
AMS Meeting Full Program
Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:08:43
Joint Summer Meeting
Columbus, OH, August 8-11, 1990
Meeting #859
Associate secretaries: W Wistar Comfort, AMS wcomfort@wesleyan.edu
Kenneth A Ross, MAA ross@math.uoregon.edu
Sunday August 5, 1990
Monday August 6, 1990
Tuesday August 7, 1990
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Tuesday August 7, 1990, 7:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
MAA Board of Governors -
Tuesday August 7, 1990, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
AMS Short Course: Part 2
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8:00 a.m.
Introductory overview of mathematical Go endgames.
Elwyn R. Berlekamp*, University of California, Berkeley -
9:45 a.m.
Games and codes.
Vera S. Pless*, University of Illinois, Chicago -
1:00 p.m.
Complexity of games.
Aviezri S. Fraenkel*, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel -
2:45 p.m.
..., Welter's Game, Sylver Coinage, Dots-and-Boxes,...
Richard J. Nowakowski*, Dalhousie University
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8:00 a.m.
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Tuesday August 7, 1990, 1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
AMS Council -
Tuesday August 7, 1990, 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
MAA Section Officers -
Tuesday August 7, 1990, 7:15 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Joint Policy Board for Mathematics: National Meetings of Department Heads
Curriculum reform--How does a department chair cause it to happen?
Panelists:
Thomas W. Tucker, Colgate University
William H. Jaco, Executive Director of the AMS
Michael C. Reed, Duke University
Wednesday August 8, 1990
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Wednesday August 8, 1990, 7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
Opening Ceremonies -
Wednesday August 8, 1990, 8:55 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
MAA Invited Address
The seventy-fifth anniversary celebration.
G. Baley Price*, University of Kansas -
Wednesday August 8, 1990, 9:55 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Plaque Ceremony -
Wednesday August 8, 1990, 10:10 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
MAA Invited Address
Was Newton's calculus just a deadend? Maclaurin and the Scottish connection.
Judith V. Grabiner*, Pitzer College, Scotland -
Wednesday August 8, 1990, 12:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
MAA Invited Address
Mathematics and computation: Proliferation and fragmentation.
Wade Ellis, Jr.*, West Valley College -
Wednesday August 8, 1990, 1:10 p.m.-1:40 p.m.
MAA Invited Address
Has progress in mathematics slowed down?
Paul R. Halmos*, Santa Clara University -
Wednesday August 8, 1990, 1:50 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
MAA Invited Address
The contribution of mathematics to education.
Peter J. Hilton*, State University of New York, Binghamton -
Wednesday August 8, 1990, 2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
MAA Invited Address
The last 75 years: Giants of applied mathematics.
Cathleen S. Morawetz*, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University -
Wednesday August 8, 1990, 3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
Mathematical Circus
Thursday August 9, 1990
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Thursday August 9, 1990, 7:00 a.m.-7:30 a.m.
MAA Special Presentation
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Thursday August 9, 1990, 7:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
AMS Special Session on Combinatorics, I
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7:00 a.m.
Voltage-current duality.
Dan Archdeacon*, University of Vermont
(859-05-129) -
7:30 a.m.
Bounds on the distance-d domination number.
Joan P. Hutchinson*, Macalester College
(859-05-109) -
8:00 a.m.
Subgraphs with crossing number 2.
Dan McQuillan, Carleton University
R. B. Richter*, Carleton University
(859-05-161) -
8:30 a.m.
Graphs containing crossing number 2 graphs.
Richard Vitray*, Appalachian State University
(859-05-168) -
9:00 a.m.
Ideal secret sharing schemes and matroids.
Ernest F. Brickell*, Sandia National Laboratories
Daniel M. Davenport, Sandia National Laboratories
(859-05-99) -
9:30 a.m.
Howell designs with sub-designs.
J. H. Dinitz*, University of Vermont
E. R. Lamken, Institute for Defense Analyses
(859-05-149) -
10:00 a.m.
Mappings of sets of pairwise orthogonal orthomorphisms.
Robert Roth*, Emory University
(859-05-82) -
10:30 a.m.
Singularity probabilities for random {+ minus}-matrices.
Jeff Kahn*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
J\'anos Koml\'os, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Endre Szemer\'edi, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
(859-05-84)
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7:00 a.m.
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Thursday August 9, 1990, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
AMS Special Session on Algebraic Geometry, I
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7:00 a.m.
Valuations and convergence of formal functions.
Mark Spivakovsky*, Harvard University
(859-13-67) -
7:30 a.m.
Weak CMC subsets and orderings of fields.
Marie A. Vitulli*, University of Oregon
(859-13-108) -
8:00 a.m.
Jet bundles and curves in Grassmannians.
David Perkinson*, Reed College
(859-14-120) -
8:30 a.m.
Automorphisms of cuspidal K3-like surfaces in low characteristics.
Brian Harbourne*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
(859-14-77)
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7:00 a.m.
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Thursday August 9, 1990, 7:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
MAA Minicourse #1: Part A
Using metacognitive strategies to improve instruction
Organizers:
Genevieve Knight, Coppin State College -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 7:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
MAA Minicourse #2: Part A
Planning, funding, and administering teacher enhancement projects
Organizers:
T. Christine Stevens, St. Louis University -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 7:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
MAA CUPM Subcommittee on Symbolic Computer Systems Poster Session
What students learn in the symbolic computing environment -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 7:05 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
MAA Session on The Interface Between Mathematics and Operations Research, Part A
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7:05 a.m.
Operations research in the shipping industry.
Ken Bloom*, Stolt-Nielsen Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut -
8:15 a.m.
Operations research at the United States Coast Guard Academy.
Ted Lindstrom*, United States Coast Guard Academy
Ernest J. Manfred, United States Coast Guard Academy -
8:40 a.m.
Optimization: The world as a system of equations.
Patrick T. Harker*, University of Pennsylvania -
9:05 a.m.
An improved counterexample to the rudimentary primal algorithm.
Robert Haas*, Case Western Reserve University
Harvey M. Salkin, Case Western Reserve University
Kamlesh Mathur, Case Western Reserve University -
9:30 a.m.
Waiting in line: The mathematics of queuing.
Karen J. Schroeder*, Bentley College -
10:00 a.m.
Modeling and analysis of telecommunications systems.
Shlomo Halfin*, Bell Communications Research Inc., Morristown, New Jersey
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7:05 a.m.
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Thursday August 9, 1990, 7:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
AMS Special Session on Dynamics of Biological Systems, I
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7:30 a.m.
The transition from bursting to continuous spiking in a model for excitable membranes.
David Terman*, Ohio State University, Columbus
(859-92-85) -
8:00 a.m.
An ``averaged'' model for parabolic bursting oscillations.
John Rinzel*, National Institute of Health
Humberto Carrillo-Calvet, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Steven M. Baer, Arizona State University
(859-92-56) -
8:30 a.m.
A geometric description of echo.
G. Bard Ermentrout*, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
John Rinzel, National Institute of Health
(859-92-92) -
9:00 a.m.
Travelling wave solutions for a bistable evolutionary ecology model.
Roger Lui*, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
(859-35-71) -
9:30 a.m.
Existence of travelling wave solutions for reaction diffusion systems.
Konstantin M. Mischaikow*, Georgia Institute of Technology
(859-35-144) -
10:00 a.m.
The existence of infinitely many traveling front and back waves in the FitzHugh-Nagumo equations.
Bo Deng*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
(859-35-105) -
10:30 a.m.
Discussion
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7:30 a.m.
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Thursday August 9, 1990, 7:50 a.m.-8:40 a.m.
MAA-AAAS Invited Address
Lost and found mathematics.
Richard A. Askey*, University of Wisconsin, Madison -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 7:50 a.m.-8:40 a.m.
MAA CUPM Subcommittee on Quantitative Literacy Requirements Panel Discussion
Quantitative literacy -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
AMS Special Session on Ring Theory, I
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8:00 a.m.
The k-product of slender modules.
John Dauns*, Tulane University
Laszlo Fuchs, Tulane University
(859-16-57) -
8:30 a.m.
Finitely generated non-cosmall modules.
Stanley S. Page*, University of British Columbia
(859-16-72) -
9:00 a.m.
Intermission -
10:00 a.m.
Permutation identity rings.
Gary F. Birkenmeier*, University of Southwestern Louisiana
Henry Heatherly, University of Southwestern Louisiana
(859-16-26) -
10:30 a.m.
Distributive modules which are cyclic.
Vahap Erdogdu*, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
(859-13-08)
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8:00 a.m.
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Thursday August 9, 1990, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
AMS Special Session on Group Theory, I
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8:00 a.m.
Isomorphy problem of integral group rings.
Hans J. Zassenhaus*, Ohio State University, Columbus
(859-20-45) -
8:30 a.m.
A conjecture on character degrees.
Michael J. J. Barry*, Allegheny College
(859-20-22) -
9:00 a.m.
k-characters and the group determinant.
Kenneth W. Johnson*, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz and Iowa State University
(859-20-13) -
9:30 a.m.
Infinite Frobenius groups.
Michael J. Collins*, Mathematical Institute, England
(859-20-36) -
10:00 a.m.
Powers of varieties and faithful representations of groups.
Samuel M. Vovsi*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
(859-20-17) -
10:30 a.m.
The integral group ring problem.
Leonard L. Scott, Jr.*, University of Virginia
(859-20-37)
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8:00 a.m.
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Thursday August 9, 1990, 8:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
MAA Student Chapter Panel Discussion -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
AWM Panel Discussion
Enrichment programs in urban public schools
Panelists:
Harvey Keynes, Talented Youth Mathematics Project
Jacquelin Rivers, The Algebra Project
Paul J. Sally, Jr., Young Scholars Program -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 8:55 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
AMS-MAA Invited Address
Algebra as a means of understanding mathematics.
Saunders Mac Lane*, University of Chicago -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 9:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
AWM Membership Meeting \& Prize Session -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 9:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
MAA Minicourse #3: Part A
A seminar on women in mathematics
Organizers:
Miriam P. Cooney, St. Mary's College -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 9:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
MAA Minicourse #4: Part A
A calculus laboratory using Mathematica
Organizers:
Michael Barry, Allegheny College
Benjamin Haytock, Allegheny College
Richard McDermot, Allegheny College -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 9:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
MAA Minicourse #5: Part A
Using history in teaching calculus
Organizers:
V. Frederick Rickey, United States Military Academy -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 10:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
MAA-NCTM Invited Address
Mathematics education-yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
John A. Dossey*, Illinois State University -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
National Science Foundation -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m.
MAA Earle Raymond Hedrick Lectures: Lecture I
Spirals from Theodorus of Cyrene to meta-chaos. Spirals old and new.
Philip J. Davis*, Brown University -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
MAA-PME Invited Address
Problems for all seasons.
Ivan Niven*, University of Oregon -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
MAA Minicourse #1: Part B
Using metacognitive strategies to improve instruction
Organizers:
Genevieve Knight, Coppin State College -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
MAA Minicourse #2: Part B
Planning, funding, and administering teacher enhancement projects
Organizers:
T. Christine Stevens, St. Louis University -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 1:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
MAA Session on Toward Equity and Excellence: Efforts to Increase the Number of Minorities and Women in the Profession
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1:30 p.m.
MathConn 89 and MathConn 90: Two successful mathematics awareness days for seventh and eighth grade girls and their teachers.
Regina Baron Brunner*, Cedar Crest College, Pennsylvania -
2:00 p.m.
Encouraging women and older students in mathematics: A math anxiety reduction program.
Antonella Cupillari*, Pennsylvania State University, Erie-Behrend College -
2:30 p.m.
Multi-cultural factors in mathematics education.
Barbara S. Rice*, Alabama A & M University -
3:00 p.m.
NCI summer enrichment program.
Gloria F. Gilmer*, Math-Tech Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin -
3:30 p.m.
The efforts of a few can help the many.
Sherrie J. Nicol*, University of Wisconsin, Platteville -
4:00 p.m.
A family of equity programs.
Claudia L. Pinter-Lucke*, California Polytechnic State University
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1:30 p.m.
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Thursday August 9, 1990, 1:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
MAA Session on The Interface Between Mathematics and Operations Research, Part B
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1:30 p.m.
Modeling performance in emergency vehicle systems: A link between mathematics and operations research.
Jeff Goldberg*, University of Arizona -
2:40 p.m.
Using synergism to generate new classroom applications of mathematics.
Miguel Paredes*, University of Texas-Pan American -
3:05 p.m.
What mathematics teaches the simulationist, and vice versa.
Diane Driscoll Schwartz*, Ithaca College -
3:30 p.m.
Four counterexamples to heuristic algorithms for the traveling salesman problem.
Robert Haas, Case Western Reserve University
Harvey M. Salkin*, Case Western Reserve University
Kamlesh Mathur, Case Western Reserve University -
4:00 p.m.
Movie: Operations research + you = an exciting career.
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1:30 p.m.
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Thursday August 9, 1990, 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
MAA CUPM Subcommittee on Symbolic Computer Systems Panel Discussion
The pedagogical impact of computer algebra systems on college mathematics curricula -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
PME Contributed Paper Session
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2:30 p.m.
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2:30 p.m.
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Thursday August 9, 1990, 2:35 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
AMS Progress in Mathematics Lecture
Viscosity solutions of partial differential equations.
Michael G. Crandall*, University of California, Santa Barbara
(859-35-169) -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 3:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
MAA Special Lecture
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Thursday August 9, 1990, 3:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
MAA CUPM Subcommittee on Symbolic Computer Systems Special Presentation
Symbolic computing in undergraduate mathematics: Symbols, pictures, numbers, and insights -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 3:45 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
MAA Minicourse #3: Part B
A seminar on women in mathematics
Organizers:
Miriam P. Cooney, Saint Mary's College -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 3:45 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
MAA Minicourse #4: Part B
A calculus laboratory using Mathematica
Organizers:
Michael Barry, Allegheny College
Benjamin Haytock, Allegheny College
Richard McDermot, Allegheny College -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 3:45 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
MAA Minicourse #5: Part B
Using history in teaching calculus
Organizers:
V. Frederick Rickey, United States Military Academy -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
AMS-MAA-MSEB Evening of Dialogue
Mathematics education -
Thursday August 9, 1990, 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
PME J. Sutherland Frame Lecture
Combinatorics and computers: Coping with finiteness.
Ronald L. Graham*, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey
Friday August 10, 1990
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Friday August 10, 1990, 7:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
AMS Special Session on Combinatorial Games
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7:00 a.m.
Dots and boxes.
R. J. Nowakowski*, Dalhousie University
(859-05-136) -
7:30 a.m.
On the cookie game.
James Propp, George Washington University
Daniel Ullman*, George Washington University
(859-05-137) -
8:00 a.m.
Nimdi games.
U. Blass, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
A. S. Fraenkel*, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
M. Lorberbom, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
(859-05-73) -
8:30 a.m.
Invading corridors of territory in Go.
Elwyn Berlekamp, University of California, Berkeley
David Wolfe*, University of California, Berkeley
(859-90-145) -
9:00 a.m.
Classical partisan theory extended to loopy games.
Elwyn Berlekamp*, University of California, Berkeley
(859-05-138) -
9:30 a.m.
Mathematical Kayles.
William L. Sibert, Stanford, Connecticut
John H. Conway*, Princeton University
(859-90-122)
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7:00 a.m.
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Friday August 10, 1990, 7:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
AMS Special Session on Group Theory, II
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7:00 a.m.
Strongly p-embedded subgroups of finite simple groups.
Daniel Gorenstein*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Richard Lyons, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Ronald Solomon, Ohio State University, Columbus
(859-20-39) -
7:30 a.m.
The maximal subgroups of the Chevalley groups of type F_4(F),char(F)#2.3.
Kay Magaard*, California Institute of Technology
(859-20-16) -
8:00 a.m.
On the influence of maximal subgroups on the structure of a finite group: Some new results.
Prabir Bhattacharya*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
N. P. Mukherjee, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
(859-20-18) -
8:30 a.m.
The Schur index of projective characters of symmetric and alternating groups.
Alexandre Turull*, University of Miami
(859-20-15) -
9:00 a.m.
The representation theory of fully group-graded algebras.
Paul Boisen*, University of Chicago
(859-20-69) -
9:30 a.m.
On a combinatorial problem associated with the odd order theorem.
George Glauberman*, University of Chicago
Simon P. Norton, University of Cambridge, England
(859-20-33)
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7:00 a.m.
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Friday August 10, 1990, 7:00 a.m.-9:10 a.m.
AMS Session on Graph Theory and Combinatorics
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7:00 a.m.
The multi-intersection number of a graph.
Frank Harary*, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
(859-05-59) -
7:15 a.m.
A problem of degrees in graphs.
Lisa Hansen, Western Michigan University
Michelle Schultz*, Western Michigan University
(859-05-133) -
7:30 a.m.
Subgraph distance in graphs.
Gary Chartrand*, Western Michigan University
Garry Johns, Saginaw Valley State University
Karen S. Novotny, Grand Valley State University
Ortrud R. Oellermann, University of Natal, Republic of South Africa
(859-05-131) -
7:45 a.m.
Clique representations of chordal-like graphs.
Charles Carraher*, Wright State University
Terry McKee, Wright State University
(859-05-75) -
8:00 a.m.
Planarity of n-subgraph distance graphs.
Gary Chartrand, Western Michigan University
H\'ector Hevia, Western Michigan University
Elzbieta B. Jarrett*, Western Michigan University
Donald W. Vanderjagt, Grand Valley State University
(859-05-132) -
8:15 a.m.
A different algorithm for the detection of 3-manifolds.
John Emert*, Ball State University
Lawrence Husch, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
(859-05-125) -
8:30 a.m.
Routings for involutions of a hypercube.
Alan P. Sprague*, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Hisao Tamaki, Ibaraki University, Japan
(859-05-97) -
8:45 a.m.
Smallest tournaments with given abelian automorphism group.
William C. Arlinghaus*, Lawrence Technical University
(859-05-117) -
9:00 a.m.
A combinatorial approach to temporal reasoning.
Alexander Belfer, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Martin Charles Golumbic*, IBM Israel Scientific Center, Israel
(859-05-34)
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7:00 a.m.
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Friday August 10, 1990, 7:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
MAA Session
Modeling
Organizers:
Ben A. Fusaro, Salisbury State University -
Friday August 10, 1990, 7:20 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
AMS Session on Geometry, Topology and Infinite Combinatorics
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7:20 a.m.
The p-torsion of the Farrell-Tate cohomology of the mapping class group cap gamma_(p-1)/2.
Yining Xia*, Ohio State University, Columbus
(859-55-158) -
7:35 a.m.
Minimal surfaces satisfying the spherical Ricci condition.
Gene Douglas Johnson*, Franklin & Marshall College
(859-53-155) -
7:50 a.m.
On a conjecture of Nitsche.
Gregory D. Crow*, John Carroll University
(859-53-52) -
8:05 a.m.
Consequences of the lattice pentagon property.
Stanley Rabinowitz*, Westford, Massachusetts
(859-52-142) -
8:20 a.m.
Euclidean hypersurfaces with reflection properties.
Daniel Drucker*, Wayne State University
(859-53-106) -
8:35 a.m.
Lattice realcompactifications.
James Camacho, Jr.*, Jersey City State College
(859-28-143) -
8:50 a.m.
A note on minimal cover refinable spaces.
Gangadhar Hiremath*, Talladega College
(859-54-95) -
9:05 a.m.
Connectedness of self-similar sets.
Gary Lewellen*, Appalachian State Univesity
(859-54-51) -
9:20 a.m.
Non-homeomorphic disjoint spaces whose union is omega*.
W. W. Comfort*, Wesleyan University
Akio Kato, National Defense Academy, Japan
(859-54-111) -
9:35 a.m.
Measurable cardinals and category bases.
Andrzej Szymanski*, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
(859-04-49)
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7:20 a.m.
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Friday August 10, 1990, 7:30 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
AMS Special Session on Dynamics of Biological Systems, II
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7:30 a.m.
Resonance and phase-locking in excitable systems.
Hans G. Othmer*, University of Utah
(859-92-153) -
8:00 a.m.
Computer simulations of excitation in an anatomically based model of the ventricular conduction system.
Andrew E. Pollard*, Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Insitute, University of Utah
(859-92-86) -
8:30 a.m.
A dynamical systems analysis of a population genetics model of learning.
Steven R. Dunbar*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
(859-92-123) -
9:00 a.m.
Applications of the stability index.
Robert Gardner*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
(859-35-68) -
9:30 a.m.
Travelling waves in fast/slow systems.
Christopher Jones*, University of Maryland, College Park
Nancy Kopell, Boston University
(859-34-128)
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7:30 a.m.
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Friday August 10, 1990, 7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
MAA Minicourse #6: Part A
Writing to learn mathematics
Organizers:
Agnes Azzolino, Middlesex County College -
Friday August 10, 1990, 7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
MAA Minicourse #7: Part A
Exploring mathematics with the NeXT computer
Organizers:
Charles G. Fleming, Eastern Illinois University
Judy D. Halchin, Eastern Illinois University -
Friday August 10, 1990, 7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
MAA Minicourse #8: Part A
A mathematician's introduction to the HP-48SX scientific expandable calculator for first-time users
Organizers:
Don LaTorre, Clemson University
John Kenelly, Clemson University -
Friday August 10, 1990, 7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
MAA Minicourse #9: Part A
Starting, funding and sustaining mathematics laboratories
Organizers:
James E. White, Kenyon College -
Friday August 10, 1990, 7:30 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
MAA Session on Liberal Arts Mathematics Courses, Part A
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7:30 a.m.
Using elementary modeling with graphs and networks as the basis of a liberal arts mathematics course.
Helen Christensen*, Loyola College, Maryland -
7:45 a.m.
A course in graph modeling for liberal arts students.
Anne E. Brown*, Saint Mary's College, Indiana -
8:00 a.m.
A course in the theory of voting.
Roger B. Nelsen*, Lewis & Clark College -
8:15 a.m.
An accessible combinatorics module for liberal arts students.
Emelie Kenney*, Siena College, New York -
8:30 a.m.
Customized student papers in liberal arts mathematics.
Robert Bumcrot*, Hofstra University -
8:45 a.m.
Probability and calculus in a liberal arts mathematics course.
Kay Gura*, Ramapo College of New Jersey
Giovanni Viglino, Ramapo College of New Jersey -
9:00 a.m.
Using cooperative learning with oral protocols in mathematics for liberal arts students.
G. Joseph Wimbish*, Huntingdon College and University of Alabama -
9:15 a.m.
Optimization without calculus.
James W. Petticrew*, University of Texas-Pan American -
9:30 a.m.
How mathematics grows.
Jerry D. Taylor*, Campbell University -
9:45 a.m.
A tour in knot theory.
Stefanos Gialamas*, Columbia College, Chicago
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7:30 a.m.
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Friday August 10, 1990, 7:50 a.m.-8:40 a.m.
AMS Invited Address
The role of microlocal analysis in PDE.
Michael E. Taylor*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
(859-35-100) -
Friday August 10, 1990, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
MAA Committee on the Teaching of Undergraduate Mathematics Panel Discussion
Research in learning undergraduate mathematics
Moderators:
Lida K. Barrett, Mississippi State University
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Joan Ferrini-Mundy, University of New Hampshire and Program Director at NSF
James J. Kaput, Southeastern Massachusetts University -
Friday August 10, 1990, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
MAA Committee on Computers in Mathematics Education Panel Discussion
Visualization project
Moderators:
Walter Zimmermann, University of the Pacific
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Herman E. Gollwitzer, Drexel University
Valerie A. miller, Georgia State University -
Friday August 10, 1990, 8:15 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
PME Contributed Paper Session
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8:15 a.m.
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8:15 a.m.
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Friday August 10, 1990, 8:55 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
AMS Invited Address
Statistical mechanics of Coulomb systems.
Joseph G. Conlon*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
(859-82-101) -
Friday August 10, 1990, 10:05 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
AMS Business Meeting -
Friday August 10, 1990, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
National Science Foundation -
Friday August 10, 1990, 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
PME Council -
Friday August 10, 1990, 12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m.
MAA Earle Raymond Hedrick Lectures: Lecture II
Spirals from Theodorus of Cyrene to meta-chaos. Lessons from Euler.
Philip J. Davis*, Brown University -
Friday August 10, 1990, 1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
MAA-CMS Invited Address
Prime number records.
Paulo Ribenboim*, Queen's University -
Friday August 10, 1990, 1:30 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
AMS Special Session on Combinatorics, II
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1:30 p.m.
Graphs, games and structure theorems.
Neil Robertson, Ohio State University, Columbus
P. D. Seymour, Bellcore, Morristown, New Jersey
Robin Thomas*, Georgia Institute of Technology
(859-05-165) -
2:00 p.m.
Supeulerian and collapsible graphs.
Paul A. Catlin*, Wayne State University
(859-05-151) -
2:30 p.m.
A characterization in Z^n of unit-distance graphs in R^n.
Kiran B. Chilakamarri*, Ohio State University, Columbus
(859-05-146) -
3:00 p.m.
Loop transversals to linear codes.
Jonathan D. H. Smith*, Iowa State University
(859-05-23) -
3:30 p.m.
Large sets of disjoint t-designs.
Yeow Meng Chee, University of Waterloo
Charles J. Colbourn, University of Waterloo
Steven C. Furino, University of Waterloo
Donald L. Kreher*, University of Wyoming
(859-05-80)
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1:30 p.m.
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Friday August 10, 1990, 1:30 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
AMS Special Session on Algebraic Geometry, II
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1:30 p.m.
Canonical resolution of hypersurface singularities of characteristic p.
T. T. Moh*, Purdue University, West Lafayette
(859-13-141) -
2:00 p.m.
Whose theorem is this?
Bruce Reznick*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
(859-14-98) -
2:30 p.m.
Topology of Milnor fibers of minimally elliptic singularities.
Lee J. McEwan*, Ohio State University, Mansfield
(859-14-130) -
3:00 p.m.
Semple's bundles of higher-order data.
Susan Jane Colley, Oberlin College
Gary Kennedy*, Oberlin College
(859-14-102)
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1:30 p.m.
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Friday August 10, 1990, 1:30 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
AMS Special Session on Ring Theory, II
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1:30 p.m.
Primitive ideals in enveloping algebras of classical simple Lie superalgebras.
Ian M. Musson*, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
(859-16-58) -
2:00 p.m.
The algebraic structure of linearly recursive sequences under Hadamard product.
Richard G. Larson, University of Illinois, Chicago
Earl J. Taft*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
(859-16-05) -
2:30 p.m.
Classical localization in a Morita context.
Philippe Loustaunau, George Mason University
Jay Shapiro*, George Mason University
(859-16-61) -
3:00 p.m.
Value groups and distributivity.
Hans H. Brungs*, University of Alberta
Joachim Gr\"ater, Technische Universit\"at, Germany
(859-16-63) -
3:30 p.m.
Idempotents in matrix rings.
Christopher Barnett, Imperial College of Science & Technology, England
Victor Camillo*, University of Iowa
(859-16-28)
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1:30 p.m.
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Friday August 10, 1990, 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
MAA Minicourse #6: Part B
Writing to learn mathematics
Organizers:
Agnes Azzolino, Middlesex County College -
Friday August 10, 1990, 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
MAA Minicourse #7: Part B
Exploring mathematics with the NeXT computer
Organizers:
Charles G. Fleming, Eastern Illinois University
Judy D. Halchin, Eastern Illinois University -
Friday August 10, 1990, 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
MAA Minicourse #9: Part B
Starting, funding and sustaining mathematics laboratories
Organizers:
James E. White, Kenyon College -
Friday August 10, 1990, 1:30 p.m.-3:25 p.m.
AMS Session on Group Theory
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1:30 p.m.
On automatic groups.
Kazem Mahdavi*, State University of New York, College at Potsdam
(859-20-42) -
1:45 p.m.
On the integral cohomology of split metacyclic groups.
Dean Larson*, Gonzaga University
(859-20-127) -
2:00 p.m.
Finite groups having chain difference one.
Ben Brewster, State University of New York, Binghamton
Michael B. Ward*, Bucknell University
Irene Zimmermann, Freiburg, Germany
(859-20-74) -
2:15 p.m.
Metabelian groups with all cyclic subgroups subnormal of bounded defect.
David J. Garrison*, IBM Corporation, Owego, New York
(859-20-66) -
2:30 p.m.
Thin bases for finite groups.
Xing-De Jia*, Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York
(859-20-88) -
2:45 p.m.
Some characters of twisted wreath products.
George F. Yeh*, State University of New York, Binghamton
(859-20-103) -
3:00 p.m.
On exponential groups.
Patrick B. Chen*, John Carroll University
Ta-Sun Wu, Case Western Reserve University
(859-22-152) -
3:15 p.m.
A special class of finite p-groups.
Matthew P. Fisher*, State University of New York, Binghamton
(859-20-166)
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1:30 p.m.
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Friday August 10, 1990, 1:30 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
MAA Session on Liberal Arts Mathematics Courses, Part B
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1:30 p.m.
Mathematical tools for critical thinking: A liberal arts mathematics course.
Curtis McKnight*, University of Oklahoma -
1:45 p.m.
Mathematics and the modern world: Core curriculum mathematics at a large public university.
Richard Mercer*, Wright State University -
2:00 p.m.
Developing students' mathematical power in liberal arts mathematics courses.
Roger H. Marty*, Cleveland State University -
2:15 p.m.
Mathematics for sensible living: Making connections with the adult world.
Constance M. Elson*, Ithaca College -
2:30 p.m.
"What is mathematics?" Is this the question for liberal arts students?
Bruce Williamson*, University of Wisconsin, River Falls -
2:45 p.m.
Reading and writing in a mathematical ideas course.
Richard Alan Gillman*, Valparaiso University -
3:00 p.m.
Can students in core requirement courses do mathematics on a creative level?
Rhonda L. Hatcher*, Saint Olaf College -
3:15 p.m.
A survey approach to liberal arts mathematics.
Dan Kalman*, Rancho Palos Verdes, California -
3:30 p.m.
Symmetry: Unifying abstraction, intuition and applications in a liberal arts mathematics course.
Thomas Q. Sibley*, Saint John's University, Minnesota
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1:30 p.m.
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Friday August 10, 1990, 1:30 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
PME Contributed Paper Session
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1:30 p.m.
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1:30 p.m.
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Friday August 10, 1990, 2:35 p.m.-3:25 p.m.
MAA-SIAM Invited Address
Interior point methods for linear programming: An overview.
Richard A. Tapia*, Rice University -
Friday August 10, 1990, 2:50 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
MAA Open Discussion on Consultants
Organizers:
Alan C. Tucker, SUNY at Stony Brook
John W. Kenelly, Clemson University
Richard Millman, Wright State University -
Friday August 10, 1990, 4:05 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
MAA Business Meeting -
Friday August 10, 1990, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
AMS Committee on Science Policy Panel Discussion
Responsibilities of mathematicians in the implementation of the DAVID II Report
Saturday August 11, 1990
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Saturday August 11, 1990, 7:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
AMS Special Session on Combinatorics, III
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7:00 a.m.
Delsarte's inequalities and t-designs.
Richard M. Wilson*, California Institute of Technology
(859-05-154) -
7:30 a.m.
Association schemes on triples and a ternary algebra.
Dale M. Mesner, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Prabir Bhattacharya*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
(859-05-19) -
8:00 a.m.
Cycle ideals and tactical partitions of distance-regular graphs.
Aaron D. Meyerowitz*, Florida Atlantic University
(859-05-119) -
8:30 a.m.
A large set of designs on vector spaces.
D. K. Ray-Chaudhuri, Ohio State University, Columbus
Erin J. Schram*, Ohio State University, Columbus
(859-05-79) -
9:00 a.m.
Structure theory of planar graphs embedded on nonplanar surfaces.
Bojan Mohar, University of Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Neil Robertson*, Ohio State University, Columbus
Richard Vitray, Appalachian State University
(859-05-147) -
9:30 a.m.
Leafless trees in countable graphs.
Bogdan Oporowski*, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
(859-05-162) -
10:00 a.m.
Incidence matrices in geometric lattices.
Joseph P. S. Kung*, University of North Texas
(859-05-35) -
10:30 a.m.
Strong Tutte functions of matroids and graphs.
Thomas Zaslavsky*, State University of New York, Binghamton
(859-05-29)
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7:00 a.m.
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Saturday August 11, 1990, 7:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
AMS Special Session on Ring Theory, III
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7:00 a.m.
The enumeration of finite chain rings.
Yousif Al-Khamees*, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
(859-16-96) -
7:30 a.m.
Injectivity, P-injectivity and V-rings.
Roger Yue Chi Ming*, University of Paris VII, France
(859-16-60) -
8:00 a.m.
CS-modules with chain conditions.
V. Camillo, University of Iowa
M. F. Yousif*, Ohio State University, Lima
(859-16-110) -
8:30 a.m.
Orders in blocked triangular matrix rings.
Ming-Sun Li, Oberlin College
Julius Zelmanowitz*, University of California, Santa Barbara
(859-16-104) -
9:00 a.m.
Nonsingular retractable modules and their endomorphism rings.
Soumaya Khuri*, East Carolina University
(859-16-27) -
9:30 a.m.
On the weak-injectivity of rings.
Abdullah Al-Huzali, Ohio University, Athens
S. K. Jain, Ohio University, Athens
S. R. Lopez-Permouth*, Ohio University, Athens
(859-16-87) -
10:00 a.m.
Class decomposition of modules.
Saad Mohamed*, Kuwait University, Kuwait
(859-16-44) -
10:30 a.m.
Modules with chain conditions on superfluous submodules.
Ibrahim Al-Khazzi, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Patrick F. Smith*, University of Glasgow, Scotland
(859-16-64)
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7:00 a.m.
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Saturday August 11, 1990, 7:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
AMS Special Session on Group Theory, III
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7:00 a.m.
A numerical approach to rewriteability in finite groups.
Judy L. Leavitt, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Gary J. Sherman*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Mark E. Walker, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
(859-20-83) -
7:30 a.m.
A special class of finite p-groups.
Wolfgang P. Kappe*, State University of New York, Binghamton
(859-20-32) -
8:00 a.m.
Property nu in groups.
James C. Beidleman*, University of Kentucky
(859-20-10) -
8:30 a.m.
Intersections of subgroup functors.
Ben Brewster*, State University of New York, Binghamton
(859-20-24) -
9:00 a.m.
On exact power margin groups.
Luise-Charlotte Kappe*, State University of New York, Binghamton
(859-20-31) -
9:30 a.m.
Levi-properties generated by varieties.
Robert Fitzgerald Morse*, IBM Corporation, Owega,New York
(859-20-38) -
10:00 a.m.
Non-normal projectivities of metacyclic p-groups.
Charles Holmes*, Miami University
(859-20-41) -
10:30 a.m.
On the structure of dual-standard subgroups.
Stewart Stonehewer, Warwick University, England
Giovanni Zacher*, Universit\'a di Padova, Italy
(859-20-40)
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7:00 a.m.
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Saturday August 11, 1990, 7:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
MAA Minicourse #10: Part A
CAS laboratory projects for calculus
Organizers:
Carl Leinbach, Gettysburg College -
Saturday August 11, 1990, 7:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
MAA Minicourse #6: Part C
Writing to learn mathematics
Organizers:
Agnes Azzolino, Middlesex County College -
Saturday August 11, 1990, 7:00 a.m.-10:10 a.m.
AMS Session on Algebraic Number Theory and Multiplicative Structures
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7:00 a.m.
A note on fundamental properties of recurring series.
Joseph Arkin, United States Military Academy
David C. Arney, United States Military Academy
Frank R. Giordano, United States Military Academy
Rickey A. Kolb*, United States Military Academy
(859-11-54) -
7:15 a.m.
Explicit construction of certain metacyclic extensions.
Stanley Gurak*, University of San Diego
(859-11-113) -
7:30 a.m.
Small two variable exponential diophantine equations.
Robert Styer*, Villanova University
(859-11-163) -
7:45 a.m.
Narcissistic loops.
John F. Lamb, Jr.*, East Texas State University
(859-11-04) -
8:00 a.m.
Divisor functions and subgroups of dihedral groups.
David W. Jensen*, United States Air Force Academy
Michael K. Keane, United States Air Force Academy
(859-11-06) -
8:15 a.m.
The original manuscript of the generalized Fibonacci numbers combined with the generalized Pascal triangle.
Joseph Arkin*, United States Military Academy
David C. Arney, United States Military Academy
Frank R. Giordano, United States Military Academy
(859-11-47) -
8:30 a.m.
Supercube II.
Joseph Arkin, United States Military Academy
David C. Arney*, United States Military Academy
Frank R. Giordano, United States Military Academy
(859-11-48) -
8:45 a.m.
The structure of stochastic complements in irreducible stochastic matrices.
Peter M. Gibson*, University of Alabama, Huntsville
(859-15-62) -
9:00 a.m.
The eigenvalue problem without determinants.
William A. McWorter, Ohio State University, Columbus
Leroy F. Meyers*, Ohio State University, Columbus
(859-15-118) -
9:15 a.m.
The isometries of certain finite dimensional normed spaces.
Rohan Hemasinha*, University of West Florida
James R. Weaver, University of West Florida
(859-15-90) -
9:30 a.m.
Universal localization of wide tilde A_12, twisted pencils of matrices, and indecomposable modules.
Mike May, S. J.*, Cambridge, Massachusetts
(859-16-121) -
9:45 a.m.
Centroids and root systems.
Duncan J. Melville*, Yale University
(859-17-124)
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7:00 a.m.
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Saturday August 11, 1990, 7:30 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
MAA Session on Liberal Arts Mathematics Courses, Part C
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7:30 a.m.
A health sciences core curriculum sequence in mathematics.
Henry C. Foehl*, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, Pennsylvania -
7:45 a.m.
Mathematics for honors students in liberal arts and business.
Satish C. Bhatnager*, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Leonard Zane, University of Nevada, Las Vegas -
8:00 a.m.
Creating new avenues for liberal arts students.
Dave Wells*, Pennsylvania State University, New Kensington Campus
Lynn Schmitt, Pennsylvania State University, New Kensington Campus -
8:15 a.m.
Other people's math: What every student should know.
Lucy L. Deephouse*, Trinity College, Connecticut
Timothy V. Craine, Trinity College, Connecticut -
8:30 a.m.
An attempt to teach mathematics.
Kathleen A. Taylor*, Duquesne University -
8:45 a.m.
Math and math anxious.
Margaret Herzog*, Pacific Lutheran University -
9:00 a.m.
Contemporary mathematics and its utilitarian value.
Ronald J. Czochor*, Glassboro State College, New Jersey -
9:15 a.m.
Who are the liberal arts students and what math is "practical" for them?
Carole A. Bauer*, Triton College, Illinois -
9:30 a.m.
Who is our customer and what does she need to know?
JoAnne S. Growney*, Bloomsburg University -
9:45 a.m.
What does all this have to do with mathematics?
Barry Brunson*, Western Kentucky University
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7:30 a.m.
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Saturday August 11, 1990, 7:50 a.m.-8:40 a.m.
MAA-ACM Invited Address
On the computational complexity of doing mathematics.
Juris Hartmanis*, Cornell University -
Saturday August 11, 1990, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
AMS Special Session on Algebraic Geometry, III
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8:00 a.m.
Mordell-Weil groups of extremal K3 surfaces.
Rick Miranda*, Colorado State University
(859-14-126) -
8:30 a.m.
Determinantal transversality criteria.
Robert Speiser*, Brigham Young University
(859-14-55) -
9:00 a.m.
Rationally triangulable automorphisms.
James K. Deveney, Virginia Commonwealth University
David R. Finston*, Virginia Commonwealth University
(859-13-30) -
9:30 a.m.
The Gauss map of a generic genus 4 theta divisor.
Robert Varley*, University of Georgia
Malcolm Adams, University of Georgia
Clint McCrory, University of Georgia
Theodore Shifrin, University of Georgia
(859-14-139) -
10:00 a.m.
Minimal models of elliptic threefolds.
Antonella Grassi*, Duke University
(859-14-94) -
10:30 a.m.
Infinitesimal propagation of line bundles among curves on algebraic varieties.
Yun-Gang Ye*, Duke University
(859-14-164)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday August 11, 1990, 8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
MAA CUPM Subcommittee on Calculus Reform and the First Two Years Panel Discussion -
Saturday August 11, 1990, 8:55 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
MAA-NAM Invited Address
Intriguing problems about zeros in complex analysis.
Carl Lindell Prather*, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University -
Saturday August 11, 1990, 9:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
MAA Minicourse #11: Part A
Producing mathematics courseware with Mathematica: Calculus and Mathematica
Organizers:
Don Brown, University of Illinois, Urbana
Horacio Porta, University of Illinois, Urbana
Jerry Uhl, University of Illinois, Urbana -
Saturday August 11, 1990, 9:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
MAA Minicourse #12
Exploring statistics and discrete mathematics topics using inexpensive graphing calculators
Organizers:
Franklin Demana, Ohio State University
Bert K. Waits, Ohio State University -
Saturday August 11, 1990, 9:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
MAA Minicourse #13: Part A
Spreadsheet based mathematical topics for nonmathematics majors
Organizers:
V. S. Ramamurti, University of North Florida -
Saturday August 11, 1990, 9:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
MAA Session on MAA-PME Contributed Paper Session
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9:30 a.m.
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9:30 a.m.
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Saturday August 11, 1990, 9:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
MAA-PME Undergraduate Student Paper Session
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9:30 a.m.
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9:30 a.m.
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Saturday August 11, 1990, 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
MAA Science Policy Committee Panel Discussion
State mathematics coalitions -
Saturday August 11, 1990, 10:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
MAA-AWM Invited Address
The uses of set theory.
Judith Roitman*, University of Kansas -
Saturday August 11, 1990, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
National Science Foundation -
Saturday August 11, 1990, 12:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
AMS Special Session on Combinatorics, IV
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12:00 p.m.
Large sets of disjoint combinatorial structures.
Luc Teirlinck*, Auburn University, Auburn
(859-05-81) -
12:30 p.m.
Invariant linear forms and regularity in codes and designs.
A. R. Calderbank*, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey
(859-05-70) -
1:00 p.m.
Designs from maximal arcs and difference sets.
J. F. Dillon*, National Security Agency
(859-05-150) -
1:30 p.m.
The subconstituent algebra of a graph of thin type.
Paul Terwilliger*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
(859-05-107) -
2:00 p.m.
On the diameter of Cayley graphs of permutation groups.
Laszlo Babai, University of Chicago
Akos Seress*, Ohio State University, Columbus
(859-05-148)
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12:00 p.m.
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Saturday August 11, 1990, 12:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
AMS Special Session on Ring Theory, IV
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12:00 p.m.
The structure of Johns rings.
Carl Faith*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Pere Menal, University Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
(859-16-65) -
12:30 p.m.
On right perfect localizations.
Seog-Hoon Rim, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Mark L. Teply*, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Blas Torrecillas, University of Granada, Spain
(859-16-12) -
1:00 p.m.
Minimal cogenerators need not be unique.
Barbara L. Osofsky*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
(859-16-50) -
1:30 p.m.
Uniform modules over serial rings.
Bruno J. Mueller*, McMaster University
Surjeet Singh, Kuwait University, Kuwait
(859-16-78) -
2:00 p.m.
The second layer condition, links and localization in serial rings with Krull dimension.
Mary H. Wright*, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
(859-16-25)
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12:00 p.m.
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Saturday August 11, 1990, 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
MAA Minicourse #10: Part B
CAS laboratory projects for calculus
Organizers:
Carl Leinbach, Gettysburg College -
Saturday August 11, 1990, 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
MAA Minicourse #8: Part B
A mathematician's introduction to the HP-48SX scientific expandable calculator for first-time users
Organizers:
John Kenelly, Clemson University
Don LaTorre, Clemson University -
Saturday August 11, 1990, 12:00 p.m.-2:10 p.m.
AMS Session on Function Spaces
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12:00 p.m.
The geometry of harmonic mappings.
Abdallah Lyzzaik*, Kuwait University, Kuwait
(859-30-02) -
12:15 p.m.
Linear functionals on some weighted Bergman spaces.
Maher M. H. Marzuq*, Kuwait University, Kuwait
(859-30-03) -
12:30 p.m.
Homogeneous polynomials on L_p-spaces.
K. Sundaresan*, Cleveland State University
(859-42-21) -
12:45 p.m.
Approximation by partial sums of Fourier series.
Syed M. Mazhar*, Ohio State University, Columbus and Kuwait University, Kuwait
(859-42-93) -
1:00 p.m.
Multi-tuple Shilov boundaries for function spaces.
Toma Tonev*, University of Toledo and Institute of Mathematics, Bulgaria
(859-46-157) -
1:15 p.m.
Range inclusion and factorization of operators on classical Banach spaces.
Alfred D. Andrew, Georgia Institute of Technology
W. M. Patterson*, Spelman College
(859-47-115) -
1:30 p.m.
Maxwell's principle for Lagrangian saddle functions.
Gregory B. Passty*, Southwest Texas State University
(859-47-114) -
1:45 p.m.
Diagonal operators in ideals.
Michael Hoffman*, California State University, Los Angeles
(859-47-159) -
2:00 p.m.
Relations with composition products of set-valued mappings.
Frank U. Williamson*, Vitry, France
(859-49-20)
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12:00 p.m.
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Saturday August 11, 1990, 12:00 p.m.-1:40 p.m.
AMS Session on Numerical Methods and Mathematical Modelling
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12:00 p.m.
Random processes of the form x_n+1 =a_nx_n+b_n(mod p).
Martin Hildebrand*, Harvard University
(859-60-89) -
12:15 p.m.
More about two-parameter SOR method.
Saadat Moussavi*, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
(859-65-134) -
12:30 p.m.
Low velocity expressions for the force between moving charges.
Domina Eberle Spencer*, University of Connecticut, Storrs
Shama Y. Uma, Bridgewater State College
(859-78-112) -
12:45 p.m.
A two-layer compressible/incompressible mathematical model of ice deformation.
William A. Jones, Jr.*, Byrd Polar Research Center and Ohio State University, Columbus
(859-86-135) -
1:00 p.m.
An investigation into the mathematics behind allometry.
Sue Ann Gaster*, College of Saint Mary
(859-92-156) -
1:15 p.m.
Geographic location theory: Selected topics.
Sandra L. Arlinghaus*, Institute of Mathematical Geography
(859-51-116) -
1:30 p.m.
Introductory linear algebra and computers.
Firooz Khosraviyani*, University of Texas at Permian Basin
(859-15-140)
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12:00 p.m.
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Saturday August 11, 1990, 12:00 p.m.-2:10 p.m.
AMS Session on Differential and Integral Equations
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12:00 p.m.
A note on the gap between the first two eigenvalues of one dimensional Schrodinger operator with symmetric potential.
Shoshana Abramovich*, Connecticut College
(859-34-14) -
12:15 p.m.
Quasilinear Jacobi differential equations.
Victor L. Shapiro*, University of California, Riverside
(859-34-53) -
12:30 p.m.
Nonlinear matrix differential equations.
John Jones, Jr.*, Air Force Institute of Technology
(859-34-91) -
12:45 p.m.
A remark on the periodic solutions of autonomous second order differential equations.
Pablo M. Salzberg*, University of Puerto Rico
B. Mehri, University of Puerto Rico
(859-34-160) -
1:00 p.m.
Local existence and uniqueness of solutions of degenerate parabolic equations.
Jeffrey R. Anderson*, Ball State University
(859-35-11) -
1:15 p.m.
Lax pairs, recursion operators and perturbations of integrable evolution equations.
Russell L. Herman*, Saint Lawrence University
(859-35-01) -
1:30 p.m.
Existence and uniqueness of bounded solutions of pertubed integral equations.
M. N. Islam*, University of Dayton
(859-45-43) -
1:45 p.m.
Characterization of the Meijer transform.
Elias Y. Deeba*, University of Houston, Downtown
E. L. Koh, University of Regina
(859-44-76) -
2:00 p.m.
Generalized Hilbert's 16th problem.
Ping-Xing Sheng*, State University of New York, Buffalo and University of California, Los Angeles
(859-34-09)
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12:00 p.m.
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Saturday August 11, 1990, 12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m.
MAA Earle Raymond Hedrick Lectures: Lecture III
Spirals from Theodorus of Cyrene to meta-chaos. Theodorus goes wild.
Philip J. Davis*, Brown University -
Saturday August 11, 1990, 1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
MAA-AMATYC Invited Address
Crisis in mathematics education: Perspective from the two-year college.
Karl J. Smith*, Santa Rosa Junior College -
Saturday August 11, 1990, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
MAA Minicourse #11: Part B
Producing mathematics courseware with Mathematica: Calculus and Mathematica
Organizers:
Don Brown, University of Illinois, Urbana
Horacio Porta, University of Illinois, Urbana
Jerry Uhl, University of Illinois, Urbana -
Saturday August 11, 1990, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
MAA Minicourse #13: Part B
Spreadsheet based mathematical topics for nonmathematics majors
Organizers:
V. S. Ramamurti, University of North Florida -
Saturday August 11, 1990, 2:35 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
AMS Progress in Mathematics Lecture
cap lambda-trees and their applications.
John W. Morgan*, Columbia University
(859-20-167) -
Saturday August 11, 1990, 2:35 p.m.-3:25 p.m.
MAA Committee on the Participation of Women Special Lecture
History of women in the MAA
Sunday August 12, 1990