Joint Mathematics Meetings Full Program

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Joint Mathematics Meetings
Atlanta, GA, January 5-8, 2005
Meeting #1003

Unscheduled

Monday January 3, 2005

• Monday January 3, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  AMS Short Course: The Radon Transform and Applications to Inverse Problems, I
  Organizers:
  Gestur Olafsson, Louisiana State University
  Todd Quinto, Tufts University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Registration in Hanover Hall.
  • 10:00 a.m.
    An introduction to tomography and radon transforms.
    Todd Quinto*, Tufts University
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Development of algorithms in CT.
    Alfred Louis*, Universitaet des Saarlandes
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Break
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Generalized transforms of Radon type and their applications.
    Peter Kuchment*, Texas A \& M University
• Monday January 3, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  MAA Short Course: Eight Lectures on Random Graphs, I
  Organizers:
  Alan M. Frieze, Carnegie Mellon University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Registration in Hanover Hall.
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Evolution of $G_{n,m\cdot}$
    Tom Bohman*, Carnegie Mellon University
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Break.
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Thresholds for some basic properties.
    Oleg Pikhurko*, Carnegie Mellon University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    The probabilistic method.
    Benny Sudakov*, Princeton University
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Break.
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Small subgraphs.
    Andrzej Ruci\'nski*, Adam Mickiewicz University

Tuesday January 4, 2005

• Tuesday January 4, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
  AMS Department Chairs Workshop
  Presenters:
  Krishnaswami Alladi, University of Florida
  Deanna Caveny, College of Charleston
  Peter March, The Ohio State University
  Robert Olin, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
• Tuesday January 4, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  MAA Board of Governors
• Tuesday January 4, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  MAA Short Course: Eight Lectures on Random Graphs, II
  Organizers:
  Alan M. Frieze, Carnegie Mellon University
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Random regular graphs.
    Nick Wormald*, University of Waterloo
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Break.
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Independence and chromatic number: Dense case.
    Michael Molloy*, University of Toronto
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Independence and chromatic number: Sparse case.
    Dimitris Achlioptas*, Microsoft Research
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Break.
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Random graph models of the web.
    Alan M. Frieze*, Carnegie Mellon University
• Tuesday January 4, 2005, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  AMS Short Course: The Radon Transform and Applications to Inverse Problems, II
  Organizers:
  Gestur Olafsson, Louisiana State University
  Todd Quinto, Tufts University
  

  • 10:00 a.m.
    Tomography and sampling theory.
    Adel Faridani*, Oregon State University
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Inverse problems in pipeline inspection.
    Peter Massopust*, Tuboscope Pipeline Services
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Break
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Coherent interferometric array imaging in random media.
    Liliana Borcea*, Rice University
• Tuesday January 4, 2005, 1:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
  AMS Council
• Tuesday January 4, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
  Full registration will be conducted from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Badge/program pickup for those registered in advance only will be open until 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday January 5, 2005

• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Employment Center Registration
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 7:45 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Group Theory
  

  • 7:45 a.m.
    Capable two generator $p$-groups of class two.
    Arturo Magidin*, The University of Montana
    (1003-20-100)
  • 8:00 a.m.
    On the Degrees of Complex $p$-Solvable Linear Groups.
    Benjamin Newton*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (1003-20-1292)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Groups with fixed point free automorphisms of prime order.
    Pavel Shumyatsky, University of Brasilia
    Antonio Tamarozzi, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul
    Lawrence E. Wilson*, University of Florida
    (1003-20-319)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Subnormal subgroups of finite rank.
    Youngmi Kim*, Jacksonville State University
    Martin J. Evans, University of Alabama
    (1003-20-592)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Counting generators of finite groups that are generated by two groups of prime power order.
    Bret J. Benesh*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (1003-20-651)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    $G$-irreducible subgroups of type $A_1$.
    Bonnie R Amende*, University of Oregon
    (1003-20-700)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Properties of Subgroups of Direct Products that Satisfy the Frattini Argument.
    Joseph Evan*, King's College
    (1003-20-783)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On the Power Structure of Finite Groups.
    Luise-Charlotte Kappe*, SUNY at Binghamton
    Gabriela A. Mendoza, SUNY at Binghamton
    (1003-20-942)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    The Equivalence Between MV-algebras and Abelian l-groups with Strong Unit: Can It Be Extended?
    Joshua B Palmatier*, SUNY Binghamton
    (1003-20-981)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On Generalizations of Groups in which Normality is a Transitive Relation.
    Matthew F. Ragland*, University of Kentucky
    (1003-20-274)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    The Basic Algebra of $HS$ in Characteristic $2$.
    Thomas Rune Hoffman*, Coastal Carolina University
    (1003-20-945)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Subloops of the unit octonions.
    Stephen M Gagola III*, Michigan State University
    (1003-20-1503)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    On Navarro's Conjecture For The Alternating Groups, p=2.
    Rishi Nath*, University of Illinois-Chicago
    (1003-20-1657)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
  AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, I
  Organizers:
  William H. Barker, Bowdoin College
  Jerry L. Bona, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Naomi Fisher, University of Illinois at Chicago ndfisher@uic.edu
  Kenneth C. Millett, University of California Santa Barbara
  Bonnie Saunders, University of Illinois at Chicago
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Household group theory.
    Joseph A. Gallian*, University of Minnesota Duluth
    (1003-00-389)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Undergraduate Geometry in the Twenty-First Century.
    Thomas F Banchoff*, Brown University
    (1003-97-1488)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Linking Introductory Calculus and Statistics with Multivariate Modeling.
    Daniel T. Kaplan*, Macalester College
    (1003-97-636)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Ideas to Enliven Liberal Arts Students.
    Michael Starbird*, The University of Texas at Austin
    (1003-97-696)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Chaos in the Classroom: Exciting Students about Mathematics.
    Robert L. Devaney*, Boston University
    (1003-97-280)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Dynamic Equations on Time Scales; Integer Sequences and Rational Maps, I
  Organizers:
  Martin J. Bohner, University of Missouri-Rolla
  Marc A. Chamberland, Grinnell College chamberl@math.grinnell.edu
  Billur Kaymakcalan, George Southern University
  Allan C. Peterson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln apeterso@math.unl.edu
  Diana M. Thomas, Montclair State University thomasdia@mail.montclair.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Fractals, Graphs, and Fields.
    Franklin Mendivil*, Acadia University
    (1003-12-698)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Symmetry between canonical heights of dynamical systems.
    Thomas J Tucker*, University of Rochester
    Lucien Szpiro, City University of New York
    (1003-11-1298)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Dynamics of Nim Induced Difference Equations.
    Michael A Jones*, Montclair State University
    Diana M Thomas, Montclair State University
    (1003-37-1098)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Maximal Periods of the odd n-Number Ducci Game.
    Neil J. Calkin*, Clemson University
    John G. Stevens, Montclair State University
    Diana M. Thomas, Montclair State University
    (1003-12-847)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Equidistribution of small subvarieties of an abelian variety.
    Su-ion Ih*, University of Georgia
    Matthew Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1003-11-829)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Chaotic Iterations and Normal Numbers.
    David H Bailey*, Lawrence Berkeley Lab
    (1003-11-743)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Mathematical Image Processing, I
  Organizers:
  Jianhong Shen, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis jhshen@math.umn.edu
  Tony F. Chan, University of California Los Angeles
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Exact solutions for the $L^{1}$ TV functional.
    Selim Esedoglu, University of California Los Angeles
    Kevin R Vixie*, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    (1003-49-1374)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Scale recognition and regularization parameter selection in total variation regularization.
    David M Strong*, Pepperdine University
    Tony Chan, UCLA
    (1003-94-852)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Computational Conformal Geometry applied in Computer Graphics, Vision and Medical Imaging.
    Xianfeng Gu*, Stony Brook University
    (1003-68-1140)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Fast Algorithms for the Removal of Non-Uniform Motion Blurs.
    Julianne Chung, Emory University
    James Nagy*, Emory University
    (1003-65-1108)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Conformal H0 Metrics on the Space of Curves.
    Anthony Yezzi*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Andrea Mennucci, Scuola Normale Superiore
    (1003-53-1380)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Lagrangian Optimization of a Group Testing for ENO Wavelet Algorithms in Image Compression.
    Diego Dugatkin, Ixia, Calabasas, California
    Hao-Min Zhou*, Georgia Tech
    Tony F. Chan, UCLA
    Michelle Effros, Caltech
    (1003-94-1142)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Theoretical and Computational Aspects of Inverse Problems, I
  Organizers:
  Gunther Uhlmann, University of Washington gunther@math.washington.edu
  David L. Colton, University of Delaware colton@math.udel.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Discussion.
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Stable determination of generic simple metrics from the hyperbolic DN map and boundary rigidity.
    Plamen Stefanov*, Purdue University
    Gunther Uhlmann, University of Washington
    (1003-35-844)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Explicit inversion of attenuated Radon transforms in hyperbolic geometry.
    Guillaume Bal*, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University
    (1003-53-888)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Developments in inverse boundary value problems for quasilinear elliptic equations.
    Ziqi Sun*, Wichita State University
    (1003-35-630)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the characterization of the kernel of the geodesic X-Ray transforms of tensor fields.
    Eduardo E Chappa*, University of Texas A&M
    (1003-58-1094)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Geometric optics and the wave equation on manifolds with corners.
    Andras Vasy*, M.I.T. and Northwestern University
    (1003-35-530)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS-ASL Special Session on Reverse Mathematics, I
  Organizers:
  Jeff L. Hirst, Appalachian State University jlh@cs.appstate.edu
  Reed Solomon, University of Connecticut
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    An Introduction to Reverse Mathematics.
    Douglas K. Brown*, Penn State - Altoona College
    (1003-03-1186)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Proof-Theoretic Strength of the Stable Marriage Theorem.
    Douglas Cenzer*, University of Florida
    Jeffrey B Remmel, University of California--San Diego
    (1003-03-548)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Ramsey Theory on Trees.
    Timothy H McNicholl*, University of Dallas
    Jeff L Hirst, Appalachian State University
    (1003-03-1427)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Degrees of Infinite Homogeneous Sets for Computable Stable Colorings of Pairs.
    Denis R. Hirschfeldt*, University of Chicago
    (1003-03-845)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The atomic model theorem.
    Barbara F. Csima, Cornell University
    Denis R. Hirschfeldt, University of Chicago
    Richard A. Shore*, Cornell University
    (1003-03-1127)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Riemannian Geometry, I
  Organizers:
  Igor Belegradek, Georgia Institute of Technology ib@math.gatech.edu
  Mohammad Ghomi, Georgia Institute of Technology and Pennsylvania State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Bernstein type theorems in higher codimension.
    Mu-Tao Wang*, Columbia University
    (1003-53-943)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Ropelength and Distortion of Knots using Essential Secants.
    John M Sullivan*, TU Berlin and UIUC
    (1003-57-573)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Discussion
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on D-Modules, I
  Organizers:
  Steven Sperber, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
  Uli Walther, Purdue University walther@math.purdue.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Hypergeometric equations and mirror symmetry.
    Sheldon H Katz*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1003-14-1271)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    GKZ-Systems and Quantum Cohomology D-Modules.
    Charles F Doran*, University of Washington
    Shinobu Hosono, University of Tokyo
    (1003-14-1099)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Holonomic ranks in parametric families.
    Laura Felicia Matusevich*, University of Pennsylvania
    Ezra Miller, University of Minnesota
    Uli Walther, Purdue University
    (1003-14-236)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A basis in the solution space of the Mellin system.
    Alicia Dickenstein, University of Buenos Aires
    Timur Sadykov*, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
    (1003-35-1123)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Hodge polygons for exponential sums.
    Alan C. Adolphson*, Oklahoma State University
    Steven Sperber, University of Minnesota
    (1003-11-1204)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A surprising fact about $D$-modules in characteristic $p>0$.
    Josep Alvarez-Montaner, Universitat Polit\`ecnica de Catalunya
    Gennady Lyubeznik*, University of Minnesota
    Manuel Blickle, Universitaet Essen
    (1003-13-769)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Commutative Algebra, I
  Organizers:
  Srikanth B. Iyengar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln siyengar@math.unl.edu
  Sean M. Sather-Wagstaff, University of Nebraska, Lincoln swagstaff@math.unl.edu
  Anurag K. Singh, Georgia Institute of Technology singh@math.gatech.edu
  Carolyn A. Yackel, Mercer University yackel_ca@mercer.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Graded algebras and Poincare series associated to surface singularities.
    Steven D Cutkosky*, Univ. Missouri
    (1003-14-772)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    3 generated ideals and the tails of their free resolutions.
    Leah H. Gold*, Texas A&M University
    (1003-13-725)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Artin-Rees properties for syzygies.
    Janet Striuli*, University of Kansas
    (1003-13-1130)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Hilbert Functions Of Subsets Of Complete Intersections.
    Susan M. Cooper*, Queen's University
    (1003-13-731)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Hilbert Functions and Castelnuovo-Mumford Regularity.
    Brent D Strunk*, Purdue University
    (1003-13-774)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Hilbert Polynomials Associated to Tor and Ext for Powers of Ideals, Degree and Leading Coefficient.
    Daniel L. Katz, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
    Emanoil Theodorescu*, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
    (1003-13-1047)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Design Theory and Graph Theory, I
  Organizers:
  Mike Daven, Mount Saint Mary College daven@msmc.edu
  Atif A. Abueida, University of Dayton atif.abueida@notes.udayton.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Coloring Block Designs as Mixed Hypergraphs: a survey.
    Vitaly Voloshin*, Troy University
    (1003-05-129)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Cycle extendability in chordal graph classes.
    Atif Abueida, University of Dayton
    R. Sritharan*, University of Dayton
    (1003-05-50)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Hamiltonian Cycles with small even chords.
    Guantao Chen*, Georgia State University
    Katshiro Ota, Keio University
    Akira Saito, Nihon University
    (1003-05-739)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On $2$-Factor Hamiltonian Graphs.
    Ralph Faudree, University of Memphis
    Ronald J Gould*, Emory University
    Michael S Jacobson, University of Colorado at Denver
    (1003-05-1219)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Enumerator Polynomials and Enumeration Problems onMultigraphs.
    Nathan Kahl*, Stevens Institute of Technology
    Charles Suffel, Stevens Institute of Technology
    (1003-05-70)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On Invulnerable Networks With Respect to Node Failure.
    Lawrence W. Kazmierczak, Stevens Institute of Technology
    Francis Boesch, Stevens Institute of Technology
    Charles L. Suffel*, Stevens Institute of Technology
    (1003-05-1236)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Analysis Problems in Modern Physics, I
  Organizers:
  Steven M. Zelditch, Johns Hopkins University zelditch@math.jhu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Dissipative transport and Kubo's formula in Aperiodic Solids.
    Jean V. Bellissard*, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Mathematics & School of Physics
    (1003-47-1066)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Bloch Electron in a Perpendicular Magnetic Field.
    Deborah A. Koslover*, University of California, Irvine
    Svetlana Ya. Jitomirskaya, University of California, Irvine
    Melinda S. Schulteis, Concordia University, Irvine
    (1003-81-1507)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Asymptotic analysis of orthogonal polynomials by Riemann-Hilbert and d-bar techniques, and applications.
    Kenneth D. T-R McLaughlin*, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona
    (1003-41-1376)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Large N asymptotics of the partition function of a random matrix model.
    Pavel M. Bleher*, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
    (1003-41-638)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Shapes of crystalline surfaces.
    Richard W Kenyon*, Univeristy of British Columbia
    (1003-82-970)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Two-dimensional polymer measure.
    Gregory F Lawler*, Cornell University
    (1003-82-483)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on In the Wake of Jacobi and Hamilton 200 Years Later, I
  Organizers:
  Maria-Clara Nucci, University of Perugia nucci@unipg.it
  Pavel Winternitz, Centre de recherches math\'ematiques, Universit\'e de Montr\'eal wintern@crm.umontreal.ca
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Concept of Variation in Jacobi's Writings on Analysis and Dynamics.
    Craig Fraser*, University of Toronto
    (1003-01-969)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Hamilton-Jacobi theory, phase space separation of variables and classical R-matrix theory.
    John Harnad*, Centre de recherches mathématiques, Univ. de Montréal and Department of mathematics and statistics, Concordia University
    (1003-34-755)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Symmetry Constraints and Liouville Integrability of Soliton Equations.
    Wen-Xiu Ma*, University of South Florida
    (1003-37-815)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Jacobi last multiplier and Lie symmetries: a novel application of an old relationship.
    Maria-Clara Nucci*, Universita` di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
    (1003-34-704)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Algebra, I
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On some representations of the Drinfel'd Double.
    Sebastian Marius Burciu*, Syracuse University
    (1003-16-1010)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Semigroup Graded Rings and V-rings.
    Hema Gopalakrishnan*, Sacred Heart University
    Mark L. Teply, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
    (1003-16-1113)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Elements of Interest in a Jacobson Radical Ring.
    Jason P Huffman*, Georgia College & State University
    (1003-16-1277)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Generalized Grassmannians Constructed via Quasideterminants.
    Aaron Lauve*, Rutgers University--New Brunswick
    (1003-16-1491)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Generalized Primary Rings.
    Christine E Gorton*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1003-16-1528)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Properties of Graph Associated Noncommutative Algebras.
    David Nacin*, Rutgers University
    (1003-16-1620)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Representation Theory of a Class of Quantum Projective 3-Spaces.
    Pete Goetz*, Bucknell University
    Brad Shelton, University of Oregon
    (1003-16-194)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Gauge Equivalent Twisted Quantum Doubles.
    Christopher Goff*, University of the Pacific
    (1003-16-745)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Centroids for Jordan Superalgebras.
    Pamela A. Richardson*, University of Virginia
    (1003-17-1013)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Absolutely Pure Covers.
    Katherine Pinzon*, University of Kentucky
    (1003-18-1031)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Discussion.
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Products of DG-injective complexes.
    Alina Iacob*, University of Kentucky
    (1003-18-647)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
  AMS Session on Analysis, I
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Preventing extinction in discrete Lotka-Volterra equations.
    Jerry J Chen*, Case Western Reserve University
    (1003-37-1530)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Existence of a sigma-finite invariant measure.
    S. Butler, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champain
    W. Kosek*, Colorado College
    J. Rosenblatt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champain
    (1003-37-1558)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Dynamics of Energy Harvesting.
    Carl V. Lutzer*, Rochester Institute of Technology
    (1003-37-176)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Grillage analysis computer modelling and analysis of structures.
    Alexandros Antonioy Tasopoulos*, Athens, Greece
    (1003-37-202)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Bifurcation of an orbit Homoclinic to saddle-focus in piecewise-linear systems.
    Matsyshyn Oleh*, Institut Ecology Technology
    (1003-37-1651)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Asymptotic equivalence of dynamic equations.
    Billur Kaymakcalan*, Georgia Southern University
    Agacik Zafer, Middle East Technical University
    (1003-34-1497)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Continuity of the Lyapunov exponent for analytic quasiperiodic cocycles.
    S. Jitomirskaya, University of California, Irvine
    D. A. Koslover, University of California, Irvine
    M. S. Schulteis*, Concordia University, Irvine
    (1003-37-1325)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Henstock--Kurzweil Delta and Nabla Integrals.
    Allan C Peterson*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Bevan Thompson, University of Queensland
    (1003-39-1410)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Discussion.
  • 10:15 a.m.
    The characterization of Young measures arising in the asymptotic analysis of thin solid films.
    Marian Bocea*, University of Utah
    (1003-49-116)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Getting Students To Discuss and To Write About Mathematics, I
  Organizers:
  Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State College smabrouk@frc.mass.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Storytelling Strategies in the Calculus Classroom.
    Linda McGuire*, Muhlenberg College
    (1003-A1-1118)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    The Sinusoidal Garden.
    Karen L. Shuman*, Grinnell College
    (1003-A1-832)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Encourage Student Writing, Learning, and Informed Discussion Through Judicious Problem Choice.
    Joyce Faye Fischer*, Texas State University
    (1003-A1-357)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    End of Course Projects in Calculus II.
    Vicky Williams*, Appalachian State University
    (1003-A1-664)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Devil Is in the Directions: Substantive Discourse from Simple Questions.
    Mary T Treanor*, Valparaiso University
    (1003-A1-514)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Analysis of a Mathematics Writing Experiment.
    Sandra Rucker*, Clark Atlanta University
    (1003-A1-863)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Written Papers in a Liberal Arts Mathematics Course.
    Ellen F Hill*, Minnesota State University Moorhead
    (1003-A1-364)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Understanding Mathematical Proof in a Course for Liberal Arts Majors: Students write about teaching other students a geometric proof of the Pythagorean Theorem.
    Charlotte Knotts-Zides*, Wofford College
    (1003-A1-906)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Using student-designed projects in an introductory statistics course: How's, what's, and why bother?
    Lisa J Carnell*, High Point University
    (1003-A1-269)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Communicating the Problem Solving Process through Memoranda.
    Elaine Thompson Hale*, The University of Texas at Austin
    (1003-A1-586)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Going All In---Taking a Gamble on a Poker Project in an Undergraduate Probability Course.
    Christopher J Lacke*, Rowan University
    (1003-A1-428)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Role of Online Mentoring in Improving Students' Mathematical Communication and Understanding.
    Rapti M. de Silva*, California State University, Chico
    (1003-A1-388)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on My Favorite Demo: Innovative Strategies for Mathematics Instructors, I
  Organizers:
  David R. Hill, Temple University hill@math.temple.edu
  Lila F. Roberts, Georgia College and State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Some Like It Hot.
    Kerry E. Moores*, United States Military Academy
    Howard D. McInvale, United States Military Academy
    (1003-B1-419)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Calculus Demonstration: Economical Radar Guns.
    Melvin G. Royer*, Indiana Wesleyan University
    (1003-B1-380)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Use of Household Items as Calculus Concept Models.
    B. Lynn Bodner*, Monmouth University
    (1003-B1-395)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Using Geometer Sketchpad in Calculus I.
    Robb Sinn*, North Georgia College & State University
    (1003-B1-463)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Bayes' Rule and the Monte Hall Problem.
    Paul R Coe*, Dominican University
    (1003-B1-449)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Web Based Learning and Assessment: Using MapleTA.
    Denise J LeGrand*, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
    (1003-B1-200)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Computational Calculus: An Electronic Text.
    David Betounes, University of Southern Mississippi
    Mylan Redfern*, Valdosta State University
    (1003-B1-318)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    My Secret Function: A Class Activity for Teaching Operations on Functions.
    Kathleen D. Lopez*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1003-B1-369)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Constructible Squares.
    David E. Boliver*, University of Central Oklahoma
    (1003-B1-408)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Rocky Mountain Wildflower Fibonacci.
    Jacqueline A Hall*, Longwood University
    (1003-B1-404)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Power of Power Series.
    Michael L. Berry*, West Virginia Wesleyan College
    (1003-B1-60)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    A picture is worth a thousand explanations.
    Melkana A Brakalova-Trevithick*, Fordham University
    (1003-B1-512)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  MAA Session on Courses Below Calculus: A New Focus, I
  Organizers:
  Mary Robinson, University of New Mexico-Valencia Campus maryrobn@unm.edu
  Laurette B. Foster, Prairie View A & M University
  Arlene H. Kleinstein, Farmingdale State University of New York
  Norma M. Agras, Miami Dade Community College
  Linda Martin, Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute
  Florence S. Gordon, New York Institute of Technology
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A Course BEFORE Calculus, but not necessarily BELOW Calculus.
    Jack A Picciuto*, United States Military Academy
    Alex Heidenberg, United States Military Academy
    (1003-C1-278)
  • 8:25 a.m.
    What Do the Other Disciplines Expect from College Algebra?
    Florence S. Gordon*, New York Institute of Technology
    (1003-C1-1467)
  • 8:50 a.m.
    Mathematical Requirements of Majors in the Managerial, Social and Life/Health Sciences.
    Scott R Herriott*, Maharishi University of Management
    (1003-C1-254)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    What do they Assume? An Exploration of the Assumptions about Student Learning Contained in Calls for Reform of Introductory College Mathematics Courses.
    Helen Burn*, University of Michigan, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education
    (1003-C1-1242)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Teaching Finite Mathematics using Elementary Mathematical Modeling.
    Brian J Birgen*, Wartburg College
    (1003-C1-1114)
  • 10:05 a.m.
    Who Takes Algebra in College and What Do They Need to Know? Case Study: Augsburg College.
    Suzanne I Doree*, Augsburg College
    (1003-C1-1149)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Introductory Mathematical Modeling and Problem Solving Courses with Interdisciplinary Applications in College Algebra as a General Education Mathematics Course.
    William P. Fox*, Francis Marion University
    Richard D West, Francis Marion University
    (1003-C1-251)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Mathematics and Sports, I
  Organizers:
  Douglas Drinen, University of the South ddrinen@sewanee.edu
  Sean L. Forman, St. Joseph's University
  Howard L. Penn, US Naval Academy
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Using attendance in interleague games as a classroom case study.
    Jeff Hildebrand*, Knox College
    (1003-D1-437)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Geometry of Yoga.
    H Soto-Johnson*, Colorado State University-Pueblo
    (1003-D1-543)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Modeling World Series Outcomes via Absorbing Markov Chains.
    Joan W Weiss*, Fairfield University
    (1003-D1-205)
  • 9:05 a.m.
    Optimizing Distribution of Power During a Cycling Time Trial.
    Michael Scott Gordon*, State University of West Georgia
    (1003-D1-188)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Who will throw the next no-hitter? Modeling rare baseball events with a Poisson Distribution.
    J. Scott Billie*, United States Military Academy
    Michael Huber, United States Military Academy
    Michael Phillips, United States Military Academy
    (1003-D1-307)
  • 9:55 a.m.
    Using Z scores to analyze the prime-time sluggers.
    Stephen A Krevisky*, Middlesex Community College
    (1003-D1-695)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    One, Two, Three$\dots$Jump: An analysis of the long jump.
    Alan Levine*, Franklin and Marshall College
    (1003-D1-575)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    The Link Between Mathematics and Sports and the Many Textbooks that Use Sports to Teach Mathematics Content.
    Joan Elizabeth DeBello*, St. John's University
    (1003-D1-1313)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Error-Correcting Codes
  Organizers:
  Vera S. Pless, University of Illinois at Chicago pless@math.uic.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Cyclic codes over even length over the integers modulo 4.
    Steven T Dougherty*, University of Scranton
    San Ling, University of Singapore
    (1003-94-511)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Asymptotic Numbers of Non-Equivalent Codes in Three Notions of Equivalence.
    Xiang-dong Hou*, University of South Florida
    (1003-94-585)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Algebraic or combinatorial constructions of LDPC codes.
    Jon-Lark Kim*, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
    (1003-94-699)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On the Automorphism Group of a [72, 36, 16] Self-Dual Code.
    Vassil Y Yorgov*, Fayetteville State University
    (1003-94-971)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Seventy years later, "they" are eventually discovered.
    Cunsheng Ding*, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    (1003-94-290)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Error-Correction for Arbitrary Two-Dimensional Errors.
    Tuvi Etzion*, Computer Science Department, Technion
    (1003-05-214)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 8:15 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Number Theory, I
  

  • 8:15 a.m.
    On the dual representation of a representation of GL(n,F).
    Alexandru Tupan*, Michigan State University
    (1003-11-1222)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On approximation of real numbers by algebraic numbers of bounded degree.
    Kiryl I Tsishchanka*, Knox College
    (1003-11-1270)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    On the Analogue of the Modular Group in Characteristic $p$.
    Sasa Radomirovic*, Rutgers University
    (1003-11-1290)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On consecutive integers with equal sums of distinct prime divisors.
    Douglas E Iannucci*, University of the Virgin Islands
    Alexia S Mintos, University of the Virgin Islands
    (1003-11-130)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Finiteness theorems for positive definite regular and almost regular hermitian forms.
    Anna Rokicki*, Wesleyan University
    (1003-11-1307)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Extending the Lucas-Lehmer test to a general class of number.
    John H. Jaroma*, Austin College
    (1003-11-137)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    On Computing Satake $p$-parameters for Siegel Modular Forms.
    Nathan C Ryan*, Dartmouth College
    (1003-11-1462)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A Trace Formula For Finite Upper Half Planes.
    Anthony M Shaheen*, University of California, San Diego
    (1003-11-149)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Applications of Fibonacci Numbers and Other Recurrence Relations.
    Joseph E Purdom*, Shippensburg University
    (1003-11-1521)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Theorems and Counterexamples Concerning the Zeta Function of a Finite Graph.
    Debra Czarneski*, Louisiana State University
    (1003-11-1556)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Variations on a Theme of Stark.
    Stefan Erickson*, University of California, San Diego
    (1003-11-197)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Radon Transform and Inverse Problems, I
  Organizers:
  Adel Faridani, Oregon State University
  Gestur Olafsson, Louisiana State University
  Todd Quinto, Tufts University todd.quinto@tufts.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Multiscale wavelet transforms, ridgelet transforms, and Radon transforms on the space of matrices.
    Gestur Olafsson, Louisiana State University
    Elena Ournycheva*, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    Boris Rubin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    (1003-42-1037)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Microlocal analysis of the Doppler transform on $\mathbb{R}^3$.
    Karthik Ramaseshan*, University of Rochester, Rochester NY
    (1003-44-1079)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Support Theorems for Radon Transforms on Affine Grassmannians.
    Fulton B Gonzalez*, Tufts University
    (1003-44-808)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Radon Inversion on Complex Spaces.
    Eric L Grinberg*, University of New Hampshire
    (1003-44-1632)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Ranges of tomographic transforms.
    David Finch*, Oregon State University
    (1003-44-1027)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Committee on Graduate Students Special Presentation
  Training T. A.s in departments and at section meetings.
  Organizers:
  Louise A. Raphael, Howard University
  Presenters:
  Diane L. Herrmann, University of Chicago
  Maria S. Terrell, Cornell University
  Thomas W. Rishel, Cornell University
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#12: Part A
  Getting students involved in undergraduate research.
  Organizers:
  Aparna W. Higgins, University of Dayton
  Joseph A. Gallian, University of Minnesota, Duluth
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#1: Part A
  Visual linear algebra.
  Organizers:
  Eugene A. Herman, Grinnell College
  Michael D. Pepe, Seattle Central Community College
  Eric P. Schulz, Walla Walla Community College
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#7: Part A
  Developing your department's assessment plan.
  Organizers:
  William A. Marion, Valparaiso University
  Bonnie Gold, Monmouth University
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  MAA Special Presentation
  Doctoral programs in mathematics education: Their nature and how to find them.
  Organizers:
  Robert E. Reys, University of Missouri
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  MAA Special Presentation
  A problem-based core program.
  Organizers:
  Donald B. Small, U.S. Military Academy
  Presenters:
  Gary W. Krahn, U.S. Military Academy
  Alex J. Heidenberg, U.S. Military Academy
  Michael E. Moody, Olin University
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Perelman's work on Ricci flow.
  Bruce A. Kleiner*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  (1003-53-18)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Invited Address
  Processing images with nonlinear PDEs.
  Andrea L. Bertozzi*, University of California Los Angeles
  (1003-35-17)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 12:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  Exhibits and Book Sales
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 12:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Math on the Web, I
  

  • 12:30 p.m.
    Applications that use MathML.
    Neil Soiffer*, Design Science Inc
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Authoring Web pages with MathML for Cross-browser Display.
    Bob Mathews*, Design Science Inc
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Student Answers to Math Homework on the Web Using Proper Mathematical Notation: A Scalable, Universal Approach.
    John Risley*, WebAssign
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Interactive Math on the Web by Maplesoft.
    Robert Lopez*, Maplesoft
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Math on the Web Using techexplorer.
    Sam Dooley*, Integre Technical Publishing
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
  AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture I
  How polynomials vanish: Singularities, integrals, and ideals, Part I: How many times does a polynomial vanish at a point?
  Robert K. Lazarsfeld*, University of Michigan
  (1003-14-05)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  What are p-adic numbers and what are they for?
  Fernando Q. Gouv\^ea*, Colby College
  (1003-A0-12)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-5:05 p.m.
  AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, II
  Organizers:
  William H. Barker, Bowdoin College
  Jerry L. Bona, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Naomi Fisher, University of Illinois at Chicago ndfisher@uic.edu
  Kenneth C. Millett, University of California Santa Barbara
  Bonnie Saunders, University of Illinois at Chicago
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Mathematical Logic in the Undergraduate Curriculum.
    Martin D. Davis*, UC Berkeley
    (1003-97-221)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Logic for undergraduates at Notre Dame.
    Julia F. Knight*, University of Notre Dame
    (1003-97-289)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Logic as Compass.
    Iraj Kalantari*, Western Illinois University
    (1003-03-1050)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Discovery Learning in Logic Education.
    Walker M White*, University of Dallas
    (1003-97-1057)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Symbolic Logic in a Proofs Course: Finding the Right Balance.
    Connie M Campbell*, Millsaps College
    (1003-97-1133)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Teaching Logic to Prospective Elementary and Middle School Mathematics Teachers.
    Gregory D. Foley*, The Academy at Lyndon B. Johnson High School
    (1003-97-1599)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Session on Tropical Geometry, I
  Organizers:
  Michael Develin, University of California Berkeley develin@math.berkeley.edu
  Bernd Sturmfels, University of California Berkeley bernd@math.berkeley.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Introduction to Tropical Mathematics.
    Mike Develin*, American Institute of Mathematics
    (1003-05-263)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Perturbation of matrix eigenvalues and min-plus algebra.
    Marianne Akian, INRIA, Rocquencourt, France
    Ravindra Bapat, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi
    Stephane Gaubert*, INRIA, Rocquencourt, France
    (1003-15-1312)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Break
  • 4:15 p.m.
    On the strong regularity of matrices in max-algebra.
    Peter Butkovic*, University of Birmingham (England)
    (1003-15-735)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Tropical Compactrifications.
    Jenia Tevelev*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1003-14-1553)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Computing Groebner Fans.
    Komei Fukuda, ETH, Zurich
    Anders Jensen, University of Aarhus, Denmark
    Rekha Thomas*, University of Washington
    (1003-13-1285)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Computing tropical varieties.
    Anders Nedergaard Jensen*, University of Aarhus
    Bernd Sturmfels, University of California
    Rekha R. Thomas, University of Washington
    (1003-52-1428)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Dynamic Equations on Time Scales; Integer Sequences and Rational Maps, II
  Organizers:
  Martin J. Bohner, University of Missouri-Rolla
  Marc A. Chamberland, Grinnell College chamberl@math.grinnell.edu
  Billur Kaymakcalan, George Southern University
  Allan C. Peterson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln apeterso@math.unl.edu
  Diana M. Thomas, Montclair State University thomasdia@mail.montclair.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Countable Unions of Subvarieties of Varieties defined over ${\overline{\mathbb{Q}}}$.
    Oscar G Villareal*, University of California Berkeley
    (1003-11-1665)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Asymptotics for some discrete Schrodinger equations.
    Saber N. Elaydi*, Trinity University
    Andreas Ruffing, Tecnical University of Munich
    (1003-39-613)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Nonlocal Boundary Value Problems for Second Order Dynamic Equations.
    Johnny Henderson*, Baylor University
    (1003-34-172)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Floquet Theory II.
    Jeffrey J. DaCunha*, United States Military Academy
    John M. Davis, Baylor University
    (1003-34-1068)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Comparison Theorems of Hille-Wintner Type for Dynamic Equations on Time Scales.
    Lynn H Erbe*, University of Nebraska
    Allan C Peterson, University of Nebraska
    (1003-39-1026)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    First and second order dynamic equations with impulse.
    Ferhan Atici*, Western Kentucky University
    Daniel C. Biles, Western Kentucky University
    (1003-34-1180)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Oscillation results for second order dynamic equations.
    Elvan Akin-Bohner*, University of Missouri-Rolla
    (1003-39-1489)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Exponential Stability of Dynamic Equations on Time Scales.
    Allan C Peterson, University of Nebraska--Lincoln
    Youssef Naim Raffoul*, University of Dayton
    (1003-34-193)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Mathematical Image Processing, II
  Organizers:
  Jianhong Shen, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis jhshen@math.umn.edu
  Tony F. Chan, University of California Los Angeles
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    YAWTSI: Yet Another Way To Smooth Images (and keep edges).
    Bradley J. Lucier*, Purdue University
    Antonin Chambolle, CEREMADE, Universit\'e de Paris-Dauphine
    (1003-65-1182)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Multiscale methods in imaging science.
    Xiaoming Huo*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1003-68-1671)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Threshold Dynamics for the Piecewise Constant Mumford-Shah Functional.
    Selim Esedoglu*, University of California Los Angeles
    Richard Tsai, University of Texas at Austin
    (1003-49-1341)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Finding non-rigid Correspondences between Implicit curves.
    Sheshadri R Thiruvenkadam*, University of Florida
    David Groisser, University of Florida
    Yunmei Chen, University of Florida
    (1003-35-1440)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Analysis of the recovery of edges in images and signals by minimizing nonconvex regularized least-squares.
    Mila Nikolova*, CMLA (CNRS-ENS de Cachan)
    (1003-49-1015)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Interpolation with back projection algorithm for UWB SAR imaging with noise.
    Guoping Zhang, Applied Mathematics Research Center, Delaware State University
    Fengshan Liu*, Applied Mathematics Research Center, Delaware State University
    Yi Ling, Applied Mathematics Research Center, Delaware State University
    Xiquan Shi, Applied Mathematics Research Center, Delaware State University
    (1003-65-485)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Continuous and Semicontinuous Analogues of Iterative Methods of Cimmino and Kaczmarz with Applications to Moment Discretization of Inverse Problems.
    M. Zuhair Nashed*, University of Central Florida
    (1003-65-1625)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Iterative methods for Tikhonov regularization.
    Daniela Calvetti, Case Western Reserve University
    Bryan Lewis, Rocketcalc
    Lothar Reichel*, Kent State University
    Fiorella Sgallari, University of Bologna
    (1003-65-1655)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Theoretical and Computational Aspects of Inverse Problems, II
  Organizers:
  Gunther Uhlmann, University of Washington gunther@math.washington.edu
  David L. Colton, University of Delaware colton@math.udel.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Iterative solution of inverse boundary value problems using probing functions.
    Rainer Kress, Universit\"at G\"ottingen, Germany
    William Rundell*, Texas A&M University
    (1003-35-1022)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    The Hard Pulse Approximation and the Inverse Scattering Transform.
    Charles L Epstein*, U. of PA
    Jeremy F Magland, LSNI/ Hospital of U. of PA
    (1003-65-1046)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Inverse scattering for vowel articulation with frequency-domain data.
    Tuncay Aktosun*, Mississippi State University
    (1003-34-372)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Targeted grid appoximations for geophysical inversion.
    Vladimir Druskin, Schlumberger-Doll Research
    Shari Moskow*, University of Florida
    (1003-65-1181)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    On the stability of the Borg-Levinson problem.
    Rudi Weikard*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Marco Marletta, Cardiff University
    (1003-34-752)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Impedance Imaging of Multiple Linear Cracks.
    Kurt M. Bryan*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    Janine Haugh, University of New Hampshire
    Rachel Krieger, University of Michigan, Flint
    David McCune, Baylor University
    Nic Trainor, Rutgers University
    (1003-35-243)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Complex zeros of real ergodic eigenfunctions.
    Steve Zelditch*, Johns Hopkins University
    (1003-35-1109)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Riemannian Geometry, II
  Organizers:
  Igor Belegradek, Georgia Institute of Technology ib@math.gatech.edu
  Mohammad Ghomi, Georgia Institute of Technology and Pennsylvania State University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Symmetric CMC Surfaces in the Three-sphere.
    John McCuan*, Atlanta, GA
    Ryan Hynd, University of California, Berkeley
    Sungho Park, Seoul National University
    (1003-53-1472)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The stability of compact Ricci flat manifolds.
    Xianzhe Dai, UC Santa Barbara
    Xiaodong Wang, Michigan State University
    Guofang Wei*, UC Santa Barbara
    (1003-53-947)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Constructing diffeomorphisms to negatively curved spaces.
    Chris Connell*, Indiana University
    (1003-53-1484)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Bifurcation Phenomena for the Volume-constrained Plateau Problem.
    Henry C. Wente*, University of Toledo
    (1003-58-1527)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Commutative Algebra, II
  Organizers:
  Srikanth B. Iyengar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln siyengar@math.unl.edu
  Sean M. Sather-Wagstaff, University of Nebraska, Lincoln swagstaff@math.unl.edu
  Anurag K. Singh, Georgia Institute of Technology singh@math.gatech.edu
  Carolyn A. Yackel, Mercer University yackel_ca@mercer.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Intersection Multiplicity in terms of Ext-modules.
    Izuru Mori*, SUNY College at Brockport
    (1003-13-508)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Intersection Multiplicity on Smooth Varieties.
    Sankar P. Dutta*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1003-13-596)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Failure of a length condition for nonegativity of intersection multiplicity and characterizations for modules with finite projective dimension over complete intersections.
    Jinjia Li*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1003-13-822)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    The Frobenius map in mixed characteristic.
    Kazuma Shimomoto*, University of Utah
    (1003-13-1035)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Integrally closed almost complete intersection ideals.
    Catalin Ciuperca*, University of Missouri, Columbia
    (1003-13-1081)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Solid and big Cohen-Macaulay algebras in positive characteristic.
    Geoffrey D Dietz*, University of Michigan
    (1003-13-1178)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Hilbert-Kunz functions of normal local rings.
    Moira A. McDermott*, Gustavus Adolphus College
    Craig Huneke, University of Kansas
    Paul Monsky, Brandeis University
    (1003-13-729)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    A tight closure analogue of analytic spread and a "special" tight closure Brian\c{c}on-Skoda theorem.
    Neil M Epstein*, University of Kansas
    (1003-13-1564)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Representations of Lie Algebras, I
  Organizers:
  Brian D. Boe, University of Georgia brian@alpha.math.uga.edu
  Ben L. Cox, College of Charleston coxbl@cofc.edu
  Vyacheslav M. Futorny, Universidade de Sao Paulo
  William A. Graham, University of Georgia wag@alpha.math.uga.edu
  Duncan J. Melville, St. Lawrence University dmelville@stlawu.edu
  Daniel K. Nakano, University of Georgia nakano@math.uga.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Representations of 1/3 and 2/3 of a Quantum Group.
    Georgia Benkart*, University of Wisconsin - Madison
    (1003-81-817)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Invariant Differential Operators for Quantum Symmetric Spaces.
    Gail Letzter*, Virginia Tech
    (1003-17-523)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Perfect Crystal for $U_q(D_4^{(3)})$.
    Kailash C. Misra*, North Carolina State University
    (1003-17-1131)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Raising and Lowering Maps and Modules for the Quantum Affine Algebra $U_q(\widehat{sl}_2)$.
    Darren R. Neubauer*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (1003-16-208)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Loop Algebra Construction of Graded-Simple Algebras.
    Bruce N Allison*, University of Alberta
    (1003-17-1355)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Iterated Loop Algebras.
    B. Allison, U. of Alberta
    S. Berman*, U. of Saskatchewan
    A. Pianzola, U. of Alberta
    (1003-17-566)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Automorphisms and twisted loop algebras of simple Lie superalgerbas.
    Dimitar Grantcharov*, San Jose State University
    Arturo Pianzola, University of Alberta
    (1003-17-1288)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Twisted forms of Toroidal Lie algebras.
    Arturo Pianzola*, University of Alberta
    (1003-17-880)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Design Theory and Graph Theory, II
  Organizers:
  Mike Daven, Mount Saint Mary College daven@msmc.edu
  Atif A. Abueida, University of Dayton atif.abueida@notes.udayton.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Some Graph, Digraph, and Mixed Graph Results Concerning Decompositions, Packings, and Coverings.
    Robert B. Gardner*, East Tennessee State University
    Benedict B. Bobga, East Tennessee State University
    Gary D. Coker, Francis Marion University
    Chau Nguyen, East Tennessee State University
    (1003-05-120)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    The nonorientable genus of joins of complete graphs with large edgeless graphs.
    Mark Ellingham*, Vanderbilt University
    Chris Stephens, Middle Tennessee State University
    (1003-05-521)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Extending Hall's marriage Theorem to list coloring graphs.
    Mathew M. Cropper*, Eastern Kentucky University
    (1003-05-128)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Forbidden Subgraphs that Imply $2$-Factors.
    J. R. Faudree, University of Alasaka at Fairbanks
    R. J. Faudree*, University of Memphis
    Z. Ryj\'a\v{c}ek, University of West Bohemia
    (1003-05-654)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Excessive factorizations of class 2 cubic graphs.
    W. D. Wallis*, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
    (1003-05-535)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Perfect dexagon triple systems.
    Curt Lindner*, Auburn University
    (1003-05-754)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Resolvable 4-cycle group divisible designs with two associate classes.
    Chris A Rodger*, Auburn University
    Elizabeth Billington, University of Queensland, Australia
    (1003-05-606)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    (r,r+1)-factorizations of (d,d+1)-graphs.
    Anthony J.W. Hilton*, University of Reading, England
    (1003-05-42)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Radon Transform and Inverse Problems, II
  Organizers:
  Adel Faridani, Oregon State University
  Gestur Olafsson, Louisiana State University
  Todd Quinto, Tufts University todd.quinto@tufts.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Electrical Impedance Tomography and Inverse Problems.
    David Isaacson*, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    (1003-78-1138)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    The ray transform and inverse problems for elastic media.
    Lizabeth V Rachele*, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    (1003-35-1636)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Microlocal analysis of a linearized identification problem for the attenuated Radon transform.
    Allan Greenleaf*, University of Rochester
    Karthik Ramaseshan, University of Rochester
    (1003-44-1249)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Inversion of the 3-D exponential parallel-beam transform by reduction to a set of the 2-D Radon transforms with angle-dependent attenuation.
    Leonid A Kunyansky*, University of Arizona
    (1003-44-1302)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Sampling issues and challenges in single- and multi-slice helical CT.
    Patrick J. La Riviere*, Department of Radiology, The University of Chicago
    (1003-44-1077)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Sampling conditions and efficient schemes in helical tomography.
    Laurent Desbat*, TIMC-IMAG, UMR CNRS 5525, UJF Grenoble
    (1003-65-1512)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Local reconstruction from averages and sampling theory.
    David Walnut*, George Mason University
    (1003-41-1524)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    High resolution reconstruction from nonuniform data sets in fan beam computed tomography.
    Larry A Gratton*, Berea College
    (1003-92-1611)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematics and 21st Century Biology
  Organizers:
  Jennifer R. Slimowitz, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications jslimowitz@nas.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Panel Discussion on Opportunities at the Interface between Mathematics and Biology.
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Cancer Genomics: Machine learning methods for the study of disease.
    Jill Mesirov*, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
    (1003-92-1633)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Protein Folding: Computational Challenges and Solutions.
    Richard Friesner*, Columbia Unversity
    (1003-92-1634)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Using dynamic algorithms to decipher neural representations of biological signals.
    Uri Eden*, Harvard University
    (1003-92-1663)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    What can a mathematician tell a physiologist that she doesn't already know?
    James P. Keener*, University of Utah
    (1003-92-1664)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Ecology: towards mathematical insights and computational understanding.
    Louis J. Gross*, University of Tennessee
    (1003-92-1274)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#13: Part A
  Origami in undergraduate mathematics courses.
  Organizers:
  Thomas C. Hull, Merrimack College
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#2: Part A
  Teaching a Galois theory for undergraduates.
  Organizers:
  John R. Swallow, Davidson College
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#8: Part A
  Mathematical finance.
  Organizers:
  Walter R. Stromquist, Bryn Mawr College
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Number Theory, II
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Symmetry and Specializability in the Continued Fraction Expansions of some Infinite Products.
    James G Mc Laughlin*, Trinity College, Hartford, CT.
    (1003-11-256)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Distribution of Zeros of the Ihara-Zeta Function.
    Derek B. Newland*, UCSD
    (1003-11-285)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Two Questions Concerning 0,1-Polynomials.
    Michael Filaseta, University of South Carolina
    Carrie E Finch*, University of South Carolina
    Charles Nicol, University of South Carolina
    (1003-11-507)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Trace Formula and Distribution of Hecke eigenvalues.
    Chun Che Li*, UCLA
    (1003-11-53)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Explicit Galois stable sets of algebraic integers in a given set of points.
    Charles T. Pooh*, University of Georgia
    (1003-11-537)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Distribution of Discriminants of Cyclic Extensions.
    Behailu Mammo*, Temple University
    (1003-11-589)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Rings of polynomials and power series in (x/k)'s.
    Todorka Nedeva Nedeva*, University of Kentucky
    (1003-11-742)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Computing the reciprocity law for CM points on Shimura curves.
    John Voight*, University of California, Berkeley
    Samit Dasgupta, Harvard University
    (1003-11-140)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-4:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Algebra, II
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Apolar invariants.
    Joseph P Brennan*, North Dakota State University
    (1003-13-1360)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Serre's $\mathrm{R}_k$ for Affine Semigroup Rings.
    Marie A Vitulli*, University of Oregon
    (1003-13-571)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    A Krull-Schmidt theorem for wide subcategories of modules.
    Sunil Kumar Chebolu*, University of Washington
    (1003-13-1337)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Chow Groups of Zero-Cycles Relative to Hyperplane Arrangements.
    Karl-Dieter Crisman*, Columbia College, Loyola University Chicago, Roosevelt University
    (1003-14-1308)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Gale Duality and Specializations of the $A$- Discriminant.
    Raymond Curran*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    (1003-14-1465)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The cotangent space at a monomial ideal of the Hilbert scheme of points of an affine space.
    Mark E. Huibregtse*, Skidmore College
    (1003-14-273)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Numerical criteria for very ampleness of vector bundles over rational ruled surfaces.
    Gian Mario Besana*, CTI - DePaul University
    Alberto Alzati, Universita degli Studi di Milano
    (1003-14-515)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Explicit Determination of the Picard Group of Moduli Spaces of Semi-Stable G-Bundles on Curves.
    Arzu Boysal*, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Shrawan Kumar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    (1003-14-414)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Finite representations of a quiver arising from string theory.
    Xinyun Zhu*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1003-14-1032)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Genus 2 Curves that Admit a Degree 5 Map to an Elliptic Curve.
    Tanush Tony Shaska*, University of Idaho
    (1003-14-904)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Bands of domestic string algbebras.
    Gennady Puninski*, Ohio State University at Lima
    (1003-16-674)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on History, Logic, and Algebraic Systems
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Another Approach to Kashani's Fundamental Theorem.
    Mohammad K. Azarian*, University of Evansville
    (1003-01-492)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Constructing New Simple Representable Relation Algebras with Forcing.
    Jianfeng Wu*, University of South Carolina
    (1003-03-1234)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    On the Decidability of Lattices of Finite Dimensional Steinitz Exchange Systems.
    Lisa R. Galminas*, Northwestern State University of Louisiana
    John W. Rosenthal, Ithaca College
    (1003-03-1550)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    H-complex tapestries.
    William H Sulis*, McMaster University
    (1003-08-1091)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Applying Buchberger-M\"oller Algorithm in Time Series Modeling.
    Aihua Li*, Montclair State University
    Serpil Saydam, University of Louisiana at Monroe
    (1003-08-1334)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Structure Theorems For Matrix Rings Over Moore-Penrose Two (MP2) Rings.
    Gregory Battle*, Morehouse College
    (1003-08-152)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Some multitude group functions.
    Petro Glushko*, Kiev Algebraical Society
    (1003-08-1653)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Counting Maximal Subspaces of Zeros of a Quadratic Form Defined Over A Finite Field.
    Laura Mann Schueller*, Whitman College, Walla Walla WA
    (1003-08-432)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Another Look at McCulloch and Pitts's ``Logical Calculus''.
    Ken Aizawa, Centenary College of Louisiana
    Mark D. Schlatter*, Centenary College of Louisiana
    (1003-01-145)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Break
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Qin Jiushao's Formula for the Area of a Triangle.
    Zengxiang Tong*, Otterbein College
    (1003-01-996)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    The History of Sonia Kovalevsky Day and the Importance and Impact on Female Mathematicians.
    Joan Elizabeth DeBello*, St. John's University
    (1003-01-1311)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    On the Historic Methods used in Approximating $\pi$.
    K Prabaharan*, Southern University
    (1003-01-1652)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Spatial Origin of Mathematical Metaphors.
    C M Patton*, SRI International
    (1003-03-1658)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Asymptotic growth of free spectra of band monoids.
    Steve Seif, University of Louisville
    Japheth Wood*, Chatham College
    (1003-08-1042)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Analysis, II
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    A more general Lebesque theorem.
    Javad Namazi*, Fairleigh Dickinson University
    (1003-28-167)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    An Extremal Problem for Convex Domains.
    Roger W. Barnard, Texas Tech University
    Casey R. Hume*, Texas Tech University
    G. Brock Williams, Texas Tech University
    (1003-30-1682)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Variational Techniques for Distortion Theorems in Hyperbolically Convex Domains.
    Roger W Barnard, Texas Tech University
    David R. Martin*, Texas Tech University
    G. Brock Williams, Texas Tech University
    (1003-30-1683)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A Note on Kim's Conjecture.
    Yi Ling*, Delaware State University
    Fengshan Liu, Delaware State University
    (1003-30-439)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    On a refinement of Sendov's conjecture.
    Michael J. Miller*, Le Moyne College
    (1003-30-616)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Monodromy on the Punctured Sphere.
    David J Pinchbeck*, St. Joseph's College (Maine)
    (1003-30-929)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Quantitative Tauberian theorems and an extremal problem in Fourier analysis.
    Friedrich Littmann*, University of British Columbia
    (1003-33-1065)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Hypergeometric Zeta Functions.
    Hieu D Nguyen*, Rowan University
    (1003-33-516)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    A Generating function for the associated continuous q-Jacobi polynomial.
    Tariq Qazi*, Virginia State University
    (1003-33-939)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Continuity/Discontinuity on Dense Subsets of the Reals.
    Donald P. Minassian*, Butler University
    (1003-26-181)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Products of concave functions.
    Robert Kantrowitz*, Hamilton College
    Michael M. Neumann, Mississippi State University
    (1003-26-309)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Blending Functions.
    David J Anderson*, TekStar International Corp.
    (1003-26-361)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    A comparison of the interpolating theorems of Newton and Lagrange.
    Nasser Dastrange*, Buena Vista University
    (1003-26-634)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    The Least-Squares Property of the Lanczos' Generalized Derivative.
    Paul Fishback*, Grand Valley State University
    Nathanial Burch, Grand Valley State University
    (1003-26-756)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Subordinate solutions of a differential equation.
    Stacey A Muir*, University of Scranton
    (1003-30-1202)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on My Favorite Demo: Innovative Strategies for Mathematics Instructors, II
  Organizers:
  David R. Hill, Temple University
  Lila F. Roberts, Georgia College and State University hill@math.temple.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Understanding Your Class Using a Personal Response System.
    Melanie B. Butler*, West Virginia University
    Frederick M. Butler, West Virginia University
    (1003-B1-225)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Using Simulated Roulette to Demonstrate the Different Information Given by Expected Value and Standard Deviation.
    Jan O Case*, Jacksonville State University
    (1003-B1-375)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Picture Compression and Linear Algebra.
    Brian Hopkins*, Saint Peter's College
    (1003-B1-292)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Magic Squares as an Introduction to an Abstract Algebra Course.
    Jeffrey L. Poet*, Missouri Western State College
    (1003-B1-308)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Visualizing Mobius Transformations.
    Anne M. Burns*, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus
    (1003-B1-91)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on Mathlets for Teaching and Learning Mathematics
  Organizers:
  David M. Strong, Pepperdine University David.Strong@pepperdine.edu
  Thomas E. Leathrum, Jacksonville State University
  Joe Yanik, Emporia State Univeristy
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    A Java Applet and Tutorial for the Jacobi, Gauss-Seidel and SOR Methods.
    David M Strong*, Pepperdine University
    (1003-F1-850)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Tool building: Web-based linear algebra modules.
    David E Meel*, Bowling Green State University
    (1003-F1-917)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Java Applets in Teaching Vector Calculus.
    Diem M. Nguyen*, Bowling Green State University
    (1003-F1-871)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Rising to the occasion of modeling card shuffling.
    Timothy P. Chartier*, Davidson College
    Reuben K. Fries, University of Washington
    (1003-F1-206)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Online Interactive Worksheets in Statistics and Calculus.
    Jeff R Knisley*, East Tennessee State University
    (1003-F1-965)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The Synergy of Mathlets and Computer Algebra.
    Robert J Decker*, University of Hartford
    (1003-F1-885)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Webmathematica in the Calculus Classroom.
    Charles E Oelsner*, Manlius Pebble Hill School
    (1003-F1-325)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    A Mathematical Java Toolkit Gallery.
    Michael E. Mays*, West Virginia University
    (1003-F1-859)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Enabling applets usage in calculus for cautious teachers.
    Mike May*, Saint Louis University
    (1003-F1-436)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Making Mathematics Dance on the Web.
    Kunio Mitsuma*, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
    (1003-F1-266)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    The Balance.
    Herendira Garcia-Tello*, Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicación Educativa
    Maria Trigueros-Gaisman, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
    (1003-F1-868)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A Geometric Proof of the Means Inequality.
    Dennis M. Kern*, Texas A&M University-Texarkana
    (1003-F1-875)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Mathlet for Graphing Moebius Transformations in Complex Analysis.
    Michael Dorff*, Brigham Young University
    Adam Rich, Brigham Young University
    Jared Whitehead, Brigham Young University
    (1003-F1-993)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Easy Applets using Geometer's Sketchpad.
    Theodore S. Erickson*, Wheeling Jesuit University
    (1003-F1-874)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Visualizing Concepts in Group and Ring Theory.
    Steven Schlicker*, Grand Valley State University
    (1003-F1-862)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    The PascGalois Project.
    Don Spickler*, Salisbury University
    (1003-F1-394)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on Drawing on Our Students' Thinking to Improve the Mathematical Education of Teachers, I
  Organizers:
  Dale R. Oliver, Humboldt State University dale.oliver@humboldt.edu
  Mary Kay Abbey, Montgomery College
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Evaluating Problem Solving Skills and Processes in Pre Service Teachers In Order to Inform Classroom Teaching.
    Joyce Faye Fischer*, Texas State University
    (1003-G1-447)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Geometry for Future Teachers.
    L. Christine Kinsey, Canisius College
    Teresa E. Moore*, Ithaca College
    (1003-G1-489)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Assessing Secondary Preservice Students' Understanding of Time vs. Distance Functions.
    Jane C. Ries*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1003-G1-509)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Multiple Solutions/Multiple Problems.
    Michael J. Gilbert*, Eastern Washington University
    (1003-G1-434)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    An Experimental Class for Prospective Mathematics Educators.
    Daniel Chazan, University of Maryland
    Sarah Sword*, University of Maryland
    (1003-G1-410)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Break.
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Creating and "Proving" Alternate Definitions.
    Rapti M. de Silva*, California State University, Chico
    (1003-G1-392)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Reasoning, Visualization and Investigations in Intuitive Geometry for Prospective Elementary School Teachers.
    Barbara J Pence*, San Jose State University
    (1003-G1-231)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Moving Theory into Practice: Using Research in Mathematics Education to Teach Mathematics Courses for Prospective Teachers.
    Jean M McGivney-Burelle*, Millersville University
    (1003-G1-1206)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Effects of a Computational Skills Workshop on Preservice Elementary Teachers.
    Cheng-Yao Lin*, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
    Jerry P. Becker, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
    (1003-G1-532)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Adjusting Course Content and Methodology for Pre-service Elementary Teachers.
    Christine R Leverenz*, Georgetown College
    (1003-G1-986)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Using LearnStar to Gain Insight into the Thinking of Pre-Service Teachers and our Curriculum.
    G Brock Williams*, Texas Tech University
    (1003-G1-353)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session, I
  Organizers:
  Daniel E. Otero, Xavier University otero@xavier.xu.edu
  Michael A. Jones, Montclair State University
  Thomas A. Hern, Bowling Green State University
  Janice B. Walker, Xavier University
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    The Slope Mean and Its Invariance Properties.
    Charles J Kicey*, Valdosta State University
    Jun Ji, Kennesaw State University
    (1003-X1-223)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Theoretical Error Bounds for Numerical Integration.
    Eric C Nummela*, Richmond, the American International University in London
    (1003-X1-248)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Binary Images in Discrete Mathematics.
    Mohamed Allali*, Chapman University
    (1003-X1-341)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Ternary Strings with No Consecutive 1's.
    Ralph P. Grimaldi*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    (1003-X1-860)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On an Extension of Fibonacci like Sequences and Some of Their Properties.
    Prashant S. Sansgiry*, Coastal Carolina University
    (1003-X1-702)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    LiveMath modules for Calculus II and III.
    Robert D Poodiack*, Norwich University
    (1003-X1-1679)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Solving word problems with Microsoft Excel.
    Azar Khosravani*, Columbia College Chicago
    (1003-X1-977)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    An unbeatable deal in card tricks.
    Colm Mulcahy*, Spelman College
    (1003-X1-1025)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Coincidences - A motivating Theme for an Introductory Probablity Course.
    Behzad D Noubary, Bloomsburg University
    Reza D Noubary*, Bloomsburg University
    (1003-X1-691)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    An Example of Applied Calculus in Behavioral Psychology.
    Rachel Belinsky*, Georgia State University
    (1003-X1-147)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Error Bounds for Elementary Quadrature Formulae.
    Peter R. Mercer*, SUNY College at Buffalo
    (1003-X1-1245)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Easy Curve-fitting Investigations in Pre-calculus Using Finite Differences and Technology.
    Ward E. Canfield*, National-Louis University
    (1003-X1-1194)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Inductive Reasoning Activities With PascGalois.
    Kurt E Ludwick*, Salisbury University
    (1003-X1-476)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Math Majors in Jeapordy!
    Kenneth L. Price*, UW Oshkosh
    Steve Szydlik, UW Oshkosh
    (1003-X1-980)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Undergraduate Linear Algebra and Differential Equations: Projects, Problems, and Issues
  Organizers:
  William L. Briggs, University of Colorado at Denver wbriggs@math.cudenver.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Projects in a Large Lecture Format Differential Equations Course.
    Paul R Blanchard*, Boston University
    (1003-34-1188)
  • 2:50 p.m.
    Differential Equations Applications for Freshmen and Sophomore Science Majors.
    Angela Shiflet*, Wofford College
    (1003-34-1317)
  • 3:25 p.m.
    Persepectives on Contemporary Trends in the Teaching of Differential Equations.
    Jim Brannan*, Clemson University
    (1003-97-1135)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Challenging Students with Interdisciplinary Lively Applied Problems.
    Kelly S. Cline*, Carroll College
    (1003-97-1020)
  • 4:35 p.m.
    Teaching Differential Equations With Modeling and Without Integration.
    Michael Huber*, United States Military Academy
    Steven Horton, United States Military Academy
    Timothy Povich, United States Military Academy
    (1003-34-306)
  • 5:10 p.m.
    Seeing and Hearing Eigenvalues in Animation.
    Gilbert Strang, MIT
    William Briggs*, University of Colorado at Denver
    (1003-15-226)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Discontinuous Galerkin Methods: Theory and Applications
  Organizers:
  Paul Castillo, University of Puerto Rico castillo@math.uprm.edu
  Chi-Wang Shu, Brown University shu@dam.brown.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    A mixed local discontinuous finite element method for a class of quasi-Newtonian Stokes flows.
    Rommel Bustinza*, Universidad de Concepcion
    Gabriel N. Gatica, Universidad de Concepcion
    (1003-65-345)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    An {\em a posteriori} error estimate for the LocalDiscontinuous Galerkin method.
    Paul E Castillo*, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
    (1003-65-1084)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    Locking-Free Optimal $hp$-Discontinuous Galerkin Methods For Timoshenko Beams.
    Fatih Celiker*, University of Minnesota and Army High Performance Computing and Research Center
    Bernardo Cockburn, University of Minnesota
    (1003-65-995)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Singularly Perturbed Problems.
    Johnny Guzman*, Cornell University
    (1003-65-336)
  • 3:35 p.m.
    Aposteriori error estimates and adaptive methods for a discontinuous Galerkin method for a second order elliptic problem.
    Ohannes Karakashian*, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    (1003-65-1210)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    Break.
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The locally divergence-free discontinuous Galerkin methods.
    Fengyan Li*, University of South Carolina
    Chi-Wang Shu, Brown University
    (1003-65-736)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    Central Schemes and Central Discontinuous Galerkin Methods on Overlapping Cells.
    Yingjie Liu*, Georgia Inst of Tech
    (1003-65-1557)
  • 4:40 p.m.
    On the penalty parameter of the interior penalty method.
    Khosro K. S. Shahbazi*, University of Toronto, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
    (1003-65-1580)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    An Implicit Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method for Non-Linear Water Waves.
    Jacobus J. van der Vegt*, University of Twente
    Satyendra K. Tomar, University of Twente
    (1003-65-1038)
  • 5:20 p.m.
    Two-Level Additive Schwarz Preconditioners for $C^0$ Interior Penalty Methods.
    Susanne C. Brenner, University of South Carolina
    Kening Wang*, University of South Carolina
    (1003-65-870)
  • 5:40 p.m.
    High-order 3D turbulent flow computations using a discontinuous Galerkin parallel code.
    F. Bassi*, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Universit\`a di Bergamo
    A. Crivellini, Dipartimento di Energetica, Universit\`a di Ancona
    S. Rebay, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica, Universit\`a di Brescia
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
  MAA Project NExT Panel Discussion
  Developing undergraduate research projects that are not in discrete mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Edwin P. Herman, University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point
  Panelists:
  Carl C. Cowen, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
  David W. Farmer, American Institute of Mathematics
  Mario U. Martelli, Claremont McKenna College
  Bruce Reznick, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Patrick J. Van Fleet, University of St. Thomas
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
  SIGMAA on RUME Guidelines Committee Panel Discussion
  Ph.D. programs in research in undergraduate mathematics.
  Organizers:
  John Selden, New Mexico State University
  Panelists:
  Shandy Hauk, University of Northern Colorado
  Michael Oehrtman, Arizona State University
  Karen J. Graham, University of New Hampshire
  Teri Jo Murphy, University of Oklahoma
  John Selden,
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
  MAA-Young Mathematicians' Network Panel Discussion
  Career paths for undergraduates in mathematics.
  Organizers:
  James E. Hamblin, Shippensburg University
  John A. Vano, University of Wisconsin at Madison
  John A. Kuchenbrod, The MITRE Corporation
  Panelists:
  Linda C. Thiel, SIAM
  James W. Daniel, University of Texas at Austin
  Paul D. Humke, St. Olaf College
  Emil J. Volcheck, National Security Agency
  Michael G. Monticino, University of North Texas
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  MAA Section Officers
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 2:40 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Mathematics in the Islamic World
  Organizers:
  Glen R. Van Brummelen, Bennington College gvanbrum@bennington.edu
  Victor J. Katz, University of the District of Columbia
  

  • 2:40 p.m.
    The meanings of al-jabr and al-muq\=abala in Arabic algebra.
    Jeffrey A Oaks*, University of Indianapolis
    (1003-E1-262)
  • 3:05 p.m.
    Ibn Al-Haytham on geometrical analysis and synthesis.
    Kenneth Manders*, Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh
    (1003-E1-482)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Al-Samaw'al's Curious Approach to Trigonometry.
    Glen R. Van Brummelen*, Bennington College
    (1003-E1-218)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    A computer-programmed version of a medieval Islamic instrument for the determination of the direction and distance to Mecca.
    Eelco A Nederkoorn*, University of Utrecht
    Jan P Hogendijk, University of Utrecht
    (1003-E1-433)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    How Does the Islamic Calendar Really Work in Different Parts of the World?
    Helmer Aslaksen*, National Univ. of Singapore
    (1003-E1-446)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Islamic Hegemony and its Influence on the Mathematical Sciences in Pre-Colonial West Africa.
    Danté A. Tawfeeq*, Florida A&M University
    (1003-E1-527)
  • 5:10 p.m.
    An Islamic Renaissance: Mathematics in Safavid Persia.
    Lawrence D'Antonio*, Ramapo College of New Jersey
    (1003-E1-294)
  • 5:35 p.m.
    The Islamic Revival of Latin Mathematics.
    Leigh Atkinson*, University of North Carolina at Asheville
    (1003-E1-484)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 3:20 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  Given four lines in space, how many other lines meet all four?: The geometry, topology, and combinatorics behind linear algebra.
  Ravi D. Vakil*, Stanford University
  (1003-A0-14)
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 3:20 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  AWM-NAM Panel Discussion
  Achieving diversity in graduate programs, Part I: The challenge to retain women.
  Organizers:
  Suzanne M. Lenhart, University of Tennessee
  Sylvia T. Bozeman, Spelman College
  Panelists:
  Rachel DeCoste, U. S. Military Academy
  Sylvia M. Wiegand, University of Nebraska
  Ulrica Y. Wilson, Claremont McKenna College
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 3:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  MAA Committee on Graduate Students Special Presentation
  How to interview for your first job.
  Organizers:
  Louise A. Raphael, Howard University
  Presenters:
  David Manderschied, University of Iowa
  Thomas W. Rischel, Cornell University
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 3:50 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  MAA Project NExT-Young Mathematicians' Network Panel Discussion
  Dealing with the two-body problem.
  Organizers:
  Kimberly A. Roth, Wheeling Jesuit University
  Karrolyne Fogel, California Lutheran University
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 3:50 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  MAA CUPM Subcommittee on Curriculum Renewal Across the First Two Years (CRAFTY) Panel Discussion
  Refocused college algebra: A basis for QL programs.
  Organizers:
  Donald B. Small, U.S. Military Academy
  Panelists:
  Norma M. Agras, Miami-Dade College
  Dora C. Ahmadi, Morehead State University
  Laurette B. Foster, Prairie View A\&M University
  Bernard L. Madison, University of Arkansas
  Moderators:
  Harriet S. Pollatsek, Mount Holyoke College
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  AMS Panel Discussion
  Is it a proof yet?
  Moderators:
  Keith M. Devlin, Stanford University
  Organizers:
  Allyn Jackson, AMS
  Panelists:
  Richard DeMillo, Georgia Institute of Technology
  Robin Wilson, The Open University
  Avi Wigderson, Institute for Advanced Study
  Bruce A. Kleiner, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  Thomas C. Hales, University of Pittsburgh
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Welcoming Reception for Undergraduate Students
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 4:20 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  AWM Business Meeting
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#14: Part A
  Euler.
  Organizers:
  William W. Dunham, Muhlenberg College
  Edward C. Sandifer, Western Connecticut State University
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#3: Part A
  Creating interactive workbooks using MS Excel.
  Organizers:
  Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State College
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#9: Part A
  Infusing connections into core courses for future secondary teachers.
  Organizers:
  Steve R. Benson, Education Development Center
  Al Cuoco, Education Development Center
  Karen J. Graham, University of New Hampshire
  Neil Portnoy, Stony Brook University
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 4:50 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  AWM Focus Discussion
  Focus: Future.
  Moderators:
  Helen Moore, American Institute of Mathematics
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  Reception for First-Time Participants
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Graduate Student Reception
• Wednesday January 5, 2005, 8:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
  AMS Josiah Willard Gibbs Lecture
  The interplay between analysis and algorithms.
  Ingrid Daubechies*, Princeton University
  (1003-94-08)

Thursday January 6, 2005

• Thursday January 6, 2005, 7:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Employment Center
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 7:45 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Calculus of Variations and Operator Theory, I
  

  • 7:45 a.m.
    On the eigenvalues which express the antieigenvalue.
    Morteza Seddighin*, Indiana University East
    (1003-47-64)
  • 8:00 a.m.
    Super-Ergodic Operators and Descriptive Set Theory.
    Mohammed Yahdi*, Ursinus College
    (1003-47-102)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Spectrum of a Compact Weighted Composition Operator.
    Gajath K Gunatillake*, Purdue university
    (1003-47-1148)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Weak $2$-hyponormality for a weighted shift with Bergman tail.
    George R. Exner*, Bucknell University
    Il Bong Jung, Kyungpook National University
    (1003-47-1400)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Vector-valued norm estimates for operators on Hardy Spaces.
    Beth Osikiewicz*, Kent State University -- Tuscarawas Campus
    (1003-47-1452)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Generalized Cesaro operators on Hardy and Bergman spaces.
    Michael M. Neumann*, Mississippi State University
    (1003-47-282)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    $F(T) = F(T^n)$.
    B. E. Rhoades*, Indiana University
    Gwon S. Jeong, Sunchon Natonal University
    (1003-47-58)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A Cayley-Hamilton Theorem for a Class of Elliptic Operators.
    Alberto Mokak Teguia*, East Tennesse State University
    Jeff R. Knisley, East Tennessee State University
    (1003-47-770)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    An Interesting Problem Involving Projections in Operator Algebra.
    Jaedeok Kim*, Jacksonville State University
    (1003-47-797)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Singular quadratic functionals applied to the axially symmetric pendant and sessile drops.
    Ivie Stein, Jr.*, The University of Toledo
    (1003-49-1386)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Optimal Control on Hybrid Systems Involving ODEs.
    Wandi Ding*, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
    Suzanne Lenhart, University of Tennessee-Knoxville & Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    (1003-49-546)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Novel variational method for solving electrochemical machining as a moving boundary problem.
    Sadia M. Makky*, Owens College
    Saad Al-Mo'omen, University of Baghdad
    (1003-49-687)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Optimal control of convective boundary condition in a thermistor problem.
    Volodymyr Hrynkiv*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Suzanne Lenhart, University of Tennessee
    Vladimir Protopopescu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    (1003-49-951)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Fractional fourier Transform of Tempered Distributions.
    Bharat Namdev Bhosale*, University of Mumbai (India)
    (1003-44-957)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Using Schwartz Functions in Multiresolution Analysis.
    George K. Yang*, Tennessee State University
    (1003-44-1253)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Adjoint For Operators in Banach Spaces.
    Tepper L. Gill*, University of Minn.
    Woodford W. Zachary, Howard University
    (1003-46-524)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Infinite Toeplitz Algebras.
    Efren Ruiz*, University of Oregon
    (1003-46-746)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, III
  Organizers:
  William H. Barker, Bowdoin College
  Jerry L. Bona, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Naomi Fisher, University of Illinois at Chicago ndfisher@uic.edu
  Kenneth C. Millett, University of California Santa Barbara
  Bonnie Saunders, University of Illinois at Chicago
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Developing a Capstone for Pre-service Secondary Teachers: A PMET Initiative.
    Cameron C. Sawyer*, Southwestern University
    (1003-97-104)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Mid-Atlantic Center for Mathematics Teaching and Learning: Resources and Colleagues Coming Together to Improve the Mathematical Education of Teachers.
    Rose Mary Zbiek*, The Pennsylvania State University
    (1003-97-1052)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum: What does it do and why should it interest mathematicians?
    Glenda Lappan*, Michigan State University
    Robert Reys, University of Missouri
    (1003-00-425)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Faculty Resources for Improving the Mathematical Education of Teachers from the Center for Proficiency in Teaching Mathematics.
    Patricia S. Wilson*, University of Georgia
    Jeremy Kilpatrick, University of Georgia
    (1003-97-1532)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Helping future elementary teachers Reconceptualize Mathematics.
    Judith T. Sowder*, San Diego State University
    (1003-97-233)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Chicago Algebra Initiative: A Multi-University Collaboration for Middle School Teachers.
    Naomi Fisher*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    David Jabon, DePaul University
    Lynn Narasimhan, DePaul University
    Paul Sally, University of Chicago
    (1003-97-303)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    Discussion
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Stochastic, Large-Scale, and Hybrid Systems, I
  Organizers:
  A. S. Vatsala, University of Louisiana at Lafayette vatsala@louisiana.edu
  G. S. Ladde, University of Texas at Arlington ladde@uta.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Stability of Discontinuous Cauchy Problems in Banach Space.
    Anthony N. Michel*, University of Notre Dame
    Ye Sun, Credit Suisse First Boston
    (1003-93-570)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Switched Linear Systems: Observers and Observability.
    Magnus Egerstedt*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1003-93-578)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On a class of abstract McKean-Vlasov stochastic evolution equations under general growth conditions.
    Mark A McKibben*, Goucher College
    David N Keck, Ohio University
    (1003-34-57)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Infinite-dimensional variant of Chow-Rashevskii theorem.
    Yuri S Ledyaev*, Western Michigan University
    (1003-34-935)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On Equipartition of Energy in Linear Compartmental Dynamical Systems with Arbitrary Time-Delay.
    VijaySekhar Chellaboina*, University of Tennessee
    Wassim M Haddad, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Jayanthy Ramakrishnan, University of Missouri-Columbia
    (1003-93-1445)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On dynamics of correlated random systems.
    A. Korzeniowski*, University of Texas at Arlington
    (1003-60-1324)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    On optimal control of the dynamics of a model quantum mechanical system.
    N. G. Medhin*, North Carolina State University
    (1003-49-1185)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Estimation and Control of Large-scale Stochastic Hybrid Systems.
    G S Ladde*, University of Texas at Arlington
    J Chandra, The George Washington
    (1003-93-962)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Dynamic Equations on Time Scales; Integer Sequences and Rational Maps, III
  Organizers:
  Martin J. Bohner, University of Missouri-Rolla
  Marc A. Chamberland, Grinnell College chamberl@math.grinnell.edu
  Billur Kaymakcalan, George Southern University
  Allan C. Peterson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln apeterso@math.unl.edu
  Diana M. Thomas, Montclair State University thomasdia@mail.montclair.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Nontrivial Solutions to a Three Point Nonlinear Boundary Value Problem on a Time Scale.
    Bonita A. Lawrence*, Marshall University
    (1003-34-1509)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    An Introduction to Discrete Fractional Calculus.
    Paul W Eloe*, University of Dayton
    (1003-39-994)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A numerical study of the nonlinear optical wave collapse on time scales.
    Qin Sheng*, University of Dayton
    Joseph W. Haus, University of Dayton
    (1003-65-348)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Dynamic Inclusions on Time Scales.
    Christopher C Tisdell*, The University of New South Wales
    (1003-34-1089)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Fourier Analysis on Time Scales Closed Under Dilation.
    John M Davis*, Baylor University
    (1003-42-1520)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Adjoint and Self-Adjoint Forms for Higher-Order Dynamic Equations.
    Doug Anderson*, Concordia College
    (1003-34-242)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Method of Separation of the Variables for Basic Analogs of Equations of Mathematical Physics.
    Kristine Ey, Munich University of Technology
    Andreas Ruffing*, Munich University of Technology
    Sergei Suslov, Arizona State University
    (1003-39-1669)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    The inverse of the time scale LaPlace transform.
    J Hoffacker*, Clemson University
    (1003-34-1169)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Orthogonal Polynomials---Random Matrices---Integrable Systems: Interdisciplinary Aspects, I
  Organizers:
  Jinho Baik, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor baik@umich.edu
  Steven B. Damelin, Georgia Southern University damelin@georgiasouthern.edu
  Peter D. Miller, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor millerpd@umich.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Semiclassical (zero dispersion limit) of the focusing NLS equation.
    Alexander Tovbis*, University of Central Florida
    (1003-35-1514)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Geometric aspects of isospectral flows on symmetric matrices.
    Anthony M Bloch*, University of Michigan
    Arieh Iserles, Cambridge University
    (1003-34-684)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Extreme Eigenvalues of Large Dimensional Sample Covariance Matrices.
    Jack W Silverstein*, North Carolina State University
    (1003-60-1028)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A Riemann-Hilbert proof of a theorem on inverses of Toeplitz operators.
    Percy A Deift*, Courant Institute, NYU
    Jorgen Ostensson, Courant Institute, NYU
    (1003-46-787)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Semiclassical orthogonal polynomials, matrix models and isomonodomric tau functions.
    John Harnad*, Centre de recherches mathematiques, Univ. de Montréal and Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Concordia University
    (1003-34-1029)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Orthogonal Polynomials with unbounded recurrence coefficients: Their Asymptotics and Weight functions.
    Jeffrey S Geronimo*, Ga Tech
    (1003-43-1045)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Complete Asymptotic Expansions for q-Polynomials.
    Mourad E. H. Ismail*, University of Central Florida
    (1003-33-757)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Condition Numbers of Hankel Matrices Associated with Exponential Weights.
    D S Lubinsky*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1003-42-331)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Theoretical and Computational Aspects of Inverse Problems, III
  Organizers:
  Gunther Uhlmann, University of Washington gunther@math.washington.edu
  David L. Colton, University of Delaware colton@math.udel.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Boundary regularity for the Ricci equation, geometric convergence, and Gelfand's inverse boundary problem.
    Michael Anderson, SUNY, Stony Brook
    Atsushi Katsuda, Okayama Univ.
    Yaroslav Kurylev, Loughborough Univ.
    Matti Lassas, Rolf Nevanlinna Inst., Univ. of Helsinki
    Michael Taylor*, UNC, Chapel Hill
    (1003-35-182)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Nonuniqueness for singular anisotropic conductivities in the Calderon problem.
    Allan Greenleaf*, Univ. of Rochester
    Matti Lassas, Helsinki Univ. of Tech.
    Gunther Uhlmann, Univ. of Washington
    (1003-35-872)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Inverse Problems for Anisotropic Elastic Media.
    Anna L Mazzucato, Penn State University
    Lizabeth V Rachele*, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    (1003-35-1631)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Interferometric array imaging in clutter.
    Chrysoula Tsogka*, University of Chicago
    George Papanicolaou, Stanford University
    Liliana Borcea, Rice University
    (1003-65-1714)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Descent methods for inverse problems.
    Ian Knowles*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (1003-35-848)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Geodesic X-ray transform on manifolds with conjugate points.
    Karthik Ramaseshan*, University of Rochester, Rochester NY
    (1003-44-1080)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Image synthesis for inverse obstacle scattering using the eigenfunction expansion theorem.
    D. Russell Luke*, University of Delaware
    (1003-45-1184)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Inverse Medium Scattering for Acoustic and Electromagnetic Wave Propagation.
    Gang Bao*, Michigan State University
    (1003-35-673)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS-ASL Special Session on Reverse Mathematics, II
  Organizers:
  Jeff L. Hirst, Appalachian State University jlh@cs.appstate.edu
  Reed Solomon, University of Connecticut
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Defining products of $L_p$ functions in subsystems of second-order arithmetic.
    Ksenija Simic*, University of Arizona
    (1003-03-146)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Almost everywhere domination and the reverse mathematics of measure theory.
    Natasha L. Dobrinen*, Kurt Goedel Research Center for Mathematical Logic, University of Vienna
    Stephen G. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University
    (1003-03-1106)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Reverse Topology.
    Stephen G. Simpson*, Pennsylvania State University
    (1003-03-973)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Representing Second Countable Topological Spaces in Second-Order Arithmetic.
    Carl Mummert*, Penn State
    (1003-03-1048)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Discussion
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Riemannian Geometry, III
  Organizers:
  Igor Belegradek, Georgia Institute of Technology ib@math.gatech.edu
  Mohammad Ghomi, Georgia Institute of Technology and Pennsylvania State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Calabi-Yau Conjectures for embedded surfaces.
    William P. Minicozzi*, JHU
    (1003-53-618)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Recent Progress in the Classical Theory of Miimal Surfaces.
    William H. Meeks*, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
    (1003-53-356)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Open K\"ahler manifold with positive bi-sectional curvature is diffeomorphic to $C^n$.
    Jianguo Cao*, University of Notre Dame
    Hao Yin, Peking University,
    (1003-58-1145)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Curvature and injectivity radius of subspaces in spaces of curvature bounded above.
    Stephanie B. Alexander*, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Richard L. Bishop, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1003-53-1474)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on D-Modules, II
  Organizers:
  Steven Sperber, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
  Uli Walther, Purdue University walther@math.purdue.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Computing Zeta Functions of Curves over Finite Fields.
    J. Denef*, KULeuven
    F. Vercauteren, KULeuven
    W. Castryck, KULeuven
    (1003-11-1129)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The p-adic Fourier transform on the affine line and the Weil Conjectures.
    Kiran S. Kedlaya*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1003-11-545)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Borel-Serre Compactification for the Classifying Space of Hodge Structures.
    John Scherk*, University of Toronto
    (1003-14-1111)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Logarithmic Comparison Theorem and Free Divisors.
    Jose Maria Ucha*, Universidad de Sevilla
    Francisco Jesus Castro-Jimenez, Universidad de Sevilla
    (1003-14-661)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Break
  • 10:30 a.m.
    D-modules and singularities.
    Nero Budur*, Johns Hopkins University
    (1003-14-561)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Bernstein polynomials and invariants from positive characteristic.
    Mircea I Mustata*, University of Michigan
    Shunsuke Takagi, Kyushu University
    Kei-ichi Watanabe, Nihon University
    (1003-14-891)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    On computing the characteristic cycles of localizations.
    Josep \`Alvarez Montaner, Polytechnical University of Catalonia
    Anton Leykin*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1003-14-795)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Quantum Topology, I
  Organizers:
  Stavros Garoufalidis, Georgia Institute of Technology stavros@math.gatech.edu
  T. T. Q. Le, Georgia Institute of Technology letu@math.gatech.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Knots with unknotting number 1 and Conway spheres.
    Cameron McA. Gordon*, University of Texas at Austin
    John E. Luecke, University of Texas at Austin
    (1003-57-1454)
  • 8:35 a.m.
    Computing Khovanov Rozansky Homology.
    Charles Frohman*, The Univerisity of Iowa
    (1003-57-911)
  • 9:10 a.m.
    Categorification of the Temperley-Lieb algebra.
    Marta Asaeda, University of Iowa
    Jozef Przytycki, The George Washington Univ.
    Adam S Sikora*, SUNY Buffalo
    (1003-57-1659)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Link Invariants arising from Lie superalgebras.
    Nathan Geer*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1003-54-1155)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    A TQFT for the universal quantum invariant of 3-manifolds and the induced representation of the Torelli Group.
    Dorin Cheptea*, SUNY Buffalo
    (1003-57-1096)
  • 10:55 a.m.
    Asymptotics of difference equations with a parameter.
    Stavros Garoufalidis*, Goergia Institute of Technology
    Ovidiu Costin, Rutgers University
    (1003-57-1322)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Category of bottom tangles in handlebodies and functorial universal invariants.
    Kazuo Habiro*, Reseach Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University
    (1003-57-1379)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Commutative Algebra, III
  Organizers:
  Srikanth B. Iyengar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln siyengar@math.unl.edu
  Sean M. Sather-Wagstaff, University of Nebraska, Lincoln swagstaff@math.unl.edu
  Anurag K. Singh, Georgia Institute of Technology singh@math.gatech.edu
  Carolyn A. Yackel, Mercer University yackel_ca@mercer.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Ideals defining Gorenstein rings are (almost) never products.
    Craig Huneke*, University of Kansas
    (1003-13-558)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Multiplicity of height three monomial Ideals.
    Hema Srinivasan*, University of Missouri
    (1003-13-1455)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The HomAB Problem.
    Kia Dalili*, NJ
    (1003-13-1332)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Independence of the total reflexivity conditions for modules.
    Liana M Sega*, Michigan State University
    David Jorgensen, University of Texas at Arlington
    (1003-13-1321)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Residual intersections in Cohen-Macaulay rings.
    Christine K. Cumming*, Purdue University
    (1003-13-941)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Factoring the adjoint and maximal Cohen--Macaulay modules over the generic determinant.
    Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz, University of Toronto
    Graham J Leuschke*, Syracuse University
    (1003-13-744)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Extending Coherent Sheaves from Open Subschemes.
    Phillip A. Griffith*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1003-13-683)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    One-dimensional equicharacteristic local rings of finite Cohen-Macaulay type.
    Nicholas R. Baeth*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1003-13-467)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Representations of Lie Algebras, II
  Organizers:
  Brian D. Boe, University of Georgia brian@alpha.math.uga.edu
  Ben L. Cox, College of Charleston coxbl@cofc.edu
  Vyacheslav M. Futorny, Universidade de Sao Paulo
  William A. Graham, University of Georgia wag@alpha.math.uga.edu
  Duncan J. Melville, St. Lawrence University dmelville@stlawu.edu
  Daniel K. Nakano, University of Georgia nakano@math.uga.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Bernstein-Gelfand-Gelfand resolutions of infinite dimensional highest weight representations.
    Markus Hunziker*, Baylor University
    Thomas Enright, University of California, San Diego
    (1003-22-1199)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    B-stable ideals in a Borel subalgebra.
    Eric Sommers*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    (1003-17-1014)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Prehomogeneous Spaces Associated with Nilpotent Orbits of Complex Lie Groups.
    Steven Glenn Jackson, University of Massachusetts Boston
    Alfred G. No\"el*, University of Massachusetts Boston
    (1003-16-34)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Quantum Induction.
    H He*, Georgia State University
    (1003-22-686)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Borel subalgebras of $gl(\infty)$.
    Ivan Dimitrov*, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
    (1003-17-1559)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On a basis presentation of simple torsion free modules.
    Daniel J. Britten*, University of Windsor
    Frank Lemire, University of Windsor
    Christopher M. Tavolieri, University of Windor
    (1003-17-1439)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Decomposition of Tensor Products of Torsion Free $C_n$-modules of finite degree and simple finite dimensional modules.
    Frank W. Lemire*, University of Windsor
    Daniel J. Britten, University of Windsor
    Justin Lariviere, University of Windsor
    (1003-17-502)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Spherical Hecke algebras over two-dimensional local fields.
    Kyu-Hwan Lee*, University of Toronto
    Henry H. Kim, University of Toronto
    (1003-16-473)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematical Sciences Contributions to the Biomedical Sciences, I
  Organizers:
  Peter D. March, Ohio State University march@math.ohio-state.edu
  De Witt L. Sumners, Florida State University sumners@math.fsu.edu
  John Whitmarsh, The National Institutes of Health whitmarj@nigms.nih.gov
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Identifying functional elements in the human genome.
    Manolis Dermitzakis, Sanger Centre, UK.
    Lior Pachter*, U.C. erkeley
    (1003-92-1531)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Mathematical and experimental analysis of Xer recombination.
    Mariel Vazquez*, University of California at Berkeley
    Jonathan N Bath, Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford University
    (1003-92-813)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Understanding Bistability in Complex Biochemical Reaction Networks.
    Gheorghe Craciun*, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Ohio State University
    Martin Feinberg, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University
    (1003-92-1471)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Analysis Problems in Modern Physics, II
  Organizers:
  Steven M. Zelditch, Johns Hopkins University zelditch@math.jhu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Discussion.
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Yang-Mills flow on Kaehler manifolds.
    Georgios D Daskalopoulos, Brown University
    Richard A Wentworth*, Johns Hopkins University
    (1003-58-1134)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Chern Classes on CY moduli.
    Zhiqin Lu*, UC Irvine
    (1003-58-299)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Gromov-Witten Invariants of Toric Calabi-Yau Threefolds.
    Jun Li, Stanford University
    Chiu-Chu Melissa Liu*, Harvard University
    Kefeng Liu, Zhejiang University \& University of California at Los Angeles
    Jian Zhou, Tsinghua University
    (1003-51-327)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Virasoro conjecture, double Hurwitz numbers, and the topology of the moduli space of curves.
    Ravi Vakil*, Stanford
    Ian Goulden, University of Waterloo
    David Jackson, University of Waterloo
    (1003-14-1061)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Statistical Algebraic Geometry and Superstring Theory.
    Michael R Douglas*, Rutgers University and I.H.E.S.
    (1003-81-1125)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    Counting vacua using methods of complex analysis and geometry.
    Michael R Douglas, Rutgers University and I.H.E.S.
    Bernard Shiffman*, Johns Hopkins University
    Steve Zelditch, Johns Hopkins University
    (1003-32-1024)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#4: Part A
  Java applets in teaching mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Joe Yanik, Emporia State University
  David M. Strong, Pepperdine University
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
  AMS Session on Analysis, III
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Box Spline Tight Wavelet Frames for Edge Detections.
    Kyunglim Nam*, University of Georgia
    (1003-42-1493)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    The Nyquist rate of bandpass signals.
    Yan Wu*, Georgia Southern University
    (1003-42-560)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Radix representations of $\mathbb{Z}^n$, low-pass filters, and existence of multivariable wavelets.
    Eva Curry*, Dalhousie University
    (1003-43-1105)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Products of Generalized Convolution Systems.
    Adam W Parr*, University of the Virgin Islands
    (1003-43-1417)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Encoding Algebra as Affine Geometry.
    Patricia M. Garmirian*, Denison University
    (1003-46-1482)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Discussion.
  • 9:30 a.m.
    $c_o,\ \ell^\infty,$ and complimented subspaces of $L(X,Y)$.
    Manijeh Bahreini, University of North Texas
    Elizabeth M Bator*, University of North Texas
    (1003-46-1577)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Minimal-volume projections of cubes, tilings, and minimal-volume sufficient enlargements for normed linear spaces.
    Mikhail I. Ostrovskii*, The Catholic University of America
    (1003-46-692)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    An Integral Equation for Feynman's Operational Calculus.
    Lance W Nielsen*, Creighton University
    (1003-46-895)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Approximations of equilibrium problems and complementarity problems.
    Jinlu Li*, Shawnee State University
    (1003-46-95)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Isometric Equivalence of some Matrix Operators.
    Nadia J Gal*, University of Memphis
    James Jamison, University of Memphis
    (1003-46-979)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    The Identity Maximizes the Chang-Marshall Inequality over the Beurling Functions.
    Valentin V. Andreev*, Lamar University
    (1003-30-1276)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Generalized Nonautonomous Kato Classes and Nonlinear Bessel Potentials.
    Rene Erlin Castillo*, Ohio University
    (1003-31-1175)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    On analitic multifunctions.
    Azimbay Sadullaevich Sadullaev*, Al-Khorezmiy University
    (1003-32-826)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    A formula for polynomials with symmetric matrix entries.
    Cristina Balderrama, UCV.
    Piotr Graczyk, Universit\'e d'Angers
    Wilfredo O Urbina*, Universidad Central de Venezuela & University of Kansas
    (1003-43-1567)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
  AMS Session on Manifolds and Topology, I
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Cohomology of a sub-Hopf algebra of the Steenrod algebra.
    Hayden Harker*, University of Oregon
    (1003-55-1055)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Rigidification of algebras over multi-sorted algebraic theories.
    Julie Bergner*, University of Notre Dame
    (1003-55-1275)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The configuration space and braid group of a tree.
    Margaret I Doig*, University of Notre Dame
    Francis X. Connolly, University of Notre Dame
    (1003-55-1287)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    A Characterization of Fixed Point Sets in a Given Fiber-Homotopy Class.
    Christina L Soderlund*, UCLA
    (1003-55-1511)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Filamentations for Virtual Links.
    William J. Schellhorn*, Louisiana State University
    (1003-55-1548)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    On the genus of fibrations of fibre $ \prod K(\mathbb{Q}, 2k_i)$.
    Jean-Baptiste Gatsinzi*, University of Botswana
    (1003-55-156)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The action of $\mathrm{Out}(P)$ on $H^*(P;\mathbb{F}_p)$.
    Ryan S. Higginbottom*, University of Virginia
    (1003-55-1639)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Homological algebra in Grothendieck categories.
    James R. Gillespie*, Penn State McKeesport
    (1003-55-551)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Two-Complexes with Aspherical Fundamental Group.
    Jacqueline A Jensen*, Sam Houston State University
    Jens Harlander, Western Kentucky University
    (1003-55-565)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    The 2-primary $v_1$-periodic homotopy groups of $SU(n)$ revisited.
    Donald M Davis, Lehigh University
    Katarzyna Potocka*, Ramapo College of New Jersey
    (1003-55-600)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Separation in Protopological Groups.
    Julie C Jones*, Sam Houston State University
    (1003-22-1197)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Local structure of the completion of a weakened topology on $\mathbb{Z}$.
    Jon W. Short*, Sam Houston State University
    (1003-22-1327)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    $T$-pure and almost pure exact sequences of LCA groups.
    Peter Loth*, Sacred Heart University
    (1003-22-234)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Quotient Semigroups of Compact Semigroups.
    Shing S So*, Central Missouri State University
    (1003-22-926)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Richardson Orbits.
    Alfred G. No\"el*, The University of Massachusetts Boston
    (1003-22-31)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  AMS Session on Combinatorics, I
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Domination Cover Pebbling.
    Annalies Vuong*, University of California, Santa Barbara
    James Gardner, East Tennessee State University
    Alberto Teguia, East Tennessee State University
    Nathaniel Watson, Washington University
    Carl Yerger, Harvey Mudd College
    (1003-05-762)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Generalized Sewing Constructions for Polytopes.
    Matthew M Menzel*, Marietta College
    Carl W Lee, University of Kentucky
    (1003-05-765)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Structural properties of Hadamard designs.
    Eric J. Merchant*, University of Oregon
    (1003-05-812)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Constructing Extension Configurations from $v_{k}$ Configurations.
    Sharon L. Sullivan*, Catawba College
    (1003-05-827)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Stratified Domination in Graphs.
    Ralucca M. Gera*, Western Michigan University
    Ping Zhang, Western Michigan University
    (1003-05-866)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Maximal Sets of Hamilton Cycles in Complete Multipartite Graphs.
    Sasha L Logan*, Coastal Carolina University
    Chris A Rodger, Auburn University
    (1003-05-889)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Investigation of $(96,20,4)$ Nonabelian difference sets.
    Omar A. Abu Ghneim*, Central Michigan University
    (1003-05-89)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Spanning tree decompositions of $K_{2n}$ orthogonal to one-factorizations.
    John S. Caughman, Portland State University
    John W. Krussel*, Lewis and Clark College
    (1003-05-897)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Constructing Complex Orthogonal Space-Time Block Codes.
    Sarah A. Spence*, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
    (1003-05-90)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    On the nonexistence of a $(176, 50, 14)$ difference set.
    Oliver Gjoneski*, Bates College
    Ken W Smith, Central Michigan University
    (1003-05-97)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    How the harmonic conjugate works in the algebraic matroids to construct algebraically nonrepresentable matroids.
    Rigoberto Florez*, Binghamton University
    (1003-05-987)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Alternative multi-restricted numbers.
    Ji Young Choi*, Shippensburg University of PA
    (1003-05-1001)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Cartesian product Cores with Myceilski construction graphs.
    Zhongyuan Che*, Penn State Beaver
    Karen Collins, Wesleyan University
    (1003-05-1224)
  • 11:10 a.m.
    On an exhaustive search for $(2^{m}-1,2^{m-1}-1,2^{m-2}-1)$ cyclic difference sets where $m=12.$.
    Joshua W Baron*, University of California at Berkeley
    Jeffrey L Ginn, Central MIchigan University
    (1003-05-555)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Getting Students To Discuss and To Write About Mathematics, II
  Organizers:
  Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State College smabrouk@frc.mass.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Do Students Value the Use of Writing as a Way to Learn Mathematics?
    Martha Ellen Waggoner*, Simpson College
    (1003-A1-896)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    The Computational Fast Track.
    Benjamin M Woodruff*, Brigham Young University
    Jason Grout, Brigham Young University
    Casey Johnson, Brigham Young University
    (1003-A1-640)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Conjecturing.
    Robert E. Buck*, Slippery Rock University
    (1003-A1-831)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Communicating Mathematics through Inquiry-Guided Instruction or a Modified Moore Method.
    Katherine J. Mawhinney*, Appalachian State University
    (1003-A1-940)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The role of 15-minute problems.
    Curtis D. Bennett*, Loyola Marymount University
    Jacqueline M. Dewar, Loyola Marymount University
    (1003-A1-807)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Implementing Miniature "Conferences" in the Now-Standard Bridge-to-Higher-Mathematics Course.
    Damon Scott*, Francis Marion University
    Thomas Fitzkee, Francis Marion University
    (1003-A1-229)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    An Exploratory Approach to Analysis.
    Kirk E Weller*, University of North Texas
    Joanne E Snow, Saint Mary's College
    (1003-A1-846)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Creating Discussions with Classroom Voting.
    Kelly S. Cline*, Carroll College
    (1003-A1-1023)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Using Writing to Promote Learning and Self-Assessment in a Mathematics Course for Prospective Elementary School Teachers.
    Donna Beers*, Simmons College
    (1003-A1-818)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    The Use of Journals in Content Courses for Future Elementary Teachers.
    Timothy D Comar*, Benedictine University
    (1003-A1-416)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Readings in Mathematics: A project-based mathematics course.
    Dana P. Rowland*, Merrimack College
    (1003-A1-931)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Problem Analysis: An Assignment to Deepen Understanding of School Mathematics.
    Mary L Garner*, Kennesaw State University
    (1003-A1-291)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    About Us: From a Measurement Perspective.
    Karen D Ivy*, Montclair State University
    (1003-A1-790)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on History of Undergraduate Mathematics in America, 1900--2000
  Organizers:
  Jack Winn, SUNY Farmingdale winnja@farmingdale.edu
  Walter J. Meyer, Adelphi University
  Joseph Malkevitch, York College of CUNY
  Amy Shell-Gellasch, Grafenwoehr, Germany
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The History of Undergraduate Mathematics.
    Walter Meyer, Adelphi University
    John Winn, Farmingdale State University
    Joseph Malkevitch*, York College (CUNY)
    (1003-H1-533)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Calculators for a New Century.
    George M. Rosenstein*, Franklin & Marshall College
    (1003-H1-26)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Is There a Student Standard of Truth in Mathematics? : Early Twentieth Century Debate on Calculus Reform.
    Lawrence D'Antonio*, Ramapo College of New Jersey
    (1003-H1-295)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Real Women Studied Real Mathematics.
    Agnes M. Kalemaris*, SUNY Farmingdale
    (1003-H1-358)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Tidbits from an Oral History of Mathematics at Princeton in the 1930's.
    Alan C Tucker*, SUNY at Stony Brook
    (1003-H1-43)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Evolution of the Liberal Arts Mathematics Course in the $20^{th}$ Century.
    Mark Bollman*, Albion College
    (1003-H1-264)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Long Term Undergraduate Mathematics Educators: What are they thinking?
    John A Winn*, Farmingdale State Univ. of NY
    Joe Malkevitch, York College, CUNY
    Walter J Meyer, Adelphi University
    (1003-H1-415)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    What Can We Learn From the History of Enrollments.
    Walter Meyer*, Adelphi University
    (1003-H1-486)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Mathematics Outside In.
    Alphonse Buccino*, University of Georgia Emeritus
    (1003-H1-526)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Funding and Undergraduate Mathematics:Stories from the Field.
    Solomon Garfunkel*, COMAP
    (1003-H1-304)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    A story of a gate. Mathematics and art at the campus of UNAM, Mexico.
    Alejandro R. Garciadiego*, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
    (1003-H1-45)
  • 11:40 a.m.
    Discussion.
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Initializing and Sustaining Undergraduate Research Projects and Programs
  Organizers:
  Margaret M. Robinson, Mount Holyoke College robinson@mtholyoke.edu
  Suzanne M. Lenhart, University of Tennessee
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Formulas by Induction for Multiple Averages of the Partial Sums of Alternating Series.
    Richard N. Barshinger*, Penn State--Scranton
    Joseph Dinoto, Penn State--Scranton
    Uma Patel, Penn State--Scranton
    Claudia Vitelli, Penn State--Scranton
    (1003-I1-605)
  • 8:25 a.m.
    Undergraduate Research Course Sequence at Ithaca College.
    David A. Brown*, Dept. of Math & CS/Ithaca College
    (1003-I1-314)
  • 8:50 a.m.
    Research for Every Student: The Senior Study Program in Mathematics at Maryville College.
    Jennifer A. Bruce*, Maryville College
    (1003-I1-451)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Undergraduate Research at Rose-Hulman.
    Kurt M Bryan*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    (1003-I1-559)
  • 9:35 a.m.
    Break
  • 9:55 a.m.
    Undergraduate Research Opportunities at ULM.
    Annela R Kelly*, University of Louisiana at Monroe
    (1003-I1-751)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Entering the Community of Scholars: Summer Research at Denison University.
    Lew Ludwig*, Denison University
    (1003-I1-362)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Undergraduate Research at UNC-Asheville.
    David Peifer*, University of North Carolina at Asheville
    (1003-I1-593)
  • 11:10 a.m.
    Western Summer Research Institute: Collaborative research efforts between faculty, undergraduates, and high school students.
    Jeffrey L. Poet*, Missouri Western State College
    (1003-I1-316)
  • 11:35 a.m.
    Linking undergraduates in math and biology with research projects at Tennessee.
    Rene A. Salinas*, Appalachian State University
    (1003-I1-693)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  MAA Session on Projects and Demonstrations that Enhance a Differential Equations Course, I
  Organizers:
  Richard J. Marchand, Slippery Rock University Richard.Marchand@SRU.edu
  Shawnee L. McMurran, California State University San Bernardino
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Aquaculture: Does This Investment Smell Fishy? A DE Project that Offers Faculty Development.
    Michael Huber*, United States Military Academy
    Timothy Povich, United States Military Academy
    (1003-J1-192)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    A Modeling Approach to a Differential Equation Course that is Tailored by Discipline.
    William P Fox*, Francis Marion University
    (1003-J1-250)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Demonstrations and Applications of the Fourier Transform and DFT.
    James Hoskin, US Military Academy
    Joseph D. Myers*, US Military Academy
    Bart Stewart, US Military Academy
    Brian Winkel, US Military Academy
    (1003-J1-1132)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Oscillation, comparison, and separation of zeros.
    Leonard J. Lipkin*, University of North Florida
    (1003-J1-799)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Nonstandard Topics for Student Presentations.
    Michelle LeMasurier*, Hamilton College
    (1003-J1-933)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Projects in population dynamics.
    Lora Billings*, Montclair State University
    (1003-J1-1082)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Modeling Differential Equations with StarLogo.
    Michael E McDaniel*, Aquinas College
    (1003-J1-1174)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Bringing Desalination into the Classroom.
    Ethan Berkove*, Lafayette College
    (1003-J1-1189)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Driving In The Desert.
    Ioana Mihaila*, Cal Poly Pomona
    (1003-J1-320)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Foam insulation, wind resistance, and the Space Shuttle.
    Mark McKinzie*, St. John Fisher College
    (1003-J1-1165)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Surprising Properties of the Pendulum Equation using Mathlets.
    Robert J Decker*, University of Hartford
    (1003-J1-703)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    A ``Research Literature" Based Differential Equation Course.
    Ronald Mickens*, Clark Atlanta University
    (1003-J1-252)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Building Differential Equations Models of HIV - Immune System Interaction.
    Douglas E. Norton*, Villanova University
    (1003-J1-1238)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
  MAA Session on Countering ``I Can't Do Math": Strategies for Teaching Under-Prepared, Math-Anxious Students
  Organizers:
  Suzanne Doree, Augsburg College doree@augsburg.edu
  Bonnie Gold, Monmouth University
  Richard J. Jardine, Keene State College
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Bioscience Initiative at the University of Kansas: Enhancements to Required Entry Level Math Courses.
    Estela A. Gavosto, University of Kansas
    Marian K. Hukle*, University of Kansas
    (1003-K1-1339)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Strategies for Teaching Developmental Mathematics to Under-Prepared Students at a Historically Black University.
    Danté A. Tawfeeq*, Florida A&M University
    (1003-K1-1331)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A Freshman "Applications of Mathematics" Course.
    Linh Changaris*, Austin Peay State University
    David Cochener, Austin Peay State University
    Shirley Hagewood, Austin Peay State University
    Nell K. Rayburn, Austin Peay State University
    (1003-K1-1408)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Preparing the Under-prepared Math Students.
    Su-Chi Wen*, Monmouth University
    (1003-K1-1555)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Building Skills and Confidence via an Engaging Classroom Environment.
    Louis M. Beaugris*, Kean University
    (1003-K1-1309)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Worksheets and Lots of Jokes.
    Kelly S. Cline*, Carroll College
    (1003-K1-1021)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Changing 'I can't do Math' to 'Gee, I really can learn Math'.
    Jean M. Horn*, Northern Virginia Community College - Woodbridge
    (1003-K1-376)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Thinking Mathematically (and enjoying it!).
    Heather A. Lewis*, Nazareth College
    (1003-K1-227)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    I may not be able to do math but I certainly can play.
    Greisy Winicki Landman*, Cal Poly Pomona
    (1003-K1-148)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Making the connection, keeping the level of cognitive demand high.
    Michael J. Gilbert*, Eastern Washington University
    (1003-K1-435)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A Look at a University Course in Overcoming Mathematics Anxiety.
    Laura Schooler Adkins*, Missouri Southern State University
    (1003-K1-519)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Coping With Math Anxiety in College: Not For Students Only!
    Fred Peskoff*, Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY
    (1003-K1-892)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Teaching and assessing introductory mathematics with explicit student learning objectives.
    Dale Winter*, University of Michigan
    Matt DeLong, Taylor University
    (1003-K1-166)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Collaborative Effort to Address Math Anxiety.
    AbdelNaser Al-Hasan*, Mount Mary College
    Laurel End, Mount Mary College
    Karen Friedlen, Mount Mary College
    (1003-K1-681)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session, II
  Organizers:
  Daniel E. Otero, Xavier University otero@xavier.xu.edu
  Michael A. Jones, Montclair State University
  Thomas A. Hern, Bowling Green State University
  Janice B. Walker, Xavier University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On the Transition in Mathematics from High School to Michigan State University.
    Richard O. Hill*, Michigan State University
    (1003-X1-529)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Advantages, Challenges, and Dividends of Online Placement.
    Derek Bruff, Harvard University
    Matthew Leingang*, Harvard University
    (1003-X1-1500)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Washington's Transition Math Project: Setting the Standard for Student Success.
    Michael J. Gilbert*, Eastern Washington University
    (1003-X1-1033)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Increasing Flow in the Pipeline: Flaws in the Argument.
    Abbe H. Herzig*, University at Albany, State University of New York
    Suzanne K. Damarin, The Ohio State University
    (1003-X1-910)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    An Attempt at Teaching a Form of Contemporary College Algebra.
    Erick Brian Hofacker*, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
    (1003-X1-913)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Unifying arithmetic (algebra) and function calculations in precalculus: A tedious but worthwhile goal.
    Robert Allan Peacock*, Young Harris College
    (1003-X1-1315)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Throwing away the Calculator.
    Jason E Kelly*, United States Military Academy
    Derek F Burt, United States Military Academy
    Edgar K Rugenstein, United States Military Academy
    (1003-X1-441)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Promoting and Incorporating Technology in Teaching a First Year Finite Mathematics Course.
    Paul Kochanowski*, Indiana University South Bend
    Morteza Shafii-Mousavi, Indiana University South Bend
    (1003-X1-211)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Modeling, Technology, and Mathematical Understanding.
    Susie M. Lanier*, Georgia Southern University
    Donna B. Saye, Georgia Southern University
    (1003-X1-950)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    A CRAFTY Approach to Mathematics for Business Management Students.
    Kris H. Green*, St. John Fisher College
    Allen Emerson, St. John Fisher College
    (1003-X1-378)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A Discrete Mathematics Course for Lower-Division Majors in Mathematics, Computer Science and Education.
    Kathleen M. Shannon*, Salisbury University
    Homer W. Austin, Salisbury University
    (1003-X1-450)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Wrong Method, Right Answer.
    Anand Kumar*, Ramanujan School of Mathematics
    (1003-X1-1622)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Teachers' mistakes as a teaching tool.
    Kiryl I Tsishchanka*, Knox College
    (1003-X1-1570)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Getting Pre-service Mathematics Teachers to Learn and Use the Vocabulary of Mathematics.
    Cornelius Nelan*, Quinnipiac University
    (1003-X1-1205)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Using Problem Sets in Calculus.
    Judith Harper Morrel*, Butler University
    (1003-X1-975)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  SIGMAA Officers Meeting
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Radon Transform and Inverse Problems, III
  Organizers:
  Adel Faridani, Oregon State University
  Gestur Olafsson, Louisiana State University
  Todd Quinto, Tufts University todd.quinto@tufts.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Sonar inversion strategies.
    Aleksei I Beltukov*, University of the Pacific
    (1003-44-747)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Numerical reconstructions in 3D thermo-acoustic tomography.
    Gaik Ambartsoumian*, Texas A&M University
    Sarah Patch, GE Healthcare Technologies
    (1003-44-1281)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Thermoacoustic Tomography - Inversion of a Spherical Radon Transform with Partial Data.
    S K Patch*, GE Healthcare Technologies; Applied Science Lab
    (1003-44-1073)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    An Analysis of the Fan Beam CT Reconstruction Kernel.
    Steven H Izen*, Case Western Reserve University
    (1003-44-694)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A 2-step Hilbert transform method for image reconstruction in cone-beam tomography.
    Frederic Noo*, Dept of Radiology, University of Utah
    Jed D Pack, Dept of Radiology, University of Utah
    Rolf Clackdoyle, Dept of Radiology, University of Utah
    (1003-45-1301)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Region of Interest Reconstruction in Classical Tomography.
    Rolf Clackdoyle*, University of Utah
    Frederic Noo, University of Utah
    (1003-45-1306)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    3D X - Ray CT.
    Alfred K Louis*, Universitaet des Saarlandes
    (1003-92-1623)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Project NExt Panel Discussion
  What faculty can do to promote diversity in mathematics.
  Organizers:
  T. Christine Stevens, St. Louis University
  Joseph A. Gallian, University of Minnesota Duluth
  Aparna W. Higgins, University of Dayton
  Panelists:
  Deanna B. Haunsperger, Carleton College
  Nathaniel Dean, Texas Southern University
  Robert E. Megginson, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
  Stephanie Fitchett, Florida Atlantic University
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
  MAA Special Presentation
  Emerging technologies in undergraduate mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Jack Picciuto, U.S. Military Academy
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  AWM Emmy Noether Lecture
  From limit cycles to strange attractors.
  Lai-Sang Young*, Courant Institute, New York University
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#10: Part A
  Bridging the gap between mathematics and the physical sciences.
  Organizers:
  Tevian Dray, Oregon State University
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#15: Part A
  Conceptests and Peer Instruction: Active learning in the calculus classroom.
  Organizers:
  Deborah Hughes Hallett, University of Arizona
  David O. Lomen, University of Arizona
  Maria Robinson, Seattle University
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
  MAA Special Presentation
  National Science Foundation programs supporting learning and teaching in the mathematical sciences.
  Organizers:
  John R. Haddock, NSF/Division of Undergraduate Education
  Elizabeth J. Teles, NSF/Division of Undergraduate Education
  Lee L. Zia, NSF/Division of Undergraduate Education
  John S. Bradley, NSF/Division of Elementary, Secondary and Informal Education
  James H. Lightbourne, Senior Advisor for Planning, Analysis, and Policy
  Lloyd E. Douglas, NSF/Division of Mathematical Sciences
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 10:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
  Math on the Web, II
  

  • 10:00 a.m.
    Math-aware Web Searching.
    Robert Miner*, Design Science Inc
  • 11:20 a.m.
    Creating Mathematical Documents for the Web with Scientific WorkPlace.
    Barry MacKichan*, MacKichan Software Inc
  • 12:15 p.m.
    How to make your browser speak math (and why you should care).
    Neil Soiffer*, Design Science Inc
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Bringing Interactive and MathML Content to MathWorld.
    Eric Weisstein*, Wolfram Research Inc
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Simulating Instructor Grading in Web-based Tutoring and Assessment.
    Don DeLand*, Integre Technical Publishing
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Writing Questions with Randomized Parameters in Proper Mathematical Notation for Online Homework Assignments.
    John Risley*, WebAssign
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  AMS Special Presentation
  Who wants to be a mathematician.
  Organizers:
  Michael A. Breen, AMS
  Annette W. Emerson, AMS
  William T. Butterworth, Barat College of DePaul University
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
  Exhibits and Book Sales
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  Origami, linkages, and polyhedra: Folding with algorithms.
  Erik D. Demaine*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  (1003-A0-11)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#5: Part A
  Hands-on discrete mathematics with technology.
  Organizers:
  Douglas E. Ensley, Shippensburg University
  Katherine G. McGivney, Shippensburg University
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS-ASL Panel Discussion
  The continuum hypothesis revisited: New perspectives.
  Moderators:
  Keith J. Devlin, Stanford University
  Panelists:
  Paul J. Cohen, Stanford University
  Donald A. Martin, University of California Los Angeles
  W. Hugh Woodin, Univeristy of California Berkeley
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  MAA Project Next Panel Discussion
  Recruiting students for mathematics departments.
  Organizers:
  Brian Birgen, Wartburg College
  Mary D. Shepherd, Northwest Missouri State University
  Panelists:
  Genevieve M. Knight, Coppin State University
  Joel S. Foisy, State University of New York-College at Potsdam
  Jim Lewis, University of Nebraska
  Matthew P. Richey, St. Olaf College
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 10:45 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Using the CUPM Curriculum Guide 2004 to get grants to facilitate change.
  Organizers:
  Janet L. Andersen, Hope College
  David M. Bressoud, Macalester College
  Panelists:
  Gregory M. Hill, University of Portland
  Rebecca Hartzler, Edmonds Community College
  Eric S. Marland, Appalachian State University
  Lee L. Zia, National Science Foundation
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 10:45 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
  MAA Committee on Articulation and Placement Panel Discussion
  How changes in high school mathematics could influence collegiate mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Bernard L. Madison, University of Arkansas
  Panelists:
  Judy E. Ackerman, Montgomery College
  Dan Kennedy, Baylor School
  Cathy L. Seeley, University of Texas at Austin
  Bernard L. Madison,
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  SIAM Invited Address
  Transforming men into mice (and into chimpanzees, dogs, chickens, etc.).
  Pavel Pevzner*, University of California San Diego
  (1003-92-16)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
  AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture II
  How polynomials vanish: Singularities, integrals, and ideals, Part II: The local theory of multiplier ideals.
  Robert K. Lazarsfeld*, University of Michigan
  (1003-14-06)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, IV
  Organizers:
  William H. Barker, Bowdoin College
  Jerry L. Bona, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Naomi Fisher, University of Illinois at Chicago ndfisher@uic.edu
  Kenneth C. Millett, University of California Santa Barbara
  Bonnie Saunders, University of Illinois at Chicago
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Understanding under-representation in mathematics using research and concepts from social science: An introduction.
    Cathy Kessel*, Berkeley, CA
    (1003-97-784)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Gender, Graduate Education, and Academic Careers in Science.
    Mary Frank Fox*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1003-97-1617)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Gender Schemas and Mathematics Performance.
    Virginia V. Valian*, Hunter College
    (1003-97-1672)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Panel Discussion
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Session on Tropical Geometry, II
  Organizers:
  Michael Develin, University of California Berkeley develin@math.berkeley.edu
  Bernd Sturmfels, University of California Berkeley bernd@math.berkeley.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Factorization of Polynomials over the Tropical Semiring.
    Fred H. Roush*, Alabama State University
    K. H. Kim, Alabama State University
    (1003-12-1723)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The Positive Bergman Complex of an Oriented Matroid.
    Lauren K. Williams*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Federico Ardila, Microsoft Research
    Caroline Klivans, University of Chicago
    (1003-05-776)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Geometry behind the split decomposition of finite metrics.
    Hirai Hiroshi*, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University
    (1003-05-816)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Tropical Linear Spaces.
    David E Speyer*, University of California, Berkeley
    (1003-05-1358)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Tropical geometry for biology.
    Lior Pachter*, U.C. Berkeley
    Bernd Sturmfels, U.C. Berkeley
    (1003-92-1537)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Tropical Polytopes in General Position.
    Michael Joswig*, TU-Berlin
    (1003-52-1715)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Stochastic, Large-Scale, and Hybrid Systems, II
  Organizers:
  A. S. Vatsala, University of Louisiana at Lafayette vatsala@louisiana.edu
  G. S. Ladde, University of Texas at Arlington ladde@uta.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Controllability, Observability, and Realizability of Large-Scale Differential Systems.
    Donald W Fausett*, Georgia Southern University
    Kanuri N Murty, Vishakhapatnam, INDIA
    (1003-34-1240)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Stability of Hybrid Systems with Partially Invisible Solutions.
    S G Leela*, Emeritus, University of Geneseo, Suny
    V Lakshmikantham, Florida Institute of Technology
    (1003-34-922)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Controllability and Observability of Difference Equations.
    Laurene V. Fausett*, Georgia Southern University
    Kanuri N. Murty, Statesboro, GA
    Gulcin Tugcu, Istanbul, Turkey
    (1003-93-1171)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Cone Valued Lyapunov Functions and Large Scale Systems.
    A S Vatsala*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    V Lakshmikantham, Florida Institute of Technology
    (1003-34-923)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Ruin Estimates Under Interest Force:A Martingale Approach.
    Kumer Pial Das*, Auburn University
    (1003-60-139)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On approximate controllability for delayed integrodifferential control systems.
    Lianwen Wang*, Central Missouri State University
    (1003-93-656)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Dynamic Equations on Time Scales; Integer Sequences and Rational Maps, IV
  Organizers:
  Martin J. Bohner, University of Missouri-Rolla
  Marc A. Chamberland, Grinnell College chamberl@math.grinnell.edu
  Billur Kaymakcalan, George Southern University
  Allan C. Peterson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln apeterso@math.unl.edu
  Diana M. Thomas, Montclair State University thomasdia@mail.montclair.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Quantum integers and cyclotomy.
    Yang Wang*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1003-11-1581)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Counting permutations for interval maps.
    Micha{\l} Misiurewicz*, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
    (1003-37-629)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Approximate Squaring.
    Jeffrey C Lagarias*, University of Michigan
    N. J. A. Sloane, AT&T Labs-Research
    (1003-11-643)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    An Introduction to $p$-adic Dynamics.
    Robert L Benedetto*, Amherst College
    (1003-11-972)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Gale-Robinson sequences and the octahedron and cube recurrences.
    James Gary Propp*, University of Madison - Wisconsin
    (1003-05-1677)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Dynamics of some continued fractions originating with Ramanujan.
    Jonathan M Borwein*, Dalhousie Faculty of Computer Science
    (1003-33-624)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Orthogonal Polynomials---Random Matrices---Integrable Systems: Interdisciplinary Aspects, II
  Organizers:
  Jinho Baik, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor baik@umich.edu
  Steven B. Damelin, Georgia Southern University damelin@georgiasouthern.edu
  Peter D. Miller, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor millerpd@umich.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Large $N$ limit of Gaussian random matrices with external source.
    Pavel M. Bleher*, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
    Arno B.J. Kuijlaars, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
    (1003-60-390)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    On the double scaling limit of the partition function of the one matrix hermitian model.
    Alexander R Its*, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
    (1003-33-734)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Random Matrices, Graphical Enumeration and the Continuum Limit of Toda Lattices I.
    Nicholas M. Ercolani*, University of Arizona
    Kenneth T.-R. McLaughlin, University of Arizona
    Virgil Pierce, Brandeis University
    (1003-05-1103)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Random Matrices, Graphical Enumeration and the Continuum Limit of Toda Lattices II.
    Nicholas M. Ercolani, University of Arizona
    Kenneth T.-R. McLaughlin, University of Arizona
    Virgil Pierce*, Brandeis University
    (1003-05-330)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Random Matrices, Graphical Enumeration and the Continuum Limit of Toda Lattices, III.
    Kenneth D. T-R McLaughlin*, University of Arizona
    Nicholas Ercolani, University of Arizona
    Virgil Pierce, Brandeis University
    (1003-35-1375)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Theoretical and Computational Aspects of Inverse Problems, IV
  Organizers:
  Gunther Uhlmann, University of Washington gunther@math.washington.edu
  David L. Colton, University of Delaware colton@math.udel.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Electrical Impedance Imaging and Inverse Problems.
    David Isaacson*, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    (1003-78-1137)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Optimal parametrizations for the numerical solution of some ill-posed inverse problems.
    Liliana Borcea*, Rice University
    (1003-35-179)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    High-order solutions of three-dimensional rough-surface scattering problems at high-frequencies.
    Catalin C Turc*, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
    Fernando Reitich, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
    (1003-65-549)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Imaging elastic anisotropy for tumor identification.
    Jeong-Rock Yoon*, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Joyce McLaughlin, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Daniel Renzi, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    (1003-35-1221)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Trace theorems for the wave equation.
    Rakesh Rakesh*, University of Delaware
    David Finch, Oregon State University
    (1003-35-786)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    An inverse problem in nondestructive evaluation of spotwelds.
    Elisa Francini, Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo, CNR, Firenze, Italy
    Thomas Hoft, University of Minnesota
    Fadil Santosa*, University of Minnesota
    (1003-35-623)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS-ASL Special Session on Reverse Mathematics, III
  Organizers:
  Jeff L. Hirst, Appalachian State University jlh@cs.appstate.edu
  Reed Solomon, University of Connecticut
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    RM Coding Theory.
    Harvey M. Friedman*, Ohio State University
    (1003-03-1477)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    On the proof theoretic strength of Jullien's results.
    Antonio Montalb\'an*, Cornell University
    (1003-03-944)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Superatmoic Boolean algebras and $\hbox{\tt ATR}_0$.
    Noam Greenberg*, University of Notre Dame
    Antonio Montalban, Cornell University
    (1003-03-1318)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Reverse mathematics and the equivalence of definitions for well and better quasi-orders.
    Peter Cholak*, University of Notre Dame
    Alberto Marcone, Universit`a di Udine, Italy
    Reed Solomon, UCONN
    (1003-03-177)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Finite better quasi orders.
    Alberto Marcone*, Univ. di Udine
    (1003-03-823)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Quantum Topology, II
  Organizers:
  Stavros Garoufalidis, Georgia Institute of Technology stavros@math.gatech.edu
  T. T. Q. Le, Georgia Institute of Technology letu@math.gatech.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Integral lattices in TQFT.
    Patrick M. Gilmer*, Louisiana State University
    Gregor Masbaum, Institut de Mathematiques de Jussieu, Universite Paris 7
    (1003-57-690)
  • 1:35 p.m.
    On a q-chromatic polynomial.
    Martin Loebl*, Charles University
    (1003-05-1470)
  • 2:10 p.m.
    The Jones polynomial and the A-polynomial of knots.
    Thang Le*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1003-57-1300)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Relating categorical invariants of three-manifolds to categorical and Hopf-algebraic features of the three-manifolds themselves.
    Fernando J. O. Souza*, University of Iowa
    (1003-57-1648)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    On integral formulae for the colored Jones polynomial.
    Ronat Kashaev*, Universit\'e de Gen\`eve
    (1003-57-1323)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Representations of Lie Algebras, III
  Organizers:
  Brian D. Boe, University of Georgia brian@alpha.math.uga.edu
  Ben L. Cox, College of Charleston coxbl@cofc.edu
  Vyacheslav M. Futorny, Universidade de Sao Paulo
  William A. Graham, University of Georgia wag@alpha.math.uga.edu
  Duncan J. Melville, St. Lawrence University dmelville@stlawu.edu
  Daniel K. Nakano, University of Georgia nakano@math.uga.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    On the Representation Theory of the Supergroup $GL(m$|$n)$.
    Jonathan R Kujawa*, University of Georgia
    (1003-16-671)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Constructing Graded Lie Algebras.
    Meighan I. Dillon*, Southern Polytechnic State University
    (1003-17-131)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    L-Weight and L-Root Lattices for Classical and Quantum Affine Algebras.
    Vyjayanthi Chari, University of California, Riverside
    Adriano Adrega de Moura*, University of California, Riverside
    (1003-81-1075)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Modules over Lie triple systems and Lie algebras.
    Oleg Smirnov*, College of Charleston
    (1003-17-1383)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    N=1 superconformal characters and Weber's functions.
    Antun Milas*, University at Albany, SUNY
    (1003-17-884)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Lie conformal superalgebras.
    Alexander Retakh*, MIT
    (1003-81-101)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Analysis Problems in Modern Physics, III
  Organizers:
  Steven M. Zelditch, Johns Hopkins University zelditch@math.jhu.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    The Dirichlet-to-Neumann map with partial data.
    Gunther Uhlmann*, University of Washington
    (1003-35-1087)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Eigenfunction asymptotics for quantum integrable systems.
    John A Toth*, McGill University
    (1003-58-858)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    B fields for geometers and analysts.
    Mark A Stern*, Duke University
    (1003-58-1458)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Existence of the $D0$-$D4$ Bound State: a Proof.
    Laszlo Erdos, Univeristy of Munich
    David Hasler*, University of British Columbia
    Jan Philip Solovej, University of Copenhagen
    (1003-81-1264)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Coexistence of phases in the 6-vertex model.
    Konstantin Palamarchuk*, UC Berkeley
    Nicolai Reshetikhin, UC Berkeley
    (1003-82-887)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on In the Wake of Jacobi and Hamilton 200 Years Later, II
  Organizers:
  Maria-Clara Nucci, University of Perugia nucci@unipg.it
  Pavel Winternitz, Centre de recherches math\'ematiques, Universit\'e de Montr\'eal wintern@crm.umontreal.ca
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Multiseparability and superintegrability on conformally flat spaces.
    Willard Miller*, University of Minnesota
    (1003-22-835)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Umbral Calculus and Continuous Symmetries of Linear Difference equations.
    Pavel Winternitz*, Centre de recherches mathematiques, Universite de Montreal, Canada
    (1003-81-1381)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Singularity Confinement and Algebraic Integrability.
    Stephane Lafortune*, Colllege of Charleston
    Alain Goriely, University of Arizona
    (1003-39-1441)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Revisiting the Pseudo-stabilization of Prolonged Group Actions.
    Keshlan S Govinder*, University of KwaZulu--Natal
    (1003-20-1460)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A Lie symmetry connection between Jacobi modular equation and Schwarzian differential equation.
    Maria-Clara Nucci*, Universita` di Perugia, Italy
    (1003-34-1575)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Radon Transform and Inverse Problems, IV
  Organizers:
  Adel Faridani, Oregon State University
  Gestur Olafsson, Louisiana State University
  Todd Quinto, Tufts University todd.quinto@tufts.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    The Cortical Constraint Method for Diffuse Optical Tomographic Imaging.
    Misha Kilmer*, Tufts University
    Eric Miller, Northeastern University
    Marco Enriquez, Tufts University
    David Boas, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, MGH and Harvard Med. School
    (1003-65-864)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Kronecker Approximations and Anti-Reflexive Boundary Conditions in Image Restoration.
    Lisa Perrone*, Tufts University
    (1003-65-1112)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Runge-Kutta integrators yield optimal regularization schemes.
    Andreas Rieder*, Institut fuer Praktische Mathematik, Universitaet Karlsruhe, Germany
    (1003-65-480)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Exploitation of Symmetries and Rotational Invariances in Acoustic and Optical Diffraction Tomography.
    Mark A. Anastasio*, Illinois Institute of Technology
    Daxin Shi, Illinois Institute of Technology
    Thomas Deffieux, Ecole Nationale Superieure De Physique De Strasbourg
    Yin Huang, Illinois Institute of Technology
    (1003-78-949)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Reconstruction of Smooth Functions from Incomplete Information.
    Peter R Massopust*, Tuboscope Pipeline Services
    (1003-41-562)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The role of the Radon Transform in image processing.
    Carlos A. Berenstein*, Univ. of Maryland, College Park
    Dennis Healy, Univ. of Maryland, College Park
    Glenn Easley, System Planning Corporation
    (1003-44-1541)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#11: Part A
  Fair enough? Mathematics of equity.
  Organizers:
  John C. Maceli, Ithaca College
  Stanley E. Seltzer, Ithaca College
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#16: Part A
  Music and mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Leon Harkleroad, Wilton, ME
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.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
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
  AMS Session on Number Theory, III
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Subset sum representations of sequences of positive integers.
    Donald Mills*, SIU Carbondale
    (1003-11-779)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Factorizations of Some Periodic Linear Recurrence Systems.
    Curtis N Cooper*, Central Missouri State University
    (1003-11-838)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Sequences of Reducible $\{ 0,1\} $--Polynomials Modulo a Prime.
    Judith Canner*, Shippensburg University
    Lenny Jones, Shippensburg University
    Joseph Purdom, Shippensburg University
    (1003-11-869)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Discussion.
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Saito-Kurokawa Lifts, $L-$values for $GL_2$, and Congruences Between Siegel Modular Forms.
    Jim L. Brown*, University of Michigan
    (1003-11-964)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Lehmer's problem for Littlewood polynomials.
    Peter Borwein, Simon Fraser University
    Edward Dobrowolski, College of New Caledonia
    Art\={u}ras Dubickas, Vilnius University
    Michael J. Mossinghoff*, Davidson College
    (1003-11-966)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Geometric and Matrix Manifestations of Arithmetic in Real Cyclotomic Fields.
    Susan Hurley*, Siena College
    Anne Fontaine, Defreestville, N.Y.
    (1003-00-1437)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    On the rank of quadratic twists of an elliptic curve.
    Sungkon Chang*, University of Georgia
    (1003-11-930)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Discussion.
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Associated Primes over Ore Extensions.
    H E Nordstrom*, University of Oregon
    (1003-16-854)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
  AMS Session on Algebra, III
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Differentiation Algorithms for Representations of Partially Ordered Sets.
    Markus Reitenbach*, Syracuse University
    (1003-15-1167)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    On the $2n$ conjecture for Spectrally Arbitrary Patterns.
    In-Jae Kim*, University of Wyoming
    Bryan L. Shader, University of Wyoming
    (1003-15-1590)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Idempotents and Generalized Inverses of Nonnegative Sign Pattern Matrices.
    Frank J Hall*, Georgia State University
    (1003-15-201)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Break
  • 2:00 p.m.
    The Algebraic Connectivity of Planar Graphs.
    Jason J Molitierno*, Sacred Heart University
    (1003-15-315)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Hadamard Product and Tensor Product of Matrices.
    Bao Qi Feng*, Kent State University, Tuscarawas Campus
    (1003-15-332)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Bivector Lie Algebra in (Clifford) Geometric Algebra.
    Garret E. Sobczyk*, Universidad de Las Americas - Puebla, Mexico
    (1003-15-1569)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    On models of irreducible $q$-representations of the Lie algebra $\mathcal{G}(0,1)$.
    Meena Sahai, Department of Mathematics and Astronomy, Lucknow University
    Vivek Sahai*, Department of Mathematics and Astronomy, Lucknow University
    (1003-17-56)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On The Classification of rank 2 rootsystems Over Fields of Low characteristics.
    Mohammad Q Hailat*, Jordan University of Science and Technology
    (1003-17-112)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Cayley-Dickson algebras, Lie theory and Arithmetic.
    W. Harold Davenport*, Mesa State College
    (1003-17-178)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Maximal Subalgebras of Infinite-Dimensional Simple Lie Algebras.
    Hayk Melikyan*, North Carolina Central University
    (1003-17-1158)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Manifolds and Topology, II
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Large Whitney Levels and Finite Antichains.
    Elizabeth F Stepp*, University of Kentucky
    (1003-54-1122)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Dynamics of Protein Structure.
    Okan Gurel*, IBM
    Demet Gurel, Touro College
    (1003-54-122)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    A note on relative symmetrizbility.
    Elise Grabner*, Slippery Rock University
    Gary Grabner, Slippery Rock University
    Kazumi Miyazaki, Osaka Elector-Commincation University
    Jamal Tartir, Youngstown State University
    (1003-54-1227)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    The Topological Version of Fodor's Theorem.
    Istvan Juhasz, MTA Renyi Institute of Mathematics, Budapest, Hungary
    Andrzej Szymanski*, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
    (1003-54-1333)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    An Open C*-filter Process Of Compactification And Its Descriptions Of Stone-Cech, Wallman Compactifications.
    Hueytzen J Wu*, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
    Wan-Hong Wu, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonia
    (1003-54-230)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Adsmissible semilattice structures on compact spaces.
    Minakshisundaram Rajagopalan*, Tennessee State University
    Taras Banakh, Lviv National University
    Oleg V Gutik, National Academy of Science, Lviv
    (1003-44-501)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Subspaces of $\omega_n$ that are paracompact in a forcing extension.
    Akira Iwasa*, University of South Carolina Beaufort
    (1003-54-820)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Infinite Simple Homotopy for Cell Complexes.
    Elliott S. Elliott*, University of Kentucky
    (1003-54-837)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Can Celtic Knots Be Classified?
    Angela M Brown*, Sam Houston State University
    (1003-57-1239)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The Classification of Isometry Groups of the Prism Manifolds.
    Ryo Ohashi*, Saint Louis University
    (1003-57-305)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Self-adjoint higher-order differential operators on manifolds of bounded geometry.
    Ognjen B Milatovic*, University of North Florida
    (1003-58-466)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Hodge-DeRham Theory for non-compact Riemannian manifolds.
    Mihail Cocos*, University of Minnesota
    (1003-58-150)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Applied Mathematics, I
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    An algorithm to reconstruct the 3-D surface structure of intact microvessels from their confocal images.
    Yi Wang*, Fairmont State University
    Ping He, West Virginia University
    (1003-68-1335)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    The Eidochromatic Transform for Color Image Coding.
    Irina Popovici*, US Naval Academy
    W. D. Withers, US Naval Academy
    (1003-68-1496)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Unification and Matching modulo Type Isomorphism.
    Mendez Carlos Martinez*, Wesleyan University
    (1003-68-1660)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Digital Image Processing in Nanoscale Materials Research.
    M. Sun*, The University of Alabama
    C. Liu, The University of Alabama
    H. Fujiwara, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Alabama
    (1003-68-988)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Closed-form approximate solutions to nonlinear diffusion equations modeling groundwater flows.
    Aleksey S Telyakovskiy*, University of Nevada, Reno
    (1003-76-1588)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Conformal transformation of the independent variable in the differential equation of classical instability of the asymptotic-suction boundary layer.
    John M Russell*, Florida Institute of Technology
    (1003-76-1688)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Implementing a Reduced Order POD Methodology with Electromagnetic NDE Techniques.
    Michele L Joyner*, State University of West Georgia
    (1003-78-329)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Minimum orbit for the local unitary group action on state space for a system of qubits.
    David W. Lyons*, Lebanon Valley College
    Scott N. Walck, Lebanon Valley College
    (1003-81-1518)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Bose-Einstein Condensates in Optical Lattices and Superlattices.
    Mason Alexander Porter*, Georgia Tech, School of Mathematics and Center for Nonlinear Science, School of Physics
    (1003-81-601)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    On the asymptotics of some large Hankel determinants generated by Fisher-Hartwig symbols defined on the real line.
    Timothy M. Garoni*, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota
    (1003-82-1515)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Modeling of Sky Brightness.
    Alice L Loth*, Westover
    (1003-85-650)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Multiscale ELLAM Methods for High Oscillatory Advection-Diffusion Equations.
    Yabin Ding*, University of South Carolina
    (1003-65-936)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Statistical Analysis of Pipe Rehabilitation Liners.
    Mahmoud Yousef*, Central Missouri State University
    Raja Nassar, Louisiana Tech University
    (1003-62-928)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Environmental Mathematics Guest Lecture, Council Meeting, and Business Meeting
  Organizers:
  Ben A. Fusaro, Florida State University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Title to be announced.
    Benoit Mandelbrot*, Yale University
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
  MAA Session on Getting Students To Discuss and To Write About Mathematics, III
  Organizers:
  Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State College smabrouk@frc.mass.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Mathematicians Are Real People, Too: Biographies in a Senior Capstone Course.
    David W. Dempsey*, Jacksonville State University
    (1003-A1-867)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    What does a mathematician do? Presenting recent articles in upper level courses.
    Elyn Rykken*, Muhlenberg College
    (1003-A1-1054)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Introduction to Research Seminar: getting students to read, write and talk about mathematics.
    Kimberly A. Roth*, Wheeling Jesuit University
    (1003-A1-841)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Using Letter-Writing to Enhance a Calculus Course.
    Russell E. Goodman*, Central College
    (1003-A1-1213)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Talking about Vector Calculus.
    Barbara Edwards*, Oregon State University
    Tevian Dray, Oregon State University
    (1003-A1-426)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Four Revolutionaries, an Integral, and a Pizza Place, and The Midnight Trek.
    Jennifer M. Switkes*, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
    (1003-A1-198)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Getting Students to Discuss Mathematics.
    Youyu Phillips*, Keystone College
    (1003-A1-902)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Creative Proof Critiques As Writing Assignments in Abstract Algebra.
    Reva Kasman*, Grand Valley State University
    (1003-A1-796)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Getting Students to Discuss and to Write about Mathematics in a Linked Finite Math and Computer Technology Course.
    Morteza Shafii-Mousavi*, Indiana University South Bend
    Paul Kochanowski, Indiana University South Bend
    (1003-A1-212)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Writing to Learn: Writing Across the Curriculum in Undergraduate Computer Science.
    Brian C. Ladd*, St. Lawrence University
    (1003-A1-1536)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    How Rhetoric Transformed a Business Mathematics Course.
    Kris H. Green, St. John Fisher College
    Allen Emerson*, St. John Fisher College
    (1003-A1-377)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on My Favorite Demo: Innovative Strategies for Mathematics Instructors, III
  Organizers:
  David R. Hill, Temple University
  Lila F. Roberts, Georgia College and State University hill@math.temple.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Eigenvalues and Hammer Juggling.
    Carl V Lutzer*, Rochester Institute of Technology
    (1003-B1-175)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Interpolation Polynomials, Bezier Curves, and Cubic Splines with Excel.
    Deane Eugene Arganbright*, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    (1003-B1-442)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    A Multifaceted Introduction to Probability.
    Alexander Stanoyevitch*, University of Guam
    (1003-B1-354)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Visualizing Vector Derivatives: The Vector Field Analyzer.
    Matthias Kawski, Arizona State University
    Tevian Dray*, Oregon State University
    (1003-B1-424)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Sonification to Reinforce Graphics.
    Steven M. Hetzler*, Salisbury University
    Robert M. Tardiff, Salisbury University
    (1003-B1-371)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Learning spherical geometry via a new form of juggling on a sphere.
    Akihiro Matsuura*, College of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Denki University
    (1003-B1-481)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Building Mathematical Skills with Lego Bricks.
    Edward W. Welsh*, Westfield State College
    (1003-B1-429)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Three hands-on classroom demos: Counting, induction, and data analysis.
    Norton Starr*, Amherst College
    (1003-B1-111)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
  MAA Session on Drawing on Our Students' Thinking to Improve the Mathematical Education of Teachers, II
  Organizers:
  Dale R. Oliver, Humboldt State University dale.oliver@humboldt.edu
  Mary Kay Abbey, Montgomery College
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Developing a Deeper Understanding of K-8 Mathematics While Reviewing the Basics: How Little Our Future Teachers Know--and How Much They Can Learn.
    Betsy Darken*, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    (1003-G1-237)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Using Large Surfaces to See Students' Understanding.
    Patricia L Hale*, Cal Poly Pomona
    (1003-G1-333)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Student Misconceptions and Learning Moments.
    Kenneth J. Bernard*, Virginia State University
    (1003-G1-382)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Using students' thinking in a capstone course for secondary preservice mathematics teachers.
    Matthew S Winsor*, University of Texas at El Paso
    (1003-G1-802)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Design and Implementation of Linking Courses: Connecting College Mathematics with High School Mathematics for Pre-service Teachers.
    Paul E Kehle*, Indiana University
    Daniel P Maki, Indiana University
    Andy Norton, Indiana University
    Dale Nowlin, Columbus North High School
    (1003-G1-1228)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Using teachers' mathematics questions as an opportunity to deepen their understanding.
    Michael Keynes*, Purdue University Calumet
    Eileen Fernandez, Montclair State University
    (1003-G1-1207)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The problems of posing problems with fractions.
    Cristina Gomez*, The University of Alabama
    Cecelia Laurie, The University of Alabama
    Wei Shen Hsia, The University of Alabama
    (1003-G1-363)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Promoting Conceptual Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics Among Preservice Elementary Teachers.
    Judith Lynn Gieger*, Oglethorpe University
    John C. Nardo, Oglethorpe University
    Missy Bain, Mt. Bethel Elementary School
    (1003-G1-1448)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A Penny for Your Thoughts: Exploring How Pre-Service Teachers Think About Elementary Mathematics.
    Tracie M. McLemore-Salinas*, Appalachian State University
    (1003-G1-728)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Enhancing the Mathematical Preparation of K-6 Teachers.
    Tracy Bibelnieks*, Augsburg College
    Matthew J Haines, Augsburg College
    (1003-G1-665)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A Connected Approach to Mathematics For Pre-Service Elementary Teachers.
    Don D Gilmore, Metropolitan State College of Denver
    Jim Loats*, Metropolitan State College of Denver
    (1003-G1-281)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    A Glimpse at Adjusting Two Mathematics Education Courses to Deepen Student Understanding at Western Oregon University.
    Maria Fung*, Western Oregon University
    Laurie Burton, Western Oregon University
    (1003-G1-246)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Projects and Demonstrations that Enhance a Differential Equations Course, II
  Organizers:
  Richard J. Marchand, Slippery Rock University Richard.Marchand@SRU.edu
  Shawnee L. McMurran, California State University San Bernardino
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Animating Beam Theory.
    Tim McDevitt*, Laurel, MD
    (1003-J1-903)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    A Mathematical Model for a Self-Limiting Population.
    Glenn Ledder*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1003-J1-959)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Sliding along a Chord through a Rotating Earth.
    Andrew J Simoson*, King College
    (1003-J1-168)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Phase Transitions in Coupled Nonlinear Oscillators.
    Tanya L. Leise*, Amherst College
    (1003-J1-465)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Solving the Linear Drag Flight Equation Analytically.
    Richard N. Barshinger*, Penn State--Scranton
    (1003-J1-927)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Differential Equations Enriched by Vector Space Concepts.
    James Hall*, Westminster
    (1003-J1-1144)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Using Inverse Problems to Twist a Traditional Course in Differential Equations.
    Shawnee L. McMurran*, California State University, San Bernardino
    (1003-J1-1641)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on Using Real-World Data to Illustrate Statistical Concepts, I
  Organizers:
  Thomas L. Moore, Grinnell College mooret@grinnell.edu
  John D. McKenzie, Jr., Babson College
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Data Doesn't Come from Books.
    George N Bratton*, University of Central Arkansas
    (1003-L1-598)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The Stem and Tendril Project.
    John A Verzani*, College of Staten Island
    Deborah Franzblau, College of Staten Island
    Andrew Poje, College of Staten Island
    (1003-L1-563)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    How variable are heart rates?
    Patricia Humphrey*, Georgia Southern University
    (1003-L1-541)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Psychology Data for - and from - Applied Statistics Students.
    David E. Payne*, Monmouth University
    (1003-L1-503)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Break.
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Incorporating Notebook technology and data analysis into probability and statistics education at West Point.
    Andrew Glen*, United States Military Academy
    (1003-L1-468)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Why Probability Reveals that Real World Data CANNOT Always be Used to Explain Some Elementary Statistical Ideas.
    Michael J Bosse*, East Carolina University
    N. R. Nandakumar, Delaware State University
    (1003-L1-407)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Using Real-World Data to enhance the Statistical Thinking of Students in Various Disciplines.
    Barbara A. Wainwright*, Salisbury University
    (1003-L1-343)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Statistics Class Projects Using Institutional Data.
    Thomas J Pfaff*, Ithaca College
    (1003-L1-337)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Using A Web Tool To Collect and Analyze Survey Data.
    Sue B Schou*, Idaho State University
    (1003-L1-277)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Being One's Own Experimental Unit in the Classroom.
    Lorrie L Hoffman*, Armstrong Atlantic State University
    (1003-L1-260)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Nutritional Data of Crackers.
    Carolyn K. Cuff*, Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA
    Mary Sullivan, Rhode Island College
    (1003-L1-217)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session, III
  Organizers:
  Daniel E. Otero, Xavier University otero@xavier.xu.edu
  Michael A. Jones, Montclair State University
  Thomas A. Hern, Bowling Green State University
  Janice B. Walker, Xavier University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Connecting Mathematics with Other Disciplines: A Computational Science Curriculum.
    Ignatios E Vakalis*, Executive Director, Center for Computational Studies
    (1003-X1-351)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Kindling Undergraduate Interest in Mathematics Research.
    Manmohan Kaur*, Benedictine University
    (1003-X1-453)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    PowerPoint as a Presentation Tool in an Introductory Differential Equations Course.
    Phil Gustafson*, Mesa State College
    (1003-X1-1116)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Student Presentations: Not Just a Minor Diversion.
    Gregory Mark Boudreaux*, UNC -- Asheville
    (1003-X1-1654)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Using Art to Teach Elementary Group Theory.
    Jeffrey W. Clark*, Elon University
    (1003-X1-344)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Experiencing Geometry, from Concrete to Abstract.
    Haohao Wang*, Southeast Missouri State University
    (1003-X1-1263)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Creating a ``Primary Speaking" course in Mathematics.
    John W Thompson*, University of Pittsburgh (UPJ)
    (1003-X1-1267)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Undergraduate Research in the Mathematical Sciences.
    Barbara M. Moskal*, Colorado School Mines
    Graeme Fairweather, Colorado School Mines
    Scott Strong, Colorado School of Mines
    (1003-X1-1549)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Reforming the Senior Seminar/Capstone Course for Use in Program Assessment.
    Tom McMillan*, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
    (1003-X1-1226)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Assessment Central: An Online Web-based Tool for Use in Program Assessment.
    Jim Fulmer*, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
    (1003-X1-1266)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Using Alumni Surveys to Strengthen the Mathematics Department.
    Lisa Elaine Marano*, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
    (1003-X1-411)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Using the CUPM Curriculum Guide 2004: Assessing and improving the program for the major in mathematics.
  Organizers:
  William E. Haver, Virginia Commonwealth University
  Harriet S. Pollatsek, Mount Holyoke College
  Panelists:
  Matthew P. Richey, St. Olaf College
  R. Bruce Mattingly, SUNY Cortland
  Moderators:
  William E. Haver,
  Panelists:
  James H. Freeman, Cornell College
  Therese Shelton, Southwestern University
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  MAA Special Presentation
  Learning to prove: Strategies to improve students' proof writing skills.
  Organizers:
  Annie Selden, New Mexico State University
  Barbara E. Edwards, Oregon State University
  Nancy L. Hagelgans, Ursinus College
  Ahmed I. Zayed, DePaul University
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  MAA Special Presentation
  Undergraduate mathematics and NSDL: The National Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics Education Digital Library.
  Organizers:
  Franklin A. Wattenberg, U.S. Military Academy
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 1:30 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematical Sciences Contributions to the Biomedical Sciences, II
  Organizers:
  Peter D. March, Ohio State University march@math.ohio-state.edu
  De Witt L. Sumners, Florida State University sumners@math.fsu.edu
  John Whitmarsh, The National Institutes of Health whitmarj@nigms.nih.gov
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Representations of odor mixtures and learning in insect olfactory system.
    Alla Borisyuk*, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, OSU
    Brian H Smith, Dept. of Entomology, Ohio State University
    (1003-92-1256)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Mathematical Modeling of Bacterial Biofilms.
    David Chopp*, Northwestern University
    Matthew Parsek, University of Iowa
    Brian Moran, Northwestern University
    (1003-92-1565)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The Need for Mathematics in Biomedical Research.
    John Whitmarsh*, National Institute for General Medical Sciences
    (1003-92-1716)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  MAA Project NExT-Young Mathematicians' Network Poster Session
  Organizers:
  Kevin E. Charlwood, Washburn University
  Kenneth A. Ross, University of Oregon
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Summer Program for Women in Mathematics
  Organizers:
  Murli M. Gupta, George Washington University
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Embedded curves and Gromov-Witten invariants.
  Eleny Ionel*, University of Wisconsin
  (1003-53-02)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Speaking of mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Jon T. Jacobsen, Harvey Mudd College
  Lewis D. Ludwig, Denison College
  Panelists:
  Joseph A. Gallian, University of Minnesota at Duluth
  Jon T. Jacobsen,
  Lewis D. Ludwig,
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  The senior seminar or ``capstone" experience for undergraduate mathematics majors.
  Organizers:
  Padraig M. McLoughlin, Morehouse College
  Panelists:
  Colin L. Starr, Willamette University
  Xinxin Jiang, Rhodes College
  John W. Emert, Ball State University
  Carol S. Schumacher, Kenyon College
  David Brown, Ithaca College
  Abdelikrim Brania, Morehouse College
  Michael Johnson, U.S. Military Academy
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Moore method calculus by those who do it.
  Organizers:
  James P. Ochoa, Hardin-Simmons University
  William T. Mahavier, Lamar University
  Panelists:
  Charles S. Allen, Drury University
  Gregory D. Foley, Appalachian State University
  Tom Ingram, Baylor University
  William T. Mahavier,
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 3:20 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  The power and weakness of randomness (when you are short on time).
  Avi Wigderson*, Institute for Advanced Study
  (1003-68-03)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 4:25 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
  Joint Prize Session
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 5:45 p.m.-7:45 p.m.
  SIGMAA on the History of Mathematics Annual Meeting and Guest Lecture
  Organizers:
  Amy Shell-Gellasch, Grafenwoer, Germany amy.shellgellasch@us.army.mil
  

  • 5:45 p.m.
    John Charles Fields: His Work in Mathematics and Research Organization.
    W Thomas Archibald*, Acadia University and Dibner Institute, MIT
    (1003-A0-879)
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 5:45 p.m.-7:45 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education Business Meeting and Guest Lecture
  Organizers:
  Barbara E. Edwards, Oregon State University
  

• Thursday January 6, 2005, 5:45 p.m.-7:15 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Statistics Education Business Meeting, Active Learning Activity, and Reception
  Organizers:
  John D. McKenzie Jr., Babson College
  Thomas L. Moore, Grinnell College
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 5:45 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  Joint Prize Session Reception
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 5:45 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  MAA Two-Year College Reception
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 5:46 p.m.-6:45 p.m.
  Business, Industry and Government SIGMAA Business Meeting
• Thursday January 6, 2005, 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
  Young Mathematicians' Network Town Meeting
  Organizers:
  David Kung, St. Mary's College of Maryland