8:00 a.m. A Survey of the Function Literature: What Have we Learned? Marilyn P. Carlson*, Arizona State University
(950-98-1014)
8:30 a.m. Undergraduate Mathematics Students' Understanding of the Role of Definitions and the Consequences of These Understandings on Students' Ability to Use Definitions in a Mathematically Acceptable Way. Barbara S Edwards*, Oregon State University
(950-98-454)
9:00 a.m. Effects on students learning topics in collegiate mathematics of pedagogy based on APOS Theory, using cooperative learning, students writing computer programs and in-class problem solving. Ed Dubinsky*, Georgia State University
(950-98-597)
9:30 a.m. Minorities are Invisible in Mathematics. William Y Velez*, University of Arizona
(950-98-507)
10:00 a.m. Attracting Undergraduate Minorities To Mathematics. Etta Z. Falconer*, Spelman College
(950-98-1091)
10:30 a.m. Increasing the number of minority PhDs in Mathematics. David Manderscheid*, University of Iowa
(950-97-102)
8:05 a.m. Understanding Arrow's Theorem and voting paradoxes through symmetry. Donald G Saari*, Northwestern University
(950-91-196)
8:45 a.m. Optimal Voting Rules. H. Peyton Young*, Johns Hopkins University
(950-90-662)
9:25 a.m. Probabilistic Preferences, Random Utilities and Majority Rule Social Welfare. Michel Regenwetter*, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
(950-91-696)
9:55 a.m. Using the local majority rule to reach an agreement on the global majority. Aleksandar Pekec*, Duke University
(950-05-676)
10:25 a.m. A Comparison of Dodgson's Method and Kemeny's Rule. Tommy Ratliff*, Wheaton College
(950-90-353)
8:00 a.m. Dynamics in two complex dimensions. John Smillie*, Cornell University
Eric Bedford, Indiana University
(950-37-1159)
8:50 a.m. Growing trees, laminations and the dynamaics on the Julia set. Alexander Blokh*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Genadi Levin, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
(950-37-1101)
9:20 a.m. Pruning, homoclinic orbits and the partial order on horseshoe braids. Andre de Carvalho*, IMS - SUNY at Stony Brook
Toby Hall, University of Liverpool
(950-58-1138)
9:50 a.m. Dynamics of iterated exponential maps: dynamic rays and parameter space. Dierk Schleicher*, SUNY Stony Brook & TU Muenchen
(950-30-451)
10:20 a.m. The global topology of deformation spaces of hyperbolic 3-manifolds. James W Anderson, University of Southampton
Richard D Canary*, University of Michigan
Darryl McCullough, University of Oklahoma
(950-57-626)
8:00 a.m. Full Domination in Graphs. Robert C Brigham, Univeristy of Central Florida
Gary Chartrand, Western Michigan University
Ronald D Dutton, University of Central Florida
Ping Zhang*, Western Michigan University
(950-05-709)
8:30 a.m. On Minimal Ultimately Economical Supergraphs. Curtis Clark*, Morehouse College
(950-05-1169)
9:00 a.m. Monotone Reachability in Arc Colored Tournaments. K. B. Reid*, California State University San Marcos
(950-05-979)
9:30 a.m. On the Planarity of Iterated Jump Graphs. Gary Chartrand*, Western Michigan University
Heather Gavlas, Grand Valley State University
Hector Hevia, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Vina del Mar, Chile
Donald W VanderJagt, Grand Valley State University
Ping Zhang, Western Michigan University
(950-05-715)
10:00 a.m. Critical and Stable Graphs with Total Irredundance of Zero. Teresa W Haynes, East Tennessee State University
Steve Hedetniemi, Clemson University
Michael Henning, University of Natal
Debra J Knisley*, East Tennessee State University
(950-05-978)
10:30 a.m. Excellent Graphs. Gerd H Fricke, Wright State University
Teresa W Haynes*, East Tennessee State University
Sandee S Hedetniemi, Clemson University
Stephen T Hedetniemi, Clemson University
Renu C Laskar, Clemson University
(950-05-857)
8:00 a.m. On a theorem of Wu. Lorenzo Traldi*, Lafayette College
(950-57-267)
8:30 a.m. $SL(2,C)$ Representations of Tunnel Number One Knots. Hugh M Hilden, University of Hawaii
Debora M Tejada*, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Margarita M Toro, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
(950-57-242)
9:00 a.m. On the Homplypt skein module of $S^1 \times S^2$. Jianyuan Zhong*, Louisiana State University
Patrick M Gilmer, Louisiana State University
(950-57-574)
9:30 a.m. Symmetry of quantum link invariants. Thang T Le*, SUNY Buffalo
(950-57-1280)
10:00 a.m. A note on the mapping class group and positive Dehn twists. Feng Luo*, Rutgers University
(950-57-797)
10:30 a.m. On the relationship between the A-polynomial and the Jones polynomial. Razvan Gelca*, University of Michigan
(950-57-272)
8:00 a.m. The entanglement-assisted capacity of a quantum channel. Peter W Shor*, AT&T Labs -- Research
(950-94-77)
8:35 a.m. Manipulating pure state quantum entanglement. Lucien Hardy*, Oxford University, UK
(950-81-74)
9:10 a.m. On the structure of the entangled states. Michael A Nielsen*, California Institute of Technology
(950-81-92)
9:45 a.m. Improved two-party and multi-party purification protocols. John A Smolin*, IBM Research
Elitza N Maveva, California Institute of Technology
(950-81-1105)
10:20 a.m. Entangled chains. William K Wootters*, Williams College
(950-81-1054)
8:00 a.m. Complete Kahler Metrics for Singular Toroidal Varieties. Caroline G Melles*, U. S. Naval Academy
Pierre Milman, University of Toronto
(950-14-716)
8:30 a.m. Pure Hodge structure on the $L_2$-cohomology of varieties with isolated singularities. William Pardon*, Duke University
Mark Stern, Duke University
(950-14-1151)
9:20 a.m. Combinatorial Intersection Cohomology of Toric Varieties. Karl-Heinz Fieseler*, Uppsala University
(950-14-1273)
10:00 a.m. Equivariant intersection homology of toric varieties, Poincar\'e duality, and extensions of IH sheaves. Tom C Braden*, Harvard University
(950-14-924)
8:00 a.m. Integrodifferential equations with non-autonomous operators. James H Liu*, James Madison University
(950-45-234)
8:30 a.m. On integral equation in inverse spectral problems. Eduard R Tsekanovskii*, Niagara University
(950-45-40)
9:00 a.m. Arbitrary Order Linear Ordinary Differeintegral Equations with Polynomial Coefficients. Ismail Ali*, Kuwait University
(950-34-22)
9:30 a.m. Stability preservation for functional differential equations with causal operators. Constantin C. Corduneanu*, The University of Texas at Arlington
Yizeng Li, The Tarrant County College, Hurst, Texas
(950-45-511)
10:00 a.m. Self-similar Asymptotics for Hyperbolic Integrodifferential Equations. Hans P Engler*, Georgetown University
(950-45-818)
10:35 a.m. Locally Quasi-Dissipative Evolution Equation and Application to Functional Differential Equations. Kazufumi Ito*, North Carolina State University
(950-39-897)
8:00 a.m. Quantum Dixmier algebras. Iwan Praton*, Franklin and Marshall College
(950-17-297)
8:30 a.m. The Exactness and Novikov Conjectures for Discrete Groups. Erik Guentner*, IUPUI
Jerome Kaminker, IUPUI
(950-47-936)
9:00 a.m. Non-commutative $n$-tuples and dilation theory. David W Kribs*, University of Waterloo
(950-47-238)
9:30 a.m. Approximation properties of group C*-algebras, boundaries, and the Novikov Conjecture. Erik Guentner, IUPUI
Jerome Kaminker*, IUPUI
(950-46-834)
10:00 a.m. Applications of free entropy to von Neumann algebras. Liming Ge*, Univ. of New Hampshire
Junhao Shen, Univ. of Penn.
(950-46-962)
10:30 a.m. Wandering Vector Multipliers. Deguang Han, McMaster University
David R Larson*, Texas A&M University
(950-47-973)
8:00 a.m. Characteristic Pairs Along the Resolution Sequence. Kent M Neuerburg*, Southeastern Louisiana Univeristy
(950-14-115)
8:15 a.m. On polarized surfaces of low degree whose adjoint bundles are not spanned. Gian Mario Besana*, Eastern Michigan University
Sandra Di Rocco, Royal Institute of Technology
(950-14-477)
8:30 a.m. A Construction of Codes from Higher-dimensional Varieties. Gary L Salazar*, Louisiana State University
(950-14-882)
8:45 a.m. Open subschemes of $text{Hilb}^n_{\Bbb{A}^2_{k}}$ that are isomorphic to $\Bbb{A}^{2n}_{k}$. Mark E Huibregtse*, Skidmore College
(950-14-1150)
8:00 a.m. using projects involving technology in a history of mathematics class. Lee H Armstrong*, University of Central Florida
(950-A1-312)
8:20 a.m. HPM-History and Pedagogy of Mathematics: An Exploration of Scope and Barriers. Alphonse Buccino*, University of Georgia Emeritus
(950-A1-555)
8:40 a.m. Original Sources vs. Survey. Linda Marie Saliga*, The University of Akron
(950-A1-865)
9:00 a.m. Modern Mathematical Revolutions: A Historical Approach. Robert W Case*, Northeastern University
(950-A1-1161)
9:20 a.m. Addressing Two-Year College Challenges Using Math History. Joanne V Peeples*, El Paso Community College
(950-A1-1070)
9:40 a.m. Using Near-original Sources in the Graduate Analysis Course for Teachers. Phillip E Johnson*, UNC Charlotte
(950-A1-397)
10:00 a.m. Getting to One: Pre-Service Teachers meet Zeno. Joan D Lukas*, University of Massachusetts Boston
Judy Clark, University of Massachusetts
(950-A1-763)
10:20 a.m. Teaching calculus at three Argentinian universities during the period 1991-1999: A comparison. Sandra Aida Visokolskis, University of Cordoba
Carla Fernanda Gomez*, Blas Pascal University
(950-A1-988)
10:40 a.m. Historically Inspired Curriculum Development Projects as Part of an M.A.T. Program in Mathematics. David Dennis*, Univ. of Texas at El Paso
(950-A1-953)
8:00 a.m. Calculus That Matters in the Life Sciences. Patti Frazer Lock*, St. Lawrence University
(950-B1-785)
8:15 a.m. Spreadsheets and Mathematics for the Life Sciences. Edward H Grossman*, City College of CUNY
Jane Gallagher, City College of CUNY
(950-B1-611)
8:30 a.m. The Biology and Economics of Bee-keeping: A Native American Summer Program. Kate G McGivney*, University of Arizona
Joseph C Watkins, University of Arizona
(950-B1-986)
8:45 a.m. Creating an Integrated Biology and Mathematics Course for High School Students. Juan Estrada, Metropolitan State University
Michael D Green*, Metropolitan State University
(950-B1-633)
9:00 a.m. BioCalc at Illinois. Jerry Uhl*, Univ of Illinois at Urbana
Sandy Lazarowitz, Cornell University
(950-B1-460)
9:15 a.m. Motivating Calculus Concepts with Physics Labs. Mysore S Jagadish*, Department of Mathematics,Barry University
John F Goehl, Department of Physical Sciences,Barry University
(950-B1-547)
9:30 a.m. Modeling the Flight of a Missile. Gerald C Kobylski*, United States Military Academy
Randall E Donaldson, United States Military Academy
Bryndol Sones, United States Military Academy
(950-B1-761)
9:45 a.m. Integration of Mathematics and Physics: Workshop and Interdisciplinary Course. Yuen S Chinn*, SUNY-Farmingdale
Irina L Neymotin, SUNY-Farmingdale
(950-B1-745)
10:00 a.m. The Golden Ratio in Physics - Revisited. Tom Foley*, St. Joseph's University
(950-B1-895)
10:15 a.m. Conversations with Electrical Engineers. William G McCallum*, University of Arizona
(950-B1-1026)
10:30 a.m. Interdisciplinary Curriculum - Natural or Synthetic? Gary W Krahn*, United States Military Academy
(950-B1-1094)
10:45 a.m. Curriculum Design: Seeking Guidance from the Partner Disciplines. William Barker*, Bowdoin College
(950-B1-755)
8:00 a.m. Numbers, News, and the Net. John M. Harris, Appalachian State University
Gregory S. Rhoads*, Appalachian State University
(950-C1-598)
8:15 a.m. MATtours: Inquiry-based hypertext materials in discrete mathematics. Larry Copes*, Augsburg College and Institute for Studies in Educational Mathematics
(950-C1-1009)
8:30 a.m. Using Javascript for an Active Discrete Math Class. Douglas E. Ensley*, Shippensburg University
(950-C1-573)
8:45 a.m. On-Line Quizzes for Students to Check their Readiness for College Algebra. Bryce F Hanlon*, University of Arizona
(950-C1-604)
9:00 a.m. Web-based Homework and Quizzes. Jimmy Smith*, Appalachian State University
Jeff Hirst, Appalachian State University
Holly P. Hirst, Appalachian State University
(950-C1-1072)
9:15 a.m. Using Web-Based Interactive Materials in a Studio Classroom. David A Smith*, Duke University
Lawrence C Moore, Duke University
(950-C1-921)
9:30 a.m. The Global Classroom. Marcelle Bessman*, Jacksonville University
(950-C1-1263)
9:45 a.m. The Global Classroom, A Visitor's Perspective. Marcelle Bessman, Jacksonville University
Douglas A Quinney*, University of Keele
(950-C1-1262)
10:00 a.m. Using the Web to Motivate and Apply Symbolic Logic. Florence S Gordon*, New York Institute of Technology
(950-C1-473)
10:15 a.m. Applets, Data Sets and Other Web Resources in a Business Statistics Class. Brian E Smith*, McGill University
(950-C1-820)
10:30 a.m. NetMath at Illinois. Jerry Uhl, Univ of Illinos at Urbana-Champaign
Debra Woods*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(950-C1-954)
8:00 a.m. HS Students Tackle Issues in Plant Growth. Stephanie Fitchett*, Florida Atlantic University
(950-P1-708)
8:20 a.m. Enviromental Mathematics in a Liberal Arts Class. Holly P Hirst*, Appalachian State University
James R Smith, Appalachian State University
(950-P1-1049)
8:40 a.m. The Interpolation of Hydraulic Head Contours. Kelly M Knapp*, Ursinus College
Linda C Thiel, Ursinus College
(950-P1-496)
9:00 a.m. Water Purification. Gerald C Kobylski*, United States Military Academy
(950-P1-760)
9:20 a.m. Pollution in the Great Lakes - Discrete and Continuous Solutions. Paul J Laumakis*, Rowan University
(950-P1-803)
9:40 a.m. Environmental Awareness in the Calculus Classroom. Patti Frazer Lock*, St. Lawrence University
(950-P1-789)
10:00 a.m. Population Growth and Optimal Harvesting. James T Sandefur*, Georgetown University
(950-P1-210)
10:20 a.m. Mathematics, Economics and the Environment. Martin E Walter*, University of Colorado
(950-P1-207)
8:05 a.m. How to use integrals to count lattice points in polytopes. Matthias Beck*, Temple University
(950-52-384)
8:40 a.m. H\"older Continuity of Polycrystals Whose Interfaces Flow by Curvature. David G. Caraballo*, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
(950-49-738)
9:15 a.m. Existence and compactness results of conformal metrics with constant scalar curvature and constant boundary mean curvature. Zheng-Chao Han*, Rutgers University
Yanyan Li, Rutgers University
(950-58-1045)
9:50 a.m. Topology and Sobolev spaces. Haim Brezis, Rutgers University and the University of Paris VI
Yanyan Li*, Rutgers University
(950-35-963)
10:25 a.m. The geometry of the first non-zero Stekloff eigenvalue. Jose F Escobar*, Cornell University
(950-35-1160)
8:15 a.m. "Speed-up" properties of major subsets and supersets of computably enumerable sets. Lisa R Galminas*, Northwestern State University of LA
(950-03-1204)
8:30 a.m. M\"obius Inversion and Codes over Rings. Marcus Greferath, Ohio University
Stefan E Schmidt*, M.I.T.
(950-05-1010)
8:45 a.m. Minimal matrices and Kronecker products. Ernesto Vallejo*, National University of Mexico
(950-05-1163)
9:00 a.m. A new face ring for mixed simplicial and cubical complexes. Margaret A. Readdy*, Stockholm University
(950-05-758)
9:15 a.m. Efficient computing of minimum-cost grid network flows and applications to the discrete Monge-Kantorovich mass transfer problem. Eugene Belogay*, Purdue University
(950-90-1258)
9:30 a.m. Transitions of Ridges in Parameterized Families of Functions. Robert S Keller*, Loras College
(950-68-1130)
9:45 a.m. Some integral equations from the theory of probability. Ty Lee*, University of Maryland
(950-45-54)
10:00 a.m. The Mindy Waterhouse method for selecting an supremum point. C. S. Felicitas*, C.F.C.T.E., Inc.
(950-68-04)
8:30 a.m. A Circular Problem. William T Mahavier*, Nicholls State University
(950-49-294)
8:45 a.m. Direct Method for Variational Problems via Hybrid Functions. Mohsen Razzaghi*, Mississippi State University
(950-49-402)
9:00 a.m. A Sufficient Optimality Theorem for Protoconvex Programs. Thurai Kugendran*, City University of New York
(950-49-741)
9:15 a.m. Optimizing Optical Design Using Linear Complementarity. Caroline N Haddad*, SUNY Geneseo
(950-49-770)
9:30 a.m. A gradient method to solve a nonlinear optimization problem arising in Computational Anatomy. M F Beg, Center for Imaging Science, Johns Hopkins University
M I Miller, Center for Imaging Science, Johns Hopkins University
J T Ratnanather*, Center for Imaging Science, Johns Hopkins University
L Younes, CMLA, ENS-Cachan, France
(950-49-1212)
9:00 a.m. Sturm Theorems via Picone's Identity. Walter Allegretto*, University of Alberta,Edmonton,Canada
(950-35-551)
9:30 a.m. Global bifurcations of semilinear Neumann boundary value problem. Junping Shi*, Tulane University
(950-35-351)
10:00 a.m. Recent Developments on Semipositone Systems. Maya Chhetri*, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
(950-35-1082)
10:30 a.m. Nonexistence of nonnegative solutions for classes of semilinear elliptic systems. Ratnasingham Shivaji*, Georgia Southern University and Mississippi State University
Hai Dang, Mississippi State University
(950-35-319)
9:00 a.m. A non-fixed point theorem for Hamiltonian Lie group actions. Christopher J Allday*, University of Hawaii
Volker Puppe, University of Konstanz
Volker Hauschild, Unical
(950-57-133)
9:15 a.m. Nine and Ten Crossing Harmonic Knots. Aaron K Trautwein*, Carthage College
(950-57-498)
9:30 a.m. Group theoretic conditions under which closed aspherical manifolds are covered by Euclidean space. Hanspeter Fischer*, Brigham Young University
David G Wright, Brigham Young University
(950-57-655)
9:45 a.m. Adding 2-cells to a 2-complex with an eye to $\pi_2$. Michael P Hitchman*, Lewis and Clark College
(950-57-917)
10:00 a.m. Orbit Distribution of Symmetric Maps of the Interval under Multiple Valued Iteration. Richard E Lampe*, Illinois Wesleyan University
(950-58-641)
10:15 a.m. Fractal Dimensions for Group Generated Cellular Automata. Michael J Bardzell*, Salisbury State University
Kathleen M Shannon, Salisbury State University
Steven M Hetzler, Salisbury State University
(950-58-401)
10:45 a.m. The V-invariant of a polynomial knot. Alan H Durfee*, Mount Holyoke College
(950-57-149)
9:00 a.m. Differentiability Results for a Dynamical System with Multi-point Boundary Values. Bonita A Lawrence*, University of South Carolina-Beaufort
(950-37-1046)
9:15 a.m. Systems of difference equations with asymptotically constant solutions. William F Trench*, Trinity University (Emeritus)
(950-39-71)
9:30 a.m. Existence and Behavior of Solutions of a Rational System Part II. Edward A Grove, University of Rhode Island
Gerasimos Ladas, University of Rhode Island
Lynn C McGrath*, University of Rhode Island
Christopher T Teixeira, University of Rhode Island
(950-39-136)
9:45 a.m. On the Functional Equation $M(fg)=M(f)M(g)-L(f)L(g)$ on $H(G)$. P L Kannappan, University of Waterloo
N R Nandakumar*, Delaware State University
(950-39-175)
10:00 a.m. Asymptotic behavior of solutions of systems of linear difference equations with oscillatory decreasing coefficients. Alexei V Bourd*, QUALCOMM, Inc.
(950-39-461)
10:15 a.m. Identifiability of the Yakovlev-Polig model of carcinogenesis and functional equations. Leonid G. Hanin*, Idaho State University
(950-39-727)
10:30 a.m. A Runge-Kutta Discretization of a Differential Delay Equation. Anatoli F Ivanov*, Pennsylvania State University
(950-39-1170)
10:45 a.m. A Proof of Thwaites's Difference Process Conjecture. Marc A. Chamberland*, Grinnell College
(950-39-48)
Wednesday January 19, 2000, 9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m. MAA Panel Discussion
Tenure and post-tenure review policies.
Organizers:
John D. Fulton, Virginia Polytech Institute & State University
James W. Daniel, University of Texas at Austin
Bernard L. Madison, University of Arkansas
Presenters:
Susan C. Geller, Texas A\&M University
Robert F. Olin, Virginia Polytechnich Institute and State University
Jimmy L. Solomon, Georgia Southern University
2:15 p.m. Mathematics departments, new faculty, and Project NExT. T. Christine Stevens*, Saint Louis University
Joseph A Gallian, Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth
Aparna W Higgins, University of Dayton
(950-98-940)
2:45 p.m. From One Community to the NExT. Michele Intermont*, Kalamazoo College
(950-98-982)
3:15 p.m. New Experiences with Tenure. Douglas E. Ensley*, Shippensburg University
(950-98-437)
3:45 p.m. Project NExT - A Chair's View. Jim Lewis*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
(950-98-1272)
4:15 p.m. Break
4:30 p.m. Panel Discussion on Mathematicians, the NCTM, and the Standards 2000 Project. Kenneth C Millett*, University of California, Santa Barbara
Alfred Manaster*, University of California, San Diego
James Sandefur*, Georgetown University
John Thorpe*, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Philip Wagreich, University of Illinois at Chicago
(950-97-1246)
2:15 p.m. Residually $S_2$-ideals and applications. Alberto Corso*, Michigan State University
(950-13-413)
2:45 p.m. Strongly Cohen--Macaulay ideals of small second analytic deviation. Claudia Polini*, Hope College
(950-13-414)
3:15 p.m. F-rational rings and the integral closures of ideals. Ian M Aberbach*, University of Missouri
Craig Huneke, University of Kansas
(950-13-880)
3:45 p.m. First Coefficient Ideals and the $S_2$-ification of a Rees Algebra. Catalin Ciuperca*, University of Kansas
(950-13-856)
4:15 p.m. Normal Ideals of Graded Rings. Sara Faridi*, University of Michigan
(950-13-638)
4:45 p.m. Ascent of finite Cohen-Macaulay type. Graham J Leuschke*, University of Nebraska
Roger A Wiegand, University of Nebraska
(950-13-787)
5:15 p.m. The Buchsbaum-Rim polynomial and the Rees algebra of a parameter modules. Jung-Chen Liu*, National Taiwan Normal Univerisity
(950-13-566)
2:15 p.m. Meromorphic functions and singular surfaces. Alexandre Eremenko*, Purdue University
Mario Bonk, Tech. Univ. Berlin
(950-30-1031)
3:10 p.m. On pointwise dimension of non-hyperbolic measures. Victoria Sadovskaya*, The Pennsylvania State University
Boris Kalinin, The Pennsylvania State University
(950-00-852)
3:40 p.m. Quadratic Rational Maps with a Parabolic Fixed Point. Adam L Epstein*, Cornell University
(950-37-736)
4:10 p.m. On the structure of conjugacy classes of unimodal maps. Artur A de Melo*, IMPA
(950-37-1008)
4:40 p.m. Stability in Complex Dynamics: Domains of Holomorphy. Laura G DeMarco*, Harvard University
(950-30-985)
5:10 p.m. Dynamics in Two Complex Variables. Eric Bedford*, Indiana University
John Smillie, Cornell University
(950-32-1166)
2:15 p.m. State-sum Invariants of Knotted Curves and Surfaces from Quandle Cohomology. Daniel D Jelsovsky*, University of South Florida
J S Carter, University of South Alabama
Seiichi Kamada, Osaka City University
Laurel Langford, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Masahico Saito, University of South Florida
(950-57-111)
2:45 p.m. The noncommutative deRham homology of the Kauffman bracket skein module. Charles D Frohman*, The University of Iowa
(950-57-1060)
3:15 p.m. A subcategory of a cobordism category. Patrick M. Gilmer*, Louisiana State University
(950-57-734)
3:45 p.m. Cyclic Group Actions on Manifolds. Adam S Sikora*, Univ. of Maryland at College Park
(950-57-1200)
4:15 p.m. A quantum obstruction to embedding. Charles Frohman, University of Iowa
Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska*, Boise State University
(950-57-1223)
4:45 p.m. Minimal crossing number of alternating knots in S x I. Colin C Adams*, Williams College
Thomas Fleming, Williams College
Michael Levin, Harvard University
Ari Turner, Princeton University
(950-57-499)
5:15 p.m. Relating Hopf-algebraic invariants of 3-manifolds. Fernando J. O. de Souza*, Los Alamos Nat. Lab./ U. I. C.
Louis H. Kauffman, U. I. C.
David E. Radford, U. I. C.
(950-57-937)
5:40 p.m. Non-semsimple TQFT's in dim=1+1+1. Thomas Kerler*, The Ohio State University
(950-57-1254)
2:15 p.m. Physically inspired ways of thinking about information. Charles H Bennett*, IBM Research, Yorktown
(950-81-1181)
2:50 p.m. On Unknown Quantum States. Christopher A Fuchs*, California Institute of Technology
(950-15-33)
3:25 p.m. Quantum Information and Communication. Umesh V Vazirani*, U.C. Berkeley
(950-81-286)
4:00 p.m. How to Share a Quantum Secret. Richard Cleve, University of Calgary
Daniel Gottesman*, Microsoft Research
Hoi-Kwong Lo, HP Labs Bristol
(950-81-70)
4:35 p.m. Inconclusive rate with a positive operator valued measure. Howard E Brandt*, Army Research Lab & Isaac Newton Institute of Mathematical Sciences
(950-94-44)
5:10 p.m. Quantum games and quantum algorithms. David A Meyer*, University of California/San Diego
(950-81-740)
2:15 p.m. Type-II Superconductivity and Nonlinear Eigenvalue Problems. M. S. Berger*, University of Massachusetts
(950-81-128)
2:45 p.m. A nonlinear eigenvalue problem arising in Astrophysics. Alfonso Castro*, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Victor Padron, Universidad de los Andes, Venezuela
(950-35-201)
3:15 p.m. Newton Flows and Invariant Manifolds for Semilinear Elliptic Dirichlet Problems. John M Neuberger*, Northern Arizona University
(950-35-823)
3:45 p.m. A non-radial sign-changing solution for a semilinear elliptic problem. Jorge Cossio*, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Carlos Mejia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Alfonso Castro, The University of Texas at San Antonio
(950-35-198)
4:15 p.m. A General Minimax Type Result Proved by Fan-KKM Theorem and Its Applications to Approximation Theory, Fixed Point Theory and Nonlinear Eigenvalue Problems. Jinlu Li*, Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio
(950-49-1073)
4:45 p.m. A Generalization of the Courant Nodal Domain Theorem. Stephen B Robinson*, Wake Forest University
(950-35-1255)
2:15 p.m. On characteristic classes of singular varieties. Jean-Paul Brasselet*, CNRS - France
(950-14-1251)
3:00 p.m. Equisingularity applications of the theory of integral closure of modules and ideals. Terence J Gaffney*, Northeastern University
(950-14-811)
3:45 p.m. Combinatorics of rational singularities. Dung Trang Le*, Provence university at Marseille
(950-14-805)
4:30 p.m. A Little Microlocal Morse Theory. David B Massey*, Northeastern University
(950-32-637)
5:15 p.m. Singularities and linear orbits of plane curves. Paolo Aluffi*, Florida State University
Carel Faber, KTH, Stockholm and OSU, Stillwater
(950-14-717)
2:15 p.m. New problems in optimal control of Volterra equations. S. A Belbas*, Univ. of Alabama
(950-45-154)
2:45 p.m. Stability theory for impulsive integro-differential equations. Xinzhi Liu*, University of Waterloo
(950-39-124)
3:15 p.m. The Modified Iterative Method for Relaxation Schemes of Solving Nonlinear Boundary Value Problems. Abdul J. Jerri*, Clarkson University
Russell L. Herman, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
(950-45-1208)
3:45 p.m. Symmetric Rapidly Oscillating Periodic Solutions. Anatoli F Ivanov*, Pennsylvania State University
(950-34-1162)
4:15 p.m. Quenching and Explosion in Diffusion Problems with Local and Nonlocal Features. Catherine A Roberts*, Northern Arizona University
W. E. Olmstead, Northwestern University
(950-45-106)
4:45 p.m. Projection Methods for the Hopf Operator. Mario Ahues, Universite de Saint Etienne, France
Alain Largillier*, Universite de Saint Etienne, France
(950-45-159)
5:35 p.m. Stochastic Integral Equations and Random Oscillations of Mechanical Systems. Boris P Belinskiy, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Peter Caithamer*, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
(950-60-38)
2:15 p.m. The joint similarity problem for weighted Bergman shifts. Sarah H Ferguson*, Wayne State University
Srdjan Petrovic, Western Michigan University
(950-47-264)
2:45 p.m. Flow equivalence and graph groupoid isomorphism. Doug Drinen*, Dartmouth College
(950-46-232)
3:15 p.m. Order Preserving Limits of Finite Dimensional Nest Algebras. Alan Hopenwasser*, University of Alabama
Stephen C Power, Lancaster University
(950-47-205)
3:45 p.m. Problems concerning algebraic $K$-theory of operator algebras. Jonathan M Rosenberg*, University of Maryland
(950-19-330)
4:15 p.m. Break
4:30 p.m. Irreducible Representations of Limit Algebras. Elias Katsoulis*, East Carolina University
(950-47-112)
5:00 p.m. Some applications of norming $C^*$-algebras. Florin Pop, A.A.S.T.
Allan M Sinclair, Univ. of Edinburgh
Roger R Smith*, Texas A&M Univ.
(950-46-956)
5:30 p.m. $C^*$-algebras over a $CW$-complex with fibres a non-commutative torus. Chun-Gil Park*, Chungnam National University
(950-46-1102)
2:15 p.m. On the upper near Frattini subgroups of free products of groups with or without amalgamations. Mohammad K Azarian*, University of Evansville
(950-20-176)
2:30 p.m. Extendible Elements of the Alternating Groups. Owen J Brison, University of Lisbon
Wasin So*, Sam Houston State University
(950-20-182)
2:45 p.m. The Double Coset Problem in Algebraic Groups. William Ethan Duckworth*, University of Oregon
(950-20-283)
3:00 p.m. Commuting Automorphisms of Groups. Gary L Walls*, University of Southern Mississippi
(950-20-336)
3:15 p.m. On the Mod-$p$ Cohomology of the Symplectic Group Sp$(4,p)$. Jennifer J Ziebarth*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
(950-20-586)
3:30 p.m. Using recurrence relations to count certain elements in symmetric groups. Stephen P. Glasby*, The University of the South Pacific
(950-20-690)
3:45 p.m. Covering of abelian groups by its proper subgroups. Kandasamy Muthuvel*, UW Oshkosh
(950-20-735)
4:00 p.m. Some analogues of a group problem of P. Erdos and B.H. Neumann. Luise-Charlotte Kappe*, SUNY-Binghamton
John C Lennox, UWC of Cardiff
James Wiegold, UWC Cardiff
(950-20-839)
4:15 p.m. Perfect Order Subsets in Finite Abelian Groups. Carrie E Finch*, Shippensburg University
Lenny K Jones, Shippensburg University
(950-20-795)
4:30 p.m. Permutable Subgroups of a Direct Product of Finite Groups. Joseph Evan*, SUNY Binghamton
(950-20-867)
5:00 p.m. Finiteness Properties of Diagram Groups. Daniel S Farley*, SUNY-Binghamton
(950-20-1179)
5:15 p.m. Elementary symmetric functions of Murphy operators, and the centre of an Iwahori-Hecke algebra of type $A$. Andrew R Francis*, University of Virginia
(950-20-1215)
5:30 p.m. The Orbit Method for Finite Groups. Aleksandrs Mihailovs*, Shepherd College
(950-20-1244)
2:15 p.m. On the Numerical Aspects in Using Positive Hybrid Sampling Series. Xiaoping Shen*, Eastern Connecticut State University
(950-42-168)
2:30 p.m. On the Computation of Nonharmonic Fourier Series by Interpolation. William H Heller*, University of Texas-Pan American
(950-42-471)
2:45 p.m. On the Construction of Positive Scaling Vectors. David K Ruch*, Metropolitan State COllege of Denver
Patrick J Van Fleet, University of St. Thomas
(950-42-609)
3:00 p.m. Good-$\lambda$ Inequalities for Wavelets. Sarah V. Cook*, Washburn University
(950-42-640)
3:15 p.m. Using the Axiom of Choice to find large sets of uniqueness. J. Marshall Ash*, DePaul University
(950-42-885)
3:30 p.m. Local Smoothing Results for a Family of Averaging Operators - Preliminary Report. David T Kung*, University of Wisconsin - Madison
(950-42-1165)
3:45 p.m. When Fourier phase or magnitude characterizes non-uniformly spaced discrete-time functions. Andrew J Siefker*, Murray State University
(950-42-1176)
4:15 p.m. Remez-type Inequalities in Weighted Spaces. Michael Ganzburg*, Hampton University
(950-41-55)
4:30 p.m. A Sharp Inequality of Markov-type for Polynomials Associated with Laguerre Weight. Holly Carley*, University of Central Florida
Xin Li, University of Central Florida
Ram N Mohapatra, University of Central Florida
(950-41-63)
4:45 p.m. On cubic lacunary fourier series. Joseph L. Gerver*, Rutgers University - Camden
(950-41-145)
5:00 p.m. Greedily choosing terms from the harmonic series. Valerio De Angelis*, Xavier University of Louisiana
(950-41-372)
5:15 p.m. Determining the stability of a multidimensional (M,c)-refinable function. Julie A Belock*, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
(950-41-743)
5:30 p.m. Quasi-Invariant Signatures and Wavelets. Emil-Adrian I Cornea*, Northern Illinois University
(950-41-977)
5:45 p.m. A central limit theorem for complex-valued probabilities. Natalia A Humphreys*, Purdue University
Bogdan M Baishanski, The Ohio State University
(950-41-997)
2:15 p.m. Multivariable Hilbert Polynomials. Alexander Levin*, The Catholic University of America
(950-13-27)
2:30 p.m. U-factorizations in Commutative Rings with Zero Divisors. Michael C Axtell*, University of Iowa
(950-13-199)
2:45 p.m. On Reductions of a Certain Class of Ideals. Sherwood Washburn*, Seton Hall University
(950-13-788)
3:00 p.m. Normal Subgroups of GL(2,A). Christopher A Terry*, Augusta State University
(950-13-828)
3:15 p.m. Suslin's Stability Theorem and Multidimensional Signal Processing. Cynthia J Woodburn*, Pittsburg State University
(950-13-862)
3:30 p.m. An analysis of the maximal growth of Hilbert functions. Kimberly J. Presser*, University of South Carolina
(950-13-914)
3:45 p.m. N-Dimensional Chaotic Attractors with Crystallographic Symmetry. Jeffrey P Dumont, Lafayette College
Flynn J Heiss*, SUNY Geneseo
Kevin C Jones, University of Ilinois at Chicago
Clifford A Reiter, Lafayette College
Lisa M Vislocky, Lafayette College
(950-06-349)
4:00 p.m. Join Congruence Relations and Closure Relations. Laura H Montague*, Dartmouth College
(950-06-482)
4:15 p.m. Probability Weights on Orthoalgebras. Nathan R Ritter*, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
(950-06-650)
4:30 p.m. The Convex Partitions of a Partially Ordered Set. Scott R. Sykes*, University of West Georgia
(950-06-790)
4:45 p.m. On Extensions of Nilpotent Lie Algebras. Bill Yankosky*, Chowan College
(950-17-907)
5:00 p.m. Semisimple Differential Graded Algebras. Stephen T Aldrich*, University of Kentucky
Juan Ramon Garcia Rozas, University of Almeria
(950-18-138)
5:15 p.m. Dimensions of the cohomology of the Orlik-Solomon algebras. Kelly J Pearson*, University of Oregon
(950-18-363)
5:30 p.m. Homotopy Theory of Modules. Changchao Joanna Su*, State University of New York at Binghamton
(950-18-577)
5:45 p.m. Ideals and Homology in Additive Categories. Lucian M Ionescu*, Kansas State University
(950-18-677)
2:15 p.m. Constraints in the Use of Free Amino Acids (FAA) in the Osmoregluation of Tigriopus californicus. Dale R Lockwood, University of California, Davis
Eric S Marland*, University of California, Davis
2:50 p.m. A model for an SI disease in an an age-structured population. Fred Brauer*, University of British Columbia
3:25 p.m. Qualitative and numerical properties of a nonlinear system of delay-differential equations in population modeling. Dennis W. Brewer*, University of Arkansas
4:00 p.m. Absolute stability, conditional stability and bifurcation in Kolmogorov-type predator-prey systems with discrete delays. Shigui Ruan*, Dalhousie University
4:35 p.m. Global Behaviour in Competitive Lotka-Volterra Systems. Mary Lou Zeeman*, University of Texas at San Antonio
Christopher Zeeman, Oxford, UK.
5:10 p.m. Stability and persistence of a SIR epidemic model with time delay. Wanbiao Ma*, Osaka Prefecture University
5:45 p.m. Synchronization of biological oscillators. Sunil K. Tiwari*, Sonoma State University
2:15 p.m. Short writing exercise in a pre-calculus course: What, how and why? Jane-Jane Lo*, Cornell University
(950-E1-347)
2:35 p.m. All things considered. Kalpana A Godbole*, Michigan Technological University
(950-E1-1141)
2:55 p.m. From Zero to Hero: The Transformation of a Remedial Intermediate Algebra Course into a College Algebra Course at an Urban Community College. Fred Peskoff*, Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY
(950-E1-465)
3:15 p.m. CBL Experiments for Entry Level Courses. Joanne L Eary*, Oklahoma State University
(950-E1-500)
3:35 p.m. A Modeling Alternative to College Algebra at Oklahoma State University. Eileen E Durand*, Oklahoma State University
(950-E1-236)
3:55 p.m. College Algebra for the Biological Sciences (CABS) at Oklahoma State University. Rick W Pongratz*, Oklahoma State University
(950-E1-247)
4:15 p.m. Applications in college algebra: Effective learning strategies. Elaine Hubbard*, Kennesaw State University
(950-E1-362)
4:35 p.m. College Algebra with Applications to the Management, Life, and Social Sciences. Ronald J Harshbarger*, Univ of South Carolina Beaufort
(950-E1-702)
4:55 p.m. Data-driven Mathematics and the Concept of Function. Robert R Mann*, Southeast Community College
(950-E1-315)
5:15 p.m. How to Pop the Perfect Popcorn. George W Moss*, University of Virginia's College at Wise
(950-E1-396)
5:35 p.m. Experience Curves as an Application of the Power Function in the College Algebra Course. Scott R Herriott*, Maharishi University of Management
(950-E1-356)
2:20 p.m. A Mathematics and Engineering Marriage of Numerical Methods. Carolyn B Morgan*, Hampton University
Morris H Morgan, Hampton University
(950-F1-987)
2:45 p.m. A Developmental Approach to Teaching Calculus using Writing and Presentations. Charles S Allen, Drury University
Carol E Collins*, Drury University
(950-F1-1177)
3:10 p.m. A Team-Taught Course in Math and Physics. Jon L Shupenus*, US Military Academy
Joseph Myers, US Military Academy
Chris Lehner, US Military Academy
Robert Fuller, US Military Academy
Duff Campbell, US Military Academy
Thomas Lainis, US Military Academy
Jeff Strickland, US Military Academy
(950-F1-879)
3:35 p.m. Archaeometrics: Statistics in the Humanities. Jim Bentley*, Winthrop University
Donald L. Bentley, Pomona College
Adolfo Rumbos, Pomona College
(950-F1-945)
4:00 p.m. Computer Mathematics Course Development and Collaboration. Elizabeth Chu*, Suffolk County Community College
Josephine Freedman, Suffolk County Community College
(950-F1-835)
4:25 p.m. Collaboration in Teaching and Learning: An Iterdisciplinary Finite Mathematics Service Course. Morteza Shafii-Mousavi*, Indiana University South Bend
Paul Kochanowski, Indiana University South Bend
(950-F1-557)
4:50 p.m. Project-Driven Mathematics for the Earth and Life Sciences. Steven D. Leonhardi*, Winona State University
Barry A. Peratt, Winona State University
(950-F1-935)
5:15 p.m. Integrating Local and Community Issues in Mathematics Service Courses. Faiz Al-Rubaee*, University of North Florida
(950-F1-410)
2:30 p.m. Einstein Metrics, Minimal Volumes, and Seiberg-Witten Theory. Claude R LeBrun*, SUNY Stony Brook
(950-53-995)
3:05 p.m. A gluing construction for solutions of the Einstein constraint equations. Daniel Pollack*, University of Washington
Jim Isenberg, University of Oregon
Rafe Mazzeo, Stanford University
(950-83-749)
3:40 p.m. Construction of complete minimal hypersurfaces with finitely many ends in euclidean n-space. Frank Pacard*, Université Paris 12, France
(950-53-775)
4:15 p.m. Break
4:45 p.m. Construction of minimal surfaces by gluing methods. Seong-Deog Yang*, Indiana University
(950-53-918)
5:20 p.m. Minimal surfaces without area bounds. William P. Minicozzi*, Johns Hopkins University
Tobias H. Colding, NYU
(950-53-769)
2:30 p.m. Rigidity of measurable structure for algebraic actions of higher-rank abelian groups. Svetlana Katok*, The Pennsylvania State University
(950-58-459)
3:00 p.m. Isomorphism rigidity of simple algebraic $\mathbb{Z}^d$-actions. Bruce Kitchens*, IBM Watson Research Center
Klaus Schmidt, Erwin Schrodinger Institute
(950-37-225)
3:30 p.m. Measurable rigidity and disjointness for $\mathbb Z^k$ actions by toral automorphisms. Boris V Kalinin*, The Pennsylvania State University
Anatole Katok, The Pennsylvania State University
(950-00-646)
4:00 p.m. The symbolic dynamics of tiling the integers. Ethan Coven, Wesleyan University
William Geller*, IUPUI
Sylvia Silberger, Hofstra University
William Thurston, U.C. Davis
(950-37-1211)
4:30 p.m. Dynamics of multi-dimensional symbolic substitutions. Clifford W Hansen*, The George Washington University
(950-37-624)
5:00 p.m. Rotational Symmetry and the Topology of Substitution Tilings. Nicholas S Ormes*, University of Texas
Charles Radin, University of Texas
Lorenzo Sadun, University of Texas
(950-37-710)
3:15 p.m. Canonical contact hypersurfaces of Kaehler manifolds. Ramesh Sharma*, University of New Haven
(950-53-125)
3:30 p.m. Weakly symmetric spaces and polar actions. Hieu D Nguyen*, Rowan University
(950-53-190)
3:45 p.m. Classification of minimal submanifolds by total Gauss curvature. Tracy I Bowers*, Lehigh University
(950-53-228)
4:00 p.m. The Double Bubble Conjecture. Frank Morgan*, Williams College
(950-53-255)
4:15 p.m. Singularities of the Binormal Surface. Daniel L Dreibelbis*, University of North Florida
(950-53-938)
4:30 p.m. Grassmannians via projection operators and some of their special submanifolds. Ivko M Dimitric*, Penn State University-Fayette
(950-53-1205)
4:45 p.m. Simplex Packings. Jean B Mastrangeli*, Immaculata College
Lisa Traynor, Bryn Mawr College
F. Miller Maley, IDA Center for Communications Research
(950-52-399)
3:45 p.m. Fostering Reflective Thinking in Complex Analysis: A Preliminary Report. Pam Crawford*, Jacksonville University
(950-D1-928)
4:00 p.m. Too Many Skills, Too Little Structure: The Case of Differential Equation. Debasree Raychaudhuri*, Simon Fraser University
(950-D1-826)
4:15 p.m. An Examination of Student Performance Data in Recent APOS-Based Papers. Kirk E Weller*, Bethel College
Julie M Clark, Emory & Henry College
Michael A McDonald, Occidental College
(950-D1-448)
4:30 p.m. Influencing Preservice Middle School Teachers' Beliefs on Mathematics-Specific Technology Use in Mathematics Instruction: The Effects of a Technology-based Capstone Mathematics Course. Diane Eagle*, Texas Tech University
James A Epperson, Texas Tech University
Gary A Harris, Texas Tech University
(950-D1-1126)
4:45 p.m. Changes in Teacher Technology Use During the Implementation of a Reform Calculus Curriculum. Thomas B Fox*, University of Houston-Clear Lake
(950-D1-1209)
5:00 p.m. Visual Representation Use In Solving Applied Calculus Problems: Gender and Performance Level Differences. Elizabeth A George*, Ball State University
(950-D1-701)
5:15 p.m. Evaluating the Effect of a Transitions Course: A Comparative Study of Subsequent Student Performance. Douglas D. Smith*, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Kenneth R. Gurganus, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Paul G. Shotsberger, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Kenneth W. Spackman, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
(950-D1-1152)
5:30 p.m. Investigating Students' Understanding of Proofs in Advanced Calculus or Analysis. William J. Shipley*, Mount Saint Mary's College
(950-D1-197)
5:45 p.m. Focusing on Multiples. Rina Zazkis*, Simon Fraser University
(950-D1-301)
4:00 p.m. Strong Distance in Strong Oriented Graphs. Gary T Chartrand, Western Michigan University
David J Erwin, Western Michigan University
Michael E Raines*, Western Michigan University
Ping Zhang, Western Michigan University
(950-05-971)
4:30 p.m. The Peripheral Appendage Number of Edge-Deleted Graphs. Steven J Winters*, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
(950-05-605)
5:00 p.m. $(a:b)$-choosability: Beauty from Ugliness. Glenn G Chappell*, Southeast Missouri State University
(950-05-912)
5:30 p.m. "Colorful" trees in edge-colorings of graphs. Tao Jiang*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(950-05-724)