AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:09:05

Program | Deadlines | Inquiries: meet@ams.org

Associate secretaries:
Lesley M Sibner, AMS lsibner@duke.poly.edu

Saturday September 18, 1993, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, I
Room 106, Physics Building
- 9:00 a.m.
  Finding sparse systems of parameters.
  David Eisenbud, Brandeis University
  Bernd Sturmfels*, Cornell University
  (884-13-08)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Contractible threefolds with C*-action.
  Peter Russell*, McGill University,
  (884-14-88)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Resolution of singularities of a quasi-excellent Noetherian scheme.
  Mark Spivakovsky*, University of Toronto
  (884-14-106)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Intersections of two quadrics, Clifford algebras and hyperellipic curves.
  Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz*, University of Toronto
  (884-14-176)

Saturday September 18, 1993, 2:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Special Session on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, II
Room 106, Physics Building
- 2:40 p.m.
  Uniform Artin-Rees, Briancon-Skoda, and resolution of singularities.
  Craig Huneke*, Purdue University, West Lafayette
  (884-13-84)
- 3:10 p.m.
  Hilbert series and Betti numbers.
  E. Graham Evans, Jr.*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  (884-18-89)
- 3:40 p.m.
  Ramification in infinite integral extensions.
  Shreeram S. Abhyankar, Purdue University, West Lafayette
  William J. Heinzer*, Purdue University, West Lafayette
  (884-13-70)
- 4:10 p.m.
  Initial generators of Gorenstein ideals.
  Matthew Miller*, University of South Carolina, Columbia
  Rafael Villarreal, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico
  (884-13-29)
- 4:40 p.m.
  On fat points and fat curves.
  Karen A. Chandler*, University of Chicago
  (884-14-150)

Sunday September 19, 1993, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, III
Room 106, Physics Building
- 9:00 a.m.
  Self intersections and singularities (1).
  Dan Edidin*, Cornell University
  Mike Stillman, Cornell University
  Wolfgang Vogel, Cornell University
  (884-14-75)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Thin algebras, fat points, and the Waring problem.
  J. Emsalem, University of Paris VII, France
  A. Iarrobino, Jr.*, Northeastern University
  V. Kanev, Bulgaria Academy of Sciences, Sofia
  (884-14-169)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Geometric consequences of Macaulay's maximal growth of the Hilbert function.
  Anna Bigatti, University of Genova, Italy
  Anthony V. Geramita, Queen's University
  Juan C. Migliore*, University of Notre Dame
  (884-13-73)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Points in good position in P^2.
  B. Harbourne*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  (884-14-72)

Sunday September 19, 1993, 2:40 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Special Session on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, IV
Room 106, Physics Building
- 2:40 p.m.
  Counterexamples to the Hibi conjecture.
  Leslie G. Roberts*, Queen's University
  (884-13-30)
- 3:10 p.m.
  Resolutions of some Buchsbaum modules.
  Hara Charalambous*, State University of New York, Albany
  (884-13-142)
- 3:40 p.m.
  Gaps in Rao modules of algebraic space curves.
  Edward D. Davis*, State University of New York, Albany
  (884-14-74)
- 4:10 p.m.
  Self intersections and singularities (2).
  Dan Edidin, Cornell University
  Mike Stillman*, Cornell University
  Wolfgang Vogel, Cornell University
  (884-13-143)

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