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1993 Western Section Meeting
Claremont, CA, November 6-7, 1993
Meeting #887

Associate secretaries:
Lance W Small, AMS lwsmall@ucsd.edu

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Saturday November 6, 1993

• Saturday November 6, 1993, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Models in Epidemiology, I
  Room 350, Parsons Hall
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    The theory and practice of epidemiology: My interaction with Stavros Busenberg.
    Carlos Castillo-Chavez*, Cornell University
    (887-92-64)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A model of HIV transmission in Asia.
    S. N. Busenberg, Harvey Mudd College
    K. L. Cooke*, Pomona College
    Y-H. Hsieh, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan
    (887-92-10)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A model for HIV/AIDS with infectious stages.
    Xiaodong Lin, University of Waterloo
    Herbert W. Hethcote, University of Iowa
    P. Van Den Driessche*, University of Victoria
    (887-92-06)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Approximating the ages of partners in models of the spread of HIV.
    E. Ann Stanley*, Iowa State University
    (887-92-17)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Recruitment and treatment in sexually transmitted diseases.
    Jorge X. Velasco-Hernandez*, University Autonoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico
    (887-92-77)
• Saturday November 6, 1993, 8:30 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Industrial Applied Mathematics, I
  Room 132, Jacobs Hall
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    A semiempirical approach to describing I-V characteristics in MOSFET devices.
    Alisa Crowe*, Claremont Graduate School
    (887-78-73)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A direct approach to solving the drift-diffusion model equations for MOSFET devices.
    Jerome Spanier*, Claremont Graduate School
    (887-78-72)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Fog capture.
    Ellis Cumberbatch*, Claremont Graduate School
    (887-76-71)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Unsteady hypersonic thin shock layers and flow stability.
    N. D. Malmuth*, Rockwell International Corporation, Thousand Oaks, California
    (887-76-70)
• Saturday November 6, 1993, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Analysis and Banach Space Theory, I
  Room 285, Parsons Hall
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Averages of segments of a bush.
    Robert C. James*, Claremont Graduate School
    (887-46-13)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A renorming of l_1 and the optimality of the James distortion theorem.
    P. N. Dowling, Miami University, Oxford
    W. B. Johnson*, Texas A\thsp\&\thsp M University, College Station
    C. J. Lennard, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
    J. B. Turett, Oakland University
    (887-46-66)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Banach spaces for which all subspaces have LUST, Part II.
    Peter Casazza*, University of Missouri, Columbia
    Bernard Maurey, University of Paris VII, France
    Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann, University of Alberta
    (887-46-37)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On distorted norms on Schatten classes of operators.
    Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann*, University of Alberta
    (887-46-38)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Some remarks on twisted Hilbert spaces.
    Nigel Kalton*, University of Missouri, Columbia
    (887-46-51)
• Saturday November 6, 1993, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Computational Number Theory, I
  Room 134, Beckman Hall
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    On Coppersmith's block version of Wiedemann's algorithm for solving sparse systems of linear equations.
    J. P. Buhler*, Reed College
    (887-11-18)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Discussion
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Number field sieve with several large primes.
    Peter L. Montgomery*, Oregon State University
    (887-11-49)
• Saturday November 6, 1993, 9:45 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
  Special Session on Brownian Motion and Applications to Potential Theory, I
  Room 134, Jacobs Hall
  

  • 9:45 a.m.
    A stochastic Hopf bifurcation.
    Peter H. Baxendale*, University of Southern California
    (887-60-07)
• Saturday November 6, 1993, 11:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  Invited Address
  Brownian motion and potential theory.
  McAlister Room, Galileo Hall
  Krzysztof Burdzy*, University of Washington
  (887-60-60)
• Saturday November 6, 1993, 2:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
  Invited Address
• Saturday November 6, 1993, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Dynamical Systems and Chaos, I
  Room 126, Beckman Hall
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Large-time behavior of solutions of asymptotically autonomous differential equations.
    Horst R. Thieme*, Arizona State University
    (887-34-31)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Some new results concerning the global dynamics of near-integrable Hamiltonian systems.
    Stephen Wiggins*, California Institute of Technology
    (887-58-33)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Approximating the invariant measures of finite dimensional maps.
    Fern Hunt*, National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland
    (887-34-34)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Bounds for the Lipschitz constant of finite dimensional differential equations with periodic solutions.
    David C. Fisher*, University of Colorado, Denver
    (887-34-25)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Exploiting symmetry in numerical analysis.
    K. Georg*, Colorado State University
    J. Tausch, Colorado State University
    (887-65-26)
• Saturday November 6, 1993, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Computational Number Theory, II
  Room 134, Beckman Hall
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Polynomials for the number field sieve.
    Robert O. Robson*, Oregon State University
    (887-11-74)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Equidistant arithmetic codes and character sums.
    Daniel M. Gordon*, Center for Communications Research, San Diego, California
    (887-94-57)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    A subexponential algorithm for discrete logarithms over all finite fields.
    Leonard M. Adleman, University of Southern California
    Jonathan DeMarrais*, University of Southern California
    (887-11-11)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Small non-residues in finite fields.
    Ming-Deh Huang*, University of Southern California
    (887-14-59)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Discussion
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Counting rational points on curves over finite fields.
    Ming-Deh Huang, University of Southern California
    Douglas J. Ierardi*, University of Southern California
    (887-11-36)
• Saturday November 6, 1993, 3:00 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
  Special Session on Brownian Motion and Applications to Potential Theory, II
  Room 134, Jacobs Hall
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Existence and uniqueness of semimartingale reflecting Brownian motions in convex polyhedrons.
    J. G. Dai, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Ruth J. Williams*, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
    (887-60-22)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    Informal Discussion
• Saturday November 6, 1993, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Analysis and Banach Space Theory, II
  Room 285, Parsons Hall
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Descriptive set theory applied to Banach spaces.
    Gilles Godefroy*, University of Paris Virgin Islands, France and University of Missouri-Columbia, Missouri
    (887-46-35)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Boundedly complete skipped blocking decompositions.
    Steven F. Bellenot*, Florida State University
    (887-46-16)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Epsilon-subgradients versus subgradients.
    Maria Elena Verona*, Pasadena City College
    (887-47-47)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Spreading models and smooth surjective mappings of Banach spaces.
    Sean M. Bates*, University of California, Berkeley
    (887-58-46)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A finitely block universal Banach space.
    E. Odell*, University of Texas, Austin
    Th. Schlumpecht, Texas A\thsp\&\thsp M University, College Station
    (887-46-55)
• Saturday November 6, 1993, 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  Special Session on Quantum Groups and Quantum Topology, I
  Room 132, Jacobs Hall
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Quantum affine algebras and affine Hecke algebras.
    Vyjayanthi Chari*, University of California, Riverside
    (887-16-52)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Quantizations of reductive Lie algebras.
    V. S. Varadarajan*, University of California, Los Angeles
    (887-81-23)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Hopf algebra analogues of Lie algebra results.
    Davida Fischman*, University of Southern California
    Miriam Cohen, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
    Sara Westreich, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
    (887-16-40)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Discussion
• Saturday November 6, 1993, 3:30 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Models in Epidemiology, II
  Room 350, Parsons Hall
  

  • 3:30 p.m.
    On models for prevalence of disease in populations structured by density of the disease.
    Richard H. Elderkin*, Pomona College
    (887-92-63)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    A non-generational approach to the inheritance of social traits.
    Sharon Lubkin*, University of Pittsburgh
    Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Cornell University
    (887-92-08)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The role of male and female preference on marriage functions in age-structured populations.
    Shu-Fang Hsu Schmitz*, Cornell University
    Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Cornell University
    (887-92-20)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Where in the world is the epidemic that Carmen Sandiego started?
    Lisa Sattenspiel*, University of Missouri, Columbia
    (887-92-48)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Persistence in Helicobactor Pylori.
    Denise E. Kirschner*, Vanderbilt University
    Martin Blaser, Vanderbilt University
    (887-92-65)

Sunday November 7, 1993

• Sunday November 7, 1993, 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
  Special Session on Dynamical Systems and Chaos, II
  Room 126, Beckman Hall
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Volterra's crusade against chaos.
    Ray Redheffer*, University of California, Los Angeles
    (887-34-27)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Positive fixed points for subhomogeneous monotone maps.
    Morris W. Hirsch*, University of California, Berkeley
    (887-34-09)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On some quadratic dynamical systems.
    Klaus Schmitt*, University of Utah
    (887-34-12)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Unrestricted iterations of contractions.
    Simeon Reich*, University of Southern California
    (887-47-28)
• Sunday November 7, 1993, 8:30 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Analysis and Banach Space Theory, III
  Room 285, Parsons Hall
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Unrestricted products of contractions in Banach spaces.
    Pei-Kee Lin*, Memphis State University
    (887-47-56)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Stability of some properties in Banach spaces.
    Elias Saab*, University of Missouri, Columbia
    (887-46-42)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Discussion
• Sunday November 7, 1993, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Models in Epidemiology, III
  Room 350, Parsons Hall
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Asymptotical behavior of an S-I-S multiple group model with age-structure.
    Wenzhang Huang*, Cornell University
    (887-92-45)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Can a core group allow for the coexistence of multiple strain of a non-fatal sexually-transmitted disease?
    Jia Li*, University of Alabama, Huntsville
    Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Cornell University
    Wenzhang Huang, Georgia Technology
    (887-92-44)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Multi-annual outbreaks of childhood diseases revisited: The possible effects of isolation.
    Zhilan Feng, Arizona State University
    Horst R. Thieme*, Arizona State University
    (887-92-05)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Models for diseases with vertical transmission and nonlinear population dynamics.
    Fred Brauer*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    (887-92-19)
• Sunday November 7, 1993, 9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Industrial Applied Mathematics, II
  Room 132, Jacobs Hall
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    The exact confidence bound method: Use in marketing.
    Steven P. Louden*, Claremont McKenna College
    (887-62-67)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Lower confidence bounds on system reliability.
    Darren M. Gonzales*, Claremont McKenna College
    (887-62-68)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Reliability growth models.
    David W. Ballew*, Claremont McKenna College
    (887-62-69)
• Sunday November 7, 1993, 9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Computational Number Theory, III
  Room 134, Beckman Hall
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Halfway to a solution of a quadratic diophantine equation.
    Alf van der Poorten*, Macquarie University, Australia
    (887-11-04)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On the continued fractions of quadratic surds.
    David G. Cantor*,
    (887-14-58)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Discussion
• Sunday November 7, 1993, 9:45 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
  Special Session on Brownian Motion and Applications to Potential Theory, III
  Room 134, Jacobs Hall
  

  • 9:45 a.m.
    Boundary fluctuations in first-passage percolation.
    Kenneth S. Alexander*, University of Southern California
    (887-60-41)
• Sunday November 7, 1993, 11:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  Invited Address
  Morse theory up to Epsilon.
  McAlister Room, Galileo Hall
  Nassif Ghoussoub*, University of British Columbia
  (887-58-50)
• Sunday November 7, 1993, 2:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
  Invited Address
• Sunday November 7, 1993, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Dynamical Systems and Chaos, III
  Room 126, Beckman Hall
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Absence of limit cycles.
    Pauline Van Den Driessche*, University of Victoria
    (887-34-32)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Complicated dynamics in a 4-level food chain.
    H. L. Smith*, Arizona State University
    Paul Waltman, Emory University
    (887-35-14)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Delay differential equations models vs. differential equations models -- two case studies in biological modeling.
    Betty Tang*, Arizona State University
    (887-92-30)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Distributional and small solutions of delay equations.
    K. L. Cooke*, Pomona College
    S. M. Verduyn Lunel, Vrije University, Netherlands
    (887-34-24)
• Sunday November 7, 1993, 3:00 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
  Special Session on Brownian Motion and Applications to Potential Theory, IV
  Room 134, Jacobs Hall
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Coexistence results in catalysts.
    R. Durrett, Cornell University
    G. Swindle*, University of California, Santa Barbara
    (887-60-78)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    A discrete invariance principle for random combinatorial structures.
    A. D. Barbour, Institut f\"ur Angewandte Mathematik, Zurich, Switzerland
    R. Arratia, Institut f\"ur Angewandte Mathematik, Zurich, Switzerland
    S. Tavare*, Institut f\"ur Angewandte Mathematik, Zurich, Switzerland
    (887-60-39)
  • 4:50 p.m.
    Particle representation of functionals of a superprocess.
    Raisa E. Feldman*, University of California, Santa Barbara
    Srikanth K. Iyer, University of California, Santa Barbara
    (887-60-29)
• Sunday November 7, 1993, 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  Special Session on Quantum Groups and Quantum Topology, II
  Room 132, Jacobs Hall
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Discussion and Problem Session
• Sunday November 7, 1993, 3:00 p.m.-4:55 p.m.
  Session on Contributed Papers
  Room 134, Beckman Hall
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    The content of boxes.
    G. D. Chakerian, University of California, Davis
    M. A. Ghandehari*, University of California, Davis
    (887-52-01)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Representation theorems and continuous duals of paranormed sequence spaces generated by infinite matrices.
    Nandita Rath*, Washington State University
    (887-40-02)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The storage complexity of some estimators of the median.
    Mark Finkelstein*, University of California, Irvine
    Stephen Scheinberg, University of California, Irvine
    (887-68-03)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Fekete-Szego problem for powers of strongly close-to-convex functions.
    M. Jahangiri*, California State University, Bakersfield
    (887-30-43)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Numerical integration by the inverse of derivative operator.
    Krishnanand Verma*, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
    (887-65-53)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    A new perspective of trigonometric function.
    Kaninka Verma*, Whitewater High School
    Samarth Verma, Whitewater High School
    (887-33-54)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On a free boundary problem in porous media.
    Gieri Simonett*, University of California, Los Angeles
    Joachim Escher, University of Besancon, France
    (887-35-15)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Existence, uniqueness, and stability of symmetric periodic solutions of a differential delay equation.
    Anatoli F. Ivanov*, University of Rhode Island
    Srikanth K. Iyer, University of California, Santa Barbara
    (887-34-21)

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