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1999 Fall Eastern Sectional Meeting
Providence, RI, October 2-3, 1999
Meeting #947

Associate secretaries:
Lesley M Sibner, AMS lsibner@duke.poly.edu

Special Session on Difference Equations and Applications

  • Saturday October 2, 1999, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
    Special Session on Difference Equations and Applications
    Room 108, Albertus Magnus Hall
    Organizers:
    Gerasimos Ladas, University of Rhode Island gladas@math.uri.edu
    Jeffrey T. Hoag, Providence College jhoag@providence.edu

    • 8:00 a.m.
      On the Global Behavior of Solutions of a Biological Model.
      E. A. Grove, University of Rhode Island
      G. Ladas, University of Rhode Island
      N. R. Prokup*, University of Rhode Island
      R. Levins, Harvard School of Public Health
      (947-39-40)
    • 8:30 a.m.
      The Pre-image Set and Transient Behavior of Delay Difference Equations, with Application to Ecology and Epidemiology .
      Richard Levins*, Harvard School of Public Health
      (947-39-38)
    • 9:00 a.m.
      Asymptotically Autonomous Difference Equations.
      Diana M Thomas*, New Jersey City Unversity
      (947-37-26)
    • 9:30 a.m.
      Applications of coupled logistic maps.
      Harold M Hastings*, Hofstra University
      Flavio H Fenton, Hofstra University
      Gregory C Levine, Hofstra University
      (947-37-24)
    • 10:00 a.m.
      On the Difference Equation x[n+1]=max{1/x[n], A[n]/x[n-1]} with a period 3 parameter.
      Edward A Grove, University of R.I.
      Candace M Kent, Virg. Common. Univ.
      Gerasimos Ladas, University of R.I.
      Michael A Radin*, University of R.I.
      (947-39-34)
    • 10:30 a.m.
      Existence and Global Behavior of a Rational System.
      Edward A Grove, University of Rhode Island
      Gerasimos Ladas, University of Rhode Island
      Lynn C McGrath, University of Rhode Island
      Christopher T Teixeira*, University of Rhode Island
      (947-39-33)

  • Saturday October 2, 1999, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
    Special Session on Difference Equations and Applications
    Room 108, Albertus Magnus Hall
    Organizers:
    Gerasimos Ladas, University of Rhode Island gladas@math.uri.edu
    Jeffrey T. Hoag, Providence College jhoag@providence.edu

    • 2:30 p.m.
      Multiple Solutions for $2m$th Order Sturm-Liouville Boundary Value Problems on a Measure Chain.
      Johnny Henderson*, Auburn University
      (947-39-18)
    • 3:00 p.m.
      On The Difference Equation $x(n+1)=(max{x(n),A{n}})/x(n)^2x(n-1)$.
      Soudabeh Valicenti*, University of Rhode Island
      Gerry Ladas, University of Rhode Island
      Kim Cunningham, University of Rhode Island
      Jeffery Feuer, Merrimack College
      (947-39-25)
    • 3:30 p.m.
      Eventually periodic solutions of x[n+1]=max{A[n]/x[n],1/x[n-1]}.
      William J. Briden, Univ. of R. I.
      Edward A. Grove, Univ. of R. I.
      Gerry Ladas, Univ. of R. I.
      Candace M. Kent*, Virginia Commonwealth Univ.
      (947-99-31)
    • 4:00 p.m.
      Discussion.
    • 4:30 p.m.
      Applications concerning a Riccati equation for a differential equation on a measure chain.
      Allan C. Peterson*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
      Lynn H. Erbe, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
      (947-39-20)
    • 5:00 p.m.
      On the discretization of a delay differential equation.
      Kenneth L Cooke, Pomona College
      Anatoli F Ivanov*, Pennsylvania State University
      (947-39-16)

  • Sunday October 3, 1999, 8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
    Special Session on Difference Equations and Applications
    Room 108, Albertus Magnus Hall
    Organizers:
    Gerasimos Ladas, University of Rhode Island gladas@math.uri.edu
    Jeffrey T. Hoag, Providence College jhoag@providence.edu

    • 8:00 a.m.
      On the Recursive Sequence x(n+1) = (a + b x(n-1))/(c + x(n)) .
      Carol H Gibbons*, University of Rhode Island
      M R Kulenovic, University of Rhode Island
      Gerry Ladas, University of Rhode Island
      (947-39-12)
    • 8:30 a.m.
      On the System of Difference Equations x(n+1)=x(n)/(a+y(n)), y(n+1)=y(n)/(b+x(n)).
      Dean Clark, University of Rhode Island
      M.R. S. Kulenovic*, University of Rhode Island
      (947-39-32)
    • 9:00 a.m.
      The Brjuno Brush.
      Eileen F Lee*, Trinity College
      (947-37-27)
    • 10:00 a.m.
      On a Rational Recursive Sequence with Even Delays.
      Hamdi El-Mitwalli*, University of Rhode Island
      Edward A Grove, University of Rhode Island
      Gerasimos Ladas, University of Rhode Island
      (947-39-52)
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