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1990 Fall Central Section Meeting
Denton, TX, November 2-3, 1990
Meeting #861

Associate secretaries:
Andy R Magid, AMS amagid@ou.edu

Special Session on Geometric Inequalities and Convex Bodies

  • Friday November 2, 1990, 7:30 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
    Special Session on Geometric Inequalities and Convex Bodies, I

    Room 412, University Union Building

    • 7:30 a.m.
      Geometric inequalities governing multiplicative estimates and integral maximum principles in nonlinear elliptic boundary value problems.
      Ilya J. Bakelman*, Texas A\thsp\&\thsp M University, College Station
      (861-35-13)
    • 8:00 a.m.
      Qualitative behavior of solutions to a system of partial differential equations from nonlinear elasticity.
      Patricia Bauman*, Purdue University, West Lafayette
      Nicholas Owen, The University of Sheffield, England
      Daniel Phillips, Purdue University, West Lafayette
      (861-35-25)
    • 8:30 a.m.
      The Weyl problem for surfaces of nonnegative curvature.
      Joseph Iaia*, University of Pennsylvania
      (861-35-14)
    • 9:00 a.m.
      On a family of torsional creep problems.
      Bernhard Kawohl*, University of Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany
      (861-35-04)
    • 9:30 a.m.
      Singularities and the conformal scalar curvature equation.
      Robert C. McOwen*, Northeastern University
      (861-35-15)
  • Friday November 2, 1990, 1:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
    Special Session on Geometric Inequalities and Convex Bodies, II

    Room 412, University Union Building

    • 1:30 p.m.
      Pseudoconvexity for semi-Riemannian spaces.
      John K. Beem*, University of Missouri, Columbia
      (861-52-05)
    • 2:00 p.m.
      Asymptotic approximations to fundamental solutions of differential equations on manifolds.
      S. A. Fulling*, Texas A\thsp\&\thsp M University, College Station
      (861-41-16)
    • 2:30 p.m.
      Crofton-type formulas and radon transforms.
      Paul R. Goodey*, University of Oklahoma
      (861-52-26)
    • 3:00 p.m.
      Stability properties of geometric inequalities.
      H. Groemer*, University of Arizona
      (861-52-22)
    • 3:30 p.m.
      Inequalities for mixed projection bodies.
      Erwin Lutwak*, Polytechnic Institute of New York
      (861-52-23)
    • 4:00 p.m.
      Elliptic systems for a medium with micro-structure.
      R. E. Showalter*, University of Texas, Austin
      (861-35-03)
    • 4:30 p.m.
      Non-Euclidean bodies of constant width.
      Boris V. Dekster*, Mount Allison University, Canada
      (861-52-01)
  • Saturday November 3, 1990, 7:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
    Special Session on Geometric Inequalities and Convex Bodies, III

    Room 412, University Union Building

    • 7:00 a.m.
      Null foliations and gravitational plane wave metrics.
      P. Ehrlich*, University of Florida
      G. Emch, University of Florida
      (861-53-02)
    • 7:30 a.m.
      Deforming curves on convex surfaces to simple closed geodesics.
      Michael E. Gage*, University of Rochester
      (861-53-111)
    • 8:00 a.m.
      Geometry and uncertainty.
      Francis J. Narcowich*, Texas A\thsp\&\thsp M University, College Station
      (861-51-24)
    • 8:30 a.m.
      Applications of geometric methods to elliptic and parabolic problems.
      Andrejs E. Treibergs*, University of Utah
      (861-53-27)
    • 9:00 a.m.
      Inequalities and random convex bodies.
      Richard A. Vitale*, University of Connecticut, Storrs
      (861-52-21)
    • 9:30 a.m.
      Evolution problem for plastic anti-planar shear.
      Xiaodong Zhou*, Rice University
      (861-49-28)
  • Saturday November 3, 1990, 2:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
    Special Session on Geometric Inequalities and Convex Bodies, IV

    Room 412, University Union Building

    • 2:00 p.m.
      Harmonic maps with nontrivial higher dimensional singularities.
      G. Liao*, University of Texas, Arlington
      N. Smale, University of Utah
      (861-58-10)
    • 2:30 p.m.
      Instability of an equilibrium in a potential field.
      Steven D. Taliaferro*, Texas A\thsp\&\thsp M University, College Station
      (861-70-17)
    • 3:00 p.m.
      Stability and bifurcation of constant mean curvature surfaces in a wedge.
      Thomas I. Vogel*, Texas A\thsp\&\thsp M University, College Station
      (861-53-19)
    • 3:30 p.m.
      Differential and integral inequalities.
      S. Walter Wei*, University of Oklahoma
      (861-53-18)
    • 4:00 p.m.
      A note on the stability theorem of J. L. Barbosa and M. Do Carmo for closed surfaces of constant mean curvature.
      Henry C. Wente*, University of Toledo
      (861-53-20)
    • 4:30 p.m.
      Estimate on the singular set of heat-flow problem for harmonic maps.
      Xiaoxi Cheng*, Rice University
      (861-58-29)
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