AMS Meeting Program by Day
Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:08:35
1989 Summer Meeting
Boulder, CO, August 7-10, 1989
Meeting #850
Associate secretaries: Andy R Magid, AMS amagid@ou.edu
Kenneth A Ross, MAA ross@math.uoregon.edu
Monday August 7, 1989
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Monday August 7, 1989, 7:30 a.m.-8:20 a.m.
AMS Invited Address
The dynamics of billiards in polygons.
Howard A. Masur*, University of Illinois, Chicago
(850-58-39) -
Monday August 7, 1989, 7:45 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
MAA Minicourse #1 (Part A)
The use of personal computers in an introductory linear algebra course
Homer Bechtell, University of New Hampshire -
Monday August 7, 1989, 7:45 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
MAA Minicourse #2 (Part A)
Combinatorics via functional equations
Organizers:
Donald R. Snow, Brigham Young University -
Monday August 7, 1989, 8:35 a.m.-9:25 a.m.
AMS Invited Address
Limiting behavior of densities for annihilating systems of particles.
Maury D. Bramson*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
(850-60-38) -
Monday August 7, 1989, 10:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
AMS-MAA Invited Address
Crystals, in equilibrium and otherwise.
Jean E. Taylor*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick -
Monday August 7, 1989, 12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m.
AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture I
Geometry, groups, and self-similar tilings.
William P. Thurston*, Princeton University -
Monday August 7, 1989, 1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
MAA Invited Address
Iterating rational maps and automorphisms of the Bernoulli shift.
Linda Keen*, Herbert H. Lehman College, City University of New York -
Monday August 7, 1989, 1:30 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
AMS Session on Applications
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1:30 p.m.
Perturbation solution to a non-uniform shell subjected to a moving load.
Leonard J. Putnick*, Siena College
(850-73-26) -
1:50 p.m.
Forced oscillations near a Hopf bifurcation in a biological model.
Alfonso Casal, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain
Alfredo Somolinos*, Mercy College
(850-92-80) -
2:10 p.m.
The axisymmetric Cauchy-Poisson problem in a stratified liquid.
Lokenath Debnath*, University of Central Florida
Uma Guha, University of Central Florida
(850-76-83) -
2:30 p.m.
ARIMA models in commodities markets.
Albert E. Parish Jr.*, College of Charleston
(850-90-29) -
2:50 p.m.
The moduli space of generalized state space systems.
Joyce O'Halloran*, Portland State University
Diederich Hinrichsen, University of Bremen, Federal Republic of Germany
(850-93-11) -
3:10 p.m.
Concerning random number generation.
Nancy Boynton, State University of New York, College at Fredonia
Joseph Straight*, State University of New York, College at Fredonia
(850-65-97)
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1:30 p.m.
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Monday August 7, 1989, 1:30 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
AMS Session on Algebra and Combinatorics
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1:30 p.m.
Finite semilattices whose monoids of endomorphisms are regular.
M. E. Adams, State University of New York, College at New Paltz
Matthew Gould*, Vanderbilt University
(850-06-17) -
1:50 p.m.
Rigidity matroids.
Jack Graver*, Syracuse University
(850-05-23) -
2:10 p.m.
Edge-graceful labeling of generalized Petersen graphs.
Sin-Min Lee*, San Jose State University
Eric Seah, University of Manitoba
(850-05-10) -
2:30 p.m.
Directed 3-colored (3c) triangulation (T.) Part. II. Compositions and congruences. Conjecture W=A*.
Dov Tamari*, New York, New York
(850-05-84) -
2:50 p.m.
Magic squares of order 4-A classification scheme using permutations.
William A. Sammons*, University of North Florida
(850-05-86) -
3:10 p.m.
On the arithmetic of quadratic function fields.
T. Kambayashi*, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
Y. Takano, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
(850-12-95)
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1:30 p.m.
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Monday August 7, 1989, 1:30 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
MAA Session on Pedagogical Uses of Symbolic Computer Systems, Part A
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1:30 p.m.
With CAS, engineers can do more than set derivatives equal to zero.
G. Elton Graves*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology -
1:45 p.m.
Educational research and suggestions in using Maple and MACSYMA in the first year of college calculus.
Jeanette R. Palmiter*, Kenyon College -
2:00 p.m.
Calculus I with computer algebra.
Phoebe T. Judson*, Trinity College -
2:15 p.m.
Revitalizing undergraduate mathematics with symbol manipulating graphics calculators.
John W. Kenelly*, Clemson University
Donald R. LaTorre, Clemson University -
2:45 p.m.
Calculus, the HP-28S, and problem solving.
John Selden*, Tennessee Technological University
Annie Selden, Tennessee Technological University -
3:00 p.m.
The power and the limitations of the HP-28S in the teaching and the learning of mathematics.
J. A. Eidswick*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln -
3:15 p.m.
Using symbolic computation in teaching inventory models.
Marietta J. Tretter*, Texas A\thsp\&\thsp M University, College Station
Benito Flores, Texas A\thsp\&\thsp M University, College Station -
3:30 p.m.
Using symbol manipulating calculators in pre-calculus.
Paul R. Patten*, North Georgia College -
3:45 p.m.
Using REDUCE in undergraduate instruction.
V. S. Ramamurthi*, University of North Florida -
4:00 p.m.
Enhancing sophomore engineering calculus with computer symbolic algebra.
John H. Mathews*, California State University, Fullerton
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1:30 p.m.
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Monday August 7, 1989, 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
AMS/MAA Joint Panel Discussion
Everybody Counts
Moderators:
John A. Thorpe, SUNY at Buffalo -
Monday August 7, 1989, 2:35 p.m.-3:25 p.m.
MAA Invited Address
Metrizability in manifolds.
Mary Ellen Rudin*, University of Wisconsin, Madison -
Monday August 7, 1989, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
AMS Special Session on Dynamics and Moduli Space, I
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3:00 p.m.
The growth function in billiards.
William A. Veech*, Rice University
(850-58-21) -
3:30 p.m.
Billiards and rational periodic directions in polygons.
Michael D. Boshernitzan*, Rice University
(850-58-107) -
4:00 p.m.
Upper bounds for the Hausdorff dimension of the space of nonuniquely ergodic measured foliations.
Howard A. Masur*, University of Illinois, Chicago
(850-32-43) -
4:30 p.m.
Harmonic maps and Thurston's metric.
Steven Kerckhoff*, Stanford University
(850-53-68)
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3:00 p.m.
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Monday August 7, 1989, 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
MAA Minicourse #1 (Part B)
The use of personal computers in an introductory linear algebra course
Homer Bechtell, University of New Hampshire -
Monday August 7, 1989, 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
MAA Minicourse #2 (Part B)
Combinatorics via functional equations
Organizers:
Donald R. Snow, Brigham Young University -
Monday August 7, 1989, 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
MAA Minicourse #3 (Part A)
Chaotic dynamical systems
Organizers:
Robert L. Devaney, Boston University -
Monday August 7, 1989, 3:30 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
AMS Session on General Session
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3:30 p.m.
Who was A. Miguel?
James R. Smart*, San Jose State University
(850-01-13) -
3:50 p.m.
When is a Markovian semigroup a group?
W. M. Priestley*, University of the South
(850-46-88) -
4:10 p.m.
On irreducible representations of semidirect products.
Grzegorz Cieciura, Warsaw University, Poland
Igor Szczyrba*, University of Northern Colorado
(850-20-96) -
4:30 p.m.
On the surface classification theorem.
Gregory F. Martin*, University of North Florida
(850-55-105)
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3:30 p.m.
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Monday August 7, 1989, 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
AMS Session on Algebra and Combinatorics
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3:30 p.m.
Dihedral crossed product algebras.
Susan Williamson*, Newton Centre, Massachusetts
(850-16-89) -
3:50 p.m.
Exact and coexact matrices.
Edwin Connell*, University of Miami
John Zweibel, Florida International University
(850-13-15) -
4:10 p.m.
Polynomial automorphisms.
Edwin Connell, University of Miami
John Zweibel*, Florida International University
(850-13-16) -
4:30 p.m.
Representation with a prescribed initial numerator and consecutive integer numerators.
B. M. Stewart*, Okemos, Michigan
(850-11-03) -
4:50 p.m.
The density of a class of fractions.
Don Redmond*, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
(850-11-42)
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3:30 p.m.
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Monday August 7, 1989, 3:40 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
MAA Section Officers -
Monday August 7, 1989, 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
JPBM National Meeting of Department Heads
Evaluating teaching in mathematics
Speakers:
Donald W. Bushaw, Washington State University
Thomas W. Tucker, Colgate University
Tom Trotter, Arizona State University
Moderators:
David J. Lutzer, College of William and Mary