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Joint Mathematics Meetings
Associate secretaries: Matthew Miller , AMS miller@math.sc.edu
James J Tattersall , MAA tat@providence.edu
Thursday January 12, 2006
Thursday January 12, 2006, 7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Full registration will be conducted from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Badge/program pickup for those registered in advance will be open until 6:00 p.m.
Thursday January 12, 2006, 7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Thursday January 12, 2006, 7:40 a.m.-10:55 a.m. Gloria S. Dion , Educational Testing Service gdion@ets.org
Daryl Ezzo , Educational Testing Service
Luis E. Saldivia , Educational Testing Service
7:40 a.m. Measuring Student Competency at the Completion of Mathematics Developmental Courses. Lidia Dobria* , Wilbur Wright College
8:00 a.m. Course Placement: Looking Beyond Skills Assessment. Carrie Muir* , University of Colorado, Boulder
8:20 a.m. Assessing Pre-service Secondary School Teachers' Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching Algebra. Sharon L. Senk* , Michigan State University
Joan Ferrini-Mundy , Michigan State University
8:40 a.m. Using Portfolios in Mathematics Education Programs to Assess Content and Connect to Future Practice. Janet A White* , Millersville University
9:00 a.m. Math Major Portfolio Assessment. Cheryl Olsen* , Shippensburg University
J. Winston Crawley , Shippensburg University
Kate McGivney , Shippensburg University
9:20 a.m. An Analytic Rubric for Assessing Proofs. Karen Batt Stanish* , Keene State College
9:40 a.m. Restructuring a Capstone Course to Assess Student Learning Outcomes. Debasree Raychaudhuri* , Calstate Los Angeles
10:00 a.m. Revision of the Quantitative Measure of the GRE General Test. Jutta M Levin* , Educational Testing Service
10:20 a.m. ConcepTests in College Algebra and Trigonometry. David O. Lomen* , University of Arizona
Maria K. Robinson , Seattle University
10:40 a.m. Assessment using online assignment management systems. Glenn Ledder* , University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m. Bonnie S. Saunders , University of Illinois at Chicago saunders@math.uic.edu
William H. Barker , Bowdoin College
Dale R. Oliver , Humboldt State University
Kenneth Millet , University of California Santa Barbara
Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. Peter R. Massopust , Tuboscope Vetco Pipeline Services pmassopust@varco.com
David R. Larson , Texas A\&M University
Manos I. Papadakis , University of Houston
Zuhair Nashed , University of Central Florida
Ahmed I. Zayed , DePaul University
Minh Chuong Nguyen , Institute of Mathematics, Hanoi, Vietnam
8:00 a.m. Tikhonov regularization of ill-posed operator equations with weakly bounded noise. P. P. B. Eggermont* , University of Delaware
V. N. LaRiccia , University of Delaware
M. Z. Nashed , University of Central Florida
8:30 a.m. Curvelets and the one-way acoustic wave equation. Maarten V De Hoop* , Purdue University
9:00 a.m. New Approaches to the Acoustic Wave Equation. Donald J Kouri* , Departments of Mathematics and Physics University of Houston
9:30 a.m. The relation between frames and POVM's in quantum information theory. M. Beth Ruskai* , Tufts University
10:00 a.m. Oversampling a tight affine frame. Qiyu Sun* , University of Central Florida
10:30 a.m. The structure of the set of Parseval frame wavelets. Hrvoje \v{S}iki\'{c}* , University of Zagreb, Croatia
Darrin M. Speegle , St.Louis University
Guido L. Weiss , Washington University in St.Louis
Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Su Gao , University of North Texas sgao@unt.edu
Jose N. Iovino , University of Texas at San Antonio
Itay Ben-Yacov , University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. Michael J. Mossinghoff , Davidson College mimossinghoff@davidson.edu
Jeffrey D. Vaaler , University of Texas at Austin
8:00 a.m. Global Discrepancy and Small Points on Elliptic Curves. Matthew Baker , Georgia Institute of Technology
Clayton Petsche* , The University of Georgia
8:30 a.m. Effective theorems for quadratic spaces over $\overline{\mathbb Q}$. Lenny Fukshansky* , Texas A&M University
9:30 a.m. A Quantitative Measure of Linear Independence for Function Fields. W Dale Brownawell* , Penn State, University Park, PA
Matthew A Papanikolas , Texas A&M, College Station, TX
10:00 a.m. On heights of multiplicatively dependent algebraic numbers. Cameron L. Stewart* , University of Waterloo
10:30 a.m. Maximal Height of Divisors of $x^n-1$. Carl Pomerance , Dartmouth College
Nathan C Ryan* , UCLA
Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. Scott T. Chapman , Trinity University schapman@trinity.edu
James B. Coykendall , North Dakota State University
8:00 a.m. On the application of group algebras to zero-sum problems. Alfred Geroldinger* , University of Graz
8:30 a.m. Pseudo Almost Integral Elements. Daniel D. Anderson* , The University of Iowa
Muhammed Zafrullah , Pocatello, ID
9:00 a.m. Atomic decay in monoids. Ulrich Krause* , University of Bremen, Germany
9:30 a.m. Block Monoid Extraction Degrees. Kimberly Cervello , SUNY-Geneseo
Vadim Ponomarenko* , Trinity University
Denise Terry , University of Redlands
Liya Zhu , UC-Berkeley
10:00 a.m. Elasticity in Polynomial and Power Series Rings. Paul Baginski* , University of California, Berkeley
10:30 a.m. Congruence modulo $n$ $\tau$-relations and $\tau$-factorization. Andrea M. Frazier* , University of Iowa
Suzanne Hamon , (University of Iowa and) John Burroughs School
Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m. Chawne M. Kimber , Lafayette College kimberc@lafayette.edu
Warren Wm. McGovern , Bowling Green State University
Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. Alain Escassut , University Blaise Pascal Alain.Escassut@math.univ-bpclermont.fr
Chung-Chun Yang , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ilpo Laine , University of Joensuu
8:30 a.m. Some recent applications of value distribution theory to functional and differential equations. Chung Chun Yang* , University of Science and Technology of Hong Kong
9:00 a.m. Critical Points of Certain Discrete Potentials. John F Rossi* , Virginia Tech
J K Langley , University of Nottingham
9:30 a.m. Extreme Curvature of Polynomials and Level Curves. Stephanie Edwards* , University of Dayton
10:00 a.m. Converging Sets of Range Uniqueness for p-adic Analytic Functions. Abdelbaki Boutabaa* , University Blaise Pascal, France
Kamal Boussaf , University Blaise Pascal, France
Alain Paul Escassut , University Blaise Pascal, France
10:30 a.m. Growth estimates on meromorphic solutions of certain partial differential equations. Bao Qin Li* , Florida International University
Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Irena Peeva , Cornell University ivp1@cornell.edu
Sorin E. Popescu , SUNY at Stony Brook sorin@math.sunysb.edu
Gregory G. Smith , Queen's University ggsmith@mast.queensu.ca
Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. Seth M. Sullivant , University of California Berkeley seths@math.berkeley.edu
Elizabeth S. Allman , University of Southern Maine
8:00 a.m. Introduction to Algebraic Statistics. Seth Sullivant* , Harvard University
8:30 a.m. Bounds for real solutions to likelihood equations of phylogenetic trees. Serkan Hosten* , San Francisco State University
9:00 a.m. The Maximum Likelihood Degree of the Cauchy Location Likelihood. Max-Louis G. Buot* , Carnegie Mellon University
Donald Richards , Penn State University
9:30 a.m. Markov chains and evolution algebras. Jianjun Paul Tian* , Mathematical Biosciences Institute, the Ohio State University
10:00 a.m. Evolution on partially ordered sets. Nicholas K Eriksson* , University of California, Berkeley
Niko Beerenwinkel , University of California, Berkeley
10:30 a.m. System Identification: A computational Algebra Approach. Abdul Salam Jarrah* , Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech
Reinhard Laubenbacher , Virginia Tech
Mike Stillman , Cornell University
Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. Alvario Arias , University of Denver aarias@du.edu
Charles L. Fefferman , Princeton University
Edward W. Odell , University of Texas Austin
Thomas Slumprecht , Texas A\&M University
8:00 a.m. Coarse embeddings into a Hilbert space. William B. Johnson , Texas A\&M University
N. Lovasoa Randrianarivony* , University of Missouri -- Columbia
8:30 a.m. The class of ${\cal L}_1$ spaces is closed under uniform equivalences. William B Johnson , Texas A&M University
Bernard Maurey , Universite de Marne-la-Vallee
Gideon Schechtman* , The Weizmann Institute
9:00 a.m. Gluing functions with random partitions of unity. James R Lee* , Institute for Advanced Study
9:30 a.m. Assouad--Nagata dimension and Lipschitz extensions. Urs Lang* , ETH Zurich, Switzerland
10:00 a.m. Simultaneous Lipschitz Extensions (Part I). Alexander Brudnyi* , University of Calgary
Yuri Brudnyi , Technion
10:30 a.m. Simultaneous Lipschitz Extensions (Part II). Yuri Brudnyi* , Technion
Alexander Brudnyi , University of Calgary
Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
8:00 a.m. A new approach to test for interactions in Two-way ANOVA models. Wei Ning* , Syracuse University
Hyune-Ju Kim , Syracuse University
8:15 a.m. A statistical method for glaucoma detection using tomographic images, a projection pursuit approach. Ananda W A Bandulasiri* , Texas Tech University
Victor Patrangenaru , Texas Tech University
8:30 a.m. Extremes of Nonexchangeability. Roger B. Nelsen* , Lewis & Clark College
8:45 a.m. A Preliminary Report on High-Order Improvements of the Parametric Bootstrap for Long-memory Linear Regression Gaussian Processes. Mosisa G Aga* , Wayne State University
9:00 a.m. Monitoring a Continuous Poisson Process Subject to Change. Marlo K Brown* , Niagara University
9:15 a.m. EDF Goodness-of-fit Tests for Testing the Distributional Assumptions in One-way Regression Model. Dhanuja Kasturiratna* , Bowling Green State University
Truc T Nguyen , Bowling Green State University
Arjun K Gupta , Bowling Green State University
9:30 a.m. Modeling Pipe Rehabilitation Liners Using the Weibull Distribution. Mahmoud Yousef* , Central Missouri State University
Raja Nassar , Louisiana Tech University
10:00 a.m. Frequentist Statistics and Inverse Probability: A Partial Rapprochement. David E. Payne* , Monmouth University
10:15 a.m. Some new tests for normality based on U-processes. Miguel A Arcones , Binghamton University
Yishi Wang* , Binghamton University
10:45 a.m. Data Augmentation for the Analysis of Coarse Woody Debris in an Old-Growth Riparian Forest. G Jay Kerns* , Youngstown State University
Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. Roger A. Simons , Rhode Island College rsimons@ric.edu
Satish C. Bhatnagar , University of Nevada
8:00 a.m. What Are Mathematical Objects? An Empiricist Hypothesis. Carl E. Behrens* , Alexandria, VA
8:30 a.m. Mathematical objects may be abstract, but they're NOT acausal. Bonnie Gold* , Monmouth University
9:00 a.m. How the way we `see' mathematics changes mathematics. Sarah-Marie Belcastro* , Xavier University
9:30 a.m. The Square Root of 2, Pi, and the King of France: Ontological and Epistemological Issues Encountered(and Ignored) in Introductory Mathematics Courses. Martin E. Flashman* , Humboldt State University and Occidental College
10:00 a.m. Mathematics: An Aesthetic Endeavor. Sam Stueckle* , Trevecca Nazarene University
10:30 a.m. Propensities and the Two Varieties of Occult Qualities. James R Henderson* , University of Pittsburgh-Titusville
Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo , Valparaiso University zsuzsanna.szaniszlo@valpo.edu
Laurie Burton , Western Oregon University
Judith L. Covington , Louisiana State University Shreveport
Patricia Hale , California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
8:00 a.m. The Loras College Lesson Study Project. Daniel G. Willis* , Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa
8:20 a.m. Preparing Elementary Teachers to Teach Geometry: A 12-Month Program. Sue Brown* , U Houston-Clear Lake
8:40 a.m. Balancing Mathematical Content with Practical Application to the Classroom in Mathematics Cluster Courses for a Masters Program in Curriculum and Instruction. Kimberly J Presser* , Shippensburg University
Katherine G McGivney , Shippensburg University
Thomas A Evitts , Shippensburg University
9:00 a.m. Filling the Middle Grades Mathematics Gap. Steve C Hennagin , Ouachita Baptist University
Darin Buscher* , Ouachita Baptist University
9:20 a.m. Mathematicians working with teachers in California: The ACCLAIM Experience. Tom Roby* , University of Connecticut
9:40 a.m. Interviews and School visits: Avenues for Assessing Professional Programs for K-12 Teachers. Harel Barzilai* , Salisbury University
Homer W Austin , Salisbury University
10:00 a.m. The Math Science Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylvania: Summer Academies Prepare Teachers to Become Educational Leaders. Norman Hipps , Saint Vincent College
Japheth Wood* , Chatham College
10:20 a.m. Louisiana's Comprehensive Curriculum. Lee E. Price* , University of Louisiana at Lafayette
10:40 a.m. Putting the Focus on Mathematics: Content-based Professional Development for Grade 5-12 Teachers. Steven R Benson* , Education Development Center/University of New Hampshire
Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. Stephen L. Davis , Davidson College stdavis@davidson.edu
Eric S. Marland , Appalachian State University
Stephen L. Davis ,
8:00 a.m. Three Singular Matrices in Business, Industry, and Government. William M. Wagner* , Columbus, Ohio
8:15 a.m. Riemann Sums of Transcendental Functions. Theodore S. Erickson* , Wheeling Jesuit University
8:30 a.m. Teaching Calculus with a Touchscreen Graphing Calculator. Benjamin G. Klein* , Davidson College
8:45 a.m. Choosing Appropriate Derivative (Integral) Techniques. Pam Crawford* , Jacksonville University
9:00 a.m. Super Size Me: An Optimization Problem. Martha J. Shott* , Davidson College
9:15 a.m. A Study on the Use of Multiple Forms of Technology in a Business Calculus Course. Erick Brian Hofacker* , University of Wisconsin-River Falls
9:30 a.m. My experience in offering the Financial Mathematics course for undergraduates. Qin Lu* , Lafayette College
9:45 a.m. Using Sudoku Number Puzzles to Practice Reasoning Skills in a Basic Mathematics Course. Richard H Stout* , Gordon College, Wenham, MA
10:00 a.m. Using Colorings of Pascal's Triangle to Visualize Algebraic Concepts. Cynthia J. Woodburn* , Pittsburg State University
10:15 a.m. Geometry of Quadrics. Ion I Dinca* , University of Notre Dame
10:30 a.m. Teaching to Help Students Avoid the Misuse of the distributive Law in Algebra Class. Shumei C. Richman* , Midlands Technical College
10:45 a.m. Binary Quadratic Forms: A Historical View. Azar N. Khosravani* , Columbia College Chicago
Mark B. Beintema , College of Lake County
Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. Kresimir Josic , University of Houston josic@login.math.uh.edu
8:00 a.m. The geometry of oscillator recruitment. Jonathan E Rubin* , University of Pittsburgh
Amitabha Bose , NJIT
8:25 a.m. Subthreshold oscillatory activity and spiking in medial entorhinal cortex layer II stellate cells. Horacio G. Rotstein* , Boston University
Tim Oppermann , Institute for Theoretical Biology, Humboldt University Berlin
John A. White , Department of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Biodynamics, Boston University
Nancy Kopell , Department of Mathematics and Center for Biodynamics, Boston University
8:50 a.m. Inferring Calcium Channel Distribution from Calcium Fluorescence Data. Steven J. Cox* , CAAM, Rice University
Jane Hartsfield , CAAM, Rice University
9:15 a.m.Break.
9:45 a.m. Ionic mechanisms of bursting in neostriatal cholinergic interneurons. Charles J Wilson* , Dept. Biology, Univ. Texas at San Antonio
10:10 a.m. Dynamic Clustering in a Model for an Insect's Antennal Lobe. David Terman* , Ohio State University
Alla Borisyuk , University of Utah
Brian Smith , Arizona State University
Sungwoo Ahn , Ohio State University
Xueying Wang , Ohio State University
Jeong-sook Im , Ohio State University
10:35 a.m. Finite size effects in feedforward neural networks. Brent Doiron* , New York Univeristy
Alex Reyes , New York Univeristy
John Rinzel , New York Univeristy
Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-10:53 a.m. Todd J. Arbogast , University of Texas at Austin arbogast@ices.utexas.edu
8:00 a.m. Numerical simulation of coupled ground water/surface flow and transport. Clint Dawson* , The University of Texas at Austin
8:25 a.m. Control Volume Finite Element Methods and Their Applications to Multiphase Flows in Porous Media. Zhangxin John Chen* , Southern Methodist University
8:50 a.m. A fully mass and volume conservating implementation of a characteristic method for transport problems. Todd Arbogast , The University of Texas at Austin
Chieh-Sen Huang* , National Sun Yat-sen University
9:15 a.m. Detecting and countering instability in operator splitting methods for reaction-diffusion equations. Donald Estep* , Colorado State University
Travis King , Colorado State University
David Ropp , Sandia National Laboratories
John Shadid , Sandia National Laboratories
9:40 a.m. Computing The Effective Behavior of Stiff Oscillatory Dynamical Systems. Bjorn Engquist , University of Texas at Austin
Richard Sharp , University of Texas at Austin
Richard Tsai* , University of Texas at Austin
10:05 a.m. Multiscale finite element methods for flows in heterogeneous porous media. Y. R. Efendiev* , Texas A&M University
10:30 a.m. Mixed Variational Multiscale Modeling of Stochastic Porous Media. Todd Arbogast* , The University of Texas at Austin
Kirsten J Boyd , Eureka College
Michael S Lubke , The University of Texas at Austin
James M Rath , The University of Texas at Austin
Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m. Permanent use of temporary faculty: The status of nonladder faculty in departments of mathematics. Judith L. Baxter , University of Illinois-Chicago
Kevin E. Charlwood , Washburn University
Natasha M. Speer , Michigan State University
Fred Peskoff , Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY
Curtis D. Bennett , Loyola-Marymout University
Kevin E. Charlwood ,
Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m. Implications of the new ASA (GAISE) guidelines for teaching statistics. Thomas L. Moore , Grinnell College
Christopher J. Lacke , Rowan University
Robin H. Lock , St. Lawrence University
Gary Kader , Appalachian State University
Mike Perry , Appalachian State University
Jessica Utts , University of California Davis
Carolyn K. Cuff , Westminster College
Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:15 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
8:15 a.m. Angle sums on polytopal complexes. Kristin A Camenga* , Cornell University
8:30 a.m. A conjecture for the combinatorial structure of crystals for all Kirillov-Reshetikhin modules of type $D_n^{(1)}$. Philip M Sternberg* , University of California, Davis
8:45 a.m. Notes on the Villainy of a Graph. Sarah H Holliday* , University of Tennessee at Martin
Sally A Clark , Birmingham-Southern College
John E Holliday , North Georgia College and State University
Peter D Johnson , Auburn University
Janet E Trimm , Auburn University
Robert R Rubalcaba , University of Alabama in Huntsville
Matthew P Walsh , Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne
9:00 a.m. Zero-Divisor Graphs of Commutative Rings: A Survey of Recent Results. Joe A. Stickles, Jr.* , University of Evansville
9:15 a.m. A Matrix Theory Approach to the Genus of a Graph. Jason J Molitierno* , Sacred Heart University
9:30 a.m. Some results on Multidecompositions with the Order 4 Graph-Pair. Atif Abueida , University of Dayton
Sally Clark* , Birmingham-Southern College
David Leach , University of West Georgia
9:45 a.m. A New Class of Multiset Wilf Equivalent Pairs. Vidya Venkateswaran* , Stanford University
10:00 a.m. On caps in $(\mathbb{Z}/n \mathbb{Z})^2$. Jack W Huizenga* , University of Chicago
10:15 a.m. On the sizes of graphs embeddable in surfaces of nonnegative Euler characteristic and their applications to edge choosability. Ko-Wei Lih* , Academia Sinica, Taipei
Wei-Fan Wang , Zhejiang Normal University
10:45 a.m. On Detectable Colorings of Graphs. Henry Enriquez Escuadro* , Western Michigan University
Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m. Kelly L. McKinnie , University of Texas at Austin klmckin@math.utexas.edu
David J. Saltman , University of Texas at Austin
8:30 a.m. Division algebras of prime degree over function fields of surfaces. Parimala Raman* , Emory University, Atlanta and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Manuel Ojanguren , EPFL, Lausanne
9:00 a.m. A geometric approach to period-index problems. Max Lieblich* , Princeton University
9:30 a.m. Orders of finite groups of matrices. Martin W Lorenz* , Temple University
10:00 a.m. Division algebras with an anti-automorphism but with no involution. Patrick Morandi* , New Mexico State University
B. A. Sethuraman , California State University, Northridge
Jean-Pierre Tignol , Université catholique de Louvain
10:30 a.m. On graded polynomial identities and algebras with a projective basis. Eli Aljadeff , Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Darrell E Haile* , Indiana University
Michael Natapov , Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:30 a.m.-10:55 a.m. Workshop on training T.A.s. David C. Manderscheid , University of Iowa
Solomon Friedberg , Boston College
Maria S. Terrell , Cornell University
Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:45 a.m.-10:40 a.m. Martha Ellen Murphy Waggoner , Simpson College waggoner@simpson.edu
Charlotte A. Knotts-Zides , Wofford College
Harrison W. Straley , Wheaton College
8:45 a.m. A Classification of Secondary Mathematics Writing Tasks. Kristin A Camenga* , Cornell University
9:00 a.m. Writing about Mathematicians in General Education Courses. Karl-Dieter Crisman* , Gordon College
9:15 a.m. Research Experiences in Mathematics for Mathematics Educators. Daniel Chazan , University of Maryland
Sarah Sword* , Education Development Center
9:30 a.m. Using weekly laboratory sessions to stimulate student discussion. Charles F. Peltier* , Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
9:45 a.m. Returned Assignments: A Tool for Fostering Mathematical Communication and Connections. Rapti Manohara de Silva* , California State University, Chico
10:00 a.m. Thinking Statistically in Writing: Journals and Discussion Boards in an Introductory Statistics Course. Julie M Theoret* , Lyndon State College
Andrea Luna , Lyndon State College
10:15 a.m. Writing Assignments with No Grading Required. Aprillya Lanz* , Clayton State University
10:30 a.m. Web Quests for Introductory Statistics Students. Kimberly J Presser* , Shippensburg University
Thursday January 12, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Getting students involved in undergraduate research. Aparna W. Higgins , University of Dayton
Joseph A. Gallian , University of Minnesota Duluth
Thursday January 12, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Designing and evaluating assessments for introductory statistics. Beth L. Chance , California Polytech State University
Robert C. Delmas , University of Minnesota
Allan J. Rossman , California Polytech State University
Thursday January 12, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Geometry with history for teaching teachers. David W. Henderson , Cornell University
Daina Taimina , Cornell University
Thursday January 12, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
9:00 a.m. A modification of the Roper-Suffridge extension operator. Jerry R. Muir, Jr.* , University of Scranton
9:30 a.m. General interpolation in spaces of analytic functions. Daniel H. Luecking* , University of Arkansas
9:45 a.m. Unexpected local extrema for the Sendov conjecture. Michael J. Miller* , Le Moyne College
10:00 a.m. A general formula for a special class of holomorphic functions from a multiply connected domain to the right half plane. Faisal Kaleem* , Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
10:15 a.m. Subordination results from a differential equation related to the de la Vall\'ee Poussin means. Stacey Muir* , University of Scranton
10:30 a.m. Riemann Surface Deformations. J'Lee Wyatt Bumpus* , Texas Tech University
G. Brock Williams , Texas Tech University
10:45 a.m. Higher Hyperbolic Derivatives In The Unit Disk. Chelst N. Dov* , DeVry University - North Brunswick
Thursday January 12, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
9:00 a.m. The Periodic Character of the Rational Difference Equation $y_{n}=1+\frac{y_{n-k}}{y_{n-m}}$. Kenneth S. Berenhaut , Wake Forest University
John D. Foley* , Wake Forest University
Stevo Stevi\'{c} , Mathematical Institute of Serbian Academy of Science
9:15 a.m. Orthogonal Polynomials Arising from Generalized Trigonometric Identities. James C. Griffin* , University of Central Florida
9:30 a.m. A Trace Formula for Compact Quotients of SL(3,R) and Weyl's Law. Lee Stemkoski* , Dartmouth College
9:45 a.m. Discrepancy of Fractions with Divisibility Constraints. Andrew H. Ledoan* , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Emre Alkan , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Marian V\'aj\'aitu , Romanian Academy, Simion Stoilow Institute of Mathematics
Alexandru Zaharescu , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10:00 a.m. Sierpinski numbers with at least two prime divisors. Michael Filaseta , University of South Carolina
Carrie E Finch* , University of South Carolina
Mark R Kozek , University of South Carolina
10:15 a.m. A summation formula for divisor functions associated to lattices. Jennifer Beineke* , Western New England College
Daniel Bump , Stanford University
10:30 a.m. Stable Reduction of $X_0(81)$. Ken McMurdy* , Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
10:45 a.m. Proof of the Fermat's Last Theorem (originally submitted to AMS on 2-16-1991). Andrew H Warren* , New York, NY
Thursday January 12, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. Judy O'Neal , North Georgia College \& State University
Franklin D. Demana , The Ohio State University demanaf@math.ohio-state.edu
Thursday January 12, 2006, 9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m. Requiring statistics of every mathematics major: Model courses. Thomas L. Moore , Grinnell College
Harriet S. Pollatsek , Mount Holyoke College
George Cobb , Mount Holyoke College
Robin Lock , St. Lawrence University
Deborah Nolan , University of California Berkeley
Allan Rossman , California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
Thursday January 12, 2006, 9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m. The shapes of sacred space: The geometry of ancient Maya art and architecture. Amy Shell-Gellasch , Grafenwoer, Germany
Edwin L. Barnhart , Maya Exploration Center
Christopher Powell , Maya Exploration Center
Thursday January 12, 2006, 9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m. National Science Foundation programs supporting learning and teaching in the mathematical sciences. Elizabeth J. Teles , NSF Division of Undergraduate Education
John R. Haddock , NSF Division of Undergraduate Education
Lee L. Zia , NSF Division of Undergraduate Education
John S. Bradley , NSF Division of Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education
Lloyd E. Douglas , NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences
Thursday January 12, 2006, 10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m. Riemann-Roch for determinantal gerbes and infinite-dimensional bundles. Mikhail Kapranov* , Yale University
Thursday January 12, 2006, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Graph limits and graph homomorphisms. L\'aszlo Lov\'asz* , Microsoft Research
Thursday January 12, 2006, 12:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Thursday January 12, 2006, 12:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Thursday January 12, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Entangled radicals, Part I. Hendrik W. Lenstra Jr.* , Universiteit Leiden
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m. Preference Sets, Graphs, and Voting in Agreeable Societies. Francis Edward Su* , Harvey Mudd College
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. Bonnie S. Saunders , University of Illinois at Chicago saunders@math.uic..edu
William H. Barker , Bowdoin College
Dale R. Oliver , Humboldt State University
Kenneth Millet , University of California Santa Barbara
2:15 p.m. The search for common ground in K--12 mathematics education. R. James Milgram* , Stanford University
2:45 p.m. Math War Veteran Tells All. Jeremy Kilpatrick* , University of Georgia
3:15 p.m. Reaching Common Ground: Issues in Teachers' Mathematical Education and Professional Development. Joan Ferrini-Mundy* , Michigan State University
3:45 p.m. Disagreeing about Common Ground. Andrew M. Gleason* , Harvard University
4:15 p.m. Standards and the National Math View. Johnny W Lott* , University of Montana
4:45 p.m. Results from a Capstone Course for Future High School Mathematics Teachers, jointly taught by a Mathematician and a Mathematics Educator. Richard O. Hill* , Michigan State University
Sharon L. Senk , Michigan State University
5:15 p.m. Lessons learned from our long-term discrete collaboration in the mathematical preparation of teachers. Valerie A. DeBellis* , Shodor Education Foundation
Joseph G. Rosenstein , Rutgers University
5:45 p.m. The rush to calculus and the rush to algebra. Joseph G. Rosenstein* , Rutgers University
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-4:05 p.m. Duncan J. Melville , St. Lawrence University dmelville@stlawu.edu
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. Dmitry Zenkov , North Carolina State University dvzenkov@unity.ncsu.edu
Youngna Choi , Montclair State University choiy@mail.montclair.edu
Anthony M. Bloch , University of Michigan
Todd L. Fisher , University of Maryland
Melvin Leok , University of Michigan
David S. Richeson , Dickinson College
James S. Wiseman , Agnes Scott College
2:15 p.m. Dynamics in Small Networks of Identical Coupled Systems. Martin Golubitsky* , University of Houston
Maria C.A. Leite , Purdue University
2:45 p.m. Limit laws for chaotic dynamical systems. Ian Melbourne , University of Surrey
Matthew Nicol* , University of Houston
3:15 p.m. Dirac Structures, Variational Principles, and Implicit Lagrangian Systems. Hiroaki Yoshimura* , Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University
Jerrold E. Marsden , Control and Dynamical Systems, Caltech
3:45 p.m. A Dynamical Systems Study of Bose-Einstein Condensates in Optical Lattice and Superlattice Potentials. Mason A Porter* , California Institute of Technology
4:15 p.m. Geometric Rigidity for Automorphisms of Groups. Alex Clark* , University of North Texas
R. J. Fokkink , T. U. Delft
4:45 p.m. Examples of outer billiards with periodic dynamics. Filiz Dogru* , Grand Valley State University
5:15 p.m. Closed Relations and Equivalence Classes of Quasicontinuous Functions. Annalisa Crannell , Franklin & Marshall College
Marc Frantz , Indiana University, Bloomington
Michelle LeMasurier* , Hamilton College
5:45 p.m. Mixing and embedding properties of tiling spaces. Brian F Martensen* , Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. Michael J. Mossinghoff , Davidson College mimossinghoff@davidson.edu
Jeffrey D. Vaaler , University of Texas at Austin
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. Kelly L. McKinnie , University of Texas at Austin klmckin@math.utexas.edu
David J. Saltman , University of Texas at Austin
2:15 p.m. Projective Schur Groups over Henselian Fields. Eli Aljadeff , Technion--Israel Institute of Technology
Jack Sonn , Technion--Israel Institute of Technology
A. R. Wadsworth* , University of California, San Diego
2:45 p.m. Relative Brauer Groups of Function Fields of Binary Cubic Forms. Ilseop Han* , California State University, San Bernardino
Darrell Haile , Indiana University, Bloomington
Adrian R Wadsworth , University of California, San Diego
3:15 p.m. Kneser-Tits Conjecture and outer forms of $E_6$. Skip Garibaldi* , Emory University
3:45 p.m. Indecomposable $p$-algebras. Kelly L. McKinnie* , University of Texas at Austin
4:15 p.m. Valuations on Tensor Powers of a Division Algebra. Patrick J. Morandi , New Mexico State University
B. A. Sethuraman* , California State University Northridge
4:45 p.m. The Unramified Witt Group of Curves in Characteristic Two. Bill Jacob* , University of California, Santa Barbara
Roberto Aravire , Universidad Arturo Prat, Iquique, Chile
5:15 p.m.Discussion
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. Allan C. Peterson , University of Nebraska apeterso@math.unl.edu
Martin J. Bohner , University of Missouri-Rolla
2:15 p.m. Asymptotic Equivalence of Dynamic Systems. Billur Kaymakcalan* , Georgia Southern University
Agacik Zafer , Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
2:45 p.m. On the distinctions between ``continuous'' boundary value problems and ``discrete'' boundary value problems. Christopher C Tisdell* , The University of New South Wales
3:15 p.m. Integral Comparison Theorems. Lynn H. Erbe* , University of Nebraska-Lincoln 68588-0130
3:45 p.m. Diffusion Equations on Basic Linear Grids. Andreas Ludwig Ruffing , Munich University of Technology
Maria Meiler* , Munich University of Technology
4:15 p.m. Discretization Scheme In Volterra Integro-differential Equations That Preserves Stability and Boundedness. Eric R Kaufmann , University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Youssef N Raffoul* , University of Dayton
4:45 p.m. Error Estimates of Asymptotic Solutions of Second Order Dynamic Equations on Time Scale. Gro Hovhannisyan* , Kent State University, Stark Campus
5:15 p.m. A Two Dimensional Dynamical System Underlying Cardiac Arrhythmias. Irina Popovici* , US Naval Academy
B. M. Baker , US Naval Academy
M. Kidwell , US Naval Academy
5:45 p.m. Global Attractivity in Dynamic Equations on Time Scales with delays. Seshadev Padhi* , Mississippi State University
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. Scott T. Chapman , Trinity University schapman@trinity.edu
James B. Coykendall , North Dakota State University
2:15 p.m. A generalization to Dedekind domains of an Erd\"os inequality connected to $n!$. Jean-Luc Chabert* , Universit\'e de Picardie, France
2:45 p.m. Direct-sum relations among modules over a one-dimensional local ring. Alberto Facchini , University of Padua
Wolfgang Hassler , University of Graz
Lee Klingler , Florida Atlantic University
Roger Wiegand* , University of Nebraska
3:15 p.m. Gaussian Properties of Total Rings of Quotients. Sarah Glaz* , University of Connecticut
3:45 p.m. Irreducible Divisor Graphs. Jack L Maney* , The University of South Dakota
Jim B. Coykendall , North Dakota State University
4:15 p.m. Transfer of Krull dimension, lying-over and going-down to the fixed ring. David E. Dobbs* , University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Jay Shapiro , George Mason University
4:45 p.m. Anderson-Mott commutative rings: $\phi$-commutative rings with a finite number of nonnil irreducible elements. Ayman R. Badawi* , American University of Sharjah, U..A.E
5:15 p.m. Constructing chains of primes in power series rings. Alan Loper , The Ohio State University
Thomas G. Lucas* , Uinversity of North Carolina Charlotte
5:45 p.m. Non-Noetherian Cohen-Macaulay Rings. Tracy Dawn Hamilton* , California State University Sacramento
Thomas Marley , University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:05 p.m. Chawne M. Kimber , Lafayette College kimberc@lafayette.edu
Warren Wm. McGovern , Bowling Green State University
2:15 p.m. Network character and tightness of the compact-open topology. Anthony W. Hager* , Wesleyan University
Richard N. Ball , University of Denver
2:45 p.m. An algebraic characterization of pointwise convergence in $C(X)$. Richard N. Ball* , University of Denver
Anthony W. Hager , Wesleyan University
3:15 p.m. Conditional Completeness of $C(X,{\mathbb R}_\tau)$ Where ${\mathbb R}_\tau$ is a Weak $P$-Space. Michelle L Knox* , Midwestern State University
3:45 p.m. Extremal Pseudocompact Abelian Groups Are Compact Metrizable. W. W. Comfort* , Wesleyan University
Jan van Mill , Vrije Universiteit
4:15 p.m. The regular topology on $C(X)$, I. Warren Wm. McGovern* , Bowling Green State University
Wolf Iberkleid , La Universidad de La Paz
Ramiro Lafuente-Rodriguez , La Universidad de La Paz
4:45 p.m. The regular topology on $C(X)$, II. Wolf Iberkleid* , Universidad Mayor de San Andres
Ramiro Lafuente-Rodriguez , Universidad Mayor de San Andres
Warren Wm. Mcgovern , Bowling Green State University
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:35 p.m. Alain Escassut , University Blaise Pascal Alain.Escassut@math.univ-bpclermont.fr
Chung-Chun Yang , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ilpo Laine , University of Joensuu
2:15 p.m. Dirac operators and automorphic forms for some conformally flat manifolds. John Ryan* , University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
R. S. Krausshar , Gent University
2:45 p.m. Eigenvalues of non-self-adjoint Schr\"odinger operators with polynomial potentials. Kwang C. Shin* , University of Missouri-Columbia
3:15 p.m. On Borel Exceptional Values for Meromorphic Functions in the Unit Disk. L. R. Sons* , Northern Illinois University
4:15 p.m. A Second Main Theorem on Generalized Parabolic Manifolds. Pit-Mann Wong* , University of Notre Dame
4:45 p.m. Rational Solutions of Algebraic Differential Equations. Yujie Ma* , KLMM, Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
5:15 p.m. Scahtten P -Classes in Padic Hilbert spaces. Sudeshna Basu* , Moragan State University
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. Irena Peeva , Cornell University ivp1@cornell.edu
Sorin E. Popescu , SUNY at Stony Brook
Gregory G. Smith , Queen's University
2:15 p.m. Efficient toroidalization of morphisms. Steven D Cutkosky* , University of MIssouri
2:45 p.m. Some Ideals with Large Projective Dimension. Manoj Kummini* , University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Giulio Caviglia , University of California, Berkeley, CA
3:15 p.m. Finite free complexes with homology of finite length. Luchezar L. Avramov* , University of Nebraska -- Lincoln
Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz , University of Toronto
Srikanth Iyengar , University of Nebraska
Claudia Miller , Syracuse University
3:45 p.m. On the minimal free resolutions of a class of monomial ideals. Alexandre B. Tchernev* , University at Albany, SUNY
4:15 p.m. Tropical Convexity via Cellular Resolutions. Florian Block , TU München
Josephine Yu* , UC Berkeley
4:45 p.m. Some componentwise linear monomial ideals. Christopher A. Francisco* , University of Missouri
Adam Van Tuyl , Lakehead University
5:15 p.m. Bounding Frobenius powers uniformly. Craig Huneke* , University of Kansas
M. Katzman. R. Sharp, Y. Yao , Univ. of Sheffield, Univ. of Michigan
5:45 p.m.Discussion
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:35 p.m. Alvario Arias , University of Denver aarias@du.edu
Charles L. Fefferman , Princeton University
Edward W. Odell , University of Texas Austin
Thomas Slumprecht , Texas A\&M University
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m. The Fibonacci and Catalan numbers. Ralph P. Grimaldi , Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m. Java applets in teaching mathematics. Joe Yanik , Emporia State University
Michael E. Mays , West Virginia University
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m. Mathematical and statistical modeling in biology: Competitive exclusion, coexistence, estimation, and control. Azmy S. Ackleh , University of Louisiana at Lafayette
H. Thomas Banks , North Carolina State University
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
2:15 p.m. Extinction of Generalized Branching Annihilating Random Walks. Ryan S. Gantner* , University of Minnesota
2:30 p.m. Birth-Death Processes with Polynomial Transition Rates. Robert L. Bewernick , University of California, Los Angeles
Jeremy D. Dewar* , Loyola Marymount University
Eunice Gray , Sam Houston State University
Nancy Y. Rodriguez , Loyola Marymount University
Randall J Swift , California State Polytechnic University Pomona
2:45 p.m. Busy Period of a Delayed Service M/M/c Queueing System. Aliakbar Montazer Haghighi* , Prairie View A&M University
Dimitar P Mishev , Prairie View A&M University
3:00 p.m. Random, Finite Subsets with Exponential Distributions. Kyle T Siegrist* , University of Alabama in Huntsville
3:15 p.m. Simple formulas for conditional function space integrals and applications. Seung Jun Chang , Dankook University
Jae Gil Choi , Dankook University
David L. Skoug* , University of Nebraska-Lincoln
3:30 p.m. The Mean-Field Blume-Emery-Griffiths Model with Varying Parameters. Peter T. Otto* , Union College
Marius Costeniuc , Max-Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
Richard S. Ellis , University of Massachusetts, Amherst
3:45 p.m. Tail behavior of negatively associated heavy tailed sums. Jaap L. Geluk* , The Petroleum Institute
Kai W. Ng , University of Hong Kong
4:00 p.m. Sums of Point Processes and Attribute-Based Thinnings Leading to an Unusual Poisson Process. Matthew O. Jones* , Austin Peay State University
Richard F. Serfozo , Georgia Institute of Technology
4:15 p.m. Optimal buy/sell rules for correlated random walks. Michael G Monticino* , University of North Texas
Pieter Allaart , University of North Texas
4:30 p.m. The "Taylor" Map on a Hilbert Space of Holomorphic Functions on the Path Space of a Complex Simply Connected Lie Group. Matthew S Cecil* , UCSD
4:45 p.m. Minimal Axiom Sets for Poisson Processes. Donald P. Minassian* , Butler University; Indianapolis, IN 46208
5:00 p.m. Toward a Classification of Infinite Discrete Probability Measures. H. Radjavi , University of Waterloo
Chelluri C.A. Sastri* , Dalhousie University
5:15 p.m. Uniqueness for Martingale Problem Associated with Pure Jump Processes. Huili Tang* , University of Connecticut
5:30 p.m. Ruin Probabilities on Two Finite State, Birth-Death Chains Connected in Parallel. Alan Krinik* , California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Chau Nguyen , California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
2:15 p.m. $2$-Regular Leaves of Partial $8$-cycle Systems. D. J. Ashe* , University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
C. D. Leach , University of West Georgia
C. A. Rodger , Auburn University
2:30 p.m. Ihara zeta functions of irregular graphs and the deletion of edges. Matthew D. Horton* , University of California, San Diego
2:45 p.m. Shellability properties on planar graded posets. I. V. Cane* , Wesleyan University
3:00 p.m. Generating functions for the alternative multi-restricted numbers. Ji Young Choi* , Shippensburg University of PA
3:15 p.m. On the Degree of Regularity for the Equation $x_1 + x_2 + \cdots + x_n - ay = 0$. Ronald J. Clark* , UCLA
3:30 p.m. Probe interval orders. David E Brown , Utah State University
Larry J Langley* , University of the Pacific
3:45 p.m. Survey on $(96,20,4)$ difference sets. Omar A. AbuGhneim* , Central Michigan University
Ken W. Smith , Central Michigan University
4:00 p.m. Permutation Reconstruction. Rebecca N Smith* , SUNY Brockport
4:15 p.m. Largest Circuit Pairs in Matroids. Manoel Lemos , Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Talmage J Reid , University of Mississippi
Bryan Williams* , University of Mississippi
Haidong Wu , University of Mississippi
4:30 p.m. A combinatorial model of the associated Hermite polynomials. Dan Drake* , University of Minnesota
4:45 p.m. Clones in minors of matroids. Joseph E Bonin , The George Washington University
Carla D Cotwright* , The University of Mississippi
Talmage J Reid , The University of Mississippi
Jakayla Robbins , The University of Montana
5:00 p.m. Minimally 3-connected Binary Matroids. Joe Anderson* , The University of Mississippi
Haidong Wu , The University of Mississippi
5:15 p.m. Some plethysm results related to Foulkes's conjecture. Steven W. Sivek* , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5:30 p.m. Isosceles colorings of triangulations and their geometrical realizations. Joseph Malkevitch* , York College (CUNY)
5:45 p.m. Holey Knight's Tours. Darren A. Narayan* , Rochester Institute of Technology
Shelley K. Speiss , Rochester Institute of Technology
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
2:15 p.m. Additive Theorems and Davenport Constant over Finite Groups. Chuang Peng* , Morehouse College
2:30 p.m. Factoring Generalized Repunits. John H. Jaroma* , Austin College
2:45 p.m. Sequences of Reducible $\left\{0,1\right\}$--Polynomials over ${\mathbb F}_p$. Judith Canner , North Carolina State University
Lenny Jones , Shippensburg University
Joseph Purdom* , Shippensburg University
3:00 p.m. On the Galois group of the 2-class tower of a quadratic field. Aliza A. Steurer* , University of Maryland
3:15 p.m. Bounds on a Remainder Term Associated with the Number of Base $q$ Digits $\ge d$ Function. Curtis Cooper* , Central Missouri State University
3:30 p.m. A relative trace formula in the local setting. Brooke G. Feigon* , UCLA
3:45 p.m. Zeroes of Zeta Functions of Irregular Graphs. Audrey A. Terras* , U.C.S.D.
4:00 p.m. Homogeneous additive equations in finite fields. Michael P. Knapp* , Loyola College
4:15 p.m. Algebraic Integers on the Unit Circle. Ryan C. Daileda* , Dartmouth College
4:30 p.m. Quadratic twists of an elliptic curve with small Selmer rank. Sungkon Chang* , Armstrong Atlantic State University
4:45 p.m. A New Generalization of the Woods-Robbins Infinite Product to Base B. Jonathan Sondow* , New York, NY
5:00 p.m. Local Coefficient Matrices and Shimura's Correspondence. Mark Budden* , Armstrong Atlantic State University
5:15 p.m. Local corrections of discriminant bounds and $S_n$-extensions of quadratic base fields. Sharon Brueggeman* , University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Darrin Doud , Brigham Young University
5:30 p.m. Message Encoding on Elliptic Curves over Characteristic 2 in Deterministic Polynomial Time. Andrew R Shallue* , University of Wisconsin-Madison
5:45 p.m. Polynomial Sequences Generated by Fibonacci \& Lucas Numbers. Donald D Mills* , Southern Illinois University
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-4:10 p.m. Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo , Valparaiso University zsuzsanna.szaniszlo@valpo.edu
Laurie Burton , Western Oregon University
Judith L. Covington , Louisiana State University Shreveport
Patricia Hale , California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
2:15 p.m. A Lesson Study Program for Middle and High School Teachers. Thomas W Judson* , Harvard University
2:35 p.m. A Master of Arts Program for High School and Middle School Teachers. Joseph R Fiedler* , CSU Bakersfield
2:55 p.m. Integrated Math, Physical Science, and Technology Professional Development Program for 7-11 Grade Teachers. Becky Krakowski* , University of Dayton
3:15 p.m. Empowering K-12 Teachers to Use Technology Wisely. Jerry Dwyer , Texas Tech University
Gary Harris , Texas Tech University
Tara Stevens , Texas Tech University
G. Brock Williams* , Texas Tech University
3:35 p.m. A Mathematics Partnership with ESL Teachers: The Second Year. Mary K. Porter* , Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame
Colleen M. Hoover , Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame
3:55 p.m. Fostering Mathematical Research by Teachers. S. Rosenberg* , Boston University
M. Spillane , Watertown HS, Watertown, MA
D. Wulf , Watertown HS, Watertown, MA
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Thomas Koshy , Framingham State College tkoshy@frc.mass.edu
Thomas Moore , Bridgewater State College
2:15 p.m. Number Theory, Polynomials, and the Advanced Encryption Standard. Joshua Holden* , Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
2:35 p.m. Number Theoretic Applications to Group Generated Cellular Automata. Mike Bardzell* , Salisbury University
Tyler Evans , Humboldt State University
2:55 p.m. Applications of Number Theory in Computer Science Curriculum. Yana Kortsarts* , Widener University, Computer Science Department
3:15 p.m. A Number Theory Application to Origami. Tamara B Veenstra* , University of Redlands
3:35 p.m. Non-Cantorian Cardinal Numbers. H. Vic Dannon* , California
3:55 p.m. New results on Jacobsthal and Fibonacci polynomials. Mohammad Salmassi* , Framingham State College
Thomas Koshy , Framingham State College
4:15 p.m. Tribinomials, Catalan Numbers, and Mersenne Numbers. Thomas Koshy* , Framingham State College
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Kate McGivney , Shippensburg University kgmcgi@ship.edu
Cheryl L. Olsen , Shippensburg University
2:15 p.m. An Online College Algebra Course. Linda E. Sundbye* , Metropolitan State College of Denver
2:35 p.m. "Snap, Pop, Crackle": Calculus Online. Denise LeGrand* , University or Arkansas at Little Rock
2:55 p.m. Suggestions for Some Tough Online Issues. Karl J Havlak* , Angelo State University
3:15 p.m. The Efficacy of Online Mathematics Courses: How Well Are Students Learning Mathematics In Online Course Environments. John T Smith* , Hawaii Pacific University
3:40 p.m. Engaging Students in On-Line Course Learning. Robert N Andersen* , University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Simei Tong , University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
4:00 p.m.Break.
4:20 p.m. A Mathematica and XML-based Content Management System for the Delivery of Online Mathematics Courses. Kyehong Kang* , Lamar University
4:40 p.m. The Tale of Two Online Courses in Elementary Mathematics. Thomas M Zachariah* , Loyola Marymount University
Curtis Bennett , Loyola Marymount University
5:00 p.m. Statistics: Meet Me Online. Sarah L Mabrouk* , Framingham State College
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:50 p.m. Michael Huber , U.S. Military Academy michael.huber@usma.edu
Alex J. Heidenberg , U.S. Military Academy
2:15 p.m. Assessing Student Problem Solving Abilities Using Complex Projects. Geoffrey D Kuhlmann* , United States Military Academy
Frank Wattenberg , United States Military Academy
Joseph Lindquist , United States Military Academy
John Jackson , United States Military Academy
2:35 p.m. Beginning with a 21st Century View: Mathematical Modeling and Problem Solving Courses with Interdisciplinary Applications in College Algebra. William P. Fox* , Francis Marion University
Richard D West , Francis Marion University
2:55 p.m. Assessing Success in a Modeling Course. Stuart Boersma* , Central Washington University
3:15 p.m. Selecting Problems for Use in Problem-Solving Courses for Pre-Service Teachers. Kathleen D. Lopez* , University of Louisiana at Lafayette
3:35 p.m. A problem solving class for math majors. Maria S Nogin* , California State University, Fresno
3:55 p.m. Assessing Critical Thinking Skills While Improving Student Confidence in a Pre-Calculus College Course. Heather Stevenson* , United States Military Academy
Gerald Kobylski , United States Military Academy
4:15 p.m. Using the Math Forum to teach an Elementary Problem Solving Course for Pre-Service Teachers. Klay Kruczek* , Western Oregon University
4:35 p.m. A Problem Solving Course for Seniors and Juniors. Thomas W Mattman* , California State University, Chico
4:55 p.m. Teaching Calculus Based Probability and Statistics with Technology. Andrew G Glen* , United States Military Academy
5:15 p.m. A new framework for grading open-ended problem solutions. Kris Green* , St. John Fisher College
Allen Emerson , St. John Fisher College
5:35 p.m. Modeling Problems and Remodeling Attitudes. Michael Huber* , US Military Academy
Alex Heidenberg , US Military Academy
Richard Brown , US Military Academy
Gabriel Costa , US Military Academy
Jason Miseli , US Military Academy
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m. Martha Ellen Murphy Waggoner , Simpson College waggoner@simpson.edu
Charlotte A. Knotts-Zides , Wofford College
Harrison W. Straley , Wheaton College
2:15 p.m. Mathematics Seminar at Central College. Russell E Goodman* , Central College
2:30 p.m. The senior project as a method of teaching writing and oral presentation. Albert W Schueller* , Whitman College
2:45 p.m. Teaching Mathematical Writing Electronically. Carl Spitznagel* , John Carroll University
3:00 p.m. Using Peer Review to Improve Students' Proof Writing. Teresa D Magnus* , Rivier College
3:15 p.m. Using Peer Review to Improve Students' Mathematical Writing. Penelope H Dunham* , Muhlenberg College
3:30 p.m. What Makes a Given Proof the Best Proof? Linda McGuire* , Muhlenberg College
3:45 p.m. Mathematics Career Simulations. Robb Sinn* , North Georgia College & State University
4:00 p.m. From "...without words" to "only with words"-an experience with proofs. Greisy Winicki -Landman* , Cal Poly Pomona, California
4:15 p.m. The Use of Client Driven Projects for Discussing and Writing in Linked Mathematics and Computer Technology Courses. Morteza Shafii-Mousavi , Indiana University South Bend
Paul Kochanowski* , Indiana University South Bend
4:30 p.m. Dynamical Systems Modules Facilitating Student Driven Discussion and Projects, Part I. Aimee Johnson , Swarthmore College
Kathleen Madden* , Drew University
Ayse Sahin , DePaul University
4:45 p.m. Dynamical Systems Modules Facilitating Student Driven Discussion and Projects, Part 2. Aimee Johnson* , Swarthmore College
Kathleen Madden , Drew University
Ayse Sahin , DePaul University
5:00 p.m. Students Write Mathematics - Instructors Do Not Need To Grade. Mary Kay Abbey* , Montgomery College, MD
5:15 p.m. Pass it On. Andrew J. Miller* , Belmont University
5:30 p.m. Experimental Mathematics and Writing: Motivating First Year Students. David A. Brown* , Ithaca College
5:45 p.m. Transforming Math Into Words And Attitudes Into Delight. Deborah Lynn Gochenaur* , Elizabethtown College
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:40 p.m. Stephen L. Davis , Davidson College stdavis@davidson.edu
Eric S. Marland , Appalachian State University
Shawnee L. McMurran , California State University San Bernadino
Jeff L. Hirst , Appalachian State University
2:15 p.m. Is there a "real" problem with your mathematical software? Richard J Marchand* , Slippery Rock University
Timothy J McDevitt , Elizabethtown College
2:30 p.m. Using Alice Software in Middle Schools. Agata Dean* , Colorado School of Mines
Barbara Moskal , Colorado School of Mines
Steven Cooper , St. Joseph's University
Wanda Dann , Ithaca College
2:45 p.m. Hand-Held Technology in Mathematics Teacher Preparation Courses. Mary Ann Connors* , Westfield State College
3:00 p.m. Developing Pedagogical Content Knowledge Through Lesson Study: A Capstone Experience for In-service Teachers in Mathematics and Science. Diane Barrett* , St. John Fisher College
3:15 p.m. Models for middle school gifted students in mathematics, chemistry and engineering summer camp activities. Faiz B. Al-Rubaee* , Universsity of North Florida
3:30 p.m. Korean K-12 Mathematics Education System: What Can We Learn for the Undergraduate Mathematical Preparation of Teachers in the United States? Ward E Canfield* , National-Louis University
3:45 p.m. Preparing K - 12 Mathematics Teachers. Kenneth J. Bernard* , Virginia State University
4:00 p.m. College Math in High School: Why Not? Jerry F Dwyer* , Texas Tech University
Leah Chenault , Texas Tech University
Billy Duke , Texas Tech University
4:15 p.m. Three interesting Calculus Problems. Heakyung Lee* , Winthrop University
4:30 p.m. On the length and area of the unit disc in normed planes. Zokhrab Mustafaev* , Ithaca College
4:45 p.m. Finite Groups with Cyclic Autocommutator Subgroups. Marian Deaconescu , Kuwait University
Gary L Walls* , West texas A&M University
5:00 p.m. Using Euclidean Area Formulas to Find Genral Sequence Rules. Mohammed A. Hamid* , Temple University
5:15 p.m. Animated Examples of Curl. Michael Rogers* , Oxford College of Emory University
5:30 p.m. Clarifying the parallels between single-variable and multivariate calculus: Creating a more cohesive curriculum. Robert A. Peacock* , Young Harris College
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Alice M. Dean , Skidmore College adean@skidmore.edu
Ellen Gethner , University of Colorado at Denver
Joshua D. Laison , Colorado College
2:15 p.m. On Visibility Representations of Graphs. Sue Whitesides* , McGill University
2:40 p.m. Bar $k$-Visibility Graphs. Alice M Dean , Skidmore College
William Evans , University of British Columbia
Ellen Gethner , University of Colorado at Denver
Joshua D Laison* , Colorado College
Mohammad A Safari , University of British Columbia
William T Trotter , Georgia Institute of Technology
3:05 p.m. Further results on bar $k$-visibility graphs. Stephen G. Hartke* , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jennifer Vandenbussche , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Paul Wenger , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3:30 p.m. Locally Planar Graphs. Michael O. Albertson* , Smith College
3:55 p.m. Connecting the isometric embedding dimension and the determining number of a graph. Debra Boutin* , Hamilton College
4:20 p.m. Highly Modulo linked Graphs. Guantao Chen* , Georgia State University
Zhiquan Hu , Huazhong Normal University
4:45 p.m. A Force-Directed Graph Drawing Approach for Computer Chip Layout. Greta Pangborn* , Saint Michael's College
Joanna Ellis-Monaghan , Saint Michael's College
Paul Gutwin , Cadence Design Systems
Jamey Lewis , Saint Michael's College
5:10 p.m. Thickness-Two Graphs: New Approaches and Generalizations. Debra L. Boutin , Hamilton College
Priyadarshini Das , University of Colorado at Denver
Ellen Gethner* , University of Colorado at Denver
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:10 p.m. William L. Briggs , University of Colorado at Denver wbriggs@math.cudenver.edu
2:15 p.m. Computational Science Education and Research for Undergraduate Biology Majors. Angela B. Shiflet* , Wofford College
2:45 p.m. Collaborative Research with Math and Biology Majors. Suzanne Lenhart* , University of Tennessee
3:15 p.m. A Team Learning Approach to Teaching Bioinformatics. Laurie J Heyer* , Davidson College
3:45 p.m. PRIMES (PRogram for Interdisciplinary Mathematics, Ecology, and Statistics). Donald Estep* , Colorado State University
Jay Breidt , Colorado State University
Richard Davis , Colorado State University
Simon Tavener , Colorado State University
4:15 p.m. Industrial Mathematics Program at the University of Minnesota. Fadil Santosa* , University of Minnesota
4:45 p.m. Interdisciplanary Education in a World of Stovepipes. C. David Levermore* , University of Maryland, College Park
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-5:10 p.m. Bernard L. Madison , University of Arkansas bmadison@uark.edu
William E. Haver , Virginia Commonwealth University wehaver@vcu.edu
2:15 p.m. Specialized Assessment Tools in a Complex Setting. Shahar Boneh* , Metropolitan State College of Denver
Larry Johnson , Metropolitan State College of Denver
2:45 p.m. Developing and Assessing a Mathematics Inquiry Course. Barbara B Ward* , Belmont University
Mike Pinter , Belmont University
Mary Goodloe , Belmont University
3:15 p.m. Moving from Reactive to Proactive Assessment. David Gurney* , Southeastern Louisiana University
Rebecca Muller , Southeastern Louisiana University
3:45 p.m. Assessment of Student Learning Using Oral Presentations. Lyn Stallings* , American University
Dan Kalman , American University
4:15 p.m. How to Evolve Rubrics to Assess the Skills of Math Majors. Mark Schlatter* , Centenary College of Louisiana
Derrick Head , Centenary College of Louisiana
4:45 p.m. The Symbiotic Relationship between the Assessment Programs for Mathematics and Mathematics Education at Kennesaw State University. Mary L Garner , Kennesaw State University
Lewis N VanBrackle , Kennesaw State University
Virginia R Watson* , Kennesaw State University
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-4:10 p.m. Ben A. Fusaro , Florida State University fusaro@math.fsu.edu
2:15 p.m. Modeling the predator-prey relationship. Mike Olinick* , Middlebury College
2:45 p.m. A mathematical look at extinction. Roland Lamberson* , Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
3:15 p.m. White water rafting in the Grand Canyon. Catherine Roberts* , College of the Holy Cross
3:45 p.m. Algorithms for modeling flow and reactive transport in porous media. Shuyu Sun* , Institute for Computational Engineering & Science, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Mary Wheeler , Institute for Computational Engineering & Science, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Firefighting, paper trailing, and cat herding: Everything you wanted to know to be an administrator but were afraid to ask. Linda Braddy , East Central University
Rebekah Dupont , Augsburg College
Charlotte J. Chell , Carthage College
Amy Cohen , Rutgers University
Susan C. Geller , Texas A&M University
Dennis M. Luciano , Western New England College
Mickey McDonald , Occidental College
Jack Narayan , SUNY Oswego
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-3:35 p.m. How to interview for your first job. David C. Manderscheid , University of Iowa
Sharon M. Clarke , Pepperdine University
James H. Freeman , Cornell College
David C. Manderscheid ,
John A. Vano , University of Wisconsin
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:15 p.m.-3:35 p.m. Advice and admonitions for NSF projects: What worked, what did not, and what lessons were learned. Tingxiu Wang , Oakton Community College
Elizabeth J. Teles , NSF Division of Undergraduate Education
Joe Kotowski , Oakton Community College
Gloria E. Liu , Oakton Community College
Shirley B. Gray , California State University-Los Angeles
Deborah Hughes-Hallett , University of Arizona
David A. Smith , Duke University
Ignatios E. Vakalis , Capital University
Sharon Cutler Ross , Georgia Perimeter College
Philip D. Wagreich , University of Illinois-Chicago
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:30 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
2:30 p.m. The Mathematics of Space Shuttle Return to Flight: Impact Damage Modeling. James D. Walker* , Southwest Research Institute
2:45 p.m. Optimization of composite structures subject to local stress constraints. Michael Stuebner* , Louisiana State University
Robert Lipton , Louisiana State University
3:00 p.m. Second Order Optimality Conditions Based on Second Order Tangent Cones. Elena Constantin* , University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
3:15 p.m. On the Dynamic Programming Equation for a Deterministic Optimal Control Problem. Betsi J. Tirado* , Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Jesus A. Pascal , Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
3:30 p.m. Nonlinear Periodic Optimal Control: A pseudospectral Fourier Approach. Gamal N Elnagar* , University of South Carolina Upstate
3:45 p.m. Fenchel Transform of a Convex Functional. Y Chen , University of Florida
M Rao , University of Florida
J C Tweddle* , University of Florida
4:00 p.m. Optimal Harvesting of a Semilinear Elliptic Fishery Model. Wandi Ding* , University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Suzanne Lenhart , University of Tennessee - Knoxville & Oak Ridge National Laboratory
4:15 p.m. Optimal control of a biharmonic obstacle problem. David R. Adams , University of Kentucky
Volodymyr Hrynkiv* , University of Tennessee
Suzanne M. Lenhart , University of Tennessee
4:30 p.m. Optimal Control of Swinging Elements in a Parabolic Competition Model. Erika Asano* , University of Tennessee, Knoxville
4:45 p.m. On convergence of computational methods for optimal control of re-entrant queues on bounded domain. Jos\'{e} Mar\'{i}a Men\'{e}ndez* , Virginia Tech
Martin V. Day , Virginia Tech
5:00 p.m. An optimization framework for polynomial zerofinders. Aaron Melman* , Santa Clara University
William B. Gragg , Naval Postgraduate School
5:15 p.m. Maximizing the generalized Fekete-Szeg\"o functional over a class of hyperbolically convex functions. Roger W. Barnard , Texas Tech University
David R. Martin* , Texas Tech University
G. Brock Williams , Texas Tech University
5:30 p.m. Some PDE models for the simulation of alcohol transport in the body and extensions of the Kalman filtering to non-normal distributions. Miguel A Dumett* , University of Southern California
5:45 p.m. A Homogenization Result in the Gradient Theory of Phase Transitions. Irene Fonseca , Carnegie Mellon University
Cristina Popovici* , University of Utah
Thursday January 12, 2006, 2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Thursday January 12, 2006, 3:20 p.m.-4:10 p.m. Participation in mathematics by American Indians: A case study in underrepresentation. Robert E. Megginson* , University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Thursday January 12, 2006, 3:20 p.m.-4:35 p.m. Lawrence Summers: One year later. Barbara Lee Keyfitz , Fields Institute and University of Houston
Richard M. Dudley , M.I.T.
Mary W. Gray , American University
Ellen E. Kirkman , Wake Forest University
M. Beth Ruskai , Tufts University
Alice Silverberg , University of Californi Irvine
Karen Uhlenbeck , University of Texas at Austin
Thursday January 12, 2006, 3:50 p.m.-5:10 p.m. You have a job, now what? Professional development opportunities. Kimberly A. Roth , Wheeling Jesuit University
Joshua D. Laison , Colorado College
Sarah Ann Stewart , Belmont University
Janet L. Andersen , Hope College
Eric W. Aurand , Eastfield College
Carolyn S. Gordon , Dartmouth College
Jacqueline A. Jensen , Sam Houston State University
Michael B. Scott , California State University Monterey Bay
Francis E. Su , Harvey Mudd College
Thursday January 12, 2006, 4:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m. The great Pi/e debate. Colin C. Adams , Williams College
Thomas Garrity , Williams College
Edward B. Burger , Williams College
Thursday January 12, 2006, 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Thursday January 12, 2006, 4:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m. Ben A. Fusaro , Florida State University
Thursday January 12, 2006, 4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Programs that make a difference. David C. Manderscheid , University of Iowa
Ivelisse M. Rubio , Universidad de Puerto Rico, Humacao
Thursday January 12, 2006, 4:40 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
Thursday January 12, 2006, 4:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m. Teaching linear algebra with applications. Gilbert Strang , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thursday January 12, 2006, 4:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m. Using and adapting online materials. David A. Smith , Duke University (retired)
Lang Moore , Duke University (retired)
Thursday January 12, 2006, 4:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m. Discrete dynamical systems and problem solving. David C. Arney , U.S. Military Academy
Gary W. Krahn , U.S. Military Academy
Thursday January 12, 2006, 5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. NUMB3RS and math, the "We All Use Math Every Day(tm)" program. Linda Beheler , Texas Instruments
Thursday January 12, 2006, 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. The AMS and MAA warmly invite these special groups to meet the leadership of your sponsoring organizations.
Thursday January 12, 2006, 8:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Function, design, and evolution of gene circuitry. Michael A. Savageau* , University of California Davis
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