AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:21:30

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

Saturday October 13, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Number Theory, Holomorphic Dynamics, and Algebraic Dynamics, I
Room 106, Bronfman Science Center
Organizers:
Robert L. Benedetto, University of Rochester
John W. Milnor, IMS and SUNY at Stony Brook
Kevin M. Pilgrim, University of Missouri at Rolla pilgrim@umr.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  On the arithmetical dynamics of affine automorphisms.
  Sandra Marcello*, Institut de mathematiques de Jussieu, Universite Paris 7
  (971-11-10)
- 9:00 a.m.
  On asymptotic distribution ($p \to\infty)$ of cycles for $p$-adic dynamical systems.
  Andrei Khrennikov*, Vaxjo University
  Marcus Nilsson, Vaxjo University
  (971-37-11)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Discussion.
- 10:00 a.m.
  Notes on repelling density in $p$-adic dynamics.
  Robert L Benedetto*, Boston University
  (971-37-99)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Algebraic $\mathbb{Z}^d$-Actions and Commutative Algebra.
  Douglas Lind*, University of Washington
  (971-37-56)

Saturday October 13, 2001, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on Number Theory, Holomorphic Dynamics, and Algebraic Dynamics, II
Room 106, Bronfman Science Center
Organizers:
Robert L. Benedetto, University of Rochester
John W. Milnor, IMS and SUNY at Stony Brook
Kevin M. Pilgrim, University of Missouri at Rolla pilgrim@umr.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  Expansive subdynamics for algebraic $\mathbb{Z}^d$-actions.
  Manfred L. Einsiedler*, Penn State University
  (971-37-199)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Mixing for ${\mathbb Z}^d$-actions and tight polyhedra.
  Manfred Einsiedler, University of Vienna
  Thomas Ward*, University of East Anglia
  (971-37-43)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Discussion.
- 4:00 p.m.
  Interpretations of Thurston Rigidity.
  Adam L Epstein*, University of Warwick
  (971-37-139)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Dessins d'enfants and Hubbard trees.
  Kevin M Pilgrim*, Indiana University, Bloomington
  (971-37-150)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Integral Points in Orbits of Rational Maps.
  Joseph H Silverman*, Brown University
  (971-11-15)

Sunday October 14, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Number Theory, Holomorphic Dynamics, and Algebraic Dynamics, III
Room 106, Bronfman Science Center
Organizers:
Robert L. Benedetto, University of Rochester
John W. Milnor, IMS and SUNY at Stony Brook
Kevin M. Pilgrim, University of Missouri at Rolla pilgrim@umr.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  Heights and Rational Dynamics.
  Susan Goldstine*, Ohio State University
  (971-11-201)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Discussion.
- 9:30 a.m.
  Computer-assisted analysis of discontinuous rational rotations on a torus.
  Franco Vivaldi*, Queen Mary, University of London
  John H. Lowenstein, New York University
  (971-37-39)
- 10:00 a.m.
  A Thurston Algorithm for non-postsingularly finite polynomials and exponential functions.
  David A Brown*, Ithaca College
  (971-37-129)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Diophantine approximation on manifolds via homogeneous dynamics.
  Dmitry Y Kleinbock*, Brandeis University
  (971-11-159)

Sunday October 14, 2001, 2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Special Session on Number Theory, Holomorphic Dynamics, and Algebraic Dynamics, IV
Room 106, Bronfman Science Center
Organizers:
Robert L. Benedetto, University of Rochester
John W. Milnor, IMS and SUNY at Stony Brook
Kevin M. Pilgrim, University of Missouri at Rolla pilgrim@umr.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  Problem session.

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