Joint Mathematics Meetings Program by Day

Current as of Tuesday, January 24, 2006 12:01:42

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

Saturday January 14, 2006

• Saturday January 14, 2006, 7:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
  Combined MAA Departmental/Liaison and PME/MAA Student Chapter Breakfast
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Employment Center
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, II
  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.
    Backstepping boundary controller and observer designs for the slender Timoshenko beam.
    Krstic Miroslav*, University of California, San Diego
    (1014-35-442)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Dynamic bifurcation and stability of the Taylor problem.
    Tian Ma, Sichuan University
    Shouhong Wang*, Indiana University
    (1014-35-298)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A Stable Method to Solve Nonlinear Elliptic PDE Systems for Multiple Vector Solitons.
    Xianjin Chen*, Texas A&M University, College Station
    Jianxin Zhou, Texas A&M University, College Station
    (1014-35-397)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Nonlinear dynamics for semi-linear equations in circular domains and anisotropic Sobolev spaces.
    Vladimir V Varlamov*, University of Texas -- Pan American
    (1014-35-851)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Zero dynamics interior point control for a viscous Burgers equation.
    David S Gilliam*, Texas Tech University
    Christopher I Byrnes, Electrical and Systems Engineering / Washington University, St. Louis
    Alberto Isidori, Electrical and Systems Engineering / Washington University, St. Louis
    Victor Shubov, Colby College
    (1014-93-228)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On the quantization of the three-particle Fermi-Pasta-Ulam lattice.
    Bao-Feng Feng*, The University of Texas-Pan American
    (1014-37-923)
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Frames and Operator Theory in Analysis and Signal Processing, III
  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.
    The Kadison-Singer Problem in Mathematics and Engineering: Part II.
    Peter G. Casazza*, University of Missouri
    Fickus Matt, Air Force Institute of Technology
    Crandell Janet Tremain, University of Missouri
    Roman Vershynin, University of California - Davis
    Eric Weber, Iowa State University
    (1014-47-310)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Construction of Sampling Theorems for Unions of Shifted Lattices.
    Hamid Behmard, Western Oregon University
    Adel Faridani*, Oregon State University
    David Walnut, George Mason University
    (1014-94-714)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Multidimensional Prolate Spheroidal Wavelets.
    Gilbert G Walter*, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    (1014-41-304)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Prolate spheroidal wavelets in a periodic setting.
    Xiaoping Shen*, Ohio University
    (1014-42-160)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Two applications of frames for the analysis of astrophysical data.
    Sandrine Anthoine, Universite de Marseille, France
    Ingrid Daubechies*, Princeton University
    (1014-46-1364)
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Contemporary Dynamical Systems, II
  Organizers:
  Dmitry Zenkov, North Carolina State University dvzenkov@unity.dcsu.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
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Natural Frames, Interacting Particles and Stealth.
    P S Krishnaprasad*, University of Maryland, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Institute for Systems Research
    (1014-93-1226)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Geodesic Flows on the Symplectic Group.
    Anthony M. Bloch*, University of Michigan
    Arieh Iserles, Cambridge University
    Jerrold E. Marsden, California Institute of Technology
    Tudor S. Ratiu, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
    (1014-34-919)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Symmetry breaking for toral actions in simple mechanical systems.
    Petre Birtea, Universitatea de Vest, Timisoara, Romania
    Mircea Puta, Universitatea de Vest, Timisoara, Romania
    Tudor S Ratiu*, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
    Razvan Tudoran, Universitatea de Vest, Timisoara, Romania
    (1014-37-1222)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A new proof of Sharkovsky's theorem.
    Keith Burns*, Northwestern University
    Boris Hasselblatt, Tufts University
    (1014-37-995)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Relative Growth of Information.
    Aimee S.A. Johnson*, Swarthmore College
    K Dajani, Utrecht University
    M de Vries, Free University Amsterdam
    (1014-37-840)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Fixed Points of abelian actions on $S^2$ and $R^2$.
    John Franks*, Northwestern University
    Michael Handel, Herbert H. Lehman College (CUNY)
    Kamlesh Parwani, University of Houston
    (1014-37-891)
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Algebraic and Enumerative Combinatorics, II
  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.
    From Schur Positivity to Schur Log-Concavity.
    Thomas Lam, Harvard University
    Alexander Postnikov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Pavlo Pylyavskyy*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1014-05-382)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    k-Schur functions, Macdonald polynomials, and quantum cohomology.
    Luc Lapointe, Universidad de Talca
    Jennifer Morse*, University of Miami
    (1014-05-1661)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Longest alternating subsequences of permutations.
    Richard P. Stanley*, M.I.T.
    (1014-05-325)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The $q,t$-Catalan theorem and the $q,t$-Square theorem.
    Nicholas A. Loehr*, College of William and Mary
    Mahir B. Can, University of Pennsylvania
    Gregory S. Warrington, Wake Forest University
    (1014-05-360)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Problem Session
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Arithmetic Geometry and Modular Forms, II
  Organizers:
  Matthew A. Papanikolas, Texas A\&M University map@math.tamu.edu
  Ahmad M. El-Guindy, Texas A\&M University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Orbits of curves on K3 surfaces and a fractal associated to the ample cone.
    Arthur Baragar*, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    (1014-14-711)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Intersection numbers of Hecke cycles on Hilbert modular varieties.
    Jayce Robert Getz*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (1014-11-1081)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Hilbert's Tenth Problem for function fields over $p$-adic fields.
    Kirsten Eisentraeger*, University of Michigan
    (1014-11-889)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A finiteness conjecture for abelian varieties over number fields.
    Christopher Rasmussen*, Rice University
    (1014-14-1372)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Independence of Heegner Points.
    Michael I Rosen*, Brown University
    Joseph H Silverman, Brown University
    (1014-11-1180)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Towards Lang-Trotter for Elliptic Curves over Function Fields.
    J. Felipe Voloch*, Univ. of Texas at Austin
    (1014-11-266)
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Recent Trends in Convex and Discrete Geometry, III
  Organizers:
  Valeriu Soltan, George Mason University vsoltan@gmu.edu
  Tibor Bisztriczky, University of Calgary
  Paul Goodey, University of Oklahoma
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Determination of convex bodies by directed projection functions.
    Paul Goodey, University of Oklahoma
    Wolfgang Weil*, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
    (1014-52-1386)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Convex Bodies with Constant Projection Functions.
    Ralph Howard*, University of South Carolina
    Daniel Hug, Mathematisches Institut, Universit{\"a}t Freiburg
    (1014-52-1230)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On the road between intersection bodies and polar projection bodies.
    Alexander Koldobsky*, University of Missouri-Columbia
    (1014-52-178)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Centroid bodies and comparison of volumes.
    Vladyslav Yaskin*, University of Missouri - Columbia
    Maryna Yaskina, University of Missouri - Columbia
    (1014-52-379)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Non-intersection bodies all of whose central sections are intersection bodies.
    Maryna Yaskina*, University of Missouri - Columbia
    (1014-52-378)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    General measures of a convex body.
    Artem Zvavitch*, Kent State University
    (1014-52-748)
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Commutative Rings and Monoids, III
  Organizers:
  Scott T. Chapman, Trinity University schapman@trinity.edu
  James B. Coykendall, North Dakota State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On the integrally closed overrings of two-dimensional Noetherian domains.
    Bruce Olberding*, New Mexico State University
    (1014-13-1462)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Extensions of local domains with trivial generic fibers.
    William Heinzer, Purdue University
    Christel Rotthaus, Michigan State University
    Sylvia M Wiegand*, University of Nebraska Lincoln
    (1014-13-1175)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Arithmetic Properties of Pullbacks.
    Evan Houston*, UNC Charlotte
    John Taylor, UNC Charlotte
    (1014-13-925)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Integral closure of graded integral domains.
    Mi Hee Park*, Chung-Ang University
    (1014-13-1045)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A classification of the minimal ring extensions of an integral domain.
    David E. Dobbs, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Jay Shapiro*, George Mason University
    (1014-13-604)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Regularity Condition $\mathrm{R}_k$ of Serre.
    Marie A. Vitulli*, University of Oregon
    (1014-13-157)
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Syzygies in Commutative Algebra and Geometry, III
  Organizers:
  Irena Peeva, Cornell University ivp1@cornell.edu
  Sorin E. Popescu, SUNY at Stony Brook
  Gregory G. Smith, Queen's University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Cohomology of Orlik-Solomon algebras and geometry of line configurations.
    Sergey Yuzvinsky*, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
    (1014-13-366)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Holonomy Lie algebras, Graphic Arrangements, and $Tor_i^A(k,k)_i$.
    Hal Schenck*, Texas A&M University
    Paulo Lima-Filho, Texas A&M University
    (1014-14-340)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Core of ideals.
    Claudia Polini*, University of Notre Dame
    (1014-13-793)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Discussion
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A computational study for the quadratic generation conjecture for smooth projective toric varieties.
    Serkan Hosten*, San Francisco State University
    Joseph Gubeladze, San Francisco State University
    (1014-13-1442)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Some conjectures on the resolutions of defining ideals of Veronese embeddings.
    Jerzy M Weyman*, Northeastern University
    (1014-13-1758)
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Field Extensions and Algorithms, I
  Organizers:
  Peter Stevenhagen, Universiteit Leiden psh@math.leidenuniv.nl
  H. W. Lenstra, Jr., Universiteit Leiden
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The correction factor in Artin's primitive root conjecture.
    Peter Stevenhagen*, Universiteit Leiden
    (1014-11-576)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Computing the Galois group of a radical field extension.
    Bart de Smit*, Universiteit Leiden
    (1014-12-410)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Computing near-primitive root densities.
    Willem Jan Palenstijn*, Universiteit Leiden
    (1014-11-876)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Radical algorithms.
    Wieb Bosma*, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
    (1014-11-1383)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Irreducible radical extensions and Euler-function chains.
    Florian Luca, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de M\'exico, Morelia
    Carl Pomerance*, Dartmouth College
    (1014-11-244)
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Nonautonomous Discrete Dynamics, II
  Organizers:
  Saber N. Elaydi, Trinity University selaydi@trinity.edu
  Jim M. Cushing, University of Arizona
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Signature Function for Predicting Resonant and Attenuant Population Cycles.
    John E Franke*, North Carolina State University
    (1014-92-1136)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Genetic variations due to periodic immigration for a discrete, selection model.
    James F Selgrade*, North Carolina State University
    James H Roberds, USDA Forest Service
    (1014-92-837)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A Discrete Model for the Spread of Periodic Diseases.
    Ronald E Mickens*, Clark Atlanta University
    (1014-39-120)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The dynamics of a discrete model of pulse propagation in a ring of cardiac tissue.
    Hassan Sedaghat*, Virginia Commonwealth University
    (1014-39-683)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Existence and Stability of Periodic Solutions of $x_n=f(n-1\bmod p,x_{n-k})$.
    Ziyad M. Al-Sharawi*, Central Michigan University
    (1014-37-38)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Open Problems and Conjectures.
    Gerasimos Ladas*, University of Rhode Island
    (1014-39-794)
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Continued Fractions, III
  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.
    Accumulation Point Sets for Infinite Matrix Products and Continued Fractions.
    Douglas C Bowman*, Northern Illinois University
    James McLaughlin, West Chester University
    (1014-30-1365)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A $q$-continued fraction and some new proofs of some old continued fraction identities.
    James Mc Laughlin*, West Chester University, West Chester, PA.
    Douglas Bowman, Northern Illinois University
    Nancy J Wyshinski, Trinity College, Hartford, CT.
    (1014-11-1120)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Inhomogeneous Diophantine approximation for irrationals with quasi-periodic continued fractions.
    Mary E. Flahive*, Oregon State University
    Richard T. Bumby, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    (1014-11-217)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Resurrecting the divided cell algorithm for inhomogeneous Diophantine approximation.
    Richard T. Bumby*, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Mary E. Flahive, Oregon State University
    (1014-11-218)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Expressing real quadratic irrationals as period-two continued fractions and their connections with diophantine approximation.
    Edward B Burger*, Williams College
    (1014-11-746)
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Topology, II
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Non-Archimedean Topologies as Boolean Rings and Their Maximal Ideals.
    Rahim G Karimpour*, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
    (1014-54-534)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Filament sets, aposyndesis, and the decomposition theorem of Jones.
    Keith Whittington*, University of the Pacific
    Janusz Prajs, Sacramento State University
    (1014-54-323)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Cohomological dimension with respect to nonabelian groups.
    Atish Mitra*, University of Tennessee- Knoxville
    (1014-55-1256)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Shift Points and the Fixed Point Property for Products.
    T. Bruce McLean*, Georgia Southern University
    Sam B. Nadler, Jr., West Virginia University
    (1014-54-847)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Binary Statements of Closed Curves and Graphs.
    Avery S Zoch*, Atlas Distributions
    (1014-54-920)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    The equivalence of the net \& open-filter process and the open C*-filter process of compactification.
    Hueytzen J Wu*, Texas A&M University - Kingsville
    Wan-Hong Wu, The Institute for Drug Development, Cancer Therapy & Research Center
    (1014-54-1097)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Some applications of signatures.
    W. Kulpa, Silesian University
    A. Szymanski*, Slippery Rock University
    (1014-54-1330)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Knitting Topological Surfaces.
    Sarah-Marie Belcastro*, Xavier University
    (1014-54-1355)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Partial Metrics.
    Homeira Pajoohesh*, City College of CUNY
    Ralph David Kopperman, City College of CUNY
    Steve Matthews, Warwick University, U.K.,
    (1014-54-1565)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Covering properties of symmetrizable spaces.
    Sheldon W Davis*, MIami University
    (1014-54-1569)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Asymmetric Ellis theory.
    Susan Andima, C W Post Campus of Long Island University
    Ralph Kopperman*, City College of CUNY
    Peter Nickolas, University of Wollongong, Australia
    (1014-54-1725)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Shift operators on 0-dimensional compact metric spaces.
    Minakshisundaram Rajagopalan*, Tennessee State University
    (1014-00-329)
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-9:25 a.m.
  AMS Session on History of Math
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A remarkable alternative to trigonometric tables in determining the angles of a right triangle, given the lengths of two of its sides, as described by Thomas Ratcliffe, Mariner, in 1684.
    Joel S Silverberg*, Roger Williams University
    (1014-01-122)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Kein's Erlangen program.
    Alan Durfee*, Mount Holyoke College
    (1014-01-1000)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Sharing resources and insights for teaching a History/Philosophy of Mathematics course.
    John R. Hinton*, Otterbein College
    David Stucki, Otterbein College
    (1014-01-603)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Programming Gauss's algorithms for quadratic forms.
    R. Michael Josephy*, Universidad de Costa Rica
    (1014-01-705)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Christiaan Huygens and the Problem of the Hanging Chain.
    John F. Bukowski*, Juniata College
    (1014-01-136)
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  AMS Session on Mathematical Biology, I
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Mathematical Modelling of the Hemodynamical Flow of Blood.
    J C Misra*, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
    (1014-92-593)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Deterministic and Stochastic Models of Development of Resistance to Genetically Modified Pesticidal Crops.
    Jemal S. Mohammed-Awel*, State University of New York at Buffalo
    John Ringlnad, State University of New York at Buffalo
    (1014-92-292)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Eradication of the Screwworm Fly By Sterile Insect Release Method.
    John G Alford*, Tulane University
    Robert Matlock, Tulane University
    (1014-92-346)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    A Continuum Model with Free Boundary Formulation and the Inverse Problem for Ameboid Cell Motility.
    Huseyin Coskun*, University of Iowa
    (1014-92-365)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Modeling the molecular mechanisms of circadian rhythms and their response to light.
    Tanya Leise*, Amherst College
    (1014-92-918)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Biomechanical Model of \em{Arabidopsis thaliana} Root Hair Growth.
    Sarah E. Frey*, California State University, East Bay
    Claudia Uhde-Stone, California State University, East Bay
    (1014-92-981)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Population density methods for stochastic neurons with a 2-D state space: application to neural networks with realistic synaptic kinetics.
    Daniel Tranchina, Courant Institute / NYU
    Felix J Apfaltrer*, City University of New York - BMCC
    (1014-92-1017)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    On Optical Flow of Fluorescent Microscope Protein Images.
    Robert C Stolz*, University of the Virgin Islands
    Camille A. McKayle, University of the Virgin Islands
    Robert Murphy, Carnegie Mellon University
    Elvira Garcia Osuna, Carnegie Mellon University
    Yanhua Hu, Carnegie Mellon University
    (1014-92-1104)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Competing Species Models with an Infectious Disease.
    Roberto A. Saenz*, University of Iowa
    Herbert W. Hethcote, University of Iowa
    (1014-92-1115)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Calcium Wave Initiation and Evolution in a Neuron.
    Bradford E Peercy*, Rice University
    (1014-92-1130)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    An Erythropoiesis Structured Model with Nonlinear Cell Maturation Velocity and Hormone Decay Rate.
    Azmy S. Ackleh, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Keng Deng, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Kazufumi Ito, North Carolina State University
    Jeremy J. Thibodeaux*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1014-92-1193)
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  AMS Session on Group Theory, I
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Number of Character Tables of Finite Groups.
    Adriana Nenciu*, University of Florida
    (1014-20-159)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Capability of nilpotent groups of class two and prime exponent.
    Arturo Magidin*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1014-20-169)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Splitting pure extensions of LCA groups.
    Peter Loth*, Sacred Heart University
    (1014-20-257)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Density in Arbitrary Semigroups.
    Neil Hindman*, Howard University
    Dona Strauss, University of Hull
    (1014-20-350)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On Autocommutators in Groups.
    Luise-Charlotte Kappe*, SUNY at Binghamton
    (1014-20-381)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    A Classification of Certain Maximal Subgroups of Finite Symmetric Groups.
    Benjamin Newton*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Bret Benesh, Harvard University
    (1014-20-422)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    An Introduction to Permutably Detectable Groups.
    Joseph Evan*, King's College
    (1014-20-512)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Block-Diaogonality of LFS-Groups of $p$-Type.
    Stefaan Dirk Delcroix*, California State University, Fresno
    (1014-20-569)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the Location of the Near Frattini Subgroups of Generalized Free Products of Groups With Amalgamations.
    Mohammad K. Azarian*, University of Evansville
    (1014-20-735)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    The Representations of The Heisenberg Group over a Finite Field.
    Manouchehr Misaghian*, Johnson C. Smith University
    (1014-20-776)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Simple Groups and $H^{2}(G,\mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Z})$.
    Fedor Bogomolov, CIMS-NYU
    Jorge Maciel*, BMCC-CUNY
    (1014-20-813)
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Courses Below Calculus: A Continuing Focus, II
  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.
    Technology and Linear Programming in a Finite Mathematics Course.
    Ronald Harshbarger*, University of South Carolina Beaufort
    Lisa S. Yocco, Georgia Southern University
    (1014-L1-1578)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    A Course BEFORE Calculus, but not necessarily BELOW Calculus, Continued Growth and Evolution.
    Geoffrey Kuhlmann*, United States Military Academy
    Gerald Kobylski, United States Military Academy
    Alex Heidenberg, United States Military Academy
    Jack Picciuto, United States Military Academy
    (1014-L1-1201)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Adoption and Implementation of a Reform Curriculum for Courses Below Calculus, One Department's Experience.
    David Dudley*, Scottsdale CC
    (1014-L1-1300)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Break
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Mathematics for Measurement---``Math for Practical Arts".
    Mary R. Parker*, Austin Community College
    Hunter Ellinger, Exemplar Technologies
    (1014-L1-1087)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    A Common-Sensible FTY Curriculum For Colleges: Visions And Guidance From Scientific Clinical Research.
    Clyde L. Greeno*, MALEI Mathematics Institute
    (1014-L1-1040)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Towards a Geometry Course that Focuses on Mathematical Ways of Reasoning and Knowing.
    James Morrow*, Mount Holyoke College
    (1014-L1-1075)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    A Two-Semester Precalculus/Calculus I Sequence: A Case Study.
    Mike Axtell*, Wabash College
    (1014-L1-287)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    The "Basic Four" Elementary Functions and their Applications.
    Scott R. Herriott*, Maharishi University of Management
    (1014-L1-1326)
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  MAA Session on Mathematics of Chemistry
  Organizers:
  George Rublein, College of William and Mary gtrubl@math.wm.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Calculation of Molecular Configurations for Identical Atoms.
    Ronald E Mickens*, Clark Atlanta University
    (1014-Q1-119)
  • 8:25 a.m.
    See The Light! (Beer's Law in Calculus).
    Stuart Boersma*, Central Washington University
    Garrett J McGowan, Alfred University
    (1014-Q1-612)
  • 8:50 a.m.
    Mathematical Modeling of Chemical Stoichiometry.
    Bill Fox*, Francis Marion University
    (1014-Q1-623)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Molecular Vibrations in an elementary linear algebra course with early eigenvalues.
    Charles S. Holmes*, Miami University (Ohio)
    (1014-Q1-1433)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Exploring Proteins and Hyperbolic Surfaces Using 3D Computer Graphics.
    Paul R McCreary*, Xavier University of Louisiana
    (1014-Q1-1469)
  • 10:05 a.m.
    Chemistry applications in beginning calculus.
    George Rublein*, College of William and Mary
    (1014-Q1-1753)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Connecting Mathematics, Computing and Chemistry: An Undergraduate Computational Science Program.
    Ignatios Vakalis*, Capital University
    (1014-Q1-1754)
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
  MAA Session on Mathematics Experiences in Business, Industry, and Government
  Organizers:
  Philip E. Gustafson, Mesa State College pgustafs@mesastate.edu
  Michael G. Monticino, University of North Texas
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Welcome remarks.
  • 8:05 a.m.
    Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Rotavirus Immunization Program in the Arab Republic of Egypt.
    Omayra Y Ortega*, NAMRU-3 / University of Iowa
    Mark Riddle, Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3
    John Sanders, Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3
    (1014-R1-514)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Teller Staffing in Retail Banks.
    Michael G Monticino*, University of North Texas
    (1014-R1-993)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Ionospheric Dispersion of LFM Pulses.
    Gregory E. Coxson*, Technology Service Corporation
    (1014-R1-1340)
  • 9:50 a.m.
    Optimal Control Theory Applied to a Cooperative Game between Manufacturer and Retailer.
    Ellina Grigorieva*, Texas Woman's University
    (1014-R1-1003)
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Countering ``I Can't Do Math": Strategies for Teaching Underprepared, Math-Anxious Students, I
  Organizers:
  Bonnie Gold, Monmouth University bgold@monmouth.edu
  Suzanne Dor\'ee, Augsburg College
  Richard J. Jardine, Keene State College
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The effects of exam retakes on mathematics anxiety levels of college students enrolled in developmental mathematics.
    Joan E Brown*, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM
    (1014-S1-572)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Using Quizzes to Reinforce Learning and Reduce Test Anxiety.
    Mary I Kay*, Del Mar College
    (1014-S1-1253)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    A Decimal Point Can Kill You.
    Agnes M. Kalemaris*, SUNY Farmingdale
    (1014-S1-1692)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Using the "Color the Board" game to challenge anxious students' notions of mathematics.
    Mika Munakata*, Montclair State University
    Michael A. Jones, Montclair State University
    (1014-S1-1624)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Reducing Math Anxiety by Improving the Math.
    Steven R. Lay*, Lee University
    (1014-S1-380)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    The role of content in countering math anxiety.
    David Marshall*, Monmouth University
    (1014-S1-1463)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    'I Can't do Math' Where Does the Attitude Come From?
    Jean M Horn*, Northern Virginia Community College - Woodbridge Campus
    Harrison W Straley, Wheaton College
    (1014-S1-352)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Confidence to Competence: Giving Back the Control in a Math-anxious Classroom.
    Debasree Raychaudhuri*, CalState Los Angeles
    (1014-S1-1668)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Strategies for Working with Under Prepared Students and Students who Have a Poor Attitude Towards Mathematics.
    Ann C Hanson*, Columbia College, Chicago
    (1014-S1-309)
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Teaching Operations Research in the Undergraduate Classroom
  Organizers:
  Christopher J. Lacke, Rowan University lacke@rowan.edu
  Paul E. Fishback, Grand Valley State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Group Presentations in an Undergraduate Operations Research Course.
    Paul E. Fishback*, Grand Valley State University
    (1014-T1-751)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    An Operations Research Course for Teachers.
    Nancy J Boynton*, SUNY Fredonia
    (1014-T1-1568)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    A Modeling Project in Linear Programming.
    Maria Cristina Villalobos*, University of Texas-Pan American
    (1014-T1-1633)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Assigning Upper Division Mathematics Courses at ``California University''.
    Jenny Switkes*, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
    (1014-T1-35)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Undergraduate Nonlinear Optimization.
    Bill Fox*, Francis Marion University
    (1014-T1-625)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Open Ended Explorations in Optimization.
    Mark Parker*, Carroll College, Montana
    (1014-T1-1720)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Utility Trailer Cargo Bed Optimization Problem.
    Danny W Turner*, Winthrop University
    (1014-T1-680)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Using a CAS in the Teaching of Operations Research.
    Christopher J. Lacke*, Rowan University
    (1014-T1-515)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    TSP Generator: On-line generation of real-life traveling salesman problems.
    Sean L Forman*, Saint Joseph's University
    (1014-T1-624)
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on My Favorite Demo: Innovative Strategies for Mathematics Instructors, I
  Organizers:
  David R. Hill, Temple University hill@math.temple.edu
  Lila F. Roberts, Georgia College \& State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Two hands-on demos for teaching about centroids in Calculus.
    David M Strong*, Pepperdine University
    (1014-U1-74)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Image Processing With Mathematica.
    Roland Minton*, Roanoke College
    (1014-U1-182)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Visualizing the Method of Finding Volumes by Cross Section: An Eggsperiment.
    Jean Uhl, Georgia Southern University
    Patricia B Humphrey*, Georgia Southern University
    James Braselton, Georgia Southern University
    (1014-U1-191)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Desktop Sharing and Collaborative Learning in a Wireless Classroom Network.
    Jong H. Chung*, United States Military Academy
    Randal E. Hickman, United States Military Academy
    (1014-U1-933)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    In Search of the Singular Value Decomposition.
    Thomas Hern*, Bowling Green State University
    David Meel, Bowling Green State University
    (1014-U1-1026)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Visualizing Partial Derivatives without Graphs.
    Martin E. Flashman*, Humboldt State University and Occidental College
    (1014-U1-1011)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Using the Geometer's Sketchpad Software for Introductory Calculus Demonstrations.
    Monica Pierri-Galvao*, Gannon University
    (1014-U1-673)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Average and Instantaneous Rates of Change.
    James J Reynolds*, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
    (1014-U1-562)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Use of Spreadsheets to Illustrate Finite Mathematics Concepts.
    Paul Kochanowski, Indiana University South Bend
    Morteza Shafii-Mousavi*, Indiana University South Bend
    (1014-U1-100)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Statistics Before Your Eyes: Photographs of Statistical Concepts.
    Robert W Jernigan*, American University
    (1014-U1-208)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Tablet PC: A Tool for Teaching a Large-Group Calculus Class.
    Nicholas Gorgievski*, Nichols College
    Thomas C. DeFranco, University of Connecticut
    Robert A. Stroud, University of Connecticut
    Mary P. Truxaw, University of Connecticut
    (1014-U1-506)
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session, V
  Organizers:
  Stephen L. Davis, Davidson College stdavis@davidson.edu
  Eric S. Marland, Appalachian State University
  Chairs:
  Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State College
  Mary Beth Searcy, Appalachian State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Math War in China: They Know What They Don't Know.
    Annie Y Han*, The City University of New York, BMCC
    (1014-Z1-1715)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Resources for QL: Mathematics Across the Curriculum and the National Numeracy Network at the University of Nevada.
    Jerry A Johnson*, University of Nevada, Reno
    (1014-Z1-216)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Math: The Unpopular Culture.
    Victor Dorff*, California Lutheran University
    (1014-Z1-1584)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    "But I Got the Right Answer!".
    Fred Worth*, Henderson State University
    (1014-Z1-1582)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Multiple Assessments: Uncovering Mathematical Misunderstandings.
    Susie M. Lanier*, Georgia Southern University
    Donna B. Saye, Georgia Southern University
    (1014-Z1-351)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Assessing the Mathematics Core: A Mixed Method Approach at the Colorado School of Mines.
    Scott A. Strong, Colorado School of Mines
    Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines
    Graeme Fairweather*, Colorado School of Mines
    (1014-Z1-1494)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Student Statistical Analysis of A Student Tutoring Laboratory.
    Richard D. Summers*, Reinhardt College
    (1014-Z1-935)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Review Sheets: Motivating students to learn and self assess.
    Luz Maria DeAlba*, Drake University
    (1014-Z1-742)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Dropping Lowest Grades.
    Jonathan M. Kane*, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
    Daniel M. Kane, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1014-Z1-471)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A Master's Program for Middle School Mathematics Teachers.
    Julie A. Belock*, Salem State College
    (1014-Z1-973)
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  PME Council
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Whitney's extension problems.
  Charles L. Fefferman*, Princeton University
  (1014-26-05)
• Saturday January 14, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  Model theory of metric structures.
  C. Ward Henson*, University of Illinois at Urbana Cha