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1991 Southeastern Sectional Meeting
Tampa, FL, March 22-23, 1991
Meeting #865

Associate secretaries:
Joseph A Cima, AMS cima@email.unc.edu

Friday March 22, 1991

Friday March 22, 1991, 7:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
Special Session on Harmonic Analysis and Applications, I
Room 202, Chemistry Building
- 7:00 a.m.
  Some dimension results.
  Anca Deliu*, Georgia Institute of Technology
  (865-41-132)
- 7:40 a.m.
  Extension domains for A_rho weights.
  Peter Holden*, Florida International University
  (865-42-08)
- 8:20 a.m.
  Local solvability of first order linear operators with Lipschitz coefficients.
  Jorge Hounie*, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Cidade Universitaria, Brasil
  (865-35-92)
- 9:00 a.m.
  A marriage theorem with Lebesque measure.
  Steve Hudson*, Florida International University
  (865-42-02)

Friday March 22, 1991, 7:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
Special Session on Approximation Theory, I
Room 205, Chemistry Building
- 7:00 a.m.
  Approximation of functions by polynomials in C[-1, 1].
  Z. Ditzian*, University of Alberta
  D. Jiang, University of Alberta
  (865-41-151)
- 7:30 a.m.
  Monotone polynomial approximation in L_p, 0
  D. Leviatan*, Tel Aviv University, Israel
  (865-41-39)

Friday March 22, 1991, 7:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
Special Session on Finite Groups and Related Topics, I
Room 130, Physics Building

7:00 a.m.
Divisible codes and representations.
Harold N. Ward*, University of Virginia
(865-94-100)

7:30 a.m.
Hermitian and Ree unitals and their codes.
E. F. Assmus, Jr.*, Lehigh University
(865-20-53)

8:00 a.m.
The Jamison method in Galois geometries.
A. A. Bruen*, University of Western Ontario
J. C. Fisher, University of Regina
(865-05-144)

8:30 a.m.
Hyperplanes and embeddings of point-line geometries.
E. E. Shult*, Kansas State University
(865-51-140)

9:00 a.m.
Primitive permutation characters.
Robert M. Guralnick*, University of Southern California
Jan Saxl, Princeton University
(865-20-97)

9:30 a.m.
The absolute Galois group of a Hilbertian PRC-field.
Helmut V\"olklein*, University of Florida
Michael Fried, University of California, Irvine
(865-11-89)

Friday March 22, 1991, 7:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
Special Session on Operator Methods for Control Problems, I
Room 120, Physics Building

7:00 a.m.
Controllability of distributed systems.
Lawrence Markus*, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
(865-93-05)

8:00 a.m.
Mathematical controllability theory of capital growth of nations.
E. N. Chukwu*, North Carolina State University
(865-93-173)

8:40 a.m.
RKH space methods for identification of linear stochastic systems: A factorization approach.
Robert E. Fennell*, Clemson University
James A. Reneke, Clemson University
(865-93-83)

9:20 a.m.
Exact controllability of dynamic von Karman plates.
John E. Lagnese*, Georgetown University
(865-93-43)

Friday March 22, 1991, 7:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
Special Session on Hypergeometric Functions on Domains of Positivity, Jack Polynomials, and Applications, I
Room 105, Chemistry Building

7:00 a.m.
Multivariate statistics in polymer physics.
Bruce Eichinger*, Biosym Technologies, Inc., San Diego and University of Washington
(865-33-139)

7:40 a.m.
Positive bilinear forms on polynomials with a reflection group invariance property.
Charles F. Dunkl*, University of Virginia
(865-33-84)

8:20 a.m.
Analytic continuation of the hypergeometric function of a matrix variable.
Jacques Faraut*, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France
(865-33-91)

9:00 a.m.
A Markov chain on the symmetric group and Jack's symmetric functions.
Phil Hanlon*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
(865-05-87)

Friday March 22, 1991, 8:00 a.m.-9:10 a.m.
Special Session on Differential Geometry and Mathematical Physics, I
Room 118, Physics Building

8:00 a.m.
Null geodesics in cosmic censorship.
John K. Beem*, University of Missouri, Columbia
Andrzej Krolak, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
(865-53-01)

8:40 a.m.
Phase space symmetries and geometric quantization.
Gerard G. Emch*, University of Florida
(865-53-104)

Friday March 22, 1991, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
Special Session on Several Complex Variables, I
Room 109, Physics Building

8:00 a.m.
Ends of varieties.
H. Alexander*, University of Illinois, Chicago
(865-32-67)

8:30 a.m.
On an example of Ahern and Rudin.
John T. Anderson*, College of the Holy Cross
(865-32-23)

9:00 a.m.
Approximation on thin sets.
Thomas Bagby*, Indiana University, Bloomington
P. M. Gauthier, Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
(865-32-37)

9:30 a.m.
Levi-flat hypersurfaces and averaging problems.
David E. Barrett*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
(865-32-44)

Friday March 22, 1991, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
Special Session on Probability on Algebraic and Topological Structures, I
Room 108, Physics Building

8:00 a.m.
Multiplicative symmetry groups of Markov processes.
Joseph Glover, University of Florida
Renming Song*, University of Florida
(865-60-28)

8:30 a.m.
Symmetry groups of Markov processes.
Ming Liao*, Auburn University, Auburn
(865-60-16)

9:00 a.m.
A multidimensional Feller program.
Joseph C. Watkins*, University of Southern California
(865-60-107)

9:30 a.m.
Markov functions.
Joseph Glover*, University of Florida
(865-60-52)

Friday March 22, 1991, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
Special Session on Fractal and Spectral Geometry, I
Room 101, Chemistry Building

8:00 a.m.
IFS's, compact semigroups, and topological contractions.
P. F. Duvall, Jr., University of North Carolina, Greensboro
J. W. Emert, Ball State University
L. S. Husch*, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
(865-54-26)

8:40 a.m.
Iterated function systems with applications to wavelet bases and the inverse fractal probelm.
J. S. Geronimo*, Georgia Institute of Technology
(865-54-174)

9:20 a.m.
Fractal functions and multiresolution analyses.
Douglas Hardin, Vanderbilt University
Bruce Kessler, Vanderbilt University
Peter R. Massopust*, Vanderbilt University
(865-41-74)

Friday March 22, 1991, 8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
Special Session on Nonlinear Boundary Value Problems, I
Room 102, Chemistry Building

8:00 a.m.
Permanence in some reaction-diffusion models from ecology.
R. S. Cantrell, University of Miami
C. Cosner*, University of Miami
V. C. L. Hutson, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
(865-35-114)

8:30 a.m.
A singular parabolic problem.
Jerome A. Goldstein*, Tulane University and Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley
(865-35-116)

9:00 a.m.
Existence and regularity for a singular parabolic problem.
Gisele Ruiz Rieder*, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
J. R. Dorroh, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
(865-35-178)

Friday March 22, 1991, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
Special Session on Mathematical Issues in Biologically Motivated Computing, I
Room 104, Chemistry Building

8:00 a.m.
Controlling chaos in distributed systems.
Bernado Huberman*, Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, California and Stanford University
(865-68-159)

9:00 a.m.
The possible role of ascendency in neural networks.
Ken Bosworth*, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland, Solomons
Bob Ulanowicz, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland, Solomons
(865-68-169)

9:30 a.m.
Evolving transformation systems: A new symbiosis of the discrete and the continuous.
Lev Goldfarb*, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
(865-68-35)

Friday March 22, 1991, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Invited Address
Can one hear the shape of a fractal drum? From the Weyl-Berry conjecture to the Riemann hypothesis.
Room 101, Chemistry Building
Michel L. Lapidus*, University of California, Riverside and Yale University
(865-35-45)

Friday March 22, 1991, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
Invited Address
The Weyl functional calculus.
Room 101, Chemistry Building
Josefina Alvarez*, New Mexico State University
(865-47-46)

Friday March 22, 1991, 1:10 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Special Session on Harmonic Analysis and Applications, II
Room 202, Chemistry Building

1:10 p.m.
Weighted inequalities for the Fourier transform.
H. Heinig, McMaster University
R. Johnson*, University of Maryland, College Park
(865-42-133)

1:50 p.m.
On the continuity of solutions to certain elliptic equations.
Craig A. Nolder*, Florida State University
(865-35-131)

2:30 p.m.
Some operators on the classical Hardy spaces.
Aristomenis Siskakis*, University of Thessaloniki, Greece and New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
(865-30-59)

Friday March 22, 1991, 1:10 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Special Session on Approximation Theory, II
Room 205, Chemistry Building

1:10 p.m.
Sub-exponential growth of solutions of difference equations.
Doron S. Lubinsky, University of Witwatersrand, Republic of South Africa
Paul Nevai*, Ohio State University, Columbus
(865-39-96)

1:40 p.m.
Zeros of orthogonal polynomials.
Vilmos Totik*, University of South Florida
(865-33-190)

2:10 p.m.
Polynomials orthogonal on the unit circle with random reflection coefficients.
J. S. Geronimo*, Georgia Institute of Technology
(865-30-175)

2:40 p.m.
On Markov's inequality on R for the Hermite weight.
X. Li*, University of Central Florida
R. N. Mohapatra, University of Central Florida
R. S. Rodriguez, University of Central Florida
(865-41-120)

3:10 p.m.
Muntz theorem on closed sets with positive measure.
Peter Borwein, Dalhousie University
Tam\'as Erd\'elyi*, Ohio State University, Columbus
(865-41-124)

Friday March 22, 1991, 1:10 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
Special Session on Finite Groups and Related Topics, II
Room 130, Physics Building

1:10 p.m.
Nielsen separation: Distinct orbits of G(Q/Q) actions detected by representation theory.
Michael D. Fried*, University of California, Irvine
(865-20-179)

1:40 p.m.
Extended generalized polygons.
Richard M. Weiss*, Tufts University
(865-20-78)

2:10 p.m.
On loop rings and codes of nets.
G. Eric Moorhouse*, University of Wyoming
(865-17-79)

2:40 p.m.
Projective planes with regular collineation group and a question of prime power.
Chat Yin Ho*, University of Florida
(865-20-122)

Friday March 22, 1991, 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
Special Session on Differential Geometry and Mathematical Physics, II
Room 118, Physics Building

1:10 p.m.
On the topology of black holes.
Gregory J. Galloway*, University of Miami
(865-83-167)

1:50 p.m.
Control theory and centro-affine geometry.
Robert Gardner*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
(865-93-102)

2:30 p.m.
Geometry near the boundary of some Yang-Mills moduli spaces.
David Groisser*, University of Florida
(865-53-76)

3:10 p.m.
A bosonic version of the Krichever correspondence.
Mitchell Rothstein*, University of Georgia
(865-35-171)

Friday March 22, 1991, 1:10 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Special Session on Several Complex Variables, II
Room 109, Physics Building

1:10 p.m.
Contact geometry and CR structures on S^3.
John Bland*, University of Toronto
(865-32-68)

1:40 p.m.
Holomorphic approximation of CR functions on tubular submanifolds of C^2.
Andre Boivin, University of Western Ontario
Roman Dwilewicz*, University of Warsaw, Poland
(865-32-42)

2:10 p.m.
Informal Discussion

Friday March 22, 1991, 1:10 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Special Session on Probability on Algebraic and Topological Structures, II
Room 108, Physics Building

1:10 p.m.
Eigenvalue bounds on convergence to stationarity for nonreversible Markov chains, with an application to the exclusion process.
James Allen Fill*, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
(865-60-94)

1:40 p.m.
Symmetries on random arrays and set-indexed process.
Olav Kallenberg*, Auburn University, Auburn
(865-60-19)

2:10 p.m.
Weak convergence of probability measures on semigroups.
Gregory Budzban*, Martin Marietta Aerospace, Orlando, Florida
(865-60-117)

Friday March 22, 1991, 1:10 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
Special Session on Fractal and Spectral Geometry, II
Room 101, Chemistry Building

1:10 p.m.
On negative dimensions for fractal sets and for multifractal measures.
Benoit B. Mandelbrot*, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York and Yale University
(865-28-186)

1:50 p.m.
The Riemann zeta function and the one-dimensional Weyl-Berry conjecture for fractal drums.
Michel Lapidus, University of California, Riverside
Carl Pomerance*, University of Georgia
(865-11-73)

2:30 p.m.
The Riemann hypothesis, vibrating fractal strings and the modified Weyl-Berry conjecture.
Michel L. Lapidus, University of California, Riverside
Helmut Maier*, University of Georgia
(865-11-50)

3:10 p.m.
Integration on continuously embedded manifolds.
Jenny Harrison*, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley
(865-58-129)

3:50 p.m.
Counting and distribution problems in fractal geometry.
Steven P. Lalley*, Purdue University, West Lafayette
(865-30-181)

Friday March 22, 1991, 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
Special Session on Operator Methods for Control Problems, II
Room 102, Chemistry Building

1:10 p.m.
Uniform decay rates for the solutions of semilinear wave equation with nonlinear boundary damping.
Irena Lasiecka*, University of Virginia
(865-35-58)

1:50 p.m.
Rational approximations of infinite dimensional systems.
E. B. Lee*, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
(865-49-177)

2:30 p.m.
A minimax problem for semilinear nonlocal competitive systems.
Suzanne Lenhart*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Vladimir Protopopescu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee
Srdjan Stojanovic, University of Cincinnati
(865-35-14)

3:10 p.m.
What's new in boundary control theory of PDE's.
Walter Littman*, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
(865-35-82)

Friday March 22, 1991, 1:10 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
Special Session on Hypergeometric Functions on Domains of Positivity, Jack Polynomials, and Applications, II
Room 105, Chemistry Building

1:10 p.m.
Operator-valued Bessel functions on symmetric cones.
Hongming Ding, University of Vermont
Kenneth I. Gross*, University of Vermont
(865-33-152)

1:50 p.m.
Finite field analogues of Bessel and Legendre functions for GL(n) and applications in graph theory.
Audrey Terras*, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
(865-11-03)

2:30 p.m.
Identitites for generalized hypergeometric coefficients.
L. C. Biedenharn*, Duke University
(865-33-153)

3:10 p.m.
Degenerate principal series on tube type domains.
Kenneth D. Johnson*, University of Georgia
(865-22-86)

3:50 p.m.
A constant term orthogonality for the Jack symmetric functions.
Kevin W. J. Kadell*, Arizona State University
(865-33-154)

4:30 p.m.
Variation on a theme of Macdonald.
G. J. Heckman, Catholic University, The Netherlands
R. Brussee, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
E. M. Opdam*, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
(865-33-25)

5:10 p.m.
Associated continuous Hahn polynomials.
David R. Masson*, University of Toronto
(865-33-127)

Friday March 22, 1991, 1:10 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
General Session
Room 120, Physics Building

1:10 p.m.
C^infinity functions with convergent Taylor series.
T. I. Ramsamujh*, Florida International University
(865-04-15)

1:25 p.m.
On the constructions of designs.
D. K. Ray-Chaudhuri, Ohio State University, Columbus
Tianbao Zhu*, Ohio State University, Columbus
(865-05-06)

1:40 p.m.
On double stirling asymptotic formula.
R. Y. Song*, Florida State University
J. R. Quine, Florida State University
(865-11-12)

1:55 p.m.
Some remarks on primal ideals of the polynomial ring and power series ring.
J. H. Kim*, East Carolina University
(865-13-57)

2:10 p.m.
A new look at the rationals.
Anthony J. D'Aristotile*, State University of New York, College at Plattsburgh
Orrin Frink, Kennebunkport, Maine
(865-16-63)

2:25 p.m.
On the number of conjugacy classes in finite groups.
Edward A. Bertram*, University of Hawaii, Manoa
(865-20-123)

2:40 p.m.
Support points of subordination families.
Shelton Perera*, Union College
(865-30-135)

2:55 p.m.
The solution of a boundary value problem for a differential equation of nth order in a weighted Lebesque class.
Salah A. Emara*, American University in Cairo, Egypt
(865-34-119)

3:10 p.m.
Bound and tight extensions of a normed space.
N. V. Rao*, University of Toledo
(865-46-182)

3:25 p.m.
Equivalent composition operators.
Randall K. Campbell-Wright*, University of Tampa
(865-47-62)

Friday March 22, 1991, 1:40 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Special Session on Mathematical Issues in Biologically Motivated Computing, II
Room 104, Chemistry Building

1:40 p.m.
Emergent computation, genetic algorithms, and the immune system.
Stephanie Forrest*, University of New Mexico
(865-68-168)

2:10 p.m.
Periodic behaviors of deterministic interactionless Lindenmayer systems.
Tom Head*, State University of New York, Binghamton
(865-68-166)

2:40 p.m.
Evolution as a theme in artificial life.
David Jefferson*, University of California, Los Angeles
(865-68-165)

Saturday March 23, 1991

Saturday March 23, 1991, 7:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
Special Session on Harmonic Analysis and Applications, III
Room 202, Chemistry Building

7:00 a.m.
Weak type (1.1) estimates for some extension operators related to rough maximal functions.
Peter Sj\"ogren, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Fernando Soria*, Institute for Advanced Study
(865-42-60)

7:40 a.m.
Absolute continuity of elliptic-caloric measure.
Caroline Sweezy*, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
(865-42-61)

8:20 a.m.
Robust quantities in partial differential equations.
Luc Tartar*, Carnegie Mellon University
(865-35-134)

9:00 a.m.
The Winer test for semi-linear elliptic PDE.
David R. Adams*, University of Kentucky
(865-35-11)

Saturday March 23, 1991, 7:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
Special Session on Finite Groups and Related Topics, III
Room 130, Physics Building

7:00 a.m.
Goupoids and buildings.
Curtis Bennett*, Michigan State University
(865-20-101)

7:30 a.m.
Chains of subgroups in Lie type groups.
Douglas Brozovic*, Ohio State University, Columbus
(865-20-27)

8:00 a.m.
Character degree divisibility in the Glauberman correspondence.
B. Hartley, Univeristy of Manchester, England
A. Turull*, University of Florida
(865-20-145)

8:30 a.m.
Finite subgroups of Lie groups.
Robert L. Griess, Jr.*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
(865-20-158)

9:00 a.m.
Block-theoretic invariants.
Geoffrey Robinson*, University of Florida
(865-20-77)

9:30 a.m.
Quadratic modules in even characteristic.
Ulrich Meierfrankenfeld*, Michigan State University
G. Stroth, Free University of Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany
(865-20-172)

Saturday March 23, 1991, 7:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
Special Session on Hypergeometric Functions on Domains of Positivity, Jack Polynomials, and Applications, III
Room 105, Chemistry Building

7:00 a.m.
Generalized hypergeometric functions in several variables.
Zhimin Yan*, University of California, Irvine
(865-33-85)

7:40 a.m.
Combinatorial properties of Jack symmetric functions.
Richard P. Stanley*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(865-33-51)

8:20 a.m.
Operator-valued Bessel functions on Schroedinger-Fock spaces and Siegel domains of type II, and applications to representation theory.
Hongming Ding*, University of Vermont
(865-33-148)

9:00 a.m.
Random walks and zonal polynomials.
Persi Diaconis*, Harvard University
(865-60-146)

Saturday March 23, 1991, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
Special Session on Approximation Theory, III
Room 205, Chemistry Building

8:00 a.m.
Interpolation by periodic radial functions.
Yuan Xu, University of Texas, Austin
E. W. Cheney*, University of Texas, Austin
(865-41-185)

8:30 a.m.
Robustness of scattered-data interpolation matrices.
Joseph D. Ward*, Texas A\thsp\&\thsp M University, College Station
(865-41-99)

9:00 a.m.
On the 4/3 conjecture.
B. L. Chalmers*, University of California, Riverside
F. T. Metcalf, University of California, Riverside
B. Shekhtman, University of South Florida
Y. Shekhtman, Los Angeles, California
(865-41-70)

9:30 a.m.
The Polya algorithm as a metric selection.
Robert Huotari*, Idaho State University
(865-41-55)

Saturday March 23, 1991, 8:00 a.m.-9:10 a.m.
Special Session on Differential Geometry and Mathematical Physics, III
Room 118, Physics Building

8:00 a.m.
Local cohomology in gauge theories, BRST transformations and anomalies.
Rudolf Schmid*, Emory University
(865-81-121)

8:40 a.m.
Quasi-Hopf algebras, differential analogs and beyond.
Jim Stasheff*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
(865-81-188)

Saturday March 23, 1991, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
Special Session on Several Complex Variables, III
Room 109, Physics Building

8:00 a.m.
Kernels for the barred partial-Neumann problem.
Kyoko Kimura*, University of South Carolina, Columbia
(865-35-192)

8:30 a.m.
Harmonic analysis on domains.
Steven G. Krantz*, Washington University
(865-31-10)

9:00 a.m.
Multi-dimensional manifolds in uniform algebra spectra.
Toma Tonev*, University of Toledo
(865-32-18)

9:30 a.m.
Pick interpolation on a uniform algebra.
Brian Cole, Brown University
Keith Lewis, Brown University
John Wermer*, Brown University
(865-46-22)

Saturday March 23, 1991, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
Special Session on Microcomputers and Workstations in Mathematics: Teaching and Research, I
Room 203, Chemistry Building

8:00 a.m.
New software for interactive computer graphics in introductory differential geometry.
Thomas Banchoff*, Brown University
(865-53-98)

8:40 a.m.
Adding a laboratory component to elementary differential equations.
Andrew G. Bennett*, Kansas State University
(865-98-105)

9:20 a.m.
Mathematics, micros and undergraduate courses.
James William Bruce*, Mount Holyoke College and University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
(865-98-115)

Saturday March 23, 1991, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
Special Session on Probability on Algebraic and Topological Structures, III
Room 108, Physics Building

8:00 a.m.
Semigroups, attractors and random matrices: An interplay.
Arunava Mukherjea*, University of South Florida
(865-60-137)

8:30 a.m.
Order independence and factor convergence in iterative scaling.
A. O. Pittenger*, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
(865-60-66)

9:00 a.m.
Martingales in manifolds: Dimension-free estimates of first passage times.
R. W. R. Darling*, University of South Florida
(865-60-65)

9:30 a.m.
Some classical inequalities revisited.
Murali Rao, University of Florida
Hrvoje \v Siki\'c*, University of Florida and University of Zagreb, Yugoslavia
(865-26-64)

Saturday March 23, 1991, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
Special Session on Fractal and Spectral Geometry, III
Room 101, Chemistry Building

8:00 a.m.
Local connectivity results in complex dynamics.
John H. Hubbard*, Cornell University
(865-58-180)

8:40 a.m.
The scenery flow for hyperbolic Julia sets.
Tim Bedford, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Albert Fisher*, Yale University
Mariusz Urbanski, University of Gottingen, Federal Republic of Germany
(865-28-130)

9:20 a.m.
Dimension results and problems for deterministic and random sets.
R. Daniel Mauldin*, University of North Texas
(865-28-176)

Saturday March 23, 1991, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
Special Session on Operator Methods for Control Problems, III
Room 120, Physics Building

8:00 a.m.
Multivalued adjoints in optimal control theory.
M. Zuhair Nashed*, University of Delaware
(865-49-184)

8:40 a.m.
A question of well-posedness for certain control systems.
Richard Datko*, Georgetown University
(865-93-21)

9:20 a.m.
Stochastic differential games with a small parameter.
K. M. Ramachandran*, University of South Florida
G. Yin, Wayne State University
(865-93-110)

Saturday March 23, 1991, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
Special Session on Nonlinear Boundary Value Problems, II
Room 102, Chemistry Building

8:00 a.m.
Boundness and decay results.
W. E. Fitzgibbon*, University of Houston, University Park
(865-35-56)

8:30 a.m.
Stable steady-state solutions on catalyst surfaces.
Nela Lakos*, Ohio State University, Columbus
David Terman, Ohio State University, Columbus
(865-35-32)

9:00 a.m.
Boundedness and asymptotic convergence for a class of autocatalytic chemical systems.
Sheila J. Waggoner*, Furman University
(865-35-72)

9:30 a.m.
Linear and semilinear eigenvalue problems in R^n.
Allan L. Edelson*, University of California, Davis
Adolfo Rumbos, University of California, Davis
(865-35-71)

Saturday March 23, 1991, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
Special Session on Mathematical Issues in Biologically Motivated Computing, III
Room 104, Chemistry Building

8:00 a.m.
Computation at the edge of chaos: Phase transition and emergent computation.
Christopher Langton*, Los Alamos National Laboratory
(865-68-170)

9:00 a.m.
Evolution of communication in a population of simple machines.
Bruce MacLennan*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
(865-68-164)

9:30 a.m.
The computational complexity of discrete feedforward neural networks.
Ian Parberry*, Univesity of North Texas
(865-68-163)

Saturday March 23, 1991, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Invited Address
Hypergeometric functions on domains of positivity, and applications.
Room 101, Chemistry Building
Donald St. P. Richards*, University of Virginia
(865-33-17)

Saturday March 23, 1991, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
Invited Address
Wavelet compression.
Room 101, Chemistry Building
Ronald A. DeVore*, University of South Carolina, Columbia
(865-41-93)

Saturday March 23, 1991, 1:10 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
Special Session on Harmonic Analysis and Applications, IV
Room 202, Chemistry Building

1:10 p.m.
Multipliers for Hardy spaces on locally compact Vilenkin groups.
Kees Onneweer*, University of New Mexico
(865-43-34)

1:50 p.m.
Spaces of sequences, sampling theorem, and functions of exponential type.
Rodolfo H. Torres*, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
(865-46-29)

2:30 p.m.
Informal Discussion

Saturday March 23, 1991, 1:10 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Special Session on Approximation Theory, IV
Room 205, Chemistry Building

1:10 p.m.
Wavelets in low dimension.
Sherman D. Riemenschneider*, University of Alberta
Zuowei Shen, University of Alberta
(865-41-150)

1:40 p.m.
A direct application of wavelets to differential equations.
R. A. Lorentz*, Gesellschaft f\"ur Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung, Federal Republic of Germany
W. Madych, University of Connecticut, Storrs
(865-65-30)

2:10 p.m.
Convex and coconvex-probabilistic wavelet approximation.
George A. Anastassiou, Memphis State University
Xiang Ming Yu*, Memphis State University
(865-41-183)

2:40 p.m.
Splines and multiresolution analyses.
W. R. Madych*, University of Connecticut, Storrs
(865-41-31)

3:10 p.m.
The approximation order of box spline spaces.
Amos Ron*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
N. Sivakumar, Texas A\thsp\&\thsp M University, College Station
(865-41-141)

Saturday March 23, 1991, 1:10 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Special Session on Finite Groups and Related Topics, IV
Room 130, Physics Building

1:10 p.m.
Extensions of simple modules for G_2(3^n) and Ree groups of type G_2.
Peter Sin*, University of Florida
(865-20-147)

1:40 p.m.
Vector-space embeddings of finite geometries.
Stephen D. Smith*, University of Illinois, Chicago
(865-20-90)

2:10 p.m.
On affine planes with a 2-transitive orbit on l_infinity.
Yutaka Hiramine*, Osaka University, Japan and University of Iowa
(865-51-118)

2:40 p.m.
Bounded automorphisms of groups.
Renfang Jiang*, Washington University
(865-20-156)

3:10 p.m.
t-regulus nets and their collineation groups.
Norman L. Johnson*, University of Iowa
Yutaka Hiramine, Osaka University, Japan
(865-05-80)

Saturday March 23, 1991, 1:10 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Special Session on Differential Geometry and Mathematical Physics, IV
Room 118, Physics Building

1:10 p.m.
The C-boundary of the final singularity.
Frank J. Tipler*, Tulane University
(865-83-103)

1:50 p.m.
Higher casual relations and nonlinear electrodynamics.
Geoffrey Martin*, University of Toledo
(865-83-41)

2:30 p.m.
Riemann metrics with prescribed Ricci curvature.
Georgi I. Kamberov*, Rice University
(865-53-38)

Saturday March 23, 1991, 1:10 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
Special Session on Microcomputers and Workstations in Mathematics: Teaching and Research, II
Room 203, Chemistry Building

1:10 p.m.
Exploring small groups in the classroom.
Ladnor Geissinger*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
(865-98-142)

1:50 p.m.
Work of the geometry supercomputer project.
Albert Marden*, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
(865-98-143)

2:30 p.m.
Computationally based algebraic geometry and commutative algebra.
Donal O'Shea*, Mount Holyoke College
(865-13-138)

3:10 p.m.
NSF-REU students get results in group theory -- say CALEY essential.
Gary J. Sherman*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
(865-20-49)

3:50 p.m.
Informal Discussion

Saturday March 23, 1991, 1:10 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Special Session on Probability on Algebraic and Topological Structures, IV
Room 108, Physics Building

1:10 p.m.
Markov chains with stochastically stationary transition probabilities.
Steven Orey*, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
(865-60-106)

1:40 p.m.
Generalized Orlicz spaces, non L_2 U-statistics, and multiple stochastic integrals.
Jerzy Szulga*, Auburn University, Auburn
(865-60-108)

2:10 p.m.
Stucture and moving average representation for strongly harmonizable processes.
Marc H. Mehlman*, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown
(865-60-36)

Saturday March 23, 1991, 1:10 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
Special Session on Fractal and Spectral Geometry, IV
Room 101, Chemistry Building

1:10 p.m.
Fractal spectral asymptotics.
Robert S. Strichartz*, Cornell University
(865-42-20)

1:50 p.m.
Fractal measures and mean quadratic variations.
Ka-Sing Lau*, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
(865-45-75)

2:30 p.m.
Hardy's inequality and fractal measures.
Steve Hudson, Florida International University
Mark Leckband*, Florida International University
(865-42-109)

3:10 p.m.
Gaussian estimates for the Laplacian with lower order terms with applications to spectral asymptotics of certain fractal measures.
Alberto G. Setti*, Cornell University
(865-58-47)

3:50 p.m.
Harmonic calculus on fractals.
Jun Kigami*, Osaka University, Japan
(865-58-193)

Saturday March 23, 1991, 1:10 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
Special Session on Operator Methods for Control Problems, IV
Room 102, Chemistry Building

1:10 p.m.
Periodic solutions for nonlinearly coupled control problems.
Emilio O. Roxin*, University of Rhode Island
(865-49-112)

1:50 p.m.
Riccati operator differential equations and hyperbolic mixed problems.
R. Triggiani*, University of Virginia
I. Lasiecka, University of Virginia
(865-35-187)

2:30 p.m.
Exponential stabilization of a nonlinear beam equation via the approach of inertial manifolds.
Yuncheng You*, University of South Florida
(865-35-81)

3:10 p.m.
Pertubation of domains in optimal control systems.
Bingyu Zhang*, University of Cincinnati
(865-93-111)

Saturday March 23, 1991, 1:10 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Special Session on Nonlinear Boundary Value Problems, III
Room 109, Physics Building

1:10 p.m.
Homotopy continuation methods and bounded solutions of non-autonomous equations.
James R. Ward*, University of Alabama, Birmingham
(865-34-95)

1:40 p.m.
Psuedo monotone dynamical systems on function spaces and applications.
M. N. Nkashama*, University of Alabama, Birmingham
(865-34-113)

2:10 p.m.
Informal Discussion

2:40 p.m.
Singular right focal boundary value problems.
Johnny Henderson*, Auburn University, Auburn
Paul Eloe, University of Dayton
(865-34-04)

Saturday March 23, 1991, 1:10 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Special Session on Hypergeometric Functions on Domains of Positivity, Jack Polynomials, and Applications, IV
Room 105, Chemistry Building

1:10 p.m.
Special functions and representations in the Fock space.
Ray A. Kunze*, University of Georgia
(865-33-126)

1:50 p.m.
Root systems and Jack polynomials.
I. G. Macdonald*, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
(865-17-157)

2:30 p.m.
Askey-Wilson polynomials for root systems of type BC.
Tom H. Koornwinder*, Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, The Netherlands
(865-33-88)

3:10 p.m.
Unification of two types of hypergeometric functions and the related Jacobi polynomials.
Rene J. Beerends*, University of Leiden, Netherlands
Eric M. Opdam, University of Leiden, Netherlands
(865-33-07)

3:50 p.m.
Analysis in nonconvex homogeneous domains and barred partial-cohomological extensions of spherical functions.
Simon G. Gindikin*, Moscow University, USSR and Rutgers University, New Brunswick
(865-33-155)

4:30 p.m.
The Hall-Littlewood polynomials and graded representations of S_n.
Adriano M. Garsia*, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
(865-17-128)

Saturday March 23, 1991, 1:10 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
General Session
Room 120, Physics Building

1:10 p.m.
Variational and quasi variational inequalities.
A. H. Siddiqui*, Aligarh M. University, India
(865-49-24)

1:25 p.m.
Simplexes in Riemannian manifolds.
Boris V. Dekster*, Mount Allison University
(865-53-09)

1:40 p.m.
Unimodality with vertex at the origin.
Shashanka Mitra*, Pennsylvania State University, DuBois Campus
(865-60-13)

1:55 p.m.
The bounded law of the iterated logarithm in Banach spaces.
Anant P. Godbole*, University of California, Santa Barbara
(865-60-33)

2:10 p.m.
On probabilistic transformations.
Morgan Phillips*, University of Central Florida
(865-60-54)

2:25 p.m.
Exchangeable trees and random distributions.
Tomasz Downarowicz, University of North Texas
R. Daniel Mauldin, University of North Texas
Michael G. Monticino*, University of North Texas
(865-60-136)

2:40 p.m.
Functions efficiently computable in parallel and distributed models.
John Pedersen*, University of South Florida
(865-68-149)

2:55 p.m.
Fixedpoint logics defined by pebble games.
Gregory L. McColm*, University of South Florida
(865-68-125)

Saturday March 23, 1991, 1:40 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Special Session on Mathematical Issues in Biologically Motivated Computing, IV
Room 104, Chemistry Building

1:40 p.m.
Asynchronous distributed computation: A topological approach to proving generic properties.
Richard Stark*, University of South Florida
(865-68-162)

2:10 p.m.
Cellular dynamics and information content: Issues arising in theoretical and computational gerentology.
Matthew Witten*, University of Texas, Austin
(865-68-161)

2:40 p.m.
Evolutions of cellular automata configurations.
Sheng Yu*, University of Western Ontario
(865-68-160)

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1991 Southeastern Sectional Meeting Tampa, FL, March 22-23, 1991 Meeting #865

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1991 Southeastern Sectional Meeting
Tampa, FL, March 22-23, 1991
Meeting #865