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1997 Fall Western Sectional Meeting
Albuquerque, NM, November 8-9, 1997
Meeting #928

Associate secretaries:
William A Harris, Jr, AMS wharris@math.usc.edu

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Saturday November 8, 1997

• Saturday November 8, 1997, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  Meeting Registration
• Saturday November 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Commutative Algebra, I
  Laguna Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Scott Thomas Chapman, Trinity University schapman@trinity.edu
  Alan Loper, Ohio State University, Newark lopera@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Factorization properties of the normset.
    James B Coykendall, IV*, North Dakota State University
    (928-13-104)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Prime ideals in birational extensions.
    Serpil Saydam, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Sylvia M Wiegand*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (928-13-116)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Integral domains with no atoms.
    Jim Coykendall, North Dakota State University
    David Dobbs, University of Tennessee
    Bernadette Mullins*, Youngstown State University
    (928-13-114)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Seminormal and t-closed Rees rings
    Gabriel Picavet*, Universite de Clermont 2
    (928-13-24)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    GCD-Sets in Integral Domains.
    David F Anderson, Mathematics Department
    D D Anderson, Mathematics Department
    Jeanam Park*, Mathematics Department
    (928-13-88)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Finiteness theorems for faithfully flat descent.
    Roger Wiegand*, University of Nebraska
    (928-13-48)
• Saturday November 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Harmonic Analysis, I
  Acoma Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Jay B. Epperson, University of New Mexico jeppers@math.unm.edu
  Christina Pereya, University of New Mexico crisp@math.unm.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Transference in spaces of analytic measures.
    Nakhle H. Asmar*, University of Missouri
    Stephen J. Montgomery-Smith, University of Missouri
    (928-43-35)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A scale of BMO in product spaces and correspondingCarleson measures.
    Cora Sadosky*, Howard University
    (928-42-73)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Constructive Decomposition of CMO.
    Joseph D Lakey*, New Mexico State University
    (928-42-76)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Principles of Phase Plane Analysis .
    Michael T Lacey*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (928-42-43)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Weighted norm inequalities for the centered maximal operator on ${\Bbb R}^+$.
    David V. Cruz-Uribe*, Trinity College
    (928-42-59)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Ces\`aro Summability of Hardy Spaces on the Ring of Integers in a Local Field.
    Shijun Zheng*, University of New Mexico
    (928-43-38)
• Saturday November 8, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  Exhibit and Book Sale
• Saturday November 8, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Difference and Differential Equations, I
  Tesuque Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Saber N. Elaydi, Trinity University selaydi@trinity.edu
  Robert J. Sacker, University of Southern California rsacker@mtha.usc.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    A New Approach to Asymptotic Diagonalization of Linear Differential Systems.
    Sigrun I Pabst*, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
    Robert J Sacker, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
    (928-34-97)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Asymptotics for difference equations and orthogonal polynomials.
    Saber Elaydi*, Trinity University
    (928-39-113)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Asymptotics for difference equations in Banach lattices.
    Sophia R.-J. Jang*, Texas Tech University
    (928-39-85)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Planar Competitive and Cooperative Difference Equations.
    Hal L Smith*, Arizona State University
    (928-39-132)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Apersistence result for Matrix Equation.
    Jim M. Cushing*, University of Arizona
    (928-39-159)
• Saturday November 8, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Diophantine Geometry, I
  Apache Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Alexandru Buium, University of New Mexico buium@math.unm.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Canonical lifts of elliptic curves and applications
    Jose' F Voloch*,
    (928-14-10)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Applications of canonical lifts of elliptic curves to coding theory.
    Jose-Felipe Voloch, University of Texas - Austin
    Judy L Walker*, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
    (928-11-39)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Canonical Lie Stratification and the Integral Manin Problem.
    Adrian Vasiu*, University of California, Berkeley CA 94720
    (928-11-90)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Number of Generic points on curves in semiabelian varieties.
    Anand Pillay*, Univ. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (928-11-62)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The invariant $A$
    Antonios Broumas*, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
    (928-14-22)
• Saturday November 8, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on (Multi) Wavelets and Numerical PDEs, I
  Navajo Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Peter R. Massopust, Sandia National Laboratories prmasso@cs.sandia.gov
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Why multiwavelets?
    Douglas P Hardin*, Vanderbilt University
    (928-65-125)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Compactly Supported Wavelets in Two Dimensions.
    George C Donovan*, Princeton University
    Jeffrey S Geronimo, Georgia Inst. of Technology
    Douglas P Hardin, Vanderbilt University
    (928-43-106)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A Multiwavelet Approach to Numerical Partial Differential Equations.
    Peter R Massopust*, Sandia National Laboratories
    (928-41-102)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Applications of MRA reduction methods for nonlinear ODEs.
    Anna C Gilbert*, AT&T Labs
    Yannis Kevrekidis, Princeton University
    (928-34-63)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Random Multilevel Methods, Wavelets and Iterated Function Systems for Numerical PDE's
    Andrew J. Kurdila*, Texas A&M University
    (928-65-04)
• Saturday November 8, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  Special Session on Localization and Other Multiple Scattering Phenomena of Classical Waves, I
  Santo Domingo Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Alexander Figotin, University of North Carolina at Charlotte figotin@uncc.edu
  Abel Klein, University of California, Irvine aklein@math.uci.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Transport theory for waves and applications .
    George C Papanicolaou*, Stanford University
    (928-86-153)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Magnetotelluric Probing.
    Benjamin White, Exxon Research & Engineering Co.
    L. J. Srnka, Exxon Exploration Co.
    Werner Kohler*, Virginia Tech
    (928-78-105)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The bispectral problem and some of its applications in mathematical physics.
    F. Alberto Grunbaum*, University of California, Berkeley
    (928-33-99)
• Saturday November 8, 1997, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Quaternions in Global Riemannian and Algebraic Geometry, I
  Zuni Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Charles P. Boyer, University of New Mexico cboyer@math.unm.edu
  Galicki Krzysztof, University of New Mexico galicki@math.unm.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Positively curved cohomogeneity one manifolds.
    Karsten Grove*, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
    Wolfgang Ziller, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    (928-53-140)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Cohomogeneity one Einstein metrics.
    Andrew S Dancer*, McMaster Univesity
    (928-53-67)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Quantization Formula for Singular Reductions.
    Youliang Tian*, CUNY Graduate Center and Courant Institute
    Weiping Zhang, Nankai Institute of mathematics
    (928-53-96)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Asymptotic metrics for monopoles with maximal symmetry breaking.
    Roger Bielawski*, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Mathematik
    (928-53-52)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    New Weitzenboeck formulas on quaternionic Kaehler manifolds and lower bounds for the spectrum of the Dirac operator.
    Uwe Semmelmann*, Max-Planck-Institut f. Mathematik, Bonn, Germany
    (928-53-118)
• Saturday November 8, 1997, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Computational Mathematics, I
  Isleta Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Richard C. Allen, Jr., Sandia National Laboratories rcallen@cs.sandia.gov
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Combinatorial Algorithms in Scientific Computing.
    Bruce A Hendrickson*, Sandia National Labs
    (928-68-150)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Hexahedral Mesh Generation via the Dual Arrangement of Surfaces.
    Scott A Mitchell*, Sandia National Laboratories
    Timothy J Tautges, Sandia National Laboratories
    (928-68-145)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Recent Advances in Approximating the Network Inhibition Problem.
    Carl B Burch, Carnegie Mellon University
    Sven O Krumke, University of Wurzburg
    Madhav V Marathe, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    Cynthia A Phillips*, Sandia National Laboratories
    Eric L Sundburg, Rutgers University
    (928-68-147)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Parallel Iterative Methods for Large-Scale Linear Systems.
    Ray S Tuminaro*, Sandia National Laboratories
    (928-65-136)
• Saturday November 8, 1997, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Computational Mechanics, I
  Nambe Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
  Organizers:
  D. L. Sulsky, University of New Mexico sulsky@math.unm.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Progress Toward Robust, High-Resolution Finite Volume Methods for Three-Dimensional Solidifying Flows on Unstructured Meshes.
    Douglas B. Kothe*, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    (928-65-163)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A Computational Technique for Moving Boundary Problems in Multicomponent, Multiphase Flows with Phase Change.
    Damir Juric*, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    (928-76-55)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A hybrid numerical method for moving interface problems.
    Zhilin Li*, North Carolina State University
    (928-65-51)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Application of the Conjugate Gradient Algorithm to thin Sheet Forming Problems.
    Martin W. Heinstein*, Sandia National Laboratories
    (928-73-164)
• Saturday November 8, 1997, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Geometry and Analysis of Foliations, I
  Jemez Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Efton L. Park, Texas Christian University epark@gamma.is.tcu.edu
  Kenneth S. Richardson, Texas Christian University k.richardson@tcu.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Riemannian Foliations and Eigenvalue Comparison.
    Jeffrey M Lee*, Texas Tech University
    Ken Richardson, Texas Christian University
    (928-58-46)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Metric fibrations in Euclidean space
    Detlef Gromoll,
    Gerard Walschap*,
    (928-53-18)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Leafwise heat flow and applications
    Jesus A. Alvarez-Lopez*,
    (928-58-09)
• Saturday November 8, 1997, 11:15 a.m.-12:05 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Localization of classical waves.
  Taos Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
  Abel Klein*, University of California, Irvine
  (928-78-115)
• Saturday November 8, 1997, 1:45 p.m.-2:35 p.m.
  Invited Address
  An adaptive pseudo-wavelet approach for solving nonlinear partial differential equations
  Taos Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
  Gregory Beylkin*, University of Colorado
• Saturday November 8, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-6:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Commutative Algebra, II
  Laguna Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Scott Thomas Chapman, Trinity University schapman@trinity.edu
  Alan Loper, Ohio State University, Newark lopera@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Zero-divisor graphs of commutative rings.
    David F. Anderson*, University of Tennessee
    (928-13-47)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Weak normalization and t-closure
    Martine Picavet-L'HermiteE*, Universite de Clermont II
    (928-13-25)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Armendariz rings and Gaussian rings
    D. D. Anderson*, The University of Iowa
    Victor Camillo, The University of Iowa
    (928-13-05)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Decomposition of modules
    Stephen J. McAdam*, The University of Texas at Austin
    (928-13-20)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Zero Sequences and Sets of Lengths.
    Scott T. Chapman, Trinity University
    William W. Smith*, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    (928-13-65)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Representation Type of Commutative Noetherian Rings.
    Lee C. Klingler*, Florida Atlantic University
    Lawrence S. Levy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (928-13-42)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Weak subintegrality of elements and ideals.
    David C. Lantz*, Colgate University
    (928-13-146)
• Saturday November 8, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Computational Mathematics, II
  Isleta Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Richard C. Allen, Jr., Sandia National Laboratories rcallen@cs.sandia.gov
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Discussion: Mathematics of Molecular Science
• Saturday November 8, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Computational Mechanics, II
  Nambe Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
  Organizers:
  D. L. Sulsky, University of New Mexico sulsky@math.unm.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Forces on A Bin of Granular Material: The Effect of Random Friction.
    E. Bruce Pitman*, State University of New York
    (928-73-87)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Adaptive Mesh Refinement and Front Tracking For Shear Bands in Granular Flow.
    Xabier Garaizar*, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    John Trangenstein, Duke University
    (928-39-98)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Overview of a Particle-in-Cell Method for Continuum Mechanics.
    Deborah L Sulsky*, UNM
    (928-73-86)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Material point calculations of static and dynamic stress bridging in granular material.
    Scott G. Bardenhagen*, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
    Jeremiah U. Brackbill, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
    Deborah L. Sulsky, Univerisity of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
    (928-73-89)
• Saturday November 8, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Difference and Differential Equations, II
  Tesuque Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Saber N. Elaydi, Trinity University selaydi@trinity.edu
  Robert J. Sacker, University of Southern California rsacker@mtha.usc.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    On some mathematical models in population dynamcis.
    Jia Li*, University of Alabama
    (928-39-157)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Switching Predator And Prey Dominance In Discrete Predator-Prey Systems With Dispersion.
    Abdul-Aziz Yakubu*, Howard University
    (928-34-34)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Deterministic and stochastic SIS and SIR models in discrete time.
    Linda J. S. Allen*, Texas Tech University
    (928-39-160)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Global qualitative analysis of Gause-type ratio-dependent predator-prey system.
    Yang Kuang*, Arizona State University
    (928-34-154)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Global and Local Behavioir of Solutions of Royama's Logistic Model.
    Vlajko L Kocic*, Xavier University of Louisiana
    (928-39-123)
• Saturday November 8, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Diophantine Geometry, II
  Apache Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Alexandru Buium, University of New Mexico buium@math.unm.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Rational points on algebraic curves that change genus.
    Sangtae Jeong*, The University of Texas at Austin, TX
    (928-11-32)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Rational points and curves on certain K3 surfaces.
    Arthur Baragar*, UNLV
    (928-14-40)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Purely Inseparable Points on Higher Genus Curves.
    Minhyong Kim*, University of Arizona
    (928-11-78)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Differential algebraic groups.
    Phyllis J Cassidy*, Smith College, Northampton MA 01063
    (928-14-92)
• Saturday November 8, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Geometry and Analysis of Foliations, II
  Jemez Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Efton L. Park, Texas Christian University epark@gamma.is.tcu.edu
  Kenneth S. Richardson, Texas Christian University k.richardson@tcu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    An extension of Pestov's identity to the frame bundle.
    Maung Min-oo*,
    (928-53-13)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Quasigeodesic Flows on Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds Which Fiber Over the Circle
    Diane Hoffoss*, UC Santa Barbara
    (928-57-21)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    Entropy Rigidity for Foliations.
    Christopher G. Connell*, University of Michigan
    Jeffrey R. Boland, University of Michigan
    (928-53-36)
• Saturday November 8, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Harmonic Analysis, II
  Acoma Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Jay B. Epperson, University of New Mexico jeppers@math.unm.edu
  Christina Pereya, University of New Mexico crisp@math.unm.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Hardy spaces and Time-frequency analysis for Canonical Bilinear operators.
    Andrea Nahmod, Institute for Advanced Study
    John E. Gilbert*, The University of Texas at Austin
    (928-42-128)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Boundedness results for bilinear operators with non-smooth symbols.
    Andrea Nahmod*, Institute for Advanced Study
    John E. Gilbert, The University of Texas at Austin
    (928-42-127)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Pointwise convergence of Fourier-Bessel series with general boundary conditions.
    Mark A. Pinsky*, Northwestern University
    (928-42-137)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Geometric asymptotics and analysis on Lie groups
    William Beckner*, University of Texas at Austin
    (928-58-23)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Six sided slf crossing figures problem.
    Nets H Katz*, University of Edinburgh
    (928-28-81)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    A Selberg integral formula and an application to trilinear fractional integral inequalities .
    Loukas Grafakos*, Associate Professor
    Carlo Morpurgo, Assistant Professor
    (928-42-139)
• Saturday November 8, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
  Special Session on Localization and Other Multiple Scattering Phenomena of Classical Waves, II
  Santo Domingo Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Alexander Figotin, University of North Carolina at Charlotte figotin@uncc.edu
  Abel Klein, University of California, Irvine aklein@math.uci.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Spectral properties of classical waves in high contrast periodic media.
    Alexander Figotin*, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    Peter Kuchment, Wichita State University
    (928-78-110)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Spectral Properties of High Contrast Band-Gap Materials and Operators on Graphs.
    Peter Kuchment*, Wichita State University
    Leonid Kunyansky, Wichita State University
    (928-35-64)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Localization of elastic and other classical waves.
    Andrew J. Koines*, University of California, Irvine
    Abel Klein, University of California, Irvine
    (928-35-130)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    $2D$ Tunable Photonic Crystals.
    Yuri A. Godin*, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    (928-78-56)
• Saturday November 8, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Quaternions in Global Riemannian and Algebraic Geometry, II
  Zuni Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
  Organizers:
  Charles P. Boyer, University of New Mexico cboyer@math.unm.edu
  Galicki Krzysztof, University of New Mexico galicki@math.unm.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Hypercomplex structures from 3-Sasakian structures.
    Charles P Boyer, University of New Mexico
    Krzysztof Galicki*, University of New Mexico and MPI-Bonn
    Benjamin M Mann, University of New Mexico
    (928-53-57)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Deformations of Hypercomplex and 3-Sasakian Structures.
    Yat Sun Poon*, Department of Mathematics, University of California at Riverside
    (928-53-124)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Rozansky-Witten Invariants and Atiyah classes.
    Mikhail M Kapranov*, Northwestern University
    (928-32-121)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    "The homotopy type and deloopings of quaternionic algebraic cycles.".
    Blaine Lawson, Jr., SUNY @ Stony Brook
    Paulo Lima-Filho*, Texas A&M University
    Marie-Louise Michelsohn, SUNY @ Stony Brook
    (928-14-131)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    3D Principal fibrations over almost quaternionic manifolds.
    Gerardo Hernandez*, Centro de Investigacion y Estudios Avanzados
    (928-53-143)
• Saturday November 8, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
  Session on Contributed Papers
  Navajo Room, Albuquerque Convention Center
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    A Study of Groups in a Partially Ordered Linear Algebra.
    Donald E Beken*, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
    Ralph E DeMarr, University of New Mexico
    (928-06-37)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Decompositions in quantum logic.
    John R Harding*, New Mexico State University
    (928-06-71)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Renewal processes with long-tailed interrenewal times and long-tailed rewards.
    Joshua Levy*, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
    (928-60-107)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Quaternions in Quantum Theory.
    Charles P. Luehr*, NMERI--The University of New Mexico
    (928-81-41)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Graphs with Degree Sets of Maximal Cardinality.
    Diane M. Spresser*, James Madison University
    (928-05-75)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On a Series
    Florentin Smarandache*, Pima Community Collge
    (928-40-01)

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