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1997 Spring Central Sectional Meeting
Detroit, MI, May 2-4, 1997
Meeting #922

Associate secretaries:
Susan J Friedlander, AMS susan@math.northwestern.edu

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Friday May 2, 1997

• Friday May 2, 1997, 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Registration
  Lobby Area, State Hall Building
• Friday May 2, 1997, 11:00 a.m.-4:00 a.m.
  Exhibit and Book Sale
  Lobby Area, State Hall Building
• Friday May 2, 1997, 1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  Invited Address
  The football player and the infinite series
  Auditorium, Upper Deroy Building
  Harold P. Boas*, Texas A&M University
  (922-30-26)
• Friday May 2, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-6:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Partial Differential Equations: Theories, Applications and Numerical Approaches, I
  Room 114, State Hall Building
  Organizers:
  Jennifer Zhao, University of Michigan-Dearborn xich@umdsun2.umd.umich.edu
  Frank J. Massey, III, University of Michigan-Dearborn fmassey@um-f1.umd.umich.edu
  Daoqi Yang, Wayne State University yang@math.wayne.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    A second order integro-differential equation in whole space
    J. L. Menaldi*, Wayne State University
    (922-35-167)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Nonlinear vibration and stabilization of elastic panel
    P. L. Chow*, Wayne State University
    (922-35-171)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Approximation of the Solution of the Darboux-Ionescu Problem
    Viorica Mure\c san*, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    (922-35-153)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On the connections between the Wasserstein metric and diffusions
    Richard K Jordan*, University of Michigan
    (922-35-32)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A Maximum Principle for Hyperbolic Systems
    Anton S. Mure\c san*, Babe\c s-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    (922-35-152)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Polynomial expansions of solutions of a class of Cauchy problems that involve one space variable
    Louis R. Bragg*, Oakland University
    (922-35-05)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    A comparison principle for quasilinear elliptic equations and its application
    Zhiren Jin*, Wichita State University
    Kirk Lancaster, Wichita State University
    (922-35-108)
• Friday May 2, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Representation Theory of Finite Groups and Related Topics, I
  Room 129, State Hall Building
  Organizers:
  David Howard Gluck, Wayne State University dgluck@math.wayne.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Homogeneous Integral Table Algebras
    Harvey I. Blau*, Northern Illinois University
    Bangteng Xu, Northern Illinois University
    (922-20-107)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Some remarks on blocks of Special Linear Groups
    Harvey I. Blau, Northern Illinois University
    Harald E. Ellers*, Northern Illinois University
    (922-20-223)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    A decomposition theorem for $K$-theory of a group algebra
    Sarah J. Witherspoon*, University of Toronto and University of California, Berkeley
    (922-20-144)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Quillen Stratification for the Stable Module Category
    Wayne W. Wheeler*, University of Georgia
    (922-20-68)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Hochschild cohomology is {\it really} Representation Theory.
    Stephen F. Siegel*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    Sarah J. Witherspoon, University of California, Berkeley
    (922-20-250)
• Friday May 2, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Differential Geometry and Its Applications, I
  Room 123, State Hall Building
  Organizers:
  Daniel S. Drucker, Wayne State University drucker@math.wayne.edu
  Chorng-Shi Houh, Wayne State University houh@math.wayne.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Rigidity of Actions of Abelian and Semisimple groups
    Ralf J Spatzier*, Univ of Michigan
    (922-53-110)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Compactifications of Hermitian locally symmetric spaces and aconjecture of Harris--Zucker
    Lizhen Ji*, University of Michigan
    (922-53-30)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Hermitian conformal classes and almost K\"ahler structures on 4-manifolds
    Vestislav Apostolov, Institute of Mathematics, Bulgarian Academy of Science
    Tedi Draghici*, Michigan State University
    (922-53-94)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Twistor spaces for homogeneous spaces and applications to harmonic maps
    J. A. Jim\'{e}nez*, Penn State Hazleton
    (922-53-129)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Length spectrum of circles in a complex projective space
    Sadahiro Maeda*, Shimane University, Japan
    Toshiaki Adachi, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
    (922-53-15)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    The space of harmonic two-spheres in a unitary group or complex Grassmannian
    Martin A Guest*, University of Rochester
    (922-53-22)
• Friday May 2, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Topology, I
  Room 125, State Hall Building
  Organizers:
  Robert R. Bruner, Wayne State University rrb@math.wayne.edu
  David Handel, Wayne State University handel@math.wayne.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Exponential relations in the Steenrod algebra for $BP$ cohomology
    Michael D Slack*, Western Michigan University
    (922-55-47)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The Real Brown-Peterson spectrum and the $Z/2$-equivariant Steenrod algebra.
    Igor Kriz*, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
    (922-55-253)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Complex Oriented Equivariant Cohomology Theories and their Formal Group Laws
    Michael Cole*, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
    (922-55-252)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Phantom maps out of iterated loop spaces
    Frederic R. Cohen,
    H\`{a} Minh Le*, Wayne State University
    Charles A. McGibbon, Wayne State University
    (922-55-49)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    On $G$-sequences and Fiber spaces
    Moo Ha Woo*, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
    (922-55-258)
• Friday May 2, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Groups and Geometries, I
  Room 131, State Hall Building
  Organizers:
  Daniel E. Frohardt, Wayne State University danf@math.wayne.edu
  Robert L. Griess, Jr., University of Michigan rlg@math.lsa.umich.edu
  Kay Magaard, Wayne State University kaym@math.wayne.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Applications of group geometries to group cohomology
    Stephen D. Smith*, University of Illinois at Chica
    (922-20-90)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Extensions of Kac-Moody Twin Buildings using Quasi-real roots.
    Curtis D. Bennett*, Bowling Green State University
    (922-20-118)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The Quillen Complex of $Sp_{2n}(q)$
    Kaustuv M Das*, Eastern Illinois University
    (922-20-34)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Geometry and Cohomology of certain 2-groups
    Alejandro Adem*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (922-20-277)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Actions of $SL(2,7)$ and $PSL(2,7)$ Subgroups of the Complex Lie Group of Type $E_8$ on $2^k$-torsion Subgroups of a Maximal Torus
    Michael J Kantor*, Knox College
    (922-20-244)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Cameron-Liebler classes of lines in $PG(3,q)^\ast$
    Aiden Bruen*, University of Western Ontario
    Keldon Drudge, University of Western Ontario
    (922-15-281)
• Friday May 2, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Recent Advances in Noncommutative Ring Theory, I
  Room 127, State Hall Building
  Organizers:
  Peter Malcolmson, Wayne State University petem@math.wayne.edu
  Frank Okoh, Wayne State University okoh@math.wayne.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Lie Modules with Bounded Multiplicities
    Daniel J. Britten, University of Windsor
    Frank W. Lemire*, University of Windsor
    (922-17-45)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Cofinite Lie Algebras
    Richard E. Phillips, Michigan State University
    Jeanne Wald*, Michigan State University
    (922-17-86)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Ideals in Tensor Powers of the Enveloping Algebra $U(sl_2)$.
    Stefan Catoiu*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (922-16-20)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Finite group actions on affine semigroup algebras
    Martin W. Lorenz*, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122-6094
    (922-16-97)
• Friday May 2, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
  Special Session on Stochastic Processes in Finance and Control, I
  Room 115, State Hall Building
  Organizers:
  Raoul LePage, Michigan State University rdl@entropy.stt.msu.edu
  Bert M. Schreiber, Wayne State University berts@math.wayne.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Bid-ask Spread and Incomplete Markets
    Per A. Mykland*, The University of Chicago
    (922-60-81)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Hedging Options with Transaction Costs
    Shlomo Levental*, Michigan State University, East Lansing
    (922-60-178)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Parameter Estimation for some Financial Market Models
    Andrius Jankunas*, Wayne State University
    (922-60-119)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Continuous Time Analogue of the Multiplicative Update Algorithm and On-Line Portfolio Selection
    Alexander White*, Michigan State University, East Lansing
    (922-60-216)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Some Risk Sensitive Control Models in Finance
    Wendell H. Fleming*, Brown University
    (922-60-174)
• Friday May 2, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on C*-Algebras, I
  Room 116, State Hall Building
  Organizers:
  Jerry Kaminker, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis kaminker@math.iupui.edu
  Claude L. Schochet, Wayne State University claude@math.wayne.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    On a certain class of simple $C^*$-algebras
    Xinhui Jiang*, The Fields Institute
    (922-46-76)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Finite group actions on AF algebras
    Marius D. Dadarlat*, Purdue University, West Lafayette
    (922-46-127)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The Natural Topology on the Kasparov Groups
    Claude L. Schochet*, Wayne State University
    (922-46-212)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    K-Theory of certain simple C*-algebras
    Shuang Zhang*, University of Cincinnati
    (922-46-236)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Commutators of free random variables
    Alexandru M. Nica*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    Roland Speicher, Universitat Heidelberg, Germany
    (922-47-242)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Hilbert C*-modules : A Useful Tool
    Sze-kai Jack Tsui*, Oakland University
    (922-46-74)
• Friday May 2, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on VOA's Monstrous Moonshine and Related Topics, I
  Room 135, State Hall Building
  Organizers:
  Robert L. Griess, Jr., University of Michigan rlg@math.lsa.umich.edu
  Chongying Dong, University of California Santa Cruz dong@cats.ucsc.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Quantum analogs of generalized Verma modules
    Viatcheslav M. Futorny, Kiev University, Kiev, Ukraine
    Duncan J Melville*, St. Lawrence University
    (922-17-231)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Automorphisms of genus 2 curves and Kummer surfaces
    Charles B. Thomas*, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
    (922-20-239)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Replicable functions and the Monster
    Simon P Norton*, Cambridge, England
    (922-30-112)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Higher Genus Modular Equations
    Chris Cummins*,
    (922-11-161)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A vector-valued function generalizing the elliptic modular function $j(z)$
    Mihai Cipu, Centre Interuniversitaire en Calcul Math\'ematique Alg\'ebrique
    John McKay*, Centre Interuniversitaire en Calcul Math\'ematique Alg\'ebrique
    (922-11-255)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Mirror Pairs of Finite Groups.
    Geoffrey Mason*, University of California, Santa Cruz
    (922-20-271)
• Friday May 2, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Combinatorics, I
  Room 137, State Hall Building
  Organizers:
  Devadatta M. Kulkarni, Oakland University kulkarni@oakland.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Combinatorics of paraunitary groups
    Hyungju Alan Park*, Oakland University
    (922-05-265)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Multivariable Lagrange inversion, Gessel -Viennot cancellation and the Matrix Tree Theorem
    Ian P. Goulden*, University of Waterloo
    Datta M. Kulkarni, Oakland University
    (922-05-241)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Distribution invariants of association schemes
    Nachimuthu Manickam*, DePauw University
    (922-05-70)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The Tutte dichromate and Whitney homology of matroids
    David G. Wagner*, University of Waterloo
    (922-05-10)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Strongly regular graphs and alternating spaces.
    Chris D. Godsil*, University of Waterloo
    (922-05-139)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Symplectic Matroids
    Alexandre V. Borovik, UMIST, United Kingdom
    Israel M. Gelfand, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
    Neil L. White*, University of Florida, Gainesville
    (922-05-130)
• Friday May 2, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Optimization and Variational Analysis, I
  Room 117, State Hall Building
  Organizers:
  Boris S. Mordukhovich, Wayne State University boris@math.wayne.edu
  Jay S. Treiman, Western Michigan University treiman@math-stat.wmich.edu
  Qiji Zhu, Western Michigan University zhu@math-stat.wmich.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Partially Smooth Variational Analysis
    Jonathan M Borwein*, Simon Fraser University
    (922-49-37)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Convex spectral functions of compact operators
    J. M. Borwein, CECM, Simon Fraser University
    Adrian S. Lewis*, University of Waterloo
    J. Read, CECM, Simon Fraser University
    (922-49-141)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    More on limiting Frechet $\epsilon$-subdifferentials
    Michel Thera*, Universit\'e de Limoges, France
    (922-49-36)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Sufficient conditions for weakminima of order two and directional derivatives of the value function
    Doug E. Ward*, Miami University
    (922-90-17)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Limits of Partial Viscosity Subderivatives
    Jay S. Treiman*, Western Michigan University
    (922-49-143)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Some Applications of Partially Smooth Variational Principles
    Qiji Jim Zhu*, Western Michigan University
    (922-49-53)
• Friday May 2, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Wavelets and Applications, I
  Room 111, State Hall Building
  Organizers:
  Gregory F. Bachelis, Wayne State University greg@math.wayne.edu
  Grant Gerhart, Tardec, Tacom, Army gerhartg@cc.tacom.army.mil
  Tze-Chien Sun, Wayne State University tsun@cms.wayne.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Positive density estimation with wavelets
    Gilbert G. Walter*, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    Xiaoping Shen, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    (922-42-91)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Hardy spaces and a Walsh model for the Bilinear Hilbert Transform
    John E. Gilbert*, The University of Texas at Austin
    (922-42-268)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Wavelet Packet Models of Event-Related Potentials
    Jonathan A. Raz*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    (922-62-46)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Wavelet Analysis and Acoustic Classification
    Robert E. Karlsen*, US Army - TACOM
    David Gorsich, US Army - TACOM
    Grant R. Gerhart, US Army - TACOM
    Thomas J. Meitzler, US Army - TACOM
    (922-62-211)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Multiresolution based Optical Flow Calculation
    David J Gorsich*, U.S. Army
    Robert Karlsen, U.S. Army
    Grant Gerhart, U.S. Army
    (922-68-218)
• Friday May 2, 1997, 3:30 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Analysis and Geometry, I
  Room 113, State Hall Building
  Organizers:
  Carlos E. Kenig, University of Chicago cek@math.uchicago.edu
  Tatiana Toro, University of Washington toro@math.washington.edu
  

  • 3:30 p.m.
    On geometric branched covers
    Juha Heinonen*, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    (922-35-274)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Dirichlet to Neumann Maps and Conformal Deformations
    Ziqi Sun*, Wichita State University
    (922-35-137)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Informal Discussion
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Harmonic function theory on manifolds
    William P. Minicozzi, II*, Johns Hopkins University
    Tobias H. Colding, Courant Institute, New York University
    (922-58-246)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Harmonic Map Flows Between Certain Singular Spaces
    Changyou Wang*, University of Chicago
    (922-58-251)

Saturday May 3, 1997

• Saturday May 3, 1997, 7:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
  Registration
  Lobby Area, State Hall Building
• Saturday May 3, 1997, 7:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
  E