AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Day
Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:09:23
1995 Fall Southern Sectional Meeting
Greensboro, NC, November 17-18, 1995
Meeting #906
Associate secretaries: Robert J Daverman, AMS daverman@math.utk.edu
Saturday November 18, 1995
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Saturday November 18, 1995, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Complex Dynamics, II
Triad Ballroom West, Greensboro Hilton Hotel
Organizers:
Bodil Branner, Technical University of Denmark
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8:00 a.m.
Feigenbaum universality and Milnor's hairiness conjecture.
M. Lyubich*, State University of New York, Stony Brook
(906-30-163) -
9:00 a.m.
Renormalization and boundary of chaos.
Jun Hu*, Rutgers University, Newark
(906-30-78) -
9:30 a.m.
Box mappings, Hausdorff dimension and non-renormalizable quadratic polynomials.
Jacek Graczyk*, California Institute of Technology
(906-30-103) -
10:00 a.m.
Renormalization method in quadratic polynomials.
Yunping Jiang*, Queens College, City University of New York
(906-30-77) -
10:30 p.m.
Complex bounds for real quadratics and for critical circle maps.
Michael Yuzy Yampolsky*, State University of New York at Stony Brook
(906-30-11)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday November 18, 1995, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Geometric Topology, II
Blue Ridge, Greensboro Hilton Hotel
Organizers:
Alexander Chigogidze, University of Saskatchewan
Richard B. Sher, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
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8:00 a.m.
On the Hilbert-Smith conjecture.
Dusan Repovs*, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
(906-57-17) -
8:30 a.m.
The shape of attractors in Menger manifolds.
Judy Anita Kennedy*, University of Delaware
(906-54-130) -
9:00 a.m.
Projections of planar Cantor sets in potential theory.
Jan J. Dijkstra*, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Jan van Mill, Vrije University, Amsterdam
(906-31-117) -
9:30 a.m.
On the cohomological structure within manifold decompositins of manifolds.
David F. Snyder*, Southwest Texas State University
(906-57-207) -
10:00 a.m.
Towards characterization of N\"obeling space.
Edward D. Tymchatyn*, University of Saskatchewan
(906-57-185) -
10:30 a.m.
Closed subgroups in Banach spaces.
Tadeusz W. Dobrowolski*, Pittsburg State University
(906-55-90)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday November 18, 1995, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Geometric Group Theory, III
Southern Crescent Ballroom-Virginia, Greensboro Hilton Hotel
Organizers:
Mark E. Feighn, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Michael Handel, Herbert H. Lehman College, City University of New York
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8:00 a.m.
Morse theory and finiteness properties of groups.
Mladen Bestvina, University of Utah
Noel Patrick Brady*, University of Utah
(906-20-66) -
8:30 a.m.
Hyperbolic groups with Pontryagin space boundary.
Sean T. Cleary*, University of Pennsylvania
(906-20-23) -
9:00 a.m.
Combinatorial moduli and finite subdivision rules.
James W. Cannon, Brigham Young University
William J. Floyd*, Virginia Polytech Institute & State University
Walter R. Parry, Eastern Michigan University
(906-20-56) -
9:30 a.m.
Sufficiently rich families of planar rings.
James W. Cannon, Brigham Young University
William J. Floyd, Virginia Polytech Institute & State University
Walter R. Parry*, Eastern Michigan University
(906-20-63) -
10:00 a.m.
Polygonal complexes, combinatorial and geometric properties.
Nadia Benakli*, Columbia University
(906-20-67) -
10:30 a.m.
A complex for $GL_2$ and the non-finite presentability of $IA(F_3)$.
Sava Krstic*, Tufts University
James McCool, University of Toronto
(906-20-156)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday November 18, 1995, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Quantum Kac-Moody Lie Algebras and Related Topics, II
Triad Ballroom Central, Greensboro Hilton Hotel
Organizers:
Naihuan Jing, North Carolina State University
Kailash C. Misra, North Carolina State University
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8:00 a.m.
On the classification of rank $24$ vertex operator algebras.
Julie S. Glass*, California State University, Hayward
(906-17-161) -
8:30 a.m.
Superconformal symmmetry and supergeometric vertex operator algebras.
Katrina Deane Barron*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
(906-17-129) -
9:00 a.m.
Twisted representations of vertex operator algebras.
Chongying Dong*, University of California, Santa Cruz
Haisheng Li, University of California, Santa Cruz
Geoffrey Mason, University of California, Santa Cruz
(906-17-127) -
9:30 a.m.
Generalized Batalin-Vilkovisky algebras.
Fusun Akman*, Cornell University, Ithaca
(906-17-84) -
10:00 a.m.
Fusion rules for minimal models from cyclic groups.
Fusun Akman, Cornell University, Ithaca
Alex J. Feingold*, State University of New York, Binghamton
Michael David Weiner, Colgate University
(906-17-121) -
10:30 a.m.
Real characters for Demazure modules of rank two affine Lie algebras.
Yasmine B. Sanderson*, Universit\'e Louis Pasteur, France
(906-17-83)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday November 18, 1995, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Nonlinear Boundary Value Problems, II
Triad Ballroom East, Greensboro Hilton Hotel
Organizers:
Alexandra Kurepa, North Carolina A & T State University
Stephen B. Robinson, Wake Forest University
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8:00 a.m.
Positive solutions for a concave semipositone Dirichlet problem.
Alfonso Castro, University of North Texas
Ratnasingham Shivaji*, Mississippi State University
(906-35-19) -
8:30 a.m.
Explosive nonnegative solutions to two-point boundary value problems.
V. Anuradha*, Plano, Texas
(906-34-173) -
9:00 a.m.
A characterization of Lie generators of nonlinear semigroups.
J. W. Neuberger*, University of North Texas
James R. Dorroh, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
(906-35-146) -
9:30 a.m.
Sch\"odinger semigroups with singular potentials.
Jerome A. Goldstein*, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
(906-47-111) -
10:00 a.m.
Minimization problems for noncoercive functionals subject to constraints.
Vy Khoi Le*, University of Colorado, Boulder
Klaus Schmitt, University of Utah
(906-35-187) -
10:30 a.m.
On competition mediated coexistance.
Robert Stephen Cantrell*, University of Miami
James R. Ward, Jr., University of Alabama, Birmingham
(906-92-186)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday November 18, 1995, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Number Theory and Related Topics, III
Southern Cresent Ballroom-Georgia, Greensboro Hilton Hotel
Organizers:
Theresa P. Vaughan, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
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8:00 a.m.
A permutation associated with $GF(2^n)$.
Theresa Phillips Vaughan*, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
(906-05-52) -
8:30 a.m.
Generating permutations using the transpositions $\{ (1,n), (2,n),\ldots , (n-1,n)\}$.
Frederick J. Portier*, Mount Saint Mary's College
(906-05-135) -
9:00 a.m.
Permutation polynomials over a finite field satisfying a difference equation. {\rm II}.
Robert M. McConnel*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
(906-12-138) -
9:30 a.m.
The radical factors of $f(x)-f(y)$ over finite fields.
Maria T. Acosta, Pennsylvania State University, New Kensington Campus
Javier Gomez-Calderon*, Pennsylvania State University, New Kensington Campus
(906-11-136) -
10:00 a.m.
On the divisibility of certain partition functions by small powers of $2$.
Krishnaswami Alladi*, University of Florida
(906-11-13) -
10:30 a.m.
Divisibility of certain partition functions by powers of primes.
Ken Ono*, Institute for Advanced Study
(906-05-51)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday November 18, 1995, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Theory of Ordered Sets, II
Kitty Hawk, Greensboro Hilton Hotel
Organizers:
Bernd S. W. Schroeder, Hampton University
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8:30 a.m.
Reduced idempotents in the semigroup of Boolean matrices.
Janusz Konieczny*, Mary Washington College
(906-20-94) -
9:00 a.m.
The "Proper versus unit" question for some generalizations of interval orders.
Kenneth P. Bogart*, Dartmouth College
(906-06-165) -
9:30 a.m.
On the equational theory of orthocomplemented modular lattices.
Christian Herrmann, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany
Michael S. Roddy*, Brandon University
(906-06-170) -
10:00 a.m.
Some results concerning a chain transversing an antichain partition.
Dwight A. Duffus, Emory University
Ted Goddard*, Emory University
(906-06-157) -
10:30 a.m.
The complexity of cover graph recognition for some varieties of finite lattices.
V. Rodl, Emory University
Lubos Thoma*, Emory University
(906-06-190)
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8:30 a.m.
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Saturday November 18, 1995, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Combinatorics of Posets and Tableaux, III
Southern Cresent Ballroom-Carolina, Greensboro Hilton Hotel
Organizers:
Lynne M. Butler, Haverford College
Curtis Greene, Haverford College
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9:00 a.m.
Alternating Baxter permutations and polytopes.
Rodica E. Simion*, George Washington University
(906-05-151) -
9:30 a.m.
Domino tilings of planar regions and alternating sign patterns.
Mihai A. Ciucu*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
(906-52-92) -
10:00 a.m.
Catalan lattices, classifying tableau descriptions, and hook length posets.
Robert A. Proctor*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
(906-05-134) -
10:30 a.m.
The Littlewood-Richardson rule and consistent triples of integers.
Glenn D. Appleby*, Santa Clara University
Tamsen Whitehead, Santa Clara University
(906-05-80)
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9:00 a.m.
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Saturday November 18, 1995, 9:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
General Session I
Cape Fear, Greensboro Hilton Hotel
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9:00 a.m.
The explicit formula for finding transversal homoclinical orbits.
Lev Lerman, Research Institute for Applied Math and Cybernetics, Russia
Ya Umanskiy*,
(906-34-75) -
9:15 a.m.
Estimates for discrete spherical maximal operators.
Akos Magyar*, Institute for Advanced Study
(906-99-99) -
9:30 a.m.
Congruence properties of multiple harmonic sums.
Michael E. Hoffman*, United States Naval Academy
Courtney H. Moen, United States Naval Academy
(906-11-97) -
9:45 a.m.
The relativity theories mathematically rejected: Historical perspective.
G. Arthur Mihram*, Princeton, New Jersey
Danielle Mihram, University of Southern California
(906-83-139) -
10:00 a.m.
Unique controllability of damped wave equation and spectral analysis of a class of nonself-adjoint operators.
Marianna A. Shubov*, Texas Tech University
(906-93-106) -
10:15 a.m.
Functional integration on spaces of connections.
Stephen F. Sawin*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John C. Baez, University of California, Riverside
(906-83-49) -
10:30 a.m.
Independence results in topology below $ZF$.
Stephen Watson*, York University
(906-55-176)
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9:00 a.m.
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Saturday November 18, 1995, 11:05 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
Invited Address
R-trees in geometry, topology, and group theory.
Governor's Ballroom, Greensboro Hilton Hotel
Mladen Bestvina*, University of Utah
(906-20-06) -
Saturday November 18, 1995, 1:10 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Invited Address
Partially ordered sets and tableaux.
Governor's Ballroom, Greensboro Hilton Hotel
Curtis Greene*, Haverford College
(906-05-08) -
Saturday November 18, 1995, 2:15 p.m.-4:35 p.m.
Special Session on Complex Dynamics, III
Triad Ballroom West, Greensboro Hilton Hotel
Organizers:
Bodil Branner, Technical University of Denmark
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2:15 p.m.
Rational maps with no absolutely continuous $\sigma$-finite invariant measure.
Jane M. Hawkins*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Henk Bruin, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
(906-58-73) -
2:45 p.m.
Conservative exact or attracting rational maps.
Julia A. Barnes*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
(906-58-72) -
3:15 p.m.
Wandering components of the Julia set.
Kevin M. Pilgrim*, Cornell University, Ithaca
(906-58-89) -
3:45 p.m.
A construction of ergodic analytic maps of $CP^2$.
Lorelei M. Koss*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
(906-58-122) -
4:15 p.m.
Algebraic dynamics: Contraction, finiteness, and transversality principles.
Adam Lawrence Epstein*, State University of New York, Stony Brook
(906-30-09)
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2:15 p.m.
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Saturday November 18, 1995, 2:15 p.m.-5:05 p.m.
Special Session on Geometric Group Theory, IV
Southern Crescent Ballroom-Virginia, Greensboro Hilton Hotel
Organizers:
Mark E. Feighn, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Michael Handel, Herbert H. Lehman College, City University of New York
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2:15 p.m.
Symmetric patterns of geodesics and surface automorphisms.
Richard Schwartz*, University of Maryland, College Park
(906-51-104) -
2:45 p.m.
Generalizations of the outer space and collapses of graphs of groups.
Renfang Jiang*, Michigan Technological University
(906-20-95) -
3:15 p.m.
An example of a non-quasiconvex subgroup of a word hyperbolic group with exotic limit set.
Ilya Kapovich*, Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York
(906-20-21) -
3:45 p.m.
Normal forms for free group automorphisms.
Martin Lustig*, Ruhr University, Germany
(906-20-14) -
4:15 p.m.
Quasi-isometries and Baumslag-Solitar groups.
Lee D. Mosher*, Rutgers University, Newark
Benson S. Farb, University of Chicago
(906-20-101) -
4:45 p.m.
A nonpositively curved squared complex with no finite covers.
Daniel Wise*, Princeton University
(906-20-206)
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2:15 p.m.
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Saturday November 18, 1995, 2:15 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
Special Session on Quantum Kac-Moody Lie Algebras and Related Topics, III
Kitty Hawk, Greensboro Hilton Hotel
Organizers:
Naihuan Jing, North Carolina State University
Kailash C. Misra, North Carolina State University
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2:15 p.m.
Picard group of the moduli space of $G$-bundles.
Shrawan Kumar*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
(906-17-112) -
2:45 p.m.
KZB equation and quantum many-body systems.
Giovanni Felder*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
(906-17-86) -
3:15 p.m.
The SH Lie algebra structure of closed string field theory.
Ronald O. Fulp, North Carolina State University
Thomas J. Lada, North Carolina State University
James D. Stasheff*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
(906-17-155) -
3:45 p.m.
SH Lie algebras in higher spin field theory.
Ronald O. Fulp, North Carolina State University
Thomas J. Lada*, North Carolina State University
James D. Stasheff, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
(906-17-154) -
4:15 p.m.
Stratifying endomorphism algebras.
Brian J. Parshall*, University of Virginia
(906-20-168) -
4:45 p.m.
Graded algebras arising from representation theory and their $GK$-dimensions.
Zongzhu Lin*, Kansas State University
(906-17-149) -
5:15 p.m.
Quantum linear groups and canonical bases.
Jie Du*, University of New South Wales, Australia
(906-17-195)
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2:15 p.m.
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Saturday November 18, 1995, 2:15 p.m.-5:05 p.m.
Special Session on Nonlinear Boundary Value Problems, III
Triad Ballroom East, Greensboro Hilton Hotel
Organizers:
Alexandra Kurepa, North Carolina A & T State University
Stephen B. Robinson, Wake Forest University
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2:15 p.m.
Regularity for semilinear abstract Cauchy problems.
Gisele Ruiz Goldstein*, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Jerome A. Goldstein, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
(906-34-140) -
2:45 p.m.
Localized solutions of sublinear elliptic equations: Loitering at the hilltop.
Joseph Anthony Iaia, University of North Texas
Henry A. Warchall*, University of North Texas
Frederic B. Weissler, University of Paris XIII, France
(906-35-171) -
3:15 p.m.
Solutions for a class of singular semilinear elliptic equations
Zhiren Jin*, Wichita State University
(906-34-10) -
3:45 p.m.
Homotopy index and reaction-diffusion systems.
James R. Ward, Jr.*, University of Alabama, Birmingham
(906-35-91) -
4:15 p.m.
A multiplicity result for a superlinear elliptic problem.
Adolfo J. Rumbos*, Pomona College
(906-35-189) -
4:45 p.m.
The porous media equation with absorption.
Ivar Stakgold*, University of Delaware
(906-34-169)
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2:15 p.m.
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Saturday November 18, 1995, 2:15 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
Special Session on Set-Theoretic Topology, III
Triad Ballroom Central, Greensboro Hilton Hotel
Organizers:
Jerry E. Vaughan, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
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2:15 p.m.
Additivity of metrizability and related properties.
Zoltan Balogh, Miami University, Oxford
Gary F. Gruenhage*, Auburn University, Auburn
Vladimir Vladimirovich Tkachuk, University Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico
(906-54-174) -
2:45 p.m.
A metrizable space with no compact open sets which cannot be densely embedded in a connected metrizable space.
John S. Kulesza*, George Mason University
(906-54-131) -
3:15 p.m.
Metrizability of spaces satisfying Nagata's condition.
Richard E. Hodel*, Duke University
(906-54-143) -
3:45 p.m.
Cantor-tree-like spaces.
William G. Fleissner, University of Kansas
Ronald F. Levy*, George Mason University
(906-54-116) -
4:15 p.m.
Tubularity and normality in products.
Peter J. Nyikos*, University of South Carolina, Columbia
(906-54-178) -
4:45 p.m.
Combinatorics of Ostaszewski spaces.
Judith Roitman*, University of Kansas
(906-54-201) -
5:15 p.m.
Some problems concerning modified compactness conditions.
Robert M. Stephenson, Jr.*, University of South Carolina, Columbia
(906-54-123)
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2:15 p.m.
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Saturday November 18, 1995, 2:15 p.m.-5:05 p.m.
Special Session on Number Theory and Related Topics, IV
Southern Cresent Ballroom-Georgia, Greensboro Hilton Hotel
Organizers:
Theresa P. Vaughan, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
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2:15 p.m.
Some applications of numerical sieving devices.
Hugh C. Williams*, University of Manitoba
(906-11-194) -
2:45 p.m.
On an extension of a theorem of Ljunggren.
Michael A. Filaseta*, University of South Carolina, Columbia
Charles A. Nicol, University of South Carolina, Columbia
Junior G. Solan, University of South Carolina, Columbia
(906-12-124) -
3:15 p.m.
Nonvanishing of normalized convolutions of cusp forms.
Xian-Jin Li*, Purdue University, West Lafayette
(906-11-24) -
3:45 p.m.
Fermat quotients for function fields.
James J. Sauerberg*, Union College
Linghsueh Shu, Ohio State University, Columbus
(906-11-50) -
4:15 p.m.
Uniformly approximable numbers and the uniform approximation spectrum.
Edward B. Burger*, Williams College
(906-11-82) -
4:45 p.m.
Waring's problem in number fields.
Morley A. Davidson*, Institute for Advanced Study
(906-11-164)
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2:15 p.m.
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Saturday November 18, 1995, 2:15 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
Special Session on Complexity Theory, III
Blue Ridge, Greensboro Hilton Hotel
Organizers:
Jie Wang, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
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2:15 p.m.
Lower bounds for circuits with mod gates and one exact threshold gate.
Frederic Green*, Clark University
(906-68-33) -
2:45 p.m.
Linearly restrictable sets and applications in complexity theory.
Sanjay Gupta*, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
(906-68-34) -
3:15 p.m.
On average-case computational complexity.
Osamu Watanabe*, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
(906-68-44) -
3:45 p.m.
Average time complexity classes.
Alan L. Selman*, State University of New York, Buffalo
Jin-yi Cai, State University of New York, Buffalo
(906-68-43) -
4:15 p.m.
Average-case hierarchies.
Jay Belanger*, Northeast Missouri State University and University of North Carolina, Greensboro
(906-68-27) -
4:45 p.m.
Semi-feasible computation.
Lane A. Hemaspaandra*, University of Rochester
(906-68-35) -
5:15 p.m.
Finding large cliques in very large graphs.
Steven Homer*, Boston University
Marcus Peinado, Boston University
(906-68-36)
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2:15 p.m.
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Saturday November 18, 1995, 2:15 p.m.-4:35 p.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Combinatorics of Posets and Tableaux, IV
Southern Cresent Ballroom-Carolina, Greensboro Hilton Hotel
Organizers:
Lynne M. Butler, Haverford College
Curtis Greene, Haverford College
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2:15 p.m.
Lattices of parabolic subgroups.
Helene Barcelo*, Arizona State University
E. C. Ihrig, Arizona State University
(906-05-182) -
2:45 p.m.
Some deformations of the braid arrangement.
Richard P. Stanley*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(906-05-88) -
3:15 p.m.
On the lattice of cubical spheres.
Eric K. Babson, Cornell University
Clara S. Chan*, Virginia Polytech Institute & State University
(906-05-181) -
3:45 p.m.
Algebraic shifting and sequentially Cohen-Macaulay simplicial complexes.
Art Duval*, University of Texas, El Paso
(906-06-132) -
4:15 p.m.
Whitney homology of semipure shellable posets.
Michelle L. Wachs*, University of Miami
(906-05-184)
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2:15 p.m.
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Saturday November 18, 1995, 2:30 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
General Session II
Cape Fear, Greensboro Hilton Hotel
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2:30 p.m.
Uniform connection properties in uniform frames.
D. Baboolal*, University of Durban-Westville, Republic of South Africa
(906-54-03) -
2:45 p.m.
Substitutions and exotic actions on real trees.
Charles Geoffrey Holton*, University of North Texas
Luca Quardo Zamboni, University of North Texas
(906-20-55) -
3:00 p.m.
The homology of $SL_2(F[t,t^-1])$.
Kevin P. Knudson*, Duke University
(906-20-01) -
3:15 p.m.
Andrews-Curtis equivalence in a free group and $SL_2(Z[t,t^{-1})$.
Vladimir Shpilrain*, University of California, Santa Barbara
(906-20-64) -
3:30 p.m.
Extended monodromy for Fuchsian groups.
Jharna D. Sengupta*, Elizabeth City State University
Dipendra C. Sengupta, Elizabeth City State University
(906-30-65) -
3:45 p.m.
An estimation of number of conjugacy classes of finite subgroups of finitely generated function groups.
Dipendra C. Sengupta*, Elizabeth City State University
Jharna D. Sengupta, Elizabeth City State University
(906-30-69)
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2:30 p.m.