Joint Mathematics Meetings Full Program

Current as of Tuesday, January 24, 2006 12:01:40

Joint Mathematics Meetings
San Antonio, TX, January 12-15, 2006
Meeting #1014

Tuesday January 10, 2006

• Tuesday January 10, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  AMS Short Course on Modeling and Simulation of Biological Networks, I
  Organizers:
  Reinhard Laubenbacher, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Registration.
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Introduction to the Short Course topics.
    Reinhard Laubenbacher*, Virginia Polytechnic Inst \& State Univ
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Reconstructing ancestral genomes.
    Lior Pachter*, University of California Berkeley
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Break.
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Phylogenetics.
    Elizabeth Allman*, University of Southern Maine
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Modeling and simulation of biochemical networks.
    Pedro Mendes*, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Break.
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Panel Discussion: {\it The new face of computational biology}.
• Tuesday January 10, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  MAA Short Course: Experimental Mathematics in Action, I
  Organizers:
  Jonathan M. Borwein, Dalhousie University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Registration.
  • 9:00 a.m.
    What is experimental mathematics?
    Jonathan M. Borwein*, Dalhousie University
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Break.
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Case Study I: Integrals and series using Mathematica.
    Victor H. Moll*, Tulane University
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Algorithms for experimental mathematics, I.
    David H. Bailey*, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Break.
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Case Study II: Discrete math and number theory in Maple and C++.
    Neil J. Calkin*, Clemson University

Wednesday January 11, 2006

• Wednesday January 11, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  MAA Board of Governors
• Wednesday January 11, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  AMS Short Course on Modeling and Simulation of Biological Networks, II
  Organizers:
  Reinhard Laubenbacher, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    A computational algebra approach to systems biology.
    Brandilyn Stigler*, Virginia Polytechnic Institute \& State Univ
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Break.
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Interaction-based computing approach to modeling and simulations of large biological and socio-technical systems.
    Madhav Marathe*, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Optimal control of population and disease models.
    Suzanne M. Lenhart*, University of Tennessee
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Break.
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Panel Discussion: {\it Opportunities in computational biology}.
• Wednesday January 11, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  MAA Short Course: Experimental Mathematics in Action, II
  Organizers:
  Jonathan M. Borwein, Dalhousie University
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Case Study III: Inverse scattering on Matlab.
    D. Russell Luke*, University of Delaware
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Break.
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Case Study IV: Analysis and probability on the computer.
    Roland Girgensohn*, Bundeswehr Medical Office
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Algorithms for experimental mathematics, II.
    David H. Bailey*, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Break.
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Concluding examples. Putting everything together.
    Jonathan M. Borwein*, Dalhousie University
• Wednesday January 11, 2006, 1:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
  AMS Council
• Wednesday January 11, 2006, 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 will be open until 8:00 p.m.

Thursday January 12, 2006

• Thursday January 12, 2006, 7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
  Full registration will be conducted from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Badge/program pickup for those registered in advance will be open until 6:00 p.m.
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
  Employment Center
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 7:40 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Post-secondary Mathematics Assessment: Needs and Challenges
  Organizers:
  Gloria S. Dion, Educational Testing Service gdion@ets.org
  Daryl Ezzo, Educational Testing Service
  Luis E. Saldivia, Educational Testing Service
  

  • 7:40 a.m.
    Measuring Student Competency at the Completion of Mathematics Developmental Courses.
    Lidia Dobria*, Wilbur Wright College
    (1014-C1-1711)
  • 8:00 a.m.
    Course Placement: Looking Beyond Skills Assessment.
    Carrie Muir*, University of Colorado, Boulder
    (1014-C1-1487)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Assessing Pre-service Secondary School Teachers' Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching Algebra.
    Sharon L. Senk*, Michigan State University
    Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Michigan State University
    (1014-C1-1435)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Using Portfolios in Mathematics Education Programs to Assess Content and Connect to Future Practice.
    Janet A White*, Millersville University
    (1014-C1-476)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Math Major Portfolio Assessment.
    Cheryl Olsen*, Shippensburg University
    J. Winston Crawley, Shippensburg University
    Kate McGivney, Shippensburg University
    (1014-C1-1558)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    An Analytic Rubric for Assessing Proofs.
    Karen Batt Stanish*, Keene State College
    (1014-C1-1520)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Restructuring a Capstone Course to Assess Student Learning Outcomes.
    Debasree Raychaudhuri*, Calstate Los Angeles
    (1014-C1-1738)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Revision of the Quantitative Measure of the GRE General Test.
    Jutta M Levin*, Educational Testing Service
    (1014-C1-423)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    ConcepTests in College Algebra and Trigonometry.
    David O. Lomen*, University of Arizona
    Maria K. Robinson, Seattle University
    (1014-C1-472)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Assessment using online assignment management systems.
    Glenn Ledder*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1014-C1-1074)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, I
  Organizers:
  Bonnie S. Saunders, University of Illinois at Chicago saunders@math.uic.edu
  William H. Barker, Bowdoin College
  Dale R. Oliver, Humboldt State University
  Kenneth Millet, University of California Santa Barbara
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Mathematics Program at the University of Iowa: A community of mentors.
    David C. Manderscheid*, University of Iowa
    (1014-97-1437)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Promoting excellence through a supportive environment.
    John C Meakin*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1014-97-1058)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Building a Nurturing Mathematics Community.
    Sylvia T. Bozeman*, Spelman College
    (1014-97-1534)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Increasing the number of mathematics majors: It takes a village.
    William Y. Velez*, University of Arizona
    (1014-97-1238)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Mentoring and Nurturing Students in Mathematics Departments.
    Samuel M. Rankin*, American Mathematical Society
    Sylvia T. Bozeman, Spelman College
    David C. Manderscheid, University of Iowa
    John C. Meakin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    William Y. Velez, University of Arizona
    (1014-97-1608)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Frames and Operator Theory in Analysis and Signal Processing, I
  Organizers:
  Peter R. Massopust, Tuboscope Vetco Pipeline Services pmassopust@varco.com
  David R. Larson, Texas A\&M University
  Manos I. Papadakis, University of Houston
  Zuhair Nashed, University of Central Florida
  Ahmed I. Zayed, DePaul University
  Minh Chuong Nguyen, Institute of Mathematics, Hanoi, Vietnam
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Tikhonov regularization of ill-posed operator equations with weakly bounded noise.
    P. P. B. Eggermont*, University of Delaware
    V. N. LaRiccia, University of Delaware
    M. Z. Nashed, University of Central Florida
    (1014-47-1276)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Curvelets and the one-way acoustic wave equation.
    Maarten V De Hoop*, Purdue University
    (1014-35-1722)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    New Approaches to the Acoustic Wave Equation.
    Donald J Kouri*, Departments of Mathematics and Physics University of Houston
    (1014-35-1527)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The relation between frames and POVM's in quantum information theory.
    M. Beth Ruskai*, Tufts University
    (1014-81-320)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Oversampling a tight affine frame.
    Qiyu Sun*, University of Central Florida
    (1014-42-464)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The structure of the set of Parseval frame wavelets.
    Hrvoje \v{S}iki\'{c}*, University of Zagreb, Croatia
    Darrin M. Speegle, St.Louis University
    Guido L. Weiss, Washington University in St.Louis
    (1014-43-345)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  AMS-ASL Special Session on Interdisciplinary Research Involving Analysis and Logic, I
  Organizers:
  Su Gao, University of North Texas sgao@unt.edu
  Jose N. Iovino, University of Texas at San Antonio
  Itay Ben-Yacov, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Model theory of representations of locally compact groups.
    Alex Usvyatsov*, UCLA
    Itay Ben Yaacov, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    Moshe Zadka, The Hebrew University
    (1014-03-799)
  • 8:35 a.m.
    Hilbert spaces with generic groups of automorphisms.
    Alexander Berenstein*, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
    (1014-03-601)
  • 9:10 a.m.
    Automatic Continuity of Group Homomorphisms.
    Slawomir Solecki*, University of Illinois, Urbana--Champaign
    (1014-03-1028)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Notions of symmetry and independence in noncommutative probability.
    Marius Junge*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
    (1014-46-807)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Unique Representations of Families of Sets.
    R. Daniel Mauldin*, University of North Texas
    (1014-03-526)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mahler Measure and Heights, I
  Organizers:
  Michael J. Mossinghoff, Davidson College mimossinghoff@davidson.edu
  Jeffrey D. Vaaler, University of Texas at Austin
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Global Discrepancy and Small Points on Elliptic Curves.
    Matthew Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Clayton Petsche*, The University of Georgia
    (1014-11-697)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Effective theorems for quadratic spaces over $\overline{\mathbb Q}$.
    Lenny Fukshansky*, Texas A&M University
    (1014-11-480)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A Quantitative Measure of Linear Independence for Function Fields.
    W Dale Brownawell*, Penn State, University Park, PA
    Matthew A Papanikolas, Texas A&M, College Station, TX
    (1014-11-1320)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On heights of multiplicatively dependent algebraic numbers.
    Cameron L. Stewart*, University of Waterloo
    (1014-11-1032)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Maximal Height of Divisors of $x^n-1$.
    Carl Pomerance, Dartmouth College
    Nathan C Ryan*, UCLA
    (1014-11-1007)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Commutative Rings and Monoids, I
  Organizers:
  Scott T. Chapman, Trinity University schapman@trinity.edu
  James B. Coykendall, North Dakota State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On the application of group algebras to zero-sum problems.
    Alfred Geroldinger*, University of Graz
    (1014-13-874)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Pseudo Almost Integral Elements.
    Daniel D. Anderson*, The University of Iowa
    Muhammed Zafrullah, Pocatello, ID
    (1014-13-629)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Atomic decay in monoids.
    Ulrich Krause*, University of Bremen, Germany
    (1014-08-870)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Block Monoid Extraction Degrees.
    Kimberly Cervello, SUNY-Geneseo
    Vadim Ponomarenko*, Trinity University
    Denise Terry, University of Redlands
    Liya Zhu, UC-Berkeley
    (1014-13-117)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Elasticity in Polynomial and Power Series Rings.
    Paul Baginski*, University of California, Berkeley
    (1014-13-240)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Congruence modulo $n$ $\tau$-relations and $\tau$-factorization.
    Andrea M. Frazier*, University of Iowa
    Suzanne Hamon, (University of Iowa and) John Burroughs School
    (1014-13-295)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Topological Spaces Associated with C(X), I
  Organizers:
  Chawne M. Kimber, Lafayette College kimberc@lafayette.edu
  Warren Wm. McGovern, Bowling Green State University
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Tychonoff spaces X such that each maximal ideal of C(X) contains a minimal prime ideal P for which C(X)/P is a valuation domain.
    Melvin Henriksen*, Harvey Mudd College
    (1014-54-474)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Rings of Continuous Functions on Spaces of Finite Rank and the SV Property.
    Suzanne L Larson*, Loyola Marymount University
    (1014-06-812)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Sublattices generated by polars in algebraic frames and in $C(X)$.
    Jorge Martinez*, University of Florida
    (1014-06-273)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Value Distribution in Classical and p-adic Functions Theory, I
  Organizers:
  Alain Escassut, University Blaise Pascal Alain.Escassut@math.univ-bpclermont.fr
  Chung-Chun Yang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  Ilpo Laine, University of Joensuu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Some recent applications of value distribution theory to functional and differential equations.
    Chung Chun Yang*, University of Science and Technology of Hong Kong
    (1014-30-529)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Critical Points of Certain Discrete Potentials.
    John F Rossi*, Virginia Tech
    J K Langley, University of Nottingham
    (1014-31-454)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Extreme Curvature of Polynomials and Level Curves.
    Stephanie Edwards*, University of Dayton
    (1014-30-1057)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Converging Sets of Range Uniqueness for p-adic Analytic Functions.
    Abdelbaki Boutabaa*, University Blaise Pascal, France
    Kamal Boussaf, University Blaise Pascal, France
    Alain Paul Escassut, University Blaise Pascal, France
    (1014-11-590)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Growth estimates on meromorphic solutions of certain partial differential equations.
    Bao Qin Li*, Florida International University
    (1014-32-803)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Syzygies in Commutative Algebra and Geometry, I
  Organizers:
  Irena Peeva, Cornell University ivp1@cornell.edu
  Sorin E. Popescu, SUNY at Stony Brook sorin@math.sunysb.edu
  Gregory G. Smith, Queen's University ggsmith@mast.queensu.ca
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A Survey of some recent observations on the Evans-Griffith Syzygy Theorem.
    Phillip A Griffith*, University of Illinois
    (1014-13-922)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Free resolutions of parameter ideals for some rings with finite local cohomology.
    Hamid Rahmati*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1014-13-1671)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Ferrers ideals.
    Alberto Corso, University of Kentucky
    Uwe Nagel*, University of Kentucky
    (1014-13-1657)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Compression.
    Jeffrey A Mermin*, Cornell University
    (1014-13-1382)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Lex-plus-powers conjecture for ideals containing the squares of the variables.
    Jeff Mermin, Cornell University
    Irena Peeva, Cornell University
    Michael Stillman*, Cornell University
    (1014-13-1698)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Algebraic Statistics: Theory and Practice, I
  Organizers:
  Seth M. Sullivant, University of California Berkeley seths@math.berkeley.edu
  Elizabeth S. Allman, University of Southern Maine
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Introduction to Algebraic Statistics.
    Seth Sullivant*, Harvard University
    (1014-62-1712)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Bounds for real solutions to likelihood equations of phylogenetic trees.
    Serkan Hosten*, San Francisco State University
    (1014-14-1439)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Maximum Likelihood Degree of the Cauchy Location Likelihood.
    Max-Louis G. Buot*, Carnegie Mellon University
    Donald Richards, Penn State University
    (1014-62-1585)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Markov chains and evolution algebras.
    Jianjun Paul Tian*, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, the Ohio State University
    (1014-08-434)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Evolution on partially ordered sets.
    Nicholas K Eriksson*, University of California, Berkeley
    Niko Beerenwinkel, University of California, Berkeley
    (1014-05-1182)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    System Identification: A computational Algebra Approach.
    Abdul Salam Jarrah*, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech
    Reinhard Laubenbacher, Virginia Tech
    Mike Stillman, Cornell University
    (1014-12-1586)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Extension of Functions, I
  Organizers:
  Alvario Arias, University of Denver aarias@du.edu
  Charles L. Fefferman, Princeton University
  Edward W. Odell, University of Texas Austin
  Thomas Slumprecht, Texas A\&M University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Coarse embeddings into a Hilbert space.
    William B. Johnson, Texas A\&M University
    N. Lovasoa Randrianarivony*, University of Missouri -- Columbia
    (1014-46-1150)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The class of ${\cal L}_1$ spaces is closed under uniform equivalences.
    William B Johnson, Texas A&M University
    Bernard Maurey, Universite de Marne-la-Vallee
    Gideon Schechtman*, The Weizmann Institute
    (1014-46-579)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Gluing functions with random partitions of unity.
    James R Lee*, Institute for Advanced Study
    (1014-46-1709)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Assouad--Nagata dimension and Lipschitz extensions.
    Urs Lang*, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
    (1014-51-1381)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Simultaneous Lipschitz Extensions (Part I).
    Alexander Brudnyi*, University of Calgary
    Yuri Brudnyi, Technion
    (1014-46-486)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Simultaneous Lipschitz Extensions (Part II).
    Yuri Brudnyi*, Technion
    Alexander Brudnyi, University of Calgary
    (1014-46-490)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Statistics
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A new approach to test for interactions in Two-way ANOVA models.
    Wei Ning*, Syracuse University
    Hyune-Ju Kim, Syracuse University
    (1014-00-440)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    A statistical method for glaucoma detection using tomographic images, a projection pursuit approach.
    Ananda W A Bandulasiri*, Texas Tech University
    Victor Patrangenaru, Texas Tech University
    (1014-62-1728)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Extremes of Nonexchangeability.
    Roger B. Nelsen*, Lewis & Clark College
    (1014-62-23)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    A Preliminary Report on High-Order Improvements of the Parametric Bootstrap for Long-memory Linear Regression Gaussian Processes.
    Mosisa G Aga*, Wayne State University
    (1014-62-215)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Monitoring a Continuous Poisson Process Subject to Change.
    Marlo K Brown*, Niagara University
    (1014-62-226)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    EDF Goodness-of-fit Tests for Testing the Distributional Assumptions in One-way Regression Model.
    Dhanuja Kasturiratna*, Bowling Green State University
    Truc T Nguyen, Bowling Green State University
    Arjun K Gupta, Bowling Green State University
    (1014-62-1001)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Modeling Pipe Rehabilitation Liners Using the Weibull Distribution.
    Mahmoud Yousef*, Central Missouri State University
    Raja Nassar, Louisiana Tech University
    (1014-62-1071)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Frequentist Statistics and Inverse Probability: A Partial Rapprochement.
    David E. Payne*, Monmouth University
    (1014-62-1336)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Some new tests for normality based on U-processes.
    Miguel A Arcones, Binghamton University
    Yishi Wang*, Binghamton University
    (1014-62-1449)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Data Augmentation for the Analysis of Coarse Woody Debris in an Old-Growth Riparian Forest.
    G Jay Kerns*, Youngstown State University
    (1014-62-1532)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Philosophy of Mathematics
  Organizers:
  Roger A. Simons, Rhode Island College rsimons@ric.edu
  Satish C. Bhatnagar, University of Nevada
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    What Are Mathematical Objects? An Empiricist Hypothesis.
    Carl E. Behrens*, Alexandria, VA
    (1014-A1-1158)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Mathematical objects may be abstract, but they're NOT acausal.
    Bonnie Gold*, Monmouth University
    (1014-A1-276)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    How the way we `see' mathematics changes mathematics.
    Sarah-Marie Belcastro*, Xavier University
    (1014-A1-1352)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Square Root of 2, Pi, and the King of France: Ontological and Epistemological Issues Encountered(and Ignored) in Introductory Mathematics Courses.
    Martin E. Flashman*, Humboldt State University and Occidental College
    (1014-A1-1010)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Mathematics: An Aesthetic Endeavor.
    Sam Stueckle*, Trevecca Nazarene University
    (1014-A1-626)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Propensities and the Two Varieties of Occult Qualities.
    James R Henderson*, University of Pittsburgh-Titusville
    (1014-A1-500)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Professional Development Programs for K--12 Teachers, I
  Organizers:
  Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo, Valparaiso University zsuzsanna.szaniszlo@valpo.edu
  Laurie Burton, Western Oregon University
  Judith L. Covington, Louisiana State University Shreveport
  Patricia Hale, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Loras College Lesson Study Project.
    Daniel G. Willis*, Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa
    (1014-D1-1035)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Preparing Elementary Teachers to Teach Geometry: A 12-Month Program.
    Sue Brown*, U Houston-Clear Lake
    (1014-D1-94)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Balancing Mathematical Content with Practical Application to the Classroom in Mathematics Cluster Courses for a Masters Program in Curriculum and Instruction.
    Kimberly J Presser*, Shippensburg University
    Katherine G McGivney, Shippensburg University
    Thomas A Evitts, Shippensburg University
    (1014-D1-744)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Filling the Middle Grades Mathematics Gap.
    Steve C Hennagin, Ouachita Baptist University
    Darin Buscher*, Ouachita Baptist University
    (1014-D1-1221)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Mathematicians working with teachers in California: The ACCLAIM Experience.
    Tom Roby*, University of Connecticut
    (1014-D1-1319)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Interviews and School visits: Avenues for Assessing Professional Programs for K-12 Teachers.
    Harel Barzilai*, Salisbury University
    Homer W Austin, Salisbury University
    (1014-D1-761)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Math Science Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylvania: Summer Academies Prepare Teachers to Become Educational Leaders.
    Norman Hipps, Saint Vincent College
    Japheth Wood*, Chatham College
    (1014-D1-1189)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Louisiana's Comprehensive Curriculum.
    Lee E. Price*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1014-D1-1533)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Putting the Focus on Mathematics: Content-based Professional Development for Grade 5-12 Teachers.
    Steven R Benson*, Education Development Center/University of New Hampshire
    (1014-D1-1703)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session, I
  Organizers:
  Stephen L. Davis, Davidson College stdavis@davidson.edu
  Eric S. Marland, Appalachian State University
  Chairs:
  Stephen L. Davis,
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Three Singular Matrices in Business, Industry, and Government.
    William M. Wagner*, Columbus, Ohio
    (1014-Z1-1306)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Riemann Sums of Transcendental Functions.
    Theodore S. Erickson*, Wheeling Jesuit University
    (1014-Z1-556)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Teaching Calculus with a Touchscreen Graphing Calculator.
    Benjamin G. Klein*, Davidson College
    (1014-Z1-109)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Choosing Appropriate Derivative (Integral) Techniques.
    Pam Crawford*, Jacksonville University
    (1014-Z1-1559)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Super Size Me: An Optimization Problem.
    Martha J. Shott*, Davidson College
    (1014-Z1-1244)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    A Study on the Use of Multiple Forms of Technology in a Business Calculus Course.
    Erick Brian Hofacker*, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
    (1014-Z1-820)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    My experience in offering the Financial Mathematics course for undergraduates.
    Qin Lu*, Lafayette College
    (1014-Z1-121)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Using Sudoku Number Puzzles to Practice Reasoning Skills in a Basic Mathematics Course.
    Richard H Stout*, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
    (1014-Z1-452)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Using Colorings of Pascal's Triangle to Visualize Algebraic Concepts.
    Cynthia J. Woodburn*, Pittsburg State University
    (1014-Z1-317)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Geometry of Quadrics.
    Ion I Dinca*, University of Notre Dame
    (1014-Z1-180)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Teaching to Help Students Avoid the Misuse of the distributive Law in Algebra Class.
    Shumei C. Richman*, Midlands Technical College
    (1014-Z1-1258)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Binary Quadratic Forms: A Historical View.
    Azar N. Khosravani*, Columbia College Chicago
    Mark B. Beintema, College of Lake County
    (1014-Z1-502)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Mathematical Neuroscience: From Experiment to Theory, I
  Organizers:
  Kresimir Josic, University of Houston josic@login.math.uh.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The geometry of oscillator recruitment.
    Jonathan E Rubin*, University of Pittsburgh
    Amitabha Bose, NJIT
    (1014-37-528)
  • 8:25 a.m.
    Subthreshold oscillatory activity and spiking in medial entorhinal cortex layer II stellate cells.
    Horacio G. Rotstein*, Boston University
    Tim Oppermann, Institute for Theoretical Biology, Humboldt University Berlin
    John A. White, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Biodynamics, Boston University
    Nancy Kopell, Department of Mathematics and Center for Biodynamics, Boston University
    (1014-92-704)
  • 8:50 a.m.
    Inferring Calcium Channel Distribution from Calcium Fluorescence Data.
    Steven J. Cox*, CAAM, Rice University
    Jane Hartsfield, CAAM, Rice University
    (1014-92-549)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Break.
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Ionic mechanisms of bursting in neostriatal cholinergic interneurons.
    Charles J Wilson*, Dept. Biology, Univ. Texas at San Antonio
    (1014-92-1232)
  • 10:10 a.m.
    Dynamic Clustering in a Model for an Insect's Antennal Lobe.
    David Terman*, Ohio State University
    Alla Borisyuk, University of Utah
    Brian Smith, Arizona State University
    Sungwoo Ahn, Ohio State University
    Xueying Wang, Ohio State University
    Jeong-sook Im, Ohio State University
    (1014-92-685)
  • 10:35 a.m.
    Finite size effects in feedforward neural networks.
    Brent Doiron*, New York Univeristy
    Alex Reyes, New York Univeristy
    John Rinzel, New York Univeristy
    (1014-92-1362)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:53 a.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations and Applications to Flow in Porous Media
  Organizers:
  Todd J. Arbogast, University of Texas at Austin arbogast@ices.utexas.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Numerical simulation of coupled ground water/surface flow and transport.
    Clint Dawson*, The University of Texas at Austin
    (1014-65-1102)
  • 8:25 a.m.
    Control Volume Finite Element Methods and Their Applications to Multiphase Flows in Porous Media.
    Zhangxin John Chen*, Southern Methodist University
    (1014-65-466)
  • 8:50 a.m.
    A fully mass and volume conservating implementation of a characteristic method for transport problems.
    Todd Arbogast, The University of Texas at Austin
    Chieh-Sen Huang*, National Sun Yat-sen University
    (1014-65-1345)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Detecting and countering instability in operator splitting methods for reaction-diffusion equations.
    Donald Estep*, Colorado State University
    Travis King, Colorado State University
    David Ropp, Sandia National Laboratories
    John Shadid, Sandia National Laboratories
    (1014-65-873)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Computing The Effective Behavior of Stiff Oscillatory Dynamical Systems.
    Bjorn Engquist, University of Texas at Austin
    Richard Sharp, University of Texas at Austin
    Richard Tsai*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1014-65-798)
  • 10:05 a.m.
    Multiscale finite element methods for flows in heterogeneous porous media.
    Y. R. Efendiev*, Texas A&M University
    (1014-65-390)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Mixed Variational Multiscale Modeling of Stochastic Porous Media.
    Todd Arbogast*, The University of Texas at Austin
    Kirsten J Boyd, Eureka College
    Michael S Lubke, The University of Texas at Austin
    James M Rath, The University of Texas at Austin
    (1014-65-1649)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
  MAA-AMS Committee on Teaching Assistants and Part-Time Instructors Panel Discussion
  Permanent use of temporary faculty: The status of nonladder faculty in departments of mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Judith L. Baxter, University of Illinois-Chicago
  Kevin E. Charlwood, Washburn University
  Natasha M. Speer, Michigan State University
  Panelists:
  Fred Peskoff, Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY
  Curtis D. Bennett, Loyola-Marymout University
  Moderators:
  Kevin E. Charlwood,
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
  SIGMAA on Statistics Education Panel Discussion
  Implications of the new ASA (GAISE) guidelines for teaching statistics.
  Organizers:
  Thomas L. Moore, Grinnell College
  Christopher J. Lacke, Rowan University
  Panelists:
  Robin H. Lock, St. Lawrence University
  Gary Kader, Appalachian State University
  Mike Perry, Appalachian State University
  Jessica Utts, University of California Davis
  Moderators:
  Carolyn K. Cuff, Westminster College
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:15 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Combinatorics, I
  

  • 8:15 a.m.
    Angle sums on polytopal complexes.
    Kristin A Camenga*, Cornell University
    (1014-52-1409)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A conjecture for the combinatorial structure of crystals for all Kirillov-Reshetikhin modules of type $D_n^{(1)}$.
    Philip M Sternberg*, University of California, Davis
    (1014-05-1665)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Notes on the Villainy of a Graph.
    Sarah H Holliday*, University of Tennessee at Martin
    Sally A Clark, Birmingham-Southern College
    John E Holliday, North Georgia College and State University
    Peter D Johnson, Auburn University
    Janet E Trimm, Auburn University
    Robert R Rubalcaba, University of Alabama in Huntsville
    Matthew P Walsh, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne
    (1014-05-1403)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Zero-Divisor Graphs of Commutative Rings: A Survey of Recent Results.
    Joe A. Stickles, Jr.*, University of Evansville
    (1014-13-758)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    A Matrix Theory Approach to the Genus of a Graph.
    Jason J Molitierno*, Sacred Heart University
    (1014-15-413)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Some results on Multidecompositions with the Order 4 Graph-Pair.
    Atif Abueida, University of Dayton
    Sally Clark*, Birmingham-Southern College
    David Leach, University of West Georgia
    (1014-05-361)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    A New Class of Multiset Wilf Equivalent Pairs.
    Vidya Venkateswaran*, Stanford University
    (1014-05-373)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On caps in $(\mathbb{Z}/n \mathbb{Z})^2$.
    Jack W Huizenga*, University of Chicago
    (1014-05-554)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    On the sizes of graphs embeddable in surfaces of nonnegative Euler characteristic and their applications to edge choosability.
    Ko-Wei Lih*, Academia Sinica, Taipei
    Wei-Fan Wang, Zhejiang Normal University
    (1014-05-107)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    On Detectable Colorings of Graphs.
    Henry Enriquez Escuadro*, Western Michigan University
    (1014-05-596)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Division Algebras, Galois Theory, Cohomology and Geometry, I
  Organizers:
  Kelly L. McKinnie, University of Texas at Austin klmckin@math.utexas.edu
  David J. Saltman, University of Texas at Austin
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Division algebras of prime degree over function fields of surfaces.
    Parimala Raman*, Emory University, Atlanta and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
    Manuel Ojanguren, EPFL, Lausanne
    (1014-14-447)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A geometric approach to period-index problems.
    Max Lieblich*, Princeton University
    (1014-14-1420)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Orders of finite groups of matrices.
    Martin W Lorenz*, Temple University
    (1014-20-764)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Division algebras with an anti-automorphism but with no involution.
    Patrick Morandi*, New Mexico State University
    B. A. Sethuraman, California State University, Northridge
    Jean-Pierre Tignol, Université catholique de Louvain
    (1014-16-231)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On graded polynomial identities and algebras with a projective basis.
    Eli Aljadeff, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
    Darrell E Haile*, Indiana University
    Michael Natapov, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
    (1014-20-1486)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:30 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Committee on Graduate Students Presentation
  Workshop on training T.A.s.
  Organizers:
  David C. Manderscheid, University of Iowa
  Presenters:
  Solomon Friedberg, Boston College
  Maria S. Terrell, Cornell University
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:45 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  MAA Session on Getting Students to Discuss and to Write about Mathematics, I
  Organizers:
  Martha Ellen Murphy Waggoner, Simpson College waggoner@simpson.edu
  Charlotte A. Knotts-Zides, Wofford College
  Harrison W. Straley, Wheaton College
  

  • 8:45 a.m.
    A Classification of Secondary Mathematics Writing Tasks.
    Kristin A Camenga*, Cornell University
    (1014-H1-151)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Writing about Mathematicians in General Education Courses.
    Karl-Dieter Crisman*, Gordon College
    (1014-H1-280)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Research Experiences in Mathematics for Mathematics Educators.
    Daniel Chazan, University of Maryland
    Sarah Sword*, Education Development Center
    (1014-H1-1595)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Using weekly laboratory sessions to stimulate student discussion.
    Charles F. Peltier*, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
    (1014-H1-986)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Returned Assignments: A Tool for Fostering Mathematical Communication and Connections.
    Rapti Manohara de Silva*, California State University, Chico
    (1014-H1-1199)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Thinking Statistically in Writing: Journals and Discussion Boards in an Introductory Statistics Course.
    Julie M Theoret*, Lyndon State College
    Andrea Luna, Lyndon State College
    (1014-H1-1529)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Writing Assignments with No Grading Required.
    Aprillya Lanz*, Clayton State University
    (1014-H1-1647)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Web Quests for Introductory Statistics Students.
    Kimberly J Presser*, Shippensburg University
    (1014-H1-1171)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 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
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#1: Part A
  Designing and evaluating assessments for introductory statistics.
  Organizers:
  Beth L. Chance, California Polytech State University
  Robert C. Delmas, University of Minnesota
  Allan J. Rossman, California Polytech State University
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#7: Part A
  Geometry with history for teaching teachers.
  Organizers:
  David W. Henderson, Cornell University
  Daina Taimina, Cornell University
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Complex Variables
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    A modification of the Roper-Suffridge extension operator.
    Jerry R. Muir, Jr.*, University of Scranton
    (1014-32-694)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    General interpolation in spaces of analytic functions.
    Daniel H. Luecking*, University of Arkansas
    (1014-30-1631)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Unexpected local extrema for the Sendov conjecture.
    Michael J. Miller*, Le Moyne College
    (1014-30-275)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A general formula for a special class of holomorphic functions from a multiply connected domain to the right half plane.
    Faisal Kaleem*, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
    (1014-30-727)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Subordination results from a differential equation related to the de la Vall\'ee Poussin means.
    Stacey Muir*, University of Scranton
    (1014-30-1128)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Riemann Surface Deformations.
    J'Lee Wyatt Bumpus*, Texas Tech University
    G. Brock Williams, Texas Tech University
    (1014-30-1542)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Higher Hyperbolic Derivatives In The Unit Disk.
    Chelst N. Dov*, DeVry University - North Brunswick
    (1014-30-1707)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Number Theory, I
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Periodic Character of the Rational Difference Equation $y_{n}=1+\frac{y_{n-k}}{y_{n-m}}$.
    Kenneth S. Berenhaut, Wake Forest University
    John D. Foley*, Wake Forest University
    Stevo Stevi\'{c}, Mathematical Institute of Serbian Academy of Science
    (1014-39-1706)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Orthogonal Polynomials Arising from Generalized Trigonometric Identities.
    James C. Griffin*, University of Central Florida
    (1014-33-1156)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A Trace Formula for Compact Quotients of SL(3,R) and Weyl's Law.
    Lee Stemkoski*, Dartmouth College
    (1014-11-330)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Discrepancy of Fractions with Divisibility Constraints.
    Andrew H. Ledoan*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Emre Alkan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Marian V\'aj\'aitu, Romanian Academy, Simion Stoilow Institute of Mathematics
    Alexandru Zaharescu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1014-11-407)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Sierpinski numbers with at least two prime divisors.
    Michael Filaseta, University of South Carolina
    Carrie E Finch*, University of South Carolina
    Mark R Kozek, University of South Carolina
    (1014-11-416)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    A summation formula for divisor functions associated to lattices.
    Jennifer Beineke*, Western New England College
    Daniel Bump, Stanford University
    (1014-11-1581)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Stable Reduction of $X_0(81)$.
    Ken McMurdy*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    (1014-11-1685)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Proof of the Fermat's Last Theorem (originally submitted to AMS on 2-16-1991).
    Andrew H Warren*, New York, NY
    (1014-11-40)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Invited Paper Session on the Role of Online Technology Courses for Teachers of Preservice Mathematics Teachers
  Organizers:
  Judy O'Neal, North Georgia College \& State University
  Franklin D. Demana, The Ohio State University demanaf@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Sooner or later you will use on-line technology to teach mathematics!
    Roseanne S. Hofmann*, Montgomery County Community College
    (1014-ZA-189)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Engaging Preservice Teachers in Online Learning: Interactive Video and Active Discussions.
    Janet Bowers*, San Diego State University
    (1014-ZA-293)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Mathematics Methods Online.
    Connie S Schrock*, Emporia State University
    (1014-ZA-555)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Creating positive discussion environments in a mathematics content sequence for elementary education majors using traditional and distance formats.
    James R. Hersberger*, Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne
    (1014-ZA-720)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  MAA CUPM and SIGMAA on Statistics Education Panel Discussion
  Requiring statistics of every mathematics major: Model courses.
  Organizers:
  Thomas L. Moore, Grinnell College
  Harriet S. Pollatsek, Mount Holyoke College
  Panelists:
  George Cobb, Mount Holyoke College
  Robin Lock, St. Lawrence University
  Deborah Nolan, University of California Berkeley
  Allan Rossman, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  SIGMAA on the History of Mathematics Special Presentation
  The shapes of sacred space: The geometry of ancient Maya art and architecture.
  Organizers:
  Amy Shell-Gellasch, Grafenwoer, Germany
  Presenters:
  Edwin L. Barnhart, Maya Exploration Center
  Christopher Powell, Maya Exploration Center
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  National Science Foundation programs supporting learning and teaching in the mathematical sciences.
  Organizers:
  Elizabeth J. Teles, NSF Division of Undergraduate Education
  John R. Haddock, NSF Division of Undergraduate Education
  Lee L. Zia, NSF Division of Undergraduate Education
  John S. Bradley, NSF Division of Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education
  Lloyd E. Douglas, NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Riemann-Roch for determinantal gerbes and infinite-dimensional bundles.
  Mikhail Kapranov*, Yale University
  (1014-14-18)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Invited Address
  Graph limits and graph homomorphisms.
  L\'aszlo Lov\'asz*, Microsoft Research
  (1014-05-68)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 12:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  Exhibits and Book Sales
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 12:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Math on the Web, I
  

  • 12:30 p.m.
    MathML Software: A common format for many math programs.
    Neil Soiffer*, Design Science, Inc.
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Communicating math on the Web: Promises, trials, and free beer.
    Patrick Ion*, American Mathematical Society
  • 2:45 p.m.
    MAA reviews and classroom capsules: New features in MathDL.
    Lang Moore*, Mathematical Association of America
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Creating mathematical documents for the Web with Scientific Workplace.
    Barry MacKichan*, MacKichan Software, Inc.
  • 4:30 p.m.
    PlanetMath and free mathematics.
    Aaron Krowne*, Emory University
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
  AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture I
  Entangled radicals, Part I.
  Hendrik W. Lenstra Jr.*, Universiteit Leiden
  (1014-12-13)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  Preference Sets, Graphs, and Voting in Agreeable Societies.
  Francis Edward Su*, Harvey Mudd College
  (1014-A0-08)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, II
  Organizers:
  Bonnie S. Saunders, University of Illinois at Chicago saunders@math.uic..edu
  William H. Barker, Bowdoin College
  Dale R. Oliver, Humboldt State University
  Kenneth Millet, University of California Santa Barbara
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    The search for common ground in K--12 mathematics education.
    R. James Milgram*, Stanford University
    (1014-97-1471)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Math War Veteran Tells All.
    Jeremy Kilpatrick*, University of Georgia
    (1014-97-1387)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Reaching Common Ground: Issues in Teachers' Mathematical Education and Professional Development.
    Joan Ferrini-Mundy*, Michigan State University
    (1014-97-1427)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Disagreeing about Common Ground.
    Andrew M. Gleason*, Harvard University
    (1014-97-1613)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Standards and the National Math View.
    Johnny W Lott*, University of Montana
    (1014-97-290)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Results from a Capstone Course for Future High School Mathematics Teachers, jointly taught by a Mathematician and a Mathematics Educator.
    Richard O. Hill*, Michigan State University
    Sharon L. Senk, Michigan State University
    (1014-97-1086)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Lessons learned from our long-term discrete collaboration in the mathematical preparation of teachers.
    Valerie A. DeBellis*, Shodor Education Foundation
    Joseph G. Rosenstein, Rutgers University
    (1014-97-959)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    The rush to calculus and the rush to algebra.
    Joseph G. Rosenstein*, Rutgers University
    (1014-97-1174)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Session on Ancient and Nonwestern Mathematics, I
  Organizers:
  Duncan J. Melville, St. Lawrence University dmelville@stlawu.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Controversies in the Early History of Trigonometry.
    Glen R Van Brummelen*, Bennington College
    (1014-01-1062)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Equations in Arabic Algebra.
    Jeffrey A. Oaks*, University of Indianapolis
    (1014-01-393)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    An Examination of Three Persian Arithmetic Texts.
    Lawrence D'Antonio*, Ramapo College of New Jersey
    (1014-01-493)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Contemporary Dynamical Systems, I
  Organizers:
  Dmitry Zenkov, North Carolina State University dvzenkov@unity.ncsu.edu
  Youngna Choi, Montclair State University choiy@mail.montclair.edu
  Anthony M. Bloch, University of Michigan
  Todd L. Fisher, University of Maryland
  Melvin Leok, University of Michigan
  David S. Richeson, Dickinson College
  James S. Wiseman, Agnes Scott College
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Dynamics in Small Networks of Identical Coupled Systems.
    Martin Golubitsky*, University of Houston
    Maria C.A. Leite, Purdue University
    (1014-34-344)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Limit laws for chaotic dynamical systems.
    Ian Melbourne, University of Surrey
    Matthew Nicol*, University of Houston
    (1014-37-517)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Dirac Structures, Variational Principles, and Implicit Lagrangian Systems.
    Hiroaki Yoshimura*, Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University
    Jerrold E. Marsden, Control and Dynamical Systems, Caltech
    (1014-70-1719)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    A Dynamical Systems Study of Bose-Einstein Condensates in Optical Lattice and Superlattice Potentials.
    Mason A Porter*, California Institute of Technology
    (1014-37-237)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Geometric Rigidity for Automorphisms of Groups.
    Alex Clark*, University of North Texas
    R. J. Fokkink, T. U. Delft
    (1014-37-1394)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Examples of outer billiards with periodic dynamics.
    Filiz Dogru*, Grand Valley State University
    (1014-37-953)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Closed Relations and Equivalence Classes of Quasicontinuous Functions.
    Annalisa Crannell, Franklin & Marshall College
    Marc Frantz, Indiana University, Bloomington
    Michelle LeMasurier*, Hamilton College
    (1014-54-1084)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Mixing and embedding properties of tiling spaces.
    Brian F Martensen*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    (1014-37-1676)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mahler Measure and Heights, II
  Organizers:
  Michael J. Mossinghoff, Davidson College mimossinghoff@davidson.edu
  Jeffrey D. Vaaler, University of Texas at Austin
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Mahler Measure for Polynomials in Noncommuting Variables.
    Douglas Lind*, University of Washington
    (1014-37-638)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Special functions and the range of multiplicative functions on $\Bbb{Z}[x]$.
    Christopher D Sinclair*, Pacific Institute of the Mathematical Sciences, Vancouver
    (1014-11-618)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The Mahler Measure of Polynomials with Odd Coefficients.
    Peter Borwein*, Simon Fraser University
    (1014-11-643)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Mahler's measure and derivatives.
    Igor E Pritsker*, Oklahoma State University
    (1014-11-1019)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Arithmetic Mean and Geometric Mean of Mahler Measure of Unimodular Polynomials.
    Stephen Choi*, Simon Fraser University
    (1014-11-862)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Univogue Beta Expansions of Pisot numbers.
    Kevin G. Hare*, University of Waterloo
    (1014-11-560)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Dilatations of pseudo-Anosov automorphisms.
    Christopher J Leininger*, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
    (1014-51-611)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Division Algebras, Galois Theory, Cohomology and Geometry, II
  Organizers:
  Kelly L. McKinnie, University of Texas at Austin klmckin@math.utexas.edu
  David J. Saltman, University of Texas at Austin
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Projective Schur Groups over Henselian Fields.
    Eli Aljadeff, Technion--Israel Institute of Technology
    Jack Sonn, Technion--Israel Institute of Technology
    A. R. Wadsworth*, University of California, San Diego
    (1014-16-703)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Relative Brauer Groups of Function Fields of Binary Cubic Forms.
    Ilseop Han*, California State University, San Bernardino
    Darrell Haile, Indiana University, Bloomington
    Adrian R Wadsworth, University of California, San Diego
    (1014-16-1344)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Kneser-Tits Conjecture and outer forms of $E_6$.
    Skip Garibaldi*, Emory University
    (1014-20-1076)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Indecomposable $p$-algebras.
    Kelly L. McKinnie*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1014-16-1302)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Valuations on Tensor Powers of a Division Algebra.
    Patrick J. Morandi, New Mexico State University
    B. A. Sethuraman*, California State University Northridge
    (1014-16-259)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    The Unramified Witt Group of Curves in Characteristic Two.
    Bill Jacob*, University of California, Santa Barbara
    Roberto Aravire, Universidad Arturo Prat, Iquique, Chile
    (1014-12-389)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Discussion
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Dynamic Equations with Applications, I
  Organizers:
  Allan C. Peterson, University of Nebraska apeterso@math.unl.edu
  Martin J. Bohner, University of Missouri-Rolla
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Asymptotic Equivalence of Dynamic Systems.
    Billur Kaymakcalan*, Georgia Southern University
    Agacik Zafer, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
    (1014-34-1187)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    On the distinctions between ``continuous'' boundary value problems and ``discrete'' boundary value problems.
    Christopher C Tisdell*, The University of New South Wales
    (1014-34-495)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Integral Comparison Theorems.
    Lynn H. Erbe*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 68588-0130
    (1014-39-1105)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Diffusion Equations on Basic Linear Grids.
    Andreas Ludwig Ruffing, Munich University of Technology
    Maria Meiler*, Munich University of Technology
    (1014-39-1046)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Discretization Scheme In Volterra Integro-differential Equations That Preserves Stability and Boundedness.
    Eric R Kaufmann, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
    Youssef N Raffoul*, University of Dayton
    (1014-45-1079)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Error Estimates of Asymptotic Solutions of Second Order Dynamic Equations on Time Scale.
    Gro Hovhannisyan*, Kent State University, Stark Campus
    (1014-34-150)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    A Two Dimensional Dynamical System Underlying Cardiac Arrhythmias.
    Irina Popovici*, US Naval Academy
    B. M. Baker, US Naval Academy
    M. Kidwell, US Naval Academy
    (1014-37-334)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Global Attractivity in Dynamic Equations on Time Scales with delays.
    Seshadev Padhi*, Mississippi State University
    (1014-39-188)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Commutative Rings and Monoids, II
  Organizers:
  Scott T. Chapman, Trinity University schapman@trinity.edu
  James B. Coykendall, North Dakota State University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    A generalization to Dedekind domains of an Erd\"os inequality connected to $n!$.
    Jean-Luc Chabert*, Universit\'e de Picardie, France
    (1014-13-522)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Direct-sum relations among modules over a one-dimensional local ring.
    Alberto Facchini, University of Padua
    Wolfgang Hassler, University of Graz
    Lee Klingler, Florida Atlantic University
    Roger Wiegand*, University of Nebraska
    (1014-13-671)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Gaussian Properties of Total Rings of Quotients.
    Sarah Glaz*, University of Connecticut
    (1014-13-1013)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Irreducible Divisor Graphs.
    Jack L Maney*, The University of South Dakota
    Jim B. Coykendall, North Dakota State University
    (1014-13-358)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Transfer of Krull dimension, lying-over and going-down to the fixed ring.
    David E. Dobbs*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Jay Shapiro, George Mason University
    (1014-13-607)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Anderson-Mott commutative rings: $\phi$-commutative rings with a finite number of nonnil irreducible elements.
    Ayman R. Badawi*, American University of Sharjah, U..A.E
    (1014-13-475)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Constructing chains of primes in power series rings.
    Alan Loper, The Ohio State University
    Thomas G. Lucas*, Uinversity of North Carolina Charlotte
    (1014-13-949)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Non-Noetherian Cohen-Macaulay Rings.
    Tracy Dawn Hamilton*, California State University Sacramento
    Thomas Marley, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1014-13-364)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Topological Spaces Associated with C(X), II
  Organizers:
  Chawne M. Kimber, Lafayette College kimberc@lafayette.edu
  Warren Wm. McGovern, Bowling Green State University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Network character and tightness of the compact-open topology.
    Anthony W. Hager*, Wesleyan University
    Richard N. Ball, University of Denver
    (1014-54-301)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    An algebraic characterization of pointwise convergence in $C(X)$.
    Richard N. Ball*, University of Denver
    Anthony W. Hager, Wesleyan University
    (1014-06-1360)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Conditional Completeness of $C(X,{\mathbb R}_\tau)$ Where ${\mathbb R}_\tau$ is a Weak $P$-Space.
    Michelle L Knox*, Midwestern State University
    (1014-06-311)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Extremal Pseudocompact Abelian Groups Are Compact Metrizable.
    W. W. Comfort*, Wesleyan University
    Jan van Mill, Vrije Universiteit
    (1014-22-958)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    The regular topology on $C(X)$, I.
    Warren Wm. McGovern*, Bowling Green State University
    Wolf Iberkleid, La Universidad de La Paz
    Ramiro Lafuente-Rodriguez, La Universidad de La Paz
    (1014-54-816)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    The regular topology on $C(X)$, II.
    Wolf Iberkleid*, Universidad Mayor de San Andres
    Ramiro Lafuente-Rodriguez, Universidad Mayor de San Andres
    Warren Wm. Mcgovern, Bowling Green State University
    (1014-54-722)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Value Distribution in Classical and p-adic Functions Theory, II
  Organizers:
  Alain Escassut, University Blaise Pascal Alain.Escassut@math.univ-bpclermont.fr
  Chung-Chun Yang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  Ilpo Laine, University of Joensuu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Dirac operators and automorphic forms for some conformally flat manifolds.
    John Ryan*, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
    R. S. Krausshar, Gent University
    (1014-58-869)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Eigenvalues of non-self-adjoint Schr\"odinger operators with polynomial potentials.
    Kwang C. Shin*, University of Missouri-Columbia
    (1014-34-824)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    On Borel Exceptional Values for Meromorphic Functions in the Unit Disk.
    L. R. Sons*, Northern Illinois University
    (1014-30-672)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    A Second Main Theorem on Generalized Parabolic Manifolds.
    Pit-Mann Wong*, University of Notre Dame
    (1014-32-1176)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Rational Solutions of Algebraic Differential Equations.
    Yujie Ma*, KLMM, Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    (1014-30-598)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Scahtten P -Classes in Padic Hilbert spaces.
    Sudeshna Basu*, Moragan State University
    (1014-46-168)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Syzygies in Commutative Algebra and Geometry, II
  Organizers:
  Irena Peeva, Cornell University ivp1@cornell.edu
  Sorin E. Popescu, SUNY at Stony Brook
  Gregory G. Smith, Queen's University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Efficient toroidalization of morphisms.
    Steven D Cutkosky*, University of MIssouri
    (1014-14-1447)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Some Ideals with Large Projective Dimension.
    Manoj Kummini*, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
    Giulio Caviglia, University of California, Berkeley, CA
    (1014-13-617)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Finite free complexes with homology of finite length.
    Luchezar L. Avramov*, University of Nebraska -- Lincoln
    Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz, University of Toronto
    Srikanth Iyengar, University of Nebraska
    Claudia Miller, Syracuse University
    (1014-13-1393)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    On the minimal free resolutions of a class of monomial ideals.
    Alexandre B. Tchernev*, University at Albany, SUNY
    (1014-13-520)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Tropical Convexity via Cellular Resolutions.
    Florian Block, TU München
    Josephine Yu*, UC Berkeley
    (1014-13-444)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Some componentwise linear monomial ideals.
    Christopher A. Francisco*, University of Missouri
    Adam Van Tuyl, Lakehead University
    (1014-13-368)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Bounding Frobenius powers uniformly.
    Craig Huneke*, University of Kansas
    M. Katzman. R. Sharp, Y. Yao, Univ. of Sheffield, Univ. of Michigan
    (1014-13-564)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Discussion
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Extension of Functions, II
  Organizers:
  Alvario Arias, University of Denver aarias@du.edu
  Charles L. Fefferman, Princeton University
  Edward W. Odell, University of Texas Austin
  Thomas Slumprecht, Texas A\&M University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Extending Lipschitz and linear maps.
    Nigel Kalton*, University of Missouri
    (1014-46-926)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Lipschitz selections and extensions of smooth functions.
    Pavel Shvartsman*, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
    (1014-46-546)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Probabilistic techniques in the Lipschitz extension problem.
    Assaf Naor*, Microsoft Research
    (1014-51-441)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    How Markov chains reflect geometry.
    Keith M Ball*, University College London
    (1014-46-1124)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    $C^1$ extensions and stabilization of Glaeser refinements.
    Nahum Zobin*, College of William and Mary
    Bo'az Klartag, Institute for Advanced Study
    (1014-26-455)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Examples concerning extensions of Lipschitz maps from metric spaces into $\ell_1^n$.
    Beata Randrianantoanina*, Miami University of Ohio
    (1014-46-1523)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    The Holomorphic Extension of CR Functions on Tube-Like CR Manifolds of CR Dimension 1: An Alternative to Wedge Extendability.
    Jennifer Halfpap*, University of Montana
    (1014-32-118)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#13: Part A
  The Fibonacci and Catalan numbers.
  Organizers:
  Ralph P. Grimaldi, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#2: Part A
  Java applets in teaching mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Joe Yanik, Emporia State University
  Michael E. Mays, West Virginia University
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#8: Part A
  Mathematical and statistical modeling in biology: Competitive exclusion, coexistence, estimation, and control.
  Organizers:
  Azmy S. Ackleh, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  H. Thomas Banks, North Carolina State University
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
  AMS Session on Probability and Stochastic Processes
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Extinction of Generalized Branching Annihilating Random Walks.
    Ryan S. Gantner*, University of Minnesota
    (1014-60-524)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Birth-Death Processes with Polynomial Transition Rates.
    Robert L. Bewernick, University of California, Los Angeles
    Jeremy D. Dewar*, Loyola Marymount University
    Eunice Gray, Sam Houston State University
    Nancy Y. Rodriguez, Loyola Marymount University
    Randall J Swift, California State Polytechnic University Pomona
    (1014-60-587)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Busy Period of a Delayed Service M/M/c Queueing System.
    Aliakbar Montazer Haghighi*, Prairie View A&M University
    Dimitar P Mishev, Prairie View A&M University
    (1014-60-181)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Random, Finite Subsets with Exponential Distributions.
    Kyle T Siegrist*, University of Alabama in Huntsville
    (1014-60-1444)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Simple formulas for conditional function space integrals and applications.
    Seung Jun Chang, Dankook University
    Jae Gil Choi, Dankook University
    David L. Skoug*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1014-60-686)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The Mean-Field Blume-Emery-Griffiths Model with Varying Parameters.
    Peter T. Otto*, Union College
    Marius Costeniuc, Max-Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
    Richard S. Ellis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    (1014-60-688)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Tail behavior of negatively associated heavy tailed sums.
    Jaap L. Geluk*, The Petroleum Institute
    Kai W. Ng, University of Hong Kong
    (1014-60-838)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Sums of Point Processes and Attribute-Based Thinnings Leading to an Unusual Poisson Process.
    Matthew O. Jones*, Austin Peay State University
    Richard F. Serfozo, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1014-60-1004)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Optimal buy/sell rules for correlated random walks.
    Michael G Monticino*, University of North Texas
    Pieter Allaart, University of North Texas
    (1014-60-1147)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The "Taylor" Map on a Hilbert Space of Holomorphic Functions on the Path Space of a Complex Simply Connected Lie Group.
    Matthew S Cecil*, UCSD
    (1014-60-1283)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Minimal Axiom Sets for Poisson Processes.
    Donald P. Minassian*, Butler University; Indianapolis, IN 46208
    (1014-60-457)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Toward a Classification of Infinite Discrete Probability Measures.
    H. Radjavi, University of Waterloo
    Chelluri C.A. Sastri*, Dalhousie University
    (1014-60-1550)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Uniqueness for Martingale Problem Associated with Pure Jump Processes.
    Huili Tang*, University of Connecticut
    (1014-60-1704)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Ruin Probabilities on Two Finite State, Birth-Death Chains Connected in Parallel.
    Alan Krinik*, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
    Chau Nguyen, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
    (1014-60-1746)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Combinatorics, II
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    $2$-Regular Leaves of Partial $8$-cycle Systems.
    D. J. Ashe*, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    C. D. Leach, University of West Georgia
    C. A. Rodger, Auburn University
    (1014-05-602)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Ihara zeta functions of irregular graphs and the deletion of edges.
    Matthew D. Horton*, University of California, San Diego
    (1014-05-681)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Shellability properties on planar graded posets.
    I. V. Cane*, Wesleyan University
    (1014-06-1452)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Generating functions for the alternative multi-restricted numbers.
    Ji Young Choi*, Shippensburg University of PA
    (1014-05-781)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    On the Degree of Regularity for the Equation $x_1 + x_2 + \cdots + x_n - ay = 0$.
    Ronald J. Clark*, UCLA
    (1014-05-790)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Probe interval orders.
    David E Brown, Utah State University
    Larry J Langley*, University of the Pacific
    (1014-05-822)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Survey on $(96,20,4)$ difference sets.
    Omar A. AbuGhneim*, Central Michigan University
    Ken W. Smith, Central Michigan University
    (1014-05-832)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Permutation Reconstruction.
    Rebecca N Smith*, SUNY Brockport
    (1014-05-849)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Largest Circuit Pairs in Matroids.
    Manoel Lemos, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
    Talmage J Reid, University of Mississippi
    Bryan Williams*, University of Mississippi
    Haidong Wu, University of Mississippi
    (1014-05-878)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A combinatorial model of the associated Hermite polynomials.
    Dan Drake*, University of Minnesota
    (1014-05-910)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Clones in minors of matroids.
    Joseph E Bonin, The George Washington University
    Carla D Cotwright*, The University of Mississippi
    Talmage J Reid, The University of Mississippi
    Jakayla Robbins, The University of Montana
    (1014-05-929)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Minimally 3-connected Binary Matroids.
    Joe Anderson*, The University of Mississippi
    Haidong Wu, The University of Mississippi
    (1014-05-954)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Some plethysm results related to Foulkes's conjecture.
    Steven W. Sivek*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1014-05-1031)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Isosceles colorings of triangulations and their geometrical realizations.
    Joseph Malkevitch*, York College (CUNY)
    (1014-05-1064)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Holey Knight's Tours.
    Darren A. Narayan*, Rochester Institute of Technology
    Shelley K. Speiss, Rochester Institute of Technology
    (1014-05-1065)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Number Theory, II
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Additive Theorems and Davenport Constant over Finite Groups.
    Chuang Peng*, Morehouse College
    (1014-11-527)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Factoring Generalized Repunits.
    John H. Jaroma*, Austin College
    (1014-11-600)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Sequences of Reducible $\left\{0,1\right\}$--Polynomials over ${\mathbb F}_p$.
    Judith Canner, North Carolina State University
    Lenny Jones, Shippensburg University
    Joseph Purdom*, Shippensburg University
    (1014-11-1468)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On the Galois group of the 2-class tower of a quadratic field.
    Aliza A. Steurer*, University of Maryland
    (1014-11-928)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Bounds on a Remainder Term Associated with the Number of Base $q$ Digits $\ge d$ Function.
    Curtis Cooper*, Central Missouri State University
    (1014-11-987)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A relative trace formula in the local setting.
    Brooke G. Feigon*, UCLA
    (1014-11-1034)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Zeroes of Zeta Functions of Irregular Graphs.
    Audrey A. Terras*, U.C.S.D.
    (1014-11-1038)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Homogeneous additive equations in finite fields.
    Michael P. Knapp*, Loyola College
    (1014-11-1094)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Algebraic Integers on the Unit Circle.
    Ryan C. Daileda*, Dartmouth College
    (1014-11-1145)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Quadratic twists of an elliptic curve with small Selmer rank.
    Sungkon Chang*, Armstrong Atlantic State University
    (1014-11-1206)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    A New Generalization of the Woods-Robbins Infinite Product to Base B.
    Jonathan Sondow*, New York, NY
    (1014-11-1281)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Local Coefficient Matrices and Shimura's Correspondence.
    Mark Budden*, Armstrong Atlantic State University
    (1014-11-1287)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Local corrections of discriminant bounds and $S_n$-extensions of quadratic base fields.
    Sharon Brueggeman*, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    Darrin Doud, Brigham Young University
    (1014-11-1460)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Message Encoding on Elliptic Curves over Characteristic 2 in Deterministic Polynomial Time.
    Andrew R Shallue*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (1014-11-1461)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Polynomial Sequences Generated by Fibonacci \& Lucas Numbers.
    Donald D Mills*, Southern Illinois University
    (1014-11-670)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on Professional Development Programs for K--12 Teachers, II
  Organizers:
  Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo, Valparaiso University zsuzsanna.szaniszlo@valpo.edu
  Laurie Burton, Western Oregon University
  Judith L. Covington, Louisiana State University Shreveport
  Patricia Hale, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    A Lesson Study Program for Middle and High School Teachers.
    Thomas W Judson*, Harvard University
    (1014-D1-1015)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    A Master of Arts Program for High School and Middle School Teachers.
    Joseph R Fiedler*, CSU Bakersfield
    (1014-D1-318)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    Integrated Math, Physical Science, and Technology Professional Development Program for 7-11 Grade Teachers.
    Becky Krakowski*, University of Dayton
    (1014-D1-396)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Empowering K-12 Teachers to Use Technology Wisely.
    Jerry Dwyer, Texas Tech University
    Gary Harris, Texas Tech University
    Tara Stevens, Texas Tech University
    G. Brock Williams*, Texas Tech University
    (1014-D1-640)
  • 3:35 p.m.
    A Mathematics Partnership with ESL Teachers: The Second Year.
    Mary K. Porter*, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame
    Colleen M. Hoover, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame
    (1014-D1-1160)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    Fostering Mathematical Research by Teachers.
    S. Rosenberg*, Boston University
    M. Spillane, Watertown HS, Watertown, MA
    D. Wulf, Watertown HS, Watertown, MA
    (1014-D1-1493)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
  MAA Session on Number-Theoretic Applications
  Organizers:
  Thomas Koshy, Framingham State College tkoshy@frc.mass.edu
  Thomas Moore, Bridgewater State College
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Number Theory, Polynomials, and the Advanced Encryption Standard.
    Joshua Holden*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    (1014-E1-859)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    Number Theoretic Applications to Group Generated Cellular Automata.
    Mike Bardzell*, Salisbury University
    Tyler Evans, Humboldt State University
    (1014-E1-1185)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    Applications of Number Theory in Computer Science Curriculum.
    Yana Kortsarts*, Widener University, Computer Science Department
    (1014-E1-383)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    A Number Theory Application to Origami.
    Tamara B Veenstra*, University of Redlands
    (1014-E1-185)
  • 3:35 p.m.
    Non-Cantorian Cardinal Numbers.
    H. Vic Dannon*, California
    (1014-E1-583)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    New results on Jacobsthal and Fibonacci polynomials.
    Mohammad Salmassi*, Framingham State College
    Thomas Koshy, Framingham State College
    (1014-E1-1257)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Tribinomials, Catalan Numbers, and Mersenne Numbers.
    Thomas Koshy*, Framingham State College
    (1014-E1-1756)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  MAA Session on Teaching Mathematics Courses Online
  Organizers:
  Kate McGivney, Shippensburg University kgmcgi@ship.edu
  Cheryl L. Olsen, Shippensburg University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    An Online College Algebra Course.
    Linda E. Sundbye*, Metropolitan State College of Denver
    (1014-F1-1597)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    "Snap, Pop, Crackle": Calculus Online.
    Denise LeGrand*, University or Arkansas at Little Rock
    (1014-F1-901)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    Suggestions for Some Tough Online Issues.
    Karl J Havlak*, Angelo State University
    (1014-F1-401)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The Efficacy of Online Mathematics Courses: How Well Are Students Learning Mathematics In Online Course Environments.
    John T Smith*, Hawaii Pacific University
    (1014-F1-384)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Engaging Students in On-Line Course Learning.
    Robert N Andersen*, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
    Simei Tong, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
    (1014-F1-253)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Break.
  • 4:20 p.m.
    A Mathematica and XML-based Content Management System for the Delivery of Online Mathematics Courses.
    Kyehong Kang*, Lamar University
    (1014-F1-1726)
  • 4:40 p.m.
    The Tale of Two Online Courses in Elementary Mathematics.
    Thomas M Zachariah*, Loyola Marymount University
    Curtis Bennett, Loyola Marymount University
    (1014-F1-1112)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Statistics: Meet Me Online.
    Sarah L Mabrouk*, Framingham State College
    (1014-F1-1731)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  MAA Session on Teaching and Assessing Modeling and Problem Solving
  Organizers:
  Michael Huber, U.S. Military Academy michael.huber@usma.edu
  Alex J. Heidenberg, U.S. Military Academy
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Assessing Student Problem Solving Abilities Using Complex Projects.
    Geoffrey D Kuhlmann*, United States Military Academy
    Frank Wattenberg, United States Military Academy
    Joseph Lindquist, United States Military Academy
    John Jackson, United States Military Academy
    (1014-G1-1430)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    Beginning with a 21st Century View: Mathematical Modeling and Problem Solving Courses with Interdisciplinary Applications in College Algebra.
    William P. Fox*, Francis Marion University
    Richard D West, Francis Marion University
    (1014-G1-621)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    Assessing Success in a Modeling Course.
    Stuart Boersma*, Central Washington University
    (1014-G1-609)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Selecting Problems for Use in Problem-Solving Courses for Pre-Service Teachers.
    Kathleen D. Lopez*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1014-G1-1681)
  • 3:35 p.m.
    A problem solving class for math majors.
    Maria S Nogin*, California State University, Fresno
    (1014-G1-1645)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    Assessing Critical Thinking Skills While Improving Student Confidence in a Pre-Calculus College Course.
    Heather Stevenson*, United States Military Academy
    Gerald Kobylski, United States Military Academy
    (1014-G1-1455)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Using the Math Forum to teach an Elementary Problem Solving Course for Pre-Service Teachers.
    Klay Kruczek*, Western Oregon University
    (1014-G1-942)
  • 4:35 p.m.
    A Problem Solving Course for Seniors and Juniors.
    Thomas W Mattman*, California State University, Chico
    (1014-G1-1619)
  • 4:55 p.m.
    Teaching Calculus Based Probability and Statistics with Technology.
    Andrew G Glen*, United States Military Academy
    (1014-G1-1751)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    A new framework for grading open-ended problem solutions.
    Kris Green*, St. John Fisher College
    Allen Emerson, St. John Fisher College
    (1014-G1-1546)
  • 5:35 p.m.
    Modeling Problems and Remodeling Attitudes.
    Michael Huber*, US Military Academy
    Alex Heidenberg, US Military Academy
    Richard Brown, US Military Academy
    Gabriel Costa, US Military Academy
    Jason Miseli, US Military Academy
    (1014-G1-749)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Getting Students to Discuss and to Write about Mathematics, II
  Organizers:
  Martha Ellen Murphy Waggoner, Simpson College waggoner@simpson.edu
  Charlotte A. Knotts-Zides, Wofford College
  Harrison W. Straley, Wheaton College
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Mathematics Seminar at Central College.
    Russell E Goodman*, Central College
    (1014-H1-509)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The senior project as a method of teaching writing and oral presentation.
    Albert W Schueller*, Whitman College
    (1014-H1-1476)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Teaching Mathematical Writing Electronically.
    Carl Spitznagel*, John Carroll University
    (1014-H1-353)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Using Peer Review to Improve Students' Proof Writing.
    Teresa D Magnus*, Rivier College
    (1014-H1-205)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Using Peer Review to Improve Students' Mathematical Writing.
    Penelope H Dunham*, Muhlenberg College
    (1014-H1-487)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    What Makes a Given Proof the Best Proof?
    Linda McGuire*, Muhlenberg College
    (1014-H1-906)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Mathematics Career Simulations.
    Robb Sinn*, North Georgia College & State University
    (1014-H1-299)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    From "...without words" to "only with words"-an experience with proofs.
    Greisy Winicki -Landman*, Cal Poly Pomona, California
    (1014-H1-96)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    The Use of Client Driven Projects for Discussing and Writing in Linked Mathematics and Computer Technology Courses.
    Morteza Shafii-Mousavi, Indiana University South Bend
    Paul Kochanowski*, Indiana University South Bend
    (1014-H1-101)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Dynamical Systems Modules Facilitating Student Driven Discussion and Projects, Part I.
    Aimee Johnson, Swarthmore College
    Kathleen Madden*, Drew University
    Ayse Sahin, DePaul University
    (1014-H1-55)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Dynamical Systems Modules Facilitating Student Driven Discussion and Projects, Part 2.
    Aimee Johnson*, Swarthmore College
    Kathleen Madden, Drew University
    Ayse Sahin, DePaul University
    (1014-H1-56)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Students Write Mathematics - Instructors Do Not Need To Grade.
    Mary Kay Abbey*, Montgomery College, MD
    (1014-H1-532)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Pass it On.
    Andrew J. Miller*, Belmont University
    (1014-H1-418)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Experimental Mathematics and Writing: Motivating First Year Students.
    David A. Brown*, Ithaca College
    (1014-H1-369)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Transforming Math Into Words And Attitudes Into Delight.
    Deborah Lynn Gochenaur*, Elizabethtown College
    (1014-H1-1307)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session, II
  Organizers:
  Stephen L. Davis, Davidson College stdavis@davidson.edu
  Eric S. Marland, Appalachian State University
  Chairs:
  Shawnee L. McMurran, California State University San Bernadino
  Jeff L. Hirst, Appalachian State University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Is there a "real" problem with your mathematical software?
    Richard J Marchand*, Slippery Rock University
    Timothy J McDevitt, Elizabethtown College
    (1014-Z1-478)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Using Alice Software in Middle Schools.
    Agata Dean*, Colorado School of Mines
    Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines
    Steven Cooper, St. Joseph's University
    Wanda Dann, Ithaca College
    (1014-Z1-1356)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Hand-Held Technology in Mathematics Teacher Preparation Courses.
    Mary Ann Connors*, Westfield State College
    (1014-Z1-843)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Developing Pedagogical Content Knowledge Through Lesson Study: A Capstone Experience for In-service Teachers in Mathematics and Science.
    Diane Barrett*, St. John Fisher College
    (1014-Z1-1144)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Models for middle school gifted students in mathematics, chemistry and engineering summer camp activities.
    Faiz B. Al-Rubaee*, Universsity of North Florida
    (1014-Z1-356)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Korean K-12 Mathematics Education System: What Can We Learn for the Undergraduate Mathematical Preparation of Teachers in the United States?
    Ward E Canfield*, National-Louis University
    (1014-Z1-1566)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Preparing K - 12 Mathematics Teachers.
    Kenneth J. Bernard*, Virginia State University
    (1014-Z1-938)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    College Math in High School: Why Not?
    Jerry F Dwyer*, Texas Tech University
    Leah Chenault, Texas Tech University
    Billy Duke, Texas Tech University
    (1014-Z1-969)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Three interesting Calculus Problems.
    Heakyung Lee*, Winthrop University
    (1014-Z1-817)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On the length and area of the unit disc in normed planes.
    Zokhrab Mustafaev*, Ithaca College
    (1014-Z1-315)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Finite Groups with Cyclic Autocommutator Subgroups.
    Marian Deaconescu, Kuwait University
    Gary L Walls*, West texas A&M University
    (1014-Z1-362)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Using Euclidean Area Formulas to Find Genral Sequence Rules.
    Mohammed A. Hamid*, Temple University
    (1014-Z1-825)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Animated Examples of Curl.
    Michael Rogers*, Oxford College of Emory University
    (1014-Z1-678)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Clarifying the parallels between single-variable and multivariate calculus: Creating a more cohesive curriculum.
    Robert A. Peacock*, Young Harris College
    (1014-Z1-1729)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Geometric Representations of Graphs
  Organizers:
  Alice M. Dean, Skidmore College adean@skidmore.edu
  Ellen Gethner, University of Colorado at Denver
  Joshua D. Laison, Colorado College
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    On Visibility Representations of Graphs.
    Sue Whitesides*, McGill University
    (1014-05-1042)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Bar $k$-Visibility Graphs.
    Alice M Dean, Skidmore College
    William Evans, University of British Columbia
    Ellen Gethner, University of Colorado at Denver
    Joshua D Laison*, Colorado College
    Mohammad A Safari, University of British Columbia
    William T Trotter, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1014-05-1474)
  • 3:05 p.m.
    Further results on bar $k$-visibility graphs.
    Stephen G. Hartke*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Jennifer Vandenbussche, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Paul Wenger, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1014-05-1371)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Locally Planar Graphs.
    Michael O. Albertson*, Smith College
    (1014-05-631)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    Connecting the isometric embedding dimension and the determining number of a graph.
    Debra Boutin*, Hamilton College
    (1014-05-827)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    Highly Modulo linked Graphs.
    Guantao Chen*, Georgia State University
    Zhiquan Hu, Huazhong Normal University
    (1014-05-1367)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    A Force-Directed Graph Drawing Approach for Computer Chip Layout.
    Greta Pangborn*, Saint Michael's College
    Joanna Ellis-Monaghan, Saint Michael's College
    Paul Gutwin, Cadence Design Systems
    Jamey Lewis, Saint Michael's College
    (1014-68-1229)
  • 5:10 p.m.
    Thickness-Two Graphs: New Approaches and Generalizations.
    Debra L. Boutin, Hamilton College
    Priyadarshini Das, University of Colorado at Denver
    Ellen Gethner*, University of Colorado at Denver
    (1014-05-1108)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Education: Preparing Mathematics Students for Interdisciplinary Research
  Organizers:
  William L. Briggs, University of Colorado at Denver wbriggs@math.cudenver.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Computational Science Education and Research for Undergraduate Biology Majors.
    Angela B. Shiflet*, Wofford College
    (1014-97-1168)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Collaborative Research with Math and Biology Majors.
    Suzanne Lenhart*, University of Tennessee
    (1014-92-1186)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    A Team Learning Approach to Teaching Bioinformatics.
    Laurie J Heyer*, Davidson College
    (1014-97-1338)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    PRIMES (PRogram for Interdisciplinary Mathematics, Ecology, and Statistics).
    Donald Estep*, Colorado State University
    Jay Breidt, Colorado State University
    Richard Davis, Colorado State University
    Simon Tavener, Colorado State University
    (1014-97-875)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Industrial Mathematics Program at the University of Minnesota.
    Fadil Santosa*, University of Minnesota
    (1014-97-829)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Interdisciplanary Education in a World of Stovepipes.
    C. David Levermore*, University of Maryland, College Park
    (1014-97-1777)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  MAA Invited Paper Session on Assessment of Learning in the Mathematics Major
  Organizers:
  Bernard L. Madison, University of Arkansas bmadison@uark.edu
  William E. Haver, Virginia Commonwealth University wehaver@vcu.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Specialized Assessment Tools in a Complex Setting.
    Shahar Boneh*, Metropolitan State College of Denver
    Larry Johnson, Metropolitan State College of Denver
    (1014-ZB-263)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Developing and Assessing a Mathematics Inquiry Course.
    Barbara B Ward*, Belmont University
    Mike Pinter, Belmont University
    Mary Goodloe, Belmont University
    (1014-ZB-297)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Moving from Reactive to Proactive Assessment.
    David Gurney*, Southeastern Louisiana University
    Rebecca Muller, Southeastern Louisiana University
    (1014-ZB-282)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Assessment of Student Learning Using Oral Presentations.
    Lyn Stallings*, American University
    Dan Kalman, American University
    (1014-ZB-300)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    How to Evolve Rubrics to Assess the Skills of Math Majors.
    Mark Schlatter*, Centenary College of Louisiana
    Derrick Head, Centenary College of Louisiana
    (1014-ZB-296)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    The Symbiotic Relationship between the Assessment Programs for Mathematics and Mathematics Education at Kennesaw State University.
    Mary L Garner, Kennesaw State University
    Lewis N VanBrackle, Kennesaw State University
    Virginia R Watson*, Kennesaw State University
    (1014-ZB-308)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA Invited Paper Session on Environmental Modeling
  Organizers:
  Ben A. Fusaro, Florida State University fusaro@math.fsu.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Modeling the predator-prey relationship.
    Mike Olinick*, Middlebury College
    (1014-ZC-1328)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    A mathematical look at extinction.
    Roland Lamberson*, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
    (1014-ZC-1335)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    White water rafting in the Grand Canyon.
    Catherine Roberts*, College of the Holy Cross
    (1014-ZC-1342)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Algorithms for modeling flow and reactive transport in porous media.
    Shuyu Sun*, Institute for Computational Engineering & Science, University of Texas, Austin, TX
    Mary Wheeler, Institute for Computational Engineering & Science, University of Texas, Austin, TX
    (1014-ZC-1348)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
  Project NExT Panel Discussion
  Firefighting, paper trailing, and cat herding: Everything you wanted to know to be an administrator but were afraid to ask.
  Organizers:
  Linda Braddy, East Central University
  Rebekah Dupont, Augsburg College
  Panelists:
  Charlotte J. Chell, Carthage College
  Amy Cohen, Rutgers University
  Susan C. Geller, Texas A&M University
  Dennis M. Luciano, Western New England College
  Mickey McDonald, Occidental College
  Jack Narayan, SUNY Oswego
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
  MAA Committee on Graduate Students-YMN Panel Discussion
  How to interview for your first job.
  Organizers:
  David C. Manderscheid, University of Iowa
  Panelists:
  Sharon M. Clarke, Pepperdine University
  James H. Freeman, Cornell College
  David C. Manderscheid,
  John A. Vano, University of Wisconsin
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Advice and admonitions for NSF projects: What worked, what did not, and what lessons were learned.
  Organizers:
  Tingxiu Wang, Oakton Community College
  Elizabeth J. Teles, NSF Division of Undergraduate Education
  Joe Kotowski, Oakton Community College
  Gloria E. Liu, Oakton Community College
  Panelists:
  Shirley B. Gray, California State University-Los Angeles
  Deborah Hughes-Hallett, University of Arizona
  David A. Smith, Duke University
  Ignatios E. Vakalis, Capital University
  Sharon Cutler Ross, Georgia Perimeter College
  Philip D. Wagreich, University of Illinois-Chicago
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:30 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Optimization and Control
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    The Mathematics of Space Shuttle Return to Flight: Impact Damage Modeling.
    James D. Walker*, Southwest Research Institute
    (1014-74-73)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Optimization of composite structures subject to local stress constraints.
    Michael Stuebner*, Louisiana State University
    Robert Lipton, Louisiana State University
    (1014-74-1407)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Second Order Optimality Conditions Based on Second Order Tangent Cones.
    Elena Constantin*, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
    (1014-49-642)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    On the Dynamic Programming Equation for a Deterministic Optimal Control Problem.
    Betsi J. Tirado*, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela
    Jesus A. Pascal, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
    (1014-49-110)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Nonlinear Periodic Optimal Control: A pseudospectral Fourier Approach.
    Gamal N Elnagar*, University of South Carolina Upstate
    (1014-49-220)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Fenchel Transform of a Convex Functional.
    Y Chen, University of Florida
    M Rao, University of Florida
    J C Tweddle*, University of Florida
    (1014-49-1091)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Optimal Harvesting of a Semilinear Elliptic Fishery Model.
    Wandi Ding*, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
    Suzanne Lenhart, University of Tennessee - Knoxville & Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    (1014-49-1167)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Optimal control of a biharmonic obstacle problem.
    David R. Adams, University of Kentucky
    Volodymyr Hrynkiv*, University of Tennessee
    Suzanne M. Lenhart, University of Tennessee
    (1014-49-1197)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Optimal Control of Swinging Elements in a Parabolic Competition Model.
    Erika Asano*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    (1014-49-1210)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    On convergence of computational methods for optimal control of re-entrant queues on bounded domain.
    Jos\'{e} Mar\'{i}a Men\'{e}ndez*, Virginia Tech
    Martin V. Day, Virginia Tech
    (1014-49-1739)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    An optimization framework for polynomial zerofinders.
    Aaron Melman*, Santa Clara University
    William B. Gragg, Naval Postgraduate School
    (1014-65-863)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Maximizing the generalized Fekete-Szeg\"o functional over a class of hyperbolically convex functions.
    Roger W. Barnard, Texas Tech University
    David R. Martin*, Texas Tech University
    G. Brock Williams, Texas Tech University
    (1014-30-1414)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Some PDE models for the simulation of alcohol transport in the body and extensions of the Kalman filtering to non-normal distributions.
    Miguel A Dumett*, University of Southern California
    (1014-49-1346)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    A Homogenization Result in the Gradient Theory of Phase Transitions.
    Irene Fonseca, Carnegie Mellon University
    Cristina Popovici*, University of Utah
    (1014-49-154)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  MAA Section Officers
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 3:20 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  Participation in mathematics by American Indians: A case study in underrepresentation.
  Robert E. Megginson*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  (1014-A0-11)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 3:20 p.m.-4:35 p.m.
  AWM Panel Discussion
  Lawrence Summers: One year later.
  Organizers:
  Barbara Lee Keyfitz, Fields Institute and University of Houston
  Panelists:
  Richard M. Dudley, M.I.T.
  Mary W. Gray, American University
  Ellen E. Kirkman, Wake Forest University
  M. Beth Ruskai, Tufts University
  Alice Silverberg, University of Californi Irvine
  Karen Uhlenbeck, University of Texas at Austin
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 3:50 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  MAA-YMN Panel Discussion
  You have a job, now what? Professional development opportunities.
  Organizers:
  Kimberly A. Roth, Wheeling Jesuit University
  Joshua D. Laison, Colorado College
  Sarah Ann Stewart, Belmont University
  Panelists:
  Janet L. Andersen, Hope College
  Eric W. Aurand, Eastfield College
  Carolyn S. Gordon, Dartmouth College
  Jacqueline A. Jensen, Sam Houston State University
  Michael B. Scott, California State University Monterey Bay
  Francis E. Su, Harvey Mudd College
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 4:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
  MAA Special Presentation
  The great Pi/e debate.
  Organizers:
  Colin C. Adams, Williams College
  Thomas Garrity, Williams College
  Moderators:
  Edward B. Burger, Williams College
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Welcome Reception for Undergraduate Students
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 4:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Environmental Mathematics Business Meeting and Special Invited Presentation
  Organizers:
  Ben A. Fusaro, Florida State University
  

  • 4:15 p.m.
    Complex environmental and earth systems.
    Bruce Herbert*, Texas A&M University
    (1014-A0-52)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  AMS Committee on the Profession Presentation
  Programs that make a difference.
  Presenters:
  David C. Manderscheid, University of Iowa
  Ivelisse M. Rubio, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Humacao
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 4:40 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  AWM Business Meeting
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 4:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#14: Part A
  Teaching linear algebra with applications.
  Organizers:
  Gilbert Strang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 4:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#3: Part A
  Using and adapting online materials.
  Organizers:
  David A. Smith, Duke University (retired)
  Lang Moore, Duke University (retired)
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 4:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#9: Part A
  Discrete dynamical systems and problem solving.
  Organizers:
  David C. Arney, U.S. Military Academy
  Gary W. Krahn, U.S. Military Academy
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  Texas Instruments-MAA-AMS Special Presentation
  NUMB3RS and math, the "We All Use Math Every Day(tm)" program.
  Organizers:
  Linda Beheler, Texas Instruments
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  Reception for Graduate Students and First-Time Participants
  The AMS and MAA warmly invite these special groups to meet the leadership of your sponsoring organizations.
• Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
  AMS Josiah Willard Gibbs Lecture
  Function, design, and evolution of gene circuitry.
  Michael A. Savageau*, University of California Davis
  (1014-92-25)

Friday January 13, 2006

• Friday January 13, 2006, 7:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Employment Center
• Friday January 13, 2006, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, I
  Organizers:
  Zhijun Qiao, University of Texas Pan American qiao@utpa.edu
  Andras Balogh, University of Texas Pan American
  Guihua Fei, University of Minnesota-Duluth
  Zhaosheng Feng, University of Texas Pan American
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Nonlinear Fourier Transforms, Integrability and Nonlocality in Multidimensions.
    Thanasis Fokas*, University of Cambridge
    (1014-35-551)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Vortices, circulations and tropical cyclone tracks from the Euler equation.
    SY Lou*, Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    XY Tang, Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    M Jia, Center of Nonlinear Science, Ningbo University
    F Huang, Department of Marine Meteorology, Ocean University of China,
    (1014-00-581)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On the well-posedness of an integrable evolution equation.
    Alex A Himonas*, University of Notre Dame
    (1014-35-260)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Partial Differential Equations which Admit Integrable Systems.
    Paul F Bracken*, University of Texas
    (1014-53-134)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Compactly supported ground states for an equation arising in plasma physics.
    Alfonso Castro*, Harvey Mudd College
    Victor Padron, University of Minnesota
    (1014-35-1213)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A Finite Dimensional Integrable System Associated with a Polynomial Eigenvalue Problem.
    Taixi Xu*, Southern Polytechnic State University
    Weihua Mu, Shijiazhuang Railway Institute
    (1014-35-1020)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    New Traveling Wave Solutions for Camassa-Holm Equation.
    Guoping Zhang*, Delaware State University
    Zhijun Qiao, The University of Texas-Pan American
    Fengshan Liu, Delaware State University
    (1014-35-219)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    A new integrable equation and its solution.
    Zhijun Qiao*, UTPA
    (1014-35-1418)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-11:35 a.m.
  AMS-ASL Special Session on Interdisciplinary Research Involving Analysis and Logic, II
  Organizers:
  Su Gao, University of North Texas sgao@unt.edu
  Jose N. Iovino, University of Texas San Antonio
  Itay Ben-Yacov, University of Wisconsin Madison
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Ordinal indices in Banach spaces.
    Edward Odell*, The University of Texas at Austin
    (1014-46-319)
  • 8:35 a.m.
    lattice structures and spreading models.
    Stephen J Dilworth*, University of South Carolina
    Edward Odell, The University of Texas at Austin
    Bunyamin Sari, University of North Texas
    (1014-46-412)
  • 9:10 a.m.
    Two Persons Games in Banach Spaces.
    Thomas Schlumprecht*, Texas A&M University
    (1014-46-489)
  • 9:35 a.m.
    Break
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Ergodic theory and descriptive set theory.
    Alexander S. Kechris*, California Institute of Technology
    (1014-37-483)
  • 10:35 a.m.
    Classifying Borel transformations in Kakutani style.
    Christian Rosendal*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1014-37-1778)
  • 11:10 a.m.
    Pre-compact families of finite sets of integers and weakly null sequences in Banach spaces.
    Jordi Lopez-Abad, University of Paris 7
    Stevo Todorcevic*, University of Toronto and CNRS, Paris
    (1014-46-850)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Algebraic and Enumerative Combinatorics, I
  Organizers:
  Catherine H. Yan, Texas A\&M University cyan@math.tamu.edu
  Marcelo Aguiar, Texas A\&M University
  Joseph P. Kung, University of North Texas
  Laura F. Matusevich, University of Pennsylvania
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Updown categories and algebraic structures.
    Michael E. Hoffman*, U. S. Naval Academy
    (1014-06-112)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    P-partitions and descent algebras, enriched P-partitions and peak algebras.
    T. Kyle Petersen*, Brandeis University
    (1014-05-155)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Cyclotomic Solomon Algebras.
    Andrew Mathas, University of Sydney
    Rosa C Orellana*, Dartmouth College
    (1014-05-498)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Leonard Pairs and Representations of Quantum Algebras.
    Darren Funk-Neubauer*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (1014-16-932)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Amazing Loehr-Warrington TEN to the Power $n$ Conjecture.
    Shalosh B Ekhad, Rutgers University
    Vince Vatter*, University of St. Andrews
    Doron Zeilberger, Rutgers University
    (1014-05-1177)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    New Records for Stanley-Wilf Limits.
    Miklos Bona*, University of Florida
    (1014-05-1119)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Enumerative and Probabilistic Applications of the Extended Wilf-Zeilberger Theory.
    Moa Apagodu*, Rutgers University
    Doron Zeilberger, Rutgers University
    (1014-05-1106)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Discussion
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Arithmetic Geometry and Modular Forms, I
  Organizers:
  Matthew A. Papanikolas, Texas A\&M University map@math.tamu.edu
  Ahmad M. El-Guindy, Texas A\&M University elguindy@math.tamu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Arithmetic of Maass-Poincare series.
    Ken Ono*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    Kathrin Bringmann, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    (1014-11-284)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Weyl Group Multiple Dirichlet Series: The Stable Case.
    Benjamin Brubaker, Stanford University
    Daniel Bump, Stanford University
    Solomon Friedberg*, Boston College
    (1014-11-432)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Weyl Group Multiple Dirichlet Series: The Unstable Case.
    Ben Brubaker*, Stanford University
    (1014-11-1142)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Multiple Dirichlet series over function fields.
    Gautam Chinta*, CUNY (City College)
    (1014-11-1126)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Maass-Poincar\'e series and $p$-divisibility of traces of singular moduli.
    Paul Jenkins*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (1014-11-766)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Congruences for the Coefficients of Weakly Holomorphic Modular Forms.
    Stephanie Treneer*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1014-11-921)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Jacobi forms over complex quadratic fields.
    Olav K. Richter*, University of North Texas
    Kathrin Bringmann, University of Wisconsin
    Charles H. Conley, University of North Texas
    (1014-11-341)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Counting colorings.
    Fernando Rodriguez Villegas*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1014-11-1417)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Recent Trends in Convex and Discrete Geometry, I
  Organizers:
  Valeriu Soltan, George Mason University vsoltan@gmu.edu
  Tibor Bisztriczky, University of Calgary
  Paul Goodey, University of Oklahoma
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Approximation of the Euclidean ball by polytopes.
    Carsten Schuett, University of Kiel, Germany
    Elisabeth Werner*, Case Western Reserve University
    (1014-52-1025)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Relative isoperimetric inequality outside convex bodies.
    Mohammad Ghomi*, Georgia Tech
    Jaigyoung Choe, Seoul National University
    Manuel Ritore, University of Granada
    (1014-53-565)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A characterization of ellipsoids via illumination bodies.
    Alina Stancu*, University of Massachusetts Lowell
    (1014-52-791)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Central limit properties of convex bodies.
    Mark W Meckes*, Stanford University
    (1014-52-854)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Problem Session
  • 10:30 a.m.
    f-Vectors of Regular Triangulations.
    Laura J Schmidt*, University of Wisconsin-Stout
    Carl Lee, University of Kentucky
    (1014-52-195)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Ball-Polytopes.
    K\'aroly Bezdek, University of Calgary
    Zsolt L\'angi, University of Calgary
    M\'arton Nasz\'odi, University of Calgary
    Peter Papez*, University of Calgary
    (1014-52-913)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    On a conjecture of Ehrhart.
    Imre B\'ar\'any, R\'enyi Institute of Mathematics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
    Attila P\'or*, Case Western Reserve University
    (1014-52-1575)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Dynamic Equations With Applications, II
  Organizers:
  Allan C. Peterson, University of Nebraska apeterso@math.unl.edu
  Martin J. Bohner, University of Missouri Rolla
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Time Scale Transforms.
    John M Davis*, Baylor University
    (1014-39-1301)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A Qualitative Analysis of the Diamond-$\alpha$ Dynamic Derivatives on Time Scales.
    James W Rogers*, Baylor University
    (1014-65-1438)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Convergence of Solutions of Dynamic Equations on Converging Time Scales.
    Bonita A. Lawrence*, Marshall University
    Ralph Oberste-Vorth, Marshall University
    Kelli J. Hall, Marshall University
    Elizabeth R. Duke, Marshall University
    (1014-34-1246)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Problems in the development of series solutions for dynamic equations on time scales.
    B D Haile, Northwest Missouri State University
    L M Hall*, University of Missouri - Rolla
    (1014-37-979)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Recessive Solutions of Quasilinear Dynamic Equations.
    Elvan Akin-Bohner*,
    (1014-34-1220)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Time-Scale Integral Inequalities.
    Douglas R Anderson*, Concordia College
    (1014-34-941)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Global behavior of solutions of the nonlinear difference equation $x_{n+1}=p_{n}+x_{n-1}/x_{n}$.
    Richard DeVault*, Northwestern State University of Louisiana
    Vlajko Kocic, Xavier University of Louisiana
    Donna Stutson, Xavier University of Louisiana
    (1014-39-277)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    A Global Attractivity Result for Maps with Invariant Boxes.
    M R.S. Kulenovic*, University of Rhode Island
    Orlando Merino, University of Rhode Island
    (1014-39-148)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Nonautonomous Discrete Dynamics, I
  Organizers:
  Saber N. Elaydi, Trinity University selaydi@trinity.edu
  Jim M. Cushing, University of Arizona
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Dominance in the periodic Lotka-Volterra difference equation and existence of heteroclinic orbits in the Leslie matrix model.
    Ryusuke Kon*, Kyushu University
    (1014-92-531)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On persistence of coupled sink populations.
    Sebastian Schreiber*, College of William and Mary
    (1014-37-1549)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Discrete-time model of diurnal seabird distribution with environmental forcing.
    Shandelle M. Henson*, Andrews University
    James L. Hayward, Andrews University
    (1014-92-484)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Periodic solutions of generalized nonautonomous logistic equations.
    Jia Li*, University of Alabama in Huntsville
    (1014-39-967)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Population dynamics under bounded enforcement.
    Ulrich Krause*, University of Bremen, Germany
    (1014-37-872)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Allee effects in a discrete-time host-parasitoid model with age structure in the host.
    Sophia R.-J. Jang*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1014-92-1118)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Stability Analysis of Pielou's Equation with Period-Two Coefficient.
    M R.S. Kulenovic*, University of Rhode Island
    Orlando Merino, University of Rhode Island
    (1014-39-66)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Nonautonomous delay difference equations and applications to population models.
    Saber N Elaydi*, Howard University
    (1014-39-1361)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Algebraic Statistics: Theory and Practice, II
  Organizers:
  Seth M. Sullivant, University of California Berkeley seths@math.berkeley.edu
  Elizabeth S. Allman, University of Southern Maine
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Identifiability of the covarion model of phylogenetics.
    Elizabeth S. Allman, University of Alaska Fairbanks
    John A. Rhodes*, University of Alaska Fairbanks
    (1014-92-468)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Computational Support of a Conjecture on Phylogenetic Invariants for the General Markov Model for k$>$2 states.
    Thomas R Hagedorn*, The College of New Jersey
    (1014-62-1567)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Application of Algebraic Statistics for Statistical Disclosure Limitation.
    Aleksandra B Slavkovic*, Penn State University
    (1014-62-1535)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Relaxation Techniques for Computing Bounds on Cell Entries in Contingency Tables.
    Seth Sullivant, Harvard University
    Ruriko Yoshida*, Duke University
    (1014-62-265)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the geometry of the MLE in log-linear model analysis.
    Alessandro Rinaldo*, Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
    (1014-62-1063)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Secant varieties of smooth toric varieties.
    David Cox, Amherst College
    Jessica S Sidman*, Mount Holyoke College
    (1014-14-606)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Algebraic factor analysis.
    Mathias Drton*, University of Chicago
    Bernd Sturmfels, University of California Berkeley
    Seth Sullivant, Harvard University
    (1014-62-245)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Parameterization of Binary Ancestral Graph Models.
    Thomas S Richardson*, Department of Statistics, University of Washington
    (1014-62-1357)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Continued Fractions, I
  Organizers:
  Nancy Wyshinski, Trinity College Nancy.Wyshinski@trincoll.edu
  James G. McLaughlin, Trinity College and West Chester University jmclaughl@wcupa.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Convergence of continued fractions.
    Lisa Lorentzen*, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
    (1014-40-1052)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Some Problems Suggested by Ramanujan's Work on Continued Fractions.
    Bruce C Berndt*, University of Illinois
    (1014-11-745)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Multidimensional Continued Fractions and Toric Varieties.
    Thomas Garrity*, Williams
    (1014-11-1068)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Complex Continued Fractions.
    Doug Hensley*, Texas A\& M University
    (1014-11-37)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A Randomized Variant of the Jacobi-Perron Algorithm.
    Richard C. Burge*, Cool, CA
    (1014-11-200)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Quasiconformal Connections Between Continued Fractions and Circle Packings.
    G. Brock Williams*, Texas Tech University
    (1014-30-306)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    A proof of the continued fraction expansion of exp(1/M).
    Thomas J. Osler*, Rowan University
    (1014-41-801)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on the Many Lives of Lattice Theory, the Theory of Ordered Sets, and Universal Algebra, I
  Organizers:
  Japheth L. M. Wood, Chatham College JWood@Chatham.edu
  John W. Snow, Sam Houston State University
  Jonathan D. Farley, Harvard University
  Stefan E. Schmidt, Phoenix Math Systems Modeling, Inc.
  Anthony A. Harkin, Harvard University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A hyperplane arrangement arising from partially ordered voting preferences.
    Eric I Gottlieb*, Rhodes College
    Japheth Wood, Chatham College
    Michael Ackerman, Bellarmine University
    Sul Young Choi, Le Moyne College
    (1014-06-1604)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Preliminary report on types of polynomial completeness in universal algebras.
    Erhard Aichinger*, Johannes Kepler University Linz
    (1014-08-149)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Message Authentication Codes and Quasigroups.
    Kristen Meyer*, Iowa State University
    (1014-17-909)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Partial Orderings in Chemistry: Substitution-Reaction Posets.
    Douglas J. Klein*, Texas A&M University at Galveston
    (1014-06-582)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Simple Relation Algebras.
    Steven R. Givant*, Mills College
    (1014-06-1664)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Thompson monoids and Tamari lattices.
    Zoran Sunik*, Texas A&M University
    (1014-06-203)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Equational Logic for Finitary Multi-Algebras.
    Matt Insall*, University of Missouri - Rolla
    (1014-08-1109)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Residuated Approximations and their Connection to Cluster Analysis.
    R. J. Greechie*, Louisiana Tech University
    M. F. Janowitz, Rutgers University
    (1014-06-485)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#4: Part A
  Creating interactive workbooks using MS excel.
  Organizers:
  Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State College
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Algebra
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    An inductive algorithm for constructing c-sequences.
    Hamid Kulosman*, University of Louisville
    (1014-13-1679)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    The $n$-generator property in rings of integer-valued polynomials.
    Jason Boynton*, Florida Atlantic University
    Lee Klingler, Florida Atlantic University
    (1014-13-1517)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Arithmetic Properties of Pullbacks II.
    Evan Houston, UNC Charlotte
    John R Taylor*, UNC Charlotte
    (1014-13-1499)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Factorization in Polynomial Rings of Two Noncommuting Variables.
    Kenneth L. Price*, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
    (1014-16-251)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A $q$-Hilbert matrix.
    Warren P. Johnson*, Connecticut College
    (1014-15-575)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    A realization of quantum groups via product valued quivers.
    Yiqiang Li*, Kansas State University
    Zongzhu Lin, Kansas State University
    (1014-16-811)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Projective Resolutions for Cleft Binomial Rings.
    Martin William Montgomery*, University of Oregon
    (1014-16-968)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Flat Braided Symmetric Algebras.
    Sebastian Zwicknagl*, University of Oregon
    (1014-17-1228)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A Radical Structure for Some Rings with Partial Identities.
    Karen Batt Stanish*, Keene State College
    (1014-17-1512)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Hyperbolically convex standard fundamental domain of a subgroup of a modular group.
    Omer Yayenie*, Murray State University
    (1014-11-461)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On Relative Homotopy Groups of Modules.
    C Joanna Su*, Providence College
    (1014-18-1737)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Endomorphisms of Monogenic Hopf Algebras.
    Alan Koch*, Agnes Scott College
    (1014-14-417)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Construct Integral Matrices with Integral Inverse and Applications to Coding.
    Yan Wu*, Georgia Southern University
    (1014-00-254)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Symmetric Brace Algebras and $A_{\infty}$ Structures.
    Rebecca Ann Hillman*, University of South Carolina in Sumter
    (1014-55-1562)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Calculation of Gerstenhaber Operations on $H^*(R,R)$, when $R= \mathbb Q[X]/p$.
    R C Mitchell*, Purdue University
    (1014-55-1531)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Derived functors of the locally finite functor.
    Hayden M Harker*, Vassar College
    (1014-55-1200)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Numerical Analysis and Fluid Mechanics
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Numerical and experimental results obtained from modeling and testing a double cover plate bolted splice connection.
    Alexandros Antonioy Tasopoulos*, Athens, Greece
    (1014-65-02)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Total Variation Based Semi-Blind Image Deconvolution.
    James H Money*, University of Kentucky
    (1014-65-586)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The non-symmetric eigenvalue problem: Finding middle deflations in the $QR$ Algorithm.
    Karen Braman*, South Dakota School of Mines
    (1014-65-1214)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Numerical Solutions of Numerical Solutions of Robust and Minimum-Norm Quadratic Partial Eigenvalue Assignment Problems.
    Sanjoy Kumar Brahma*, Northern Illinois University
    Biswa Datta, Northern Illinois University
    (1014-65-1670)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Numerical Methods for Solving Ill--conditioned Nonlinear Systems.
    Olga Brezhneva*, Miami University
    (1014-65-1701)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Nonlinear Analysis and Numerical Simulations of a Two-Layer Thin Liquid Film.
    Lael S Fisher*, Northwestern University
    Alexander A Golovin, Northwestern University
    (1014-76-403)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Adomian Decomposition to Solve Navier-Stokes Equations.
    M. Najafi, Kent State University
    M. Taeibi-Rahni*, Sharif University of Tech.
    A. Hassanpour, Islamic Azad University
    (1014-76-1066)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    On the adomian decomposition as applied to highly nonlinear two phase fluid dynamic system.
    H.R. Massah, Acoustical Research Center
    M Najafi*, Kent State University Ashtabula
    (1014-76-1416)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Symmetric waves of a tow layer fluid over an obstruction.
    Jeongwhan Choi*, Korea University
    W.S. Bae, Korea University
    (1014-76-1750)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Influence of Surfactant on the Breakup of a Low Viscosity Jet in Highly viscous Surrounding.
    Muhammad I Hameed*, Benjamin Levich Institute for Physico-Chemical Hydrodynamics, CCNY New York
    (1014-76-1764)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Improved Generalized Quasilinearization Method and Rapid Convergence for Reaction Diffusion Equations.
    Tanya G. Melton*, Louisiana State University at Alexandria
    Aghalaya S. Vatsala, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1014-35-1092)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    On Sobolev Spaces of Divergence-Free Vector Fields.
    Pangyen Weng*, Ramapo College of New Jersey
    (1014-76-470)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Partial Differential Equations, I
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Asymptotic behavior near transition fronts for equations of Cahn-Hilliard type.
    Peter B Howard*, Texas A&M University
    (1014-35-145)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Analytic solutions of some free boundary problems.
    Xuming Xie*, Morgan State University
    (1014-35-201)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Spatiotemporalpatterns and decay in diffusive fluid mixtures.
    Weijiu Liu*, University of Central Arkansas
    (1014-35-202)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    The nonautonomous wave equation with general Wentzell boundary conditions.
    Ciprian G Gal*, University of Memphis
    (1014-35-286)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On the blow-up rate of large solutions for a porous media logistic equation.
    Peng Feng*, Florida Gulf Coast University
    (1014-35-348)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On Normal Mode Expansion of Solutions to the Paraxial Wave Equation.
    Peter McCoy*, U.S. Naval Academy
    Reza Malek-Madani, U.S. Naval Academy
    (1014-35-541)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Using the Finite Element Approximation of Steklov Eigenfunctions to Solve the Laplace Equation Efficiently with Multiple Boundary Data.
    Petr Kloucek, Rice University
    Danny C. Sorensen, Rice University
    Jennifer L. Wightman*, Coastal Carolina University
    (1014-35-633)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Inverse scattering algorithms for attenuating artifacts produced by internal multiple reflections (reverberations).
    Bogdan G. Nita*, Montclair State University
    (1014-35-757)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    A Degenerate Semilinear Parabolic Problem with Solution Blows Up at the Boundary.
    W. Y. Chan*, Southeast Missouri State University
    (1014-35-795)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A Compressible Viscous Heat-Conducting Fluid and its Quasi-Static Approximation.
    Gavin Waters*, University of Delaware
    Richard Weinacht, University of Delaware
    (1014-35-879)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Wave loads due to diffraction by an elliptic structure.
    Dambaru D Bhatta*, The University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX
    (1014-35-915)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Homogenization of a nonlinear elliptic boundary value problem modeling galvanic currents.
    Y. Sujeet Bhat*, University of Florida
    (1014-35-950)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    The Existence of Global Solution of Variational Equations.
    Taewan Park*, Michigan State University
    Zhengfang Zhou, Professor/Michigan State University
    (1014-35-1125)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Liouville Theorem for 2-D Navier-Stokes Equations.
    Gabriel S. Koch*, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
    (1014-35-1131)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Nonlinear nonautonomous parabolic evolution equations in an infinite cylinder.
    Jason R Morris*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (1014-35-1190)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Combinatorics, III
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Ascending Subgraph Decompositions of Digraphs.
    Ron Gould, Emory University
    Brian Charles Wagner*, Emory University
    (1014-05-1080)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Menger Path-Systems and Minimum Graph Size.
    Jeffrey S. Powell*, Emory University
    Ralph J. Faudree, University of Memphis
    Ronald J. Gould, Emory University
    (1014-05-1083)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Cycles in Bipartite Tournaments.
    Darren B Parker*, University of Dayton
    Randy F Westhoff, Bemidji State University
    Marty J Wolf, Bemidji State University
    (1014-05-1089)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Coverings containing packings for adaptive binary block coding.
    Robert B Ellis*, Illinois Institute of Technology
    (1014-05-1113)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    On Hamiltonian Walks in Graphs.
    Ping Zhang*, Western Michigan University
    (1014-05-1133)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A construction of a projective plane in harmonic matroids.
    Rigoberto Florez*, University of South Carolina Sumter
    (1014-05-1164)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    On Maximal Packings of $K_{v}-E(K_{w}$ with 6-cycles.
    L Brown, East Tennessee State University
    G. Coker, Francis Marion University
    R. Gardner, East Tennessee State University
    Janie Kennedy*, Samford University
    (1014-05-1170)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    An almost bijective proof of an asymptotic property of partitions.
    Aaron D. Jaggard*, Tulane University
    (1014-05-1181)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Isomorphic components of tensor products of bipartite graphs.
    Richard H Hammack*, Randolph-Macon College
    (1014-05-1184)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Subdivisibility: Towards an ``algebra'' of connectivity.
    Thor C Whalen*, Atlanta, GA
    (1014-05-1254)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Bounds for Recurrences on Partially Ordered Sets.
    Augustine B. O'Keefe*, Wake Forest University
    Kenneth S. Berenhaut, Wake Forest University
    (1014-05-1392)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    A matroid-based decomposition of $3$-connected graphs.
    Brian Beavers*, Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge
    (1014-05-1465)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Using neighborhood complexes to compute rational generating functions.
    Kevin M. Woods*, University of California, Berkeley
    (1014-05-1480)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    On $L(2,1)$-labeling of graphs.
    Jeong-Hyun Kang*, University of Central Florida
    (1014-05-1528)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    The limited hats game.
    Steven K Butler*, University of California, San Diego
    (1014-05-1545)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.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 University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Java Applets for a Cryptology Course.
    Ulrich A Hoensch*, Rocky Mountain College
    (1014-B1-132)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    More tools for linear algebra.
    David E Meel*, Bowling Green State University
    (1014-B1-724)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Maplets for Calculus.
    Douglas B Meade*, University of South Carolina
    Philip B Yasskin, Texas A & M University
    (1014-B1-186)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Using Mathematica to Explore Algebra and Number Theory.
    Christopher P Moretti*, Southeastern Oklahoma State University
    (1014-B1-108)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Do mathlets deliver what we want them to teach?
    Andrew G Bennett*, Kansas State University
    (1014-B1-146)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Flash as a Tool for Creating Calculus and Analysis Mathlets.
    Barbara Kaskosz*, University of Rhode Island
    (1014-B1-250)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Flash as a Tool for Creating Discrete Math Applets.
    Doug Ensley*, Shippensburg University
    (1014-B1-249)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    A Sonification Mathlet for Calculus, Pre-Calculus, and Analytic Geometry.
    Steven M. Hetzler*, Salisbury University
    Robert M. Tardiff, Salisbury University
    (1014-B1-1563)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    MS Excel Interactive Tools for Statistics.
    Sarah L Mabrouk*, Framingham State College
    (1014-B1-1724)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Using History of Mathematics in your Mathematics Courses
  Organizers:
  Richard J. Jardine, Keene State College rjardine@keene.edu
  Amy Shell-Gellasch, Grafenwoer, Germany
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Motivating the Learning of Applied Mathematics with History.
    Dick Jardine*, Keene State College
    (1014-I1-1766)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Historical vs axiomatic viewpoint: teaching today foundations of geometry.
    Bogdan D. Suceava*, California State University Fullerton
    (1014-I1-129)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    A Different Sort of Calculus Debate.
    Vicky W Klima*, Appalachian State University
    (1014-I1-1492)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The history of calculus in an honors calculus course.
    Todd Timmons*, University of Arkansas--Fort Smith
    (1014-I1-229)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Using History to make Differential Calculus Come Alive.
    Jeffrey Clark*, Elon University
    (1014-I1-29)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Primary sources in the classroom: Blaise Pascal in Discrete Mathematics and Arthur Cayley in Abstract Algebra.
    David J. Pengelley*, New Mexico State University
    (1014-I1-823)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Lam\'e's Counting of Triangulations.
    Jerry Lodder*, New Mexico State University
    (1014-I1-1472)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Using History to Teach Mathematics with Some Examples.
    Jim Fulmer*, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
    (1014-I1-1592)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Using History as a Motivating Strategy in Lower-level Mathematics Courses.
    Kevin L Dove*, Lander University
    Beth S Lundquist, Lander University
    (1014-I1-430)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    History Live!: Examples of differential equations studied by Newton and Leibniz.
    Huseyin Kocak*, University of Miami
    (1014-I1-30)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    A Symbiosis of Beauty: Transformational geometry and the Art, Architecture and Textiles of Central and South America.
    Elizabeth C. Rogers*, Piedmont College
    (1014-I1-1694)
  • 11:40 a.m.
    A Stealth Group in History.
    Agnes M. Kalemaris*, SUNY Farmingdale
    (1014-I1-1702)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Innovative Teaching/Learning Ideas Using Technology in the Teaching of Courses before College Algebra
  Organizers:
  Ed Laughbaum, The Ohio State University elaughba@math.ohio-state.edu
  Mohammad H. Ahmadi, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Modeling of a Remote Control using Flash-A Computer Application of the Use of Functions.
    Paul Raymond Bouthellier*, University of Pittsburgh-Titusville
    (1014-J1-165)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Using Scroll Bars and Macros in Excel to Excite and Engage Students.
    Robert Lee Kimball*, Wake Technical Comm Coll
    (1014-J1-64)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Teaching and Learning with Tablet PCs.
    Lois A Martin*, Massasoit Community College, Brockton, MA
    (1014-J1-59)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    What Are You Thinking? (Use of Polling Devices).
    Roseanne S. Hofmann*, Montgomery County Community College
    (1014-J1-453)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Quadratic vs. Exponential- a Growth Model for Social Security.
    Murray H. Siegel*, South Carolina GSSM
    (1014-J1-125)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Introducing Algebra Using Graphs.
    Frances Van Dyke*, American University
    (1014-J1-212)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Graphing Calculator Activities to Develop Mathematical Reasoning and Number Sense.
    Sue McMillen*, Buffalo State College
    (1014-J1-31)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Online Homework in Intermediate Algebra.
    Laurie Johnson*, Marymount University
    (1014-J1-706)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Research and Other Mathematical Experiences for Students Outside the Classroom
  Organizers:
  Kay B. Somers, Moravian College somersk@moravian.edu
  Susan E. Morey, Texas State University
  Sivaram K. Narayan, Central Michigan University
  Jody Sorensen, Grand Valley State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    An Interdisciplinary Seminar in Mathematical Economics.
    Alexandra Kurepa*, North Carolina A&T State University
    (1014-K1-1166)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Reaching Out to the Entire Campus through Mathematics.
    David E. Boliver*, University of Central Oklahoma
    (1014-K1-399)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Structured interdisciplinary research experiences in mathematics and biology.
    Glenn Ledder*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1014-K1-1069)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Find What Works: Fostering Undergraduate Research in Your Own Backyard.
    Steven D. Leonhardi*, Winona State University
    (1014-K1-1408)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Initial Probes of Mathematics: a Systematic Approach.
    David F Snyder*, Texas State University-San Marcos
    (1014-K1-1009)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    JSU Math Club---A Community of New Learners and Alumni.
    David W. Dempsey*, Jacksonville State University
    Jan O. Case, Jacksonville State University
    (1014-K1-997)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Exciting Things are Happening for Students at Georgia Perimeter College.
    Alice Eiko Pierce*, Georgia Perimeter College
    (1014-K1-1688)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    High School Day and Emerging Scholars Program at ULM.
    Annela R Kelly*, University of Louisiana at Monroe
    (1014-K1-1755)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Advising Undergraduate Research: Tales From the Front Lines.
    Lisa A DeMeyer*, Central Michigan University
    (1014-K1-1501)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    PascGalois Summer Research Retreat at New College of Florida.
    Eirini Poimenidou*, New College of Florida
    Michael Bardzell, Salisbury University
    Kathleen Shannon, Salisbury University
    (1014-K1-1495)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Research Opportunities for Students at Grand Valley State University.
    Steven Schlicker*, Grand Valley State University
    (1014-K1-242)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Celebrating Pi Day at Slippery Rock.
    Robert W. Vallin*, Slippery Rock University
    (1014-K1-211)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Organizing and maintaining an undergraduate mathematics competition.
    Jeffery D. Sykes*, Ouachita Baptist University
    (1014-K1-1169)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    MathCounts! Not Just for Middle-Schoolers, Anymore...
    Charlotte M. Schulze-Hewett*, University of Wisconsin Colleges, Rock County Campus
    (1014-K1-139)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Catch the Buzz: the Annual Integration Bee(s) at Pitt.
    Jonathan E Rubin*, University of Pittsburgh
    (1014-K1-934)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Recruiting future math teachers with an early K-12 classroom experience.
    Alejandra Sorto*, Texas State University
    Max Warshauer, Texas State Universtiy
    Hiroko Warshauer, Texas State University
    Alexander White, Texas State University
    Terry McCabe, Texas State University
    (1014-K1-679)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Courses Below Calculus: A Continuing Focus, I
  Organizers:
  Mary Robinson, University of New Mexico-Valencia Campus maryrobn@unm.edu
  Florence S. Gordon, New York Institute of Technology
  Laurette 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 T-VI
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A Modeling-Based College Algebra Course and Its Effect on Student Achievement.
    Aimee J. Ellington*, Virginia Commonwealth University
    (1014-L1-222)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Finding the Right Path for Entry-Level Math Students.
    Susan Nelson*, Georgia Perimeter College
    Alice Eiko Pierce, Georgia Perimeter College
    (1014-L1-1577)
  • 8:40 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 West*, Francis Marion University
    (1014-L1-622)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Effect of Different College Algebra Curriculums on Students' Understanding of Function Concepts.
    Erick Brian Hofacker*, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
    (1014-L1-818)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    A Counterrevolutionary College Algebra Course.
    Stacy G. Langton*, University of San Diego
    (1014-L1-1005)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Content courses for preservice teachers.
    Cristina Gomez*, SUNY-Cortland
    Cecelia Laurie, The University of Alabama
    Wei Shen Hsia, The University of Alabama
    (1014-L1-1099)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Models That Work: Building Diversity in Advanced Mathematics, I
  Organizers:
  Abbe H. Herzig, University at Albany, SUNY aherzig@albany.edu
  Patricia Hale, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Fostering the Success of Students of Underrepresented Groups: Common Threads.
    Abbe H. Herzig*, University at Albany, State University of New York
    (1014-Y3-821)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Supporting Women in Mathematics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
    Judy Walker*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1014-Y3-695)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Maryland Experience: Building a community of African American graduate students.
    Raymond L Johnson*, University of Maryland at College Park
    (1014-Y3-1093)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Increasing the Number of Minority Ph.D.'s in Mathematics.
    David C Manderscheid*, University of Iowa
    (1014-Y3-853)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Research as the driver of increased diversity in undergraduate and graduate applied mathematics programs.
    Carlos Castillo-Chavez*, Arizona State University
    (1014-Y3-1749)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Center for Excellence and Equity in Education at Rice University: Successes in the Recruitment, Retention, and Matriculation of Minority Scholars.
    Richard A. Tapia*, Rice University, Center for Excellence and Equity in Education
    (1014-Y3-1776)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Increasing the Participation of Women in Computer Science.
    Lenore Blum*, Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University
    (1014-Y3-731)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Minority Doctorates in Mathematics and the Pipeline.
    David Finston*, New Mexico State University
    (1014-Y3-1660)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session, III
  Organizers:
  Stephen L. Davis, Davidson College stdavis@davidson.edu
  Eric S. Marland, Appalachian State University
  Chairs:
  Joan S. Morrison, Goucher College
  Timothy P. Chartier, Davidson College
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Meridian Lines in Cathedrals.
    Barbara Ashton*, Borough of Manhattan Community College - CUNY
    (1014-Z1-773)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    An Earnest, Hamming Way to do Magic.
    Jeffrey A. Ehme*, Spelman College
    Colm Mulcahy, Spelman College
    (1014-Z1-1768)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Poker Faced.
    Colm Mulcahy*, Spelman College
    Jeffrey Ehme, Spelman College
    (1014-Z1-1673)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    A combinatorial analog of a theorem of F. Dyson.
    Peter Wong*, Bates College
    Pallavi Jayawant, Bates College
    (1014-Z1-1358)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Runs of Heads and Tails - Genuine or Bogus?
    Bill Linderman*, King College
    (1014-Z1-1266)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Interval Tournaments.
    David E. Brown*, Utah State University
    Arthur H. Busch, LeHigh University
    J. Richard Lundgren, University of Colorado at Denver
    (1014-Z1-1165)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Probability of a Tied Vote under a Multiple Vote Scheme.
    Dennis Patrick Walsh*, Middle Tennessee State University
    (1014-Z1-1640)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Picking the President.
    Joseph Evan*, King's College
    Daniel Ghezzi, King's College
    (1014-Z1-940)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A Network Analysis of Committee Assignments in the United States House of Representatives.
    Mason A Porter*, California Institute of Technology
    (1014-Z1-62)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Cutting right triangles right!
    Wasin So*, San Jose State University
    (1014-Z1-1763)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On the Nash Equilibrium Theorem.
    Peter Schallot*, Slippery Rock University
    (1014-Z1-1509)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Parallelogons and Cutting Elliptical Cakes.
    Douglas G. Burkholder*, Lenoir-Rhyne College
    (1014-Z1-1157)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Challenges for Students from the Final Simplex Tableau - Adjusting the Optimal Solution when the Constraints Change.
    James J Reynolds*, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
    (1014-Z1-835)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    The many faces of WJU.
    Marc Brodie*, Wheeling Jesuit University
    (1014-Z1-1053)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Overview of Three Ongoing Undergraduate Investigations at MWSU.
    Jeffrey L. Poet*, Missouri Western State University
    (1014-Z1-880)
  • 11:45 a.m.
    Behaviour of trigonometric polynomials with only real zeros near a critical point.
    Mohammed A. Qazi*, Tuskegee University
    Q. I. Rahman, Universite de Montreal
    (1014-Z1-1103)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Inverse Problems: Theory and Numerics for Novel Applications, I
  Organizers:
  Heinz W. Engl, Johannes Kepler University heinz.engl@jku.at
  Lothar Reichel, Kent State University reichel@math.kent.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Level sets in inverse problems and optimization I.
    Martin Burger*, Johannes Kepler University and RICAM, Linz
    (1014-65-530)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Level sets in inverse problems and optimization II.
    Michael Hintermueller*, University of Graz
    (1014-49-868)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Discretization of Dirac Delta Functions in Level Set Methods.
    Bjorn Engquist, University of Texas at Austin
    Anna-Karin Tornberg, Courant Institute, New York University
    Richard Tsai*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1014-65-797)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A Mumford-Shah approach for the inversion of SPECT data.
    Wolfgang Ring*, University of Graz
    Ronny Ramlau, Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Math.
    (1014-49-1389)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Some computational issues on inverse problems in medical imaging.
    Luisa D'Amore, University of Naples Federico II Italy
    Serena Morigi, University of Bologna Italy
    Almerico Murli, University of Naples Federico II Italy
    Fiorella Sgallari*, CIRAM University of Bologna Italy
    (1014-65-375)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Solving nonlinear inverse problems by multi-frame based shrinkage iterations.
    Gerd Teschke*, Konrad-Zuse Institute, Berlin, Germany
    (1014-45-386)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Mathematical Neuroscience: From Experiment to Theory, II
  Organizers:
  Kresimir Josic, University of Houston josic@login.math.uh.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The dynamic range of bursting in a network of respiratory pacemaker cells.
    Alla Borisyuk*, University of Utah
    (1014-92-1638)
  • 8:25 a.m.
    Synchrony in networks of Cortical Fast-Spiking Neurons.
    Tim Lewis*, University of California, Davis
    (1014-92-784)
  • 8:50 a.m.
    Using one-dimensional maps for analyzing neuronal dynamics.
    Georgi S. Medvedev*, Drexel University
    (1014-34-1574)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Break.
  • 9:25 a.m.
    Conditional Back-Propagation of Dendritic Action Potentials in CA1 Pyramidal Neurons: Implications for Spike-Timing Dependent Synaptic Plasticity.
    Costa M. Colbert*, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston
    (1014-92-1173)
  • 9:50 a.m.
    How architecture restricts spiking patterns in networks of phase oscillators.
    Eric T Shea-Brown*, Courant Institute, New York Univ.
    Kresimir Josic, University of Houston
    Martin Golubitsky, University of Houston
    (1014-92-736)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Discrete-time neural models for large-scale network studies.
    Nikolai F Rulkov*, Instuture for Nonlinear Science, UCSD
    Maxim Bazhenov, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    (1014-92-1249)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Applications of the Poincar\'e mapping technique to analysis of neuronal dynamics.
    Andrey Shilnikov*, GSU
    Gennady Cymbalyuk, GSU
    Paul Channell, GSU
    (1014-37-577)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  SIGMAA Officers Meeting
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:30 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, III
  Organizers:
  Bonnie S. Saunders, University of Illinois at Chicago saunders@math.uic..edu
  William H. Barker, Bowdoin College
  Dale R. Oliver, Humboldt State University
  Kenneth Millet, University of California Santa Barbara
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Attracting and Retaining Students in the Mathematical Sciences.
    W. James Lewis*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1014-97-1242)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Attracting More Students to the Mathematical Sciences: strategies from the CUPM Illustrative Resources for changing department culture and curricula.
    Harriet Pollatsek*, Mount Holyoke College
    (1014-97-907)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Bringing Contemporary Mathematics into the Curriculum.
    Robert L. Devaney*, Boston University
    (1014-97-689)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Attracting more minority students into the Mathematical Sciences through undergraduate research experiences: Why and How?
    Robert Eugene Megginson*, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
    (1014-97-1037)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    How does technology affect student attitudes to mathematics?
    William McCallum*, University of Arizona
    (1014-97-1699)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Pizza, Problem-Solving, and Promoting a Math-Friendly Culture.
    Andrew J. Bernoff, Harvey Mudd College
    Francis Edward Su*, Harvey Mudd College
    Lesley A. Ward, Harvey Mudd College
    (1014-97-1615)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Getting Students to Speak Mathematics: One Model that Works.
    Robert S Keller*, Loras College
    (1014-00-1591)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
  MAA-Project NExT Panel Discussion
  Getting started in mathematical biology.
  Organizers:
  T. Christine Stevens, St. Louis University
  Joseph A. Gallian, University of Minnesota, Duluth
  Aparna W. Higgins, University of Dayton
  Panelists:
  Laurie J. Heyer, Davidson College
  Janet L. Andersen, Hope College
  Carl C. Cowen, indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
  Jonathan E. Rubin, University of Pittsburgh
• Friday January 13, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  AWM Emmy Noether Lecture
  Mathematical results and challenges in learning theory.
  Ingrid Daubechies*, Princeton University
  (1014-68-102)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#10: Part A
  A beginner's guide to the scholarship of teaching and learning in mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Curtis D. Bennett, Loyola Marymount University
  Jacqueline M. Dewar, Loyola Marymount University
  Thomas F. Banchoff, Brown University
  John P. Holcomb, Cleveland State University
• Friday January 13, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#15: Part A
  A novel approach to problem solving.
  Organizers:
  Andrew C-F Liu, University of Alberta
• Friday January 13, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
  MAA-YMN Panel Discussion
  Undergraduate career paths in mathematics.
  Organizers:
  James E. Hamblin, Shippensburg University
  John A. Vano, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Friday January 13, 2006, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
  Exhibits and Book Sales
• Friday January 13, 2006, 10:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
  Math on the Web, II
  

  • 10:00 a.m.
    Math accessibility with MathML: Meeting your students' needs and legal requirements.
    Neil Soiffer*, Design Science, Inc.
  • 11:20 a.m.
    Interactive math on the Web by Maplesoft.
    Mohamed Bendame*, Maplesoft
  • 12:15 p.m.
    Creating mathematical documents for the Web with Scientific Workplace.
    Barry MacKichan*, MacKichan Software, Inc.
  • 1:00 p.m.
    Student answers to math homework on the Web using proper mathematical notation: A scalable, universal approach.
    John Risley*, WebAssign
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Maplets for calculus.
    Philip B. Yasskin*, Texas A\&M University
    Douglas B. Meade*, University of South Carolina
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Metamathematical visions: Metadata, learning, and knowledge communities.
    Aaron Krowne*, Emory University
• Friday January 13, 2006, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  The mathematics of everyday language.
  Keith J. Devlin*, Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University
  (1014-A0-10)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#5: Part A
  Finite group behavior: Windows software for teaching beginning group theory.
  Organizers:
  Edward C. Keppelmann, University of Nevada Reno
  Ellen J. Maycock, Depauw University
• Friday January 13, 2006, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.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
• Friday January 13, 2006, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS Special Presentation
  T.A. development using case studies: A workshop for faculty (Part 1).
  Organizers:
  Solomon Friedberg, Boston College
  Diane L. Herrmann, University of Chicago
• Friday January 13, 2006, 10:45 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Integrating mathematics with other disciplines.
  Organizers:
  Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Technical University
  Panelists:
  Sheldon P. Gordon, SUNY at Farmingdale
  Gary W. Krahn, U.S. Military Academy
  Eric S. Marland, Appalachian State University
  Bernd S. Schroeder, Louisiana Technical University
• Friday January 13, 2006, 10:45 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
  MAA Special Presentation
  Proposal writing workshop for grant applications to the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education.
  Organizers:
  Elizabeth J. Teles, NSF Division of Undergraduate Education
  John R. Haddock, NSF Division of Undergraduate Education
  Lee L. Zia, NSF Division of Undergraduate Education
• Friday January 13, 2006, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  SIAM Invited Address
  Generalized Fourier Transforms, the Dirichlet-to-Neumann Map, and the Imaging of the Brain.
  Thanasis Fokas*, Cambridge University
  (1014-44-103)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
  AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture II
  Entangled radicals, Part II.
  Hendrik W. Lenstra Jr.*, Universiteit Leiden
  (1014-12-14)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Session on Ancient and Nonwestern Mathematics, II
  Organizers:
  Duncan J. Melville, St. Lawrence University dmelville@stlawu.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Decimal and sexagesimal computation in Indian mathematics.
    Kim Plofker*, University of Utrecht, and International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden
    (1014-01-713)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    The P\={a}rthapura school and the exact sciences in India.
    Toke Lindegaard Knudsen*, Brown University
    (1014-01-999)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    `Practical' mathematics: the view from inside and outside.
    Duncan J. Melville*, St. Lawrence University
    (1014-01-1600)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Frames and Operator Theory in Analysis and Signal Processing, II
  Organizers:
  Peter R. Massopust, Tuboscope Vetco Pipeline Services pmassopust@varco.com
  David R. Larson, Texas A\&M University
  Manos I. Papadakis, University of Houston
  Zuhair Nashed, University of Central Florida
  Ahmed I. Zayed, DePaul University
  Minh Chuong Nguyen, Institute of Mathematics, Hanoi Vietnam
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    The use of filters and direct limits in the construction of fractal wavelets.
    Judith A Packer*, University of Colorado at Boulder
    Iain Raeburn, University of Newcastle, Australia
    (1014-46-1205)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    A Noncommutative Wiener Lemma and A Faithful Tracial State on Banach Algebras of Time-Frequency Shift Operators.
    Radu V Balan*, Siemens Corporate Research
    (1014-47-324)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Waveform design and a general form of matched filtering.
    John J. Benedetto*, Norbert Wiener Center, University of Maryland
    (1014-42-409)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Break
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Pseudo-differential operators, localization operators and time-frequency analysis.
    Luigi G. Rodino, Universita' di Torino
    Elena Cordero*, Universita' di Torino
    (1014-47-449)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Multiscale approximation in electronic structure calculation.
    Reinhold Schneider*, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Germany
    (1014-41-1519)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mahler Measure and Heights, III
  Organizers:
  Michael J. Mossinghoff, Davidson College mimossinghoff@davidson.edu
  Jeffrey D. Vaaler, University of Texas at Austin
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Mahler measures of Alexander polynomials of alternating links.
    Daniel S. Silver, University of South Alabama
    Susan G Williams*, University of South Alabama
    (1014-57-1239)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Lehmer's Question and Surface Dynamics.
    Daniel S Silver*, University of South Alabama
    Susan G Williams, University of South Alabama
    (1014-57-1235)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Proving relations between m(P) and L'(E,0).
    Fernando Rodriguez Villegas*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1014-11-1415)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On the Mahler measure of resultants in small dimension.
    Carlos D'Andrea, Departament d'Ŕlgebra i Geometria
    Matilde N Lalin*, Institute for Advanced Study
    (1014-11-645)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Recent Trends in Convex and Discrete Geometry, II
  Organizers:
  Valeriu Soltan, George Mason University vsoltan@gmu.edu
  Tibor Bisztriczky, University of Calgary
  Paul Goodey, University of Oklahoma
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Optimal configurations of $k$ congruent balls packed in a sphere in ${\mathbb R}^n$ $(k\le 2n)$.
    Wlodzimierz Kuperberg*, Auburn University
    (1014-52-1114)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The Colourful Hadwiger Transaversal Theorem.
    Luis Montejano*, University of Guerrero at Acapulco, Mexico
    (1014-52-1234)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Symmetric Delone subdivisions and their application.
    Achill Schuermann*, University of Magdeburg
    (1014-52-261)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Revisiting a problem of D. Ismailescu and R. Radoicic concerning dense point sets.
    Andras Bezdek*, Auburn University
    Gergely Ambrus, Auburn University
    (1014-52-1773)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Additive Discrete Geometry.
    Jozsef Solymosi*, University of British Columbia
    (1014-52-1172)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Locating points in a sensor network, with distance information.
    Walter J. Whiteley*, York University, Toronto
    (1014-52-594)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Division Algebras, Galois Theory, Cohomology and Geometry, III
  Organizers:
  Kelly L. McKinnie, University of Texas at Austin klmckin@math.utexas.edu
  David J. Saltman, University of Texas at Austin
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    The admissibility of $PSL(2,7)$.
    Murray M. Schacher*, UCLA
    Danny Goldstein, IDA-CCR La Jolla
    (1014-12-804)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Generic polynomials.
    Arne Ledet*, Texas Tech University
    (1014-12-1148)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Centers of generic algebras with involution.
    Esther Beneish*, Central Michigan University
    (1014-17-970)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    A Gersten sequence for 2-dimensional regular local rings.
    Eric S Brussel*, Emory University
    (1014-17-1611)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The Brauer group of a 2-dimensional regular local ring.
    Eduardo Tengan*, Emory University
    (1014-17-1607)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Division algebras over surfaces.
    David J Saltman*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1014-12-881)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Topological Spaces Associated with C(X), III
  Organizers:
  Chawne M. Kimber, Lafayette College kimberc@lafayette.edu
  Warren Wm. McGovern, Bowling Green State University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Elementarily equivalent $\mathit{l}$-groups of continuous functions on essential P-spaces.
    Brian Wynne*, Colgate University
    (1014-03-1067)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Examples of absolute CR-epic topological spaces.
    Robert Raphael*, Concordia University
    (1014-00-279)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Hewitt realcompactifications and P-coreflections.
    Robert Raphael, Concordia University
    R. Grant Woods*, University of Manitoba
    (1014-54-548)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Disjointness preserving operators and their associated algebra homomorphisms.
    Gerard J Buskes*, University of Mississippi
    Karim Boulabiar, Tunis, Tunisia
    (1014-06-462)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Strongly clean rings of matrices over C(X).
    Wolf Iberkleid, Universidad Mayor de San Andres
    Ramiro H. Lafuente-Rodriguez*, Universidad Mayor de San Andres
    Warren Wm. McGovern, Bowling Green State University
    (1014-06-1012)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Lattice-ordered $C(X)$-modules.
    James J. Madden*, Louisiana State University
    (1014-06-1530)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Value Distribution in Classical and p-adic Functions Theory, III
  Organizers:
  Alain Escassut, University Blaise Pascal Alain.Escassut@math.univ-bpclermont.fr
  Chung-Chun Yang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  Ilpo Laine, University of Joensuu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Non-convergent SRU's for analytic elements in a p-adic field.
    Kamal Boussaf*, University Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France
    (1014-11-516)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    An analogue of continued fractions in number theory for Nevanlinna theory.
    Zhuan J. Ye*, Northern Illinois University
    (1014-30-1036)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Hermite Multiplier Sequences.
    George L. Csordas, University of Hawaii
    Andrzej Piotrowski*, University of Hawaii
    (1014-30-450)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Meromorphic functions of uniqueness.
    Alain Paul Escassut*, University Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France
    (1014-30-513)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Discussion.
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Algebraic Statistics: Theory and Practice, III
  Organizers:
  Seth M. Sullivant, University of California Berkeley seths@math.berkeley.edu
  Elizabeth S. Allman, University of Southern Maine
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    On the fan of a design and on maximal-fan designs.
    Hugo Maruri-Aguilar, Department of Statistics, The University of Warwick
    Eva Riccomagno*, Department of Statistics, The University of Warwick and Department of Mathematics, Politecnico di Torino
    (1014-62-1043)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Sampling for Conditional Inference on Multiway Tables.
    Yuguo Chen*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Ian Dinwoodie, Duke University
    Seth Sullivant, Harvard University
    (1014-62-792)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Network Delay Tomography with Correlation.
    Ian H Dinwoodie*, Duke University
    Eric Vance, Duke University
    (1014-62-140)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Genetic linkage analysis.
    Ingileif Bryndis Hallgrimsdottir*, Department of Statistics, University of Oxford
    (1014-62-1059)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    EM Algorithm for Hidden Markov Models.
    Ingileif B. Hallgr\'imsd\'ottir, University of Oxford
    R. Alexander Milowski, UC Davis
    Josephine Yu*, UC Berkeley
    (1014-62-445)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The posterior map.
    Lior Pachter*, UC Berkeley
    (1014-92-1399)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Continued Fractions, II
  Organizers:
  Nancy Wyshinski, Trinity College Nancy.Wyshinski@trincoll.edu
  James G. McLaughlin, Trinity College and West Chester University jmclaughl@wcupa.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Ramanujan's continued fractions via orthogonal polynomials.
    Mourad E. H. Ismail*, University of Central Florida
    Dennis Stanton, University of Minnesota
    (1014-33-805)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Szeg\H{o} polynomials and para-orthogonal polynomials on the real line, and the associated continued fractions.
    A. Sri Ranga*, DCCE/IBILCE, Universidade Estadual Paulista
    Cleonice F. Bracciali, DCCE/IBILCE, Universidade Estadual Paulista
    Eliana X. de Andrade, DCCE/IBILCE, Universidade Estadual Paulista
    (1014-33-755)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Parabolic Iterated Function Systems with Applications to the Backward Continued Fractions.
    Eugen Andrei Ghenciu*, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
    (1014-37-809)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Distribution Analysis Using PPC-Continued Fractions.
    William B. Jones, University of Colorado, Boulder
    Walter M. Reid*, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
    (1014-30-957)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Continued Fraction Handbook Project.
    William B. Jones*, University of Colorado, Boulder
    (1014-33-408)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on the Many Lives of Lattice Theory, the Theory of Ordered Sets, and Universal Algebra, II
  Organizers:
  Japheth L. M. Wood, Chatham College JWood@Chatham.edu
  John W. Snow, Sam Houston State University
  Jonathan D. Farley, Harvard University
  Stefan E. Schmidt, Phoenix Math Systems Modeling, Inc.
  Anthony A. Harkin, Harvard University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Semilattices and Congruence Heredity.
    Eric J Martin*, University of Northern British Columbia
    John W. Snow, Sam Houston State University
    (1014-06-1629)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    $M_4$ and Congruence Heredity.
    John W Snow*, Sam Houston State University
    (1014-06-72)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Using Order in Distributed Computing.
    Vijay K Garg*, University of Texas
    Neeraj Mittal, University of Texas at Dallas
    Alper Sen, Freescale Semiconductors
    (1014-06-421)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Finite basis problems for quasivarieties, and the weak extension property.
    Ralph Nelson McKenzie*, Vanderbilt University
    (1014-06-865)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Forbidden quotients of bounded distributive lattices.
    Richard N. Ball*, University of Denver
    Ales Pultr, Charles University
    Jiri Sichler, University of Manitoba
    (1014-06-1373)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    From biordered sets to two-complexes.
    John C Meakin*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1014-06-1278)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#11: Part A
  Teaching a course in the history of mathematics.
  Organizers:
  V. Frederick Rickey, U.S. Military Academy
  Victor J. Katz, University of the District of Columbia
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#16: Part A
  Fair division: From cake-cutting to dispute resolution.
  Organizers:
  Steven J. Brams, New York University
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#6: Part A
  Technology tools for discrete mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Douglas E. Ensley, Shippensburg University
  Katherine G. McGivney, Shippensburg University
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-1:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Algebraic Geometry
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Period and index of curves: various constructions.
    S. Sharif*, UC Berkeley
    (1014-11-1507)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Higher Order Bad Loci.
    Gian Mario Besana*, DePaul University
    Sandra DiRocco, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
    Antonio Lanteri, Universita' degli Studi di Milano
    (1014-14-782)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Smooth monomial-ideal points of the Hilbert scheme of points of an affine space.
    Mark E. Huibregtse*, Skidmore College
    (1014-14-1431)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Special metrics on intersection of quadrics.
    Daniela Mihai*, University of Pittsburgh
    George Sparling, University of Pittsburgh
    (1014-51-1305)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
  AMS Session on Mathematics Education
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Mathematical Connections: For Example, "How To Teach Radicals In Less Than 5 Minutes" (Grades 6-16).
    Juli D'Ann Ratheal*, West Texas A & M University
    (1014-97-06)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Motivating Undergraduates with Different Backgrounds to do Mathematics Research.
    Manmohan Kaur*, Benedictine University
    (1014-97-331)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Geometry on a HubCap.
    David E Ewing*, Central Missouri State University
    (1014-97-561)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Algebra and Uniform Estimates Give a Face-lift to Calculus and Introductory Analysis.
    Michael Livshits*, Cambridge MA
    (1014-97-1272)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Closing the Gaps for English Language Learners (ELL) in Mathematics Learning by Improving In-Service Teacher Professional Development Thus Increasing Teacher Content, Pedagogy, and Methods Knowledge.
    Joyce F. Fischer*, Texas State University-San Marcos
    (1014-97-1557)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Native American-based Materials for Undergraduate Mathematics Courses.
    Charles Peter Funkhouser, University of Montana-Missoula, College of Technology
    A. Duane Porter*, University of Wyoming
    (1014-97-1760)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Partial Differential Equations, II
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Stability and Bifurcation in a Fractionally Damped Nonlinear Diffusion Process.
    Brahima Mbodje*, Rust College
    (1014-35-176)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Partial differential equations related to dielectric breakdown and polycrystal plasticity.
    Marian Bocea*, University of Utah
    (1014-35-152)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Nonlinear stability of viscous shock waves arising in conservation laws in the presence of both second and fourth order regularizations.
    Changbing Hu*, Missouri State University
    Peter Howard, Texas A&M University
    (1014-35-1204)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    On the oscillations of the solution curve for a class of semilinear equations.
    Anahit Galstyan*, University of Texas-Pan American
    Philip Korman, University of Cincinnati
    Yi Li, University of Iowa
    (1014-35-1327)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Attractor Stability via Morse-Smale Property for Diffusive Two-Species Competition Systems.
    Georg Hetzer, Auburn University
    Wenxian Shen, Auburn University
    Tung Nguyen*, Auburn University
    (1014-35-1337)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Eigenvalue Characterization and Computation for the Laplacian on General Domains, and its Application to Inverse Spectral Problems.
    James V Lambers*, Stanford University
    Maeve L McCarthy, Murray State University
    Patrick Guidotti, University of California, Irvine
    (1014-35-1359)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Cauchy problem for nonlinear wave equation with variable speed of propagation.
    Karen Yagdjian*, University of Texas-Pan American
    (1014-35-1363)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    N-Bump Solutions of Amari-Type Equation.
    J. Angela Murdock*, University of Memphis
    (1014-35-1548)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Approximate Solutions of Heat equation on unbounded domains using Heatlets.
    Gnana Bhaskar Tenali, Florida Institue of Technology
    Hariharan Seetharaman*, Florida Institute of Technology
    (1014-35-1572)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Systems of Nonlinear Wave Equations With Damping and Source Terms.
    Keith Agre*, St. Cloud State University
    Mohammad A. Rammaha, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1014-35-1583)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On the shape of a cookie.
    David L Finn*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    (1014-35-1733)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Sobolev Space Interior Regularity Results for a Variational Inequality Involving an Elliptic Pseudo-Differential Operator.
    Randolph Garfield Cooper*, California State University, Los Angeles
    (1014-35-1744)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Design of a two-electrode electrostatic lens for optimum aberation characteristics.
    S. M. Makky*, Owens College
    A. K. Ahmad, Al Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq
    S. M. Juma, University of Baghdad, Bagdad, Iraq
    (1014-78-1216)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Combinatorics, IV
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Counting and 3-Edge-Coloring Spherical Buckyballs.
    Thomas C. Hull*, Merrimack College
    (1014-05-1587)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Rado Numbers for Some Linear Equations.
    Daniel Schaal*, South Dakota State University
    Donna Flint, South Dakota State University
    Joseph Mousel, South Dakota State University
    (1014-05-1601)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The Isoperimetric Numbers of Certain Cayley Graphs of the Projective Special Linear Groups.
    Dominic Lanphier, Western Kentucky University
    Jason Rosenhouse*, James Madison University
    (1014-05-1625)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    An Identity of Partial Derangement and Its Applications.
    Kang Wu, Southern China Normal University
    Haishen Yao*, CUNY Queensborough Community College
    (1014-05-1207)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Set systems with the minimal number of sets and the (4,3)-threshold property.
    Zolt\'an F\"uredi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Robert H. Sloan, University of Illinois at Chicago
    Ken Takata*, Adelphi Univerrsity
    Gy\"orgy Tur\'an, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1014-05-1211)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    A proof of differential identities using lattice path encodings.
    Anna Varvak*, Soka University of America
    (1014-05-715)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Domino Fibonacci Tableaux.
    Kendra S Killpatrick*, Pepperdine University
    Naiomi Cameron, Occidental College
    (1014-05-558)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    A geometric form for the extended patience sorting algorithm and its generalizations.
    Alexander I Burstein*, Iowa State University
    Isaiah P Lankham, University of California, Davis
    (1014-05-164)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Combinatorics of Patience Sorting Piles.
    Isaiah P Lankham*, University of California, Davis
    Alexander I Burstein, Iowa State University
    (1014-05-161)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    A triple lacunary generating function for Hermite polynomials.
    Pallavi Jayawant*, Bates College
    Ira Gessel, Brandeis University
    (1014-05-156)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    On Proofs of Certain Combinatorial Identities.
    Akalu Tefera*, Grand Valley State University
    Aklilu Zeleke, Lyman Briggs School and Department of Statistics and Probability
    George Grossman, Central Michigan University
    (1014-05-559)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The Shields-Harary Numbers of the complete bipartite graph Km,n for Continuous Concave Cost Functions Vanishing at One.
    John E Holliday*, North Georgia College and State University
    Peter D Johnson, Auburn University
    (1014-00-1288)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Session on Professional Development Programs for K--12 Teachers, III
  Organizers:
  Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo, Valparaiso University zsuzsanna.szaniszlo@valpo.edu
  Laurie Burton, Western Oregon University
  Judith L. Covington, Louisiana State University Shreveport
  Patricia Hale, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Experiences with an In-Service Professional Development Program: The Vermont Mathematics Partnership and its Impact on School Systems in Vermont.
    George L. Ashline*, St. Michael's College
    (1014-D1-170)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Team Planning and Team Teaching: College and School Mathematics Instructors Collaborate to Increase Mathematical Content Knowledge in Elementary Teachers.
    Martha L Wallace*, St. Olaf College
    (1014-D1-459)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    The Leadership Program in Discrete Mathematics.
    Valerie A. DeBellis, Shodor Education Foundation
    Joseph G. Rosenstein*, Rutgers University
    (1014-D1-951)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Hosting a Probability and Statistics Institute.
    Sharon S Emerson-Stonnell*, Longwood University
    (1014-D1-1459)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Improving Mathematical Content Knowledge of K-8 Teachers: Experiences and Successes with a State-Funded Project.
    Brian J. Lindaman*, University of Kansas
    A. Susan Gay, University of Kansas
    (1014-D1-975)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Integrating Technology/Engineering Concepts into the Teaching of Mathematics in Middle School.
    Mary Ann Connors*, Westfield State College
    (1014-D1-492)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Prime: Partnership for Revitalized Instruction in Mathematics Education.
    Jennifer A. Bergner*, Salisbury University
    Michael Bardzell, Salisbury University
    (1014-D1-1237)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Building K-12 Mathematics Leaders: Experiences of the Oregon Mathematics Leadership Institute (OMLI) Partnership Project in enhancing mathematics content knowledge for teaching.
    Thomas P Dick*, Oregon State University
    Karen Marrongelle, Portland State University
    (1014-D1-786)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Hands-On Mathematics Education for Pennsylvania Learning and Teaching (HOME PlaTe).
    Francisco E Alarcon*, Indiana University of PA (IUP)
    Larry Feldman, Indiana University of PA (IUP)
    (1014-D1-1056)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    EMCAT: Exploring Mathematical Concepts through Applications of Technology.
    Jan O. Case*, Jacksonville State University
    David Dempsey, Jacksonville State University
    (1014-D1-943)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on Getting Students to Discuss and to Write about Mathematics, III
  Organizers:
  Martha Ellen Murphy Waggoner, Simpson College waggoner@simpson.edu
  Charlotte A. Knotts-Zides, Wofford College
  Harrison W. Straley, Wheaton College
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Do we make students talk about what they see?
    Jose H. Giraldo*, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
    (1014-H1-1406)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Introducing Students to Difference Quotients via a Writing Assignment Involving Experimental Data.
    Joe T. Harris*, St. Andrews Presbyterian College
    (1014-H1-1027)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Introducing Students to Writing About Mathematics Using Calculus Problems.
    Michael L. Berry*, West Virginia Wesleyan College
    (1014-H1-177)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Using Journals to Emphasize Writing and Homework in Calculus.
    J'Lee W. Bumpus*, Texas Tech University
    G. Brock Williams, Texas Tech University
    (1014-H1-326)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Involving Students in Their Own Learning: Course End Presentation.
    Rodney X. Sturdivant*, United States Military Academy
    Alex J Heidenberg, United States Military Academy
    Brian Souhan, United States Military Academy
    (1014-H1-974)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Student Reflections on Mathematics.
    Alex M McAllister*, Centre College
    (1014-H1-274)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The Use of Frequent Oral Presentations in Third-Semester Calculus.
    William R. Harris*, Georgetown College
    (1014-H1-1192)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Reading and Writing about Calculus---A First Year Mathematics Seminar.
    Daniel S. Alexander*, Drake University
    Alexander F. Kleiner, Drake University
    (1014-H1-994)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Who's The Man?: The Question That Made My Students Fight About Mathematics.
    Pam Miltenberger*, West Virginia Wesleyan College
    (1014-H1-187)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Create Your Own Mini Poster Session!
    Jenny Switkes*, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
    (1014-H1-34)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Low Stakes Writing Questions.
    Karen Batt Stanish*, Keene State College
    (1014-H1-1525)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Helping Mathematics Students Become Math Presenters.
    David Fowler*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1014-H1-270)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Integrating a writing-intensive component into a traditional upper-division course.
    Susan Hammond Marshall*, Monmouth University
    (1014-H1-1723)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Mathematics of Sports and Games, I
  Organizers:
  Sean L. Forman, Saint Joseph's University sforman@sju.edu
  Douglas Drinen, Sewanee: University of the South
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    How Well Can Random Walkers Rank Football Teams?
    Thomas S Callaghan, Stanford University
    Peter J Mucha, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Mason A Porter*, California Institute of Technology
    (1014-M1-61)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Paired comparison ranking systems: an old topic and a new application.
    Douglas Drinen*, Sewanee: the University of the South
    (1014-M1-1398)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    A Maple Simulation for the 2004 Red Sox-Yankees Playoff Series.
    Phil Gustafson*, Mesa State College
    (1014-M1-861)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Down 4 with a Minute to Play.
    G Edgar Parker*, James Madison University
    Richard Miller, Fort Defiance High School
    (1014-M1-281)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    The Price is Right's Three Strikes Game and Other Possibilities.
    Paula R. Stickles*, Indiana University
    (1014-M1-342)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Bill James as an Examplar of Statistical Writing.
    William Branson*, St Cloud State University
    (1014-M1-1514)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Pigs on the Court.
    Marc Brodie*, Wheeling Jesuit University
    (1014-M1-1060)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Using NASCAR to Illustrate Optimization.
    Mark A Mills*, Central College
    Dale R Buske, St. Cloud State University
    (1014-M1-332)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    NCAA Membership and a Piecewise-Defined Model.
    Murray H. Siegel*, South Carolina GSSM
    (1014-M1-126)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Mathematical Connections in the Arts, I
  Organizers:
  Douglas E. Norton, Villanova University douglas.norton@villanova.edu
  Reza Sarhangi, Towson University
  Nathaniel A. Friedman, State University of New York, Albany
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Clear as a Bell: Applying Principles of Graphical Excellence to Campanology.
    Leslie Hayes*, Saint Joseph's University
    (1014-N1-1538)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Learning Styles of College Algebra Students Support the Use of Dance in Mathematics Courses: Ideas for using Dance in the College Algebra classroom.
    Ann D. Bingham*, Peace College
    Beth K. Wright, Peace College
    (1014-N1-1224)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    A Salamander's Tale: Art and Mathematics at Ohio Northern.
    William R Fuller*, Ohio Northern University
    (1014-N1-819)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Modular Sculpture from Surface Patches.
    Stephen J Luecking*, DePaul University
    (1014-N1-992)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Variations on an All-Purpose Algorithm.
    Anne M. Burns*, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus
    (1014-N1-227)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    The Symmetries of Beaded Beads.
    Gwen Laura Fisher*, California Polytechnic State University
    (1014-N1-256)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Griddy Mathematics (The art and the mathematics of grids).
    Josefina Alvarez*, New Mexico State University
    (1014-N1-692)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Imagemosaics: Painting with Pictures.
    Gavin W. Taylor*, Davidson College
    (1014-N1-1055)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The Square's talk: the language of Flatland.
    William Lindgren*, Slippery Rock University
    Thomas Banchoff, Brown University
    (1014-N1-752)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The History and Nature of Mathematics in the Works of Jorge Luis Borges.
    Mary L Garner*, Kennesaw State University
    (1014-N1-1458)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Mathematical literature and literary mathematics: Oulipo.
    Christine Kinsey*, Canisius College
    Teresa Moore, Ithaca College
    (1014-N1-937)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    A Cost-Based Approach to Adaptivity in Literary Hypertext.
    Juan B Gutierrez*, Florida State University
    (1014-N1-141)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
  MAA Session on Research on the Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics, I
  Organizers:
  William O. Martin, North Dakota State University william.martin@ndsu.edu
  Barbara E. Edwards, Oregon State University
  Michael Oehrtman, Arizona State University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Findings from a Study of Gender Parity.
    Teri J Murphy*, University of Oklahoma
    (1014-O1-1312)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Student understanding of the Inverse Relationship of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions.
    Michelle Reed*, Wright State University
    Gretchen Whipple, Warren Wilson College
    Lynette Roller, Dulaney High School, Timonium, Maryland
    Barbara Edwards, Oregon State University
    (1014-O1-1579)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Theoretical Lenses for Examining Undergraduate Students' Statistical Thinking.
    Randall E Groth*, Salisbury University
    Jennifer A Bergner, Salisbury University
    (1014-O1-696)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Helping Bridge Course Students Begin to Write Proofs.
    Carolyn Yackel*, Mercer University
    (1014-O1-676)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Teaching Mathematics Using a Computer Algebra System---What are the Effects on the Students' Performance??
    Karsten Schmidt*, Faculty of Management Science \& Economics, University of Applied Sciences Schmalkalden
    Wolfgang Moldenhauer, Thuringian Institute for In-service Teacher Training, Curriculum Development and Media (ThILLM)
    (1014-O1-209)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Data-Mining an Online Homework System.
    Andrew Bennett, Kansas State University
    Genevra Neumann*, Kansas State University
    Eric Lawrence, Kansas State University
    Elena Verbych, Kansas State University
    (1014-O1-143)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Effects of Elaborate Contextual Information in Group Homework.
    Dale J. Winter*, University of Michigan
    Matthew E. DeLong, Taylor University
    (1014-O1-95)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Models That Work: Building Diversity in Advance Mathematics, II
  Organizers:
  Abbe H. Herzig, University at Albany, SUNY aherzig@albany.edu
  Patricia Hale, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Girls Explorations in Mathematics and Science (GEMS): An Outreach Program Attracting a Diverse Group of High Achieving High School Girls.
    Mazen Shahin*, Delaware State University
    Melissa A. Harrington, Department of Biology, Delaware State University
    (1014-Y3-1655)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Giving Women the EDGE in Mathematics.
    Ami Radunskaya*, Pomona College
    Sylvia T. Bozeman, Spelman College
    Rhonda J. Hughes, Bryn Mawr College
    (1014-Y3-1695)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Model Summer Programs for Students from Underrepresented Groups.
    Deborah Nolan*, University of California, Berkeley
    (1014-Y3-1674)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Diversifying the research experience: creating an REU environment that is conducive to the education of the whole person.
    Erika T. Camacho*, Loyola Marymount University
    Stephen A. Wirkus, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
    (1014-Y3-1376)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The Advance Program and the Career Partner Program at UCI, and the Mentoring Program for Women Mathematicians at IAS.
    Chuu-Lian Terng*, University of California at Irvine
    (1014-Y3-1662)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    NSF ADVANCE at the University of Michigan.
    Kristen S. Moore*, University of Michigan
    (1014-Y3-780)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session, IV
  Organizers:
  Stephen L. Davis, Davidson College stdavis@davidson.edu
  Eric S. Marland, Appalachian State University
  Chairs:
  Eric S. Marland,
  Jay A. Malmstrom, Oklahoma City Community College
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Teaching Undergraduate Courses in Biomathematics.
    Raina S. Robeva*, Sweet Briar College
    Michael L. Johnson, University of Virginia School of Medicine
    (1014-Z1-1759)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Computational Tools for a Two-Course Calculus Sequence for Biology Majors.
    Timothy D Comar*, Benedictine University
    (1014-Z1-363)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Bioinformatics and the Undergraduate Mathematics Curriculum.
    Steven M Deckelman*, University of Wisconsin-Stout
    (1014-Z1-402)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Chances in Life---Creating a Statistics/Biology Learning Community.
    William D Ardis*, Collin County Community College - Preston Ridge Campus
    (1014-Z1-1432)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Mathematical Preparation for First Statistics Courses.
    Paul Kochanowski, Indianan University South Bend
    Morteza Shafii-Mousavi*, Indiana University South Bend
    (1014-Z1-99)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    A review of the literature pertaining to the interactions between teachers pedagogical beliefs, their content knowledge, and their attitudes toward specific topics, as applied to statistics.
    Stephen Max Lancaster*, University of Oklahoma
    (1014-Z1-984)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Using the CSI effect in Calculus: applying forensic science to infinite series.
    R Travis Kowalski*, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
    (1014-Z1-1317)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Curtailment Procedure for Selecting Among Bernoulli Populations.
    Elena Mihaela Buzaianu*, Syracuse University
    Pinyuen Chen, Syracuse University
    (1014-Z1-833)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The weather report: daily and seasonal termperature extremes.
    Richard N Barshinger*, Penn State Scranton
    (1014-Z1-675)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Special Averages with Sums of Powers of Integers.
    Thomas Pfaff*, Ithaca College
    (1014-Z1-431)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Finite Dimensional Approximations to Wiener Measure on a Compact Manifold with Positive Curvature.
    Adrian P. C. Lim*, UCSD
    (1014-Z1-939)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Constructing $5$-Regular $5/2$-Tough Graphs.
    Lynne L Doty, Marist College
    Kevin K Ferland*, Bloomsburg University
    (1014-Z1-610)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Graphs with the disjoint linking property.
    Joel S. Foisy*, SUNY Potsdam
    (1014-Z1-753)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on New Transform Methods for Differential Equations
  Organizers:
  Beatrice Pelloni, University of Reading, UK
  Li-yeung Sung, University of South Carolina sung@math.sc.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    The solution of linear boundary value problems on time-dependent domains.
    Beatrice Pelloni*, University of Reading
    (1014-35-1422)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Initial-boundary-value problems for linear and nonlinear differential-difference evolution equations.
    Gino Biondini*, SUNY at Buffalo
    Athanassios Fokas, University of Cambridge
    (1014-34-1515)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Harmonic and biharmonic problems in fixed and free domains.
    Darren G Crowdy*, Imperial College London
    (1014-35-828)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    On the Global Relation and Moment Theory for the Ellipse.
    George Dassios*, University of Cambridge, UK
    (1014-35-588)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Numerical Solution of the Global Relation for Linear Elliptic Equations.
    Scott R. Fulton*, Clarkson University
    (1014-65-1436)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Discussion of Open Problems.
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Inverse Problems: Theory and Numerics for Novel Applications, II
  Organizers:
  Heinz W. Engl, Johannes Kepler University heinz.engl@jku.at
  Lothar Reichel, Kent State University reichel@math.kent.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Inverse Obstacle problems for Laplace's Equation.
    William Rundell*, Texas A&M University
    (1014-35-885)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    An inverse problem in photolithography.
    Fadil Santosa*, University of Minnesota
    (1014-49-846)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Inferring gene regulatory networks as nonlinear inverse problem with sparsity constraints.
    Philipp Kuegler*, RICAM, Austria
    (1014-92-725)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Spatial Domain Decomposition and Model Reduction for Parabolic Parameter Identification Problems.
    Matthias Heinkenschloss*, Rice University
    (1014-49-357)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Inverse Scattering Applied to the Reconstruction of Coated Objects.
    Peter Monk*, University of Delaware
    David Colton, University of Delaware
    (1014-65-1598)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Doppler-only radar imaging.
    Margaret Cheney*, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Brett Borden, Naval Postgraduate School
    (1014-35-914)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  MAA-AWM Panel Discussion
  Teaching a course on women and/or minorities in mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Therese L. Bennett, Southern Connecticut State University
  Sarah J. Greenwald, Appalachian State University
  Panelists:
  Sarah J. Greenwald,
  John H. Kellermeier, Tacoma Community College
  Helen Moore, American Institute of Mathematics
  Bonnie J. Shulman, Bates College
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
  MAA-Project NExT Panel Discussion
  The mathematics profession in 2016: Where are we going?
  Organizers:
  John F. Bukowski, Juniata College
  Dale R. Buske, St. Cloud State University
  Kenneth L. Price, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
  Panelists:
  David M. Bressoud, Macalester College
  Michael Starbird, University of Texas at Austin
  Tina H. Straley, MAA
  Paul Zorn, St. Olaf College
• Friday January 13, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  MAA Committee on the Profession Panel Discussion
  Scholarship scenarios.
  Organizers:
  David J. Lutzer, The College of William and Mary
• Friday January 13, 2006, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  MAA Project NExT-YMN Poster Session
  Organizers:
  Kevin E. Charlwood, Washburn University
  Kenneth A. Ross, University of Oregon
• Friday January 13, 2006, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Summer Program for Women in Mathematics
  Participants from past programs will describe their experiences.
  Organizers:
  Murli M. Gupta, George Washington University
• Friday January 13, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Homotopy properties of Hamiltonian group actions.
  Dusa McDuff*, SUNY at Stony Brook
  (1014-57-04)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 2:30 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Topology, I
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    A Presentation For The Automorphisms Of The $3$-Sphere That Preserve A Genus Two Heegaard Splitting.
    Erol Akbas*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1014-57-1395)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    The Eilenberg-Moore spectral sequence for Morava K-theory.
    F John Carter*, University of Oregon
    (1014-55-1121)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Kelley's specialization of Tychonov's Theorem is equivalent to the Boolean Prime Ideal Theorem.
    Eric Schechter*, Vanderbilt University
    (1014-03-1590)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Typical Closed Subsets of $R^n$.
    Elizabeth M Bator*, University of North Texas
    (1014-26-1757)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Detecting invertibility from the topology of the pullback of hyperplane foliations.
    Eduardo Cabral Balreira*, University of Notre Dame
    (1014-58-802)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Special Manifolds.
    Violeta Vasilevska*, The University of South Dakota
    (1014-57-1603)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Pictures of the Second Homotopy Group of a Two-Complex.
    Katherine Byler Kelm*, California State University, Fresno
    (1014-57-1353)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  AMS Special Presentation
  T.A. development using case studies: A workshop for faculty (Part 2).
  Organizers:
  Solomon Friedberg, Boston College
  Diane L. Herrmann, University of Chicago
• Friday January 13, 2006, 2:30 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  What business looks for in new hires.
  Organizers:
  Donald B. Small, U.S. Military Academy
  Panelists:
  Anthony Edwards, San Antonio Public Service
  Sandra Martinez, Kelly Aviation Center
  Steve Bryant, Zachary Construction Company
  Frances Gonzalez, Assistant City Manager of the City of San Antonio
• Friday January 13, 2006, 2:30 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  AMATYC's {\em Beyond Crossroads}: Implementing standards-based mathematics instruction.
  Organizers:
  Susan S. Wood, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College
  Panelists:
  Susan S. Wood,
  Richelle M. Blair, Lakeland Community College
  Kathy A. Mowers, Owensboro Community and Technical College
  William E. Haver, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Friday January 13, 2006, 2:45 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Dynamical Systems, I
  

  • 2:45 p.m.
    Whirly Transformations.
    Yue Wu*, Rice University, Houston
    (1014-37-912)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Break
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Turing patterns on growing square domains.
    Adela Nicoleta Comanici*, University of Houston
    Martin Golubitsky, University of Houston
    (1014-37-1049)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Levitan almost periodicity.
    Alica Miller*, University of Louisville
    (1014-37-1682)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Bounds for Linear Recurrence Relations with Unbounded Order.
    Kenneth S Berenhaut, Wake Forest University
    Ying Wai Fan, Emory University
    Zachary J Abernathy*, Wake Forest University
    (1014-39-1693)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 3:20 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Retiring Presidential Address
  Threads from My Life: Linear (good) Resolutions and Small (seductive) Varieties.
  David Eisenbud*, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
  (1014-14-07)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 4:25 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
  Joint Prize Session
• Friday January 13, 2006, 5:45 p.m.-7:45 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Business Meeting and Guest Lecture
  Organizers:
  Barbara E. Edwards, Oregon State University
  

  • 5:45 p.m.
    On infinite processes and actual infinity.
    Anne E. Brown*, Indiana University South Bend
    (1014-A0-1594)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 5:45 p.m.-7:15 p.m.
  MAA Information Session
  Current issues in actuarial science education.
  Organizers:
  Bettye Anne Case, Florida State University
  Steve P. Paris, Florida State University
  Matthew J. Hassett, Arizona State University
• Friday January 13, 2006, 5:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Business, Industry, and Government Reception
  Organizers:
  Michael G. Monticino, University of North Texas
• Friday January 13, 2006, 5:45 p.m.-7:45 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Statistics Education Business Meeting
  Organizers:
  Thomas L. Moore, Grinnell College
• Friday January 13, 2006, 5:45 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  MAA Two-Year College Reception
• Friday January 13, 2006, 5:45 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Joint Prize Session Reception
• Friday January 13, 2006, 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
  SIGMAA on the History of Mathematics Annual Meeting and Guest Lecture
  Organizers:
  Amy Shell-Gellasch, Grafenwoer, Germany
  

  • 6:00 p.m.
    History of mathematics and original sources in India: A fieldwork report.
    Kim L. Plofker*, University of Utrecht
    (1014-A0-54)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#14: Part B
  Teaching linear algebra with applications.
  Organizers:
  Gilbert Strang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Friday January 13, 2006, 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  WEB SIGMAA Business Meeting and Guest Lectures
  Organizers:
  Murray Eisenberg, University of Massachusetts
  

  • 6:00 p.m.
    Internet-Based Software for the Geometry of Linear Algebra.
    Thomas F. Banchoff*, Brown University
    (1014-A0-77)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Report from across the Great Pond: On-line mathematics resources and delivery systems.
    Douglas A. Quinney*, University of Keele, UK
    (1014-A0-78)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    The Web on Steroids---Croquet on Mars.
    Frank Wattenberg*, United States Military Academy
    (1014-A0-1672)
• Friday January 13, 2006, 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
  Young Mathematicians' Network Town Meeting
  Concerns of young mathematicians.
  Organizers:
  David C. Kung, St. Mary's College of Maryland