonia and University of Nebraska
    Roger A Wiegand, University of Nebraska
    Sylvia M Wiegand*, University of Nebraska
    (962-13-1053)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Function Theory, Differential Equations and Functional Equations, III
  Organizers:
  Gary G. Gundersen, University of New Orleans ggunders@math.uno.edu
  Ilpo Laine, University of Joensuu Ilpo.Laine@joensuu.fi
  Enid M. Steinbart, University of New Orleans esteinba@math.uno.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Functions of slow growth in the disc and differential equations.
    Linda R. Sons*, Northern Illinois University
    (962-30-1190)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    On the quotients and products of two linearly independent solutions of $f''+A(z)f=0$ in the unit disc.
    Janne M. Heittokangas*, University of Joensuu
    (962-34-693)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Sharp Inequalities for Integral Means of Conjugate Functions.
    Daniel F. Shea*, University of Wisconsin--Madison
    Matts R. Essen, University of Uppsala
    Charles S. Stanton, California State University
    (962-30-896)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Oscillation of harmonic and quasiregular mappings.
    J.M. Anderson, University College London
    Aimo Hinkkanen*, University of Illinois
    (962-30-812)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Value distribution of meromorphic solutions to the functional equation $f^n+g^n+h^n\equiv 1$ when $n\leq 6$.
    Kazuya Tohge*, Kanazawa University
    (962-30-749)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Some remarks on complex difference equations.
    Ilpo E. Laine*, University of Joensuu
    (962-39-1066)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Braid Groups and Configuration Spaces, III
  Organizers:
  Daniel C. Cohen, Louisiana State University cohen@marais.math.lsu.edu
  Neal W. Stoltzfus, Louisiana State University stoltz@marais.math.lsu.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Growth Functions of the Positive Braid Monoid.
    Aaron R Bronfman*, Harvard University
    (962-20-1192)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Right-orderability and bi-orderability of braid groups and their generalisations.
    Bert Wiest*, UBC (Vancouver)
    (962-20-1267)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Braid constraints on Vassiliev knot invariants.
    Oliver Dasbach, University of California, Riverside
    Xiao-Song Lin*, University of California, Riverside
    (962-57-1385)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    On the cohomology of braid groups with symplectic coefficients.
    Daniel C. Cohen*, Louisiana State University
    Frederick R. Cohen, University of Rochester
    (962-20-1338)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Properties of generalizations of braid groups.
    Oliver T Dasbach*, University of California, Riverside
    (962-20-1294)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Analytic invariants of boundary links.
    Jerome P Levine*, Brandeis University
    Stavros Garoufalidis, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (962-57-913)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on PDE Models in Population Biology and Epidemiology, III
  Organizers:
  J. M. Cushing, University of Arizona cushing@math.arizona.edu
  Eric T. Funasaki, Georgia Southern University funasaki@gsu.cs.GaSoU.edu
  Shandelle M. Henson, College of William and Mary henson@math.wm.edu
  Anna Maria Spagnuolo, Oakland University spagnuol@oakland.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Microbial growth and competition for wall sites in tubular flow reactors.
    Hal L Smith*, Arizona State University
    (962-35-307)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    A coupled system of nonlinear size-structured populations.
    Azmy S. Ackleh*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    H. T. Banks, North Carolina State University
    Keng Deng, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (962-92-766)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    A size-structured model with variable sizes at birth.
    Tanya V Kostova*, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
    (962-92-1101)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Asymptotic Dynamics of the Density of Hierarchical Size-Structured Population.
    Kbenesh W Blayneh*, Florida A\&M University
    (962-35-804)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A note on the Mac Kendrick von Forster type model in a population with genotype structure.
    Jean Michel Tchuenche*, University of Ibadan
    (962-92-214)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A Control Problem in Tuberculosis.
    Zhilan Feng, Purdue University
    Mimmo Iannelli, University of Trento, Italy
    Fabio A Milner*, Purdue University
    (962-92-1415)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Discussion.
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Graduate and Postdoctoral Education in Arithmetical Algebraic Geometry: The Arizona Winter School, II
  Organizers:
  Douglas L. Ulmer, University of Arizona ulmer@math.arizona.edu
  William G. McCallum, University of Arizona wmc@math.arizona.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    On the degree of modular parametrization over function fields.
    Mihran Papikian*, University of Michigan
    (962-11-906)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Elliptic curves over function fields with large Mordell-Weil group.
    Douglas Ulmer*, University of Arizona
    (962-11-1295)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Method to compute the $\xi$ function for a prime $p$, in order to verify a special case of the the Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture for p-adics.
    Francisco X Portillo*, University of Texas at Austin
    (962-11-1286)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The Brauer-Manin Obstruction for 0-cycles.
    Victor Scharaschkin*, University of Southern California
    (962-11-1372)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Finite representations and Fermat curves.
    Susan Hammond Marshall*, University of Arizona
    (962-11-1211)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A relationship between two conjectures of the structure of Galois groups of number fields.
    Romyar T Sharifi*, University of Arizona
    (962-11-1392)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Applications, III
  Organizers:
  Ralph A. Saxton, University of New Orleans rsaxton@math.uno.edu
  David H. Wagner, University of Houston wagner@math.uh.edu
  Katarzyna Saxton, Loyola University saxton@loyno.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Wave Interactions in Nonlinear Elastic Strings.
    Robin C Young*, Univ of Mass
    (962-35-667)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Vacuum and Stability of Global Weak Solutions for Compressible Flow.
    Gui-Qiang G. Chen*, Northwestern University
    (962-35-1245)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    No Local $L^1$ Solution for a Nonlinear Heat Equation.
    Canan Celik*, Michigan State University
    (962-35-1037)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Capillary Gravity Surface Waves of a Fluid over an Obstruction.
    Daniel Ahn*, Korea University
    Chaeho Lim, Korea University
    Jeongwhan Choi, Korea University
    (962-76-1063)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Penalty Approximations to Incompressible Power-Law Flows.
    Dongming Wei*, University of New Orleans
    (962-76-1143)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#11: Part A
  The mathematics of decision making.
  Organizers:
  Deborah Hughes Hallett, University of Arizona
  William G. McCallum, University of Arizona
  Richard B. Thompson, University of Arizona
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#14: Part A
  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
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#5: Part A
  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
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on General Mathematics, History and Logic
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Color By Numbers: Anti-Ramsey Problems on Labeled Graphs.
    Anna Engelsone*, Goshen College
    (962-00-1420)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Acceleration on a Metric Space.
    Craig J Calcaterra*, Metropolitan State University
    (962-00-624)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Liu Hui: A Great Ancient Chinese Mathematician.
    Zengxiang Tong*, Otterbein College
    Zhen Huang, Otterbein College
    (962-01-08)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Who authored the first algebra book in the world.
    Mohammad Moazzam*, Salisbury State University
    (962-01-1079)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Break.
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Surface Area.
    Harriet M Lord*, Cal Poly Pomona
    (962-01-147)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Historical Works in Contemporary Classrooms.
    Bronislaw Czarnocha*, CUNY
    Vrunda P Prabhu, William Woods University
    (962-01-504)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    On Some Contributions of Nasireddin Tusi to Geometry, Trigonometry, and Astronomy.
    Ilhan M Izmirli*, Strayer University
    (962-01-82)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Temperament of Mind: Hector Berlioz and Evariste Galois.
    Jeff Johannes*, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    (962-01-90)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic without the Axiom of Infinity (Preliminary Report).
    Robert S Wilson*, Sonoma State University
    (962-03-1125)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A New Proof of the Strong Partition Relation on $\omega_1$.
    Russell J. May*, University of North Texas
    Steve C. Jackson, University of North Texas
    (962-03-1361)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Prescribed Degree Lattice Embedding into $\mathcal{L}^{*}(V_\infty)$.
    Rumen D. Dimitrov*, The George Washington University
    (962-03-967)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Generalized Shifts and Backward shifts on Banach Spces.
    Rajagopalan Minakshisundaram, Tennessee State University
    Sundaresan Kondagunta*, Cleveland State University
    (962-46-319)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Lie Groups, Real Functions and Measure Theory
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Notions of Size in Partial Semigroups.
    Jillian E McLeod*, Howard University
    (962-22-1043)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Weakened group topologies and locally isometric completions.
    Jon W Short*, Indiana University
    (962-22-1227)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Extremal Phenomena in Pseudocompact Topological Groups.
    W. W. Comfort*, Wesleyan University
    Jorge Galindo, Universitat Jaume I
    (962-22-928)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Path-connectedness in the plane as a topological group.
    Laurie A Edler*, Jacksonville State University
    (962-22-948)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    On Extreme Path and Extreme First Return Path Derivatives.
    Ali A. Alikhani-koopaei*, University of Wisconsin Marathon County
    (962-26-1405)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Fractional Opial type inequalities and fractional differential equations.
    George A. Anastassiou*, University of Memphis
    Jerome A. Goldstein, University of Memphis
    (962-26-627)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    A Generalization of the Mean Value Theorem.
    Nasser Dastrange*, Buena Vista University
    (962-26-770)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Polynomials with a positive power.
    Valerio De Angelis*, Xavier University of Louisiana
    (962-26-972)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On the second quantum derivative.
    J. Marshall Ash*, DePaul University
    Stefan Catoiu, DePaul University
    (962-26-978)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Finitely determined quasi-measures.
    Svetlana V Butler*, Northern Illinois University
    (962-28-1237)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    An Application of Ultrafilters to the Haar Measure.
    Amir A Maleki, Khan*, Howard University
    (962-28-200)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    $A_r(\lambda)$-weighted Caccioppoli-type and Poincar\'e type inequalities for A-harmonic tensors.
    Bing Liu*, Saginaw Valley State University
    (962-28-931)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Integral transforms of functionals in $L_2(C_0[0,T])$.
    Byoung Soo Kim, Yonsei University
    David L Skoug*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (962-28-961)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Probability Theory
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Partially Monitored Reliability Models With Imperfect Maintenance.
    Ranko R Nedeljkovic*, University of Belgrade
    (962-60-1123)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Renewal type processes on partially ordered sets.
    Kyle T Siegrist*, University of Alabama in Huntsville
    (962-60-1130)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Metrics for multivariate stable distributions.
    John P Nolan*, American University
    (962-60-1160)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Infinite products of independent random variables.
    Italo Simonelli*, Texas A\&M University-Commerce
    (962-60-1164)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Poisson Approximations in DNA Sequence Analysis.
    Ming-Ying Leung*, University of Texas at San Antonio
    (962-60-1167)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    An example of an orthogonal i-martingale.
    Michael L Green*, Baylor University
    (962-60-1181)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Optimal stopping rules for directionally reinforced processes.
    Michael G Monticino*, University of North Texas
    Pieter Allaart, University of North Texas
    (962-60-1292)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Copulas with fractal supports.
    Gregory A. Fredricks*, Lewis \& Clark College
    Roger B. Nelsen, Lewis \& Clark College
    Jos\'e Antonio Rodr\'iguez-Lallena, Universidad de Almer\'ia
    (962-60-1353)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Numerical Solutions for a Maintenance and Replacement Model.
    Nabil M Moussa*, Amer. Univ. in Cairo, Egypt
    (962-60-233)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Completeness of the Spectral Domain of some classes of Nonstationary Processes.
    Randall J Swift*, Western Kentucky University
    (962-60-305)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A unified method for proving the modulus of continuity and the law of the iterated logarithm for Brownian motion with apllications to mathematical finance.
    Lisa E Marano*, Lehigh University
    (962-60-754)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Making a Retirement Fund Last Forever Under Stochastic Volatility.
    John A Quintanilla*, University of North Texas
    Michael Monticino, University of North Texas
    (962-60-757)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Decomposing potential densities of Markov chains with raw time changes.
    Joseph Glover*, University of Florida
    (962-60-867)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Session on Innovative Uses of the World Wide Web in Teaching Mathematics, II
  Organizers:
  Marcelle Bessman, Jacksonville University mbessma@ju.edu
  Brian E. Smith, McGill University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Visual Calculus - a Report.
    Lawrence S Husch*, University of Tennessee
    (962-C1-234)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    LiveMath: Dynamic and Interactive Mathematics for All Your Classes...Traditional and Online.
    Joan S. Bookbinder*, Theorist Interactive, LLC
    (962-C1-1441)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Statistical Data on the Internet: Seek and Find!
    Brian E Smith*, McGill University
    (962-C1-273)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Learning Trigonometry through a Virtual Mathematics Learning System-Informath.
    Yuan Yuan*, Hsinchu, Taiwan
    Ming-Jang Chen, Hsinchu, Taiwan
    (962-C1-377)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    The World Wide Web as a Resource in a Course for Non-Majors.
    Kay B Somers*, Moravian College
    Alicia Sevilla, Moravian College
    (962-C1-483)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    A Hyper-Chapter for Discrete Mathematics.
    William E Fenton*, Bellarmine University
    (962-C1-539)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Modeling and Census Data from the WWW: Introducing the Derivative.
    Thomas B Fox*, University of Houston-Clear Lake
    (962-C1-327)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Using Java, Animated GIFs, and Shockwave Movies in Introductory Classes.
    William Hammack*, Nova Southeastern University
    (962-C1-235)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Online Mathematics Tutoring - An Alternative to Face-to-Face Tutoring?
    Conrad D Lotze*, American University
    (962-C1-527)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Animation of Areas and Tangent Lines using Java Applets.
    Teri J. Murphy, University of Oklahoma
    Darren A. Narayan*, Rochester Institute of Technology
    David Streid, Maharishi University of Management
    (962-C1-521)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
  MAA Session on Serving the Needs of Developmental Students: Who Are They, Where Do They Come From, Where Do They Go?
  Organizers:
  Suzanne Dor\'ee, Augsburg College doree@augsburg.edu
  Bonnie Gold, Monmouth University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Mathematics Curricula for Students with Differentiated Learning Needs.
    Michael J. Bosse'*, Delaware State University
    (962-H1-454)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Using a Web-Based Testing System to Support PSI in Remedial Mathematics.
    Richard Kuntz*, Monmouth University
    (962-H1-731)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Back to the Fundamentals of Algebra With Varied Approaches.
    Joel Baumeyer*, Christian Brothers University
    Cathy W Carter, Christian Brothers University
    (962-H1-602)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Extra Credit Sessions Mingling Students from Two Different Courses, a Developmental Algebra Review Course and a Pre-calculus Course.
    Sindhu Unnithan, Xavier University of Louisiana
    Paul R McCreary*, Xavier University of Louisiana
    (962-H1-1316)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    The City University of New York (CUNY) Immersion Program: An Innovative Model For Developmental Mathematics Instruction.
    Fred Peskoff*, Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY
    (962-H1-671)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Developmental Students, Who Are They Now?
    Gabriella C Wepner*, Ramapo College of New Jersey
    (962-H1-561)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Integrated Mathematics & Science - A Tested Program for Cognitive Development.
    Jerome S Epstein*, Polytechnic University
    (962-H1-459)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Developmental Students: A homogeneous group with similar backgrounds, needs and expectations or a diverse population with varied backgrounds, widely divergent needs and expectations?
    Mercedes A McGowen*, William Rainey Harper College
    (962-H1-615)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on Computer Algebra Systems in Upper-Division Mathematics Courses, I
  Organizers:
  Kent M. Neuerburg, Southeastern Louisiana University kneuerburg@selu.edu
  Andrew Stuart Lang, Oral Roberts University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    MAPLE and Modeling with Ordinary Differential Equations.
    William P Fox*, Francis Marion University
    (962-J1-801)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Forced Investigation: A Student Project Using Derive in Differential Equations.
    Susan L Callahan*, Cottey College
    (962-J1-479)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    A Computer Algebra System and a Terrain Walk in an Undergraduate Nonlinear Programming Course.
    Gerald C Kobylski*, United States Military Academy
    Donovon Phillips, United States Military Academy
    Patrick J Driscoll, United States Military Academy
    (962-J1-473)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Putting {\it Mathematica\/} in Motion: Using Animations in ODE and PDE Courses.
    John M Davis*, Baylor University
    (962-J1-468)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Constructing Airfoils on the Fly.
    Elton Graves*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    (962-J1-379)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Effective Uses of a Computer Algebra System in a Differential Equations Course.
    Dean E Allison*, University of Northern Colorado
    (962-J1-221)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Dynamica-A computer package for the study of Difference Equations and Discrete Dynamical Systems.
    M. R.S. Kulenovic*, University of Rhode Island
    Orlando Merino, University of Rhode Island
    (962-J1-76)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Ideal Membership and "Automated" Theorem-Proving in Abstract Algebra.
    J Lyn Miller*, Western Kentucky University
    (962-J1-559)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Using computer algebra systems to develop students' theoretical understanding of abstract algebra.
    Mike May*, Saint Louis University
    Russell Blyth, Saint Louis University
    Julianne Rainbolt, Saint Louis University
    T. Christine Stevens, Saint Louis University
    (962-J1-528)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    A Constructivist Approach to Abstract Algebra Using Mathematica.
    William R Harris*, Georgetown College
    (962-J1-464)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Increasing Accessibility of Examples in Abstract Algebra Using GAP.
    Peter Blanchard*, Denison University
    Judy A Holdener, Kenyon College
    (962-J1-401)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Galois Theory by Calculator.
    Thomas W Mattman*, CSU, Chico
    (962-J1-317)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Using Mathematica labs to encourage students to explore the underlying concepts.
    Stacey A Rodman*, Augustana College
    (962-J1-637)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Mathematics in the Age of Euler, II
  Organizers:
  V. Frederick Rickey, United States Military Academy fred-rickey@usma.edu
  William W. Dunham, Muhlenberg College
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Euler and the Genoese Lottery.
    Robert E Bradley*, Adelphi University
    (962-Q1-136)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Euler's Observations on a Classic of Recreational Mathematics.
    Douglas E. Ensley*, Shippensburg University
    (962-Q1-494)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Euler's K\"onigsberg letters.
    Robin J Wilson*, Open University
    (962-Q1-1185)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Euler's Geometry of Position: Graph Theory.
    Brian P Hopkins*, Seattle University
    (962-Q1-393)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Why did Euler promote Edward Waring?
    June E Barrow-Green*, The Open University, UK
    (962-Q1-423)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Dances between continuous and discrete: Euler's summation formula.
    David J. Pengelley*, New Mexico State University
    (962-Q1-322)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Formalist Derivations of Exponential and Logarithmic Power Series.
    Mark McKinzie*, Monroe Community College
    (962-Q1-526)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Euler and the Concept of Convergence.
    Lawrence A D'Antonio*, Ramapo College of New Jersey
    (962-Q1-356)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Anast\'acio da Cunha and the search for rigor.
    Jaime Carvalho e Silva*, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
    (962-Q1-111)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on General Contributed Papers, II
  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.
    Outside Academia: A Sabbatical in Industry.
    Donna L Beers*, Simmons College
    (962-T1-73)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Outside Academia : A Sabbatical in Government.
    Sonja Sandberg*, Framingham State College
    (962-T1-83)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Concept questions in a calculus class.
    David O. Lomen*, University of Arizona
    Maria K. Robinson, University of Arizona
    (962-T1-557)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    An Alternative Approach to Graphing the Inverse of a Function.
    Thomas J Pfaff*, University of Wisconsin-Superior
    (962-T1-384)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    A Generalized Divisibility Check.
    Jay A Malmstrom*, Oklahoma City Community College
    (962-T1-267)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Complex numbers. Simple geometry.
    Masato Kimura*, Hood College
    (962-T1-544)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Strolls through the French Quarter with my pal Pascal.
    Dennis P Walsh*, Middle Tennessee State University
    (962-T1-656)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Video poker in South Carolina.
    Todd D Mateer*, Clemson University
    (962-T1-545)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Rings, Strings, Blocks and Beads: Using Puzzles in Math Liberal Arts.
    Stephanie A Fitchett*, Florida Atlantic University
    (962-T1-532)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Watches, laser scanners, and why they have anything to do with angle trisection.
    Brendan J Foreman*, Case Western Reserve University
    (962-T1-349)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Elementary Geometry: Fagnano and Erdos.
    Dragan S. Jankovic*, Cameron University
    (962-T1-593)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    What is the Rank of a Matrix over a Commutative Ring?
    William P Wardlaw*, U. S. Naval Academy
    (962-T1-462)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Tic-Tac-Toe on a Finite Plane.
    Maureen T Carroll*, University of Scranton
    Steven T Dougherty, University of Scranton
    (962-T1-201)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Curriculum Foundations Project I: Reports from the client discipline workshops.
  Organizers:
  William H. Barker, Bowdoin College
  Jack Bookman, Duke University
  Susanna S. Epp, DePaul University
  Panelists:
  Peter B. Henderson, Butler University
  Thomas F. Huff, Virginia Commonwealth University
  Lynn E. Katz, University of Texas at Austin
  Timothy Sullivan, Towson University
  Guy Emery, Bowdoin College
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
  MAA Committee on Industrial and Government Mathematicians Panel Discussion
  Mathematics in industry.
  Organizers:
  Philip E. Gustafson, Mesa State College
  Moderators:
  Michael G. Monticino, University of North Texas
  Panelists:
  Tony Cabal, Eastman Kodak Company
  Tami Carpenter, Telcordia Technologies
  James C. Cavendish, General Motors Corporation
  Alan Lewis, Envision Financial Systems
  Laura Mather, La Jolla Research Laboratories
  Michael E. Moody, Harvey Mudd College
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  How to facilitate change?
  Organizers:
  Donald B. Small, U.S. Military Academy
  Panelists:
  David C. Arney, U.S. Military Academy
  Jim Lewis, University of Nebraska
  Scott Hunt, Champion Paper Company
  Scott Snook, Harvard Business School and U.S. Military Academy
  Moderators:
  Kathleen Snook, U.S. Military Academy
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 2:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Model Theory, II
  Organizers:
  Steven A. Buechler, University of Notre Dame buechler.1@nd.edu
  Sergei Starchenko, University of Notre Dame starchenko.1@nd.edu
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Decidable Prime Models.
    Jessica M Young*, M.I.T.
    (962-03-922)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Strongly minimal sets in differentially closed fields.
    David E Marker*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (962-03-227)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Finding groups in models of stable, unsuperstable theories.
    Michael C Laskowski*, University of Maryland
    (962-03-864)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Almost algebraically compact modules.
    Ivo Herzog*, The Ohio State University at Lima
    (962-13-959)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Project NExT-Young Mathematicians Network Poster Session
  Organizers:
  Kenneth A. Ross, University of Oregon
  Kevin E. Charlwood, Washburn University
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Summer Program for Women in Mathematics (SPWM) Reunion
  Organizers:
  Murli M. Gupta, George Washington University
  E. Arthur Robinson, Jr., George Washington University
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  From Platonic solids to affine Lie algebras and beyond.
  Igor B. Frenkel*, Yale University
  (962-17-13)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 2:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Joint Panel Discussion
  The NSF national science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education library program: A report on current activities and projects.
  Organizers:
  Lee L. Zia, National Science Foundation
  James H. Lightbourne, National Science Foundation
  Panelists:
  Lang Moore, Duke University
  Gene Klotz, Swarthmore College
  Robby Robson, Oregon State University
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 2:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Statistics and mathematical modeling: Lively applications for the classroom.
  Organizers:
  G. Elton Graves, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
  Francis E. Su, Harvey Mudd College
  Catherine M. Murphy, Purdue University-Calumet
  Panelists:
  Ami Radunskaya, Pomona College
  Allan J. Rossman, Dickinson College
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 2:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  New directions in Moore method teaching.
  Organizers:
  James P. Ochoa, Hardin-Simmons University
  W. Ted Mahavier, Nicholls State University
  Panelists:
  Carol Jean Browning, Drury University
  Charles A. Coppin, University of Dallas
  Dale Daniel, Lamar University
  Joseph W. Eyles, University of the Incarnate Word
  Carol S. Schumacher, Kenyon College.
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 3:20 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  New perspectives on algebraic cycles.
  Mark L. Green*, University of California Los Angeles
  (962-14-07)
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 4:25 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Joint Prize Session and Reception
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 5:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m.
  MAA Committee on Industrial and Government Mathematicians Welcome Reception
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 5:45 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  MAA Two-Year College Reception
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 6:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
  MER Banquet
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 7:00 p.m.-8:15 p.m.
  MAA Special Presentation
  The mathematics of Lewis Carroll
  Organizers:
  Robin J. Wilson, British Open University
• Thursday January 11, 2001, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
  Reception for Friends and Alumni of Teachers College, Columbia University