Joint Mathematics Meetings Program by Day

Current as of Saturday, January 23, 2010 00:39:26

Joint Mathematics Meetings
San Francisco, CA, January 13-16, 2010 (Wednesday - Saturday)
Meeting #1056

Friday January 15, 2010

• Friday January 15, 2010, 6:00 a.m.-11:59 p.m.
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• Friday January 15, 2010, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
  First Floor Lobby, Moscone
• Friday January 15, 2010, 7:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematics and Physical Experiment, I
  Room 2000, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Roger Thelwell, James Madison University thelwerj@jmu.edu
  Anthony Tongen, James Madison University
  Paul Warne, James Madison University
  

  • 7:30 a.m.
    Shock Wave Formation on Turbulent Coanda Surfaces.
    Thomas Dowd*, James Madison University
    (1056-76-1537)
  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Applied Mathematics Laboratory: translating what you see into what you do.
    Michael Tabor*, University of Arizona
    (1056-97-1045)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    GPS Tracking of a Roller Coaster.
    Michael C. Sostarecz*, Monmouth College
    (1056-00-1096)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Experiments from a Capstone Laboratory at New Jersey Institute of Technology.
    Michael Booty*, New Jersey Institute of Technology
    (1056-00-1733)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Notes from the MEC Lab at the University of Delaware.
    John A Pelesko*, University of Delaware
    (1056-74-699)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Experiments in the Classroom.
    Jon Jacobsen*, Harvey Mudd College
    (1056-37-1030)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Reinventing the Wheel!
    Roger Thelwell*, James Madison University
    (1056-35-1634)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates, I
  Room 2024, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Darren Narayan, Rochester Institute of Technology darren.narayan@rit.edu
  Bernard Brooks, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Jacqueline Jensen, Sam Houston State University
  Carl V. Lutzer, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Vadim Ponomarenko, San Diego State University
  Tamas Wiandt, Rochester Institute of Technology
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Configurations of extremal type II lattices and codes.
    Scott Kominers*, Harvard University
    (1056-06-2154)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Modular forms arising from Q(n) and Dyson's rank.
    Maria Monks*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1056-11-2153)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Efficient simulation of fluid flow.
    David Alexander Hannasch*, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    Monika Neda, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    (1056-65-165)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Image Denoising Via Feature-Based Sparse and Redundant Dictionaries.
    Josh Koslosky*, Duquesne University
    Stacey Levine, Duquesne University
    (1056-49-173)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Analytic Properties of Unitary Equivalence to Constant Diagonal Matrices.
    Daniel E Poore*, Pomona College
    (1056-15-185)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Complete Growth and Graph Products of Groups.
    Daniel Allen, University of Maine at Farmington
    Meghan Cream, Wake Forest University
    Kate Finlay, Lafayette College
    Ranjan Rohatgi*, Northwestern University
    (1056-20-274)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS-AWM Special Session on Spectral Problems on Compact Riemannian Manifolds, I
  Room 3014, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Carolyn Gordon, Dartmouth College csgordon @dartmouth.edu
  Ruth Gornet, University of Texas at Arlington
  Craig Sutton, Dartmouth College
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Spectral bounds on 2-orbifold diffeomorphism type.
    Emily Proctor, Middlebury College
    Elizabeth Stanhope*, Lewis & Clark College
    (1056-53-1590)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Spectral and geometric bounds on orbifold homotopy type.
    Emily Proctor*, Middlebury College
    Elizabeth Stanhope, Lewis & Clark College
    (1056-58-919)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Some applications of the trace formula on orbifolds to the inverse spectral problem.
    Alejandro Uribe*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    (1056-58-1289)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On the singularities of the exponential map.
    Benjamin Schmidt*, Michigan State University
    Keith Burns, Northwestern University
    (1056-51-1041)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Quantum ergodic restriction theorems.
    Steve Zelditch*, Johns Hopkins Univ and Northwestern Univ
    (1056-35-748)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Spectral rigidity of analytic plane domains with one mirror symmetry.
    Hamid Hezari*, MIT
    Steve Zelditch, Johns Hopkins University
    (1056-35-1012)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Nonlinear Hyperbolic Equations and Control Systems in Physics and Engineering, II
  Room 2006, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Petronela Radu, University of Nebraska-Lincoln pradu@math.unl.edu
  Daniel Toundykov, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Uniform stabilization of the system of dynamic elasticity by non-linear boundary dissipation.
    Roberto Triggiani*, University of Virginia
    (1056-35-532)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Concerning the Qualitative of a Coupled Fluid-Structure Semigroup.
    George Avalos*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1056-35-569)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Optimal control of a thermoelastic structural acoustic model.
    Catherine Lebiedzik*, Wayne State University
    (1056-35-2037)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Analysis and Simulation of a One-dimensional Plasma Model.
    Stephen Pankavich*, University of Texas at Arlington
    (1056-35-560)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Existence of time periodic solutions of non-linear wave equations.
    Jintae Kim*, Tuskegee University
    (1056-35-1631)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Bridging the asymptotic behavior of solutions to hyperbolic equations with parabolic equations.
    Petronela Radu*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Grozdena Todorova, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
    Borislav Yordanov, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
    (1056-35-1074)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Biomathematics: Modeling in Biology, Ecology, and Epidemiology, I
  Room 3007, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Olcay Akman, Ilinois State University oakman@ilstu.edu
  Linda Allen, Texas Tech University
  Timothy D. Comar, Benedictine University
  Sophia Jang, Texas Tech University
  Lih-Ing Roeger, Texas Tech University lih-ing.roeger@ttu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The fundamental bifurcation theorem for Darwinian matrix models.
    Jim M. Cushing*, University of Arizona
    (1056-92-603)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Bifurcation analysis of a model for hormonal regulation of the menstrual cycle.
    James F. Selgrade*, North Carolina State University
    (1056-92-786)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Darwinian Dynamics of Avian Populations with Reproductive Synchrony.
    Shandelle M. Henson*, Andrews University
    J. M. Cushing, University of Arizona
    James L Hayward, Department of Biology, Andrews University
    (1056-92-1807)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Competitive Exclusion in a Juvenile-Adult Model with Continuous and Seasonal Reproduction.
    Azmy S. Ackleh*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Ross A. Chiquet, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1056-92-1016)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Modeling the Movements of a Thermoregulating Timber Rattlesnake.
    John G. Alford*, Sam Houston State University
    Bill Lutterschmidt, Department of Biological Sciences and Texas Research Institute for Environmental Studies/Sam Houston State University
    (1056-92-114)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Discrete host-parasitoid models with Allee effects and age structure in the host.
    Sophia R-J Jang*, Texas Tech University
    (1056-92-740)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Enumerative Combinatorics, I
  Room 3005, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Brian Miceli, Trinity University bmiceli@trinity.edu
  Jeff Remmel, University of California San Diego
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    $SL_k$-Tilings of Lattices.
    Francois Bergeron*, Universite du Quebec a Montreal
    (1056-05-704)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A basis for the coinvariant space for quasisymmetric polynomials.
    Sarah K Mason*, UCSD/Wake Forest University
    Aaron Lauve, Texas A&M
    (1056-05-1361)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Experimental Investigations into the Zeros of Rook Polynomials and Analytic Functions.
    Jim Haglund*, University of Pennsylvania
    (1056-05-1586)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A Pieri rule for skew Schur functiond.
    Sami H Assaf*, MIT
    Peter R.W. McNamara, Bucknell University
    (1056-05-1578)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Some enumerative and order theoretic aspects of the rook monoid.
    Mahir Bilen Can*, Tulane University
    (1056-05-1371)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Partitions, Orthogonal Polynomials and q-Series.
    George E. Andrews*, The Pennsylvania State University
    (1056-05-475)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on L-Functions and Analytic Number Theory, I
  Room 3009, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Alina Bucur, Institute for Advanced Study
  Chantal David, Concordia University
  Matilde Lalin, University of Alberta mlalin@math.ualberta.ca
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Recent progress on QUE.
    Soundararajan Kannan*, Stanford University
    (1056-11-1609)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Ranks of Jacobians of modular curves.
    Kaneenika Sinha*, PIMS/Alberta
    (1056-11-666)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Schur polynomials, metaplectic Whittaker functions and the Yang-Baxter equation.
    Daniel W Bump*, Stanford
    (1056-11-1403)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Lennon's work on relations between traces of Frobenius and hypergeometric functions.
    Ben Brubaker*, MIT
    Catherine Lennon, MIT
    (1056-11-1463)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Weyl Group Multiple Dirichlet Series.
    Jennifer Beineke, Western New England College
    Ben Brubaker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Sharon Frechette*, College of the Holy Cross
    (1056-11-802)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Explicit Upper Bounds for $L$-functions on the critical line.
    Vorrapan Chandee*, Stanford University
    (1056-11-376)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Representation Theory and Nonassociative Algebras, II
  Room 3011, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Andrew Douglas, City University of New York adouglas@citytech.cuny.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On coverings of the smallest Paige loop.
    Stephen M Gagola III*, University of Arizona
    (1056-20-130)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Associative Geometry.
    Michael Kinyon*, University of Denver
    Wolfgang Bertram, Institut Élie Cartan Nancy
    (1056-20-1766)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Enveloping algebras of Malcev algebras.
    Marina Tvalavadze*, University of Saskatchewan
    (1056-17-718)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Equivariant map algebras.
    Erhard Neher,
    Alistair Savage*, University of Ottawa
    Prasad Senesi, Catholic University of America
    (1056-17-415)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    E8 Theory.
    A Garrett Lisi*, Makawao, HI
    (1056-83-1051)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Structure of $E_6$.
    Tevian Dray*, Oregon State University
    Aaron Wangberg, Winona State University
    (1056-17-1224)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Arithmetic and Nonarchimedean Dynamics, III
  Room 2012, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Joseph Silverman, Brown University jhs@math.brown.edu
  Michelle Manes, University of Hawaii
  Raphael Jones, College of the Holy Cross
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Dynamics of f(x) = x+1/x via Elliptic Curves.
    Jang-Woo Park*, Clemson University
    Shuhong Gao, Clemson University
    (1056-11-1794)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Some fractals associated to $K3$ surfaces.
    Arthur Baragar*, University of Nevada Las Vegas
    (1056-11-1751)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Dynamical Mordell-Lang results via Euclidean uniformizations.
    Thomas Scanlon*, University of Californa, Berkeley
    (1056-12-841)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Galois theory of quadratic rational functions with a non-trivial automorphism.
    Michelle Manes*, University of Hawaii at Manoa
    Rafe Jones, College of the Holy Cross
    (1056-11-831)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  MAA-AMS-MER Invited Paper Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, II: Climate, Sustainability, and the Curriculum
  Room 3008, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  William H. Barker, Bowdoin College
  William G. McCallum, University of Arizona
  Bonnie S. Saunders, University of Illinois at Chicago saunders@math.uic.edu
  Mary Lou Zeeman, Bowdoin College
  Deborah Hughes Hallett, University of Arizona
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Climate and Sustainability in the Mathematics Curriculum.
    Mary Lou Zeeman*, Bowdoin College
    (1056-BC-1444)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Climate Change: Impact and Opportunities.
    Deborah Hughes Hallett*, University of Arizona, Harvard Kennedy School
    (1056-BC-1753)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Mathematics Concepts Needed in the Global Systems Science Course.
    Alan D Gould*, University of California Berkeley -- Lawrence Hall of Science
    (1056-BC-1266)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Introducing Students and Teachers to the Connections Between Science and Mathematics using NASA Space Science Discoveries as a Vehicle for Mathematics Education.
    Sten F Odenwald*, Catholic University of America/ADNET/NASA
    (1056-BC-1251)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    How Calculus can Participate in Multidisciplinary Sustainability Modules.
    Thomas J Pfaff*, Ithaca College
    Ali S Erkan, Ithaca College
    Jason G Hamilton, Ithaca College
    Michael Rogers, Ithaca College
    (1056-BC-1314)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Audience discussion about the ideas generated in this session on Climate and Sustainability in the Curriculum.
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Invited Paper Session on The Mathematics of Origami
  Room 3006, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Tamara Veenstra, University of Redlands Tamara_Veenstra@redlands.edu
  Thomas C. Hull, Western New England College
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Paper Folding, Orders of Elements, and Binary Representations of Fractions.
    Tamara B Veenstra*, University of Redlands
    (1056-BF-1225)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Combinatorial Methods in Flat Origami.
    Thomas C. Hull*, Western New England College
    (1056-BF-1057)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Mathematical Methods in Origami Design.
    Robert J. Lang*, Langorigami.com
    (1056-BF-1497)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Bisections, Trisections and Quintisections by Origami.
    Roger C. Alperin*, San Jose State University
    (1056-BF-1242)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Rigid origami.
    Ileana Streinu*, Smith College
    (1056-BF-1996)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Computational Origami from Science to Sculpture.
    Erik D. Demaine*, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Martin L. Demaine, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1056-BF-1946)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Differential and Difference Equations, III
  Room 3018, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Computation of Green's functions via successive image theory.
    D. Palaniappan*, Texas A&M University
    (1056-35-1783)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Homogenization of The Laplace Equation with Oscillating Stationary Ergodic Free Boundary.
    Betul Orcan*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1056-35-1793)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Micromirror Method For Catadioptric Sensor Design.
    Emek Kose Can*, Loyola Marymount University
    Ronald Perline, Drexel University
    (1056-35-1828)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Analysis of nonlinear Darcy-Forchheimer flows in porous media.
    Adem Cakmak*, Ohio University, Lancaster
    (1056-35-1845)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Uniqueness of solutions to linear wave equations.
    Phillip D Whitman*, Princeton University
    (1056-35-1972)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Approximating Convection Dominated Diffusion PDEs Using an Adaptively Weighted Least Squares Finite Element Approach.
    Myles D Baker*, Baylor University and Wabash College
    Sarah R Farell, Bard College and Wabash College
    (1056-35-241)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    An inverse Sturm-Liouville problem using three spectra.
    Mihaela Cristina Drignei*, Allegheny College
    (1056-34-330)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    On the existence of a double S-shaped bifurcation curve.
    Jerome Goddard II*, Mississippi State University
    EunKyoung Lee, Pusan National University
    Ratnasingham Shivaji, Mississippi State University
    (1056-34-350)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Particular Solution to the Euler-Cauchy Equation: A Novel Approach.
    Adnan H Sabuwala*, California State University, Fresno
    (1056-34-388)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Analysis of a Truly Nonlinear Oscillator.
    Dorian Wilkerson*, Clark Atlanta University
    (1056-34-420)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    First Integrals for Systems via Complex Partial Lagrangians.
    Imran Naeem*, LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan
    Fazal Mahomed, University of the Witwatersrand
    R Naz, IIU, Islamabad
    (1056-34-425)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Nonautonomous fractional integrodifferential equations with nonlocal initial conditions.
    Haewon Lee*, Dillard University
    Peter Frempong-Mireku, Dillard University
    (1056-35-2032)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Biomathematics, III
  Room 3020, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Modeling Stochastic Cardiac Caveolae: a potential source of arrhythmogenic persistent sodium current in cardiomyocytes.
    Ian M. Besse*, University of Iowa
    Colleen C. Mitchell, University of Iowa
    Erwin F. Shibata, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa
    Thomas Hund, Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Iowa
    (1056-92-1833)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    A Mathematical Model for the MAPK Pathway in Starfish Oocytes.
    Semen Koksal*, Florida Institute of Technology
    Ioana Policeanu, Florida Institute of Technology
    David Carroll, Florida Institute of Technology
    (1056-92-1844)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A piecewise-defined two-variable model for cardiac tissue.
    Lisa Driskell*, Purdue University
    (1056-92-1859)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Effect of the Diffusion Coefficient on Noise Sensitivity in the Stochastic Chemostat.
    Suzanne Galayda*, New Mexico State University
    Ernest Barany, New Mexico State University
    (1056-92-1869)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Identifying Effective Age-Based Mammogram Screening Schedules Using a Stochastic Population Model of Breast Cancer.
    Sarah Geneser*, Stanford University
    Stephanie L. Rutledge, San Diego State University Research Foundation
    Sylvia K. Plevritis, Stanford University
    (1056-92-1899)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Break
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Poisson Approximations for Palindrome Distributions in DNA Viral Genomes.
    Ming-Ying Leung*, University of Texas at El Paso
    (1056-92-1902)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    On the Expectation and Variance of the Reversal Distance.
    Yiting Yang*, University of South Carolina
    Laszlo Szekely, University of South Carolina
    (1056-92-2146)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Predicting Flexibility and Motions of Proteins Using Rigidity.
    Adnan Sljoka, York University
    Walter Whiteley*, York University
    (1056-52-51)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Fibonacci Hexagon and Genetic Tableau.
    Okan Gurel*, IBM
    Demet Gurel, Touro College
    (1056-54-109)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    2-D Biharmonic Equation for the Displacement of an Isotropic Kelvin-Voigt Viscoelastic Plate.
    Robert J Ronkese*, United States Military Academy at West Point
    (1056-74-650)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Optimal vaccine distribution in a spatiotemporal epidemic model with an application to rabies and raccoons.
    Rachael Miller Neilan*, Louisiana State University
    Suzanne Lenhart, NIMBioS, University of Tennessee
    (1056-93-407)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
  AMS Session on Difference Equations and Time Scales
  Room 3012, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Qualitative Behaviour of Dynamic Equations on Time Scales.
    Allan Peterson*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Lynn Erbe, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1056-39-372)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Positive solutions of even order periodic boundary value problems.
    Qingkai Kong, Northern Illinois University
    Min Wang*, Northern Illinois University
    (1056-39-390)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Modeling of Groundwater Level of a Specified Cut Slope.
    Adam B Baharum, Universiti Sains Malaysia
    AlQahtani Hessah*, Universiti Sains Malaysia
    Zalila B Ali, Universiti Sains Malaysia
    Habibah B Latih, Universiti Sains Malaysia
    Swee Peng Koay, Universiti Sains Malaysia
    (1056-39-398)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Oscillation and nonoscillation for nonlinear dynamic equations.
    Lynn H. Erbe*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    Allan C. Peterson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    Baoguo Jia, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou , China
    (1056-39-439)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Some Properties of the Generalized Laplace Transform on Time Scales.
    Chris Ahrendt*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1056-39-505)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Break
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Differential-difference Equations in Entire Functions.
    Vadim Tkachenko*, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
    (1056-39-771)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    A model of an SIR disease on time scales.
    Raegan Higgins*, Texas Tech University
    (1056-39-1322)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Unitary Operators Associated to Hyperbolic Reflection Groups.
    Mihai Stoiciu*, Williams College
    Norbert Peyerimhoff, Durham University, UK
    (1056-39-1470)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Strong Approximation for Markov Modulated Random Sequences with Two-Time Scales.
    Son Luu Nguyen*, Wayne State University
    George Gang Yin, Wayne State University
    (1056-60-1123)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Approximations
  Room 2007, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Linear Dependence of Translates.
    Ashley N Moses*, Saint Louis University
    (1056-00-318)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Greedy Approximation with regard to Non-greedy Bases.
    Vladimir Temlyakov, University of South Carolina
    Mingrui Yang*, University of South Carolina
    Peixin Ye, Nankai University
    (1056-41-331)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Ratio Boundary Extension for Empirical Mode Decomposition.
    Qin Wu*, West Virginia University
    Sherman Riemenschneider, West Virginia University
    (1056-41-426)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Break
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Extensions of Bernstein's Inequality to Rational Functions.
    Mohammed A. Qazi*, Tuskegee University
    Q. I. Rahman, Université de Montréal
    (1056-41-729)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Cesáro Summability of Expansions in Orthogonal Polynomials on a Cylinder.
    Jeremy Wade*, Pittsburg State University
    (1056-41-812)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Break
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Optimal Learning of Bandlimited Functions from Localized Sampling.
    Charles Micchelli, State University of New York, The University at Albany
    Yuesheng Xu, Syracuse University
    Haizhang Zhang*, University of Michigan
    (1056-41-926)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The second derivatives of the Chebyshev polynomials as $M$-matrices.
    Joseph Kolibal*, The University of Southern Mississippi
    (1056-41-962)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Local Lipschitz Constant for Vector Valued Approximation.
    Mohammad A AlQudah*, Central Michigan University
    James R Angelos, Central Michigan University
    (1056-41-1310)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On Even and Odd Variation-Diminishing Convolution Transforms.
    Terence G Hanchin*, Kent State University
    (1056-41-1903)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Approximation by Bivariate Linear Splines on Triangulations.
    Edmond J. Nadler*, Eastern Michigan University
    (1056-41-2050)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Functional Analysis and Operator Theory, I
  Room 3016, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Weak compactness in the space of Operator Valued Measures $M_{ba}(\Sigma,{\cal L}(X,Y))$ with an Application.
    NasirUddin Ahmed*, University of Ottawa
    (1056-46-21)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    A Generalized Ston-Wierstrass theorem for Cz-vector lattices and Cz-algebras.
    Hueytzen J Wu*, Texas A & M University - Kingsville
    Wan-Hong Wu, UT Health Science Center - San Antonio
    (1056-46-258)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Path-connectedness of the space of norm-attaining functionals on certain Banach spaces.
    Antonia E Cardwell*, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
    (1056-46-726)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Dominated Ergodic Theorem for isometries of non-commutative $L_p$-spaces, $1p\infty$.
    Shukhrat M Usmanov*, Ashford University
    (1056-46-924)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Aperiodicity in Topological $k$-Graphs.
    Sarah E. Wright*, Dartmouth College
    (1056-47-217)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    On real, Jordan and Lie structures in locally W*-algebras.
    Alexander A. Katz, St. John's University, NY
    Roman Kushnir, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
    Mark Ustayev*, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
    (1056-46-1032)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Crossed product C*-algebras by finite group actions with the projection free tracial Rokhlin property.
    Dawn Archey*, Ben Gurion University
    (1056-46-1211)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Continuous Dependence Results for Ill-posed Evolution Problems in a Banach Space.
    Matthew A. Fury*, Bryn Mawr College
    (1056-46-1261)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Operator spaces with an ideal structure.
    Sonia Sharma*, University of Houston
    (1056-46-1291)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Exponential integrability: a unified approach.
    Carlo Morpurgo*, University of Missouri, Columbia
    Luigi Fontana, Universita' di Milano - Bicocca, Italy
    (1056-46-1302)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On a reduction method for nonassociative $L_p$-spaces.
    Genady Ya. Grabarnik, York College, CUNY
    Alexander A. Katz*, St. John's University
    Laura Shwartz, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, NY
    (1056-46-1552)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Traces of operator derivatives.
    Anna Skripka*, Texas A&M University
    (1056-47-110)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  AMS Session on Algebraic Geometry
  Room 3022, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Converse of Abel's theorem ('polynomial' and 'rational').
    Veniamin Kisunko*, University of Toronto
    (1056-14-57)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    The geometry of multipartite quantum systems.
    Carl A. Miller*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    Eric Chitambar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    (1056-14-153)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Rational Fibrations of $\overline{M_{g,1}}$.
    David Jensen*, University of Texas
    (1056-14-447)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Space Curve Singularities and the Semple Tower.
    Alex L Castro*, UCSC
    Richard Montgomery, UCSC
    Michail Zhitomirskii, Technion - Haifa - IL
    (1056-14-624)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    GIT Compactification of the Quintic Threefolds.
    Chirag M Lakhani*, North Carolina State University
    (1056-14-971)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Break
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Laplace transform of the cut-and-join equation and the Bouchard-Marino conjecture on Hurwitz numbers.
    Bertrand Eynard, Service de Physique Theorique de Saclay
    Motohico Mulase, University of California, Davis
    Brad Safnuk*, Central Michigan University
    (1056-14-1317)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Tensor Product of Picard Stacks.
    Ahmet Emin Tatar*, Florida State University
    (1056-14-1473)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Algebraic cycles and degenerations for a class of surfaces of general type.
    Christopher Lyons*, California Institute of Technology
    (1056-14-1933)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Representations of polynomials non-negative on non-compact subsets of $\mathbb R^2$.
    Ha N Nguyen*, Emory University
    Victoria Powers, Emory University
    (1056-12-688)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Fan Cohomology and Equivariant Chow Rings of Toric Varieties.
    Mu-wan Huang*, Southwest Minnesota State University
    (1056-19-1689)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Undergraduate Mathematical Biology, I
  Room 2009, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Timothy D. Comar, Benedictine University tcomar@ben.edu
  Raina S. Robeva, Sweet Briar College
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Interdisciplinary curricular innovations at the University of the Virgin Islands.
    Robert C Stolz, University of the Virgin Islands
    Camille A. McKayle*, University of the Virgin Islands
    (1056-Q5-1676)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Developing Computational Skills in Biocalculus Courses.
    Timothy Comar*, Benedictine University
    (1056-Q5-459)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    The Growth of Interdisciplinary Math-Biology Courses at James Madison University.
    D. Brian Walton*, James Madison University
    Anthony Tongen, James Madison University
    Nusrat Jahan, James Madison University
    Reid Harris, James Madison University
    (1056-Q5-1755)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Introductory Mathematical Biology through Finite Dynamical Systems.
    Raina S Robeva*, Sweet Briar College
    Terrell Hodge, Western Michigan University
    (1056-Q5-1402)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Research in Mathematical Biology at UNCG.
    Jan Rychtar*, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    (1056-Q5-1777)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    UBM Research and Training Activities in BioMath.
    Semen Koksal*, Florida Institute of Technology
    (1056-Q5-1969)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Bio-Surveillance in Undergraduate Mathematics Classroom.
    Urmi Ghosh-Dastidar*, New York City College of Technology, CUNY
    (1056-Q5-2023)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Mathematical Biology and Undergraduate Research (MBUR) at Youngstown State University.
    George T Yates*, Youngstown State University
    (1056-Q5-1882)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Viscoelastic Effects in Biological Soft Tissues.
    S. Minerva Venuti*, George Mason University
    Padmanabhan Seshaiyer, George Mason University
    (1056-Q5-1530)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on General Contributed Papers, VII
  Room 3000, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Eric S. Marland, Appalachian State University marlandes@appstate.edu
  Daniel J. Curtin, Northern Kentucky University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Role of Permutatation Matrices in Magic Squares.
    Peter Staab*, Fitchburg State College
    Michael Andrade, Fitchburg State College
    (1056-Z1-874)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Rolling Archimedean Dice.
    Dylan W Helliwell*, Seattle University
    Peter Littig, University of Washington, Bothell
    (1056-Z1-2039)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Chess, Church, and Knots: Statistics Through Service and Research.
    Neil Nicholson*, William Jewell College
    (1056-Z1-102)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Making Sense of Sampling Distributions: Activities for an Introductory Statistics Course.
    Kate G McGivney*, Shippensburg University
    (1056-Z1-1697)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Some Results, Problems and Conjectures On Generalized Markoff Numbers.
    Shanzhen Gao*, Florida Atlantic University
    (1056-Z1-689)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Effect of noise in Canonical Correlation Analysis with application to Ozone Pollution.
    Katerina G. Tsakiri*, State University of New York at Albany
    Igor G. Zurbenko, State University of New York at Albany
    (1056-Z1-683)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Set Difference and Jump Sequences.
    Chelsea Cerini*, Washington & Jefferson College
    Sommer Sprowls, Washington & Jefferson College
    Roman Wong, Washington & Jefferson College
    (1056-Z1-484)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    The Mystery of the M&m Sequences.
    Sommer L Sprowls*, Washington & Jefferson College
    Chelsea Cerini, Washington & Jefferson College
    Roman Wong, Washington & Jefferson College
    (1056-Z1-483)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    What a higher $q$-skew $\tau$-derivation can do for you.
    Heidi A. Haynal*, Walla Walla University
    (1056-Z1-294)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Likelihood Inference for Nonlinear Regression Models.
    Harshini Fernando*, Purdue University North Central
    (1056-Z1-791)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Trilinable Points of Curves.
    Michael S McClendon*, University of Central Oklahoma
    Charles L Cooper, University of Central Oklahoma
    (1056-Z1-2088)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Level curves of the angle function of a positive definite symmetric matrix.
    Neeraj Bajracharya*, University of North Texas
    (1056-Z1-609)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  MAA Session on Mathematics, Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice, II
  Room 2022, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Patricia Hale, California State Polytechnic University Pomona phale@csupomona.edu
  Shandy Hauk, University of Northern Colorado
  Dave Kung, St. Mary's College, Maryland
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The history, impact, and current efforts of Emerging Scholars Programs.
    Natasha M Speer*, University of Maine
    (1056-H7-1930)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Challenging Eurocentric Mathematics History to Encourage Understanding of Cultural Diversity in Mathematics Classrooms.
    Elizabeth C Rogers*, Piedmont College
    (1056-H7-2127)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Increasing the Participation of Girls in Mathematics and other STEM Fields in Higher Education.
    Tina Alves Mancuso*, The Sage Colleges
    Deborah Lawrence, The Sage Colleges
    (1056-H7-1608)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    From research to mathematics curriculum development: Social Justice for African Americans in Chester Heights.
    Julius Davis*, University of Maryland, College Park
    (1056-H7-1518)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Algebra Project Curricula -- Mathematics meaning through experience and dialogue.
    David W. Henderson*, Cornell University
    Kelly Gaddis, Bard College
    (1056-H7-1908)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Algebra Project: Building Math Literacy.
    Marcus Hung*, San Francisco Unified School District
    (1056-H7-406)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Mathematics Courses for the Liberal Arts Students, III
  Room 2011, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Reva Kasman, Salem State College rkasman@salemstate.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Mathematics and General Education: Exposing Students to Mathematics and its Tools in the 21st Century.
    Manuel J. Sanders*, University of South Carolina Beaufort
    (1056-J1-1668)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Designing a "Math for Liberal Studies" Course.
    James E. Hamblin*, Shippensburg University
    (1056-J1-870)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Including Presentations as a Component in a Liberal Arts Math History Course.
    Sean D Simpson*, Westchester Community College
    (1056-J1-747)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Great Ideas of Modern Mathematics: An Approach to a Rigorous Mathematics Course for the Liberal Arts Student.
    Robert A. Blumenthal*, Georgia College & State University
    (1056-J1-95)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Teaching the Nature of Applied Mathematics.
    G. Edgar Parker*, James Madison University
    (1056-J1-458)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Evolution of the Mathematical Sampler.
    Jeffery Thomas McLean*, University of St. Thomas
    (1056-J1-855)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Teaching Quantitative Reasoning with the News.
    Stuart Boersma*, Central Washington University
    Caren L Diefenderfer, Hollins University
    Shannon W Dingman, University of Arkansas
    Bernard L Madison, University of Arkansas
    (1056-J1-508)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Projects & Portfolios Motivate Most.
    Rich West*, Francis Marion University
    (1056-J1-1769)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Reaching the Unreachable: Pulling Students Kicking and Screaming into a Mathematical Vortex Where They Transform to Develop Mathematical Eyes through Innovative Approaches and Activities.
    Deborah L. Gochenaur*, Shippensburg University
    (1056-J1-1974)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Quantitative Reasoning and the Environment
  Room 2020, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Maura B. Mast, University of Massachusetts Boston maura.mast@umb.edu
  Karen D. Bolinger, Clarion University
  Cinnamon Hillyard, University of Washington Bothell
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    An Across-the-Curriculum Approach to Quantitative Literacy in Environmental Studies.
    Ben Steele*, Colby-Sawyer College
    Semra Kilic-Bahi, Colby-Sawyer College
    Nick Baer, Colby-Sawyer College
    Leon Malan, Colby-Sawyer College
    Laura Alexander, Colby-Sawyer College
    Harvey Pine, Colby-Sawyer College
    (1056-P1-1639)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Water, Water, Everywhere--Even in Statistics.
    John C. Nardo*, Oglethorpe University
    Judith Lynn Gieger, Oglethorpe University
    (1056-P1-1948)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Raising Awareness of Environmental Issues in Statistics Course.
    Thomas J Pfaff*, Ithaca College
    (1056-P1-1610)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Sustainability as a Focus for an Introductory Calculus Course.
    Michael Olinick*, Middlebury College
    (1056-P1-1093)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Could i-Tree Software Have Helped the Lorax?
    Jan O. Case*, Jacksonville State University
    Scott W. Beckett, Jacksonville State University
    (1056-P1-1312)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    The Environment, Mathematics and Our Community Role.
    Ben Fusaro*, Florida State University
    (1056-P1-1997)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Using QL Modules to Analyze and Present Large Data Sets in a Winter Ecology Course.
    Judith Moran*, Trinity College
    (1056-P1-1276)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Modeling Radon in Pennsylvania.
    Michael Huber*, Muhlenberg College
    (1056-P1-276)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Necessary Environmental Numeracy for a Successful Society.
    Martin E. Walter*, University of Colorado, Boulder
    (1056-P1-847)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Graph Theory, I
  Room 2002, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Andre Kundgen, California State University San Marcos akundgen@csusm.edu
  Hal Kierstead, Arizona State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The thickness and chromatic number of r-inflated graphs.
    Michael Albertson, Smith College
    Debra Boutin*, Hamilton College
    Ellen Gethner, University of Colorado Denver
    (1056-05-1063)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Canonical Coloring Graph.
    Ruth Haas*, Smith College
    (1056-05-963)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Distinguishing with Mike Albertson.
    Karen L. Collins*, Wesleyan University
    (1056-05-1245)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Looking for a new proof of the Four Color Theorem.
    Walter Stromquist*, Swarthmore College
    (1056-05-1551)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Finding minors in graphs with a given path structure.
    Radhika Ramamurthi*, California State University San Marcos
    Andre Kundgen, California State University San Marcos
    Michael Pelsmajer, Illinois Institute of Technology
    (1056-05-2048)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Maximum Induced Forests in Graphs of Bounded Treewidth.
    Glenn G Chappell, Department of Computer Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks
    Michael J. Pelsmajer*, Illinois Institute of Technology
    (1056-05-1715)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  PME Council Meeting
  Sierra K, Marriott San Francisco
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Employment Center
  Exhibit Hall, Moscone
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:15 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on History of Mathematics
  Room 3010, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  

  • 8:15 a.m.
    Ancient Numeral System And The Great Pyramid.
    Ricie Dimatatac Bulanhagui*, Alalum, San Pascual, Batangas
    (1056-01-399)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    French and English Influences On Early American Mathematics.
    Andrew B Perry*, Springfield College
    (1056-01-692)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Nasir-aldin Tusi: A True Scholare in Many Disciplines.
    Mohammad Moazzam*, Salisbuy University
    (1056-01-937)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Benjamin Gompertz: Pioneer of Actuarial Science.
    Charlotte K. Simmons*, University of Central Oklahoma
    Jesse W. Byrne, University of Central Oklahoma
    (1056-01-1027)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Break
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Max Dehn.
    David Peifer*, UNC Asheville
    (1056-01-1042)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Teaching Mathematics at the 19th century Virginia Military Institute.
    Maryam Vulis*, USMA Prep School
    (1056-01-1734)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On Avicenna's Arithmetic.
    Mahmoud H Annaby*, Qatar University
    (1056-01-1860)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Euler's work on the prime divisors of numbers of the form $mx^2 + ny^2$.
    Paul R Bialek*, Trinity International University
    Dominic W Klyve, Carthage College
    (1056-11-1819)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Origin and Extensions of the Secant Method and Characterizations of the BFGS Secant Method.
    Joanna M. Papakonstantinou*, Rice University
    (1056-49-673)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Algebraic cryptology from an historical viewpoint.
    Chris Christensen*, Northern Kentucky University
    (1056-01-1790)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:15 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  AMS Session on Discrete Mathematics, IV
  Room 3003, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  

  • 8:15 a.m.
    Ramsey Core Numbers.
    Allan Edward Bickle*, Western Michigan University
    (1056-05-1273)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On the enumeration of the cyclically fully commutative elements in Coxeter groups.
    Tom Boothby, University of Washington
    Jeffrey Burkert*, Harvey Mudd College
    Morgan Eichwald, University of Montana
    Dana C. Ernst, Plymouth State University
    Richard M. Green, University of Colorado at Boulder
    Matthew Macauley, Clemson University
    (1056-05-1861)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    On the cyclically fully commutative elements of Coxeter groups.
    Tom Boothby, University of Washington
    Jeffrey Burkert, Harvey Mudd
    Morgan Eichwald, University of Montana
    Dana C. Ernst*, Plymouth State University
    Richard M. Green, University of Colorado at Boulder
    Matthew Macauley, Clemson University
    (1056-05-1831)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    An explicit derivation of the Möbius function for Bruhat order.
    Brant C. Jones*, University of California, Davis
    (1056-05-914)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Break
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Projections of Ocneanu traces are Kazhdan-Lusztig R-polynomials.
    W. Andrew Pruett*, Baylor University
    (1056-05-476)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Symmetric Permutations with No Long Decreasing Subsequences.
    Eric S Egge*, Carleton College
    (1056-05-249)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Fragility in Matroids.
    Carolyn B. Chun*, Victoria University
    Dillon Mayhew, Victoria University
    Stefan van Zwam, University of Waterloo
    Geoff Whittle, Victoria University
    (1056-05-1494)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Edge Coverings of Bipartite Graphs and the Geometry of the Hausdorff Metric.
    Steven Schlicker*, Grand Valley State University
    Katrina Honigs, University of California, Berkeley
    (1056-51-116)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Hypergraphic subspace arrangements.
    Matthew S. Miller*, Bucknell University
    Max Wakefield, United States Naval Academy
    (1056-55-289)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Interactions of Inverse Problems, Signal Processing, and Imaging, II
  Room 2010, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  M. Zuhair Nashed, University of Central Florida znashed@mail.ucf.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    A Perturbed Whittaker-Kotel'nikov-Shannon Sampling theorem.
    Mahmoud H Annaby*, Qatar University
    Hassan A Hassan, Cairo University
    Omar H El-Haddad, Beni Suef University
    (1056-94-1840)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Convergence and Rate of Approximation for Generalized Sampling-type Operators in Orlicz Spaces.
    Laura Angeloni*, Università degli Studi di Perugia
    (1056-41-1726)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Non-uniform sampling expansions and local reconstruction on subspaces of $L_2(R)$.
    Nikolaos Dimitrios Atreas*, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Polytechnic School
    (1056-94-1137)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Color Image Restoration Using Nonlocal Mumford-Shah Regularizers.
    Miyoun Jung, UCLA
    Xavier Bresson, UCLA
    Tony F Chan, NSF and UCLA
    Luminita A. Vese*, UCLA
    (1056-35-1136)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Approximation Theory in Signal and Image Processing. Applications to Endovascular Surgery.
    Gianluca Vinti*, University of Perugia
    (1056-94-1602)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
  AMS-MAA Graduate Student Fair
  Undergrads! Take this opportunity to meet representatives from mathematical sciences graduate programs.
  Room 3001, 3rd Floor, Moscone
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:40 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Online Homework---Innovation and Assessment, II
  Room 3002, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Michael E. Gage, University of Rochester gage@math.rochester.edu
  Arnold K. Pizer, University of Rochester
  Vicki Roth, University of Rochester
  

  • 8:40 a.m.
    Assessing the Impact on Student Learning and Behavior in a First Applied Statistics Course by Innovative Use of Three Delivery Types Including Online Homework: Experimental Design and Implementation.
    William H Rybolt*, Babson College
    John D McKenzie, Babson College
    (1056-M1-975)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Assessing the Impact on Student Learning and Behavior in a First Applied Statistics Course by Innovative Use of Three Delivery Types Including Online Homework: Initial Results.
    John D McKenzie*, Babson College
    William H Rybolt, Babson College
    (1056-M1-976)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Using Multiple Technologies to Engage Students in Math Learning.
    Gerald Agbegha*, Johnson C. Smith University
    Nailong Guo, Johnson C. Smith University
    (1056-M1-1843)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Online Assessment of Homework in College Algebra and Math Concepts For Teachers Courses.
    A. S. Elkhader*, Northern State University
    (1056-M1-1571)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Using WebAssign for Uniform Assessment in Precalculus, 1300 Students at a Time.
    Lisa Townsley*, University of Georgia
    Edward Azoff, University of Georgia
    (1056-M1-1066)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    MathNerds and Webwork: a free, supervised tutoring system for online homework.
    W. Ted Mahavier*, Lamar University & MathNerds
    Valerio De Angelis, Xavier University of Louisiana & MathNerds
    Kyehong Kang, Lamar University
    (1056-M1-1141)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Using Public Domain Software for Online Homework and Tutorials at the University of Puerto Rico.
    Daniel L McGee*, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez
    J Maider Marin, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez
    (1056-M1-1542)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  Motion Planning and Graph Layout: at the Crossroads of Geometry, Discrete Mathematics, and Algorithm Design.
  Main Lecture Room, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Sue Whitesides*, University of Victoria
  (1056-A0-11)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  Expansions of o-minimal structures by trajectories of definable vector fields.
  Room 2004, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Chris Miller*, Ohio State University
  (1056-03-72)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #13: Part B
  Taking symbols seriously: Teaching form and function in college algebra.
  Pacific J, Marriott San Francisco
  Organizers:
  William G. McCallum, University of Arizona
  Deborah Hughes Hallett, University of Arizona and Harvard University
  Pat Shure, University of Michigan
• Friday January 15, 2010, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #4: Part B
  Using video-case studies in teaching a proof-based gateway course to the mathematics major.
  Pacific H, Marriott San Francisco
  Organizers:
  James T. Sandefur, Georgetown University
  Connie M. Campbell, Millsaps College
  Kay B. Somers, Moravian College
• Friday January 15, 2010, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #7: Part B
  Teaching with clickers in the classroom.
  Pacific I, Marriott San Francisco
  Organizers:
  Derek Bruff, Vanderbilt University
  Adam Lucas, Saint Mary's College of California
• Friday January 15, 2010, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Student Hospitality Center
  South Lobby, 2nd Floor, Moscone
• Friday January 15, 2010, 9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
  MAA-Young Mathematicians' Network Panel Discussion
  Promotion and tenure: You know you want it.
  Room 3004, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Barry A. Balof, Whitman College
  Joshua D. Laison, Willamette College
  Panelists:
  Jason D. Rosenhouse, James Madison University
  Francis E. Su, Harvey Mudd College
  Matthew P. Richey, St. Olaf College
  Jacqueline A. Jensen, Sam Houston State University
• Friday January 15, 2010, 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  AMS Special Presentation
  A conversation on nonacademic employment.
  Room 2008, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Moderators:
  James G. Glimm, SUNY at Stony Brook
  Panelists:
  Allen Butler, Daniel H. Wagner Associates
  Christina Bahl, National Security Agency
  Rick Chartrand, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  Dale Smith, Vicis Capital LLC
  Rebecca Wasyk, Metron Inc.
• Friday January 15, 2010, 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Exhibits and Book Sales
  Exhibit Hall, Moscone
• Friday January 15, 2010, 10:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  Ramsey theory for finite structures.
  Room 2004, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Slawomir J. Solecki*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  (1056-03-74)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 10:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Use of Technology in Modern Complex Analysis Research, II
  Room 2012, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Beth Schaubroeck, U.S. Air Force Academy beth.schaubroeck@usafa.edu
  Michael Dorff, Brigham Young University
  James Rolf, U.S. Air Force Academy
  

  • 10:00 a.m.
    An Introduction to Metacalibration and its Application to Multiple Bubble Problems.
    Donald C. Sampson, Brigham Young University
    Rebecca Dorff*, Brigham Young University
    James P Dilts, Brigham Young University
    (1056-49-468)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Convex Combinations of Harmonic Mappings to Regular Polygons.
    Jessica A Spicer*, University of Arkansas
    Samuel J Ferguson, University of North Carolina
    (1056-43-1347)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Zonotopal algebra, analysis, and combinatorics.
  Main Lecture Room, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Olga Holtz*, University of California-Berkeley, Technische Universitaet Berlin, Institute for Advanced Study
  Amos Ron, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  (1056-13-06)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Invited Address
  Evolving curves and surfaces.
  Main Lecture Room, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Brian White*, Stanford University
  (1056-51-42)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
  MAA Poster Session on Research by Undergraduate Students
  Students must set up their posters during this hour.
  North Lobby, 3rd Floor, Moscone
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
  AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture III
  Reduced decompositions.
  Main Lecture Room, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Richard P. Stanley*, M.I.T.
  (1056-05-18)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-1:50 p.m.
  MAA Lecture for Students
  How math made modern music \rlap{\vrule height2.6pt depth-2.2pt width18pt}madIrrational!
  Room 3014, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  David T. Kung*, Saint Mary's College of Maryland
  (1056-A0-15)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
  AMS Current Events Bulletin
  Room 3022, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  David Eisenbud, University of California, Berkeley
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Approximate groups and their applications: work of Bourgain, Gamburd, Helfgott and Sarnak.
    Ben J Green*, University of Cambridge, UK
    (1056-11-1569)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Multivariate stable polynomials: theory and applications.
    David G. Wagner*, University of Waterloo
    (1056-32-2100)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The conformal geometry of billiards.
    Laura DeMarco*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1056-37-1737)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On the Kervaire Invariant Problem.
    Michael Hopkins*, Harvard University
    (1056-55-1879)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates, II
  Room 2000, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Darren Narayan, Rochester Institute of Technology darren.narayan@rit.edu
  Bernard Brooks, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Jacqueline Jensen, Sam Houston State University
  Carl V. Lutzer, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Vadim Ponomarenko, San Diego State University
  Tamas Wiandt, Rochester Institute of Technology
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Analyzing Hyperspectral Images.
    Brian Allen*, Messiah College
    Kristen Bretney, Loyola Marymount University
    (1056-94-145)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Coexistence of Stable ECM Solutions in the Lang-Kobayashi System.
    Ericka Mochan*, Western New England College
    C. Davis Buenger, Rice University
    (1056-34-144)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Greedy Algorithms for Generlized $k$-rankings of graphs.
    Sandra James*, Concordia University - St. Paul
    Andrew Zemke, Rochester Institute of Technology
    (1056-05-142)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Finding Ramsey Numbers.
    Kevin Black*, Harvey Mudd College
    Daniel Leven, Rutgers Unviersity
    (1056-05-143)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Mathematics Models of Mancala.
    Reginald Ford*, James Madison University
    M. Vergara, James Madison University
    J. C. Ortega, James Madison University
    D. Melendez, James Madison University
    Z. Pena, James Madison University
    (1056-91-2094)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Comparison of Homogenous cyclic expressions.
    B. Sriram*, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
    (1056-08-26)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The Strong Symmetric Genus of Small $D$-type Generalized Symmetric Groups.
    Michelle Bowser*, Grove City College
    Trevor Partridge, Grove City College
    Kirsten Rodgers, Grove City College
    (1056-20-77)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The Energy of Graphs and Matrices.
    Duy D Nguyen*, Texas Christian University
    Katelyn L McCall, University of Rochester
    Laura J Buggy, College of St. Benedict
    Amalia V Culiuc, Mount Holyoke College
    Sivaram K Narayan, Central Michigan University
    (1056-15-78)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Subgraph Summability Number.
    Kassandra A Johnston*, University of New Mexico
    Philip R Zerull, Central Michigan University
    Sivaram K Narayan, Central Michigan University
    Jordan D Webster, Central Michigan University
    (1056-05-79)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-6:20 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, I
  Room 2010, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Craig Fraser, University of Toronto
  Deborah Kent, Hillsdale College
  Sloan Despeaux, Western Carolina University despeaux@wcu.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    The Mathematics of the Antikythera Mechanism.
    James Evans*, University of Puget Sound
    (1056-01-929)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The various "Indian rules" in medieval and early modern Western mathematics.
    Kim Plofker*, Union College
    (1056-01-1189)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Descartes, Van Schooten, and algebraic extensions of fields.
    Michel Pierre Serfati*, Université Paris VII/ Denis Diderot
    (1056-01-56)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Curvature and symmetry in Newton's early computations of orbital dynamics.
    Michael Nauenberg*, UCSC
    (1056-01-1560)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Johann Bernoulli's lost lecture on differential calculus and its sequels.
    Ruediger Thiele*, Hall, Germany
    (1056-01-1572)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    From cascades to calculus: episodes in the history of Rolle's theorem.
    June Barrow-Green*, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
    (1056-01-273)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    D company: the rise and fall of differential operator theory in Britain, 1810s-1870s.
    Ivor O. Grattan-Guinness*, Middlesex University, UK
    (1056-01-1877)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Pasch and Klein on intuition and proofs.
    Dirk Schlimm*, McGill University
    (1056-01-1156)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Why was Wantzel Overlooked for a Century? The Changing Importance of an Impossibility Result.
    Jesper Lützen*, University of Copenhagen
    (1056-01-808)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    From idea to mathematical object: Herman Minkowski's introduction of general convex sets.
    Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen*, IMFUFA, Roskilde University
    (1056-01-304)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Building a Nation: The Evolution of a Mathematical Research Community from the Italian States to the Kingdom of Italy.
    Laura Martini*, Siena, Italy
    (1056-01-1331)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS-AWM Special Session on Spectral Problems on Compact Riemannian Manifolds, II
  Room 3003, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Carolyn Gordon, Dartmouth College csgordon @dartmouth.edu
  Ruth Gornet, University of Texas at Arlington
  Craig Sutton, Dartmouth College
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Inverse scattering results for manifolds hyperbolic at infinity.
    David Borthwick, Emory University
    Peter A. Perry*, University of Kentucky
    (1056-58-1112)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The genus spectrum of a hyperbolic 3-manifold.
    D. B. McReynolds*, University of Chicago
    Alan W. Reid, University of Texas in Austin
    (1056-53-1227)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Length-spectral rigidity for flat metrics.
    Moon Duchin*, University of Michigan
    Christopher J Leininger, University of Illinois
    Kasra Rafi, University of Oklahoma
    (1056-51-1425)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The Cut-off Covering Spectrum.
    Christina Sormani, CUNY Graduate Center and Lehman College
    Guofang Wei*, UC Santa Barbara
    (1056-53-529)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Spectral problems for polygons.
    Julie Rowlett*, Hausdorff Center for Mathematics
    (1056-58-869)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Break
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Eigenvalues and Isoperimetric Inequalities.
    Jesse Ratzkin*, University College Cork
    (1056-35-283)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Hearing Delzant polygons from the equivariant spectrum.
    Emily B. Dryden*, Bucknell University
    Victor Guillemin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Rosa Sena-Dias, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon
    (1056-58-1299)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    The fundamental domain of Random Riemann surfaces.
    Eran Makover*, Central Connecticut State University
    Jeff McGowan, Central Connecticut State University
    (1056-58-527)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    The fundamental domain of Random Riemann surfaces.
    Jeffrey McGowan*, Central Connecticut State University
    Eran Makover, Central Connecticut State University
    (1056-58-525)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Commutative Algebra, II
  Room 3011, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Susan Cooper, University of Nebraska-Lincoln scooper4@math.unl.edu
  Graham Leuschke, Syracuse University gjleusch@math.syr.edu
  Sean M. Sather-Wagstaff, North Dakota State University sean.sather-wagstaff.ndsu.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Ascent and descent modulo exact zero divisors.
    Luchezar L. Avramov, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Inês Bonacho dos Anjos Henriques*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Liana M. Sega, University of Missouri, Kansas City
    (1056-13-1604)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Vanishing of Tor over complete intersections.
    Olgur Celikbas*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    (1056-13-901)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Infinite Cohen-Macaulay posets and non-Noetherian Stanley-Reisner rings.
    Erin Chamberlain*, Brigham Young University
    (1056-13-813)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The rank of a hypergeometric system.
    Christine Berkesch*, Purdue University
    (1056-14-944)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Asymptotic behavior of value semi-groups.
    S. D. Cutkosky, University of Missouri - Columbia
    K. Dalili*, University of Missouri - Columbia
    O. Kashcheyeva, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1056-13-2019)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A New Elementwise Criterion for Weak Subintegrality.
    Marie A Vitulli*, University of Oregon
    (1056-13-1581)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Discussion
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Modules over one-dimensional local rings of infinite Cohen-Macaulay type.
    Silvia Saccon*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1056-13-621)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Local rings and high syzygies.
    Hamid Rahmati*, Texas Tech university
    Janet Striuli, Fairfield University
    (1056-13-2028)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Constructing Algebras from Witt vectors.
    Paul C Roberts*, University of Utah
    (1056-13-800)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Enumerative Combinatorics, II
  Room 3005, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Brian Miceli, Trinity University bmiceli@trinity.edu
  Jeff Remmel, University of California San Diego
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Major Index for 01-Fillings of Moon Polyominoes.
    William Chen, Center for Combinatorics, Nankai University
    Svetlana Poznanović*, Texas A&M University
    Catherine Yan, Texas A&M University
    Arthur Yang, Center for Combinatorics, Nankai University
    (1056-05-1212)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Matrix Bijections.
    Anthony A. Mendes*, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
    (1056-05-166)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Probabilistic proofs of hook length formulas involving trees.
    Bruce E Sagan*, Michigan State U. and NSF
    (1056-05-519)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Invariants, Kronecker products and combinatorics of some remakable diophantine systems.
    Adriano Garsia*, UC, San Diego
    (1056-05-1881)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Enumerating (2+2)-free posets by the number of minimal elements and other statistics.
    Sergey Kitaev*, Reykjavik University
    (1056-05-473)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The distributions of $k$-drops and $k$-excedences in permutations.
    Jeffrey E Liese*, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
    (1056-05-949)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Wilf equivalence for generalized factor order modulo $k$.
    Thomas Langley*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    Jeffrey Liese, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
    Jeffrey Remmel, University of California, San Diego
    (1056-05-1275)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A hierarchy of generalized pattern avoidance and $\beta(0,1)$-trees.
    Einar Steingrimsson*, Reykjavik University
    (1056-05-1886)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Avoiding Colored Partitions.
    Adam Goyt, Minnesota State University
    Lara Pudwell*, Valparaiso University
    (1056-05-1359)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    A Continuum of Partition Statistics.
    Nicholas A. Loehr*, Virginia Tech
    Gregory S. Warrington, University of Vermont
    (1056-05-487)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-6:20 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Differential Galois Theory and Group Representations: A Tribute to Andy Magid, I
  Room 3007, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  James Carrell, University of British Columbia
  Lourdes Juan, Texas Tech University lourdes.juan@ttu.edu
  Alex Lubotzky, Hebrew University
  Brian Parshall, University of Virginia
  Marius van der Put, University of Groningen
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Differential `Galois' extensions with new constants.
    Lourdes Juan*, Texas Tech University
    Andy R. Magid, University of Oklahoma
    (1056-20-1991)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Differential Groups and Factorization of Partial Differential Operators.
    Phyllis J Cassidy, The City College of New York
    Michael F Singer*, North Carolina State University
    (1056-12-605)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Infinitesimal differential Galois groups from jet spaces.
    Thomas Scanlon*, University of California, Berkeley
    (1056-13-839)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The Galois group of monodromy evolving deformations.
    Claude Mitschi*, Université de Strasbourg, France
    Michael F. Singer, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
    (1056-34-1144)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Spin groups as differential Galois groups.
    Arne Ledet*, Texas Tech University
    Lourdes Juan, Texas Tech University
    (1056-12-1040)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Geometry of differential Tannakian categories.
    Henri Gillet, University of Illinois at Chicago
    Sergey Gorchinskiy, Steklov Mathematical Institute
    Alexey Ovchinnikov*, City University of New York
    (1056-14-1407)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Symmetries of Standard Equations.
    Camilo Sanabria*, The CUNY Graduate Center
    (1056-34-433)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Differential Galois Theory and Darboux Transformations.
    Primitivo B. Acosta-Humánez*, Universidad Sergio Arboleda
    (1056-34-638)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    What can Mathematicians Contribute to Research in Education?
    Hyman Bass*, University of Michigan
    Deborah Loewenberg Ball, University of Michigan
    (1056-97-1520)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Galois theory of difference equations with difference parameters.
    Benjamin Antieau*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    Alexey Ovchinnikov, City University of New York
    (1056-13-1328)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on L-Functions and Analytic Number Theory, II
  Room 3009, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Alina Bucur, Institute for Advanced Study
  Chantal David, Concordia University
  Matilde Lalin, University of Alberta mlalin@math.ualberta.ca
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Real quadratic analogues of traces of singular moduli.
    W Duke*, UCLA
    O Imamoglu, ETH
    A Toth, Eotvos Lorand University
    (1056-11-1067)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Periods and $L$-functions.
    Brooke Feigon*, University of Toronto
    (1056-11-1086)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Periods and central values of quadratic base change L-functions.
    David Whitehouse*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1056-11-522)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The relative trace formula and average values of L-functions.
    Andrew H. Knightly*, University of Maine
    Charles Li, Chinese University of Hong Kong
    (1056-11-641)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Average Frobenius distribution for elliptic curves defined over number fields.
    Ethan C. Smith*, Michigan Technological University
    Kevin James, Clemson University
    (1056-11-789)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Nonvanishing of canonical Hecke L-functions for CM number fields.
    Riad Masri*, University of Wisconsin at Madison
    Tonghai Yang, University of Wisconsin at Madison
    (1056-11-1363)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Higher weight Heegner points.
    Kimberly Hopkins*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1056-11-824)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Euclidean Prime Degree Galois Number Fields.
    Kevin J McGown*, University of California, San Diego
    (1056-11-308)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Divisibility properties of values of partial zeta functions at non-positive integers.
    Barry R. Smith*, University of California, Irvine
    (1056-11-751)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Critical zeros of Dirichlet L-functions.
    J. Brian Conrey*, American Institute of Mathematics
    (1056-11-677)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-6:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Recent Advances in Evolution Equations and Applications
  Room 2006, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Guoping Zhang, Morgan State University hyzgp73@yahoo.com
  Gaston N'Guerekata, Morgan State University
  Yi Li, University of Iowa
  Wen-Xiu Ma, University of South Florida
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Circular spectrum and bounded solutions of periodic evolution equations in Banach spaces.
    Gaston M. N'guerekata*, Morgan State University
    (1056-34-995)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Existence and uniqueness of mild solutions to impulsive fractional differential equations.
    Gisèle Mophou*, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane
    (1056-35-984)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Existence of pseudo almost automorphic solutions to some classes of nonautonomous partial evolution equations.
    Toka Diagana*, Howard University
    (1056-34-1149)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Analytical approaches for solving nonlinear equations.
    Wen-Xiu Ma*, University of South Florida
    (1056-35-1397)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Standing wave solutions of the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equations with site-dependent nonlinearity.
    Guoping Zhang*, Morgan State University
    (1056-35-1341)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On Solvability of Initial-Boundary Value Problems for Multi-Weighted Parabolic Systems.
    Alexander Kozhevnikov*, Univ. of Haifa, Israel
    (1056-35-24)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Front Behavior for Traveling Wave Solutions of a Modified Fisher PDE.
    Ronald E Mickens*, Clark Atlanta University
    (1056-35-400)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Blow-up phenomena due to concentrated nonlinear sources in $\mathbb{R}^{N}$.
    Patcharin Tragoonsirisak*, Fort Valley State University
    (1056-35-312)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Well-posedness and regularity of one phase Hele-Shaw bubble problem.
    Xuming Xie*, Morgan State University
    (1056-35-85)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Multiple Solutions to an Elliptic Problem Related to Vortex Pairs.
    Yi Li*, University of Iowa, Xian Jiaotong University
    Shuangjie Peng, Central China Normal University
    (1056-35-1977)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Lp Convergence with Rates of Smooth Poisson-Cauchy Type Singular Operators.
    George A. Anastassiou*, University of Memphis
    Razvan A Mezei, University of Memphis
    (1056-41-37)
  • 6:30 p.m.
    Operator Valued Measures as Feedback Control for Stochastic Systems on Hilbert Space.
    Nasiruddin U Ahmed*, University of Ottawa
    (1056-49-44)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on The Mathematics of Information and Knowledge, II
  Room 2012, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Naoki Saito, University of California Davis saito@math.ucdavis.edu
  Ronald R. Coifman, Yale University
  James G. Glimm, SUNY at Stony Brook
  Peter W. Jones, Yale University
  Mauro Maggioni, Duke University
  Jared Tanner, University of Edinburgh
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    The Power of Convex Relaxation: Near-optimal Matrix Completion.
    Emmanuel Candes*, Stanford University
    Terence Tao, University of California, Los Angeles
    (1056-90-1503)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Challenges in Computational Medicine and Biology.
    Donald Geman*, Johns Hopkins University
    (1056-92-993)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A Geometric Perspective on Learning Theory and Algorithms.
    Partha Niyogi*, The University of Chicago
    (1056-68-1536)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    A multiscale approach to characterize macromolecular dynamics and functions.
    Cecilia Clementi*, Department of Chemistry, Rice University
    (1056-92-1980)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Virtual Surgery: Scientific Computing in Real Time.
    Joseph M Teran*, University of California, Los Angeles
    (1056-65-1802)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  MAA-AMS-MER Invited Paper Session on Mathematics and Education Reform, III: Refocusing Algebra: From Middle School to College
  Room 3008, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  William H. Barker, Bowdoin College
  William G. McCallum, University of Arizona
  Bonnie S. Saunders, University of Illinois at Chicago saunders@math.uic.edu
  William Haver, Virginia Commonwealth University
  Donald B. Small, U. S. M. A.
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    The Chicago Algebra Initiative: A Multi-University Collaboration with the Chicago Public Schools.
    Lynn Narasimhan*, DePaul University
    Paul Sally, University of Chicago
    (1056-BC-1346)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The Chicago Algebra Initiative: Data and Results.
    David C Jabon*, DePaul University
    Paul J. Sally, Jr., University of Chicago
    (1056-BC-1357)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Making the Transition from High School Algebra to College Algebra.
    Erick B Hofacker*, University of Wisconsin - River Falls
    (1056-BC-2053)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    MAA/CRAFTY College Algebra Guidelines.
    Don Small*, United States Military Academy
    (1056-BC-1183)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Modeling Based College Algebra at Virginia Commonwealth University.
    Bill Haver*, Virginia Commonwealth University
    Aimee Ellington, Virginia Commonwealth University
    (1056-BC-868)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Traversing Bumps Along the Road to a Contemporary College Algebra Curriculum.
    Irene M Haskins*, Husson University Bangor Maine
    (1056-BC-1772)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Refocusing and reMODELING College Algebra - A Team Activity.
    Erick B Hofacker*, University of Wisconsin - River Falls
    (1056-BC-2052)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Retention Benefits of Refocused College Algebra.
    Bernadette F. Turner*, Lincoln University Jefferson City, MO
    Donna Stallings, Lincoln University Jefferson City, MO
    (1056-BC-1761)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Studio College Algebra at Kansas State University.
    Andrew G Bennett*, Kansas State University
    Rachel B Manspeaker, Kansas State University
    Rekha Natarajan, Kansas State University
    Jennifer Paulhus, Kansas State University
    (1056-BC-815)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Revitalizing Algebra for First-Year College Students: An Attempt to Change Students' Beliefs and Attitudes.
    Barbara E. Edwards*, Oregon State University
    (1056-BC-1501)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Differential and Difference Equations, IV
  Room 3018, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    On Stability of Solutions of Fractional Order SEIR Epidemic Model with Vertical Transmission.
    Elif Demirci*, Ankara University
    Nuri Ozalp, Ankara University
    (1056-34-448)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Oscillation of Impulsive Partial Difference Equations with Continuous Variables.
    Ravi P. Agarwal, Florida Institute of Technology
    Fatma Karakoc*, Ankara University, Turkey
    (1056-34-492)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Analysis and Numerical Solution of a Non-local ODE Motivated by Flutter.
    John V. Matthews*, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    Boris P. Belinskiy, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    (1056-34-496)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Bounded Error Parameter Identification and the Design of Experiments for Models Described by Ordinary Differential Equations.
    Adam Fletcher Childers*, Roanoke College
    (1056-34-777)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Integral inequalities for certain nonlinear systems on time scales.
    Mehmet Unal*, Bahcesehir University
    (1056-34-851)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Cyclic Central Configurations in the Four-Body Problem.
    Josep Cors, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
    Glen R. Hall, Boston University
    Gareth E. Roberts*, College of the Holy Cross
    (1056-70-972)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Asymptotically Autonomous Differential Inclusions.
    Zhivko S. Athanassov*, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
    (1056-34-862)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Dynamics of a segmentation clock model with discrete and distributed delays.
    Peng Feng*, Florida Gulf Coast University
    (1056-34-873)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Modeling of Electrostatic-Elastic Membrane Systems Motivated by MEMS Devices.
    J. Regan Beckham*, University of Texas at Tyler
    (1056-34-1174)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Oscillation criteria for some types of second order nonlinear dynamic equations.
    Billur Kaymakcalan*, Georgia Southern University
    Ravi P. Agarwal, Florida Institute of Technology
    Said R. Grace, Cairo University
    Wichuta Sae-jie, Mahidol University, Bangkok
    (1056-34-1221)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Solutions of the Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation with Prescribed Asymptotics at Infinity.
    John Bernard Gonzalez*, Northeastern University
    (1056-35-1987)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Dirichlet forms on Laakso Spaces.
    Benjamin Steinhurst*, University of Connecticut
    (1056-34-1368)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Existence of solutions for impulsive integral boundary value problems of fractional order.
    Seenith Sivasundaram*, ERAU
    (1056-34-1434)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Models of two-patch predator-prey community dynamics.
    Faina Berezovskaya*, Howard University
    (1056-34-1665)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Oscillation criteria for second order dynamic inclusions.
    Elvan Akin-Bohner*, Missouri University of Science and Technology
    (1056-34-1838)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Break.
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Mathematical analysis of synchronization of pacemaker cells in mammals.
    Menaka B Navaratna*, Florida Gulf Coast University
    Channa N Navaratna, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
    (1056-34-1229)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Analysis of radial stagnation flow toward a stretching cylinder.
    Antonio Mastroberardino*, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
    Joseph E Paullet, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
    (1056-34-1852)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Parameter Dependency on the Period of the Solutions for the Duffing Equation with Double-well Potential.
    Ben T Nohara*, Tokyo City University
    A Arimoto, Tokyo City University
    (1056-34-2043)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Conditions for the Existence of a Steady State Solution for a Competition System of Plankton Population.
    Chihchien Yu*, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
    (1056-37-261)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    The Change in Electric Potential due to Lightning.
    Beyza Aslan*, University of North Florida
    William Hager, University of Florida
    (1056-35-381)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Mathematics Education
  Room 3010, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Why should humanities majors have all the fun?
    Jane W Hartsfield*, American University
    (1056-00-160)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    What are they thinking? Examining the mathematical disposition of preservice elementary teachers.
    Charles Adam Feldhaus*, Ohio University
    (1056-97-13)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Why do children in public and rural primary schools perform worse in mathematics: unresolved questions on equitable access to early childhood education?
    A. N. Meremikwu*, University of Calabar Nigeria
    (1056-97-209)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Local Research Experience for Undergraduates YSU in the summer of 2008.
    Jacek Fabrykowski*, Youngstown State University
    (1056-97-305)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Examples of a Mathematical Habit of the Mind and its effect on Students.
    Richard Millman*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1056-97-465)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Undergraduate Research and Service Learning Projects Developed from Institutional Research Questions.
    Maria Zack*, Point Loma Nazarene University
    Greg Crow, Point Loma Nazarene University
    (1056-97-846)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Use of ConcepTests and Voting in Upper Division Math Courses.
    David O Lomen*, University of Arizona
    (1056-97-1889)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Social Network Surveys in Math and Science Education.
    Carole Basile, University of Colorado at Denver
    Steve Culpepper, University of Colorado at Denver
    Steven Di Lisio*, University of Colorado at Denver
    Adam Ruff, University of Colorado at Denver
    Diana White, University of Colorado at Denver
    (1056-97-1914)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Mathematics majors' believes about mathematics after taking a methods of proof class and professors' believes about the effectiveness of such a class.
    Elsa Medina*, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
    (1056-97-2070)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Trends in Statistics PhD Graduates.
    Pam Arroway*, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University
    Ashley Swandby, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University
    (1056-00-1595)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Unshackling Linear Algebra from Linear Notation.
    Elisha Peterson*, United States Military Academy
    (1056-15-1231)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Disruption of Symmetry Creates New Symmetries.
    Robert M. Sulman*, Central Methodist University
    (1056-00-1232)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
  AMS Session on Discrete Mathematics, V
  Room 3006, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Lower bounds in minimum rank problems.
    Lon H Mitchell*, Virginia Commonwealth University
    Sivaram K Narayan, Central Michigan University
    Andy Zimmer, University of Illinois
    (1056-05-903)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    $C$-sets in an uncountable semigroup.
    John H. Johnson*, Howard University
    (1056-05-905)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    The Rees Product with a Poset or its Dual Poset.
    Tricia Muldoon Brown*, Armstrong Atlantic State University
    Margaret Readdy, University of Kentucky
    (1056-05-910)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Permutations with Ascending and Descending Blocks.
    Jacob N Steinhardt*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1056-05-979)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Generalized Oval Derivation.
    Timothy L Vis*, University of Colorado Denver
    (1056-05-997)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Potential-Based Strategies for Breaker for Maker-Breaker Tic-Tac-Toe on the Integer Lattice with Numerous Directions.
    Klay Kruczek*, Western Oregon University
    Eric Sundberg, Occidental College
    (1056-91-1917)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    A winning strategy for Maker in the Maker-Breaker version of Tic-Tac-Toe on the integer lattice with numerous winning line directions.
    Eric Sundberg*, Occidental College
    Klay Kruczek, Western Oregon University
    (1056-05-1951)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Extremal functions of excluded block permutation matrices.
    Adam C Hesterberg*, Princeton University
    (1056-05-1113)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The $(1,2)$-step competition graph of a tournament.
    Sarah K. Merz*, University of the Pacific
    Kim A.S. Factor, Marquette University
    (1056-05-795)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Elements in unavoidable minors of $3$-connected binary matroids.
    Deborah A Chun*, Louisiana State University
    (1056-05-1277)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A degree condition for spanning cycles in bipartite graphs.
    Louis DeBiasio*, Arizona State University
    Andrzej Czygrinow, Arizona State University
    H. A. Kierstead, Arizona State University
    (1056-05-1097)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
  AMS Session on Dynamical Systems
  Room 3020, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Computation of Heteroclinic Arcs for Diffeomorphisms of $\mathbb{R}^3$.
    J. D. Mireles-James*, University of Texas, at Austin
    Hector Lomeli, ITAM, Mexico City, Mexico
    (1056-37-45)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Scattering of solitary waves in the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam lattice.
    Aaron Hoffman*, Boston University
    (1056-37-103)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Semigroups of matrices with dense orbits.
    Mohammad Javaheri*, Trinity College
    (1056-37-137)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Mathematical Analysis of Dengue Treatment Model with Variable Viral Load.
    Salisu Mohammed Garba*, University of Manitoba
    (1056-37-293)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Model of The Drosophila Circadian Clock: Loop Regulation and Transcriptional Integration.
    Hassan M Fathallah-Shaykh*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Jerry L Bona, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1056-37-693)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Break
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Dynamics of semigroups of Moebius transformations.
    Sebastian M Marotta*, University of the Pacific
    David Fried, Boston University
    Rich Stankewitz, Ball State University
    (1056-37-793)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Towards billiards of the Koch snowflake.
    Robert G. Niemeyer*, UC Riverside
    Michel L. Lapidus, UC Riverside
    (1056-37-820)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Asymptotics of Grow-Up Solutions and Global Attractors for Slowly Non-Dissipative PDEs.
    Nitsan Ben-Gal*, Brown University
    (1056-37-1073)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    One-parameter interval exchange actions.
    Christopher F Novak*, University of Michigan-Dearborn
    (1056-37-1187)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Extreme value theory for some dynamical systems.
    Chinmaya Gupta*, University of Houston
    Mark Holland, University of Exeter
    Matthew Nicol, University of Houston
    (1056-37-1243)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Evolving a Smooth Curve of Initial Conditions Under a Time-Dependent Two-Dimensional ODE.
    Paul von Dohlen*, William Paterson University
    Patrick Miller, Stevens Institute of Technology
    (1056-37-1460)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Newton diagram methods for analysis of the replicator equation.
    Faina Berezovskaya*, Howard University
    Artem Novozhilov, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
    Georgy Karev, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
    (1056-37-1686)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Speedups of Ergodic Group Extensions.
    Andrey Babichev*, California State University, Fresno
    Adam Fieldsteel, Wesleyan University
    (1056-37-1847)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Combinatorial Classification of Cubic Polynomials with a fixed Siegel Disk.
    Ross M Ptacek*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    John C Mayer, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (1056-37-1942)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    The Maximal Inequality and the Ergodic Theorem for Discrete Hausdorff Means.
    Constantine Georgakis*, DePaul University
    (1056-37-1994)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Renormalization and lower-dimensional Brjuno invariant tori of Hamiltonian systems.
    Sasa Kocic*, University of Toronto
    Hans Koch, University of Texas at Austin
    (1056-37-2021)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Symbolic Dynamics for Nonhyperbolic Systems.
    David Richeson*, Dickinson College
    Jim Wiseman, Agnes Scott College
    (1056-58-1811)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
  AMS Session on Computational Mathematics, II
  Room 3012, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Reconstructing physical parameters in systems of reaction-diffusion equations in electrocardiology.
    Yuan He*, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University
    David E Keyes, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University
    (1056-65-1058)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Truncated Incomplete Hessian Newton Minimization with Application to Biomolecular Potential Energy Function.
    Mazen George Zarrouk*, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
    Dexuan Xie, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
    (1056-65-1125)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Fast Solvers for Models of Steady Fluid Flow.
    P. A. Lott*, National Institute of Standards & Technology
    H. C. Elman, University of Maryland, College Park
    (1056-65-1182)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Fighting Gibbs' phenomenon through quotienting.
    Jean-Paul Berrut*, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
    (1056-65-1185)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Numerical solutions of fourth order boundary value problems using Bernoulli polynomials.
    Md Shafiqul Islam*, University of Dhaka
    (1056-65-1223)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Solving two-dimensional linear and nonlinear Volterra integral equations by the differential transform method.
    Jang Bongsoo*, Ulsan National Institue of Science and Technology (UNIST)
    (1056-45-1025)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Signal Fraction Analysis with Constraints and Extensions.
    Fatemeh Emdad*, The University of Texas Medical Branch
    Michael Kirby, Colorado State University
    (1056-00-1188)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Reduced Basis Element Method for 2D Maxwell's Problem.
    Yanlai Chen*, Brown University
    Jan S. Hesthaven, Brown University
    Yvon Maday, Brown University and Paris 6
    (1056-65-1298)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Model and Optimization of Organic Photovoltaic Cells.
    Amelia McNamara*, Macalester College
    Jordan Seering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
    Yi Zeng, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1056-65-1301)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Higher order Strang split integral deferred correction methods for Vlasov equations.
    Andrew Christlieb, Michigan State University
    Maureen Morton*, Michigan State University
    Jing-Mei Qiu, Colorado School of Mines
    (1056-65-1345)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Computing Laser Ablation by a Finite-Volume Method.
    Sean Cohen*, North Carolina State University
    Alina Chertock, North Carolina State University
    V. A. Trofimov, Moscow State University
    I. A. Shirokov, Moscow State University
    (1056-65-1418)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Break
  • 4:00 p.m.
    A Discontinuous Galerkin Solver for Full-Band Boltzmann-Poisson Models.
    Yingda Cheng*, University of Texas at Austin
    Irene M Gamba, University of Texas at Austin
    Armando Majorana, Universit`a di Catania
    Chi-Wang Shu, Brown University
    (1056-65-1490)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Reconstruction of thin tubular inclusions in three-dimensional domains using electrical impedance tomography.
    Roland Griesmaier*, University of Delaware
    (1056-65-1548)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Delaunay refinement methods for FSI systems undergoing changes in topological properties.
    Edward W. Swim*, United States Military Academy
    (1056-65-1713)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Resilient Modulus Modeling with information theory approach.
    Ali S. Shaqlaih*, University of Oklahoma
    Luther White, University of Oklahoma
    Musharraf Zaman, University of Oklahoma
    (1056-65-1780)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Numerical Study of a Quantum Memory Model.
    Charles N. Cook*, Alma College
    Maria Emelianenko, George Mason University
    (1056-65-1781)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Domain decomposition method for solving three-dimensional parabolic partial differential equations.
    Younbae Jun*, University of West Alabama
    (1056-65-1873)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    The Rapid Advance and Slow Retreat of a Mushy Zone.
    Nicholas Gewecke*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Tim Schulze, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    (1056-86-269)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
  AMS Session on Functional Analysis and Operator Theory, II
  Room 3016, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Weighted Composition Operators from $H^\infty$ to the Bloch Space of a Bounded Homogeneous Domain.
    Robert F. Allen*, University of Wisconsin -- La Crosse
    Flavia Colonna, George Mason University
    (1056-47-309)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Eigenvalues for Perturbations of Densely Defined Linear Maximal Monotone Operators.
    Dhruba R Adhikari*, Mississippi University for Women
    Athanassios G Kartsatos, University of South Florida
    (1056-47-577)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    An induced diffusion distance.
    Maxim J. Goldberg, Ramapo College of NJ
    Seonja Kim*, SUNY Rockland Community College
    (1056-47-1005)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    The Generalized Degree for Multifunctions Perturbations of Maximal Monotone Operators and Applications.
    Boubakari Ibrahimou*, Murray State University
    (1056-47-1008)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Spectral Analysis of Conjugate Self-Adjoint Operators.
    Zhong Wang*, Zhaoqing University
    Hongyou WU, NIU
    (1056-47-1099)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Break.
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Kinds of pseudomonotonocitiy in study of variational inequalities.
    Dan D. Pascali*, Courant Institute, New York University
    (1056-47-1142)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Fixed Point Composition C$^*$-algebras.
    Katie Spurrier Quertermous*, University of Virginia
    (1056-47-1165)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Function theory on a quantum domain.
    Meghna Mittal*, University of Houston
    (1056-47-1375)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Topology of invariant subspace lattice of shift operators in higher dimensions.
    Shonia Giorgi*, Ohio University Lancaster
    (1056-47-1399)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Quantum analog of Donoho-Stark Uncertainty Principle.
    Genady Grabarnik*, York College, CUNY, NY
    (1056-47-1451)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Convex and Nonsmooth Analysis of Minimal Time Functions in Banach Spaces.
    Mau Nam Nguyen*, University of Texas-Pan American
    (1056-49-421)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Crossed Products by Automorphisms with the Tracial Quasi-Rokhlin Property.
    Julian Michael Buck*, University of Oregon
    (1056-47-1754)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    n-symmetric Linear Transformations and von Neumann algebras.
    Mark Stankus*, California Polytechnic State University Of San Luis Obispo
    (1056-47-1853)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Computing the C*-algebra of an inverse semigroup with the Munn representation.
    David Milan*, University of Texas at Tyler
    (1056-47-2107)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Recursive Decomposition of a $\text{C}^*$ -subalgebra of $\text{C}^*(R, X )$.
    Hutian Liang*, University of Oregon
    (1056-47-2124)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    On the Nonpositive Solution of the Nonlinear Inverse Autoconvolution Problem.
    Z Dai*, Alma College
    P K Lamm, Michigan State University
    (1056-45-1010)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Good Lambda Inequality and Riesz potentials for Non Doubling Measures in $\mathbb{R}^n$.
    Mukta B. Bhandari*, Kansas State University
    (1056-42-709)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Generalized Convolution Systems: Axioms and Properties.
    Adam W Parr*, University of the Virgin Islands
    (1056-43-1816)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Arts and Mathematics, I
  Room 2022, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Douglas E. Norton, Villanova University douglas.norton@villanova.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    A Brief Study of Modularity in Mosaic Designs.
    Reza Sarhangi*, Towson University
    (1056-C1-301)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Conformal Models of Hyperbolic Geometry.
    Vladimir L. Bulatov*, Corvallis, OR
    (1056-C1-950)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Exploring Chaotic Patterns in Chinese Landscape Paintings by Structural Cloning Method.
    Mingjang Chen*, Center for General Education, National Chiao-Tung University
    (1056-C1-177)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    The Joy of the Curve.
    Susan A. McBurney*, Western Springs, Illinois
    (1056-C1-299)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Empirical Origin of the Design Concepts and the Euclidean Geometry.
    Fatma Mete*, Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design, Cornell University
    Osman Yurekli, Ithaca College
    (1056-C1-1580)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Projective Geometry and The Art of The Renaissance.
    Meighan I. Dillon*, Southern Polytechnic State University
    (1056-C1-461)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Modular Perspective in The Music Lesson by Vermeer.
    Helmer Aslaksen*, National University of Singapore
    (1056-C1-591)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Digital roots, Vedic multiplication and Fibonacci numbers.
    Fatma Mete, Cornell University
    Yurekli Osman*, Ithaca College
    (1056-C1-1457)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Dancing in Mathematical Circles.
    Karl H. Schaffer*, De Anza College, Dr. Schaffer and Mr. Stern Dance Ensemble
    (1056-C1-2010)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Dancing and Groups: An Active Activity.
    Melanie Anne Pivarski*, Roosevelt University
    (1056-C1-749)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    The Great Calculus II Art Contest.
    Pedro Teixeira*, Knox College
    (1056-C1-2011)
  • 4:40 p.m.
    Measuring Complexity of $d$-Note Pitch Collections Within a $c$-Note Chromatic Universe.
    Joshua P. Case*, University of Maine at Farmington
    (1056-C1-1246)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A Mathematical Tour of Baltimore.
    Robert Edward Lewand*, Goucher College
    (1056-C1-157)
  • 5:20 p.m.
    The topology of Jorge Luis Borges' {\em Library of Babel}.
    William Goldbloom Bloch*, Wheaton College
    (1056-C1-872)
  • 5:40 p.m.
    Once upon a time there was $ ... $ A epistemological "fable" of music and mathematics.
    Rosanna Iembo*, International Institute of Informatics and Systems, Orlando, Florida, USA; University of Calabria, Italy
    Irene Iaccarino, Crotone, Italy
    (1056-C1-1020)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-1:35 p.m.
  MAA Session on Undergraduate Mathematical Biology, II
  Room 3002, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Timothy D. Comar, Benedictine University tcomar@ben.edu
  Raina S. Robeva, Sweet Briar College
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Predictive Modeling in Quantitative Biology.
    Jeff R Knisley*, East Tennessee State University
    (1056-Q5-1531)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Modeling the Spread of Disease in Undergraduate Microbiology.
    Angela B. Shiflet*, Wofford College
    George W Shiflet, Wofford College
    (1056-Q5-1988)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on General Contributed Papers, VIII
  Room 3000, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Eric S. Marland, Appalachian State University marlandes@appstate.edu
  Daniel J. Curtin, Northern Kentucky University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    SIGMAA-QL 2009 Quantitative Literacy Survey: Preliminary Results.
    Milo Schield*, Augsburg College
    (1056-Z1-1088)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    Teaching a Senior Seminar in Humanistic Mathematics.
    Sarah J Greenwald*, Appalachian State University
    Eric Marland, Appalachian State University
    (1056-Z1-182)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Reflection Papers on the Big Ideas.
    Jeremy Case*, Taylor University
    (1056-Z1-1448)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Can Instructors Award Partial Credit on Multiple Choice Questions?
    Janet L. Braunstein*, United States Military Academy at West Point
    Edward W. Swim, United States Military Academy at West Point
    (1056-Z1-1992)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Refocused College Algebra at Harris-Stowe State University.
    Ann Podleski*, Harris-Stowe State University
    (1056-Z1-2042)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    The Impact of Additional Mathematics Support on Student Performance.
    Ciarán Mac an Bhaird*, National University of Ireland Maynooth
    Ann O'Shea, National University of Ireland Maynooth
    (1056-Z1-2119)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    History of The Return of Applications in Undergraduate Mathematics in the United States.
    Walter Meyer*, Adelphi University
    (1056-Z1-357)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    50 years of College Math. Have I learned anything?
    Bryan V. Hearsey*, Lebanon Valley College
    (1056-Z1-368)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    One of the first mathematical texts of the Jewish Bookcase.
    Greisy Winicki Landman*, Cal Poly Pomona
    (1056-Z1-288)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    New Materials on History of Mathematics.
    Satish C. Bhatnagar*, University of Nevada Las Vegas
    (1056-Z1-1712)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Mathematicians Card and Poster.
    Sang-Gu Lee, Sungkyunkwan University
    Kyung-Won Kim*, Sungkyunkwan University
    (1056-Z1-1517)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    The Elements of Euclid.
    Meighan I. Dillon*, Southern Polytechnic State University
    (1056-Z1-456)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    British Royal Society: A Fraternity of Experimentalists.
    Donna M Pierce*, Whitworth University
    (1056-Z1-354)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    History as a meaning-making tool: Illuminating prospective mathematics teachers' knowledge of algebra.
    Kathleen M Clark*, Florida State University
    (1056-Z1-1440)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Winifred Edgerton Merrill - She Opened Doors.
    Susan E. Kelly*, University of Wisconsin- La Crosse
    Sarah Rozner, University of Northern Colorado
    (1056-Z1-1817)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Mihailo Petrovic and his interval mathematics.
    Radoslav M. Dimitric*, Pittsburgh
    (1056-Z1-127)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    The Orthogonal Tower for $\Sigma^{\infty}\operatorname{Emb}(\coprod_m D^n,V)$.
    Nicholas Hamblet*, University of Virginia
    (1056-Z1-1597)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Well Behaved Rotation About Planar Non-linear Curves: An analysis of the volume and uniqueness of a solid swept out by rotation about a non-linear axis.
    Adam V Lewicki*, Davidson College
    Robert Whitton, Davidson College
    (1056-Z1-1543)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Three Simple Questions about Tetrahedra.
    Charles Waiveris*, Central Connecticut State University
    (1056-Z1-1081)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Why Automobile Sunshades Fold Oddly: An Intruiging Application of Topology.
    Curtis Feist*, Southern Oregon University
    Ramin Naimi, Occidental College
    (1056-Z1-1355)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
  MAA Session on Philosophy of Mathematics for Working Mathematicians
  Room 2009, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Bonnie Gold, Monmouth University bgold@monmouth.edu
  Carl Behrens, Alexandria, Virginia
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    What Is the Character of Mathematical Law?
    James R Henderson*, University of Pittsburgh at Titusville
    (1056-M5-259)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    John Stuart Mill's "Pebble Arithmetic" and the Nature of Mathematical Objects.
    Carl E. Behrens*, Alexandria, VA
    (1056-M5-596)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Dummett Down: Intuitionism and Mathematical Existence.
    Thomas Drucker*, University of Wisconsin--Whitewater
    (1056-M5-1635)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The Articulation of Mathematics-A Pragmatic/Constructive Approach to The Philosophy of Mathematics.
    Martin E Flashman*, Humboldt State University
    (1056-M5-1771)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Molyneux's Problem.
    Lawrence A. D'Antonio*, Ramapo College of New Jersey
    (1056-M5-445)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Mathematical practice and the philosophy of mathematics.
    Jeff Buechner*, Dept. Philosophy; Rutgers University-Newark and The Saul Kripke Center, CUNY, The Graduate Center
    (1056-M5-1015)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Being a Realist Without Being a Platonist.
    Daniel C. Sloughter*, Furman University
    (1056-M5-444)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    An analysis of the notion of natural numer.
    Ruggero Ferro*, University of Verona, Italy
    (1056-M5-1918)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  MAA Session on Publishing Mathematics on the Web
  Room 2011, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Thomas E. Leathrum, Jacksonville State University leathrum@jsu.edu
  William F. Hammond, The University at Albany
  Kyle T. Siegrist, University of Alabama in Huntsville
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    A multimedia document workflow using docutils.
    Matthew Leingang*, New York University
    (1056-N5-630)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    Displaying Mathematics with Plain HTML.
    Claus Schubert*, SUNY Cortland
    (1056-N5-341)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    The Importance of Good Source Markup.
    William F. Hammond*, University at Albany (SUNY)
    (1056-N5-712)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Customizing and Extending Content MathML.
    Kyle T Siegrist*, University of Alabama in Huntsville
    (1056-N5-1662)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Math Authoring for the Web Made Easier.
    Thomas E Leathrum*, Jacksonville State University
    (1056-N5-547)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    An RIA Approach to Web Mathematics.
    Donald W. DeLand*, Integre Technical Publishing
    (1056-N5-1809)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Textbooks as Sage Notebooks.
    Robert A Beezer*, University of Puget Sound
    (1056-N5-1050)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    MathJax: a JavaScript-based engine for including TeX and MathML in HTML.
    Davide P Cervone*, Union College
    (1056-N5-1947)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    WebKit + MathML.
    R. Alexander Milowski*, San Francisco, CA
    (1056-N5-1505)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    MathType, Math Markup, and the Goal of Cut and Paste.
    Robert R Miner*, Design Science, Inc.
    (1056-N5-1504)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    MathML 3.0.
    Patrick D. F. Ion*, Mathematical Reviews / AMS
    (1056-N5-1271)
  • 4:40 p.m.
    Revising the MSC (Mathematics Subject Classification).
    Patrick D. F. Ion*, Mathematical Reviews / AMS
    (1056-N5-1278)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Tiddly Geometry.
    Patrick D. F. Ion*, Mathematical Reviews / AMS
    (1056-N5-1262)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-4:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Research on the Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics, I
  Room 2020, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Keith Weber, Rutgers University keith.weber@gse.rutgers.edu
  Stacy Brown, Pitzer College
  Natasha A. Speer, University of Maine
  Karen A. Marrongelle, Portland State University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Appropriating New Definitions: The Case of Lipschitz Functions.
    Jessica L Knapp*, Pima Community College
    (1056-P5-1952)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Undergraduate students' assessment of the persuasiveness of mathematical arguments: Beyond private and public senses of conviction.
    Juan Pablo Mejia Ramos*, Rutgers University
    Matthew Inglis, Loughborough University
    (1056-P5-1350)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    A design of instructional interventions for the resolution of cognitive dissonance in an advanced calculus class.
    Kyeong Hah Roh*, Arizona State University
    (1056-P5-2068)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Between construction and communication: What goes into revising a proof?
    Yvonne Lai*, University of Michigan
    Keith H Weber, Rutgers University
    (1056-P5-1343)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Examples, Uncertainty, & Skepticism: An Examination of the Underpinnings of An Intellectual Need for Proof.
    Stacy A. Brown*, Pitzer College
    (1056-P5-1488)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Understanding mathematical proofs: What does it mean and how can it be assessed?
    Evan Fuller*, Montclair State University
    Keith Weber, Rutgers
    Pablo Mejia-Ramos, Rutgers
    Kathryn Rhoads, Rutgers
    Robert Search, Centenary College
    Aron Samkoff, Rutgers
    (1056-P5-753)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Clarifying the Stages of Mathematical Defining: Gestation and Presentation.
    Paul Christian Dawkins*, University of Texas at Arlington
    (1056-P5-1151)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Examining Undergraduate Students' Reading and Use of Mathematics Textbooks.
    Angie Hodge*, North Dakota State University
    Ryan Hiltner, North Dakota State University
    (1056-P5-2022)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    An Example of a Non-traditional Pedagogy in an Abstract Algebra Class: What is the effect on student motivation?
    Tim Fukawa-Connelly*, University of New Hampshire
    (1056-P5-184)
  • 4:40 p.m.
    The role of e-assessment in student learning in mathematics.
    Douglas Quinney*, University of Keele, UK
    (1056-P5-32)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Graph Theory, II
  Room 2002, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Andre Kundgen, California State University San Marcos akundgen@csusm.edu
  Hal Kierstead, Arizona State University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Equitable list coloring of graphs with low maximum degree.
    H. A. Kierstead, Arizona State University
    A. V. Kostochka*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1056-05-723)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Hamiltonian Square Cycle in Ore-type Graphs.
    Phong Q Chau*, Arizona State University
    (1056-05-1511)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Tiling in Multipartite Graphs.
    Ryan Martin*, Iowa State University
    (1056-05-333)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Decompositions of graphs and hypergraphs.
    Sebastian M Cioabă*, University of Delaware
    (1056-05-1146)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Distributed algorithms and graph theory.
    Andrzej Czygrinow*, Arizona State University
    (1056-68-908)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Adjacency Posets of Planar Graphs.
    Stefan Felsner, Institut für Mathematik, Technische Universität Berlin
    Chingman Li, Institut für Mathematik, Technische Universität Berlin
    William T. Trotter*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1056-05-1582)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On extremal problems in a Boolean lattice.
    Maria Axenovich*, Iowa State University
    Jacob Manske, Iowa State University
    Ryan Martin, Iowa State University
    (1056-05-1254)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Maker-Breaker Games: Building a Big Chain in a Poset.
    Daniel Cranston*, Virginia Commonwealth University
    Bill Kinnersley, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Kevin Milans, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Greg Puleo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Douglas West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    (1056-05-441)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Degree Ramsey Numbers of Graphs.
    Tao Jiang, Miami University, Ohio
    Bill Kinnersley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Kevin G. Milans*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Douglas B. West, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1056-05-558)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Spanning cycles through specified edges in bipartite graphs.
    Reza Zamani, University of Illinois
    Douglas B. West*, University of Illinois
    (1056-05-955)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-3:25 p.m.
  NAM Granville-Brown-Hayes Session of Presentations by Recent Doctoral Recipients in the Mathematical Sciences
  Room 2008, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Dawn Lott, Delaware State University dlott@desu.edu
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Liquidation of a large block of stock with regime switching.
    Moustapha N. Pemy*, Towson University
    Q Zhang, University of Georgia
    G Yin, Wayne State University
    (1056-49-469)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Third Graders' Strategies and Preferences for Solving Arithmetic Problems: A Gender Difference Study.
    Nicola D. Edwards-Omolewa*, Delaware State University
    (1056-97-702)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Parametric Copula Models for Markovian Processes, for African-American Male Career Heuristics.
    Kobi A. Abayomi*, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Industrial Engineering - Statistics Group
    Lee Hawkins, Wall Street Journal/CNBC
    Kenneth Land, Duke University
    (1056-62-1026)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Calculating target Cataract Surgical Rates for Africa.
    Talithia D Williams*, Harvey Mudd College
    (1056-62-1374)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Brownian motion indexed by a time scale and its applications.
    Suman Sanyal*, Marshall University
    (1056-60-1340)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Committee on Teaching Assistants and Part-Time Instructors Panel Discussion
  Becoming a teacher of college mathematics: Video cases for novice college mathematics instructor professional development.
  Room 3004, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  John D. Eggers, University of California San Diego
  Shandy Hauk, University of Northern Colorado
  Mark K. Davis, University of Northern Colorado
  Eric Hsu, San Francisco State University
  Natasha M. Speer, University of Maine
  Panelists:
  Eric Hsu,
  David E. Meel, Bowling Green State University
  Natasha M. Speer,
• Friday January 15, 2010, 1:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Algebras, I
  Room 2007, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  

  • 1:15 p.m.
    Idempotents and Annihilators in Endomorphism Rings of Modules.
    Gangyong Lee*, The Ohio State University
    S. Tariq Rizvi, The Ohio State University at Lima
    Cosmin S. Roman, The Ohio State University at Lima
    (1056-16-112)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    On dualizing the notion of slenderness.
    Radoslav M. Dimitric*, Pittsburgh
    (1056-16-129)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Rings and Covered Groups.
    G. Alan Cannon, Southeastern Louisiana University
    C. J. Maxson, Texas A&M University
    Kent M. Neuerburg*, Southeastern Louisiana University
    (1056-16-412)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Indecomposable division algebras over funtion fields of smooth $p$-adic curves.
    Feng Chen*, Emory University
    (1056-16-998)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Break
  • 2:30 p.m.
    On skew power series rings.
    Linhong Wang*, Southeastern Louisiana University
    (1056-16-1353)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    A decomposition of the Dynkin idempotent in the Hopf algebra of graphs.
    Forest Fisher*, The George Washington University
    William Schmitt, The George Washington University
    (1056-16-1369)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Unit-regular Skew Group Rings.
    Kathi Crow*, American University in Cairo
    (1056-16-1563)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    A combinatorial approach to the description of endomorphism rings.
    Jose A. Velez-Marulanda*, University of Iowa
    (1056-16-1656)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Action of the symmetry group of the $n$-dimensional hypercube on the algebra associated to the Hasse graph of the $n$-cube.
    Colleen Duffy*, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
    (1056-16-1814)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Break
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Periodicity of quadratic differential equations in nonassociative algebras and dimensions of subalgebras.
    Nora C. Hopkins*, Indiana State University
    (1056-17-120)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    On Demazure Crystals of $U_q(\widehat{sl}(n))$.
    Julie C Beier*, Mercer University
    (1056-17-183)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Nilpotent Orbit Theory and Infinitesimal Blocks of Parabolic Category $\mathcal{O}$.
    Kenyon J Platt*, Brigham Young University
    Bobbe J Cooper, University of Minnesota
    (1056-17-245)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Properties of the Frattini Subalgebra in a Lie algebra.
    Kristen Stagg*, North Carolina State University
    (1056-17-363)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Multipliers of Lie Algebras of Maximal Class.
    Lindsey R Bosko*, North Carolina State University
    (1056-17-364)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Blocked and Group-Graded Matrix Constructions from Directed Graphs.
    Kenneth L Price*, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
    Stephen Szydlik, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
    (1056-17-801)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Multipliers for the Nilpotent Series of Strictly Upper Triangular Matrices.
    Louis A. Levy*, Millersville University
    (1056-17-1729)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Tiling spaces and the Baum Connes Conjecture.
    Semail Ulgen Yildirim*, Northwestern University
    (1056-19-559)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 2:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  Randomness and computational strength.
  Room 2004, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Joseph S. Miller*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  (1056-03-71)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 2:00 p.m.-4:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Online Homework---Innovation and Assessment, III
  Room 3002, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Michael E. Gage, University of Rochester gage@math.rochester.edu
  Arnold K. Pizer, University of Rochester
  Vicki Roth, University of Rochester
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    What I Learned about Using Online Homeworks from Student Feedback.
    Laura A. McSweeney*, Fairfield University
    (1056-M1-1170)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Increasing Student Success Using Online Homework.
    Tina Alves Mancuso*, The Sage Colleges
    (1056-M1-1611)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Using WeBWorK in Linear Algebra.
    Thomas R Hagedorn*, The College of New Jersey
    Karen Clark, The College of New Jersey
    (1056-M1-1706)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Using Online Homework and Data Mining to Assess Student Learning in Mathematics Courses.
    Michael B Scott*, California State University, Monterey Bay
    (1056-M1-2044)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Online Homework - Does It Work ?
    Ronnie P Crane*, Hawaii Pacific University
    (1056-M1-2071)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    The Utilization of Discussion Boards for Homework in an Interactive Delivery Course: Linear Algebra and Differential Equations.
    Stephanie A. Swainston*, Utah State University
    Brynja R. Kohler, Utah State University
    (1056-M1-1862)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Implementing Online Homework and Quizzes in a Pre-Calculus Course: Challenges and Rewards.
    Ann E Moskol*, Rhode Island College
    (1056-M1-2029)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    Common Innovative Uses of Online Homework Systems Webassign, MyMathLab, and WebWork.
    Semail Ulgen Yildirim*, Northwestern University
    (1056-M1-1841)
  • 4:40 p.m.
    The "Third Wave" of WeBWorK Assessment.
    Vicki J Roth*, University of Rochester
    Flora McMartin, Broad-Based Knowledge, LLC
    (1056-M1-1163)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #11: Part B
  The mathematics of Islam and its use in the teaching of mathematics.
  Pacific I, Marriott San Francisco
  Organizers:
  Victor J. Katz, University of the District of Columbia
• Friday January 15, 2010, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #12: Part B
  Learning discrete mathematics via historical projects.
  Pacific J, Marriott San Francisco
  Organizers:
  Jerry M. Lodder, New Mexico State University
  Guram Bezhanishvili, New Mexico State University
  David Pengelley, New Mexico State University
• Friday January 15, 2010, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #6: Part B
  Developing departmental self-studies.
  Pacific H, Marriott San Francisco
  Organizers:
  Donna L. Beers, Simmons College
  Nancy Baxter Hastings, Dickinson College
• Friday January 15, 2010, 2:15 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  Rocky Mountain Mathematics Consortium Board of Directors Meeting
  Foothills G2, Marriott San Francisco
• Friday January 15, 2010, 2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  MAA Presentations by Teaching Award Recipients
  Room 2024, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Martha J. Siegel, Towson University
  David M. Bressoud, Macalester College
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    What we are doing at BYU to increase the number of students taking mathematics courses and becoming math majors.
    Michael Dorff*, Brigham Young University
    (1056-A0-623)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Ask Good Questions.
    Allan J. Rossman*, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
    (1056-A0-767)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Lessons learned in the teaching and learning of mathematics.
    Curtis D. Bennett*, Loyola Marymount University
    (1056-A0-1339)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  AMS Committee on Science Policy Panel Discussion
  Evaluation of the NSF's VIGRE program.
  Room 3014, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Moderators:
  Ronald Stern, University of California, Irvine
  Panelists:
  Efraim Armendariz, University of Texas at Austin
  Lawrence Craig Evans, University of California, Berkeley
  Peter March, National Science Foundation
  Karen Vogtmann, Cornell University
• Friday January 15, 2010, 2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  MAA Poster Session on Research by Undergraduate Students
  Judging of all posters will take place during this time.
  North Lobby, 3rd Floor, Moscone
• Friday January 15, 2010, 3:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  ASL Invited Address
  Bar-recursive interpretations of classical analysis.
  Room 2004, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Fernando J. Ferreira*, Universidade de Lisboa
  (1056-03-69)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 3:20 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  MAA Session on Mathematics and Sports, I
  Room 3004, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Howard L. Penn, U.S. Naval Academy hlp@usna.edu
  Chairs:
  Joseph A. Gallian, University of Minnesota-Duluth
  

  • 3:20 p.m.
    How Game Players Get Ranked - The Mathematics of Elo Ratings.
    Maryam Vulis*, USMA Prep School
    (1056-H5-996)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Discussion
• Friday January 15, 2010, 4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  MAA Poster Session on Research by Undergraduate Students
  All participants are invited to view the posters and speak with the presenters.
  North Lobby, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Diana M. Thomas, Montclair State University
• Friday January 15, 2010, 4:10 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
  ASL Session for Contributed Papers
  Room 2004, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  

  • 4:10 p.m.
    "Universal" Schnorr tests.
    Nicholas Rupprecht*, University of Michigan
  • 4:35 p.m.
    The computability of conditional probability distributions.
    Nathanael L Ackerman, University of California, Berkeley
    Cameron E Freer*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Daniel M Roy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Probabilistic computation and stochastic processes.
    Wesley Calvert*, Murray State University
  • 5:25 p.m.
    Computable dimension of Heyting algebras.
    Amy Turlington*, University of Connecticut
• Friday January 15, 2010, 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  AMS Congressional Fellowship Session
  Room 2008, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Samuel M. Rankin, III, AMS
• Friday January 15, 2010, 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Current issues in actuarial science education.
  Room 3004, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  Organizers:
  Robert E. Buck, Slippery Rock University
  Bettye Anne Case, Florida State University
  Kevin E. Charlwood, Washburn University
  Steve Paris, Florida State University
  Moderators:
  Robert E. Buck,
  Panelists:
  James W. Daniel, University of Texas Austin
  Bryan V. Hearsey, Lebanon Valley College
• Friday January 15, 2010, 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Quantitative Literacy Business Meeting
  Room 2024, 2nd Floor, Moscone
• Friday January 15, 2010, 5:15 p.m.-7:15 p.m.
  SIGMAA on the Philosophy of Mathematics Business Meeting, Reception, and Guest Lecture
  Room 2009, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  

  • 6:15 p.m.
    What is Philosophy of Mathematics? A Case Study of Fictionalism.
    Charles Chihara*, University of California, Berkeley
    (1056-A0-1220)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Mathematical and Computational Biology Business Meeting and Guest Lecture
  Room 3006, 3rd Floor, Moscone
  

  • 7:00 p.m.
    Using mathematical approaches to understand and manage spatially distributed populations: From invasive species to fisheries.
    Alan Hastings*, University of California Davis
• Friday January 15, 2010, 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  MAA Special Theatrical Presentation
  The theater of the mathematically absurd.
  Room 2020, 2nd Floor, Moscone
  Presenters:
  Colin Adams, and the Mobiusbandaid Players
• Friday January 15, 2010, 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  AMS Mathematical Reviews Reception
  Foothills G, Marriott San Francisco
• Friday January 15, 2010, 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Mathematics and the Arts Business Meeting
  Room 2022, 2nd Floor, Moscone
• Friday January 15, 2010, 7:30 p.m.-8:15 p.m.
  NAM Cox-Talbot Address
  The Number Zero: Its Origin and Use.
  Club Room, Marriott San Francisco
  Abdulalim Abdullah Shabazz*, Grambling University
  (1056-01-307)
• Friday January 15, 2010, 7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
  Fourth Annual JMM Early Music Sing
  Room 3002, 3rd Floor, Moscone
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Mathematics and the Arts Special Presentation
  {\bf Bruce Beasley} will discuss his sculptures which consist of intersecting forms that are developed using a computer program.
  Room 2022, 2nd Floor, Moscone
• Friday January 15, 2010, 8:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
  MAA-Project NExT Reception
  All Project NExT Fellows, consultants, and other friends of Project NExT are invited.
  Atrium, Marriott San Francisco
  Organizers:
  Judith Covington, Louisiana State University Shreveport
  Joseph A. Gallian, University of Minnesota-Duluth
  Aparna W. Higgins, University of Dayton
  Gavin LaRose, University of Michigan