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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)

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