AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Day

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:09:40

1997 Fall Eastern Sectional Meeting
Montreal, Quebec Canada, September 26-28, 1997
Meeting #924

Saturday September 27, 1997

• Saturday September 27, 1997, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Meeting Registration
  Auditorium Lobby, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Commutative Algebra, II
  Room 310, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Organizers:
  Irena V. Peeva, Massachusetts Institute of Technology irena@math.mit.edu
  Hema Srinivasan, University of Missouri mathhs@mizzou1.missouri.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Intermediate rings between a local domain and its completion
    William Heinzer, Purdue University
    Christel Rotthaus, Michigan State University
    Sylvia Wiegand*, University of Nebraska
    (924-13-101)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Noetherian Rings Between a Local Domain and its Completion
    Christel Rotthaus*, Michigan State University
    (924-13-126)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Multiplicity of a Noetherian Intersection
    Andrei Gabrielov*, Purdue University
    (924-14-96)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Local factorization and monomialization of morphisms
    Steven D Cutkosky*, Univ. Missouri
    (924-14-177)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    $\cal A$-graded ideals
    Vesselin Gasharov*, University of Michigan
    Irena Peeva, M.I.T.
    (924-13-195)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Weak F-regularity deforms in $\Bbb Q$-Gorenstein rings
    Ian M Aberbach*, University of Missouri
    Mordechai Katzman, University of Minnesota
    Brian MacCrimmon, University of Missouri
    (924-13-173)
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Methods in Statistics, I
  Room 220, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Organizers:
  Gerard G. Letac, Universit\'e Paul Sabatier, France letac@cict.fr
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Fitting smooth histories to rotation data
    Martin S. Hanna*, University of Kansas
    Ted Chang, University of Virginia
    (924-62-258)
  • 8:35 a.m.
    Lie algebras, matrix spaces, and probability measures
    Philip J Feinsilver*, AMS
    Michael Giering,
    (924-60-304)
  • 9:10 a.m.
    Representation of an exponential dispersion model and allplications
    G\'erard Letac, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
    H\'el\`ene M Massam*, York University and University of Virginia
    (924-62-157)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    The representations of the Wishart distributions
    Gerard G. Letac*, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
    (924-62-115)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Deriving moments in multivariate statistics
    Dietrich von Rosen*, Uppsala University
    (924-62-270)
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Analysis and Spectral Theory, I
  Room 315, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Organizers:
  John Andrew Toth, McGill University toth@scylla.math.mcgill.ca
  Yannis Petridis, McGill University petridis@math.mcgill.ca
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Inversion of the F.B.I.\ transform on certain infinite radius tubes
    Matthew B. Stenzel*, Ohio State University, Newark Campus
    (924-58-250)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Propagation of growth and singularities for Schr\"odinger operators
    Jared Wunsch*, Harvard University
    (924-35-123)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Sup norms of Laplace eigenfunctions in the completely integrable case
    Steve Zelditch, VIII*, Johns Hopkins University
    (924-58-228)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Recovering asymptotics of short range potentials
    Antonio Sa Barreto*,
    (924-35-307)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Szego-type Limit Theorems
    Kate Okikiolu*,
    (924-35-306)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Limits of eigenfunctions.
    Dmitry Jakobson*, Caltech and IAS
    (924-58-125)
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Non-Euclidean and Spacetime Geometries, III
  Room 330, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Organizers:
  Abraham A. Ungar, North Dakota State University ungar@tammy.math.ndsu.NoDak.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Explorations in Non-Euclidean Geometry with Software
    Joe D Austin*, Rice University
    (924-51-309)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Final stage of evolution of geometry and topology of space-time
    Alexander K Guts*, Omsk State University
    (924-51-77)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Trigonometry in Complex Hyperbolic and Elliptic Space
    William M Goldman*, University of Maryland, College Park
    (924-51-39)
  • 9:35 a.m.
    Thomas Precession in Hyperbolic Geometry and in Special Theory of Relativity.
    Abraham A Ungar*, North Dakota State University
    (924-51-18)
  • 10:10 a.m.
    Remarks on Riemann, based on Detlef Laugwitz's recent book {\it Bernhard Riemann}.
    Abe Shenitzer*, York University
    (924-51-51)
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Book Sale and Exhibit
  Auditorium Lobby, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 8:20 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Symplectic Geometry and Differential Topology, III
  Room 240, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Organizers:
  Jacques C. Hurtubise, McGill University hurtubise@math.mcgill.ca
  Lisa Claire Jeffrey, McGill University jeffrey@math.mcgill.edu
  Francois Lalonde, University of Quebec at Montreal flalonde@math.uqam.ca
  

  • 8:20 a.m.
    Genus zero moduli space as a ``difference" of toric varieties
    Allen I Knutson*,
    Jean-Claude Hausmann,
    (924-53-295)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Symplectic cross-sections and the equivariant index theorem
    Reyer Sjamaar*,
    (924-58-80)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Moduli spaces of flat connections and fusion
    Christopher T Woodward*, Harvard University
    (924-53-272)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Cobordism and moduli spaces of flat connections on 2-manifolds
    Eckhard Meinrenken*, MIT
    (924-53-190)
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Combinatorial Geometry, II
  Room 245, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Organizers:
  David Avis, McGill University avis@mutt.cs.mcgill.ca
  Jacob E. Goodman, City College, City University of New York jegcc@cunyvm.cuny.edu
  Richard Pollack, Courant Institute-New York University pollack@geometry.nyu.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Rhombic isohedra and rectangle-faced isohedra
    Branko Gr\"unbaum*, University of Washington
    (924-52-48)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The shape of a 3D point set
    Nina Amenta*, University of Texas at Austin
    Marshall Bern, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
    (924-68-263)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The multiplicity of small distances among points
    Gyorgy Csizmadia*,
    (924-52-64)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Illumination and exposition of a convex $n$-body depending on its sharpness
    Boris V. Dekster*, Mount Allison University
    (924-52-09)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The {\bf cd}-index of zonotopes and hyperplane arrangements
    Richard Ehrenborg*, Cornell University
    (924-05-179)
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Invariant Theory, II
  Room 250, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Organizers:
  Abraham Broer, University of Montreal broera@dms.umontreal.ca
  Yannis Y. Papageorgiou, C.R.M., University of Montreal papageor@crm.umontreal.ca
  David L. Wehlau, Royal Military College and Queen's University wehlau@mast.queensu.ca
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Macdonald Polynomials and Vector Bundles over the Hilbert Scheme of Points in the Plane
    Carol H. Chang*, University of California, San Diego
    (924-05-181)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Applications of standard domino tableaux to representation theory
    William M. McGovern*, University of Washington
    (924-22-20)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Orbits and invariants associated with symmetric varieties
    Aloysius G Helminck*, North Carolina State University
    Gerald W Schwarz, Brandeis University
    (924-20-194)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Invariant holonomic systems on a reductive Lie algebra and the Zuckerman functor
    Markus Hunziker*, Brandeis University
    (924-14-222)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Quantization and Invariant Theory: construction of covariant differential operators on homogeneous spaces.
    Ranee K. Brylinski*, Penn State University
    (924-58-136)
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 8:45 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Category Theory and Its Applications, III
  Room 320, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Organizers:
  Michael Barr, McGill University barr@triples.math.mcgill.ca
  Ieke Moerdijk, University of Utrecht. Netherlands moerdijk@math.ruu.nl
  Myles Tierney, Rutgers University tierney@math.uqam.ca
  

  • 8:45 a.m.
    Toposes of Laws of Motion
    F. William Lawvere*, SUNY Buffalo
    (924-18-206)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Conceptual Mathematics, Categories, Functors, and Tensors
    Walter Noll*,
    (924-18-247)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Geometric Construction of the Levi-Civita Parallelism
    Anders Kock*, Aarhus University, Denmark
    (924-53-131)
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Potential Theory, III
  Room 230, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Organizers:
  Kohur Gowri Sankaran, McGill University gowri@math.McGill.ca
  David H. Singman, George Mason University dsingman@osf1.gmu.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Finding Zero Sets for the Best Approach to the Boundary.
    Peter Albert Loeb*, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
    J\"urgen E. Bliedtner, University of Frankfurt a.M.
    (924-31-93)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Applications of Reverse Markov Inequalities to Potential Theory, Probability and Analysis
    Murali Rao*, University of Florida
    (924-31-285)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Distributions in local $H^p$ spaces.
    Galia D. Dafni*, Northwestern University
    (924-42-146)
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 9:00 a.m.-10:35 a.m.
  Special Session on Number Theory and Arithmetic Geometry, III
  Room 325, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Organizers:
  Henri Rene Darmon, McGill University and CICMA darmon@math.mcGill.ca
  Chantal David, Concordia University and CICMA chantal@abacus.concordia.ca
  Adrian Iovita, McGill University and CICMA iovita@math.bu.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Adding new pages to the genus-three bestiary
    Everett W. Howe*, Center for Communications Research, La Jolla
    (924-14-108)
  • 9:35 a.m.
    Moduli spaces of abelian varieties in positive characteristic
    Jeffrey D Achter*, University of Pennsylvania
    (924-14-24)
  • 10:10 a.m.
    Central critical values of modular $L$-functions
    Ken Ono*, Penn State University
    (924-11-53)
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
  Special Session on History of Mathematics, III
  Room 225, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Organizers:
  Israel Kleiner, York University kleiner@yorku.ca
  James J. Tattersall, Providence College tat@providence.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    The concept of integration in Euler's analysis
    Craig Fraser*, University of Toronto
    (924-01-129)
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 9:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  Session on Contributed Papers, I
  Room 300, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    A basis of cyclotomic units of a compositum of quadratic fields
    Allal ElAouni*,
    (924-11-119)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    On cyclotomic units
    Said ElMorchid*,
    (924-11-118)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Stochastic integral not transferable
    Isidore Fleischer*, Centre of Mathematical Research
    (924-28-180)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    A model towards a constructive interpretation of the Bell inequalities and non-locality.
    Emmanuel Galatoulas*, University of London
    (924-81-252)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Angular Ratio Transference (A New Technique in Plane Geometry)
    James H Mulberry*,
    (924-41-13)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Closed walks on weighted graphs
    Gregory T Quenell*, Oberlin College
    (924-05-103)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Topological Complexity, Computability, and Critical Point Theory
    P. Robert Kotiuga, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University
    Vladimir Retakh*, Harvard University
    (924-57-61)
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 11:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  Invited Address
  Invariants of groupoids related to foliations.
  Room 110, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  I. Moerdijk*, University of Utrecht, Netherlands
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Einstein metrics and topology.
  Room 110, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Dieter Kotschick*, Universit\" at Basel and Max-Planck-Institute f\" ur Mathematik, Bonn
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Special Session on Potential Theory, IV
  Room 230, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Organizers:
  Kohur Gowri Sankaran, McGill University gowri@math.McGill.ca
  David H. Singman, George Mason University dsingman@osf1.gmu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    A Sufficient Mass-density condition for a Bernstein-Markov Inequality.
    Thomas Bloom*, University of Tornoto
    Norman Levenberg, University of Auckland
    (924-32-218)
  • 3:10 p.m.
    Linear Invariant Families in Complex n-Space
    Ted J. Suffridge*, University of Kentucky
    John A. Pfaltzgraff, University of North Carolina
    (924-32-34)
  • 3:50 p.m.
    Inverse Mappings
    Paul M Gauthier*, Universite de Montreal
    (924-32-155)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Construction of Some Harmonic Mappings in the Punctured Disk
    Michael D. Galloy*, University of Kentucky
    (924-30-36)
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Special Session on Symplectic Geometry and Differential Topology, IV
  Room 240, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Organizers:
  Jacques C. Hurtubise, McGill University hurtubise@math.mcgill.ca
  Lisa Claire Jeffrey, McGill University jeffrey@math.mcgill.edu
  Francois Lalonde, University of Quebec at Montreal flalonde@math.uqam.ca
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Relative equilibria at singular points of the moment map
    Eugene Lerman*,
    (924-58-111)
  • 3:10 p.m.
    Floer Homology and Arnold Conjecture
    Gang Liu*,
    Gang Tian,
    (924-53-211)
  • 3:50 p.m.
    The topology of the symplectomorphism group of $S^2\times S^2$
    Dusa McDuff*, SUNY at Stony Brook
    Miguel Abreu,
    (924-58-299)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Contact homology
    Yakov Eliashberg*, Stanford University
    (924-53-305)
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Combinatorial Geometry, III
  Room 245, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Organizers:
  David Avis, McGill University avis@mutt.cs.mcgill.ca
  Jacob E. Goodman, City Collge, City University of New York jegcc@cunyvm.cuny.edu
  Richard Pollack, Courant Institute-New York University pollack@geometry.nyu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    On Some Problems in Combinatorial Geometry
    Zolt\'an F\"uredi*, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
    (924-52-313)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Packing and covering the cube with equal balls.
    Wlodzimierz Kuperberg*,
    (924-52-239)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Pure Quasicrystals
    Jeffrey C. Lagarias*, AT&T Labs - Research
    (924-52-254)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    An application of combinatorial convexity to a problem of visual processing.
    Ted Lewis*, University of Alberta
    Balder Von Hohenbalken, University of Alberta
    (924-52-199)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    New applications of the Regularity Lemma
    Janos Pach*,
    (924-52-220)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    On the Visibility Graph of Convex Translates
    David Rappaport*, Queen's University
    (924-52-109)
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Commutative Algebra, III
  Room 310, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Organizers:
  Irena V. Peeva, Massachusetts Institute of Technology irena@math.mit.edu
  Hema Srinivasan, University of Missouri mathhs@mizzou1.missouri.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Capelli-Type Identities and Resolutions of Weyl Modules.
    David A Buchsbaum*, Brandeis University
    Gian-Carlo Rota, M.I.T.
    (924-13-25)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Gor(T) and other classifying spaces for graded artinian level algebras
    Anthony V. Geramita*, Queen's University(Kingston, Canada), University of Genova (Genova, Italy)
    (924-13-12)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Hilbert-Kunz functions of quartics
    Paul Monsky*, Brandeis University
    (924-13-49)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Some results on test elements
    Ian M Aberbach, University of Missouri
    Brian MacCrimmon*, University of Missouri
    (924-13-175)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Determinantal Varieties and moduli spaces for piecewise polynomial functions
    Henry K Schenck*, Cornell University
    (924-13-116)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Chern classes of regular embeddings.
    Paul C. Roberts*, University of Utah
    (924-13-224)
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 2:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  Special Session on Category Theory and Its Applications, IV
  Room 320, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Organizers:
  Michael Barr, McGill University barr@triples.math.mcgill.ca
  Ieke Moerdijk, University of Utrecht. Netherlands moerdijk@math.ruu.nl
  Myles Tierney, Rutgers University tierney@math.uqam.ca
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Categories and Representation Theory
    Peter Gabriel*,
    (924-18-204)
  • 3:25 p.m.
    Semistabilization and infinite loop-spaces
    Alex Heller*, Graduate School, C.U.N.Y.
    (924-18-132)
  • 4:05 p.m.
    Multirelations and power quantales
    Kimmo I Rosenthal*, Union College
    (924-18-147)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Triples vs. Theories -- one last time
    Fred E. J. Linton*,
    (924-18-29)
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 2:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  Special Session on Number Theory and Arithmetic Geometry, IV
  Room 325, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Organizers:
  Henri Rene Darmon, McGill University and CICMA darmon@math.mcGill.ca
  Chantal David, Concordia University and CICMA chantal@abacus.concordia.ca
  Adrian Iovita, McGill University and CICMA iovita@math.bu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Uniformity of rational and integral points - recent progress
    Dan Abramovich*, AMS
    (924-11-40)
  • 3:05 p.m.
    Uniform bounds for stably integral points on elliptic curves
    Patricia L Pacelli*,
    (924-11-248)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Recent results in Galois module theory
    Adebisi Agboola*,
    (924-11-90)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Height zeta functions
    Yuri Tschinkel*, U.I.C.
    (924-11-75)
  • 4:50 p.m.
    Modular forms and potentially semistable Galois representations
    Fred Diamond*, Rutgers University
    (924-11-267)
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Invariant Theory, III
  Room 250, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Organizers:
  Abraham Broer, University of Montreal broera@dms.umontreal.ca
  Yannis Y. Papageorgiou, C.R.M., University of Montreal papageor@crm.umontreal.ca
  David L. Wehlau, Royal Military College and Queen's University wehlau@mast.queensu.ca
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Maximal Cohen-Macaulay modules supported in determinantal varieties.
    Jerzy M Weyman*, Northeastern University
    (924-13-214)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Polynomial bounds for rings of invariants
    Harm Derksen*, University of Basel
    (924-13-59)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Invariant Polynomials Associated with Multiplicity Free Actions
    Gail D.L. Ratcliff*, University of Missouri - St.Louis
    Chal Benson, University of Missouri - St.Louis
    (924-22-243)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Generalized Binomial Coefficients for Multiplicity Free Actions
    Chal Benson*, University of Missouri - St.Louis
    Gail Ratcliff, University of Missouri - St.Louis
    (924-22-242)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Invariant theory of classical groups and Levi subgroups.
    Helmer Aslaksen*,
    Eng-Chye Tan,
    Chen-Bo Zhu,
    (924-15-278)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Projections to P2 of six lines in P3.
    Frank Grosshans*, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
    (924-99-316)
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 2:30 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Methods in Statistics, II
  Room 220, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Organizers:
  Gerard G. Letac, Universit\'e Paul Sabatier, France letac@cict.fr
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Cumulants, partition lattices and generalizations of the FKG inequality
    H\'el\`ene M. Massam,
    Donald St.P. Richards*,
    (924-60-182)
  • 3:05 p.m.
    Estimation and testing for lattice conditional independence models on Euclidean Jordan algebras
    Erhard Neher*, University of Ottawa
    (924-62-189)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    The covariance structure of random permutations
    Marlos Viana*, The University of Illinois at Chicago
    (924-62-227)
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Analysis and Spectral Theory, II
  Room 315, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Organizers:
  John Andrew Toth, McGill University toth@scylla.math.mcgill.ca
  Yannis Petridis, McGill University petridis@math.mcgill.ca
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Continuous families of isospectral closed Riemannian manifolds with different local geometry
    Carolyn S Gordon*,
    Ruth Gornet,
    Dorothee Schueth,
    David L Webb,
    Edward N Wilson,
    (924-58-226)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On the discrete spectrum of certain noncompact manifolds
    Lizhen Ji*, University of Michigan
    (924-58-135)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Exit time moments and the geometry of Euclidean domains
    Patrick T McDonald*,
    Kimberly K Kinateder,
    (924-35-302)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Geometry of symplectic connections
    Israel M Gelfand, Rutgers University
    Vladimir S Retakh, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
    Mikhail A Shubin*, Northeastern University
    (924-53-114)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    K-area and scalar curvature
    Maung Min-Oo*,
    (924-53-110)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Upper Bounds for the Writhing of Knots and the Helicity of Vector Fields
    Jason Cantarella, University of Pennsylvania
    Dennis DeTurck*, University of Pennsylvania
    Herman Gluck, University of Pennsylvania
    (924-53-193)
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Special Session on History of Mathematics, IV
  Room 225, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Organizers:
  Israel Kleiner, York University kleiner@yorku.ca
  James J. Tattersall, Providence College tat@providence.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Who is Ragsdale of the Ragsdale conjecture?
    Judy Green*, Marymount University
    (924-01-282)
  • 3:10 p.m.
    Toward an unified algebra in the middle of the 17th century
    Louis Charbonneau*,
    (924-01-191)
  • 3:50 p.m.
    Some Thoughts on Nicomachean Mathematics
    James J Tattersall*, Providence College
    (924-01-139)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    History of Two
    J. Lambek*, McGill University
    (924-01-94)
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 2:30 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
  Special Session on Non-Euclidean and Spacetime Geometries, IV
  Room 330, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Organizers:
  Abraham A. Ungar, North Dakota State University ungar@tammy.math.ndsu.NoDak.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Gyrogroups and symmetric spaces of non-compact type
    Werner Krammer*, Institut fur Theoretische Physik
    (924-51-84)
  • 3:10 p.m.
    Loopuscular Geometry
    Lev V Sabinin*, Russian Friendship of Nations University
    (924-20-31)
  • 3:50 p.m.
    Non-Euclidean Geometry and Gyrogroups
    Michael K Kinyon*, Indiana University South Bend
    (924-51-37)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On the equivalence of categories of Riemannian globally symmetric spaces of non-compact type and gyro-vector spaces
    Oliver Jones*, North Dakota State University
    (924-51-41)
  • 5:10 p.m.
    Quantization of spin$^c$ manifolds
    Ana Canas da Silva*,
    (924-53-230)
• Saturday September 27, 1997, 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  Leonard M. and Eleanor B. Blumenthal Award for the Advancement of Research in Pure Mathematics Presentation and Lecture
  Presentation of the award by {\bf Hendrik. W. Lenstra Jr}., University of California, Berkeley
  Room 110, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Rational points: The case of elliptic curves
  Room 110, Z Wing, Pavillon Principal de l'Universit\'e de Montr\'eal
  Lo\"ic Merel*, Universit\'e Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris