Joint Mathematics Meetings Program by Day

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Joint Mathematics Meetings
San Diego, CA, January 6-9, 2002
Meeting #973

Monday January 7, 2002

• Monday January 7, 2002, 7:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Employment Center
  Distribution of schedules, scheduled interviews, and interview center (see article for specific hours).
• Monday January 7, 2002, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, III
  Organizers:
  William H. Barker, Bowdoin College
  Jerry L. Bona, University of Texas at Austin
  Naomi D. Fisher, University of Illinois at Chicago ndfisher@uic.edu
  Kenneth C. Millett, University of California Santa Barbara
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Contemporary College Algebra, base course for a QL Program.
    Don B Small*, U.S. Military Academy
    (973-97-1378)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Contemporary College Algebra - Inclusion of Collaborative Learning and Technology.
    Laurette B Foster*, Prairie View A&M University
    (973-97-1451)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Tracking Students through Algebra, Pre-Calculus and Calculus Courses.
    Steven R Dunbar*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (973-97-1254)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Break.
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Improving College Algebra by Developing Alternative Courses.
    Bruce C Crauder*, Oklahoma State University
    (973-97-1176)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Panel Discussion on Revitalizing College Algebra: Why? And How?
    William Barker*, Bowdoin College
    (973-97-1367)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, III
  Organizers:
  Paul C. Roberts, University of Utah roberts@math.utah.edu
  Anurag K. Singh, University of Utah singh@math.utah.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A generalized amplitude inequality.
    Srikanth Iyengar*, University of Missouri-Columbia
    Hans-Bj\ orn Foxby, University of Copenhagen
    (973-13-309)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Bivariate Hilbert Functions for the Torsion Functor.
    Emanoil Theodorescu*, University of Kansas
    (973-13-799)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Depths of higher Tors.
    Craig Huneke, University of Kansas
    Roger Wiegand*, University of Nebraska
    (973-13-867)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Domains inside power series rings.
    William Heinzer, Purdue University
    Christel Rotthaus, Michigan State University
    Sylvia M Wiegand*, University of Nebraska
    (973-13-1232)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Syzygy Theorm in Mixed Characteristic.
    Phillip A Griffith*, University of Illinois
    (973-13-399)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Attached Primes of Graded Modules.
    Andrew S. Richardson*, University of Illinois
    (973-13-734)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Limiting Behavior on Restriction of Divisor Classes to Hypersurfaces.
    Sandra M Spiroff*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (973-13-993)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Some conditions for the Gorenstein property.
    Douglas Hanes*, University of Minnesota
    Craig Huneke, University of Kansas
    (973-13-729)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Algebraic Coding Theory, I
  Organizers:
  Marcus Grefrath, San Diego State University gref@inaba.math.uni-duisburg.de
  Michael E. O'Sullivan, San Diego State University mosulliv@math.sdsu.edu
  Roxana N. Smarandache, San Diego State University rsmarand@nd.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Development of Coding Theory over Finite Rings.
    Jay A Wood*, Western Michigan University
    (973-94-1121)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Structure of Quaternary Codes with respect to Rosenbloom-Tsfasman Metric.
    Mehmet \" Ozen, Sakarya University
    Irfan Siap*, Ad\i yaman Faculty of Education, Gazianatep University
    Fethi Callialp, Dogus University
    (973-05-1070)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Quasi-cyclic codes and codes over rings.
    Patrick France Sole'*, CNRS/I3S
    (973-94-1286)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Homogeneous weights and exponential sums.
    Jose' Felipe Voloch, University of Texas
    Judy L Walker*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    (973-11-1277)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A New Construction Technique for Lattices from Subfields of $Q(\zeta_{pq})$.
    J. Carmelo Interlando*, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP
    Trajano P Nobrega Neto, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP
    Andre L Flores, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP
    (973-11-912)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Representation theory and space-time coding.
    Jonathan I Hall*, Michigan State University
    (973-94-1357)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Space-Time Block Codes and their Decoding.
    Stefan E Schmidt*, New Mexico State University
    Paul E Wright, MeasuRisk
    (973-94-1005)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Algebras, Forms, and Algebraic Groups, I
  Organizers:
  R. Skip Garibaldi, University of California Los Angeles skip@math.ucla.edu
  David J. Saltman, University of Texas at Austin saltman@math.utexas.edu
  Adrian R. Wadsworth, University of California San Diego arwadsworth@ucsd.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The trace form of a central simple algebra of degree four.
    Jean-Pierre E Tignol*, Universit\'e catholique de Louvain
    (973-16-962)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Decomposition of Involutions on Inertially Split Division Algebras.
    Patrick J Morandi*, New Mexico State University
    B. A Sethuraman, California State University Northridge
    (973-16-967)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Octonion Algebras Obtained from Associative Algebras with Involution.
    Michel L Racine*, University of Ottawa
    Holger P Petersson, FernUniversitaet Hagen
    (973-17-1064)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Effecive Diagonaliztion Property for *-Fields.
    Douglas W Larmour*, New College of Florida
    (973-16-812)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Trace forms of Galois field extensions in the presence of roots of unity.
    Zinovy Reichstein*, University of British Columbia
    (973-12-764)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    On the structure of the universal algebra for algebras that become hyperbolic over a given extention.
    Su-chi Wen*, Indiana University
    (973-16-219)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Structure in the Witt ring of a field and powers of the fundamental ideal.
    Richard S Elman*, UCLA
    (973-12-911)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Chaos, Stability, and Asymptotics in Difference Equations, III
  Organizers:
  Saber N. Elaydi, Trinity University selaydi@trinity.edu
  Gerasimos Ladas, University of Rhode Island gladas@math.uri.edu
  Donald A. Lutz, San Diego State University lutz@math.sdsu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Impact Of Dispersal Corridors On The Evolution Of Life-History Dynamics.
    Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Cornell University
    Abdul-Aziz Yakubu*, Cornell University/ Howard University
    (973-92-854)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Complex Dynamics in Ecology: Lattice Effects.
    Shandelle M. Henson*, Andrews University
    R. F. Costantino, University of Rhode Island
    J. M. Cushing, University of Arizona
    Robert A. Desharnais, California State University, Los Angeles
    Brian Dennis, University of Idaho at Moscow
    Aaron King, University of California, Davis
    (973-92-706)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A Convergence Theorem for Lattice Maps.
    Jim M Cushing*, University of Arizona
    (973-37-698)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Numerical Studies of the Combustion Equation.
    Ronald E Mickens*, Clark Atlanta University
    (973-39-306)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Unbounded orbits of chaotic systems in the real line.
    Mario U Martelli*, Claremont McKenna College
    Marc Chamberland, Grinnel College
    (973-37-818)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Bethe Ansatz Equation of XXZ Model and $q$-Sturm-Liouville Problems.
    Mourad E.H. Ismail*, University of South Florida
    Shao-shiung Lin, Taiwan University
    Shi-shyr Roan, Academia Sinica
    (973-39-29)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Cycling Chaos in Coupled Iterated Maps.
    Antonio Palacios*, San Diego State University
    (973-37-135)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    On the global stability of hyperbolic and nonhyperbolic fixed points.
    Saber N Elaydi*, Trinity University
    (973-39-807)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computability Theory with Applications, III
  Organizers:
  Douglas Cenzer, University of Florida cenzer@math.ufl.edu
  Jeffrey B. Remmel, University of California San Diego jremmel@ucsd.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Logical Aspects of Ramsey's Theorem.
    Theodore A. Slaman*, University of California, Berkeley
    (973-03-1325)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The $\forall\exists$-Theory of $\mathcal{R}(\leq,\vee,\wedge)$ is Undecidable.
    Russell G. Miller, Cornell University
    Andre O. Nies, University of Chicago
    Richard A. Shore*, Cornell University
    (973-03-1115)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A definiable yet non-$\Delta^0_3$ orbit in the computably emunerable sets.
    Peter A Cholak*, University of Notre Dame
    A Harrington, UC-- Berkeley
    (973-03-879)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Lattice embeddings in the computably enumerable degrees.
    Steffen Lempp, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Manuel Lerman, University of Connecticut
    Reed Solomon*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (973-03-1061)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The computational complexity of uncountably categorical models.
    Steffen Lempp*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (973-03-894)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Relative 1-Randomness of Reals.
    Rod G. Downey, School of Mathematical and Computing Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
    Denis R. Hirschfeldt*, Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago
    Andr\'e Nies, Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago
    Frank Stephan, Workgroup Mathematical Logic and Theoretical Computer Science, Mathematical Institute, University of Heidelberg
    (973-03-1383)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    A blend of methods of recursion theory and analysis.
    Iraj Kalantari*, Western Illinois University
    (973-03-1111)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Recursive Content of Abstract Functional Analysis.
    Anil Nerode*, Cornell University
    Joe Miller, Cornell University
    (973-03-1052)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Fractal Geometry and Applications: A Jubilee of Benoit Mandelbrot, III
  Organizers:
  Michel L. Lapidus, University of California Riverside lapidus@math.ucr.edu
  Machiel van Frankenhuysen, Rutgers University machiel@math.rutgers.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Spectrum of the Laplacian on the Pentagasket.
    Bryant Adams, Cornell University
    S. Alex Smith*, Cornell University
    Robert S Strichartz, Cornell University
    Alexander Teplyaev, University of California Riverside
    (973-00-1430)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Some connections between Bernoulli convolutions and analytic number theory.
    Titus W Hilberdink*, University of Reading
    (973-11-1278)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Some connections between multifractal functions and number theory.
    Stephane P Jaffard*, University Paris 12
    (973-26-1127)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Complex Dimensions of Self-Similar Fractal Strings.
    Michel L Lapidus, University of California, Riverside
    Machiel van Frankenhuysen*, Rutgers University
    (973-11-1017)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Minkowski measurability and lacunarity of self-similar sets in $\mathbb{R}$.
    Marc Frantz*, Indiana University
    (973-28-267)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Fractal Geometry and Number Theory: From Fractal Strings to Fractal Membranes and Beyond.
    Michel L. Lapidus*, University of California, Riverside
    (973-37-1464)
  • 11:10 a.m.
    Multifractal Products of Stochastic Processes.
    Petteri Mannersalo, VTT Information Technology
    Ilkka Norros, VTT Information Technology
    Rudolf H Riedi*, Rice University
    (973-28-847)
  • 11:40 a.m.
    Random multifractals, negative dimensions and infinite moments.
    Benoit B Mandelbrot*, Yale University
    (973-60-1301)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Graph Theory, III
  Organizers:
  Andre Kundgen, California State University, San Marcos akundgen@csusm.edu
  K. Brooks Reid, California State University, San Marcos breid@csusm.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Green's functions, hitting times, and chip-firing games.
    Fan Chung, University of California at San Diego
    Robert B. Ellis, III*, University of California at San Diego
    (973-05-1212)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Independence Ratios and Matching Ratios.
    Christopher C Heckman*, Arizona State University
    (973-05-140)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Some results about integer flows.
    C. Q. Zhang*, West Virginia University
    (973-05-433)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Binary Gray Codes with Long Bit Runs.
    Luis A. Goddyn*, Simon Fraser University
    Pavol Gvozdjak, Simon Fraser University
    (973-05-855)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Split Graphs.
    Russell L Merris*, California State University, Hayward
    (973-05-951)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Intersecting Families with Minimum Volume.
    Jerrold R Griggs*, University of South Carolina
    (973-05-893)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Kneser graphs are Hamiltonian for $n > 2.62 k$.
    Ya-chen Chen*, Arizona State University
    (973-05-1185)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Interval Orders, Graph Coloring, Hamiltonian Paths and $\alpha$-Sequences: Part 2.
    William T Trotter*, Arizona State University
    (973-05-1446)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Nonlinear Elliptic Partial Differential Equations, III
  Organizers:
  Maya Chhetri, University of North Carolina at Greensboro maya@uncg.edu
  Jon T. Jacobsen, Pennsylvania State University jacobsen@math.psu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Free boundary problems for nonlinear wave equations.
    Eun Heui Kim*, California State University at Long Beach
    Suncica Canic, University of Houston
    Barbara Keyfitz, University of Houston
    (973-35-1375)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A Hamiltonian System with no Convexity Condition on the Nonlinearity.
    Greg S Spradlin*, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
    (973-34-1485)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Weighted Elliptic Equations With Critical Sobolev Exponents.
    Florin Catrina*, University of Rochester
    (973-35-1051)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A Liouville-Gelfand Equation for $k$-Hessian Operators.
    Jon T Jacobsen*, Penn State
    (973-35-1403)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The entire solutions of semilinear elliptic equations.
    Junping Shi*, College of William and Mary
    (973-35-1441)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Discussion
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Some Recent Results in Critical Point Theory.
    Martin Schechter*, University of California, Irvine
    (973-35-817)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Low Dimensional Topology, III
  Organizers:
  Tim D. Cochran, Rice University cochran@rice.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Noncommutative Knot Theory.
    Tim D Cochran*, Rice University
    (973-57-1365)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On the "Volume" limit of the colored Jones polynomial.
    Oliver T Dasbach*, Oklahoma State University
    Xiao-Song Lin, UC Riverside
    (973-57-849)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Towers of knots and analytic signatures.
    Tim D Cochran, Rice University
    Kent E Orr*, Indiana University, Bloomington
    Peter Teichner, University of California, San Diego
    (973-57-1393)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On knots 2-adjacent to the unknot.
    Xiao-Song Lin*, University of California, Riverside
    (973-57-1401)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Non-slice knots with vanishing Casson-Gordon invariants.
    Taehee Kim*, Indiana University, Bloomington
    (973-57-910)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Generalizations of Gusarov's groups of knots.
    Ted Stanford*, New Mexico State University
    (973-57-996)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    A Lie Bialgebra Structure on Graphs and Graph Homology.
    James Conant*, Cornell University
    Karen Vogtmann, Cornell University
    (973-57-474)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Torsion in the Kauffman bracket skein module via Hochschild homology.
    Michael S McLendon*, University of Iowa
    (973-57-991)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#11: Part A
  Incorporating discrete mathematics in the preparation of K--12 mathematics teachers.
  Organizers:
  Lolina Alvarez, New Mexico State University
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#15: Part A
  Mathematical finance.
  Organizers:
  Walter R. Stromquist, Berwyn, PA
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#6: Part A
  WeBWorK, an Internet-based system for generating and delivering homework problems to students.
  Organizers:
  Arnold K. Pizer, University of Rochester
  Michael E. Gage, University of Rochester
  Vicki Roth, University of Rochester
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Group Theory
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Amalgams of nilpotent groups of class two.
    Arturo Magidin*, Instituto de Matematicas, UNAM
    (973-20-25)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Finite groups in which every normal subgroups has a proper supplement.
    Luise-Charlotte Kappe*, SUNY-Binghamton
    Joseph Kirtland, Marist College
    (973-20-877)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Finite Groups with a Minimal Frattini Subgroup Property.
    Joseph Kirtland*, Marist College
    (973-20-282)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Frattini Duals.
    Homer Bechtell*, University of New Hampshire
    (973-20-843)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Abelian $SP$-Groups.
    Chad Lower*, Shippensburg University
    Lenny Jones, Shippensburg University
    (973-20-936)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Nonabelain Groups With Perfect Order Subsets.
    Carrie E Finch*, University of South Carolina
    Lenny Jones, Shippensburg University
    (973-20-938)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The power structure of powerful $p$-groups.
    L. Wilson*, University of Chicago
    (973-20-1003)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Semidirect Product Decompositions of E-groups.
    Gregory M Boudreaux*, The University of North Carolina at Asheville
    (973-20-1007)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Norms and the Bieri-Neumann-Strebel Invariant.
    Reva S Kasman*, University of Illinois, Chicago
    (973-20-1012)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Subgroups that Satisfy the Frattini Argument.
    Joseph Evan*, King's College
    (973-20-1141)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Break.
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Non-Abelian Tensor Powers of a Group.
    Michael Bacon*, SUNY-Oneonta
    (973-20-1319)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Expressing the Total Character of a Group as a Polynomial, Preliminary Report.
    Stephen M Gagola, Jr.*, Kent State University
    (973-20-1360)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Representations of Infinite Monomial Groups.
    Sabrina A Hessinger*, Armstrong Atlantic State University
    (973-20-1373)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Cayley color graphs of inverse semigroups and groupoids.
    Nandor Sieben*, Northern Arizona University
    (973-20-1461)
  • 11:45 p.m.
    Powers of $SL(n,q)$.
    Kim Gilbert, Shippensburg University
    Darin Kapanjie*, Lynchburg College
    Lenny Jones, Shippensburg University
    (973-20-1241)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Numerical Analysis and Ordinary Differential Equations
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A Comparison Between the Wavelet-Galerkin and the Sinc-Galerkin Methods for Solving Partial Differential Equations.
    Ahmed I. Zayed*, DePaul University
    Mohamed M. El-Gamel, Mansoura University
    (973-35-947)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Existence Theorems for Slow Diffusion Equations.
    Guy Bernard*, University of Central Arkansas
    (973-35-1153)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Numerical solution of exterior Neumann problem for Helmholtz's equation via modified Green's functions approach.
    Yajni Madhu Warnapala-Yehiya*, Roger Williams University
    T.C. Lin, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    (973-65-85)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Investigation of the nonlinear ODE for a model neuron.
    Stanley R Lenihan*, Del Norte Research & Development
    (973-65-665)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Directions for Computing Multivariate Taylor Series Coefficients.
    Richard D Neidinger*, Davidson College
    (973-65-1160)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    A Numerical Method for Approximating the Solution to a Non-Linear Differential Equation with Discontinuities.
    Donna L Flint*, South Dakota State University
    (973-65-1384)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Break.
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Numerical differentiation for approximating certain series.
    Rick Kreminski*, Texas A&M University - Commerce
    (973-65-1456)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Precise numerical solution of PDE initial value problems.
    Oliver G Aberth*, Texas A & M University
    (973-35-1349)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Break.
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Atmospheric Refraction.
    Ivie Stein, Jr.*, The University of Toledo
    (973-78-701)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    A Mathematical Evolution Model for Phyto-remediation of Metals.
    Diana M Thomas*, Montclair State University
    Lynn Vandemeulebroeke, Montclair State University
    Kenneth Yamaguchi, New Jersey City University
    (973-34-149)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Functional Equations for HIV.
    Terry J Quinn*, Ohio University Southern
    Sanjay Rai, Jacksonville University
    Bob L Robertson, Drury University
    (973-34-901)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Multiple symmetric positive solutions of a class of boundary value problems for higher order ordinary differential equations.
    John R. Graef, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    Chuanxi Qian, Mississippi State University
    Bo Yang*, Mississippi State University
    (973-34-1490)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Schr\"odinger's equation with time dependent Hamiltonian and NMR of rotating samples.
    Partha Srinivasan, Florida State University
    Zhehong Gan, NHMFL
    Jack Quine*, Florida State University
    (973-81-1391)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Approximation and Interpolation Employing Divergence-free Matrix-valued Radial Basis Functions.
    Svenja Lowitzsch*, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
    (973-41-1180)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Mathematics and Computers in Biology and Medicine
  Organizers:
  Angela Y. Cheer, University of California Davis cheer@math.ucdavis.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Mathematics and Internet in Medical Decision Making.
    Iztok Hozo*, Indiana University Northwest
    (973-92-463)
  • 8:35 a.m.
    Modeling the Activation of T Cells and the Internalization of their Receptors.
    Byron Goldstein*, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    Daniel Coombs, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    Carla Wofsy, University of New Mexico
    (973-92-1346)
  • 9:10 a.m.
    The fertilization calcium wave in Xenopus laevis eggs.
    John Wagner*, University of Connecticut Health Center
    Chris Fall, New York University
    Leslie Loew, University of Connecticut Health Center
    Richard Nuccitelli, University of California, Davis
    (973-92-1462)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Moving Overset Grid Methods for Flexible Filaments in an Unsteady Viscous Flow.
    Petri Fast*, Center for Applied Scientific Computing/Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Laboratory
    (973-76-1458)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Aortic flow simulations.
    Angela Cheer*, University of California, Davis
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  MAA Session on History of Mathematics in the Second Millennium, II
  Organizers:
  Janet L. Beery, University of Redlands beery@uor.edu
  C. Edward Sandifer, Western Connecticut State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Comments on the evolution of the normal curve.
    Saul Stahl*, University of Kansas
    (973-A1-252)
  • 8:25 a.m.
    The Waffle Algorithm for Egyptian Fractions.
    Robert E Bradley*, Adelphi University
    (973-A1-776)
  • 8:50 a.m.
    Acceleration of convergence of fixed-point iterations in medieval Sanskrit mathematics.
    Kim Plofker*, Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology, MIT
    (973-A1-226)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Gou Gu Ge Yuan Ji-I "Chinese approach" to Trigonometry in 18th Century China.
    Jiang-Ping J Chen*, St. Cloud State University
    Minghui Hu, UCLA
    (973-A1-133)
  • 9:35 a.m.
    Rabbinical Mathematics, its History and Applications.
    Carlos C Huerta*, United States Military Academy at West Point
    (973-A1-814)
  • 9:55 a.m.
    Solving Polynomial equations-Its historical importance in the development of algebra.
    Mysore S Jagadish*, Barry University
    (973-A1-584)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    How Fundamental is the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus?
    Lawrence A D'Antonio*, Ramapo College of New Jersey
    (973-A1-949)
  • 10:35 a.m.
    Euler on Cevians.
    Homer S White*, Georgetown College
    (973-A1-314)
  • 10:55 a.m.
    Roger Cotes' Measures of Ratios and Angles.
    Robert G Stein*, California State University, San Bernardino
    (973-A1-1164)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Controversy at the US Coast and Geodetic Survey during the Duffield Administration (1894-1897).
    Mark McKinzie*, Monroe Community College
    (973-A1-586)
  • 11:35 a.m.
    The crescents of Hippocrates from the second millennium BCE to the second millennium CE.
    Una Bray*, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY 12834
    (973-A1-1392)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Mathematics Courses for Teachers, K--12, II
  Organizers:
  Ira J. Papick, University of Missouri, Columbia mathip@showme.missouri.edu
  Duane Porter, University of Wyoming
  Diane M. Spresser, National Science Foundation
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Explorations In Algebra: Deepening Understandings of Functions.
    Barbara J Pence*, San Jose State Univ
    (973-B1-319)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Teaching and Learning the Foundations of Geometry.
    Charles P. Funkhouser*, University of Wyoming
    (973-B1-371)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Scissors and String; Conjectures and Theorems.
    Kevin L Hartshorn*, UC Davis
    (973-B1-404)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Methods for the Effective Preparation of Mathematics Educators.
    Yolanda Manzano*, Baylor University - NSF Summer Intern
    Elizabeth J Teles, NSF - Program Director - Division of Undergraduate Education
    (973-B1-63)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    A Capstone Course for PreService and Inservice Secondary Mathematics Teachers.
    Gordon S Woodward, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    David Fowler*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (973-B1-422)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Math Trails: An Educational Tool.
    Charlotte Kaye Simmons*, University of Central Oklahoma
    Jesse William Byrne, University of Central Oklahoma
    (973-B1-606)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Report on Bridging The Gap and other projects.
    Tamas Szabo*, Weber State University
    (973-B1-458)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    A Capstone Course for Pre-Service 9-12 Teachers.
    Kimberly M. Childs*, Stephen F. Austin State University
    William D. Clark, Stephen F. Austin State University
    (973-B1-442)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Motivating and facilitating achievement in a technology-rich, WWW-based Geometry for Teachers course.
    David A Thomas*, Ball State University
    (973-B1-232)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Capstone Courses in Analysis, Algebra, and Mathematics and Technology for Secondary Mathematics Teachers.
    Vince Schielack*, Texas A&M University
    (973-B1-617)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    Making Mathematical Connections.
    Karen J Graham*, University of New Hampshire
    Neil Portnoy, Calfifornia State University, Chico
    Todd Grundmeier, University of New Hampshire
    (973-B1-635)
  • 11:40 a.m.
    Our Profession In Crisis.
    William P Fox*, Francis Marion University
    (973-B1-304)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Integrating Mathematics and Other Disciplines, II
  Organizers:
  William G. McCallum, University of Arizona, Tucson wmc@math.arizona.edu
  Deborah Hughes Hallett, University of Arizona, Tucson
  Yajun Yang, SUNY at Farmingdale
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    An Interdisciplinary Quantitative Reasoning Program at Hollins University.
    Caren L. Diefenderfer*, Hollins University
    Patricia W. Hammer, Hollins University
    (973-C1-536)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    An Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar: The Art and Science of Patterns.
    Donna L Beers*, Simmons College
    (973-C1-192)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Teaching Seminar Courses in Mathematics for Undergraduate Social Science Students.
    Daniel King*, Sarah Lawrence College
    (973-C1-592)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Heavenly Mathematics: Highlights of Cultural Astronomy.
    Helmer Aslaksen*, National University of Singapore
    (973-C1-388)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Developing the Interdisciplinary Course: ``Analogy, Mathematics \& Poetry".
    Marcia Birken*, Rochester Institute of Technology
    Anne C Coon, Rochester Institute of Technology
    (973-C1-99)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Teaching a College Algebra course to students majoring in Telecommunications Managemant, Electronics Engineering Technology and Computer Information Systems.
    Stefanos Gialamas*, DeVry University
    (973-C1-243)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Customized Math Lab Projects for Algebra and Precalculus.
    Mako E Haruta*, University of Hartford
    Raymond J McGivney, University of Hartford
    (973-C1-546)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Modeling Historical Data in the Mathematics Classroom.
    Deirdre L Smeltzer*, Eastern Mennonite University
    (973-C1-508)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Break.
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Why is there a warning on my can of diet soda? The Mathematics and Ethics of Medical Screening Tests.
    Michael A Brilleslyper*, U. S. Air Force Academy
    (973-C1-131)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Using Probability to Understand Calculus.
    Martin E Flashman*, Humboldt State University
    (973-C1-513)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Math with a Purpose-A Dynamic Approach to Modeling.
    James T Sandefur*, Georgetown University
    (973-C1-440)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Some Matrix Applications to Logistics of Air Shipping Using MATLAB.
    Alexander Stanoyevitch*, University of Guam
    (973-C1-524)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    An object oriented approach for studying queuing models.
    Leann Karl, University of Massachusetts
    Robert M Tardiff*, Salisbury University
    (973-C1-465)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Multimedia Mathematics Help For Business Majors And Their Teachers.
    Richard B Thompson*, University of Arizona
    (973-C1-380)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Using Project-Based Learning to Integrate Statistics and Business Applications in a First-year Mathematics Course.
    Paul Kochanowski*, Indiana University South Bend
    Morteza Shafii-Mousavi, Indiana University South Bend
    (973-C1-106)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Innovative Uses of the World Wide Web in Teaching Mathematics, II
  Organizers:
  Marcelle Bessman, Jacksonville University mbessma@ju.edu
  Marcia Birken, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Lawrence S. Husch, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  Brian E. Smith, McGill University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    College Algebra on the Web.
    Denise J LeGrand*, UALR
    (973-D1-456)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Teaching Elementary and Intermediate Algebra Using ALEKS and the World Wide Web.
    Jon R Becker*, Indiana University Northwest
    (973-D1-300)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Using both video and text on the web in a linear algebra course.
    Gregory P Dresden*, Washington & Lee University
    (973-D1-460)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Teaching the Art of Conjecture Using Computers and the Web.
    Don E Spickler*, Salisbury University
    (973-D1-313)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Mathematics and MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource in Learning and Online Teaching).
    James J Rutledge*, St. Petersburg College
    (973-D1-262)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    A Web Intensive Business Calculus Class and Text.
    Brian H Felkel*, Appalachian State University
    (973-D1-199)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Web Resources for Mathematics of Flight.
    George T Rublein*, College of William and Mary
    (973-D1-564)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Online solutions for math textbook homework problems.
    Charles A Grant*, Hotmath, Inc
    Robert A Bekes, Santa Clara University
    (973-D1-631)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Paving the math way on the web.
    J. J. Uhl*, Univ of Illinois
    Debra Woods, Univ of Illinois
    (973-D1-1165)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    GroupLearn: Electronically simulating a calculus study group.
    Larry Copes*, Institute for Studies in Educational Mathematics
    (973-D1-705)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    Web-based Development and Assessment of Fundamental Math Skills (WebFSE).
    Darryl K. Ahner*, United States Military Academy
    Shaw Yoshitani, United States Military Academy
    (973-D1-541)
  • 11:40 a.m.
    The Probability/Statistics Object Library.
    Kyle T Siegrist*, University of Alabama in Huntsville
    (973-D1-611)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:15 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Topology
  

  • 8:15 a.m.
    Join Products and Differentiable Fiber Bundles.
    Duane Randall*, Loyola University New Orleans
    (973-55-1422)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A strengthening of a result by A.H. Stone and its application to infinite products.
    Lewis D Ludwig*, Kenyon College
    (973-54-1096)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Chirality as Topological Invariant and Biomolecular Specificity.
    Okan Gurel*, IBM
    Demet Gurel, Touro College
    (973-54-138)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Alternating Polynomials of Alternating Links.
    Steven J Tedford*, Binghamton University
    (973-54-918)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Maps of Convergence Spaces and Maps of Their Simple Extensions.
    Shing S So*, Central Missouri State University
    (973-54-994)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    \font\bbld=msbm10 \def\ben{\hbox{\bbld N}} Preimages of points in $\beta\ben\times\beta\ben$ under the natural map on $\beta(\ben\times\ben)$.
    Gugu Moche*, Howard University
    (973-54-1137)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Partial sums.
    Jamuna Prasad Ambasht*, Benedict College
    (973-54-1467)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Estimation of the Kervaire Milnor number.
    Yasukuni Furukawa*, Aichi Univ. of Education
    (973-57-774)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    On Small Geometric Invariants Of 3-Manifolds.
    Paul J. Kapitza*, Illinois Wesleyan University
    (973-57-1294)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Morse Complex for a Morse Function on a Manifold with Corners.
    David G Handron*, Carnegie Mellon University
    (973-57-1330)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Splitting results for generalized assembly maps.
    David Rosenthal*, SUNY-Binghamton
    (973-57-1337)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Examples of Cayley manifolds in $R^8$.
    Christopher J Pries*, Harvey Mudd College
    Weiqing Gu, Harvey Mudd College
    (973-53-1395)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    A Characterization of Protopological Groups and Its Applications.
    Julie C Jones*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (973-22-70)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Large Sets in Adequate Partial Semigroups.
    Jillian E Mcleod*, Hope College
    (973-22-1209)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Weakened Lie groups with locally isometric completions.
    Jon W Short*, Sam Houston State University
    (973-22-1386)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:30 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Quantum Computation and Information, III
  Organizers:
  Philip L. Bowers, Florida State University bowers@math.fsu.edu
  Washington Mio, Florida State University mio@math.fsu.edu
  John Preskill, California Institute of Technology preskill@theory.caltech.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    A quantum algorithm for Pell's equation.
    Sean Hallgren*, Caltech
    (973-68-1463)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Authentication of Quantum Messages.
    Howard Barnum, Los Alamos National Lab
    Claude Crepeau, McGill University
    Daniel Gottesman*, UC Berkeley
    Adam Smith, MIT
    Alain Tapp, McGill University
    (973-81-955)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The quantum reverse Shannon theorem.
    Peter W Shor*, AT&T Labs -- Research
    (973-81-1483)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Classical simulation of noninteracting-fermion quantum circuits.
    Barbara M Terhal*, Caltech
    David P DiVincenzo, IBM Research
    (973-81-413)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Anisotropic Spin Exchange in Pulsed Quantum Gates.
    N E Bonesteel*, Dept. of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
    D Stepanenko, Dept. of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
    D P DiVincenzo, IBM Research Division, T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York
    (973-81-1321)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Distributed coding of quantum information.
    Patrick M Hayden*, California Institute of Technology
    Andrew Doherty, California Institute of Technology
    (973-94-1428)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Discussion
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:30 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Partial Differential Equations and Applications
  Organizers:
  Oscar P. Bruno, California Institute of Technology bruno@acm.caltech.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    The yield set of rigid-plastic polycrystals.
    Guillermo H Goldsztein*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (973-35-714)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Break.
  • 9:30 a.m.
    High-Order Accurate Numerical Solution of Conservation Laws.
    Jan S Hesthaven*, Brown University
    Tim Warburton, The University of New Mexico
    (973-65-715)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Homogenization of PDE: Microscopic misfits in composites and polycrystals.
    Oscar P Bruno*, Caltech
    (973-35-941)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Rigorous multiple scale scattering solver: Analyticity, Asymptotics and Taylor-Fourier Algebra.
    Oscar P Bruno, California Institute of Technology
    Alain Sei*, TRW
    Maria Z Caponi, TRW
    (973-35-802)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  AWM Emmy Noether Lecture
  Computing over the Reals: Where Turing meets Newton.
  Lenore Blum*, Carnegie Mellon University
• Monday January 7, 2002, 9:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Symbolic Dynamics, III
  Organizers:
  Aimee S. A. Johnson, Swarthmore College aimee@swarthmore.edu
  Kathleen M. Madden, Drew University kmadden@drew.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Measures of relative maximal entropy.
    Karl Petersen, University of North Carolina
    Anthony N. Quas*, University of Memphis
    Sujin Shin, University of Victoria
    (973-37-325)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Bounded orbit equivalence for minimal $Z^d$-actions.
    Nicholas S. Ormes*, University of Connecticut
    Kathleen Madden, Drew University
    (973-37-848)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    From homomorphisms to embeddings for ${\mathbb Z}^d$ subshifts: $d\geq 2$.
    Samuel J Lightwood*, University of Wisconsin - Stout
    (973-37-1435)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Some topological properties of two-dimensional weakly coupled map lattices.
    Antonio L Morante*, IICO, UASLP
    (973-37-1246)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Break.
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Modeling ergodic, measure preserving actions on higher dimensional shifts of finite type.
    E. Arthur Robinson, George Washington University
    Ayse A Sahin*, DePaul University
    (973-37-1421)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 9:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on General Contributed Papers, III
  Organizers:
  Shawnee L. McMurran, California State University, San Bernardino mcmurran@math.csusb.edu
  Laura Wallace, California State University, San Bernardino
  Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State College
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Complexity of Card Games.
    Michael S McClendon*, University of Central Oklahoma
    (973-T1-365)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    A Perfect Game of Dominoes - A Graph Theoretical Approach.
    Jay A Malmstrom*, Oklahoma City Community College
    (973-T1-518)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Equitable, Envy-free, and Efficient Cake Cutting for Two People and Its Application to Discrete Goods.
    Michael A Jones*, Montclair State University
    (973-T1-241)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Wallet Paradox Revisited.
    Maureen Carroll, University of Scranton
    Michael A Jones, Montclair State University
    Elyn Rykken*, Muhlenberg College
    (973-T1-549)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Banking on "The Weakest Link".
    Paul R Coe*, Dominican University
    (973-T1-634)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Utility Of CART: Classification And Regression Tress For Improving College and University Retention.
    Gerard T LaVarnway*, Norwich University
    Cathy M Frey, Norwich University
    (973-T1-294)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    The Integration of Mathematics and Science Through Standards-Based, Enrichment, and Safety- Net Activities.
    Faiz B Al-Rubaee*, University of North Florida
    (973-T1-599)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    Our Summer on Mount Olympus: The Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program and International Mathematical Olympiad, Part 1.
    Karen A Marrongelle*, Portland State University
    Steve Benson, Education Development Center, Inc.
    (973-T1-603)
  • 11:40 a.m.
    Our Summer on Mount Olympus: The Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program and International Mathematical Olympiad, Part 2.
    Steve R Benson*, Education Development Center, Inc.
    Karen A Marrongelle, Portland State University
    (973-T1-607)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
  MAA Committee on Mathematics and the Environment Panel Discussion
  The environment: A context for learning.
  Organizers:
  Marcia Sward Doherty, Ocean View, DE
  Ben Fusaro, Florida State University
  Presenters:
  Gerald Lieberman,
  Nancy E. Zumoff, Kennesaw State University
  Lee Seitelman, Pratt \& Whitney and University of Connecticut
  Moderators:
  Patricia Clark Kenschaft, Montclair State University
• Monday January 7, 2002, 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  JOMA authors presentation.
  Organizers:
  David A. Smith, Duke University
  Lang Moore, MAA and Duke University
  Presenters:
  David A. Smith,
  Thomas E. Leathrum, Jacksonville State University
  John O. Kiltinen, Northern Michigan University
• Monday January 7, 2002, 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
  MAA Committee on the Mathematical Education of Teachers Panel Discussion
  Changing attitudes in the elementary education mathematics content courses: What works?
  Organizers:
  Bonnie L. Oppenheimer, Mississippi University for Women
  Sigrid E. Wagner, Ohio State University
  Joan S. Morrison, Goucher College
  Panelists:
  Charles E. Lamb, Texas A\&M University
  Robert B. Brown, Ohio State University
  Anne L. Madsen, University of New Mexico
• Monday January 7, 2002, 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Opportunities for mathematically motivated youth.
  Organizers:
  Richard D. Sommer, Stanford University
  Panelists:
  Linda Brody, Johns Hopkins University
  Carol Blackburn, Johns Hopkins University
  Rafe A. Mazzeo, Stanford University
  Raymond Ravaglia, Stanford University
  Zvezdelina E. Stankova-Frenkel, Mills College
• Monday January 7, 2002, 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
  MAA Project NExT Panel Discussion
  How to make the most of teaching evaluations.
  Organizers:
  T. Christine Stevens, St. Louis University
  Joseph A. Gallian, University of Minnesota, Duluth
  Aparna W. Higgins, University of Dayton
  Panelists:
  Jeffrey S. Connor, Ohio University
  Carl C. Cowen, Purdue University
  William E. Fenton, Bellarmine University
  Pamela B. Pierce, College of Wooster
• Monday January 7, 2002, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
  Book Sales and Exhibits
• Monday January 7, 2002, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  Probability, combinatorics, and physics in analytic number theory.
  Andrew J. Granville*, University of Georgia
  (973-A0-33)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#7: 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
• Monday January 7, 2002, 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  NSF funding opportunities for learning and teaching in the mathematical sciences.
  Organizers:
  Dennis E. Davenport, NSF/Division of Undergraduate Education
  James H. Lightbourne, NSF/Division of Undergraduate Education
  Elizabeth J. Teles, NSF/Division of Undergraduate Education
  Lee L. Zia, NSF/Division of Undergraduate Education
  Panelists:
  John S. Bradley, NSF/Division of Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education
  Diane M. Spresser, NSF/Division of Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education
  Lloyd E. Douglas, NSF/Division of Mathematical Sciences
• Monday January 7, 2002, 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  College credit by examination: The Advance Placement (AP\circledR) and College-Level Examination (CLEP\circledR) Programs.
  Organizers:
  Gloria S. Dion, Educational Testing Service
  Panelists:
  Chan Jones, Educational Testing Service
  James R. Choike, Oklahoma State University
  Jane P. Coffee, College of Staten Island, CUNY
  Roxy Peck, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
  Lawrence H. Riddle, Agnes Scott College
  Moderators:
  Gloria S. Dion,
• Monday January 7, 2002, 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Life after a math sciences major: Tracking and using alumni career information.
  Organizers:
  John D. Fulton, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  Presenters:
  Andrew Sterrett,
  David J. Lutzer, College of William and Mary
  Laura J. Person, SUNY at Potsdam
  Jean Mastrangeli, Bryn Mawr College
  Moderators:
  Michael G. Monticino, University of North Texas
• Monday January 7, 2002, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  SIAM Invited Address
  Variational PDE models and algorithms in image processing.
  Tony F. Chan*, University of California Los Angeles and Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
  AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture II
  Entropy Methods for Partial Differential Equations: Entropy and entropy flux pairs.
  Lawrence Craig Evans*, University of California Berkeley
  (973-35-04)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, IV
  Organizers:
  William H. Barker, Bowdoin College
  Jerry L. Bona, University of Texas at Austin
  Naomi D. Fisher, University of Illinois at Chicago ndfisher@uic.edu
  Kenneth C. Millett, University of California Santa Barbara
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Connecting Mathematics Education Research and Teaching Practice Panel Discussion.
    Jerry L. Bona*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (973-97-1226)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS-ASL Special Session on Set Theory and Classification Problems, III
  Organizers:
  Simon R. Thomas, Rutgers University sthomas@math.rutgers.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    The Lascar group.
    Anand Pillay*, Univ. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (973-03-659)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    On groups definable in o-minnimal structures.
    Sergei Starchenko*, University of Notre Dame
    (973-03-743)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Algebraic dimension on subgroups of the multiplicative group of algebraically closed fields of characteristic zero.
    Kitty L Holland*, Northern Illinois University
    (973-03-712)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Existential Lefschetz Principles for Power Series Rings and Artin Approximation.
    Hans Schoutens*, Ohio State University
    (973-03-485)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The role of torsors for elimination of imaginaries.
    Deirdre Haskell*, McMaster University
    Ehud Hrushovski, Hebrew University
    Dugald Macpherson, University of Leeds
    (973-03-535)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The greatest common divisor of two integers cannot be computed in a uniformly bounded number of steps.
    Lou van den Dries*, University of Illinois
    (973-03-423)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Symbolic Dynamics, IV
  Organizers:
  Aimee S. A. Johnson, Swarthmore College aimee@swarthmore.edu
  Kathleen M. Madden, Drew University kmadden@drew.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Dimension groups of finite rank and subshifts.
    Mike Boyle*, University of Maryland, College Park
    (973-37-1041)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Limit measures for Linear Cellular Automata II.
    Reem Yassawi*, Trent University
    Marcus Pivato, University of Houston
    (973-28-517)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Branching Cellular Automata.
    Peter van der Wal*, Oregon State University / Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands)
    (973-37-1087)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Positive K-theory for finitary isomorphisms of Markov chains.
    Ricardo Gomez-Aiza*, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)
    (973-37-1256)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Maximal n-circuit directed graphs.
    David Hobby, SUNY New Paltz
    Donald Silberger, SUNY New Paltz
    Sylvia Silberger*, Hofstra University
    (973-05-1181)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A variational principle for AP-dimensions.
    Edgardo Ugalde*, IICO-UASLP
    (973-37-1145)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Dynamic Equations on Time Scales, I
  Organizers:
  Martin J. Bohner, University of Missouri, Rolla bohner@umr.edu
  Billur Kaymakcalan, Georgia Southern University billur@gsaix2.cc.gasou.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Nabla Dynamic Equations.
    Allan C Peterson*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Douq Anderson, Concordia College
    John Bulloch, Concordia College
    Lynn Erbe, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Tran HoiaNam, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (973-39-839)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Double Solutions of Impulsive Dynamic Boundary Value Problems on a Time Scale.
    Johnny Henderson*, Auburn University
    (973-34-22)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Asymptotic expansions for solutions of dynamic equations on time scales.
    Donald A Lutz*, San Diego State University
    Martin Bohner, Florida Institute of Technology
    (973-39-876)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Multiplicity and Global Bifurcations on Measure Chains.
    John M Davis*, Baylor University
    Jon T Jacobsen, Penn State University
    (973-39-924)
  • 3:25 p.m.
    Existence of Solutions for Fourth Order Boundary Value Problems on a Time Scale.
    Johnny Henderson, Auburn University
    William Yin*, LaGrange College
    (973-34-347)
  • 3:50 p.m.
    Basic Theory of Fuzzy Difference Equations.
    Aghalaya S Vatsala*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (973-34-834)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, IV
  Organizers:
  Paul C. Roberts, University of Utah roberts@math.utah.edu
  Anurag K. Singh, University of Utah singh@math.utah.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Buchsbaum-Rim Multiplicity and Hilbert-Samuel Multiplicity.
    C-Y. Jean Chan*, Purdue University
    Jung-Chen Liu, National Taiwan Normal University
    (973-13-1196)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Intersection Theory for Cohen-Macaulay Schemes.
    Izuru Mori*, Purdue University
    (973-14-696)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    On a Conjecture of Kurano and Roberts.
    Sean M Sather-Wagstaff*, University of Illinois
    (973-13-741)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    A vanishing criterion for local cohomology modules in characteristic p>0.
    Gennady Lyubeznik*, University of Minnesota
    (973-13-1008)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On Modules of Finite Projective Dimension over Complete Intersections.
    Sankar P. Dutta*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (973-13-739)
  • 3:25 p.m.
    Remarks on the Cohomology of Chow Varieties.
    E. Javier Elizondo*, Instituto de Matematicas
    Vasudevan Srinivas, TATA institute for fundamental research
    (973-14-928)
  • 3:50 p.m.
    Restricting syzygies to linear subspaces.
    David Eisenbud, UC Berkeley and MSRI
    Mark Green, UCLA
    Klaus Hulek, Universitaet Hannover, Germany
    Sorin Popescu*, SUNY at Stony Brook
    (973-14-1418)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Algebraic Coding Theory, II
  Organizers:
  Marcus Grefrath, San Diego State University gref@inaba.math.uni-duisburg.de
  Michael E. O'Sullivan, San Diego State University mosulliv@math.sdsu.edu
  Roxana N. Smarandache, San Diego State University rsmarand@nd.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    List decoding of Reed-Solomon codes and codes from curves.
    Ralf Koetter*, University of Illinois
    Alexander Vardy, University of California, San Diego
    (973-94-1166)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Gr\"obner bases and interpolation in decoding.
    Eimear Byrne, University College Cork
    Patrick Fitzpatrick*, University College Cork
    Henry O'Keeffe, University College Cork
    (973-94-822)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The minimum distance of some Hermitian codes.
    Gretchen L Matthews*, Clemson University
    (973-94-1350)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Subspace subcodes of Reed-Solomon codes.
    Sarah A Spence*, Cornell University
    (973-94-1034)
  • 3:25 p.m.
    Convolutional Codes, an Algebraic Geometric Point of View.
    Joachim Rosenthal*, University of Notre Dame
    (973-94-815)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Algebras, Forms, and Algebraic Groups, II
  Organizers:
  R. Skip Garibaldi, University of California Los Angeles skip@math.ucla.edu
  David J. Saltman, University of Texas at Austin saltman@math.utexas.edu
  Adrian R. Wadsworth, University of California San Diego arwadsworth@ucsd.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Special Forms of Two Symbols are Division Algebras.
    Bill Jacob*, UCSB
    Roberto Aravire, Universidad Arturo Prat
    (973-16-1067)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Weakly Azumaya Algebras and Frobenius Algebras.
    Darrell E Haile*, Indiana University
    (973-16-1066)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Birational Isomorphisms Between Severi-Brauer Varieties.
    Daniel R Krashen*, University of California, Los Angeles
    (973-16-1053)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Stable rationality of the center of the generic division ring.
    Esther Beneish*, Northwestern University and Eastern Washington University
    (973-20-1085)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    $p$-algebras of exponent $p$.
    Uzi Vishne*, Yale University
    (973-16-1427)
  • 3:25 p.m.
    Division Algebras with $\operatorname{PSL}(2,q)$-Galois Maximal Subfield.
    Elizabeth S Allman*, University of Southern Maine
    Murray M Schacher, UCLA
    (973-12-52)
  • 3:50 p.m.
    Alternate forms and the Brauer group of a field containing the roots of unity.
    Eric S Brussel*, Emory University
    (973-16-1188)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Analysis and Application of Quasilinear Partial Differential Equations, III
  Organizers:
  Sun\v{c}ica \v Cani\' c, University of Houston canic@math.uh.edu
  Eun Heui Kim, California State University, Long Beach ekim4@csulb.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    On Positive Solutions for Classes of p-Laplacian Semipositone Systems.
    Maya Chhetri*, UNC-Greensboro
    Hai D Dang, Mississippi State University
    Ratnasingham Shivaji, Mississippi State University
    (973-35-1343)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Recent progress on a conjecture of de Giorgi.
    Changfeng Gui*, UBC and University of Connecticut
    Nassif Ghoussoub, UBC
    (973-35-1335)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Critical Threshold Phenomena in Euler-Poisson Equations and Related Models.
    Shlomo Engelberg, Jersualem College of Technology, Electronics Department
    Hailiang Liu, UCLA
    Eitan Tadmor*, UCLA
    (973-35-1101)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Source linearization for inhomogeneous conservation laws.
    Smadar Karni*, University of Michigan
    (973-65-1230)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Central-Upwind Schemes for Systems of Balance Laws.
    Alexander Kurganov*, Tulane University
    Doron Levy, Stanford University
    (973-65-856)
  • 3:25 p.m.
    Particle Methods for Dispersive Equations.
    Alina Chertock*, UC Berkeley and LBNL
    Doron Levy, Stanford University
    (973-65-806)
  • 3:50 p.m.
    Multidimentional Ostrowski Inequalities,Revisited.
    George A Anastassiou*, University of Memphis
    (973-26-240)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Chaos, Stability, and Asymptotics in Difference Equations, IV
  Organizers:
  Saber N. Elaydi, Trinity University selaydi@trinity.edu
  Gerasimos Ladas, University of Rhode Island gladas@math.uri.edu
  Donald A. Lutz, San Diego State University lutz@math.sdsu.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Stability of special class of torus mappings appearing in the theory of resonating cavities.
    Rafael De la Llave, Univ of Texas at Austin
    John A Vano*, Univ of Texas at Austin
    (973-39-1405)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    A Dynamical System for Plant Pattern Formation: A Rigorous Analysis.
    Pau Atela, Smith College
    Christophe Gole, Smith College
    Scott Hotton*, Miami University
    (973-37-1126)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Generalized Ducci Sequences.
    Marc A Chamberland*, Grinnell College
    (973-37-548)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Asymptotic behavior of solutions of some linear difference equations with oscillatory decreasing coefficients.
    Alexei V Bourd*, San Diego, California
    (973-39-336)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On The Dynamics Of $\displaystyle{ x_{n+1} = \frac{ \alpha + \beta x_{n-2} } {Ax_{n-1} + Bx_{n-2} } }$.
    Lynn C McGrath*, University of Rhode Island
    Edward A Grove, University of Rhode Island
    Gerasimos Ladas, University of Rhode Island
    (973-39-328)
  • 3:25 p.m.
    The stability of one dimensional continuous cellular automata.
    Randall E Rausch*, University of Texas at Dallas
    (973-37-47)
  • 3:50 p.m.
    Approximate solution of Beams with Nonlinear Boundary Conditions.
    Mahmoud Najafi*, Kent State University Ashtabula
    (973-93-754)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Fractal Geometry and Applications: A Jubilee of Benoit Mandelbrot, IV
  Organizers:
  Michel L. Lapidus, University of California Riverside lapidus@math.ucr.edu
  Machiel van Frankenhuysen, Rutgers University machiel@math.rutgers.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Fractals and The Dynamical Systems and Technology Project.
    Robert L Devaney*, Boston University
    (973-37-302)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Diffusion reorganized aggregates as attractors in diffusion processes.
    Bernard Sapoval*, Ecole polytechnique
    (973-82-874)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Double Multifractality of the Harmonic Measure near a Simple Conformally Invariant Scaling Curve.
    Bertrand H Duplantier*, Service de Physique , CEA Saclay
    (973-60-971)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Fractal lasers.
    Michael Berry*, Bristol University, UK
    (973-78-862)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Variational approaches to various crystal growth problems: results and opportunities.
    Jean E Taylor*, Rutgers University
    (973-49-1410)
  • 3:25 p.m.
    2-microlocal Analysis and Applications.
    Jacques V Levy Vehel*, INRIA
    (973-26-1297)
  • 3:50 p.m.
    Nature-Inspired Chemical Reaction Engineering.
    Marc-Olivier Coppens*, Delft University of Technology
    (973-C1-1109)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Wavelets for Undergraduates
  Organizers:
  Edward F. Aboufadel, Grand Valley State University aboufade@gvsu.edu
  Steven J. Schlicker, Grand Valley State University schlicks@gvsu.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    A Brief Introduction to Wavelets and a Report on an REU Project in Wavelets.
    Edward F Aboufadel*, Grand Valley State Univ.
    Steven J Schlicker, Grand Valley State Univ.
    (973-43-735)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Report on an introductory Mathematics course on Wavelets.
    Max Jodeit, Jr.*, University of Minnesota
    (973-97-214)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Mathematical Programming in an Undergraduate Wavelets Course.
    Patrick J Van Fleet*, University of St. Thomas
    (973-97-583)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Reinforcing Mathematical Concepts Through Wavelets.
    Errol G Rowe, North Carolina A & T State Univ.
    Mingxiang Chen*, North Carolina A & T State Univ.
    (973-41-601)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Access points and test questions in VIGRE/REU research; Part 1: Wavelet theory in the Fourier domain.
    Eric Weber*, Texas A&M University
    David Larson, Texas A&M University
    (973-42-672)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Access Points and Test Questions in Undergraduate Research; Part 2: Wavelet Theory in The Time Domain.
    David R Larson*, Texas A&M University
    Eric Weber, Texas A&M University
    (973-42-673)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    A new proof of a two-parameter square function inequality.
    Robert D. Poodiack*, Norwich University
    (973-42-176)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Low Dimensional Topology, IV
  Organizers:
  Tim D. Cochran, Rice University cochran@rice.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Reflection Independence and Rigidity in Coxeter Groups.
    Patrick Bahls*, Vanderbilt University, Department of Mathematics
    Michael L Mihalik, Vanderbilt University, Department of Mathematics
    (973-20-1089)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Break.
  • 2:00 p.m.
    An Intrinsic Geometric Characterization of the $\mathfrak{sec}$ Invariant.
    Gregory S Clark*, Rice University
    (973-57-368)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    K-Theory and Fundamental Groups.
    Paul Frank Baum*, Penn State University
    (973-19-1237)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Surgery and involutions on 4-manifolds.
    Vyacheslav S Krushkal*, University of Virginia
    (973-57-1093)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Codimension two PL embeddings of spheres with nonstandard regular neighborhoods.
    Dusan Repovs*, University of Ljubljana
    (973-57-41)
  • 3:50 p.m.
    Further Examples of Homotopy Inequivalent 2-Complexes at a Non-Minimal Level.
    Jacqueline A Jensen*, University of Oregon, Eugene
    (973-55-801)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#12: Part A
  Introduction to mathematical card tricks.
  Organizers:
  Colm K. Mulcahy, Spelman College
  Jeffrey A. Ehme, Spelman College
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#8: Part A
  Real-world problem solving using technology and student projects.
  Organizers:
  Bruce Pollack-Johnson, Villanova University
  Audrey Borchardt, Villanova University
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Real and Complex Analysis
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Cantor and a Few Good Numbers.
    Ioana Mihaila*, Coastal Carolina University
    (973-26-350)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    On a paper of Carleson.
    Melkana A Brakalova*, Hotchkiss School
    James A Jenkins, Washington University
    (973-30-1149)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Generalizations of some new inverse type Hilbert integral inequalities.
    Chang-Jian Zhao, University of Texas-Pan American
    Lokenath Debnath*, University of Texas-Pan American
    (973-26-922)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Nowhere Weakly Symmetric Functions.
    Kandasamy Muthuvel*, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
    (973-26-1311)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Convergence rate of averages over balls in Sobolev Spaces.
    Javad Namazi*, Fairleigh Dickinson University
    (973-28-82)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Break.
  • 2:30 p.m.
    $A_r^\lambda$-weighted imbedding inequalities.
    Bing Liu*, Saginaw Valley State University, MI
    (973-28-1214)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Holomorphic motion of a closed subset of a Riemann surface.
    Sudeb Mitra*, University of Connecticut, Storrs
    (973-32-816)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Local Behaviour of Entire Functions of Exponential Type.
    Dimiter P Dryanov, University of Montreal
    Mohammed A Qazi*, Tuskegee University
    Qazi I Rahman, Universite de Montreal
    (973-30-1069)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Construction of Various Sense-Preserving Complex-Valued Harmonic Mappings.
    Christopher J. Morgan*, University of Evansville
    (973-30-1152)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Examples of Bieberbach-Eilenberg Functions.
    Dov N Chelst*, Devry College of Technology
    (973-30-1206)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Convex Mappings of the Ball in $\mathbb{C}^n$ With One Infinite Boundary Singularity.
    Jerry R Muir, Jr.*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    Ted J Suffridge, University of Kentucky
    (973-32-1018)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Combinatorics and Graph Theory, I
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Tiling Rectangles with Trominoes.
    J Marshall Ash*, DePaul University
    Solomon W Golomb, University of Southern California
    (973-05-759)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Multidecompositions of the complete graph.
    Atif Abueida*, University of Dayton
    Mike Daven, Mount Saint Mary College
    (973-05-263)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Multidesigns for graph-pairs of order 4 and 5.
    Atif A Abueida, University of Dayton
    Mike Daven*, Mount Saint Mary College
    (973-05-257)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Independent sums of arithmetic progressions in $K_m$-free graphs.
    Neil Hindman*, Howard University
    Dona Strauss, University of Hull
    (973-05-315)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    A lower bound for the domination number of complete grid graphs.
    David R. Guichard*, Whitman College
    David C. Fisher, Denver, Colorado
    (973-05-652)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    $k$-Ordered Hamiltonicity of Iterated Line Graphs.
    Kathleen A Ponto*, University of Notre Dame
    (973-05-653)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Paths as $m$-step competition graphs.
    Geir T Helleloid*, University of Wisconsin - Madison
    (973-05-680)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Number of Labeled Spanning Trees in a Cycle-Removed Complete Graph.
    Jean-Paul M Kapuya*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (973-00-703)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Break.
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Bipartite Distance-Regular Graphs and the Taut Condition.
    Mark S MacLean*, University of North Carolina - Asheville
    (973-05-747)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On a Special Case of Hadwiger's Conjecture.
    Michael D Plummer*, Vanderbilt University
    Michael Stiebitz, TU Ilmenau
    Bjarne Toft, University of Southern Denmark
    (973-05-749)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Random Colorings of Graphs and the Dinitz Conjecture.
    Ramin Naimi*, Occidental College
    Roberto Pelayo, Occidental College
    (973-05-254)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Operations on Well-Covered Graphs and the Roller-Coaster Conjecture.
    Philip J Matchett*, Harvard
    (973-05-781)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Contributed Session on Many Lives of Lattice Theory and the Theory of Ordered Sets with Connections to Combinatorics
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    A symmetric chain decomposition of Young's lattice, $L(5,n)$, when $n$ is odd.
    Derek A Smith*, Lafayette College
    (973-06-90)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Linear inequalities for the flag Whitney numbers of geometric lattices.
    Kathryn L Nyman*, Texas A&M University
    (973-06-766)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Discrete Morse functions and partitions of a multiset.
    Eric K Babson, University of Washington
    Patricia L Hersh*, University of Michigan
    (973-05-914)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Sperner's theorem and its generalizations.
    Matthias Beck*, SUNY Binghamton
    Xueqin Wang, SUNY Binghamton
    Thomas Zaslavsky, SUNY Binghamton
    (973-05-191)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Lattice of Commuting Boolean Subalgebras.
    Catherine H Yan*, Texas A&M University
    (973-06-121)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Order Dimension, Strong Bruhat Order and Lattice Properties for Posets.
    Nathan Reading*, University of Minnesota
    (973-06-117)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Path Independent Choice Theory, LLD lattices and their Construction.
    Mark R Johnson*, Texas Christian University
    Richard A Dean, California Institute of Technology
    (973-06-356)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    The automorphism problem for ordered sets.
    Bernd S.W. Schroeder*, Louisiana Tech University
    (973-06-28)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The Automorphism Group of the Fibonacci Poset: A ``Not Too Difficult" Problem of Richard P. Stanley from 1988.
    Jonathan D Farley*, University of Oxford
    (973-06-1322)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Break.
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Representations of Uncertainty in a Lattice Theoretic Framework.
    Amit Agarwal*, Department of Computer Science \& Engineering, Pennsylvania State University - University Park
    Matt Insall, Department of Mathematics \& Statistics, University of Missouri - Rolla
    Donald C Wunsch, Department of Electrical \& Computer Engineering, University of Missouri - Rolla
    (973-06-186)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Recent Developments in Noncommutative Lattices.
    Jonathan E Leech*, Westmont College Santa Barbara, CA
    (973-06-146)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Epidemiology: A natural application for order theory.
    David M Ozonoff*, Boston University School of Public Health
    Melvin F Janowitz, DIMACS
    (973-06-1130)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
  MAA Session on History of Mathematics in the Second Millennium, III
  Organizers:
  Janet L. Beery, University of Redlands beery@uor.edu
  C. Edward Sandifer, Western Connecticut State University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Mistakes, Fallacies, and Misconceptions in the History of Mathematics.
    Mark S. Burgin*, UCLA
    (973-A1-837)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Who created the decimal fractions for the first time in the world?
    Mohammad Moazzam*, Salisbury University
    (973-A1-297)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Fundamental Theorem of Calculus --- from Archimedes to Cauchy.
    Po-Hung Liu*, Chinyi Institute of Technology, Taiwan
    (973-A1-251)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Cinemath: Mathematics on the Silver Screen.
    Charlie L Smith*, Park University
    (973-A1-80)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    The Continuum Hypothesis: A Look at the History of the Real Numbers in The Second Millennium.
    Martin E Flashman*, Humboldt State University
    (973-A1-512)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Using Architecture to Teach the History of Mathematics.
    Maria R Zack*, Point Loma Nazarene University
    (973-A1-405)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Video Group Projects to Learn about the History of Mathematics of the Second Millennium CE.
    Agnes Tuska*, California State University, Fresno
    (973-A1-509)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Resolving Kemeny's Conjecture: A Peek into the Third Millennium?
    Danielle Mihram, Univ. of Southern California
    G. Arthur Mihram*, Princeton, NJ
    (973-A1-506)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  MAA Session on Initiating and Sustaining Undergraduate Research Projects and Programs, II
  Organizers:
  John R. Swallow, Davisdon College joswallow@davidson.edu
  Suzanne M. Lenhart, University of Tennessee
  Daniel J. Schaal, South Dakota State University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Establishing a Long Term Undergraduate Research Program in Mathematics.
    Michael J. Bardzell*, salisbury university
    (973-E1-525)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Building and Maintaining an Undergraduate Research Program - Undergraduate Training.
    Kelly Black*, University of New Hampshire
    John B Geddes, University of New Hampshire
    (973-E1-91)
  • 1:35 p.m.
    Ideas for Persuading Undergraduates to Become Involved in Mathematical Projects.
    Deborah A Sherman-Denvir*, Marshall University
    (973-E1-333)
  • 1:50 p.m.
    Integrating research in undergraduate courses and studies.
    Aliakbar Montazer-Haghighi*, Benedict College
    (973-E1-118)
  • 2:05 p.m.
    Providing Real Research Opportunities to Undergraduates.
    Catherine A Roberts*, College of the Holy Cross
    (973-E1-188)
  • 2:25 p.m.
    Break.
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Mathematical Biology REU at Jacksonville University.
    Sanjay Rai*, Jacksonville University
    Michael Nancarrow, Jacksonville University
    (973-E1-381)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Problem Solving Groups as Research.
    Dave Feil*, Carroll College
    (973-E1-406)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Experience is a teacher - Some thoughts for the pool.
    Timothy J Pennings*, Hope College
    (973-E1-69)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Experiences with an Undergraduate Research Program Exploring Dynamical Systems with MAPLE.
    Malcolm R Adams*, University of Georgia
    (973-E1-555)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Lessons Learned about Applying for NSF Funding for an REU.
    Daniel J Schaal*, South Dakota State University
    (973-E1-538)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
  MAA Session on Computational Mathematics in Linear Algebra and Differential Equations, II
  Organizers:
  Richard J. Marchand, SUNY at Fredonia marchand@cs.fredonia.edu
  Elias Y. Deeba, University of Houston-Downtown
  Timothy J. McDevitt, Millersville University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    The SVD and QSVD in signals processing and signal separation.
    Douglas R Hundley*, Whitman College
    (973-H1-602)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Matrix Operations and Computer Graphics.
    Thomas W Polaski*, Winthrop University
    (973-H1-377)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Linear Algebra and Technology.
    Dipa Choudhury*, Loyola College in Maryland
    George Mackiw, Loyola College in Maryland
    (973-H1-590)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Finding Unpredictable Behavior in a Simple Ordinary Differential Equation.
    Lisa D Humphreys*, Rhode Island College
    (973-H1-331)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Investigation of fluid resistance to enhance student understanding of parameter variation in ODE's.
    John M McArthur*, University of Southern Colorado
    (973-H1-484)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    New effective and universal method for numerical solving of Mathematical Physics Problems.
    Isom N Dluraev*, Samarkand State University
    (973-H1-930)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Technology and Computational Methods might begin in ODEs.
    William P Fox*, Francis Marion University
    (973-H1-516)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Computational Mathematics in Elementary Partial Differential Equations: Using Current Software to Solve or Analyze Elementary PDE's.
    Carryn Bellomo*, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
    (973-H1-477)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Deep Understanding of School Mathematics Needed by Teachers, I
  Organizers:
  Albert D. Otto, Illinois State University otto@ilstu.edu
  Catherine M. Murphy, Purdue University-Calumet
  Philip Quartararo, Southern University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    What "profound understanding" of mathematical knowledge do preservice elementary teachers need to know?
    Mercedes A McGowen*, William Rainey Harper College
    (973-I1-633)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Geometry in a Calculus Course and Calculus in a Geometry Course.
    David Dennis*, University of Texas El Paso
    (973-I1-623)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    In-Depth Secondary Mathematics.
    Mary-Margaret Shoaf*, Baylor University
    (973-I1-613)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Achieving Deeper Understanding of High School Mathematics Through Extended Analysis of Problems.
    Elena A Marchisotto*, California State University Northridge
    (973-I1-988)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Developing Prospective Elementary Teachers' Ability to "Explain Why".
    Sybilla Beckmann*, University of Georgia
    (973-I1-540)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Professional Development and Curriculum Alignment Promote Deep Understanding of School Mathematics.
    Jean J McGehee*, University of Central Arkansas
    Linda K Griffith, University of Central Arkansas
    (973-I1-428)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Discussion.
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Motivating the Group Axioms in an Undergraduate Course in Abstract Algebra.
    Michael J Cullinane*, Keene State College
    (973-I1-235)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Instilling a profound understanding of infinite decimal expansions.
    Anant P Godbole*, East Tennessee State University
    (973-I1-411)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  MAA Invited Paper Session on Probability and Combinatorics in Analytic Number Theory, I
  Organizers:
  Andrew J. Granville, University of Georgia andrew@math.uga.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Sums of powers of Kloosterman sums.
    Ron J Evans*, University of California at San Diego
    Timothy Choi, University of California at San Diego
    (973-U1-1062)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Totally real number fields with large class number.
    William Duke*, UCLA
    (973-U1-998)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Some singular measures which have applications to Number Theory.
    Andrew D Pollington*, Brigham Young University
    (973-U1-943)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Fixed Points for Discrete Logarithms.
    Mariana Campbell*, University of California, Berkeley
    Carl Pomerance, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies
    (973-U1-1105)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A proof of a partition conjecture of Bateman and Erdos.
    Jason Pierre Bell*, University of California, San Diego
    (973-U1-326)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On the Additive Structure of Prime Numbers.
    Ernie S Croot*, U. C. Berkeley
    Christian Elsholtz, Institut fur Mathematik, TU Clausthal
    (973-U1-1023)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Committee on Teaching Assistants and Part-Time Instructors Panel Discussion
  Research on TAs: Background, beliefs, attitude, and practice.
  Organizers:
  Bruce Reznick, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
  AMS Special Presentation
  Using the AMSREFS package for LaTeX bibliographies.
  Presenters:
  Michael J. Downes, AMS
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
  MAA CUPM Subcommittee on Calculus Reform and the First Two Years-MAA Task Force on the First College Level Mathematics Course Panel Discussion
  Rethinking the preparation for calculus.
  Organizers:
  Sheldon P. Gordon, SUNY at Farmingdale
  Nancy Baxter Hastings, Dickinson College
  Panelists:
  Steven R. Dunbar, University of Nebraska
  Moderators:
  Jack Y. Narayan, SUNY at Oswego
  Panelists:
  Nancy Baxter Hastings,
  Sheldon P. Gordon,
• Monday January 7, 2002, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
  MAA CUPM Subcommittee on Undergraduate Research Panel Discussion
  Providing and promoting opportunities for undergraduates: A win-win situation.
  Organizers:
  Sandra O. Paur, North Carolina State University
  Presenters:
  Colin C. Adams, Williams College
  Paul D. Humke, Budapest Seminars
  Sergei Tabachnikov, Pennsylvania State University
• Monday January 7, 2002, 2:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Mathematical Models for Image Analysis and Computer Vision
  Organizers:
  Luminita Aura Vese, University of California Los Angeles lvese@math.ucla.edu
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Navier-Stokes, Fluid Dynamics, and Image and Video Inpainting.
    Andrea L Bertozzi*, Duke University
    (973-76-645)
  • 2:25 p.m.
    Partial Differential Equations on Implicit Surfaces.
    Guillermo R Sapiro*, University of Minnesota
    (973-35-679)
  • 2:50 p.m.
    Break.
  • 2:55 p.m.
    Local Inpainting of Images on Implicit Surfaces.
    Li-Tien Cheng*, UCSD
    (973-65-1022)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Characterization and visualization of unorganized data points using the distance function.
    Hongkai Zhao*, UC Irvine
    (973-65-1099)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Numerical methods for $p-$harmonic flows and applications to image processing.
    Luminita A. Vese*, UCLA
    Stanley J. Osher, UCLA
    (973-35-1200)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  MAA Project NExT and Young Mathematicians Network Poster Session
  Organizers:
  Kenneth A. Ross, University of Oregon
  Kevin E. Charlwood, Washburn University
• Monday January 7, 2002, 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
• Monday January 7, 2002, 2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Putting weirdness to work: Quantum information and quantum computation.
  John Preskill*, California Institute of Technology
• Monday January 7, 2002, 2:15 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Undergraduate Programs and Research Projects in Applied and Computational Mathematics
  Organizers:
  Terry L. Herdman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University herdman@origin2.icam.vt.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Research Experiences in Applied Math at the University of Tennessee.
    Suzanne Lenhart*, University of Tennessee
    (973-92-539)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    The Applied and Computational Mathematical Sciences Program at the University of Washington.
    James V. Burke*, University of Washington
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Undergraduate Research Projects Course.
    Charles R MacCluer*, Michigan State University
    (973-97-454)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Preparing Undergraduate Students for Research.
    Kelly J Black*, University of New Hampshire
    John B Geddes, University of New Hampshire
    (973-97-694)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 2:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
  MAA Project NExT Panel Discussion
  Successful programs that integrate mathematics with other disciplines.
  Organizers:
  Timothy D. Comar, Benedictine University
  Michael J. Dorff, Brigham Young University
  Panelists:
  Mary Garner, Kennesaw State University
  Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Michigan State University
  Agnes M. Rash, St. Joseph's University
  John L. Scharf, Carroll College
• Monday January 7, 2002, 2:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Special Presentation
  Mathematics preparation of doctorates in mathematics education.
  Organizers:
  Robert E. Reys, University of Missouri, Columbia
  Presenters:
  Glenda Lappan, Michigan State University
  Jeremy Kilpatrick, University of Georgia
  Jim Lewis, Univeristy of Nebraska
• Monday January 7, 2002, 2:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA CUPM Subcommittee on Calculus Reform and the First Two Years Panel Discussion
  Integrating statistics/data analysis through the core curriculum.
  Organizers:
  Donald B. Small, U. S. Military Academy
  Panelists:
  George W. Cobb, Mount Holyoke College
  Steve W. Horton, U. S. Military Academy
  Roxy Peck, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo
  Alan J. Rossman, Dickinson College
  Moderators:
  Gary H. Krahn, U. S. Military Academy
• Monday January 7, 2002, 2:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  SUMMA-MAA Committee on Minority Participation in Mathematics Panel Discussion
  Organizers:
  William A. Hawkins, Jr., MAA and the University of the District of Columbia
  Panelists:
  Eda Davis-Butts, Oregon State University
  Daniel J. Madden, University of Arizona at Tucson
  David L. Pagni, California State University at Fullerton
• Monday January 7, 2002, 3:20 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Computational problems in topology: The complexity of unknotting.
  Jeffrey C. Lagarias*, AT\&T Laboratories Research
  (973-57-08)
• Monday January 7, 2002, 4:25 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  Joint Prize Session and Reception
• Monday January 7, 2002, 5:45 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Two-Year College Reception
• Monday January 7, 2002, 5:45 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Annual Reunion of University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Monday January 7, 2002, 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Purdue Mathematics Department Alumni Reception
• Monday January 7, 2002, 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
  NSA Women in Mathematics Society Reception and Networking Session
  Please go to NSA's exhibit booth 109 for the location of the suite in the Marriott where this will be held.
• Monday January 7, 2002, 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Design Science MathPlayer Cocktail Reception
• Monday January 7, 2002, 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
  MER Banquet
• Monday January 7, 2002, 8:15 p.m.-9:45 p.m.
  Knitting Network
  Organizers:
  Sarah-Marie Belcastro, Bowdoin College
  Carolyn Yackel, Indiana University