AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:09:51

Associate secretaries:
Bernard Russo, AMS brusso@math.uci.edu

Saturday November 14, 1998, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Mathematics and Biology, I
Room 220, Physics & Atmospheric Sciences
Organizers:
Jim Cushing, University of Arizona cushing@math.arizona.edu
Shandelle M. Henson, University of Arizona henson@math.arizona.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Hamiltonian Limits and Subharmonic Resonance in Ecological Models: I. From the Pendulum \dots.
  William M. Schaffer*, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Program in Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona.
  Aaron A. King, Program in Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona
  (938-92-75)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Hamiltonian Limits and Subharmonic Resonance in Ecological Models: II. \dots to the Lynx and the Hare.
  Aaron A. King*, Program in Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona
  William M. Schaffer, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Program in Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona.
  (938-92-76)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Variations on the complex formation approach in modeling predator prey relations, mating, and sexual disease transmission.
  Horst R. Thieme*, Arizona State University
  Jinling Yang, Arizona State University
  (938-92-37)
- 10:30 a.m.
  How to Construct Better High-Dimensional Population Models.
  Yang Kuang*, ASU
  (938-92-33)

Saturday November 14, 1998, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Mathematics and Biology, II
Room 220, Physics & Atmospheric Sciences
Organizers:
Jim Cushing, University of Arizona cushing@math.arizona.edu
Shandelle M. Henson, University of Arizona henson@math.arizona.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Consistency and Fluctuation Theorems for Discrete Time Structured Population Models Having Demographic Stochasticity .
  Joseph C Watkins*, University of Arizona
  (938-92-56)
- 3:30 p.m.
  From Individuals to Population Dynamics: A Method and an Example .
  Wade Leitner*, University of Arizona
  (938-60-96)
- 4:00 p.m.
  A Stochastic Continuous-Time Age-Structured Population Model.
  Edward J. Allen*, Texas Tech University
  Maruful Chowdhury, Texas Tech University
  (938-92-10)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Estimating Mean Time to Extinction; an Overview of Some Popular Methods.
  Kevin R Anderson*, Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications
  Wade Leitner, Department of Mathematics
  (938-92-31)
- 5:00 p.m.
  A model of the population dynamics and coevolution of mutualisms.
  Brian J McGill*, U of Arizona
  (938-92-123)
- 5:30 p.m.
  Temperature based growth/mortality model for the Mountain Pine Beetle.
  Peter W White*, Tarleton State University
  (938-92-66)

Sunday November 15, 1998, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Mathematics and Biology, III
Room 220, Physics & Atmospheric Sciences
Organizers:
Jim Cushing, University of Arizona cushing@math.arizona.edu
Shandelle M. Henson, University of Arizona henson@math.arizona.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  A Mathematical model of microbial growth and competition in a plug flow reactor: a model of the gut.
  Hal L Smith*, Arizona State University
  (938-92-49)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Temporal and spatial synchronization in microbial ecology.
  Frank C Hoppensteadt*, ASU
  (938-92-62)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Differentiability and species coexistence.
  Frederick R Adler*, AMS
  (938-92-59)
- 10:00 a.m.
  The dynamics of a simple food chain.
  Sophia R. - J. Jang*, Texas Tech University
  (938-92-101)
- 10:30 a.m.
  A Dynamical System Modeling Meristematic Plant Developement and Reproducing the Observed Phyllotactic Patterns.
  Pau Atela, Math Department, Smith College
  Christophe Gole, Math Department, Smith College
  Scott Hotton*, Math Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
  (938-92-106)

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