AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:09:58

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

Saturday April 10, 1999, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Number Theory
Room 215, Classroom Building Complex C
Organizers:
Gennady Bachman, University of Nevada, Las Vegas bachman@nevada.edu
Richard A. Mollin, University of Calgary ramollin@math.ucalgary.ca
Peter J. Shiue, University of Nevada, Las Vegas shiue@nevada.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Winners and Losers in the Shanks-Renyi Race Game.
  Andrey Feuerverger, University of Toronto
  Greg Martin*, University of Toronto
  (942-11-223)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Evaluation of central binomial series.
  Jonathan M Borwein*, Simon Fraser University
  David Broadhurst, Open University, UK
  (942-11-80)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Continuous analogues of the counting function of $y$-smooth numbers.
  Harold G. Diamond*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Ferrell S. Wheeler, Center for Computational Sciences
  (942-11-156)
- 10:30 a.m.
  On a problem of Turan.
  Michael A Filaseta*, University of South Carolina
  (942-12-200)

Saturday April 10, 1999, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on Number Theory
Room 215, Classroom Building Complex C
Organizers:
Gennady Bachman, University of Nevada, Las Vegas bachman@nevada.edu
Richard A. Mollin, University of Calgary ramollin@math.ucalgary.ca
Peter J. Shiue, University of Nevada, Las Vegas shiue@nevada.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Number Fields with Prescribed Ramification.
  John W Jones*, Arizona State University
  David P Roberts, Rutgers University
  (942-11-12)
- 3:30 p.m.
  An algorithm for computing fundamental units of bicubic fields.
  Charles J. Parry*, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  (942-11-89)
- 4:00 p.m.
  The Size of the Fundamental Solutions of Consecutive Pell Equations.
  Hugh C. Williams*, University of Manitoba
  Michael J. Jacobson, Jr., University of Waterloo
  (942-11-126)
- 4:30 p.m.
  A structure theorem for units and its application.
  Mary E. Flahive*, Oregon State University
  (942-11-235)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Complete classification of quadratic polynomials producing primes for an initial range of input values.
  Bart E. Goddard*, Texas A\&M University - Commerce
  Richard A. Mollin, University of Calgary
  (942-11-209)

Sunday April 11, 1999, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Number Theory
Room 215, Classroom Building Complex C
Organizers:
Gennady Bachman, University of Nevada, Las Vegas bachman@nevada.edu
Richard A. Mollin, University of Calgary ramollin@math.ucalgary.ca
Peter J. Shiue, University of Nevada, Las Vegas shiue@nevada.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Haar wavelets and irregularieites of distribution.
  Andrew D Pollington*, BYU
  (942-11-218)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Binary Egyptian Fractions.
  E. Croot, University of Georgia
  D. Dobbs, University of Tennessee
  J. B. Friedlander*, University of Toronto
  A. Hetzel, University of Tennessee
  F. Pappalardi, Universita Roma Tre
  (942-11-58)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Explicit Merit Factor Formulae For Fekete and Turyn Polynomials.
  Peter Borwein*, Simon Fraser University
  Kwok-Kwong Stephen Choi, University of Hong Kong
  (942-11-61)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Rational triangles with rational Morley triangles.
  Andrew Bremner*, Arizona State University
  Joseph R. Goggins, British Rail
  Michael J.T. Guy, Cambridge University
  Richard K. Guy, University of Calgary
  (942-11-52)

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