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1989 AMS Eastern Section Meeting
Hoboken, NJ, October 21-22, 1989
Meeting #851

Associate secretaries:
W Wistar Comfort, AMS wcomfort@wesleyan.edu

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Saturday October 21, 1989

• Saturday October 21, 1989, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Geometry Related to Computer Vision, I
  Room 219, Kidde Hall
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Encoding rectilinear polygonal arcs.
    Prabir Bhattacharya*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    Azriel Rosenfeld, University of Maryland, College Park
    (851-68-59)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Discretized straight lines: Parameters, primitives and properties.
    Leo Dorst*, Technical University Delft, The Netherlands and North American Philips Corporation, Briarcliff Manor, New York
    (851-68-81)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Discussion
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Orthogonal polygons: Convexity and visibility.
    Derick Wood*, University of Waterloo
    (851-51-86)
• Saturday October 21, 1989, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Semantics, I
  Room 216, Pierce Hall
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Matrix and matricial iteration theories.
    Stephen L. Bloom*, Stevens Institute of Technology
    (851-68-68)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Algebraic semantics and data directed design.
    Eric G. Wagner*, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York
    (851-68-66)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Boolean categories: A foundation for assertion semantics.
    Ernest G. Manes*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    (851-68-45)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Sequential structures.
    Michael W. Mislove, Tulane University
    Frank J. Oles*, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York
    (851-68-67)
• Saturday October 21, 1989, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Fluid Dynamics, I
  Room 218, Pierce Hall
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A boundary-value problem for the stationary Vlasov-Poisson equations: the plane diode.
    Claude Greengard*, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York
    (851-76-84)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Convergence of a point vortex method for vortex sheets.
    Thomas Y. Hou*, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
    (851-65-48)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Solitary water waves with capillary ripples at infinity.
    J. Thomas Beale*, Duke University
    (851-76-72)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Computation of solitary internal waves in stratified fluids.
    Bruce Turkington*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    Alexander Eydeland, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    Sheng Wang, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    (851-76-99)
• Saturday October 21, 1989, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Low-dimensional Topology, I
  Room 203, Morton Hall
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Geometric finiteness of certain Kleinian groups.
    Peter Scott*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    G. A. Swarup, University of Melbourne, Australia
    (851-57-24)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The boundary of outer space in rank two.
    Marc Culler, University of Illinois, Chicago
    Karen Vogtmann*, Cornell University
    (851-20-14)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Thin triangles in finite volume hyperbolic group graphs.
    Kay Tatsuoka*, Rutgers University, Newark
    (851-20-28)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The anti-length spectrum for hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
    Robert Meyerhoff*, Boston University
    (851-57-46)
• Saturday October 21, 1989, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Geometry, P-adic Aspects, I
  Room 224, Kidde Hall
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Formal Mellin transform in the arithmetic of function fields.
    David Goss*, Ohio State University, Columbus
    (851-11-56)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Rigid subanalytic sets.
    Leonard Lipshitz*, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    (851-14-57)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Duality theorems in rigid analytic spaces.
    Bruno Chiarellotto*, Princeton University
    (851-14-65)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Logarithmic decay and overconvergence of the unit root zeta function.
    B. Dwork*, Princeton University
    S. Sperber, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
    (851-14-64)
• Saturday October 21, 1989, 8:30 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Computational Algebra, I
  Room 116, Pierce Hall
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    What can be computed in algebraic geometry?
    Dave Bayer*, Columbia University
    (851-14-103)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Faster base changes for groups, and their applications.
    Gene Cooperman*, Northeastern University
    (851-20-75)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Fast Fourier analysis for finite groups.
    Daniel N. Rockmore*, Columbia University
    (851-20-60)
• Saturday October 21, 1989, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  Invited Address
  Level sets of solutions of elliptic and parabolic equations.
  Room 228, Kidde Hall
  Fang-Hua Lin*, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
  (851-35-93)
• Saturday October 21, 1989, 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Geometric aspects of topological entropy.
  Room 228, Kidde Hall
  Sheldon E. Newhouse*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  (851-58-47)
• Saturday October 21, 1989, 1:45 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
  Special Session on Geometry Related to Computer Vision, II
  Room 219, Kidde Hall
  

  • 1:45 p.m.
    Discrete multidimensional Jordan surfaces.
    Gabor T. Herman*, University of Pennsylvania
    (851-57-01)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Two approaches to digital topology.
    T. Y. Kong*, Queens College, City University of New York
    (851-68-08)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Pattern matching as a basis for programmatic feature recognition.
    Thomas J. Peters*, University of Connecticut, Storrs
    (851-68-74)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Combinatorial and computational aspects of Minkowski decompositions.
    Ruth Silverman*, University of the District of Columbia
    David Mount, University of Maryland, College Park
    (851-51-58)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Discussion
• Saturday October 21, 1989, 1:45 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Semantics, II
  Room 216, Pierce Hall
  

  • 1:45 p.m.
    Step bisimulation can be truly concurrent.
    Douglas R. Troeger*, Syracuse University
    (851-68-69)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    A general framework for models of type polymorphism.
    Badri R. Narayanan*, Stevens Institute of Technology
    (851-68-80)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Discussion
• Saturday October 21, 1989, 1:45 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Fluid Dynamics, II
  Room 218, Pierce Hall
  

  • 1:45 p.m.
    Some experiments on a vortex redistribution method.
    Leon L. Van Dommelen*, Florida A & M University
    (851-76-55)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Discussion
  • 2:45 p.m.
    On the smallest scale estimates for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations.
    William D. Henshaw, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York
    Heinz-Otto Kreiss, University of California, Los Angeles
    Luis G. Reyna*, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York
    (851-76-38)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Stieltjes integral representation and effective diffusivity bounds for turbulent transport.
    Marco Avellaneda*, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
    Andrew J. Majda, Princeton University
    (851-76-100)
• Saturday October 21, 1989, 1:45 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
  Special Session on Low-dimensional Topology, II-A
  Room 203, Morton Hall
  

  • 1:45 p.m.
    Deformations of length functions in groups.
    Richard K. Skora*, Columbia University
    (851-20-12)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    A one-parameter Lefschetz fixed point theorem.
    Ross Geoghegan*, State University of New York, Binghamton
    (851-57-22)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Examples of discrete groups acting on complex hyperbolic 2-space.
    William M. Goldman*, University of Maryland, College Park
    (851-57-40)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    On Haken- and Heegaard-spectra for 3-manifolds.
    Klaus Johannson*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    (851-57-26)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Closed braid representatives of split and composite links.
    Joan S. Birman*, Institute for Advanced Study
    William W. Menasco, State University of New York, Buffalo
    (851-57-30)
• Saturday October 21, 1989, 1:45 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
  Special Session on Low-dimensional Topology, II-B
  Room 201, Morton Hall
  

  • 1:45 p.m.
    The orthogonal spectrum of a hyperbolic surface.
    Ara Basmajian*, University of Oklahoma
    (851-30-06)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Limit volumes of hyperbolic three-orbifolds.
    Colin Adams*, Williams College
    (851-57-15)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    A parameter space for immersed incompressible surfaces in 3-manifolds.
    John Hempel*, Rice University
    (851-57-85)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Integral formulae for the enhancement of links and singularities.
    Lee Rudolph*, Clark University
    (851-53-23)
• Saturday October 21, 1989, 1:45 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
  Special Session on Smooth Dynamical Systems, I
  Room 120, Pierce Hall
  

  • 1:45 p.m.
    Asymptotic homotopy cycles and iterated integrals.
    Diego Benardete*, Tufts University
    John Mitchell, Prime Computer, Bedford, Massachusetts
    (851-58-89)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Markov partitions for expanding maps of the circle.
    Matt Stafford*, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
    (851-58-37)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Invariant measures for smooth maps on manifolds.
    Jane Hawkins*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    (851-28-71)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Zero prime end rotation number implies a fixed point.
    Marcy Barge*, Montana State University
    Richard Gillette, Montana State University
    (851-58-91)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Linear differential equations with a quasi-periodic, skew-Hermitian coefficient matrix.
    Marek Rychlik*, University of Arizona
    (851-58-61)
• Saturday October 21, 1989, 1:45 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
  Special Session on Computational Algebra, II
  Room 116, Pierce Hall
  

  • 1:45 p.m.
    Polynomial factorization and applications.
    Erich Kaltofen*, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    (851-12-62)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Shrinking lattice polyhedra.
    John Cremona, University of Exeter, England
    Susan Landau*, Wesleyan University and University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    (851-51-63)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Structures for computational algebra in scratchpad.
    Stephen M. Watt*, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York
    (851-68-95)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The computation of Galois groups.
    Clifton J. Williamson*, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York
    (851-11-97)
• Saturday October 21, 1989, 1:45 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Geometry, P-adic Aspects, II
  Room 224, Kidde Hall
  

  • 1:45 p.m.
    Fundamental groups over the p-adics and modulo p.
    David Harbater*, University of Pennsylvania
    (851-14-52)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    p-Adic local zeta functions and Newton polyhedron.
    Diane Meuser*, Boston University
    (851-14-101)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Distinctness of Kloosterman sums.
    Benji Fisher*, Princeton University
    (851-14-102)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Monodromy of Kloosterman F-crystals, I.
    Richard Crew*, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
    (851-14-96)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Discussion
• Saturday October 21, 1989, 1:45 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  General Session
  Room 220, Pierce Hall
  

  • 1:45 p.m.
    A bouquet of congruences.
    Joseph Arkin*, United States Military Academy
    David C. Arney, United States Military Academy
    Rickey A. Kolb, United States Military Academy
    (851-11-05)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Systems of super sequential numbers.
    Joseph Arkin, United States Military Academy
    David C. Arney*, United States Military Academy
    Lee S. Dewald, United States Military Academy
    Frank R. Giordano, United States Military Academy
    (851-11-02)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Lusin's theorem for absolutely continuous functions.
    Casper Goffman*, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    (851-26-19)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Rational reciprocity.
    Charles Helou*, Pennsylvania State University, Delaware County Campus
    (851-11-18)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    A nonlinear recurrence yielding binary digits.
    Stanley Rabinowitz*, Westford, Massachusetts
    Peter Gilbert, Digital Equipment Corporation, Nashua, New Hampshire
    (851-11-88)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Regular lattices and weakly replete lattices.
    George M. Eid*, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
    (851-28-51)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    A sequence of knot groups and their centers.
    Francis D. Lonergan*, Webster, Massachusetts
    (851-55-35)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Classifying cellular automata.
    Klaus Sutner*, Stevens Institute of Technology
    (851-68-42)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    n-tuple hulls in uniform algebra spectrum.
    Toma V. Tonev*, University of Toledo
    (851-46-17)

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