Joint Mathematics Meetings Program by Day

Current as of Saturday, January 15, 2011 00:29:52

Joint Mathematics Meetings
New Orleans, LA, January 6-9, 2011 (Thursday - Sunday)
Meeting #1067

Thursday January 6, 2011

• Thursday January 6, 2011, 7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
  Across from La Galerie 4, 2nd Floor, Marriott
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 7:40 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Harnessing Mobile Communication Devices and Online Communication Tools for Mathematics Education, I
  Grand Couteau Room, 5th Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Michael B. Scott, California State University Monterey Bay mscott@csumb.edu
  Jason A. Aubrey, University of Missouri-Columbia
  

  • 7:40 a.m.
    Real Messy Statistics and Survey Monkey.
    Robb Sinn*, North Georgia College & State University
    (1067-H1-2407)
  • 8:00 a.m.
    Mobile Jumpstarts in a First Semester Calculus Course.
    Jason D Holland*, Abilene Christian University
    (1067-H1-318)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Blogging Together: Using a Class Blog to Enhance Learning in a Proof-Writing Class.
    Jill E Jordan*, Houghton College
    (1067-H1-1336)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Mashups for course websites with Yahoo! Pipes.
    Matthew Leingang*, New York University
    (1067-H1-1791)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Communicating Mathematically Through Podcasts.
    Sherrie Serros*, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
    Erick B Hofacker, University of Wisconsin - River Falls
    Rebecca Ledocq, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
    (1067-H1-2036)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Using iPad class devices as entries into a situationally aware digital library to provide JIT/JIP (Just in Time/Just in Place) Mathematics.
    Frank Wattenberg*, United States Military Academy
    (1067-H1-2237)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Life After Our 2010 MAA PREP -- Emerging Technologies.
    Erick B Hofacker*, University of Wisconsin - River Falls
    Kathryn T Ernie, University of Wisconsin - River Falls
    Sherrie Serros, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
    Kay Shager, University of Wisconsin - River Falls
    Charles Serros, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
    (1067-H1-2051)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Interactive Math for (Almost) All Devices.
    Andrew J Cousino*, Kansas State University
    Andrew G Bennett, Kansas State University
    (1067-H1-2130)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    On-Demand Mathematics: Creative Uses for Smartpen Technology.
    Jeremy M Riehl*, United States Military Academy
    Lee A Evans, United States Military Academy
    Kristin M Arney, United States Military Academy
    (1067-H1-2186)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Using Facebook in a Discrete Mathematics course.
    Klay Kruczek*, Western Oregon University
    (1067-H1-2206)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates and Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs, I
  Orleans, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
  Organizers:
  Darren A. Narayan, Rochester Institute of Technology dansma@rit.edu
  Bernard Brooks, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Jobby Jacob, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Jacqueline A. Jensen, Sam Houston State University
  Carl V. Lutzer, Rochester Institute of Technology
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On Supersingular Elliptic Curves and Hypergeometric Functions.
    Keenan Monks*, Hazleton Area High School
    (1067-11-1398)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Statistical Analysis of Diagnostic Accuracy With Applications to Cricket.
    Lauren Mondin*, Sam Houston State University
    Scott Clark, Sam Houston State University
    Courtney Weber, Sam Houston State University
    Jessica Winborn, Sam Houston State University
    Melinda Holt, Sam Houston State University
    (1067-62-1380)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Applications of and Alternatives to Algorithm X for the Exact Cover Problem.
    Eddie B Tu, Randolph-Macon College
    Bjorn S Wastvedt*, St. Olaf College
    (1067-68-191)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Packets, Solving Symmetries and Sudoku.
    Harrison Craig Chapman*, Bowdoin College
    Malcolm E Rupert, Western Washington University
    (1067-13-167)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Unitary Equivalence to Matrices with Constant Main Diagonal.
    John Myers*, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
    (1067-15-125)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Unitary Equivalence of Vector Spaces over the Binary Field.
    Sam L Scholze*, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
    Ryan L Hotovy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1067-15-126)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, I
  Maurepas, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
  Organizers:
  Sloan E. Despeaux, Western Carolina University despeaux@wcu.edu
  Craig G. Fraser, University of Toronto
  Deborah Kent, Hillsdale College
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Gauss on the Composition of Quadratic Forms: Group Theory without Groups.
    Lawrence A. D'Antonio*, Ramapo College of New Jersey
    (1067-01-623)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Binomial Theorem from Newton to Cauchy.
    Robert E. Bradley*, Adelphi University
    (1067-01-941)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Johann Lambert's Use and Understanding of Mathematical Transcendence.
    Bruce J. Petrie*, Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto
    (1067-01-1044)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Lambert's ideas on the use of the ruler in traditional Euclidean constructions.
    Kirsti Andersen*, Aarhus University
    (1067-01-1981)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    How "Kroneckerian" became an adjective.
    Jemma Lorenat*, Simon Fraser University
    (1067-01-861)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Gallardo's work, a needle in a haystack.
    Alejandro R. Garciadiego*, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)
    (1067-01-1090)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Mathematics of Computation: Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, and Applications, I
  Borgne Room, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Susanne C. Brenner, Louisiana State University brenner@math.lsu.edu
  Chi-Wang Shu, Brown University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Geometric and supergeometric convergence of spectral collocationd method for Volterra or Fredholm integral equations with akly singular kernels.
    Can Huang*, Wayne State University
    Zhimin Zhang, Wayne State University
    (1067-45-1868)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Maximum-principle-satisfying and positivity-preserving high order discontinuous Galerkin and finite volume schemes for conservation laws.
    Xiangxiong Zhang*, Brown University
    (1067-65-403)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A unified approach to construct and analyze finite element methods for the Monge-Ampère equation.
    Michael J. Neilan*, Louisiana State University
    (1067-65-832)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Finite Difference Methods for Viscosity Solutions of the Monge-Ampère Equation.
    Brittany D. Froese*, Simon Fraser University
    Adam M. Oberman, Simon Fraser University
    (1067-65-382)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A multipoint flux mixed finite element method on distorted quadrilaterals and hexahedra.
    Mary F. Wheeler, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
    Guangri Xue*, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
    Ivan Yotov, University of Pittsburgh
    (1067-65-448)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The effect of numerical integration on the finite element computation of linear functionals.
    Ivo M. Babuska, The University of Texas at Austin
    Uday Banerjee, Syracuse University
    Hengguang Li*, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), University of Minnesota
    (1067-03-705)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Nonlinear Waves and Integrable Systems, I
  Napoleon B1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Gino Biondini, State University of New York at Buffalo biondini@buffalo.edu
  Barbara Prinari, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Initial-Boundary-Value Problems and Inverse Scattering Methods.
    Jerry L. Bona*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1067-35-1101)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Spectral theory of nonlocal cross-interaction of two waves.
    Antonio Degasperis*, Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Universita' di Roma, Italy
    (1067-35-762)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Benjamin-Ono Equation in the Zero-Dispersion Limit.
    Peter D. Miller*, University of Michigan
    (1067-35-990)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Asymptotic analysis of a random matrix model, and/or application of said asymptotic analysis.
    Ken McLaughlin*, University of Arizona
    (1067-31-1062)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Dark and bright soliton solutions for coupled derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equation.
    Y. Ohta*, Kobe University
    (1067-35-571)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The motion of discrete curves and the discrete hodograph transformation.
    Kenichi Maruno*, The University of Texas - Pan American
    Kenji Kajiwara, Kyushu University
    Yasuhiro Ohta, Kobe University
    Bao-Feng Feng, The University of Texas - Pan American
    (1067-53-1083)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematical Techniques in Musical Analysis, I
  Napoleon B3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Robert W. Peck, Louisiana State University rpeck@lsu.edu
  Thomas M. Fiore, University of Michigan at Dearborn
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Mathematical Concepts in Musical Composition.
    Dmitri Tymoczko*, Princeton
    (1067-00-1966)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Pentahelix: a Four-Dimensional Realization of the Spiral Array.
    Stephon Alexander, Haverford College
    Elaine Chew*, University of Southern California
    Robert Rowe, New York University
    Sam Rodriguez, Haverford College
    (1067-51-1552)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Diatonic Graphs.
    J. W. Estes*, University of Mississippi
    William Staton, University of Mississippi
    (1067-05-369)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Mathematics of Contrapuntal Hierarchy in Music.
    Jason D Yust*, University of Alabama
    (1067-05-969)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Wreath products and $n$-cube symmetry: a music-theoretical application.
    Robert Peck*, Louisiana State University
    Jack Douthett, University of New Mexico
    (1067-20-1059)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    \em{Spira mirabilis}, for player piano.
    Clifton Callender*, Florida State University
    (1067-00-1969)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Theory and Application of Stochastic Differential Equations and Stochastic Partial Differential Equations, I
  Maurepas Room, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Armando Arciniega, University of Texas at San Antonio armando.arciniega@utsa.edu
  Edward J. Allen, Texas Tech University
  Sivapragasam Sathananthan, Tennessee State University
  Mahmoud Anabtawi, American University of Sharjah
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Stochastic Viral Kinetics.
    Linda J. S. Allen*, Texas Tech University
    Yuan Yuan, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Sukhitha Vidurupola, Texas Tech University
    (1067-92-1297)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Differentiability Properties of Measures Generated by Solutions of Semilinear Stochastic Differential Equations.
    Fariborz Asadian*, Fort Valley State University
    (1067-60-974)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Derivation Of Stochastic Partial Differential Equations for Reaction-Diffusion Processes.
    Elife Dogan*, Texas Tech University
    Edward J. Allen, Texas Tech University
    (1067-60-717)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Systems of Kolmogorov Backward Equations for Two-Time-Scale Switching Diffusions.
    Tien Nguyen Dung*, Wayne State University
    George Yin, Wayne State University
    (1067-60-502)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Some results on existence and uniqueness of mild solutions of neutral SPDEs.
    T E Govindan*, I.P.N. Mexico City, Mexico
    (1067-60-1435)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Numerical Methods for Annuity-Purchasing Decision Making.
    Zhuo Jin*, Department of Mathematics, Wayne State University
    (1067-60-394)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Analytic and Geometric Methods in Representation Theory, I
  Conde, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
  Organizers:
  Leticia Barchini, Oklahoma State University leticia@math.okstate.edu
  Hongyu He, Louisiana State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Rational smoothness of $K$-orbit closures in flag varieties.
    William M. McGovern*, University of Washington
    (1067-22-172)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Closed form multiplicity polynomials attached to hook type Springer fibers for $SL(n,\mathbb{C})$.
    Matthew Housley*, University of Utah
    (1067-22-1118)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Distinguished orbits and the L-S category of simply connected compact Lie groups.
    Markus Hunziker, Baylor University
    Mark R. Sepanski*, Baylor University
    (1067-22-1219)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Conformally invariant systems of maximal parabolic of two-step nilpotent type.
    Toshihisa Kubo*, Oklahoma State University
    (1067-17-454)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The geometry of Gelfand-Zeitlin fibres.
    Mark Colarusso*, Université de Laval
    Sam Evens, University of Notre Dame
    (1067-22-1243)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Invariant functionals on Speh representations.
    Siddhartha Sahi*, Rutgers University
    (1067-22-677)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Geometric Group Theory, I
  Napoleon C1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Joshua B. Barnard, University of South Alabama
  Pallavi Dani, Louisiana State University pdani@math.lsu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Geometric properties of Thompson's group F.
    Sean Cleary, The City College of New York
    Susan Hermiller*, University of Nebraska
    Melanie Stein, Trinity College
    Jennifer Taback, Bowdoin College
    (1067-20-993)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Snowflake Groups with Super-Exponential 2-Dimensional Dehn Functions.
    Quan T Tran*, University of Oklahoma
    (1067-00-1330)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Geometry of Houghton's Group.
    Sang Rae Lee*, University of Oklahoma
    (1067-20-1535)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Automorphisms of Buildings Constructed Via Covering Spaces.
    Aliska L. Gibbins*, Ohio State University
    (1067-20-2002)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Asymmetry of the Lipschitz metric on Outer Space.
    Yael Algom-Kfir*, Yale University
    Mladen Bestvina, University of Utah
    (1067-20-2403)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Line Patterns in Free Groups.
    Christopher H. Cashen*, University of Utah
    (1067-20-698)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computational Algebraic and Analytic Geometry for Low-Dimensional Varieties, I
  Napoleon D2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Mika K. Seppala, Florida State University
  Tanush Shaska, Oakland University
  Emil Volcheck, National Security Agency volcheck@acm.org
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Geometric estimates for the Birman-Series set.
    Peter Buser*, Ecole Polytechnique F{é}d{é}rale de Lausanne
    Hugo Parlier, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland
    (1067-53-1954)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Disconnectedness of Singular Loci of Moduli Spaces of Complex Curves.
    Milagros Izquierdo*, Linköping University
    Antonio F Costa, UNED
    (1067-14-418)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Circle Packings on Affine Tori.
    Christopher T. Sass*, University of Tennessee
    G. Brock Williams, Texas Tech University
    (1067-30-507)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On Rankin's Uniformization of Algebraic Curves.
    John J. George*, Florida State University
    (1067-30-1537)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Using Half turns for algorithms on hyper-elliptic Riemann surfaces.
    K.-D. Semmler*, EPF Lausanne
    (1067-51-1442)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Compact Klein surfaces of genus 5 with extremal discs.
    Gou Nakamura*, Center for General Education, Aichi Institute of Technology
    (1067-30-1445)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematical Modeling in Environmental Economics, I
  Napoleon D3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Natali Hritonenko, Prairie View A&M University nahritonenko@pvamu.edu
  Yuri Yatsenko, Houston Baptist University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Sustainable Forest Management, Logging Size, and Carbon Sequestration Under Climate Changes.
    Natali Hritonenko*, Prairie View A&M University
    Renan-Ulrich Goetz, Department of Economics, University of Girona
    Deonica Paxton, Prairie View A&M University
    (1067-92-640)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Computational Approach to the Solution of Random Pertubed Logistic Model.
    Reza R Ahangar*, Texas A & M University- Kingsville
    (1067-34-702)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Optimal Use Of Mosquito treated nets and Insecticide In Controlling Malaria Disease.
    Bassidy Dembele*, Grambling State University
    Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Howard University
    (1067-92-769)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Poisson Arrival, Single-Processor, Exponential General Bulk Processing [M/M(m, M)/1] and Splitting Queueing System: A Mathematical Model for a Personnel Hiring Process.
    Aliakbar Montazer Haghighi*, Prairie View A&M University
    (1067-90-889)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Expander Graphs in Pure and Applied Mathematics, I
  Frontenac, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
  Organizers:
  Alireza Salehi Golsefidy, Princeton University asalehi@math.princeton.edu
  Alexander Lubotzky, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Counting primes in Apollonian circle packings.
    Elena Fuchs*, Institute for Advanced Study
    (1067-11-749)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Constructing Small-Bias Sets from Algebraic-Geometric Codes.
    Avraham Ben-Aroya, Tel-Aviv University
    Amnon Ta-Shma*, Tel-Aviv University
    (1067-05-1120)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Expansion and words in simple groups of Lie type.
    E. Breuillard, Universite Paris Sud
    B. Green, University of Cambridge
    R. Guralnick*, University of Southern California
    T. Tao, UCLA
    (1067-20-389)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On the diameter of finite simple groups.
    Emmanuel F Breuillard*, Universite Paris-Sud Orsay
    (1067-20-844)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Recent applications of expanders in number theory.
    Emmanuel Kowalski*, ETH Zurich
    (1067-11-690)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  MAA Invited Paper Session on The Rebirth of Special Functions
  Rhythms II and III, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Tewodros Amdeberhan, Tulane University
  Victor Moll, Tulane University vhm@tulane.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Special Functions and Computer Algebra.
    Luis A Medina*, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
    (1067-AA-1927)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Special Functions in Combinatorics.
    Lipika Deka*, California State University, Monterey Bay
    (1067-AA-2279)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Special functions and modular forms in number theory.
    Amanda Folsom*, Yale University
    (1067-AA-1292)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Special functions, mathematical physics, and number theory.
    Mark W. Coffey*, Colorado School of Mines
    (1067-AA-1665)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Special Functions and High Order Finite Element Methods.
    Veronika Pillwein*, RISC, Joh. Kepler Univ. Linz
    (1067-AA-1306)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Special Functions and Universal Behavior in Integrable Systems.
    Peter D. Miller*, University of Michigan
    (1067-AA-992)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Fluid Mechanics, I, and Mechanics
  Balcony N, 4th Floor, Marriott
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On the Minimizing Total Collision Orbits in the Planar Newtonian $N$-body Problem.
    Hsin-Yuan Huang*, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
    (1067-70-2050)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Stability of step dynamics in nanowire growth.
    Nicholas O. Kirby*, University of Kentucky
    (1067-74-1708)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Analysis of Spherical Inflation Models for Intracranial Saccular Aneurysm Elastodynamics.
    James Christopher Halsall*, Farmingdale State College
    (1067-74-2286)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Break.
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Permeability effect on magneto-convection in a mushy layer.
    Dambaru Bhatta*, The University of Texas- Pan American, Edinburg, TX
    Daniel N. Riahi, The University of Texas- Pan American, Edinburg, TX
    (1067-76-514)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Inertial effects on viscous fingering in the complex plane.
    Andong He*, Penn State University
    Andrew Belmonte, Penn State University
    (1067-76-960)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Surface modes in inviscid free surface shear flows.
    Ahmed Kaffel*, Virginia Tech
    Michael Renardy, Virginia Tech
    (1067-76-1091)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    A precise calculation of the critical Rayleigh and Wave Numbers for the Inhomogeneous Planar Bénard Problem.
    Matthew J Glomski*, Marist College
    Matthew Adam Johnson, Marist College
    (1067-76-1419)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Thermal and mass flow in uniform stream with a sink and a heat source via variational technique for free boundary problems.
    Sadia M.. Makky*, Owens College
    Ali M. Ghalib, PBS&J, Southeast Structures Division
    Thaer S. Sliby, Military Engineering College, Baghdad, Iraq
    (1067-76-1846)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Approximations to the Navier-Stokes equation using a Leray-Iterated-Tikhonov model with Time Relaxation.
    Nathaniel Mays*, University of Pittsburgh
    Ross Ingram, University of Pittsburgh
    Iuliana Stanculescu, Nova Southeastern University
    Carolina Manica, Instituto de Matematica - UFRGS
    (1067-76-2026)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Annular stagnation flow on a moving cylinder.
    Antonio Mastroberardino*, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
    (1067-76-2045)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Eventual Regularity of the Solutions to the Supercritical Dissipative Quasi-Geostrophic Equation.
    Michael G Dabkowski*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (1067-76-2219)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Combinatorics and Graph Theory, I
  Southdown Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Cycle-saturated graphs with minimum number of edges.
    Younjin Kim*, University of Illinois at Urbana and Champaign
    Zoltan Furedi, University of Illinois at Urbana and Champaign
    (1067-05-423)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Gregarious Path Decompositions of Some Graphs.
    Guven Yuceturk*, Auburn University
    Hoffman G. Dean, Auburn University
    (1067-05-2387)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Algebraic and Graph-Theoretic Properties of the Box Product of Two Paths.
    Daniel Pragel*, University of Arkansas Fort Smith
    (1067-05-646)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Firefighting on Random Geometric Graphs.
    Amir Barghi*, Dartmouth College
    Peter Winkler, Dartmouth College
    (1067-05-790)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Making graphs crossing-critical by multiplying their edges.
    Gelasio Salazar*, Instituto de Fisica. Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico
    Cesar Hernandez-Velez, Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico
    Laurent Beaudou, Polytech Clermont-Ferrand
    (1067-05-2151)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Break
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Ribbon Graphs and Twisted Duality.
    Joanna A. Ellis-Monaghan*, Saint Michael's College
    Iain Moffatt, University of South Alabama
    (1067-05-130)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Some graph theoretical results for the task mapping problem for parallel computers.
    Janet L. Fierson*, United States Military Academy at West Point
    (1067-05-2374)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Complex Contagions on Graph Dynamical Systems.
    Leon Chang, Columbia University
    Siddharth S Raval*, Reed College
    (1067-05-208)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Amalgamations and Detachments of Hypergraphs.
    Amin Bahmanian*, Auburn University
    (1067-05-190)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On Hyperstar Decompositions of Hypergraphs.
    Amin Bahmanian, Auburn University
    Dan Roberts*, Auburn University
    (1067-05-2312)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Packing sparse hypergraphs.
    Christopher J Stocker*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Alexandr V Kostochka, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Peter Hamburger, Western Kentucky University
    (1067-05-2388)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Combinatorics and Graph Theory, II
  Bayside B, 4th Floor, Sheraton
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Deformation Retracts of Neighborhood Complexes of Stable Kneser Graphs.
    Matthew D Zeckner*, University of Kentucky
    Benjamin J Braun, University of Kentucky
    (1067-05-980)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Iterated Iteratedly Piecewise Continuous Function Order Pattern Probability Distributions.
    Adam Hesterberg*, Princeton University
    (1067-05-1851)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Distribution Networks - A Generalization to Graphs: more application and less fuzzification.
    Omid Ghayour Najafabad*, Chamran University
    (1067-05-2175)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Integer invariants of skew lines in PG(3,q).
    Joshua E Ducey*, University of Florida
    (1067-05-1773)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Partitions, Young diagrams and ballot numbers.
    RJ Dolbin*, Pepperdine University
    (1067-05-914)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    An efficient tree-based computation of a natural diffusion distance.
    Maxim J. Goldberg, Ramapo College of NJ
    Seonja Kim*, SUNY Rockland Community College
    (1067-05-1043)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The excedance algebra.
    Eric L. Clark*, University of Kentucky
    Richard Ehrenborg, University of Kentucky
    (1067-05-377)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Towers of Algebras, Combinatorial Hopf Algebras and Dual Graded Graphs.
    Nantel Bergeron, York University
    Thomas Lam, University of Michigan
    Huilan Li*, Drexel University
    (1067-05-1257)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Reduced decompositions and permutation patterns generalized to the higher Bruhat order.
    Delong Meng*, MIT
    (1067-05-337)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    The Weak Bruhat Order and Separable Permutations.
    Fan Wei*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1067-05-872)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Shuffles of permutations.
    Camillia Smith Barnes*, Sweet Briar College
    (1067-05-2082)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Enumerating embeddings under generalized factor orders.
    Thomas Langley*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    Jeffrey Remmel, University of California, San Diego
    (1067-05-2322)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Fostering, Supporting, and Propagating Math Circles for Students and Teachers, I
  St. Jerome, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
  Organizers:
  Tatiana Shubin, San Jose State University shubin@math.sjsu.edu
  Elgin H. Johnston, Iowa State University
  James Tanton, St. Mark's Institute of Mathematics
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A Sampling of Successful Math Circle Topics
    James S Tanton*, St. Mark's Institute of Mathematics
    (1067-F1-1630)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Creating a Math Circle for Underrepresented Minority Students.
    Manda Riehl*, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
    (1067-F1-2290)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Sophie Math: a Math Circle Program for Girls.
    Silva Chang*, University of Colorado at Boulder
    Anne M Dougherty, University of Colorado at Boulder
    (1067-F1-1903)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The San Francisco Math Circle: An experiment in providing mathematical enrichment to "unenriched" students.
    Paul Zeitz*, University of San Francisco
    (1067-F1-1638)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    San Francisco Math Circle: Examples of good "small group" mathematical activities.
    Paul Zeitz*, University of San Francisco
    (1067-F1-1646)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Obtaining funding for a Math Teachers' Circle: One group's journey.
    Angela Hodge*, North Dakota State University
    (1067-F1-2150)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Resources for math circles.
    Dave Auckly*, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
    (1067-F1-2394)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Math Teachers' Circles - Impacting Teachers' Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching.
    Diana White*, University of Colorado Denver
    (1067-F1-2067)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    How Do Math Teachers' Circles Affect Teachers? Themes from Teacher Surveys.
    Diana White, University of Colorado Denver
    Brianna Donaldson*, American Institute of Mathematics
    (1067-F1-2107)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Collegiate Mathematics, I
  Rhythms I, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Jacqueline M. Dewar, Loyola Marymount University jdewar@lmu.edu
  Thomas F. Banchoff, Brown University
  Pam Crawford, Jacksonville University
  Edwin P. Herman, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
  Nathan Wodarz, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Changing Scales, Changing Perspectives.
    Carrie Muir*, University of Colorado, Boulder
    (1067-V1-411)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    The Use of Videos to Encourage Pre-Class Preparation.
    Francesco J. Echeverria, United States Air Force Academy
    James S. Rolf*, United States Air Force Academy
    (1067-V1-2147)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Mathematical Word Problems: An Instructional Approach that evolved from its Cognitive Complexities.
    Jerry C. Obiekwe*, The university of Akron-Wayne College
    (1067-V1-485)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A Collaborative Process for Developing Digital Learning Materials: An Analysis of Student Performance and Feedback.
    Robert Hoar, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
    Jennifer Kosiak, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
    Karoline Auby*, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
    James Sobota, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
    (1067-V1-863)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Using Visual Cues in Teaching Computational Skills.
    Gretchen Rimmasch*, Southern Utah University
    Jim Brandt, Southern Utah University
    (1067-V1-1516)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Learning Effects of Examples Applied to College Algebra Student Interests.
    Carrie A Campbell*, Lincoln, NE
    (1067-V1-1918)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Effects of NCAT's Redesign on Student Learning in Beginning Statistics.
    Aubrey D. Magoun*, The University of Louisiana at Monroe
    David Hare, The University of Louisiana at Monroe
    Charlotte H. Owens, The University of Louisiana at Monroe
    (1067-V1-52)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    An analysis of student understanding of voting power in a a quantitative literacy class.
    Curtis D. Bennett*, Loyola Marymount University
    Suzanne Larson, Loyola Marymount University
    Laura J. Massa, Loyola Marymount University
    (1067-V1-2246)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Comparing geometry curriculums: The impact on pre-service elementary teachers' pedagogical content knowledge.
    Hortensia Soto- Johnson, University of Northern Colorado
    Sarah Rozner*, University of Northern Colorado
    Kristin Noblet, University of Northern Colorado
    (1067-V1-1998)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Wavelets In Undergraduate Education, I
  Mardi Gras BC, 3rd Floor, Marriott
  Organizers:
  Caroline Haddad, SUNY Geneseo haddad@geneseo.edu
  Catherine A. Beneteau, University of South Florida
  David K. Ruch, Metropolitan State College of Denver
  Patrick J. Van Fleet, University of St. Thomas
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Introducing Wavelets to First Years and Sophomores.
    Rachel J Weir*, Allegheny College
    (1067-Y5-1925)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Efficiently Programming RGB-to-HSI Conversion.
    Joseph M Gonzalez*, University of South Florida
    Brian K Holder-Chow Lin On, University of South Florida
    Robert Le, University of South Florida
    Michael Anthony Miller, University of South Florida
    (1067-Y5-1606)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Undergraduate Research Projects on Pansharpening.
    John Merkel*, Oglethorpe University
    Patrick Van Fleet, University of St. Thomas
    David Ruch, Metropolitan State College of Denver
    (1067-Y5-1829)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Using Wavelets and Statistics to Detect Differences.
    Edward F Aboufadel*, Grand Valley State University
    (1067-Y5-1752)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Denoising Capillary Electrophoresis Signals with Wavelets.
    Bruce Atwood*, Beloit College
    Kevin Braun, Beloit College
    Tess Jacquez, Beloit College
    (1067-Y5-1561)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Undergraduate research in wavelets and circadian rhythms.
    Tanya Leise*, Amherst College
    (1067-Y5-981)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Exploring Biomedical Signals with the Maple Wavelets Package.
    Jeff Knisley*, East Tennessee State University
    (1067-Y5-2085)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Lloyd-Max Quantization Schemes.
    Helmut Knaust*, University of Texas at El Paso
    (1067-Y5-1826)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Wavelets and Lifting.
    Patrick J Van Fleet*, University of St. Thomas
    (1067-Y5-1611)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session, I
  St. Claude, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College kristi.meyer@wlc.edu
  Thomas R. Hagedorn, The College of New Jersey hagedorn@tcnj.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    An Action Research Report: Does the Ability to Purchase a Week's Worth of Groceries for under One Dollar Influence the Chance that a Student will make an "Innumeracy Type" Statistical Error?
    Larry Wayne Lewis*, Spalding University
    (1067-Z1-1756)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Rectangular to Polar Transformations.
    Gerald M. Higdon*, Fitchburg State University
    (1067-Z1-1143)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Chebyshev Polynomials and their Relationship to Trigonometry and the Fibonacci Numbers.
    John C Maceli*, Ithaca College NY
    (1067-Z1-2214)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Break
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A Blended Approach to Teaching Finite Mathematics at the University of Illinois.
    Jesse E Miller*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1067-Z1-845)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Teaching Finite Mathematics Using Online Homework System.
    Yun Lu*, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
    (1067-Z1-2330)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Initial Assessment of an Enhanced College Algebra Course.
    Robert Wieman*, Virginia State University
    (1067-Z1-2351)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    How to teach college classes with a large diversity in students abilities and interest.
    Josip Derado*, Kennesaw State University
    (1067-Z1-1990)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Comparison of Student Performance between Inquiry Based Learning and Lecture Methods when Teaching Induction.
    Michael S. Gagliardo*, Jacksonville University
    (1067-Z1-1020)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Service-learning in Mathematics Curriculum.
    Natali Hritonenko*, Prairie View A&M University
    Lauretta Byars, Prairie View A&M University
    Alisha Lowe, Prairie View A&M University
    (1067-Z1-1027)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Improving Learning Through a Lesson Study Community of Practice.
    Joy L. Becker*, University of Wisconsin-Stout
    Laura J. Schmidt, University of Wisconsin-Stout
    (1067-Z1-1352)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Connecting student knowledge and course performance at the University of Illinois.
    Alison Ahlgren*, University of Illinois
    Marc Harper, UCLA
    (1067-Z1-583)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session, II
  Great Ballroom E, 5th Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College kristi.meyer@wlc.edu
  Thomas R. Hagedorn, The College of New Jersey
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Differences between Mathematicians and Physicists.
    Tevian Dray*, Oregon State University
    Corinne A. Manogue, Oregon State University
    (1067-Z1-2355)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Super Greedy Type Algorithms.
    Entao Liu*, University of South Carolina
    (1067-Z1-1265)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Convexity Adjustment in the Valuation of the Financial Derivatives.
    Alejandra Sánchez*, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Universidad Nacional de Colombia- Bogotá
    (1067-Z1-1741)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    An Adaptive Spectral Element Method to Price American Options.
    Matthew Willyard*, Florida State University Mathematics
    David A. Kopriva, Florida State University Mathematics
    (1067-Z1-2019)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Modeling Time-Dependent Electroosmotic Flow.
    Emese Lipcsey-Magyar*, North Carolina State University
    Ava Hamilton, Skidmore College
    Rachel Roe-Dale, Skidmore College
    Kimberley Frederick, Skidmore College
    Katherine Roguski, Skidmore College
    (1067-Z1-1760)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    A mixed implicit-explicit multirate numerical scheme for time-dependent equations.
    Brandon Chabaud*, Pennsylvania State University
    Qiang Du, Pennsylvania State University
    (1067-Z1-1574)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A novel method for solving nonlinear equations.
    Mohsen Mahmood Doroodchi*, Cardinal Stritch University
    Habibolla Latifizadeh, Shiraz University of Technology, Shiraz, Iran
    Esmail Hesameddini, Shiraz University of Technology, Shiraz, Iran
    (1067-Z1-683)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Gibbs Measures for Unbounded Local Energy Functions on ${\mathbb N}^{{\mathbb Z}^d}$.
    Stephen R Muir*, University of North Texas
    (1067-Z1-1266)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Existence and Stability of Standing Wave Solutions Arising from Synaptically Coupled Neuronal Networks.
    Melissa A Stoner*, Lehigh University
    Linghai Zhang, Lehigh University
    (1067-Z1-1261)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Real Time Boundary Element Node Location Optimization.
    J D Menges*, United States Military Academy
    (1067-Z1-2337)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Optimal Control.
    Qingxia Li*, Lincoln University
    (1067-Z1-733)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Periodic solutions of Some Ecological Models with Strong Allee Effects.
    Smita Pati*, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi
    (1067-Z1-2428)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session, III
  Grand Chenier Room, 5th Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College kristi.meyer@wlc.edu
  Thomas R. Hagedorn, The College of New Jersey
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Al-Kashi's Key to Arithmetic: Its Context, Contents, and Educational Impact Up Through the Ottoman Empire.
    Osama H. Taani*, New Mexico State University
    (1067-Z1-1636)
  • 8:15 a.m.
    Euler Drives the Leibniz Machine and Takes the Log and Trig Functions out for a Spin on the Complex Numbers.
    David Dennis, San Bernardino, CA
    Susan L. Addington*, California State University, San Bernardino
    (1067-Z1-1935)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The intellectual journey of Hua Loo-keng from China to the Institute of Advanced Studies.
    Jean W. Richard*, BMCC/CUNY-The City University of New York
    Abdramane Serme, BMCC/CUNY-The City University of New York
    (1067-Z1-2178)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Fibonacci, Liber Abaci, and Medieval Mathematics.
    Charlie L. Smith*, Park University
    (1067-Z1-2249)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Mr. Peacock's Calculus Text of 1820 and Its Place in Calculus Reform at Cambridge.
    Richard H Stout*, Gordon College
    (1067-Z1-1982)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    The Real Story of Edward Lorenz.
    Jody Sorensen*, Augsburg College
    (1067-Z1-1568)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Fixing Fluxions: Benjamin Robins' response to Berkeley's "The Analyst".
    Eugene C. Boman*, Penn State, Harrisburg campus
    (1067-Z1-1910)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Revisiting Lester Hill.
    Chris Christensen*, Northern Kentucky University
    (1067-Z1-444)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    How Christiaan Huygens Tuned the Musical Scale.
    John F. Bukowski*, Juniata College
    (1067-Z1-1923)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Counting.
    Patricia Baggett*, New Mexico State University
    Andrzej Ehrenfeucht, University of Colorado
    (1067-Z1-480)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Math vs. Maths: A Yankee Mathematician in Sir Isaac's Court.
    Samuel M Hansen*, University of Nevada, Las Vegas/ACMEScience
    (1067-Z1-1158)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    Fifty years of College Math. Have I learned anything?
    Bryan V Hearsey*, Lebanon Valley College
    (1067-Z1-2236)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Applications of Difference and Differential Equations in Ecology and Epidemiology, I
  Bayside A, 4th Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Zhilan Feng, Purdue University
  Yun Kang, Arizona State University Yun.Kang@asu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Modeling Vertical Transmission in Mosquito-Transmitted Diseases.
    James M Hyman*, Tulane University
    Nakul Chitnis, Swiss Tropical Institute
    Carrie Manore, Oregon State University
    (1067-92-936)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Spatiotemporal variation of mistletoes: a dynamic modeling approach.
    Rongsong Liu*, University of Wyoming
    Carlos Martinez del Rio, University of Wyoming
    Jianhong Wu, York University
    (1067-92-1005)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Network epidemics with just one equation.
    Joel C Miller*, Harvard School of Public Health
    Erik Volz, University of Michigan
    (1067-92-874)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Hepatitis C virus drug resistance and modeling.
    Libin Rong*, Oakland University
    Harel Dahari, University of Illinois Chicago
    Ruy Ribeiro, Los Alamos National Lab
    Alan Perelson, Los Alamos National Lab
    (1067-92-694)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Uniform Persistence in Discrete and Continuous Non-autonomous Dynamical Systems with Application to an Epidemic Model of an Amphibian Population.
    Paul Leonard Salceanu*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1067-92-570)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Disease Dynamics and Allee effect in Discrete-time Population Models.
    Abdul-Aziz Yakubu*, Howard University
    Najat Ziyadi, Morgan State University
    (1067-92-710)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Employment Center
  Preservation Hall, 2nd Floor, Marriott
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Quadratic Forms in Algebra and Geometry, I
  Napoleon C2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Jorge F. Morales, Louisiana State University morales@math.lsu.edu
  Anne Queguiner-Mathieu, Université de Paris 13
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Lattices, periodic configurations and Gaussian potential energy.
    Abhinav Kumar*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Henry L Cohn, Microsoft Research New England
    Achill Schuermann, University of Rostock
    (1067-52-2232)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Improved sphere packing lower bounds from Hurwitz lattices.
    Stephanie Vance*, Adams State College
    (1067-52-728)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Weyl's inequality and systems of quadratic forms.
    Rainer Dietmann*, Royal Holloway, University of London
    (1067-11-1564)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Multi-Variable Period Polynomials Associated to Cusp Forms for $SL_2\left(\mathbb{Z}\right)$.
    Oliver Gjoneski*, Duke University
    (1067-22-2273)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Multiplicative properties of integral binary quadratic forms and orders of elements in the form class group.
    Andrew G. Earnest*, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
    (1067-11-1372)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Integral Geometry: Analysis and Applications, I
  Napoleon C3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Gaik Ambartsoumian, University of Texas, Arlington
  Gestur Olafsson, Louisiana State University
  Eric Todd Quinto, Tufts University todd.quinto@tufts.edu
  Boris S. Rubin, Louisiana State University
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Microlocal Aspects of Bistatic Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging.
    Venky P Krishnan*, University of Bridgeport
    Eric Todd Quinto, Tufts University
    (1067-35-991)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Conical Distributions on the Space of Flat Horocycles.
    Fulton B Gonzalez*, Tufts University
    (1067-43-1133)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Reconstruction of a function from its spherical (circular) means with the centers lying on the surface of certain polygons and polyhedra.
    Leonid A Kunyansky*, University of Arizona
    (1067-44-534)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Discussion.
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A support theorem for the horocycle transform on a hyperbolic space.
    Sigurdur Helgason*, MIT
    (1067-44-192)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:30 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Number Theory, I
  Napoleon D1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Geyer-Jarden Conjecture in positive characteristic and the degree of torsion points.
    Oscar G. Villareal*, Orange, CA
    (1067-11-2091)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Relations between class numbers of binary cubic forms.
    Jorge Dioses*, Oklahoma State University
    (1067-11-2361)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A property of division points.
    David Grant, University of Colorado at Boulder
    Su-ion Ih*, University of Colorado at Boulder
    (1067-11-1529)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Continuation of the Riemann zeta function via derivations.
    Caleb Emmons*, Pacific University
    (1067-11-614)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Ramanujan Congruence Properties of the Restricted Partition Function $p(n,m)$.
    J. Brandt Kronholm*, Saint Mary's College of Maryland
    (1067-11-635)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Some congruences connecting values at $s=0$ of partial zeta functions with units.
    Barry R Smith*, Lebanon Valley College
    (1067-11-1735)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Isometry Classes of Quadratic Forms over $p$-adic Rings.
    Laura L Steil*, University of Kentucky
    David Leep, University of Kentucky
    (1067-11-905)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Galois groups of totally and tamely ramified sextic extensions of local fields.
    Chad Awtrey*, Elon University
    (1067-11-499)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Identities of symmetry for Bernoulli polynomials.
    Dae San Kim*, Sogang University
    Kyoung Ho Park, Sogang University
    (1067-11-221)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    A Frobenius Problem for the Ring of Integers in a Number Field.
    Ken Dutch*, Eastern Kentuncky University
    Peter Johnson, Auburn University
    Christopher Maier, University of Texas at Dallas
    Jordan Paschke, University of Rochester
    (1067-11-1171)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:30 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Mathematics Education, I
  Cornet Room, 8th Floor, Sheraton
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    The ALARM Experiment.
    Ira Gerhardt*, Manhattan College
    (1067-97-268)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    The Effectiveness of Blended Instruction in Postsecondary General Education Mathematics Courses.
    Anna E Bargagliotti*, University of Memphis
    John Haddock, University of Memphis
    Fernanda Botelho, University of Memphis
    Jim Gleason, University of Alabama
    (1067-97-70)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Synopsis of a Program Promoting Mathematics and Science Studies among Hispanics and Other Minorities.
    Juan H Hinojosa, Texas A&M International University
    Firooz Khosraviyani*, Texas A&M International University
    Rohitha Goonatilake, Texas A&M International University
    Rafic A Bachnak, Texas A&M International University
    (1067-00-2244)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    A First Year Experience Seminar.
    Ximena Catepillan*, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
    (1067-00-1673)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The UCLA Applied Math REU Program.
    Todd Wittman*, UCLA
    (1067-97-134)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    What Can Students Learn from the Dice Game Hog?
    Deborah E. Seacrest*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1067-97-1580)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Integrating Graduate Research into the Middle School Class Room.
    Stewart W Hengeveld*, Montclair State University
    (1067-97-2158)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    A Rigorous Reconstruction of Some Concepts in Elementary Algebra for Avoiding Misconceptions.
    Juan J Arellano*, Texas A&M International University
    (1067-97-2398)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Impact of Automated Proof Systems on Teaching Mathematics.
    Alexander Y Vaninsky*, Hostos Community College of The City University of New York
    (1067-97-12)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    A New Paradigm in Collaborative Textbook Writing.
    Troy J Siemers*, Virginia Military Institute
    Daniel S Joseph, Virginia Military Institute
    Gregory N Hartman, Virginia Military Institute
    (1067-97-935)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:45 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Logic and Algebraic Systems
  La Galerie 5, 2nd Floor, Marriott
  

  • 8:45 a.m.
    A characterization of computable analysis on unbounded domains using differential equations equations.
    Kerry Ojakian*, Queens College (CUNY)
    (1067-03-729)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Comparing the Weak and Strong Omega Coloring Number of Graphs.
    Matthew Anthony Jura*, Manhattan College
    (1067-03-2275)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Questions of Divisibility in a Group of Density Continuous Functions.
    Michelle Knox*, Midwestern State University
    (1067-06-542)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Admissible Orders on Quotients of the Free Associative Algebra.
    Jeremiah William Johnson*, Penn State Harrisburg
    (1067-06-663)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    The spaces $Min(L)$ and $Min(L)^{-1}$.
    Papiya Bhattacharjee*, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
    (1067-06-1159)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Real root counting for parametric polynomial systems and applications to Maxwell's conjecture.
    Ya-lun Tsai*, University of Minnesota-Twin cities
    (1067-08-859)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    $J$-sets in Commutative and Uncommutative Semigroups.
    John H. Johnson*, Howard University
    (1067-08-1102)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Cluster Analysis of Heterogeneous Data on Rankings and Flags.
    Paige E. Rinker*, Dartmouth College
    (1067-08-1739)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    An Asymptotic Result on the Wilf Conjecture.
    Alex Zhai*, Harvard University
    (1067-08-1873)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Transseries and Ordered Exponential Fields, I
  Napoleon B2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Gerald A. Edgar, The Ohio State University edgar@math.ohio-state.edu
  Ovidiu Costin, The Ohio State University
  Lou P. van den Dries, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Generalized power series and exponential real closed fields.
    Karen M. Lange*, University of Notre Dame
    Julia F. Knight, University of Notre Dame
    (1067-03-679)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Structures associated with real closed fields.
    Julia F. Knight*, University of Notre Dame
    Karen Lange, University of Notre Dame
    (1067-03-669)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Applications of Transseries to the Geometry of Fractals.
    Ovidiu Costin, The Ohio State University
    Min Huang*, University of Chicago
    (1067-40-1538)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Transseries, trans-analyticity and trans-transseries.
    Ovidiu Costin*, Ohio State University
    (1067-40-1626)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #4: Part A
  Getting students involved in undergraduate research.
  IIe de France I, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
  Organizers:
  Aparna W. Higgins, University of Dayton
  Joseph A. Gallian, University of Minnesota-Duluth
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #7: Part A
  The mathematics of Islam and its use in the teaching of mathematics.
  IIe de France III, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
  Organizers:
  Victor J. Katz, University of the District of Columbia
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse: #8: Part A
  The ubiquitous Catalan numbers and their applications.
  IIe de France II, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
  Organizers:
  Thomas Koshy, Framingham State University
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  For MAA Student Chapter advisors: Dynamic answers to your questions.
  La Galerie 6, 2nd Floor, Marriott
  Organizers:
  Jacqueline Jensen, Sam Houston State University
  Robert W. Vallin, Slippery Rock University
  Joyati Debnath, Winona State University
  Panelists:
  Bob Anastasio, MAA
  Kay Somers, Moravian College
  Robert W. Vallin,
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Committee on the Participation of Women/Women in Mathematics Network Poster Session
  Mathematical outreach programs for underrepresented populations.
  Napoleon A1-A3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Betsy Yanik, Emporia State University
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  National Science Foundation programs supporting learning and teaching in the mathematical sciences.
  La Galerie 2, 2nd Floor, Marriott
  Organizers:
  Lee Zia, NSF DUE
  Henry Warchall, NSF DMS
  Dennis Davenport, NSF DUE
  Stephanie Fitchett, NSF DUE
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Student Hospitality Center
  Gallier Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 9:15 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Mathematical Biology and Ecology, I
  Rosalie, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
  

  • 9:15 a.m.
    Lattice Gas Cellular Automata modeling of lineage dynamics and feedback control.
    Shabnam Moobedmehdiabadi*, University of California, Irvine, CA
    (1067-92-2284)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Analysis of Discrete Models of Biological Systems Using Computer Algebra.
    Franziska Hinkelmann*, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech
    Madison Brandon, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
    Bonny Guang, Harvey Mudd College
    Rustin McNeill, University of North Carolina
    Alan Veliz-Cuba, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Grigoriy Blekherman, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, UCLA
    Reinhard Laubenbacher, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech
    (1067-92-1486)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Stable Tissue Topology and Cell Division in 3D.
    Michael G Kerckhove*, University of Richmond
    (1067-92-2170)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A Categorization of Brazilian Free-Tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) Chirps.
    Gregory Alan Backus*, Bard College
    Albert Boggess, Texas A&M
    May Boggess, Texas A&M
    Kirsten Bohn, Texas A&M, Department of Biology
    (1067-92-149)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Computational docking of molecular wires to the reaction center of Rhodobacter sphaeroides.
    Byong Y Kwon*, George Mason University
    (1067-92-1208)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Utilizing gene pathway-based priors in Bayesian association studies.
    Abra Brisbin*, Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic
    Liewei Wang, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic
    Brooke L. Fridley, Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic
    (1067-92-2030)
  • 10:45 a.m.
    The effect of sampling rate on the statistics of microtubules.
    Shantia Yarahmadian*, Mississippi State University
    Sidney L. Shaw, Indiana University, Department of Biology
    (1067-92-1434)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  MAA Department Liaisons Meeting
  Mardi Gras D, 3rd Floor, Marriott
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  The symplectic geometry of symmetric products and invariants of 3-manifolds with boundary.
  Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
  Denis Auroux*, University of California Berkeley
  (1067-57-08)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Invited Address
  Curves, surfaces, and solitons.
  Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
  Chuu-Lian Terng*, University of California at Irvine
  (1067-53-07)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 12:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  Exhibits and Book Sales
  Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor, Marriott
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
  AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture I
  Expander graphs in pure and applied mathematics, I.
  Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
  Alexander Lubotzky*, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  (1067-05-13)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  Laplacian growth and the mystery of the abelian sandpile: A visual tour.
  Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
  Yuval Peres*, Microsoft Research
  (1067-A0-38)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates and Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs, II
  Orleans, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
  Organizers:
  Darren A. Narayan, Rochester Institute of Technology dansma@rit.edu
  Bernard Brooks, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Jobby Jacob, Rochester Institute of Technology
  Jacqueline A. Jensen, Sam Houston State University
  Carl V. Lutzer, Rochester Institute of Technology
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    The Geometry and Dynamics of an Ecological Arms Race.
    Abigail Fisher*, Smith College
    Elizabeth Cowdery, Smith College
    Michelle Winerip, Smith College
    Allison Reed-Harris, Smith College
    Jayna Resman, Smith College
    (1067-92-1136)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Groups and Change Ringing.
    Sarah Costrell*, Smith College
    Margaret Ewing, Smith College
    Jessica Lord, Smith College
    Viktoria Pardey, Smith College
    (1067-20-1138)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Mathematical modeling of interface-dominated materials properties.
    Russell J Mahoney*, George Mason University
    Maria G Emelianenko, George Mason University
    (1067-74-1037)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    The Subgraph Summability Number of a Graph.
    Richard G. Ligo*, Westminster College
    Miriam R. Larson-Koester*, Mount Holyoke College
    (1067-05-139)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Optimal Ranges for ECG Noise Removal by Using Wavelets.
    Marilyn Manee Smith*, Central Michigan University
    Megan Elizabeth Haske, Central Michigan University
    Darren Everett Sowards, Central Michigan University
    (1067-00-143)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    A Solution to the Inverse Eigenvalue Problem for 3-by-3 Totally Nonnegative Matrices of Class 2.
    Robert Fraser*, Case Western Reserve University
    Michael C Steward, Case Western Reserve University
    Shahla Nasserasr, College of William and Mary
    Charles Johnson, College of William and Mary
    (1067-15-120)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Counting Formulas and Partition Zeta Functions of Atomic Measures.
    Kate E Ellis*, California State University, Stanislaus
    (1067-28-79)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Continuously Moving Parseval Frames on Smooth Manifolds.
    Ryan L. Hotovy*, University of Nebraska- Lincoln
    Eileen R. Martin, The University of Texas at Austin
    Daniel Freeman, University of Texas at Austin
    (1067-53-124)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, II
  Maurepas, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
  Organizers:
  Sloan E. Despeaux, Western Carolina University despeaux@wcu.edu
  Craig G. Fraser, University of Toronto
  Deborah Kent, Hillsdale College
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Math Needs Paper and Imagination?: Embodying the Mathematical Knowledge in 17th century Japan.
    Tomoko L Kitagawa*, Harvard University
    (1067-01-1308)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Early Chinese Mathematics: its Development from pre-Qin to Wei.
    Joseph W. Dauben*, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan
    (1067-01-1078)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Chinese Roots of Linear Algebra.
    Roger Hart*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1067-01-1570)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Trigonometric Tables in China.
    Jiang-Ping Jeff Chen*, St. Cloud State University, Minnesota
    (1067-01-132)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    The Mathematical Study of Historical Numerical Tables: Successes, Failures, Issues.
    Glen R Van Brummelen*, Quest University
    (1067-01-1348)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Diagrams and spheres: reflections on an early Arabic edition of Menelaus' Spherics.
    Nathan Sidoli*, Waseda University
    (1067-01-1076)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Ptolemy's justification for the study of mathematics.
    Jacqueline Feke*, Stanford University
    (1067-01-1575)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Seventeenth-century debates on ratio and proportionality revisited.
    Antoni Malet*, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
    (1067-01-2423)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Mathematics of Computation: Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, and Applications, II
  Borgne Room, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Susanne C. Brenner, Louisiana State University brenner@math.lsu.edu
  Chi-Wang Shu, Brown University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Applications of recovery techniques in finite element methods.
    Ahmed A. Naga*, Applied Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Zhimin Zhang, Wayne State University
    (1067-65-652)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    A Hybridizable Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Steady-State Convection-Diffusion-Reaction Problems.
    Bernardo Cockburn, University of Minnesota
    Bo Dong*, Drexel University
    Johnny Guzman, Brown University
    Marco Restelli, Max-Planck-Institut für
    Riccardo Sacco, Politecnico di Milano
    (1067-65-1771)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Discontinuous Galerkin Schemes for Vlasov-Poisson Systems.
    Yingda Cheng*, Univeristy of Texas at Austin
    Irene M Gamba, University of Texas at Austin
    Phillip J Morrison, University of Texas at Austin
    (1067-65-363)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Superlinear convergence of MINRES.
    Valeria Simoncini, Univeristy of Bologna
    Daniel B Szyld*, Temple University
    (1067-65-1904)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Template Matching via $l_1$ regularization with Application to Hyperspectral Imaging.
    Zhaohui Guo*, University of California, Los Angeles
    Stanley Osher, University of California, Los Angeles
    (1067-49-1080)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Multi-level Algorithms for Infinite-dimensional Integration on $\mathbb{R}^{\mathbb{N}}$.
    Ben Niu*, Illinois Institute of Technology
    Fred J. Hickernell, Illinois Institute of Technology
    Klaus Ritter, Fachbereich Mathematik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schloßgartenstr. 7, Darmstadt , Germany
    Thomas Müller-Gronbach, Universität Passau, Germany
    (1067-65-1797)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Fast Spectral Sparse Grid Methods for High Dimensional Non-periodic Problems.
    Haijun Yu*, Purdue University
    Jie Shen, Purdue University
    (1067-65-1681)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Visibility based pursuit-evasion and related control problems.
    Ryo Takei*, University of California, Los Angeles
    (1067-49-1522)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS-SIAM Special Session on Nonlinear Waves and Integrable Systems, II
  Napoleon B1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Gino Biondini, State University of New York at Buffalo biondini@buffalo.edu
  Barbara Prinari, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    A Burgers model for striped pattern formation in the strong bending regime.
    Nicholas M Ercolani*, University of Arizona
    (1067-35-883)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Numerical solution of the Novikov-Veselov equation.
    Ryan Croke, Colorado State University
    Matti J Lassas, University of Helsinki
    Jennifer L Mueller*, Colorado State University
    Samuli Siltanen, University of Helsinki
    Andreas Stahel, Bern University of Applied Sciences
    (1067-35-970)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Matrix exponential methods to derive exact solutions of nonlinear evolution equations.
    Cornelis Van Der Mee*, University of Cagliari
    Francesco Demontis, University of Cagliari
    (1067-34-1195)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    On classical and radiating strain solitary waves in layered waveguides.
    Karima Khusnutdinova*, Loughborough University, UK
    Galina Dreiden, Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, Russia
    Alexander Samsonov, Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, Russia
    Irina Semenova, Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, Russia
    (1067-35-723)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Proper Orthogonal Decomposition for Characterizing Nonlinear Wave Dynamics in Mode-Locked Lasers.
    J. Nathan Kutz*, University of Washington
    (1067-35-78)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Oblique Shock Waves in Dispersive Eulerian Fluids.
    Mark A. Hoefer*, North Carolina State University
    (1067-76-822)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Population dynamics models for pulse dynamics in broadband fiber optics communication systems.
    Avner Peleg*, State University of New York at Buffalo
    Quan Nguyen, State University of New York at Buffalo
    (1067-35-540)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Linear Stability of Gap Solitons in One-dimensional Periodic Media.
    Guenbo Hwang*, University of Vermont
    Triantaphyllos R Akylas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Jianke Yang, University of Vermont
    (1067-35-1057)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Quadratic Forms in Algebra and Geometry, II
  Napoleon C2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Jorge F. Morales, Louisiana State University morales@math.lsu.edu
  Anne Queguiner-Mathieu, Université de Paris 13
  

  • 2:45 p.m.
    The gamma filtration and codimension 3 cycles on projective homogeneous varieties.
    Skip Garibaldi*, Emory University
    Kirill Zainoulline, University of Ottawa
    (1067-14-984)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Zero Cycles on Principal Homogeneous Spaces under Semisimple Groups.
    Jodi A. Black*, Emory University
    (1067-11-959)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Levels and Pythagoras numbers of commutative rings.
    David B. Leep*, University of Kentucky
    (1067-11-1282)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    The 3-Pfister number of quadratic forms.
    Mélanie Raczek*, Université Catholique de Louvain
    (1067-12-476)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    The Graded Witt Group Kernel of Biquadratic Extensions in Characteristic Two.
    Bill Jacob*, University of California, Santa Barbara
    Roberto Aravire, Universidad Arturo Prat
    (1067-12-757)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Higher dimensional local-global principles.
    David Harbater, University of Pennsylvania
    Julia Hartmann, Aachen University
    Daniel Krashen*, University of Georgia
    (1067-12-2199)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Semiorderings and stability index under field extensions.
    Karim Johannes Becher, Universität Konstanz
    David B Leep, University of Kentucky
    Claus Schubert*, SUNY Cortland
    (1067-11-524)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematical Techniques in Musical Analysis, II
  Napoleon B3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Robert W. Peck, Louisiana State University rpeck@lsu.edu
  Thomas M. Fiore, University of Michigan at Dearborn
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Eine Kleine Mathmusik: Six Mathematical Compositions for Bridges Pécs 2010.
    Rachel Wells Hall*, Saint Joseph's University
    (1067-00-1056)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Fokker's `Periodicity Blocks', Hellegouarch's `Natural Scales', and my `Generated Tone Systems'.
    Marek Zabka*, Department of Musicology, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
    (1067-20-943)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The Coin Problem, Central Words, and Guido of Arezzo.
    David L. Clampitt*, The Ohio State University
    (1067-05-688)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Well-formed Scales and Alteration: An Arithmetic Investigation into Music Notation.
    Thomas Noll*, Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya, Barcelona: Departament de Teoria i Composició
    (1067-20-1040)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Massively all-interval voice-leading structures.
    Jonathan Wild*, Schulich School of Music, McGill University
    (1067-05-792)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    The Rational Number System as a Generator of Musical Form.
    Robert Wannamaker*, California Institute of the Arts
    (1067-00-1961)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Topology of Musical Data.
    William A. Sethares*, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
    (1067-55-321)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Towards Gestural Music Analysis.
    Guerino Bruno Mazzola*, University of Minnesota, School of Music
    (1067-18-483)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Integral Geometry: Analysis and Applications, II
  Napoleon C3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Gaik Ambartsoumian, University of Texas, Arlington
  Gestur Olafsson, Louisiana State University
  Eric Todd Quinto, Tufts University todd.quinto@tufts.edu
  Boris S. Rubin, Louisiana State University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Singular value decomposition for the truncated Hilbert transform.
    Alexander Katsevich*, University of Central Florida
    (1067-44-929)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Local Inversion of the Sonar Transform Regularized by the Approximate Inverse.
    Eric Todd Quinto*, Tufts University
    Andreas Rieder, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
    Thomas Schuster, Helmut Schmidt Universität
    (1067-92-187)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Microlocal properties for the slant-hole SPECT operator.
    Raluca Felea*, Rochester Institute of Technology
    Todd Quinto, Tufts University
    (1067-44-432)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Local rigidity results for Riemannian metrics on a manifold with boundary.
    James Vargo*, Texas A&M University
    (1067-53-1335)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    $L^2$-wellposedness for Schrödinger type equations on $\bold{S}^n$.
    Tomoyuki Kakehi*, Okayama University
    (1067-35-2010)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    The Admissibility Problem for Radon transforms on projective spaces over finite fields.
    Eric L Grinberg*, University of Massachusetts, Boston
    David V. Feldman, University of New Hampshire
    (1067-52-1959)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    On simplexes determined by fractal subsets of the Euclidean space.
    Alex Iosevich*, University of Rochester
    (1067-42-417)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Partial Abel Transforms on Damek-Ricci spaces and their application.
    William O. Bray*, University of Maine
    (1067-42-112)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Theory and Application of Stochastic Differential Equations and Stochastic Partial Differential Equations, II
  Maurepas Room, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Armando Arciniega, University of Texas at San Antonio armando.arciniega@utsa.edu
  Edward J. Allen, Texas Tech University
  Sivapragasam Sathananthan, Tennessee State University
  Mahmoud Anabtawi, American University of Sharjah
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Immortal Particle for a Catalytic Branching Process.
    Min Kang*, North Carolina State University
    (1067-60-467)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Hybrid network dynamic inequalities under hereditary and random perturbations.
    Gangaram S Ladde*, University of South Florida
    (1067-60-1941)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    On a class of abstract measure-dependent stochastic evolution equations.
    Mark A McKibben*, Goucher College
    (1067-60-360)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Generalized Random Differential Inequalities and Applications.
    Jinghan Meng*, University of South Florida
    Gangaram S Ladde, University of South Florida
    (1067-60-1980)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Dynamic Modeling of Network Externality.
    Arnut Paothong*, University of South Florida
    Gangaram S Ladde, University of South Florida
    (1067-62-1011)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Machine learning methods in Finance.
    Kandethody M Ramachandran*, University of South Florida
    (1067-60-1978)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Stochastic models for heat flow in a cylinder.
    Edward W. Swim*, Sam Houston State University
    Mark P. Adams, United States Army
    (1067-65-2038)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    On Optimal Harvesting Problems in Random Environments.
    Qingshuo Song, City University of Hong Kong
    Richard Stockbridge, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    Chao Zhu*, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    (1067-60-409)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Analytic and Geometric Methods in Representation Theory, II
  Conde, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
  Organizers:
  Leticia Barchini, Oklahoma State University leticia@math.okstate.edu
  Hongyu He, Louisiana State University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Eigenspace representations for homogeneous spaces.
    Sigurdur Helgason*, MIT
    (1067-22-323)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The Belkale-Kumar cup product and relative Lie algebra cohomology.
    William Graham*, University of Georgia
    Sam Evens, University of Notre Dame
    (1067-22-1929)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    A realization of an irreducible unitary representation.
    Juhyung Lee*, Oklahoma State University
    (1067-22-1242)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Geometric models for the spectra of certain Gelfand pairs associated with Heisenberg groups.
    Gail Ratcliff*, East Carolina University
    Chal Benson, East Carolina University
    (1067-43-813)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Equivariant Cohomology Class Formulas for $K$-Orbit Closures in the Flag Variety.
    Benjamin J Wyser*, University of Georgia
    (1067-14-2105)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Ramanujan's master theorem for symmetric spaces.
    Gestur Olafsson*, Louisiana State University
    Angela Pasquale, Univeristy of Metz, France
    (1067-22-909)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Square integrable harmonic spinors.
    Roger Zierau*, Mathematics Department, Oklahoma State University
    Leticia Barchini, Mathematics Department, Oklahoma State University
    (1067-22-1295)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Geometric Group Theory, II
  Napoleon C1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Joshua B. Barnard, University of South Alabama
  Pallavi Dani, Louisiana State University pdani@math.lsu.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    On (co)homological characterizations of exact groups.
    Jacek Brodzki, University of Southampton
    Graham A. Niblo, University of Southampton
    Piotr W. Nowak*, Texas A&M University
    Nick J. Wright, University of Southampton
    (1067-20-370)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Reduced 1-cohomology and relative (T).
    Talia Fernos*, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    Alain Valette, Universite de Neuchatel
    (1067-20-2422)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Extremality of the rotation quasimorphism on the modular group.
    Joel Louwsma*, California Institute of Technology
    (1067-57-1530)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Stable commutator length and maps from bounded surfaces to closed surfaces.
    Matthew B. Day*, California Institute of Technology
    (1067-57-682)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    What is a cross ratio?
    Francois Labourie*, Universite Paris-Sud, Orsay
    (1067-51-1350)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Hyperplane arrangements in negatively curved manifolds and relative hyperbolicity.
    Igor Belegradek, Georgia Institute of Technology
    G. Christopher Hruska*, University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee
    (1067-20-2414)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Local Quasiconvexity of Groups acting on Small Cancellation Complexes.
    Eduardo Martínez-Pedroza*, McMaster University
    Daniel T. Wise, McGill University
    (1067-20-563)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Conjugacy classes of solutions to systems of equations over hyperbolic groups.
    Daniel Groves*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    Henry Wilton, California Institute of Technology
    (1067-20-1392)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computational Algebraic and Analytic Geometry for Low-Dimensional Varieties, II
  Napoleon D2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Mika K. Seppala, Florida State University
  Tanush Shaska, Oakland University
  Emil Volcheck, National Security Agency volcheck@acm.org
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Rational curves on cubic hypersurfaces.
    Izzet Coskun*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    Jason Starr, SUNY Stony Brook
    (1067-14-1220)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Existence and computation of rational general solutions of parametrizable ODEs.
    Franz Winkler*, RISC, J. Kepler University Linz, Austria
    (1067-14-573)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Computations in Cubic Function Fields of Characteristic Three.
    Jonathan Webster*, Bates College
    (1067-11-726)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    The arithmetic of genus two curves.
    Lubjana Beshaj*, University of Vlora, Vlora, Albania
    Tanush Shaska, Oakland University
    (1067-14-810)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    The Inverse Galois Problem with minimal ramification over function fields.
    Nigel Boston, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Meghan De Witt*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (1067-12-1991)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Isotopic Approximations of Singular Algebraic Curves.
    Michael A Burr*, Fordham University
    Sung Woo Choi, Duksung Women's University
    Ben Galehouse, Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik
    Chee K Yap, Courant Institute, NYU
    (1067-14-2129)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Class Number and Regulator Computation in Purely Cubic Function Fields of Unit Rank Two.
    Eric J Landquist*, Kutztown University
    Felix Fontein, University of Calgary
    Renate Scheidler, University of Calgary
    (1067-11-1939)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Ideals of curves given by points.
    Elisabetta Fortuna, University of Pisa
    Patrizia Gianni, University of Pisa
    Barry M Trager*, IBM T.J.Watson Research Center
    (1067-14-2271)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematical Modeling in Environmental Economics, II
  Napoleon D3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Natali Hritonenko, Prairie View A&M University nahritonenko@pvamu.edu
  Yuri Yatsenko, Houston Baptist University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Modeling a Carbon Market Using an Engineering Approach: Blue Chips Turning Green.
    Steven A Bleiler*, Portland State University
    Yoko Nagase, Oxford Brookes University
    Thomas Fielden, Portland State University
    (1067-90-1389)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Modeling of the optimal economic response to environmental adaptation.
    Yuri Yatsenko*, School of Business, Houston Baptist University
    (1067-90-641)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Undergraduate research examples on Mathematical Modeling in Environmental Economics.
    Kaibin Fu*, Prairie View A&M University
    (1067-92-1268)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Some hyperbolic equations arising in mathematical cosmology.
    Anahit Galstyan*, University of Texas-Pan American
    (1067-35-2182)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Interactions of Inverse Problems, Signal Processing, and Imaging, I
  Frontenac, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
  Organizers:
  Zuhair Nashed, University of Central Florida znashed@mail.ucf.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Quantitative photoacoustics and other hybrid inverse problems.
    Guillaume Bal*, Columbia University
    (1067-35-1726)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Compressive imaging by the MUSIC algorithm.
    Albert Fannjiang*, UC Davis
    (1067-68-278)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Inverse scattering via near-field imaging.
    Gang Bao*, Zhejiang University and Michigan State University
    Junshan Lin, Michigan State University
    (1067-78-1198)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Satellite Gravity Gradiometry (SGG).
    Willi Freeden*, University of Kaiserslautern
    (1067-86-2429)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Identification of interfaces using the pressure parts (or the shear parts) of the elastic waves.
    Drossos Gintides, National Technical University of Athens
    Mourad Sini*, RICAM, Austrian Academy of Sciences
    (1067-35-342)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Shape Reconstruction based on Integral Invariants: Theory and Applications.
    Thomas Fidler*, Computational Science Center, University of Vienna, Austria
    (1067-65-1197)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Generalized local regularization of linear inverse problems, with application to Volterra problems in $L^p$-spaces.
    Cara D. Brooks*, Michigan State University
    Patricia K. Lamm, Michigan State University
    (1067-45-1775)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Image and Data Fusion.
    Todd Wittman*, UCLA
    (1067-94-2177)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #11: Part A
  Using video case studies in teaching a proof-based gateway course to the mathematics major.
  IIe de France III, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
  Organizers:
  James T. Sandefur, Georgetown University
  Connie M. Campbell, Milllsaps College
  Kay Somers, Moravian College
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #2: Part A
  Getting mathematics majors to think outside the book: Course activities that promote exploration, discovery, conjecture, and proof.
  IIe de France I, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
  Organizers:
  Suzanne Dorée, Augsburg College doree@augsburg.edu
  Jill Dietz, St. Olaf College
  Brian P. Hopkins, St. Peter's College
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #9: Part A
  Learning discrete mathematics via historical projects.
  IIe de France II, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
  Organizers:
  Jerry M. Lodder, New Mexico State University
  Guran Bezhanishvili, New Mexico State University
  David J. Pengelley, New Mexico State University
  Janet H. Barnett, Colorado State University, Pueblo
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Statistics
  Balcony N, 4th Floor, Marriott
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Supporting Women in STEM fields: The $Wi^2STEM$ Club"s Impact on Student Members at Clayton State University.
    Michelle York*, Clayton State University
    Catherine Matos, Clayton State University
    Mary Hudachek-Buswell, Clayton State University
    (1067-62-2280)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Fair Regulation and Calculation Of Scores In Competitions Involving Judges' assessment.
    Chengyu Liu*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Wei Pan, Capital Medical University
    (1067-62-1875)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Applying Recurrent Event Survival Analysis on China One child one family policy.
    Boubakari Ibrahimou*, Western Kentucky University
    (1067-62-1155)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A Poisson Approximation for the Number of kl-Matches II.
    Michael Donders*, McDaniel College
    Katherine Grzesik, SUNY Oswego
    Chelsea Ross, East Tennessee State University
    Heather Shappell, Arcadia University
    (1067-62-1774)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The Power Cauchy Distribution: Derivation, Description, and Composite Models.
    Brian T Rooks*, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
    Amy C Schumacher, Birmingham-Southern College
    (1067-62-170)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Zero Inflated Exponential Distribution.
    Sougata Dhar, University of Texas - Pan American
    Santanu Chakraborty*, University of Texas - Pan American
    (1067-62-595)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Optimal designs for rational function regression.
    David Papp*, Rutgers University
    (1067-62-1111)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Preliminary Report on the Power of the Bootstrap Ratio Test for Normality.
    Maria E. Calzada, Loyola University New Orleans
    Holly M. Gardner*, Loyola University New Orleans
    (1067-62-1144)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Characterizations of t-distribution via conditional expectations of order statistics.
    George P Yanev*, The University of Texas - Pan American
    M Ahsanullah, Rider University
    (1067-62-1167)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Tail Dependence Density of Vine copulas.
    Peiling Wu*, Math Department of Washington State University
    (1067-62-1384)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Increased Adaptivity in Smoothed Polynomial Histograms with Application to Massive and Pre-Binned Datasets.
    Galen I Papkov*, Florida Gulf Coast University
    (1067-62-1418)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Estimating Variance-Mean Mixtures of Normals.
    Hasan Hamdan, James Madison University
    Ling Xu, James Madison University
    Holly Gardner, Loyola University New Orleans
    Sam Helmich, Winona State University
    Caitlin Steiner*, College of William & Mary
    Kevin Stoll, Baldwin-Wallace College
    (1067-62-1492)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    The Joint Distribution of Surplus Immediately Before Ruin And The Deficit at Ruin Under Interest Force.
    Kumer Pial Das*, Lamar University
    Md. Shamim Sarker, Lamar University
    (1067-62-2185)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    A novel Algorithm for ellipse fitting.
    Ali A Al-Sharadqah*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (1067-62-719)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    On the Comparison of One Stage and Two Stage Selection Procedures in Bayes Approach.
    Jin Tan*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1067-62-1657)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Topics in Algebra
  La Galerie 5, 2nd Floor, Marriott
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    The Invariance and the General Cohomology Comparison Theorems.
    Alin Stancu*, Columbus State University
    (1067-18-1719)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    An approach to the stable derived category via model categories.
    Daniel Bravo*, Wesleyan University
    (1067-18-866)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Lower Algebraic K-theory of virtually free groups.
    Seshendra Pallekonda*, King's College, PA
    (1067-19-1288)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Combining Triple Diagonal Forms.
    Edward Eugene Rehkopf*, University of Southern Indiana
    (1067-15-1997)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Determinants of sum of orbits under compact Lie group.
    Mary Clair Thompson*, Auburn University
    Tin-Yau Tam, Auburn University
    (1067-15-2040)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The cprank and rank of a completely positive matrix.
    Wasin So*, San Jose State University
    Changqing Xu, Zhejiang A&F University
    (1067-15-506)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Solution Theory for Bilinear Systems of Equations.
    Dian Yang*, College of William and Mary
    (1067-15-182)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Spectral Analysis of Non-Hermitian Matrices.
    Philip V Vu*, Williams College
    Matthew Coudron, University of Minnesota
    (1067-15-387)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    The Energy of Graphs.
    Audrey Margaret Hubbard*, Ave Maria University
    Christian Matthew Woods, University of Pittsburgh
    (1067-15-155)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Euclidean Squared Distance Matrices.
    Thomas Milligan*, University of Central Oklahoma
    (1067-15-2062)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Numerical stability of an algorithm for the complete CS decomposition.
    Brian D. Sutton*, Randolph-Macon College
    (1067-15-2209)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Behavior of Ritz Values for Normal Matrices and Jordan Blocks.
    Russell L Carden*, Rice University
    Mark Embree, Rice University
    Derek Hansen, Rice University
    (1067-15-1712)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Computation of zero forcing number for some families of graphs.
    Darren D. Row*, Iowa State University
    (1067-15-1303)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    A Monte Carlo Algorithm for Computing Dot Products with Application to Information Retrieval.
    Sylvester David Eriksson-Bique, University of Helsinki
    Mary Katherine Solbrig*, Reed College
    Michael Stefanelli, College of New Jersey
    Sarah Warkentin, Harvey Mudd College
    Ralph Abbey, North Carolina State University
    Ilse Ipsen, North Carolina State University
    (1067-15-472)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Applying Simon-Ando Theory to Data Clustering.
    Charles D. Wessell*, North Carolina State University
    Carl D. Meyer, North Carolina State University
    (1067-15-553)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Multilinear Algebra and Tensors.
    William R Henderson*, James Madison University
    Jeffrey M Wyman, James Madison University
    Carla D Martin, James Madison University
    Misha E Kilmer, Tufts University
    (1067-15-54)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
  AMS Session on Number Theory, II
  Napoleon D1, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Study of Polynomial Solutions to Certain Diophantine Equations.
    Emel Demirel*, Montclair State University
    Aihua Li, Montclair State University
    (1067-97-739)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    On Somos' dissection identities.
    Zhu Cao*, University of Mississippi
    (1067-11-2334)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Higher order spt-functions.
    F. G. Garvan*, University of Florida
    (1067-11-2000)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On the transcendence of Fourier and other infinite series.
    Chester J Weatherby*, University of Delaware
    (1067-11-2299)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Limiting structure for some central binomial evaluations.
    John R. Greene*, University of Minnesota Duluth
    (1067-11-938)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The $k$-Zeckendorf Array.
    Curtis N Cooper*, University of Central Missouri
    (1067-11-1277)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Enumeration of Triangles in Rational Residue Graphs.
    Mark Budden, Western Carolina University
    Nicole Calkins, Armstrong Atlantic State University
    William Nathan Hack, Armstrong Atlantic State University
    Joshua K Lambert, Armstrong Atlantic State University
    Kimberly Thompson*, Armstrong Atlantic State University
    (1067-11-1528)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Enumeration of Triangles in Quartic Residue Graphs.
    Mark Budden, Western Carolina University
    Nicole Calkins*, Armstrong Atlantic State University
    William Nathan Hack, Armstrong Atlantic State University
    Joshua K Lambert, Armstrong Atlantic State University
    Kimberly Thompson, Armstrong Atlantic State University
    (1067-11-1029)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    A connection between Hopf orders and Laurent series.
    Alan Koch*, Agnes Scott College
    (1067-11-1987)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Random Additive 3-Bases & Sum-free Sets.
    Chang Mou Lim*, Yale University
    Nicholas George Triantafillou, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    (1067-11-1872)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    On Nathanson's problem in number theory and geometric group theory.
    Krishanu Roy Sankar*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1067-11-1094)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Lipschitz Bounds for Rational Functions De fined over the Berkovick Projective Line over an Algebraically Closed and Complete Non-Archimedean Field.
    Stephen Edward Winburn*, University of Georgia
    (1067-11-1718)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    EZADS Inputs which Produce Half-Factorial Block Monoids.
    Jeffrey A Manning*, California Institute of Technology
    (1067-11-1074)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    A Note on the Power Subgroups of the Modular Group.
    Omer Yayenie*, Murray State University
    (1067-11-362)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Mathematics Education, II
  Cornet Room, 8th Floor, Sheraton
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Items for Assessment of Mathematical Content Knowledge for Secondary Teachers.
    Hugo Rossi*, University of Utah
    (1067-97-1252)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Prospective Teachers\rq Self-assessment Based on Reflective Writing Assignments in a Pre-service Math Course.
    James R. Valles Jr*, Texas Tech University
    Rebecca Ortiz, Texas Tech University
    (1067-97-175)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Numerical Reasoning: An Inquiry-Based Course for K-8 Teachers.
    Rachel Cochran, Center for Educational Accountability
    Jason Fulmore, Center for Educational Accountability
    John C. Mayer, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Bernadette Mullins*, Birmingham-Southern College
    (1067-97-1768)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Connecting Mathematics Learning with Teaching.
    Virginia L. Keen*, University of Dayton
    (1067-97-1557)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Teaching Mathematics in the Technological Classroom: Teachers Do, Technology Doesn't.
    Robert G Page*, Framingham State University
    (1067-97-1967)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    An Electronic Classroom Model for Mathematics Content Courses.
    Brooke E Evans*, Metropolitan State College of Denver
    Patricia McKenna, Metropolitan State College of Denver
    (1067-97-2365)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Aligning middle and high school teachers' teaching to new algebra trends in California.
    Imre Tuba*, San Diego State University, Imperial Valley
    Jeff Burt, San Diego State University, Imperial Valley
    (1067-97-2400)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Combinatorics and Graph Theory, III
  Southdown Room, 4th Floor, Sheraton
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Maximal minimal $k$-rankings of caterpillar trees and cycles.
    Lauren R. McGough*, MIT
    (1067-05-2049)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The Set Chromatic Number of a Directed Graph.
    J Larry Langley*, University of the Pacific
    K Sarah Merz, University of the Pacific
    (1067-05-1351)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Conflict free coloring of (simple) hypergraphs with few edges.
    Mohit Kumbhat*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    A Kostochka, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    T Luczak, Emory University
    (1067-05-607)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On graph labelings and cyclic $G$-designs.
    Ryan C Bunge*, Illinois State University
    Avapa Chantasartrassmee, University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce
    Saad El-Zanati, Illinois State University
    Charles Vanden Eynden, Illinois State University
    (1067-05-2201)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    On Rosa-Type Labelings of 3-regular Graphs.
    Wannasiri Wannasit*, Chiang Mai University
    Saad El-Zanati, Illinois State University
    (1067-05-2213)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Modular Edge-Graceful Graphs.
    Futaba Fujie-Okamoto*, University of Wisconsin La Crosse
    (1067-05-1495)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Hall $m$-completable graphs.
    Sibel Ozkan, Michigan Technological University
    Erik E Westlund*, University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County
    (1067-05-1651)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Planarized Pascal's triangle mod a general prime $p$ graphs and their Properties.
    Heather M. Shappell*, Arcadia University
    Katherine Grzesik, SUNY Oswego
    Mike Donders, McDaniel College
    (1067-05-1723)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Graph Labeling with Distance-Two Constraints.
    Jobby Jacob*, Rochester Institute of Technology
    (1067-05-2261)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On the $\lambda$-numbers of subclasses of generalized Petersen graphs.
    Sarah Spence Adams, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
    Paul Booth*, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
    Harold Jaffe, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
    Denise Sakai Troxell, Babson College
    Steven Luke Zinnen, Franklin Olin College of Engineering
    (1067-05-2058)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Dynamic Monopolies and $k$-Conversion Sets in Graph Products and Triangular Grids: Modeling the Spread of Fault in Distributed Network Systems.
    Sarah Spence Adams, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
    Zachary Brass, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
    Connor Stokes*, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
    Denise Sakai Troxell, Babson College
    Steven Luke Zinnen, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
    (1067-05-2103)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    On-line Degree Ramsey Numbers: Building and Painting Graphs, One Edge at a Time.
    David S. Rolnick*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1067-05-2342)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Zero Forcing Sets and Bipartite Circulants.
    Seth A. Meyer*, University of Wisconsin - Madison
    (1067-05-2134)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    On a $(p,q)$-edge coloring of $K_n$.
    Zachary Kudlak*, Mount Saint Mary College
    Luboš Thoma, University of Rhode Island
    (1067-05-1738)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Almost-rainbow edge-colorings of some small subgraphs.
    Elliot J Krop*, Clayton State University
    Irina Krop, DePaul University
    (1067-05-1316)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Max-optimal and sum-optimal labelings of graphs.
    Darren A. Narayan*, Rochester Institute of Technology
    Robert Jamison, Clemson University and The University of Haifa
    (1067-05-1270)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
  AMS Session on Combinatorics and Graph Theory, IV
  Bayside B, 4th Floor, Sheraton
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Monochromatic sums equal to products in $\mathbb{N}$.
    Neil Hindman*, Howard University
    (1067-05-587)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Poset-Free Families in Boolean Lattices.
    Wei-Tian Li*, University of South Carolina
    (1067-05-1499)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Order in the Conjugacy Decomposition of the Rook Monoid.
    Ryan K Therkelsen*, Bellarmine University
    (1067-05-805)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Resistance analysis of infinite networks.
    Palle E. T. Jorgensen, U. Iowa
    Erin P. J. Pearse*, U. Oklahoma
    (1067-05-1733)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Efficient Domination of Tessellations and other Infinite Graphs with Extra Symmetry.
    Katie Rose Banks*, Harvard University
    Chang Mou Lim, Yale University
    (1067-05-1414)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On Universal Cycles for new Classes of Combinatorial Structures.
    Antonio Blanca*, Georgia Institute of Techonology
    (1067-05-1104)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Omnimosaics.
    Nicholas George Triantafillou*, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
    Katie R. Banks, Harvard University
    (1067-05-964)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The Probability of an Even Number of Hills among Generalized Dyck Paths.
    Naiomi T. Cameron*, Lewis & Clark College
    (1067-05-703)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Extraordinary Subsets of ${1,2,3, ... ,n}$.
    Ralph P. Grimaldi*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    (1067-05-850)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A Wilf-Zeilberger Approach to Sums of Choi, Zornig and Rathie.
    Samantha Dahlberg, Michigan State University
    Timothy Ferdinands, University of Notre Dame
    Akalu Tefera*, Grand Valley State University
    (1067-05-1179)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    A Generalization of Algorithm-Z with Application.
    Ae Ja Yee, The Pennsylvania State University
    Kagan Kursungoz*, The Pennsylvania State University
    (1067-05-1408)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A recursive Construction of Non-binary de Bruijn Sequences.
    Abbas Mahdi Alhakim*, American University of Beirut
    Mufutau B Akinwande, Clarkson University
    (1067-05-1447)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    A Nim-type game played on the complete graph.
    Lindsay Anne Merchant*, North Dakota State University
    (1067-05-123)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Winning strategy for Chomp Grid with 0, 1, 2, or 3 pieces in the 3rd row.
    Crystal L. Bennett*, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
    Joshua Chukwuka, Morgan State University
    Kenneth Berg, University of Maryland
    (1067-05-2277)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    The 2-adic valuation of the complementary Bell numbers.
    Valerio De Angelis*, Xavier University of Louisiana
    Victor H Moll, Tulane University
    Tewodros Amdeberhan, Tulane University
    (1067-05-1614)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Sequences of matchings.
    Sarah H Holliday*, Southern Polytechnic State University
    (1067-05-1745)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on Cryptology for Undergraduates
  Great Ballroom E, 5th Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Robert Edward Lewand, Goucher College rlewand@goucher.edu
  Chris Christensen, Northern Kentucky University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Algebraic Cryptanalysis as a tool for teaching Cryptology.
    Daniel Cabarcas*, University of Cincinnati
    (1067-C5-706)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    Cryptography Tools: A Teaching Tool for the Investigation of Classical Cryptography and Cryptanalysis.
    Don Spickler*, Salisbury University
    (1067-C5-811)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    Group Signature Schemes: How to share a secret without telling it.
    Cheryl L. Beaver*, Western Oregon University
    (1067-C5-2202)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Cryptography, a Great Topic for Undergraduate Mathematics Courses.
    Aihua Li*, Montclair State University
    (1067-C5-1942)
  • 3:35 p.m.
    A Cryptology Course for the Non-Mathematician.
    Todd Feil*, Denison University
    (1067-C5-446)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    A Brief Fly-Through of Cryptology for First-Semester Students using Active Learning and Common Technology.
    Robert Talbert*, Franklin College
    (1067-C5-2059)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    A first-year seminar in cryptology.
    Robert A Beezer*, University of Puget Sound
    (1067-C5-1428)
  • 4:35 p.m.
    Student Codebooks: An in-depth writing assignment.
    Stuart Boersma*, Central Washington University
    (1067-C5-543)
  • 4:55 p.m.
    Codes in History, the Arts, and Literature.
    Kay E. Smith*, Saint Olaf College
    (1067-C5-1192)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Making Cryptography Come Alive.
    Kristi Meyer*, Wisconsin Lutheran College
    (1067-C5-1315)
  • 5:35 p.m.
    Using Cryptography to Show Students that Math is Everywhere.
    Mike May*, Saint Louis University
    (1067-C5-1356)
  • 5:55 p.m.
    How to Construct a Spy Dossier.
    Peter J. Littig*, University of Washington, Bothell
    (1067-C5-1816)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on The Mathematics of Games and Puzzles, I
  Grand Chenier Room, 5th Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Laura Taalman, James Madison University laurataalman@gmail.com
  Robin L. Blankenship, Morehead State University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Twist Untangle and its Discontents.
    Sandy Ganzell, St. Mary's College of Maryland
    Alex Meadows*, St. Mary's College of Maryland
    John Ross, Johns Hopkins University
    (1067-P1-1784)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    Counting the Number of Hextile Knot Mosaics in a Diagram with Fixed Center and Radius.
    Robin Leigh Blankenship*, Morehead State University
    Michael Blankenship, Morehead State University
    Craig Hamilton, University of Kentucky and Morehead State University
    (1067-P1-2340)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    Chessboard problems peppered with pawns.
    Doug Chatham*, Morehead State University
    (1067-P1-826)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Discovering the Art of Mathematics: Straight-Cut Origami.
    Christine von Renesse*, Westfield State University
    Volker Ecke, Westfield State University
    (1067-P1-1892)
  • 3:35 p.m.
    Tropical determinants and cheating when solving the Rubik's cube.
    Thomas J Dinitz*, Colgate University
    Matthew Hartman, Xavier University
    Jenya Soprunova, Kent State University
    (1067-P1-642)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    The 36Cube Puzzle.
    W D Wallis*, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.
    (1067-P1-322)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    The minimal number of entries of a solvable Ken Ken.
    Philip Cobb*, Queensborough Community College
    (1067-P1-886)
  • 4:35 p.m.
    On the Use of Fractional Matchings to Find Pairing Strategy Draws in $N^d$ Tic-Tac-Toe.
    Klay T Kruczek*, Western Oregon University
    (1067-P1-770)
  • 4:55 p.m.
    Tic-Tac-Toe with Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe.
    Dennis P. Walsh*, Middle Tennessee State University
    (1067-P1-2306)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    A Winning Strategy for Tic-Tac-Toe on an Affine Plane of Order 4.
    Matthew P Conlen*, The Fields Institute
    Juraj Milcak, The Fields Institute
    (1067-P1-2376)
  • 5:35 p.m.
    "Fire and Ice".
    Mary J. Riegel*, The University of Montana
    (1067-P1-1644)
  • 5:55 p.m.
    Using SET$^{\circledR}$ to Visualize AG(4,3).
    Elizabeth W McMahon*, Lafayette College
    Kyle Kalail, Hastings College
    (1067-P1-1024)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  MAA Session on Getting Students Involved in Writing Proofs
  Grand Couteau Room, 5th Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Aliza Steurer, Dominican University asteurer@dom.edu
  Jennifer Franko-Vasquez, University of Scranton
  Rachel Schwell, Central Connecticut State University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    On peer grading to improve proof writing.
    Xuan Hien Nguyen*, Kansas State University
    Andrew Bennett, Kansas State University
    (1067-G1-1579)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    From Evaluating Proofs to Constructing Proofs.
    Kyeong Hah Roh*, Arizona State University
    (1067-G1-2239)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    (How) Can We Teach Proofs? A Classical Approach.
    Bernd S. W. Schroeder*, Louisiana Tech University
    (1067-G1-309)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    A Group Project.
    Mary K Flagg*, University of Houston
    (1067-G1-456)
  • 3:35 p.m.
    Using Bluetooth Technology in a Proof Writing Course.
    Firas Y Hindeleh*, Grand Valley State University
    (1067-G1-668)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    Using Clickers to Generate Discussion on Writing Proofs.
    Shannon R. Lockard*, Bridgewater State University
    (1067-G1-2131)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    The Lurch Project: A word processor that checks your math.
    Nathan C Carter*, Bentley University
    Kenneth G Monks, University of Scranton
    (1067-G1-2168)
  • 4:35 p.m.
    Students of MATH 341, \em{Advances in Number Theory}, 1 (2010), 1--30.
    Sam Vandervelde*, St. Lawrence University
    (1067-G1-1757)
  • 4:55 p.m.
    Teaching Proofs in Abstract Algebra: How important are proof structure, group work, and student presentations?
    Mindy Beth Capaldi*, Valparaiso University
    (1067-G1-911)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Within $\epsilon$ of independence: An attempt to produce independent proof-writers via an IBL approach in a real analysis course.
    Dana C. Ernst*, Plymouth State University
    Angela Hodge, North Dakota State University
    (1067-G1-2358)
  • 5:35 p.m.
    Engaging abstract algebra students in the craft of proof writing.
    Jennifer A Bergner*, Salisbury University
    (1067-G1-1100)
  • 5:55 p.m.
    Introducing Proofs to Calculus Students.
    Minah Oh*, James Madison University
    (1067-G1-1107)
  • 6:15 p.m.
    Successful Strategies for Improving the Proof Writing of Linear Algebra Students.
    Lesley W Wiglesworth*, Centre College
    (1067-G1-2346)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on Harnessing Mobile Communication Devices and Online Communication Tools for Mathematics Education, II
  Rhythms II and III, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Michael B. Scott, California State University Monterey Bay mscott@csumb.edu
  Jason A. Aubrey, University of Missouri-Columbia
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    The Joy of Numbers and Wikis.
    Erica L Johnson*, St. John Fisher College
    (1067-H1-2039)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    The experience of newbie helpers in a mathematics, open, online, homework help forum: Becoming part of a community of helpers.
    Carla C. van de Sande*, Arizona State University
    E. Hsu, San Francisco State University
    (1067-H1-2269)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    Treatment for the "Submit Answer" Addict: Active Interventions for Struggling Calculus Students identified by WeBWorK Performance Data.
    Aaron Wangberg*, Winona State University
    (1067-H1-2382)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Collegiate Mathematics, II
  Rhythms I, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Jacqueline M. Dewar, Loyola Marymount University jdewar@lmu.edu
  Thomas F. Banchoff, Brown University
  Pam Crawford, Jacksonville University
  Edwin P. Herman, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
  Nathan Wodarz, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Re-testing as a strategy to promote equity.
    Dale J Winter*, Carnegie Mellon University
    (1067-V1-1490)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    Designing Precalculus for a Diverse Audience.
    Erich A McAlister*, Fort Lewis College
    (1067-V1-1612)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    Effects of a Modified Moore Method on Performance, Attitudes and Efficacy in Precalculus.
    Brad Bailey*, North Georgia College & State University
    (1067-V1-1151)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    A comparison of two paths in college level calculus.
    Erin Terwilleger Mullen*, University of Connecticut
    Amit Savkar, University of Connecticut
    (1067-V1-2119)
  • 3:35 p.m.
    Implementing a Web-based System for Tagging Errors in Freshman Calculus Using Pen-Technology.
    Marilyn Reba*, Clemson University
    Allen Guest, Clemson University
    Calvin Williams, Clemson University
    Roy Pargas, Clemson University
    (1067-V1-1413)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    A quantitative and qualitative comparison of homework structures in a multivariable calculus class.
    Judith Lynn Gieger*, Oglethorpe University
    John C. Nardo, Oglethorpe University
    Karen L. Schmeichel, Oglethorpe University
    Leah R. Zinner, Oglethorpe University
    (1067-V1-1900)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Student learning and retention of key concepts in sequences and series.
    Rebecca J. Schmitz*, University of Minnesota
    Harvey Keynes, University of Minnesota
    (1067-V1-2088)
  • 4:35 p.m.
    What Does it Mean for a Student to Understand the First-Year Calculus?: Perspectives of 24 Experts.
    Kimberly Santucci Sofronas*, Emmanuel College
    Thomas C DeFranco, University of Connecticut
    Charles Vinsonhaler, University of Connecticut
    Nick Gorgievski, Nichols College
    Larissa Schroeder, University of Hartford
    Chris Hamelin, University of Connecticut
    (1067-V1-203)
  • 4:55 p.m.
    Group Work and Self-Efficacy in a Business Calculus Class.
    Gregory A Kelsey*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1067-V1-30)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on Innovations in Service-Learning at All Levels
  St. Jerome, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
  Organizers:
  Karl-Dieter S. Crisman, Gordon College karl.crisman@gordon.edu
  Rachelle Ankney, North Park University
  Robert V. Perlis, Louisiana State University
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Opportunities and Challenges in Incorporating Service-Learning in Mathematical Sciences Programs.
    Charles R. Hadlock*, Bentley University
    (1067-K1-1465)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    Community Service-Learning in Mathematics: Models for Course Design.
    Debra L. Hydorn*, University of Mary Washington
    (1067-K1-1296)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    Serve While You Learn: A Quantitative Literacy Course.
    Karen Batt Stanish*, Keene State College
    (1067-K1-2137)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Serving Hope- How to build service-learning into your non-major mathematics courses to benefit the local community.
    Melinda S Schulteis*, Concordia University, Irvine
    (1067-K1-855)
  • 3:35 p.m.
    Just Math: Learning about Justice with Math vs. Doing Justice with Math.
    Rachelle M. Ankney*, North Park University
    (1067-K1-1507)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    Real Data & Service Learning Projects in Statistics.
    Brad Bailey*, North Georgia College & State University
    Robb Sinn, North Georgia College & State University
    (1067-K1-1524)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Mathematical and Moral Development Through Service-Learning.
    Karl-Dieter Crisman*, Gordon College
    (1067-K1-2037)
  • 4:35 p.m.
    Service-Learning in an Interdisciplinary Mathematics and Economics Course.
    Shafii-Mousavi Morteza*, Indiana University South Bend
    Kochanowski Paul, Indiana Univesity South Bend
    (1067-K1-76)
  • 4:55 p.m.
    Disaster Modeling -- Beyond the Numbers.
    Benjamin Galluzzo*, Shippensburg University
    (1067-K1-2164)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    A Model for the Community.
    Tim Chartier*, Davidson College
    (1067-K1-913)
  • 5:35 p.m.
    A Service Project in a Capstone Modeling Course.
    Ethan Berkove*, Lafayette College
    (1067-K1-1402)
  • 5:55 p.m.
    Northern Territory Maths Camp.
    B. Carrigan*, Auburn University
    C. Carrigan, Auburn University
    B. Kozak, Auburn University
    C. Rodger, Auburn University
    (1067-K1-1320)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
  MAA Session on Wavelets In Undergraduate Education, II
  Mardi Gras BC, 3rd Floor, Marriott
  Organizers:
  Caroline Haddad, SUNY Geneseo haddad@geneseo.edu
  Catherine A. Beneteau, University of South Florida
  David K. Ruch, Metropolitan State College of Denver
  Patrick J. Van Fleet, University of St. Thomas
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Who Are You? An Image Identification Project Using Wavelet Packet Analysis.
    Kevin F. Palmowski*, State University of New York at Geneseo
    (1067-Y5-1539)
  • 2:35 p.m.
    Multiwavelets and Image Compression.
    Cristen Bonz*, University of St Thomas
    Elizabeth Motz, University of St Thomas
    Susan Ray, University of St Thomas
    (1067-Y5-1901)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    An Undergraduate Research Project on Multiwavelets.
    Bruce W. Atkinson*, Samford University
    (1067-Y5-1269)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Teaching operator theory to undergraduates via frames.
    Veronika Furst*, Fort Lewis College
    (1067-Y5-1753)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  MAA General Contributed Paper Session, IV
  St. Claude, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
  Organizers:
  Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College kristi.meyer@wlc.edu
  Thomas R. Hagedorn, The College of New Jersey
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Comparing Circular and Spherical Inversions.
    Deirdre L Smeltzer*, Eastern Mennonite University
    Owen D Byer, Eastern Mennonite University
    (1067-Z1-1470)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Applications of Spherical Inversions.
    Owen D Byer*, Eastern Mennonite University
    Deirdre L Smeltzer, Eastern Mennonite University
    (1067-Z1-1476)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    The ${(\text{Colored Cubes})}^3$ Problem.
    Ethan Berkove*, Lafayette College
    (1067-Z1-1405)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Folding Math Together - A Senior Seminar in Origami.
    Cathy W. Carter*, Christian Brothers University
    Brittany Nicole Course, Christian Brothers University
    Alan Killen, Christian Brothers University
    (1067-Z1-2115)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Tiling a square with squares.
    Iwan Praton*, Franklin and Marshall College
    (1067-Z1-565)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Platonic Solid Puzzles and Patterns.
    Mike Long*, Shippensburg University
    (1067-Z1-1957)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Packing the hypercube.
    David Offner*, Westminster College
    (1067-Z1-1737)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Asymptotic Connectivity of Hyperbolic Tilings.
    Robin Neumayer*, University of South Carolina
    (1067-Z1-2255)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Affine Transformations and Conformal Invariants.
    James R. Valles Jr*, Texas Tech University
    Alexander Yu. Solynin, Texas Tech University
    (1067-Z1-2378)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Non-existence of regular polygons in the Cartesian plane with vertices at integer coordinates, except for squares.
    Jon Davidson*, Southern State Community College
    (1067-Z1-1992)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Discussing Symmetries of Polyhedra on their Structures.
    Joy Marie D'Andrea*, University of South Florida
    (1067-Z1-1415)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A Geodesic- and Parallel-Transport Based, Mass-Spring-Damper Error Systemon the Euclidean Sphere.
    Jason M Osborne*, Frank W. Olin College of Engineering
    (1067-Z1-519)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Contact angle for minimal surfaces in the sphere $S^5$.
    Rodrigo Ristow Montes*, Federal University of Parana - UFPR
    (1067-Z1-23)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Minimizing networks in Snell Geometry; the Snell-Steiner criterion.
    J Mealy*, Austin College
    Gregory Koch, Austin College
    (1067-Z1-1685)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Building a Noncommutative Ring from a Finite Directed Graph.
    Michael J Bardzell*, Salisbury University
    (1067-Z1-1019)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
  SIAM Minisymposium on Applications of Difference and Differential Equations in Ecology and Epidemiology, II
  Bayside A, 4th Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Zhilan Feng, Purdue University
  Yun Kang, Arizona State University Yun.Kang@asu.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    A Stage-Structured Dispersal Model with Constant and Periodic Environments.
    Azmy S. Ackleh*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Ross A. Chiquet, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Pei Zhang, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1067-92-545)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    The Net Reproductive Number $R_{0}$ for Periodic Matrix Models of Structured Population Growth.
    J. M. Cushing*, University of Arizona
    A. S. Ackleh, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1067-92-654)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Bifurcation and stability of a Ricker-type competition model.
    Saber N Elaydi*, Trinity University
    (1067-39-670)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    A Darwinian dynamics model for the evolution of "comfort behavior" in seabirds.
    Shandelle M. Henson*, Andrews University
    (1067-92-758)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Recent Results on Control Problems for Chemostats.
    Frederic Mazenc, Projet INRIA DISCO, CNRS-Supelec
    Michael Malisoff*, Louisiana State University
    (1067-92-461)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Two Peas in a Pod: Discrete and Continuous Lotka-Volterra Competition Systems.
    Lih-Ing Wu Roeger*, Texas Tech University
    (1067-39-632)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    On a Mutation Selection Model.
    Azmy S. Ackleh, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Robert J. Sacker*, University of Southern California
    (1067-92-605)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    Persistence of interacting populations in fluctuating environments.
    Sebastian Schreiber*, University of California, Davis
    (1067-92-709)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
  MAA Committee on Graduate Students/Young Mathematicians Network Panel Discussion
  How to interview for a job in the mathematical sciences.
  La Galerie 6, 2nd Floor, Marriott
  Organizers:
  David Manderschied, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  Panelists:
  Michael Axtell, College of St. Thomas
  Allen Butler, Daniel H. Wagner Associates, Inc.
  James Freeman, Cornell College
  David Manderschied,
  Sarah Ann Stewart, Belmont University
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Reporting progress: A minisymposium of projects from the NSF Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Program.
  La Galerie 2, 2nd Floor, Marriott
  Organizers:
  Dennis Davenport, NSF DUE
  Stephanie Fitchett, NSF DUE
  Lee Zia, NSF DUE
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
  AWM Business Meeting
  La Galerie 1, 2nd Floor, Marriott
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:30 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  AMS Session on Differential Topology and Knot Theory
  Rosalie, 3rd Floor, JW Marriott
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Diffeomorphism Invariants from Topological Quantum Field Theories.
    Paul H Drube*, University of Iowa
    (1067-55-1921)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    A troublesome embedding of the unknot.
    Alexander Zupan*, The University of Iowa
    (1067-57-2205)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Concordance Genus of Knots.
    M Kate Kearney*, Indiana University
    (1067-57-2234)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Investigating hyperbolic link complements.
    Morwen Thistlethwaite, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Anastasiia Tsvietkova*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    (1067-57-335)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Primitive/primitive and primitive/Seifert representatives of knots.
    Brandy J Guntel*, The University of Texas at Austin
    (1067-57-552)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Fractional powers of Dehn twists.
    Kashyap Rajeevsarathy*, University of Oklahoma
    (1067-57-933)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Classification of One-sided Incompressible Surfaces in Two Infinite Families of Seifert Fibered Spaces.
    Zhenyi Liu*, Schaumburg, IL
    (1067-57-1176)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Tunnel One, Fibered Links.
    Matt Rathbun*, Michigan State University
    (1067-57-1275)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On the $\mathcal{R}$-filtration for the Heegaard Floer chain complex of a branched double-cover.
    Eamonn Tweedy*, University of California Los Angeles
    (1067-57-1994)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Khovanov-Rozansky Homology and Conway Mutation.
    Thomas Jaeger*, Michigan State University
    (1067-00-2084)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Connections between Floer-type invariants and Morse-type invariants of Legendrian knots.
    Michael B. Henry*, The University of Texas at Austin
    (1067-57-1497)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    HOMFLY-PT polynomial and Legendrian links in the solid torus.
    Dan Rutherford*, Duke University
    (1067-57-2073)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Identifying the Canonical Component for the Whitehead Link.
    Emily R Landes*, University of Texas, Austin
    (1067-54-967)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    An introduction to the Kirby Calculator.
    Frank J Swenton*, Middlebury College
    (1067-57-325)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  MAA Section Officers
  Mardi Gras D, 3rd Floor, Marriott
  Chairs:
  Rick Gillman, Valparaiso University
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 2:45 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
  AWM Schafer Minisymposium
  La Galerie 1, 2nd Floor, Marriott
  Organizers:
  Sami Assaf, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Patricia Hersh, North Carolina State University
  

  • 2:45 p.m.
    Life in the Trenches with Alice--The Early Years.
    Mary W. Gray*, American University, Washington DC
    (1067-01-567)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Sparse Regular Random Graphs: Spectra and Eigenvectors.
    Ioana Dumitriu*, University of Washington
    Soumik Pal, University of Washington
    (1067-60-2169)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Bose-Einstein condensation, the NLS, and a phase transition.
    Kay L Kirkpatrick*, Courant Institute/Paris IX Dauphine
    (1067-82-496)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Do the primes behave independently?
    Melanie Matchett Wood*, American Institute of Mathematics and Stanford University
    (1067-11-529)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Traces and topological fixed point theory.
    Kate Ponto*, University of Kentucky
    (1067-55-1226)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Panel Discussion: Getting Started as a Research Mathematician.
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 3:15 p.m.-5:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Transseries and Ordered Exponential Fields, I
  Napoleon B2, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Gerald A. Edgar, The Ohio State University edgar@math.ohio-state.edu
  Ovidiu Costin, The Ohio State University
  Lou P. van den Dries, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  

  • 3:15 p.m.
    On linearly ordered structures of finite rank.
    Charles Steinhorn*, Vassar College
    (1067-03-1168)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Super-exact quasi-analytic classes and o-minimality.
    Tobias Kaiser, Universität Passau, Germany
    Jean-Philippe Rolin, Université de Bourgogne, France
    Patrick Speissegger*, McMaster University
    (1067-26-821)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Transseries: Composition, Recursion, and Convergence.
    Gerald A Edgar*, The Ohio State University
    (1067-06-661)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Surreal Ordered Exponential Fields.
    Philip Ehrlich*, Ohio University
    (1067-06-528)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 3:20 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  MAA Invited Address
  On the intersection of graphs and geometry.
  Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
  Edward R. Scheinerman*, Johns Hopkins University
  (1067-A0-39)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 3:30 p.m.-6:20 p.m.
  MAA Invited Paper Session on Laplacian Growth: Visual Mathematics
  Rhythms II and III, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Yuval Peres, Microsoft Research peres@microsoft.com
  Lionel Levine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Alexander Holroyd, Microsoft Research
  

  • 3:30 p.m.
    Digital Snowflakes.
    Janko Gravner*, University of California at Davis
    (1067-AB-1370)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Random Sorting.
    Alexander E Holroyd*, Microsoft Research
    (1067-AB-1446)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Sandpiles, domino tilings, and Chebyshev polynomials.
    David Perkinson*, Reed College
    (1067-AB-1770)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Fast Simulation of Large-Scale Growth Models.
    Tobias Friedrich*, Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik
    (1067-AB-2012)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Self-organizing structures in rotor-router blobs.
    James G. Propp*, University of Massachusetts Lowell
    (1067-AB-2120)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    On the Roundness of Rotor Router Blobs.
    Matthew Cook*, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich
    (1067-AB-2198)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 3:50 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  MAA-NCTM Mutual Concerns Committee Panel Discussion
  Transition from high school to college: Should there be an alternate to calculus?
  La Galerie 6, 2nd Floor, Marriott
  Organizers:
  Gail Burrill, Michigan State University
  Panelists:
  Danny Kaplan, Macalester College
  Gregory D. Foley, Ohio University
  Thomas R. Butts, University of Texas at Dallas
  Al Cuoco, Education Development Center
  Michael Shaughnessy, Portland State University
  Gail Burrill,
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  MAA Project NExT-Young Mathematicians' Network Poster Session
  Napoleon A1-A3, 3rd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  Michael Axtell, University of St. Thomas
  Kim Roth, Juniata College
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Reception for Undergraduate Students
  Gallery Ballroom, 1st Floor, Sheraton
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Current issues in actuarial science education.
  Mardi Gras BC, 3rd Floor, Marriott
  Organizers:
  Robert Buck, Slippery Rock University
  Bettye Anne Case, Florida State University
  Kevin Charlwood, Washburn University
  Steve Paris, Florida State University
  Panelists:
  Steve Paris,
  Bettye Anne Case,
  Robert Buck,
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 5:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
  AWM Schafer Minisymposium Panel Discussion
  Getting started as a research mathematician.
  La Galerie 1, 2nd Floor, Marriott
  Moderators:
  Elizabeth Wilmer, Oberlin College
  Panelists:
  Linda Green, Dominican University of California
  Zvezdelina Stankova, Mills College
  Caroline Klivans, University of Chicago
  Josephine Yu, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Mathematicians in Business, Industry, and Government Business Meeting
  Rhythms I, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  SIGMAA on the History of Mathematics Reception and Business Meeting
  La Galerie 2, 2nd Floor, Marriott
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 5:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Quantitative Literacy Business Meeting
  La Galerie 6, 2nd Floor, Marriott
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  Reception for Graduate Students and First-Time Participants
  Armstrong Ballroom, 8th Floor, Sheraton
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  SIGMAA on Quantitative Literacy Reception and Panel Discussion
  Mathematics and democracy ten years later.
  La Galerie 6, 2nd Floor, Marriott
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 6:30 p.m.-7:15 p.m.
  SIGMAA on the History of Mathematics Guest Lecture
  La Galerie 2, 2nd Floor, Marriott
  

  • 6:30 p.m.
    Bridges of Trigonometry in the Anglo-American Colonies and the United States.
    Joe Albree*, Auburn University Montomery
    (1067-A0-355)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 8:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
  AMS Josiah Willard Gibbs Lecture
  Mathematical problems in systemic risk.
  Great Ballroom A-C, 5th Floor, Sheraton
  George C. Papanicolaou*, Stanford University
  (1067-60-02)
• Thursday January 6, 2011, 9:30 p.m.-11:00 p.m.
  AWM Reception
  Great Ballroom Foyer, 5th Floor, Sheraton