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1998 Spring Central Section Meeting
Manhattan, KS, March 27-28, 1998
Meeting #932

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

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Friday March 27, 1998

• Friday March 27, 1998, 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Meeting Registration
  Front Entrance Lobby, Cardwell Hall
• Friday March 27, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  Special Session on Quantum Groups and Applications, I
  Room 129, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Ya S. Soibelman, Kansas State University soibel@math.ksu.edu
  Volodymyr V. Lyubashenko, Kansas State University lub@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Decomposition numbers for Hecke algebras at roots of unity.
    Fred Goodman*, University of Iowa
    (932-16-240)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Lattice Gauge Field Theory Based on a Quantum Group and Deformation Quantization.
    Doug Bullock, Boise State University
    Charles Frohman*, The University of Iowa
    Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska, Boise State University
    (932-22-189)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Cremmer-Gervais quantum groups.
    Timothy J Hodges*, University of Cincinnati
    (932-16-167)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Invariants of links and three manifolds related with quantum and classical Lie superalgebra $osp(1|2)$.
    Arkady Vaintrob*, New Mexico State University
    (932-57-185)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  Special Session on Quantum Topology, I
  Room 130, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  David N. Yetter, Kansas State University dyetter@math.ksu.edu
  Louis Crane, Kansas State University crane@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Discussion
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Kauffman bracket skein modules and the noncommutative torus.
    Razvan Gelca*, University of Michigan
    Charles Frohman, University of Iowa
    (932-57-106)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Vassiliev's knot invariants and the lower central series of the pure braid groups.
    Theodore B Stanford*, US Naval Academy
    (932-57-194)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    The Kauffman Bracket Skein Module at Roots of Unity, and Reduced Observables.
    Doug Bullock, Boise State University
    Charles Frohman*, The University of Iowa
    Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska, Boise State University
    (932-57-188)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  Special Session on Integrable Systems and their Applications, I
  Room 143, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Kirill L. Vaninsky, Kansas State University vaninsky@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    KdV and Inverse Scattering; a Nonlinear Fourier Transform.
    Bjorn Birnir*, UC San Diego
    (932-82-96)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Correlations Between Zeros of a Random Polynomial.
    Pavel Bleher*, Purdue U at Indianapolis
    (932-30-98)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Integrability with Tori of Arbitrary Dimension.
    Oleg I. Bogoyavlenskij*, Mathematics, Queen's Univ., Kingston, Canada
    (932-34-32)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Elliptic Algebro-Geometric Solutions of the AKNS Hierarchy.
    Friedrich Gesztesy*, University of Missouri-Columbia
    Rudi Weikard, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (932-35-37)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Exhibit and Book Sale
  Common Room, Cardwell Hall
• Friday March 27, 1998, 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
  Special Session on Partial Differential Equations and Inverse Problems, I
  Room 122, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Alexander G. Ramm, Kansas State University ramm@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Pompeiu problem.
    Alexander G Ramm*, Kansas State University
    (932-35-29)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A priori bounds and multiple solutions for superlinear indefinite elliptic problems.
    Julian Lopez-Gomez*, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
    (932-35-38)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On the existence of positive solutions for general sublinear cooperative elliptic systems.
    Marcela Molina-Meyer*, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
    (932-35-39)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Uniqueness for inverse electromagnetic problems in the class of non-smooth domains .
    Dorina I Mitrea, University of Missouri
    Marius S Mitrea*, University of Missouri
    (932-35-31)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 8:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  Special Session on Pictorial Methods in Low Dimensional Topology, I
  Room 120, Ackert Hall
  Organizers:
  David R. Auckly, University of California Berkeley dav@math.berkeley.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Totally Linked Positive Braids Realize the Braid Index.
    Charles I Delman*, Eastern Illinois University
    Joseph Nolan, Eastern Illinois University
    (932-57-192)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Computing the Casson-Walker-Lescop invariant and an associated polynomial invariant of links.
    Jeff Johannes*, Indiana University
    (932-57-75)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Lefschetz fibrations and 3-fold branched covering spaces.
    Terry Fuller*, University of California, Irvine
    (932-57-61)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Representation Theory of Lie Algebras, Algebraic Groups and Quantum Groups, I
  Room 103, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Zongzhu Lin, Kansas State University zlin@math.ksu.edu
  Daniel Ken Nakano, Utah State University nakano@math.usu.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Central extensions of Frobenius kernels and their representations.
    Dmitriy A. Rumynin*, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
    (932-17-158)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Simple nonrestricted modules for restricted Cartan-type Lie algebras.
    Randall R. Holmes*, Auburn University
    (932-17-132)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Tame and Representation-Finite Blocks of Enveloping Algebras.
    Rolf X Farnsteiner*, Universit\"{a}t Bielefeld, SFB 343, Postfach 10 01 31, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
    (932-16-65)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Indecomposable modules over classical Lie algebras.
    Daniel K Nakano, Utah St. University
    David R Pollack*, Queen's University
    (932-17-103)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Nonrestricted representations of the Lie algebra of type $G_2$.
    James E. Humphreys*, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
    (932-17-79)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Linear Operators and Holomorphic Function Spaces, I
  Room 120, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  V. V. Peller, Kansas State University peller@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Applications of Matrix-Valued Herglotz Functions.
    Eduard Tsekanovskii*, University of Missouri-Columbia
    Friedrich Gesztesy, University of Missouri-Columbia
    (932-47-40)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A uniqueness property for functions with sparse spectrum.
    Alexei B Aleksandrov*, Kansas State University
    (932-42-156)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Analytic capacity and singular integral operators on nonhomogeneous spaces.
    Serguei Treil*, Michigan State University
    (932-47-143)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Approximation of Cauchy-Type Integrals in Multiply-Connected Domains by Rational Functions with Preassigned Poles.
    Genrikh Ts Tumarkin*, Retired Professor
    (932-30-129)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Approximation by Analytic Functions in the Integral Metric.
    Fernando Perez-Gonzalez, Universidad de La Laguna
    Dmitry Khavinson*, University of Arkansas
    Harold S. Shapiro, Royal Institute of Technology
    (932-30-50)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Groups and Geometry, I
  Room 146, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Ernest E. Shult, Kansas State University shult@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Towards a Theory of Flocks of Cones.
    William E Cherowitzo*, University of Colorado at Denver
    (932-51-47)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Generalized Quadrangles with Parameters (q+1, q-1) .
    M A Miller*, Univ. Colo - Denver
    Stan E Payne, Univ. Colo - Denver
    (932-51-42)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On the ovoids in the orthogonal space of type $O_6^+(8)$.
    Athula D Gunawardena*, Wayne State College
    John Fuelberth, Wayne State College
    David Shaffer, Wayne State College
    (932-51-223)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    $c$-extensions of $P$-geometries.
    Corinna Wiedorn*, :Martin-Luther Universit\"at, Halle, Germany
    (932-20-63)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Higher order buildings as $\Bbb{Z} \times \Bbb{Z}$-buildings.
    Curtis D. Bennett*, Bowling Green State University
    (932-20-90)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  Special Session on Mathematics Education and the Internet, I
  Room 102, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Andrew G. Bennett, Kansas State University bennett@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Mathwright Library: Interactive Math Workbooks on the Web.
    Ladnor Geissinger*, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    (932-98-202)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Interactive Mathematical Documents via the IBM techexplorer Hypermedia Browser.
    Robert S. Sutor*, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
    Samuel S. Dooley, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
    (932-98-199)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    What can be done to improve the learning of undergraduate mathematics students.
    J. J. Uhl*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    (932-98-154)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Teaching at a Distance.
    Deborah Hughes-Hallett*, Harvard University
    (932-98-153)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Problems, I
  Room 131, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Lev Kapitanski, Kansas State University levkapit@math.ksu.edu
  Eugene Wayne, Pennsylvania State University
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Global existence and global nonexistence of solutions of the Cauchy problem for a nonlinearly dampedwave equation.
    Howard A. Levine*, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
    S. R. Park, Kiemung University, Teagu, Korea
    James B. Serrin, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
    (932-35-135)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Nonlinearity versus linearity in ridge approximation.
    Konstantin I. Oskolkov*, Department of Mathematics, USC
    (932-41-163)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Optimal heat kernel estimates for Schr\"odinger operators with magnetic fields in two dimensions.
    Michael P Loss*, School of Mathematics, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA, 30332-0160
    Bernd Thaller, Institut fuer Mathematik, Universitaet Graz, Austria
    (932-81-89)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Discussion
• Friday March 27, 1998, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Cohomology of Finite Groups, I
  Room 145, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  John S. Maginnis, Kansas State University maginnis@math.ksu.edu
  Stephen F. Siegel, University of Massachusetts siegel@math.umass.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Connective complex k-cohomology rings of finite groups.
    Robert R Bruner*, Wayne State University
    (932-55-126)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Lower Algebraic $K$-theory of Prime Triangle Groups in $PSL_2(R)$.
    Ethan Berkove, United States Military Academy
    Daniel Juan-Pineda, Instituto De Mathem\'aticas-Unidad Morelia
    Kimberly Pearson*, Valparaiso University
    (932-19-92)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Periodicity in cohomology and free and proper actions on $R^(n)xS^(m)$.
    Olympia Talelli*, Univ. of Athens
    (932-20-10)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The $p$-completion of a classifying space.
    Robert Lakatos*, Western Michigan University
    John Martino, Western Michigan University
    (932-55-94)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Abstract Harmonic Analysis, I
  Room 106, Ackert Hall
  Organizers:
  Sadahiro Saeki, Kansas State University saeki@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Random weighted Sidon sets for compact groups.
    Katherine M. Adams, Univ. of Missouri - Rolla
    David E. Grow*, Univ. of Missouri - Rolla
    (932-43-219)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Transference of Weak-type Estimates for $H^1$.
    Brian P Kelly*, Northeast Louisiana University
    Annela R Kelly, Northeast Louisiana University
    (932-43-190)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Jensen's Inequality for Vector-valued Functions on a Compact Abelian Group.
    Annela R Kelly*, Northeast Louisiana University
    Brian P Kelly, Northeast Louisiana University
    (932-43-187)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    $L^p$-boundedness of a singular integral operator.
    AbdelNaser J. Al-Hasan*, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    Dashan Fan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    (932-43-88)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  Special Session on Lie Groups, Algebraic Groups: Their Arithmetic and Representation Theory, I
  Room 144, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Gopal Prasad, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor gprasad@math.lsa.umich.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Algebraic K-theory of arithmetic groups with applications in geometric topology.
    Boris Goldfarb*, Stanford University
    (932-22-117)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Compactifications of symmetric and locally symmetric spaces.
    Armand Borel, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
    Lizhen Ji*, University of Michigan
    (932-22-102)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Applications of the theory of types to harmonic analysis.
    Colin J Bushnell, Kings College, London
    Guy Henniart, Univ. Paris Sud
    Phil Kutzko*, Univ of Iowa
    (932-22-213)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 10:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Numerical Analysis and Computational Mathematics, I
  Room 116, Ackert Hall
  Organizers:
  Qisu Zou, Kansas State University zou@math.ksu.edu
  Huanan Yang, Kansas State University hyang@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 10:00 a.m.
    A Local Extrapolation Method for ENO Schemes.
    Huanan Yang*, Department of Mathematics, Kansas State University
    (932-65-142)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The use of conservative schemes for a numerical solution to Boltzmann equation.
    Andrei V Shcheprov*, Kansas State University
    (932-65-217)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 11:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  Invited Address
  Congruence subgroup problem: Computation of the metaplectic kernel.
  Room 101, Cardwell Hall
  Gopal Prasad*, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
• Friday March 27, 1998, 1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Euler equations of fluid motion and wavelets.
  Room 101, Cardwell Hall
  Mikhail Vishik*, University of Texas at Austin
• Friday March 27, 1998, 2:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  Special Session on Pictorial Methods in Low Dimensional Topology, II
  Room 120, Ackert Hall
  Organizers:
  David R. Auckly, University of California Berkeley dav@math.berkeley.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Dehn surgery with non-degenerate boundary slope rows.
    Xingru Zhang*, Oklahoma State University
    (932-57-118)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Simple manifolds and Dehn fillings.
    Cameron McA Gordon, University of Texas at Austin
    Ying-Qing Wu*, University of Iowa
    (932-57-105)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Counting genus and tunnel number .
    Martin G Scharlemann, UCSB
    Jennifer C Schultens*, EMory University
    (932-57-23)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 2:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Problems, II
  Room 131, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Lev Kapitanski, Kansas State University levkapit@math.ksu.edu
  Eugene Wayne, Pennsylvania State University
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Asymptotic structures in nonlinear wave equations.
    Jerry L. Bona*, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712
    (932-35-232)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Stability of traveling waves in birefringent fiber optics.
    Keith S Promislow*, Simon Fraer University
    Yi A Li, U. of Minnesota
    (932-35-124)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Evans function analysis in the essential spectrum.
    Robert A. Gardner*, Mathematics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
    (932-35-136)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Geometry of singular solutions and self-replicating pulses in the 1-D Gray-Scott model.
    Tasso J. Kaper*, Boston University
    (932-35-149)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Long-time asymptotics for the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation in a circular domain.
    Vladimir V Varlamov*, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
    (932-35-53)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Discussion
• Friday March 27, 1998, 2:30 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Representation Theory of Lie Algebras, Algebraic Groups and Quantum Groups, II
  Room 103, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Zongzhu Lin, Kansas State University zlin@math.ksu.edu
  Daniel Ken Nakano, Utah State University nakano@math.usu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Tensor categories arising from semisimple Lie algebras.
    Jan Paradowski*, UMass, Amherst
    (932-20-115)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Generic Patterns for Extensions of Simple Modules for Finite Chevalley Groups.
    Cornelius Pillen*, University of South Alabama
    (932-20-172)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Polynomial Representations of Chevalley Groups and Quantized Enveloping Algebras.
    Stephen R Doty*, Loyola Univ. Chicago
    (932-20-216)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Results related to the semi-simplicity of modules for finite Chevalley groups.
    George Joseph McNinch*, University of Notre Dame
    (932-20-243)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On tensor products of the irreducible representations of GL(n) in positive characteristic.
    Alexander S. Kleshchev*, University of Oregon
    (932-20-41)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Generic Representation Theory.
    Ed Cline*, AMS
    Brian Parshall, AMS
    Leonard Scott, AMS
    (932-20-180)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    On the Cohomology of Finite General Linear Groups in Non-describing Characteristic.
    Brian J Parshall*, Department of Mathematics
    (932-20-211)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 2:30 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Abstract Harmonic Analysis, II
  Room 106, Ackert Hall
  Organizers:
  Sadahiro Saeki, Kansas State University saeki@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Bourgain algebras of inductive limit algebras.
    Thomas V. Tonev*, The University of Montana - Missoula
    (932-43-56)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On the Spectra of Hardy's Operator on Cones in $R^n$.
    Kecheng Zhou*, California State University at Sacramento
    (932-42-48)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Groups and Geometry, II
  Room 146, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Ernest E. Shult, Kansas State University shult@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    The Permutation modules for $\hbox{GL}(n+1,\mathbb F_q)$ acting on $\mathbb P^n(\mabb F_q)$ and ${\mathbb F_q}^{n+1}$.
    Matthew K Bardoe, None
    Peter K Sin*, University of Florida
    (932-20-34)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Restrictions of $\Omega^{\epsilon}_{n}(q)$-modules to alternating groups.
    William J. Husen*, Wayne State University
    (932-20-78)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Irreducibility of Alternating and Symmetric Squares.
    Kay Magaard*, Wayne State University
    Gunter Malle, Universitaet Heidelberg
    (932-20-74)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Small modules for finite simple groups.
    Gernot Stroth*, Universit\"at Halle
    Ulrich Meierfrankenfeld, Michigan State University
    (932-20-64)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Projective representations in cross characteristic for some classical groups.
    Corneliu G. Hoffman*, Univ. of Southern California
    (932-20-44)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Valentiner's Group: The Action on $\mathbf{CP}^{2}$ of the Alternating Group $\mathcal{A}_{6}$.
    Scott Crass*, Buffalo State College
    (932-20-27)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 2:30 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
  Special Session on Quantum Groups and Applications, II
  Room 129, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Ya S. Soibelman, Kansas State University soibel@math.ksu.edu
  Volodymyr V. Lyubashenko, Kansas State University lub@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Quantization of the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov-Bernard equations.
    Aleksander Varchenko*, University of North Carolina
    (932-81-234)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Segal's conjecture and conformal field theory.
    Shrawan Kumar*, University of North Carolina
    (932-17-238)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Boson-Fermion identities for affine Lie algebra characters.
    Masato Okado*, University of Osaka
    (932-17-241)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 2:30 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
  Special Session on Quantum Topology, II
  Room 130, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  David N. Yetter, Kansas State University dyetter@math.ksu.edu
  Louis Crane, Kansas State University crane@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    How to integrate a knot.
    Charles Frohman, University of Iowa
    Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska*, Boise State University
    (932-57-191)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Discrete Physics and Topological Quantum Field Theory.
    Louis H. Kauffman*, Univ of IL at Chicago
    (932-55-173)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Diagrammatic Moves Associated to Higher Category Structures .
    J. Scott Carter*, University of South Alabama
    Louis H. Kauffman, University of Ill, Chicago
    Masahico Saito, University of South Florida
    (932-57-134)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    State sums for triangulated $4$-manifolds and their diagrammatics.
    J. Scott Carter, University of South Alabama
    Louis H. Kauffman, University of Illinois at Chicago, 851 S. Morgan St. Chicago, Illinois 60607-7045
    Masahico Saito*, University of South Florida
    (932-57-131)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 2:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  Special Session on Lie Groups, Algebraic Groups: Their Arithmetic and Representation Theory, II
  Room 144, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Gopal Prasad, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor gprasad@math.lsa.umich.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Cohomology of some arithmetic quotients of $F_{4,1}$
    Wee Teck Gan*, Harvard University
    (932-22-197)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Boundary values of forms on p-adic symmetric spaces .
    Jeremy T Teitelbaum*, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago
    (932-11-179)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Foliation-preserving maps between solvmanifolds.
    Holly Bernstein, Washington University
    Dave Witte*, Oklahoma State University
    (932-22-186)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    On non-Riemannian homogeneous spaces with no compact quotients.
    Hee Oh*, Oklahoma State University
    (932-22-214)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    A comparison of zeros of $L$-functions.
    Ravi Raghunathan*, California Institute of Technology
    (932-11-201)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Depth zero representations and theta dichotomy for finite reductive dual pairs.
    Shu-Yen Pan*, Cornell University
    (932-22-159)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 3:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  Special Session on Partial Differential Equations and Inverse Problems, II
  Room 122, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Alexander G. Ramm, Kansas State University ramm@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Integrable Systems in Differential Geometry.
    Vladimir E Zakharov*, Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics
    (932-35-62)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Initial-boundary value problems for the inelastic material behavior of metals.
    Hans-Dieter Alber*, Technische Universit\"at Darmstadt
    (932-35-35)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Inverse Spectral Problems With Partial Knowledge Of The Potential.
    Fritz Gesztesy*, University of Missouri-Columbia
    Barry Simon, CALTECH
    (932-34-19)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Two Points Blow-up for the Nonlinear Schr\"odinger Equation with Quartic Self-Interacting Potential on $1+1$ Space-Time.
    Hayato Nawa*, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Graduate School of Polymathematics, Nagoya University
    (932-35-25)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    On New Modifications of Newton Method with the Applications to Inverse Scattering Problems.
    Ruben G Airapetyan*, Kansas State University
    (932-35-26)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Special Session on Mathematics Education and the Internet, II
  Room 102, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Andrew G. Bennett, Kansas State University bennett@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Interactive Geometry on the Internet: Four "Site Visits".
    Thomas F. Banchoff*, Brown University
    (932-51-68)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Mathematics on the Web: Looking Back and Looking Forward.
    Davide Cervone*, Union College
    (932-98-169)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Training Teaching Assistants with the help of the Internet.
    Judith Baxter*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (932-98-171)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Effective design of computer-based instructional materials for mathematics.
    William J Mueller*, University of Arizona
    (932-98-43)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Cohomology of Finite Groups, II
  Room 145, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  John S. Maginnis, Kansas State University maginnis@math.ksu.edu
  Stephen F. Siegel, University of Massachusetts siegel@math.umass.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Splitting classifying spaces of products: an algebraic perspective (preliminary report).
    Jason G Douma*, Carthage College
    (932-20-77)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On stably decomposing products of classifying spaces.
    Jason Douma, Northwestern University
    John Martino*, Western Michigan University
    Stewart Priddy, Northwestern University
    (932-55-17)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The Mod Two Cohomology of the Smallest Suzuki Group .
    Deborah A Sherman-Denvir*, Truman State University
    (932-18-86)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Local-subgroup structure conditions and homology approximations.
    Stephen D Smith*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (932-20-05)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Linear Operators and Holomorphic Function Spaces, II
  Room 120, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  V. V. Peller, Kansas State University peller@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Zero sets and invariant subspaces of Hilbert spaces of analytic functions.
    Rick S Chartrand*, University of California at Berkeley
    (932-32-36)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Operators on spaces of analytic functions in the Dixmier class.
    Mark C Ho*, Department of Applied Mathematics, National Sun Yat-Sen University
    (932-47-18)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Carleson imbedding and Nehari-Aak theorems for Hankel operators in weighted spaces with two Szego weights.
    Cora Sadosky*, Howard University
    Mischa Cotlar, Universidad Central de Venezuela
    (932-47-228)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Restoration of Unimodular Functions.
    Richard Rochberg*, Washington University
    (932-46-168)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Frame theory and functional analysis .
    David Larson*, Texas A&M University
    (932-46-227)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Composition Operators and a Certain Pull-Back Measure Formula.
    Valentin Matache*, The University of Kansas
    (932-47-49)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Numerical Analysis and Computational Mathematics, II
  Room 116, Ackert Hall
  Organizers:
  Qisu Zou, Kansas State University zou@math.ksu.edu
  Huanan Yang, Kansas State University hyang@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Analytical solutions of lattice Boltzmann BGK model.
    Xiaoyi He, Los Alamos National Lab
    Qisu Zou*, Kansas State University
    Lishi Luo, NASA Langley Research Center
    Micah Dembo, Boston University
    (932-65-151)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A Study of Monitor Functions for the Variational Approach of Adaptive Mesh Generation.
    Weizhang Huang*, University of Kansas
    (932-65-12)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Characterization of the natural measure by unstable periodic orbits in chaotic systems.
    Ying-Cheng Lai*, The University of Kansas
    (932-58-14)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Scale up in porous media.
    Shuling Hou*, Los Alamos National Lab
    Tim C. Wallstrom, Los Alamos National Lab
    David H. Sharp, Los Alamos National Lab
    Mike A. Christie, British Exploration Inc.
    Lou J. Durlofsky, Chevron Petroleum Technology Co.
    (932-65-20)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Approximation by analytic and harmonic functions,incompressible vector fields and temperature distributions.
    Sergey Lvin*, University of Maine
    (932-41-07)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 3:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  Special Session on Integrable Systems and their Applications, II
  Room 143, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Kirill L. Vaninsky, Kansas State University vaninsky@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Determinant representations for quantum correlation functions of completely integrable models.
    Vladimir Korepin*, SUNY Stonu Brook
    (932-81-107)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Hamiltonian theory of 2D soliton equations and its applications.
    Igor Krichever*, Columbia University
    (932-14-108)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On geometry of shallow water equation.
    Henry McKean*, Courant Institute
    (932-35-128)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Laplace Transformations and Spectral Theory. Differential and Difference Operators.
    Sergey Novikov*, U of Maryland
    (932-35-109)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 3:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  Session on Session for Contributed Papers
  Room 105, Ackert Hall
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Groups of analytical homeomorphisms of the low-dimensional manifolds are p-groups.
    Boris S Khots*, Compressor Controls Corp.
    (932-22-82)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    The Jones-Witten Invariant for Non-Simply-Connected Lie Groups.
    Stephen F Sawin*, Fairfield University
    (932-81-93)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Schroedinger equation and oscillatory Hilbert transforms of second degree.
    Konstantin I. Oskolkov*, Department of Mathematics, USC
    (932-35-162)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    An inverse problem in elastodynamics.
    Lizabeth V Rachele*, Purdue University
    (932-35-222)
• Friday March 27, 1998, 7:00 p.m.-9:10 p.m.
  Special Session on Quantum Groups and Applications, III
  Room 129, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Ya S. Soibelman, Kansas State University soibel@math.ksu.edu
  Volodymyr V. Lyubashenko, Kansas State University lub@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 7:00 p.m.
    The Analogue of Shafarevich's Conjecture for Odd Dimensional Calabi-Yau manifolds.
    Andrey Todorov*, University of California
    (932-57-239)
  • 7:45 p.m.
    Braided Groups and Quantum Geometry.
    Shahn Majid*, Research Fellow
    (932-20-160)
  • 8:30 p.m.
    Algebra and Geometry over Free Associative Algebras.
    Vladimir Retakh*, University of Arkansas
    (932-16-60)

Saturday March 28, 1998

• Saturday March 28, 1998, 7:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Meeting Registration
  Front Entrance Lobby, Cardwell Hall
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 7:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Exhibit and Book Sale
  Common Room, Cardwell Hall
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Representation Theory of Lie Algebras, Algebraic Groups and Quantum Groups, III
  Room 103, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Zongzhu Lin, Kansas State University zlin@math.ksu.edu
  Daniel Ken Nakano, Utah State University nakano@math.usu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Irreducible weight modules over $gl(\infty)$.
    Ivan Dimitrov*, University of California, Riverside
    Ivan Penkov, University of California, Riverside
    (932-17-157)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Total positivity for flag varieties and canonical bases.
    Konstanze Rietsch*, M.I.T.
    (932-20-81)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Level one representations of the quantum affine algebra $U_q(G_2^{(1)})$.
    Naihuan Jing*, North Carolina State University
    (932-17-138)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Path realizations of crystals for Demazure modules.
    Kailash C. Misra*, North Carolina State University
    (932-17-133)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Representation theory and integral cohomology of real flag manifolds.
    Luis G Casian*, The Ohio State University
    Robert J Stanton, The Ohio State University
    (932-22-145)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Orbital varieties and standard domino tableaux for classical groups.
    William M. McGovern*, University of Washington
    (932-22-16)
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Linear Operators and Holomorphic Function Spaces, III
  Room 120, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  V. V. Peller, Kansas State University peller@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    When is zero an eigenvalue for the self-commutator of a subnormal operator?
    Nathan S Feldman*, Michigan State University
    (932-47-140)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Products of Hankel Operators.
    Daoxing Xia, Vanderbilt University
    Dechao Zheng*, Vanderbilt University
    (932-47-91)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Visual Information in a Feedback Loop.
    Allen R Tannenbaum*, University of Minnesota
    (932-93-178)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Hyperreflexivity and factorization properties.
    Hari Bercovici*, Indiana University
    (932-47-101)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    From analytic function theorems to operator theorems to nonlinear operator theorems.
    J. William Helton*, Univ. Calif. San Diego
    (932-47-152)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Linear operators and holomorphic function spaces.
    Joseph A. Ball*, Virginia Tech
    Victor Vinnikov, Weizmann Institute of Science
    (932-32-148)
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Groups and Geometry, III
  Room 146, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Ernest E. Shult, Kansas State University shult@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Collineations of Finite Projective Planes.
    Chat-Yin Ho*, Univ of Florida
    (932-51-174)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The 2-transitive complex Hadamard matrices.
    G. E. Moorhouse*, Univ. of Wyoming
    (932-05-55)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Antipodal distance transitive covers of complete graphs.
    Chris D. Godsil, Univeristy of Waterloo
    Robert A. Liebler*, Coloarado State Univeristy
    Cheryl Praeger, E., University of Western Australia
    (932-05-46)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Flag-transitive hyperplane complements of classical generalized quadrangles.
    Antonio Pasini, University of Siena, Italy
    Sergey Shpectorov*, Bowling Green State University
    (932-20-72)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Characterization of $P$-geometries related to $M_{22}$.
    Jonathan I. Hall*, Michigan State University
    (932-20-183)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On the sphericity and simple connectivity of finite regular posets.
    Chao Ku*, California Institute of Technology
    (932-20-144)
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  Special Session on Quantum Groups and Applications, IV
  Room 129, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Ya S. Soibelman, Kansas State University soibel@math.ksu.edu
  Volodymyr V. Lyubashenko, Kansas State University lub@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Duality in infinite dimensional Fock representations.
    Weiqiang Wang*, Max-Planck Institute, Bonn
    (932-81-233)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    $W_{1+\infty}$ as conformal algebra.
    Andrey Radul*, Howard University
    (932-81-236)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Decomposing Representations of Quantum Affine Algebras .
    Michael Kleber*, U.C. Berkeley
    (932-17-15)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Quantized conformal blocks.
    Evgeny Mukhin*, UNC
    (932-81-231)
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  Special Session on Quantum Topology, III
  Room 130, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  David N. Yetter, Kansas State University dyetter@math.ksu.edu
  Louis Crane, Kansas State University crane@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Discussion
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Discussion
  • 9:30 a.m.
    State sum models for quantum gravity.
    John W Barrett*, University of Nottingham
    (932-83-209)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    State Sum Models, Spin Foam Models, Quantum Gravity .
    Carlo Rovelli*, Pittsburgh University
    (932-83-116)
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 8:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  Special Session on Partial Differential Equations and Inverse Problems, III
  Room 122, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Alexander G. Ramm, Kansas State University ramm@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Multidimentional Inverse Scattering Problem with Non-reflecting Boundary Conditions.
    Semion GUTMAN*, University of Oklahoma
    (932-35-30)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Critical Exponents for Systems of Equations.
    Keng Deng*, University of Southwestern Louisiana
    (932-35-22)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Transmission problems in nonsmooth domains.
    Rodolfo H Torres*, University of Kansas
    (932-35-69)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Semilinear subelliptic equations and CR Yamabe problem for prescribing curvatures on the Heisenberg and stratified groups.
    Guozhen Lu*, Wright State University
    (932-35-100)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Sources for Inverting the Helmhotz Equation on a Cylindrical Region.
    Frank Stenger*, University of Utah
    (932-35-120)
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 8:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  Special Session on Pictorial Methods in Low Dimensional Topology, III
  Room 120, Ackert Hall
  Organizers:
  David R. Auckly, University of California Berkeley dav@math.berkeley.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Generalized Suspension Laminations.
    Rachel Roberts*, Washington University, St Louis
    (932-57-193)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Canonical genus, free genus, and volume.
    Mark Brittenham*, University of North Texas
    (932-57-141)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Tight Contact Structures on Lens Spaces.
    John B Etnyre*, Stanford University
    (932-57-45)
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 8:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  Special Session on Integrable Systems and their Applications, III
  Room 143, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Kirill L. Vaninsky, Kansas State University vaninsky@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Calogero-Moser systems in Seiberg-Witten theory.
    D.H. Phong*, Columbia University
    (932-35-110)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Weil's reciprocity and (differential) resultants.
    Jean-Luc Brylinski, Pennsylvania State University
    Emma Previato*, Boston University
    (932-42-73)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Involutive Functionals, Infinite Dimensional Tori and Neighboring Tori.
    Marty Schwarz*, Northeastern University
    (932-35-111)
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  Special Session on Mathematics Education and the Internet, III
  Room 102, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Andrew G. Bennett, Kansas State University bennett@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Web-based labs in elementary differential equations.
    Andrew G. Bennett*, Kansas State University
    (932-98-200)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A Colloquium on the Mathematics of Games.
    John W Emert*, Ball State University
    (932-00-59)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On Line Testing in Mathematics Courses.
    Mark Sapir*, Vanderbilt University
    (932-98-170)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    WeBWorK---Web based homework delivery.
    Michael E. Gage*, University of Rochester
    Arnold K. Pizer, University of Rochester
    (932-00-70)
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Cohomology of Finite Groups, III
  Room 145, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  John S. Maginnis, Kansas State University maginnis@math.ksu.edu
  Stephen F. Siegel, University of Massachusetts siegel@math.umass.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Complexes and vanishing of cohomology for group schemes .
    Christopher P Bendel*, University of Notre Dame
    Daniel K Nakano, Utah State University
    (932-20-24)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Extensions of modules over Schur algebras, symmetric groups and Hecke algebras .
    Stephen R Doty, Loyola University
    Karin Erdmann, Oxford University
    Daniel K Nakano*, Utah St. University
    (932-20-76)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Cohomology of restricted Lie algebras and finite groups .
    Joerg Feldvoss*, University of Hamburg
    (932-20-84)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Transfer Maps and Virtual Projectivity.
    Jon F Carlson, University of Georgia
    Chuang Peng, Morehouse College
    Wayne W Wheeler*, University of Georgia
    (932-20-80)
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Numerical Analysis and Computational Mathematics, III
  Room 116, Ackert Hall
  Organizers:
  Qisu Zou, Kansas State University zou@math.ksu.edu
  Huanan Yang, Kansas State University hyang@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Discussion
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method for Hamilton-Jacobi Equations.
    Changqing Hu, Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University
    Chi-Wang Shu*, Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University
    (932-65-121)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A Robust Grid Based Front Tracking Method For Fluid Interface Instabilities.
    Xiaolin Li*, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
    (932-65-127)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Discussion
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  Special Session on Lie Groups, Algebraic Groups: Their Arithmetic and Representation Theory, III
  Room 144, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Gopal Prasad, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor gprasad@math.lsa.umich.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Hecke algebras and p-adic SL(N).
    Alan J Roche*, Purdue University
    (932-22-204)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Hecke algebras and parabolic induction.
    Anne -Marie Aubert, Ecole Normale Superieure
    Philip C Kutzko, University of Iowa
    Lawrence Morris*, Clark University
    (932-22-206)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Some applications of the SL(2,R) action on Teichmuller space.
    Alex Eskin*, University of Chicago
    (932-22-196)
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Problems, III
  Room 131, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Lev Kapitanski, Kansas State University levkapit@math.ksu.edu
  Eugene Wayne, Pennsylvania State University
  

  • 9:30 a.m.
    Discussion
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Convergence of the vanishing viscosity approximation for superpositions of confined eddies.
    Milton C Lopes, Filho, IMECC-UNICAMP
    Helena J. Nussenzveig-Lopes, IMECC-UNICAMP
    Yuxi Zheng*, Indiana University
    (932-35-122)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Cahn--Hilliard description of secondary flows of a viscous incompressible fluid in an unbounded domain.
    Guido Schneider*, University Hannover
    (932-35-123)
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 11:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  Invited Address
  Invariant manifolds and the asymptotics of dissipative partial differential equations.
  Room 101, Cardwell Hall
  Clarence Eugene Wayne*, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Stability and bifurcations in dynamical systems.
  Room 101, Cardwell Hall
  Zihong Jeff Xia*, Northwestern University
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  Special Session on Partial Differential Equations and Inverse Problems, IV
  Room 122, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Alexander G. Ramm, Kansas State University ramm@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Homogenization of a minimization problem for Ginzburg -Landau functional and superconducting composites.
    Leonid V Berlyand*, Penn State University
    Eugene Ya Khruslov, Institute of Low Temperature and Engineering, Ukranian Academy
    (932-35-230)
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 2:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  Special Session on Pictorial Methods in Low Dimensional Topology, IV
  Room 120, Ackert Hall
  Organizers:
  David R. Auckly, University of California Berkeley dav@math.berkeley.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    The SU(3) Casson invariant via gauge theory I.
    Hans U Boden*, Ohio State
    Christopher M Herald, swarthmore
    (932-57-221)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The SU(3) Casson Invariant via Gauge Theory.
    Hans U Boden, Ohio State University Mansfield
    Christopher M Herald*, Swarthmore College
    (932-57-218)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Hurwitz Spaces and Braid Group Representations.
    Eric P Klassen*, Florida State University
    Yaacov Kopeliovich, Florida State University
    (932-30-205)
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Problems, IV
  Room 131, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Lev Kapitanski, Kansas State University levkapit@math.ksu.edu
  Eugene Wayne, Pennsylvania State University
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Index theorems and the Heisenberg caluclus.
    Charles L. Epstein*, U. of Penn
    (932-58-150)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On Limits of Rescaling.
    Igor Y Rodnianski*, Kansas State University
    (932-35-198)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Evolution semigroups for infinite dimensional cocycles.
    Yuri Latushkin*, University of Missouri
    (932-34-119)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Invariant Tori for periodically perturbed planar oscillators.
    Carmen Chicone*, University of Missouri
    (932-58-28)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Discussion
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 2:30 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Representation Theory of Lie Algebras, Algebraic Groups and Quantum Groups, IV
  Room 103, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Zongzhu Lin, Kansas State University zlin@math.ksu.edu
  Daniel Ken Nakano, Utah State University nakano@math.usu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    The indecomposable decomposition of the tensor representation of the classical Lie superalgebra $\mathfrak{p}(n)$ .
    Dongho Moon*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (932-17-164)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Representations for Lie superalgebra $spo(2m,1)$.
    Chanyoung Lee Shader*, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071
    (932-17-85)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Maximal subalgebras of the simple modular Lie algebras .
    Gaik M Melikian*, Department of CS UW-Milwaukee,P.O. Box 784 ,Milwaukee, WI 53201
    (932-17-208)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Imaginary Verma Modules For Quantum Affine Lie Algebras.
    Viatcheslav M. Futorny*, Universidade de Sao Paulo
    Alexander N. Grishkov, Universidade de Sao Paulo
    Duncan J. Melville, St. Lawrence University
    (932-17-165)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Quantum deformations of $\alpha$-stratified modules.
    Viatcheslav M. Futorny, U. de Sao Paulo
    Duncan J. Melville*, St. Lawrence University
    (932-17-139)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Modular representation theory for affine Hecke algebras.
    Arun Ram*, Princeton University
    Jacqui Ramagge, University of Newcastle
    (932-16-182)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    A Quantum Octonion Algebra.
    Georgia Benkart*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    Jos\'e M. Perez-Izquierdo, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    (932-17-87)
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Groups and Geometry, IV
  Room 146, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Ernest E. Shult, Kansas State University shult@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    A lemma on quasithin groups.
    Michael Aschbacher*, Caltech
    (932-20-104)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Geometrical considerations in the classification of quasithin groups
    Stephen D Smith*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (932-20-08)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Framed Vertex Operator Algebras and Rank One Lattice Type VOAs.
    Robert L. Griess, Jr.*, University of Michigan
    (932-20-207)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    $Sz(8)$ embeds in $E_8(C)$.
    Alexander J. Ryba*, University of Michigan
    (932-20-212)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    SL(2,7) and PSL(2,7) Subgroups of the Lie Group E8(C).
    Michael J. Kantor*, Knox College
    (932-20-175)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Classical groups as monodromy composition factors.
    Daniel E. Frohardt*, Wayne State University
    Kay Magaard, Wayne State University
    (932-20-181)
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 2:30 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
  Special Session on Quantum Groups and Applications, V
  Room 129, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Ya S. Soibelman, Kansas State University soibel@math.ksu.edu
  Volodymyr V. Lyubashenko, Kansas State University lub@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Some problems in deformation quantization.
    Boris Tsygan*, Penn State University
    (932-16-237)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Noncommutative geometry based on commutator expansions.
    Michail Kapranov*, Northwestern University
    (932-14-235)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Quantum Field Theory on Algebraic Curves.
    Leon A Takhtajan*, SUNY at Stony Brook
    (932-81-229)
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 2:30 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
  Special Session on Quantum Topology, IV
  Room 130, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  David N. Yetter, Kansas State University dyetter@math.ksu.edu
  Louis Crane, Kansas State University crane@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Cabling HOMFLY-Vassiliev knot invariants.
    Sergei Chmutov, Program System Institute, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia
    Oliver T. Dasbach, Columbia University
    Arkady Vaintrob*, New Mexico State University
    (932-57-184)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    ${\cal S}_{2,\infty}(H_n\# H_m;Z[A^{\pm 1}],A)$.
    J\'ozef H Przytycki*, George Washington University
    (932-57-210)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Lattice Gauge Field Theory.
    Doug Bullock*, George Washington Univ.
    Charles Frohman, University of Iowa
    Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska, Boise State University
    (932-57-125)
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 2:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  Special Session on Lie Groups, Algebraic Groups: Their Arithmetic and Representation Theory, IV
  Room 144, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Gopal Prasad, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor gprasad@math.lsa.umich.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Moy-Prasad filtrations and harmonic analysis on $G$.
    Stephen DeBacker*, The University of Chicago
    (932-22-83)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The tempered spectrum of classical $p$-adic groups via twisted endoscopy.
    David Goldberg*, Purdue Universty
    Freydoon Shahidi, Purdue University
    (932-22-215)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Symmetric cube $L$-functions for $GL_2$ are entire.
    Henry H Kim*, Southern Illinois University
    Freydoon Shahidi, Purdue University
    (932-11-146)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    The moment mapping on spherical nilpotent orbits.
    Donald R King*, Northeastern University
    (932-20-51)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    "On the DPW method for general Lie groups".
    Josef F Dorfmeister, University of Kansas
    Vladimir D Balan*, University of Kansas / Politehnica University of Bucharest
    (932-22-52)
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Special Session on Mathematics Education and the Internet,IV
  Room 102, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Andrew G. Bennett, Kansas State University bennett@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Using the Internet for Teaching and Learning Mathematics Outside the Traditional Course Structure .
    Eugene A. Klotz*, Math Forum/Swarthmore College
    (932-98-71)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Student Evaluation of the Quality of History of Mathematics Web Pages.
    V. Frederick Rickey*, Bowling Green State University
    (932-01-203)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Discussion
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Cohomology of Finite Groups, IV
  Room 145, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  John S. Maginnis, Kansas State University maginnis@math.ksu.edu
  Stephen F. Siegel, University of Massachusetts siegel@math.umass.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Phantom maps and purity in modular representation theory (Part 1).
    David J. Benson, University of Georgia
    Gilles Ph. Gnacadja*, University of Georgia
    (932-20-57)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Phantom maps and purity in modular representation theory (Part 2).
    David J. Benson*, University of Georgia
    Gilles Ph. Gnacadja, University of Georgia
    (932-20-58)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Stable endomorphism rings of idempotent E-modules.
    Peteris Daugulis*, University of Georgia
    (932-15-67)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Self-equivalences of stable module categories.
    Jon F. Carlson*, University of Georgia
    Rapha\"el Rouquier, Universit\'e Denis Diderot
    (932-20-66)
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Linear Operators and Holomorphic Function Spaces, IV
  Room 120, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  V. V. Peller, Kansas State University peller@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Carleson measures and multipliers for Dirichlet spaces.
    Zhijian Wu*, University of Alabama
    (932-47-166)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    $C^*$ algebras generated by a subnormal operator.
    Kit C Chan*, Bowling Green State University
    Zeljko Cuckovic, The University of Toledo
    (932-47-137)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Cyclic subnormal operators without disjoint invariant subspaces.
    Robert F Olin*, Virginia Tech
    (932-47-130)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Analytic BMO on the d-torus.
    Sarah H Ferguson*, Purdue University
    Cora Sadosky, Howard University c
    (932-47-176)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Spin Geometry Techniques in Multivariable Operator Theory.
    Mircea Martin*, Baker University
    (932-47-161)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces and Robertson conjecture.
    Subhajit Ghosechowdhury*, Purdue University
    (932-47-220)
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 3:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Numerical Analysis and Computational Mathematics, IV
  Room 116, Ackert Hall
  Organizers:
  Qisu Zou, Kansas State University zou@math.ksu.edu
  Huanan Yang, Kansas State University hyang@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Lattice Boltzmann Method on Curvilinear Grid.
    Xiaoyi He*, Los Alamos National Lab.
    (932-65-21)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Mathematical and Numerical Analysis for Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media.
    Zhangxin Chen*, Southern Methodist University
    (932-65-11)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Solutions for New Equations of Two Phase Flow and an Open Problem.
    James Glimm*, SUNY at Stony Brook
    David Saltz, SUNY at Stony Brook
    David Sharp, Los Alamos National Lab
    (932-65-13)
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 3:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  Special Session on Integrable Systems and their Applications, IV
  Room 143, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Kirill L. Vaninsky, Kansas State University vaninsky@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    The Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation with quasiperiodic initial data.
    Harvey Segur*, U of Colorado, Boulder
    (932-35-112)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    On asymptotic localization and ratio of two symplectic volumes.
    Kirill L Vaninsky*, Kansas State University
    (932-82-95)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Asymptotic Calculation of Selberg type Integrals.
    Stephanos Venakides*, Duke University
    (932-35-113)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Rigorous perturbation theory for near--integrable systems.
    Xin Zhou*, Duke University
    (932-35-114)
• Saturday March 28, 1998, 7:00 p.m.-9:10 p.m.
  Special Session on Quantum Groups and Applications, VI
  Room 129, Cardwell Hall
  Organizers:
  Ya S. Soibelman, Kansas State University soibel@math.ksu.edu
  Volodymyr V. Lyubashenko, Kansas State University lub@math.ksu.edu
  

  • 7:00 p.m.
    The Borel-Weil-Bott Theorem at a root of unity.
    Alexander A. Voronov*, M.I.T.
    (932-17-33)
  • 7:45 p.m.
    Vertex representations of Kac-Moody algebras.
    Naihuan Jing*, North Carolina State University
    (932-17-177)
  • 8:30 p.m.
    Quantum groupoids and deformation quantization.
    Ping Xu*, Penn State University
    (932-81-06)

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