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2001 Fall Central Section Meeting
Columbus, OH, September 21-23, 2001
Meeting #969

Associate secretaries:
Susan J Friedlander, AMS susan@math.northwestern.edu

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Friday September 21, 2001

• Friday September 21, 2001, 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
  Meeting Registration
  MW 154, Mathematics Tower (MW)
• Friday September 21, 2001, 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
  Exhibit and Book Sale
  MW 724, Mathematics Tower (MW)
• Friday September 21, 2001, 1:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Cycles, Algebraic Geometry, I
  UH 0151, University Hall (UH)
  Organizers:
  Roy Joshua, Ohio State University joshua@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Equivariant Todd Classes for Toric Varieties.
    Jean-Luc Brylinski, Penn State University
    Bin Zhang*, SUNY at Stony Brook
    (969-14-131)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Combinatorics of the Toric Hilbert Scheme.
    Rekha R Thomas*, University of washington
    Diane Maclagan, Institute for Advanced Study
    (969-05-185)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    (Eqivariant) vectorbundles on certain exotic 3-spaces.
    Peter Russell*, McGill University
    (969-14-200)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    K-Theory and Standard Monomial Theory.
    Venkatramani Lakshmibai*, Northeastern University
    Peter Littelmann, University of Wuppertal
    (969-14-211)
• Friday September 21, 2001, 1:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Coding Theory and Designs, I
  UH 0090, University Hall (UH)
  Organizers:
  Tom Dowling, Ohio State University tdowling@math.ohio-state.edu
  Dijen Ray-Chaudhuri, dijen@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Designs in Shortened Additive GF(4) Codes.
    Vera Pless*, University of Illinois-Chicago
    Jon-Lark Kim, University of Illinois-Chicago
    (969-94-162)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    New lower bounds on the maximum number of mutually orthogonal Steiner triple systems.
    Jeff Dinitz*, University of Vermont
    Peter Dukes, Calif. Institute of Technology
    (969-05-233)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    On abelian relative difference sets which are extensions of diffrence sets with classical parameters.
    Nobuo Nobu Nakagawa, Naka*, Department of Mathematics Faculty of Science and Technology
    (969-05-66)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Higher Weights and Nonbinary Self-Dual Codes.
    Steven T Dougherty, University of Scranton
    Aaron Gulliver*, University of Victoria
    (969-94-220)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A technique for constructing non-embeddable quasi-residual designs.
    Yury J. Ionin*, Central Michigan University
    Kirsten Mackenzie-Fleming, Central Michigan University
    (969-05-246)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    An Existence Theorem for Group Divisible 2-Designs of Large Order.
    Hedvig Mohacsy*, The Ohio State University
    Dijen K Ray-Chaudhuri, The Ohio State University
    (969-05-250)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Extremal problems under dimension constraints.
    Rudolf Ahlswede*, University of Bielefeld
    Harout Aydinian, University of Bielefeld
    Levon H Khachatrian, University of Bielefeld
    (969-05-117)
• Friday September 21, 2001, 1:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Commutative Algebra, I
  UH 0147, University Hall (UH)
  Organizers:
  Evan Houston, University of North Carolina, Charlotte eghousto@email.uncc.edu
  Alan Loper, Ohio State University lopera@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Discussion
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Non-standard Tight Closure and Symbolic Powers.
    Hans Schoutens*, Ohio State University
    (969-13-75)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Trace Properties and Integal Domains, II.
    Thomas G Lucas*, University of North Carolina Charlotte
    Abdeslam Mimouni, University of Fez
    (969-13-194)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Coherent Gaussian Rings.
    Sarah Glaz*, University of Connecticut
    (969-13-195)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Zero-Divisor Graphs of Commutative Rings.
    David F Anderson*, University of Tennessee
    Ron Levy, George Mason University
    Jay Shapiro, George Mason University
    (969-13-126)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Decompositions of modules over rings of bounded representation type.
    Meral Arnavut*, SUNY Fredonia and University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Sylvia Wiegand, University 0f Nebraska-Lincoln
    (969-13-229)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Some Finiteness Conditions on Overrings of an Integral Domain.
    Robert Gilmer*, Florida State University
    (969-13-34)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Representation Type of Commutative Noetherian Rings: Global Wildness.
    Lee C Klingler*, Florida Atlantic University
    Lawrence S Levy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (969-13-216)
• Friday September 21, 2001, 1:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Cryptography and Computational and Algorithmic Number Theory, I
  UH 0047, University Hall (UH)
  Organizers:
  Eric Bach, University of Wisconsin-Madison bach@cs.wisc.edu
  Jonathan Sorenson, Butler University sorenson@butler.edu
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Some Recent Results on Probable Prime Testing.
    Siguna M. Mueller*, University of Klagenfurt
    (969-11-215)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Definite quadratic forms over $\Bbb F_q[x]$.
    Larry J Gerstein*, University of California, Santa Barbara
    (969-11-107)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    On fixed points for discrete logarithms.
    Mariana Campbell, University of California, Berkeley
    Carl Pomerance*, Bell Laboratories
    (969-11-179)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Break
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Virtual logarithms.
    Oliver A Schirokauer*, Oberlin College
    (969-11-213)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On group order distributions for abelian varieties of low dimension.
    Annegret Weng*, Institut fuer Experimentelle Mathematik
    (969-11-193)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Products of like-indexed terms in two binary recurrences.
    Florian Luca, Unidad Morelia
    Gary Walsh*, University of Ottawa
    (969-11-44)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Construction of elliptic curves over finite fields with known number of points.
    Amod Agashe, University of Texas, Austin
    Kristin E. Lauter*, Microsoft Research
    Ramarathnam Venkatesan, Microsoft Research
    (969-11-232)
• Friday September 21, 2001, 1:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Group Theory, I
  BE 0394, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Koichiro Harada, Ohio State University haradako@math.ohio-state.edu
  Surinder Sehgal, Ohio State University sehgal@math.ohio-state.edu
  Ronald Solomon, Ohio State University solomon@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    A geometry based proof of Phan's Theorem.
    Curtis D. Bennett*, Bowling Green State University
    Sergey Shpectorov, Bowling Green State University
    (969-20-169)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Generating classical groups.
    Robert M Guralnick, University of Southern California
    Corneliu G Hoffman*, Bowling Green State University
    (969-20-138)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    A Phan-type theorem for the symplectic group.
    Ralf Gramlich, Eindhoven University of Technology
    Corneliu Hoffman, Bowling Green State University
    Sergey Shpectorov*, Bowling Green State University
    (969-20-184)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A new approach to the k(GV)-problem.
    Thomas Michael Keller*, Southwest Texas State University
    (969-20-70)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The Number of Irreducible Character Degrees of Solvable Groups Satisfying the One-Prime Hypothesis.
    Mark L Lewis*, Kent State University
    (969-20-19)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Clifford classes for isoclinic groups.
    Alexandre Turull*, University of Florida
    (969-20-199)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Regular orbits of induced modules.
    Thomas R. Wolf*, Ohio University
    (969-20-198)
• Friday September 21, 2001, 1:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  Special Session on $L^2$ Methods in Algebraic and Geometric Topology, I
  BE 0184, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Dan Burghelea, Ohio State University burghele@math.ohio-state.edu
  Michael Davis, Ohio State University mdavis@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Spectral flow and Dixmier traces.
    Alan L Carey*, University of Adelaide
    John Phillips, University of Victoria
    Fyodor Sukochev, Flinders University
    (969-58-164)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    On the zero-in-the-spectrum-conjecture.
    Michael Farber*, Tel Aviv University
    (969-57-191)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Semi-calssical assymptotic for determinants of operators almost elliptic with parameter.
    Maxim Braverman*, Northeastern University
    (969-58-57)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On the $L^2$ spectrum of periodic differential operators.
    Leonid Friedlander*, University of Arizona
    (969-58-238)
• Friday September 21, 2001, 1:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  Special Session on Proof Theory and the Foundations of Mathematics, I
  UH 0082, University Hall (UH)
  Organizers:
  Timothy Carlson, Ohio State University carlson@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Lambda-calculus with internalization.
    Sergei N Artemov*, The City University of New York Graduate Center
    (969-03-212)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Relating the Veblen and Mahlo hierarchies.
    Michael Rathjen*, University of Leeds
    (969-03-110)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Hilbert's Consistency Proofs.
    Wilfried Sieg*, Carnegie Mellon University
    (969-03-109)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Envisioning the Triumph of Constructive Mathematics.
    Matthew Frank*, University of Chicago
    (969-03-15)
• Friday September 21, 2001, 1:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Rings and Modules, I
  UH 0043, University Hall (UH)
  Organizers:
  S. K. Jain, Ohio University jain@bing.math.ohiou.edu
  Tariq Rizvi, Ohio State University rizvi@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Torsion freeness of units of 1+ A(G)A(N).
    Sudarshan K Sehgal*, University of Alberta
    (969-16-96)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    On the commutation of envelopes and covers of modules.
    Philipp S Rothmaler*, Ohio State University
    (969-16-50)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    The pure-injective envelope of a Camillo-Krause ring.
    Ivo Herzog*, Ohio State University at Lima
    (969-16-36)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Semiprime Goldie rings with one-sided ideals CS.
    Dinh V. Huynh, Ohio University
    Surender K. Jain, Ohio University
    Sergio R. L\'opez-Permouth*, Ohio University
    (969-16-157)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Reversible and Symmetric Rings.
    Greg Marks*, St. Louis University
    (969-16-88)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Homological Properties of Cohen-Macaulay Graded Algebras.
    Izuru Mori*, Purdue University
    (969-16-130)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Forcing Linearity Numbers.
    C. J. Maxson*, Texas A\&M University
    (969-16-43)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    On rings satisfying the Armendariz property for skew polynomials.
    Tai Keun Kwak*, Daejin University
    Chan Yong Hong, Kyunghee University
    (969-16-129)
• Friday September 21, 2001, 1:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Spectral Theory of Schr\"odinger Operators, I
  UH 0086, University Hall (UH)
  Organizers:
  Boris Mityagin, Ohio State University borismit@math.ohio-state.edu
  Sergei Novikov, University of Maryland novikov@ipst.umd.edu
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Smoothness of periodic Schr\"odinger potential and decay rate of spectral gaps.
    Plamen Djakov, Sofia University
    Boris Mityagin*, The Ohio State University
    (969-47-106)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Vector bundles and Lax operators on algebraic curves.
    Igor Krichever*, Dept Math Columbia Univ, New York, and Landau Physics Institute, Moscow
    (969-47-230)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On algebro-geometric matrix-valued KdV potentials.
    Fritz Gesztesy*, University of Missouri
    (969-34-123)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The Interaction of Phases in KdV Modulations.
    Fei-Ran Tian*, Ohio State University
    (969-35-114)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    First KdV integrals and absolutely continuous spectrum for 1-D Schr\"{o}odinger operator.
    Mikhail V Novitskii*, The Uiversity of North Carolina at Charlotte
    (969-47-176)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Feynman-Kac propagators for the heat equation with a time-dependent potential.
    Archil Gulisashvili*, Ohio University
    (969-35-158)
• Friday September 21, 2001, 2:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Quantum Topology, I
  BE 0285, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Thomas Kerler, Ohio State University kerler@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Monoidal and braided structures in near-group categories.
    Jacob Siehler*, Virginia Tech
    (969-18-262)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    A (co)sheaf approach to topological field theory.
    Frank S Quinn*, Virginia Tech
    (969-57-239)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Break
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Categorical Deformations and Topological Invariants.
    David N Yetter*, Kansas State University
    (969-18-241)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Relativistic Spin neta and applications.
    Louis Crane*, Kansas State University
    (969-81-231)
• Friday September 21, 2001, 2:30 p.m.-4:25 p.m.
  Special Session on Differential Geometry and Applications, I
  BE 0188, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Andrzej Derdzinski, Ohio State University andrzej@math.ohio-state.edu
  Fangyang Zheng, Ohio State University zheng@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Circular Billiard Tables, Conjugate Loci, and a Cardioid.
    Richard L Bishop*, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (969-53-159)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Generalized Sasaki Distance and Metric Characterization of Riemannian Spaces.
    Igor G Nikolaev*, University of Illinois at U--C
    (969-53-101)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Computational aspects of infinite type integrable surfaces.
    Ivan C Sterling*, St Mary's College of Maryland
    (969-53-137)
• Friday September 21, 2001, 5:30 p.m.-6:20 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Billiards in rational polygons.
  EA 160, Math Annex (EA)
  Alex Eskin*, University of Chicago

Saturday September 22, 2001

• Saturday September 22, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  Meeting Registration
  MW 154, Mathematics Tower (MW)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Cycles, Algebraic Geometry, II
  UH 0151, University Hall (UH)
  Organizers:
  Roy Joshua, Ohio State University joshua@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Real Regulators on Milnor Complexes.
    James D Lewis*, University of Alberta
    (969-14-121)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Period Integrals and Feynman amplitudes.
    Prakash Belkale, University of Utah
    Patrick G Brosnan*, University of California, Los Angeles
    (969-14-218)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Motives in characteristic zero.
    Evangelos Mouroukos*, University of Michigan
    (969-14-210)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Coding Theory and Designs, II
  UH 0090, University Hall (UH)
  Organizers:
  Tom Dowling, Ohio State University tdowling@math.ohio-state.edu
  Dijen Ray-Chaudhuri, dijen@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Assmus-Mattson Theorem on Additive Codes over GF(4).
    Jon-Lark Kim*, University of Illinois-Chicago
    Vera Pless, University of Illinois-Chicago
    (969-94-180)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Schur rings and circulant graphs I. From algebraic background to symmetry in circulants.
    Andrew J Woldar*, Villanova University
    (969-05-226)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Schur rings and circulant graphs: II. Automorphism groups of circulant graphs with a prime-power number of vertices.
    Mikhail Klin*, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
    Reinhard Poeschel, Technological University of Dresden
    (969-05-225)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    New partial difference sets in abelian $p$-groups.
    Xiang-dong Hou*, Wright State University
    (969-05-65)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Some new results on perfect sequences and a proof of the Lin and Gong conjectures.
    K T Arasu*, Wright State University
    J F Dillon, National Security Agency
    K J Player, Wright State University
    (969-05-208)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    The subconstituent algebra of a distance-regular graph.
    Paul M Terwilliger*, University of Wisconsin
    (969-05-68)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Commutative Algebra, II
  UH 0147, University Hall (UH)
  Organizers:
  Evan Houston, University of North Carolina, Charlotte eghousto@email.uncc.edu
  Alan Loper, Ohio State University lopera@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Discussion
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Building integral domains using power series I.
    William J. Heinzer, Purdue University
    Christel Rotthaus, Michigan State University
    Sylvia M. Wiegand*, University of Nebraska
    (969-13-165)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Building integral domains using power series II.
    William J. Heinzer*, Purdue University
    Christel Rotthaus, Michigan State University
    Sylvia M. Wiegand, University of Nebraska
    (969-13-166)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The half-factorial property in power series extensions.
    Jim Coykendall*, North Dakota State University
    (969-13-141)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Well-centered overrings of an integral domain.
    William Heinzer, Purdue University
    Moshe Roitman*, University of Haifa
    (969-13-140)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Survival-pairs of commutative rings have the lying-over property.
    Jim Coykendall, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58105-5075
    David E. Dobbs*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1300
    (969-13-85)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Cryptography and Computational and Algorithmic Number Theory, II
  UH 0047, University Hall (UH)
  Organizers:
  Eric Bach, University of Wisconsin-Madison bach@cs.wisc.edu
  Jonathan Sorenson, Butler University sorenson@butler.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Some Computational Results Concerning Yokoi's Conjecture.
    Jozsef Beck, Rutgers University
    Edlyn Teske, University of Waterloo
    Hugh C Williams*, University of Calgary
    (969-11-182)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Conditional and Unconditional Fundamental Unit Computation in Real Quadratic Fields.
    Michael J. Jacobson, Jr.*, University of Manitoba
    Hugh C. Williams, University of Calgary
    (969-11-181)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Recent results on the computation of zeta values at negative integers.
    Joshua R Holden*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    (969-11-168)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Break
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Unit Computation in Purely Cubic Function Fields.
    Yoonjin Lee, University of Delaware
    Renate Scheidler*, University of Calgary
    (969-11-167)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    On the iteration of certain quadratic maps over $GF(p)$.
    Troy MJ Vasiga*, University of Waterloo
    Jeffrey O Shallit, University of Waterloo
    (969-11-74)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
  Special Session on $L^2$ Methods in Algebraic and Geometric Topology, II
  BE 0184, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Dan Burghelea, Ohio State University burghele@math.ohio-state.edu
  Michael Davis, Ohio State University mdavis@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Betti number growth for coverings.
    Bryan F Clair*, Saint Louis University
    Kevin M Whyte, Univ. Of Illinois - Chicago
    (969-54-51)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Zero divisors and approximating $L^2$-Betti numbers.
    Peter A Linnell*, Virginia Tech
    (969-46-155)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Refined semiclassical asymptotics and a vanishing theorem for higher traces.
    Yuri A Kordyukov, Department of Mathematics, Ufa State Aviation TechnicalUniversity, Ufa,Russia
    Varghese Mathai, Department of Mathematics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
    Mikhail A Shubin*, Department of Mathematics, Northeastern University, Boston
    (969-58-147)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Multivariate Generating Functions and Automatic Computation, I
  BE 0136, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Robin Pemantle, Ohio State University pemantle@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Session Introduction
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Asymptotic enumeration of integer partitions by parameters.
    E. Rodney Canfield*, University of Georgia
    (969-05-87)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Asymptotics of multivariate generating functions.
    Robin Pemantle, Ohio State University
    Mark C Wilson*, University of Auckland
    (969-05-82)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A multivariate version of Flajolet-Odlyzko's transfer theorem and its applications to random maps.
    Jason Z Gao*, Carleton University
    Nick Wormald, University of Melbourne
    (969-05-41)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
  Special Session on Proof Theory and the Foundations of Mathematics, II
  BE 0291, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Timothy Carlson, Ohio State University carlson@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Applied foundations: recent progress in proof mining.
    Ulrich W Kohlenbach*, Department of Computer Science, University of Aarhus
    (969-03-92)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Provable Recursiveness and Complexity.
    Stanley S Wainer*, University of Leeds UK
    (969-03-173)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Update procedures and the 1-consistency of arithmetic.
    Jeremy Avigad*, Carnegie Mellon University
    (969-03-177)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Quantum Topology, II
  BE 0285, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Thomas Kerler, Ohio State University kerler@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Quantum deformations of fundamental groups.
    Uwe Kaiser*, Boise State University
    (969-57-153)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Shadow World Evaluation of the Yang-Mills Measure.
    Charles Frohman, University of Iowa
    Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska*, Boise State University
    (969-57-39)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Lagrangian approximation of Fox $p$-colorings of tangles; Fox approximation of rational $\frac{p}{q}$-moves.
    Jozef H Przytycki*, GWU
    (969-57-224)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Break
  • 10:30 a.m.
    $3$-dimensional topology inspired by number theory.
    Adam S Sikora*, CRM Montreal
    (969-57-209)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Asymptotics of the Turaev-Viro Invariant.
    Charles D Frohman*, The University of Iowa
    Thomas Kerler, Ohio State University
    (969-57-151)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Rings and Modules, II
  UH 0051, University Hall (UH)
  Organizers:
  S. K. Jain, Ohio University jain@bing.math.ohiou.edu
  Tariq Rizvi, Ohio State University rizvi@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Some new results and questions related to Koethe's nil ideal problem.
    Edmund R. Puczylowski*, Institute of Mathematics, University of Warsaw
    (969-16-154)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Krull-Schmidt categories with the Artinian condition on morphisms.
    Nguyen Viet Dung*, Ohio University - Zanesville
    Jose Luis Garcia, University of Murcia, Spain
    (969-16-124)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Costar Modules.
    Robert R Colby, University of Iowa
    Kent R Fuller*, University of Iowa
    (969-16-122)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Essential Extensions which are FI-Extending.
    Gary F Birkenmeier*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Jae K Park, Busan National University
    S. Tariq Rizvi, Ohio State University at Lima
    (969-16-90)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Structure of some Noetherian SI-rings.
    Dinh V Huynh*, Ohio University
    (969-16-204)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    On Additive Rank Functions.
    John A Beachy*, Northern Illinois University
    (969-16-48)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Spectral Theory of Schr\"odinger Operators, II
  BE 0130, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Boris Mityagin, Ohio State University borismit@math.ohio-state.edu
  Sergei Novikov, University of Maryland novikov@ipst.umd.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Magnetic Schr\"odinger operators: discreteness of spectrum and strict positivity criteria.
    Vladimir A Kondratiev, Department of Mechanics and Mathematics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
    Vladimir G Maz'ya, Department of Mathematics, Link\"oping University, Sweden
    Mikhail A Shubin*, Department of Mathematics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
    (969-35-149)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Hydrogen atom in magnetic field: approximating eigenfunctions.
    Alexander V Turbiner*, Nuclear Science Institute, UNAM
    (969-35-237)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    2D Schroedinger Operators, Solitons, Spectral Symmetries.
    Sergey Novikov*, University of Maryland, College Park, USA & Landau Instituteof the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
    (969-47-186)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Perturbation Formulae for the Two-Dimensional Periodic Magnetic Schr\"{o}dinger Operator.
    Yulia E Karpeshina*, UAB
    (969-35-142)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Behavior of dispersion curves near spectral edges and properties of periodic elliptic equations.
    Peter Kuchment*, Texas A\&M University
    Vassilis Papanicolaou, Wichita State University
    Yehuda Pinchover, Technion, Israel
    (969-35-150)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Fractals, I
  BE 0192, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Gerald Edgar, Ohio State University edgar@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Sierpinski Pedal Triangles.
    Xin-Min Zhang*, University of South Alabama
    Richard L Hitt, Univ. of South Alabama
    Jiu Ding, Univ. of Southern Mississippi
    (969-51-29)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On the analysis on Sierpinski gaskets.
    Alexander Teplyaev*, NSF/UC Riverside
    (969-31-14)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Inside the L\`evy dragon.
    Scott Bailey*, Cornell University
    Theodore Kim, Cornell University
    Robert S Strichartz, Cornell University
    (969-28-55)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Exact Hausdorff Measure of the Graph of Brownian Motion on Some Nested Fractals.
    Yimin Xiao*, Michigan State University
    (969-60-89)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Complex Dimensions of Self-Similar Fractals.
    Michel L. Lapidus*, University of California
    (969-37-42)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
  Special Session on Differential Geometry and Applications, II
  BE 0188, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Andrzej Derdzinski, Ohio State University andrzej@math.ohio-state.edu
  Fangyang Zheng, Ohio State University zheng@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Lagrangian Helicoids.
    David E Blair*, Michigan State University
    (969-53-72)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The $\mathcal{S}^{2}\times\mathcal{S}^{1}$ singularity of the Ricci flow.
    Tom Ilmanen, ETH - Z\"urich
    Dan Knopf*, University of Wisconsin - Madison
    (969-53-116)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Compactifications of hermitian symmetric spaces and the moment map.
    Lizhen Ji*, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    (969-53-80)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Dependence of spectral invariants on geometric moduli.
    Chris M Judge*, Indiana University
    (969-53-103)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Virasoro conjecture for Gromov-Witten Invariants.
    Xiaobo Liu*, University of Notre Dame
    (969-53-54)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Skew loops and quadric hypersurfaces.
    Bruce Solomon*, Indiana University
    Mohammad Ghomi, University of South Carolina
    Serge Tabachnikov, Penn State University
    (969-53-127)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  Exhibit and Book Sale
  MW 724, Mathematics Tower (MW)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Group Theory, II
  BE 0394, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Koichiro Harada, Ohio State University haradako@math.ohio-state.edu
  Surinder Sehgal, Ohio State University sehgal@math.ohio-state.edu
  Ronald Solomon, Ohio State University solomon@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    From alternating groups to the Monster.
    Christopher S Simons*, Rowan University
    (969-20-53)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Ascending HNN extensions of polycyclic groups are residually finite.
    Tim Hsu*, San Jos\'{e} State University
    Daniel T Wise, McGill University
    (969-20-205)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Short proofs of embeddings into exceptional groups of Lie type.
    Alexander J Ryba*, Queens College, CUNY
    (969-20-95)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    $\mathbf Z_3$-twisted representations of lattice vertex operator algebras.
    Ching Hung Lam*, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
    Hiromichi Yamada, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
    (969-17-81)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Norton's trace formula for the Griess algebra and the modular invariance of the moonshine module.
    Atsushi Matsuo*, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Tokyo
    (969-17-108)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 11:40 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  Invited Address
  ``Fubini's nightmare" in smooth ergodic theory.
  EA 160, Math Annex (EA)
  Yakov B. Pesin*, Pennsylvania State University
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 2:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Pricing and Risk Management in Incomplete Markets.
  EA 160, Math Annex (EA)
  Thaleia Zariphopoulou*, University of Texas at Austin
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 3:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Cycles, Algebraic Geometry, III
  UH 0151, University Hall (UH)
  Organizers:
  Roy Joshua, Ohio State University joshua@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Kummer elements in central simple algebras.
    Markus Rost*, Ohio State University
    (969-14-247)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The gonality stratification and the Kodaira dimension of the moduli space of curves.
    Gavril M Farkas*, Univ of Michigan
    (969-14-163)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Coding Theory and Designs, III
  UH 0090, University Hall (UH)
  Organizers:
  Tom Dowling, Ohio State University tdowling@math.ohio-state.edu
  Dijen Ray-Chaudhuri, dijen@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Quasi-symmetric Designs with Good Blocks and Intersection Number One.
    V.C. Mavron, The University of Wales
    T.P. McDonough, The University of Wales
    M.S. Shrikhande*, Central Michigan University
    (969-05-18)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Discussion
  • 4:00 p.m.
    A Class of Polynomial Codes and a Family of Griesmer Codes.
    Nuh Aydin*, The Ohio State University
    Dijen K. Ray-Chaudhuri, The Ohio State University
    (969-05-20)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Products and Quotients of Association Schemes.
    Sejeong Bang, POSTECH
    Mitsugu Hirasaka, National Taiwan University
    Sung Y Song*, Iowa State University
    (969-05-111)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Commutative Algebra, III
  UH 0147, University Hall (UH)
  Organizers:
  Evan Houston, University of North Carolina, Charlotte eghousto@email.uncc.edu
  Alan Loper, Ohio State University lopera@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    $S$-Noetherian rings.
    Daniel D Anderson*, The University of Iowa
    Tiberiu Dumitrescu, Universitatea Bucure\c{s}ti
    (969-13-63)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Another look at Nagata Type theorems.
    Muhammad Zafrullah*, Idaho State University
    (969-13-190)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The Effect of Characteristic on Computing the Integral Closure of a Ring.
    Chad J McQuinn*, Purdue University
    (969-13-245)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Integer-valued polynomials and $p$-adic analytic functions II.
    Manjul Bhargava*, Clay Mathematics Institute/Princeton University
    (969-13-256)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Cryptography and Computational and Algorithmic Number Theory, III
  UH 0047, University Hall (UH)
  Organizers:
  Eric Bach, University of Wisconsin-Madison bach@cs.wisc.edu
  Jonathan Sorenson, Butler University sorenson@butler.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Ranks of quadratic twists of elliptic curves.
    Alice Silverberg*, Ohio State University
    (969-11-203)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Solving elliptic curve discrete logarithm problems using Weil descent.
    Michael J Jacobson, University of Manitoba
    Alfred J Menezes, University of Waterloo
    Andreas Stein*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (969-94-187)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Elliptic curve cryptography: the case of NIST P-224.
    Daniel J. Bernstein*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (969-11-148)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Analysis of the GHS Weil Descent Attack on the ECDLP over Characteristic Two Finite Fields of Compostite Degree.
    Markus Maurer, University of Waterloo
    Alfred J Menezes, Certicom Research & University of Waterloo
    Edlyn E Teske*, University of Waterloo
    (969-11-115)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Group Theory, III
  BE 0394, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Koichiro Harada, Ohio State University haradako@math.ohio-state.edu
  Surinder Sehgal, Ohio State University sehgal@math.ohio-state.edu
  Ronald Solomon, Ohio State University solomon@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Characterization of some sradic simple groups.
    Ronald M Solomon, The OSU
    Inna Korchagina*, Rutgers University
    (969-20-227)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Some non-split extensions of $O_7(3)$ and the Conway-Norton algebra for the Fischer group $F_{24}$.
    Masaaki Kitazume*, Chiba University
    (969-20-171)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Tensor product module and modular invariance of VOAs.
    Miyamoto Masahiko*, University of Tsukuba
    (969-20-118)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    GNAVOA, I (Groups, nonassociative algebras and vertex operator algebras; part I).
    Robert L. Griess, Jr.*, University of Michigan
    (969-20-201)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 3:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
  Special Session on $L^2$ Methods in Algebraic and Geometric Topology, III
  BE 0184, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Dan Burghelea, Ohio State University burghele@math.ohio-state.edu
  Michael Davis, Ohio State University mdavis@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Coarse cohomology for foliations.
    James L. Heitsch*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (969-58-56)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Discussion
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Multivariate Generating Functions and Automatic Computation, II
  BE 0136, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Robin Pemantle, Ohio State University pemantle@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Multivariate generating functions from tiling problems.
    James G Propp*, University of Wisconsin
    (969-05-26)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Relax, but don't be too lazy.
    Joris van der Hoeven*, CNRS, Universite Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
    (969-40-78)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On the distribution of the number of Young tableaux for a uniformly random diagram.
    Boris G Pittel*, Department of Mathematics, The Ohio State University
    (969-05-100)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 3:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
  Special Session on Proof Theory and the Foundations of Mathematics, III
  BE 0291, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Timothy Carlson, Ohio State University carlson@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Operational theories of sets.
    Solomon Feferman*, Stanford University
    (969-03-132)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Some aspects of linear logic.
    Andreas R Blass*, University of Michigan
    (969-03-120)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Quantum Topology, III
  BE 0285, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Thomas Kerler, Ohio State University kerler@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Detecting Virtual Knots.
    Louis H Kauffman*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (969-57-170)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Tracelike functionals on the double of the Taft Hopf algebras.
    David E Radford*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    Sara Westreich, Bar-Ilan University
    (969-16-76)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Subtleties of the integrals for Hopf-algebra objects in symmetric categories, and their reflection in topological invariants.
    Fernando J. O. Souza*, Dept. of C. & O. - University of Waterloo
    (969-18-259)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A Space of Cyclohedra.
    Satyan L Devadoss*, Ohio State University
    (969-57-134)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Rings and Modules, III
  UH 0051, University Hall (UH)
  Organizers:
  S. K. Jain, Ohio University jain@bing.math.ohiou.edu
  Tariq Rizvi, Ohio State University rizvi@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    $\Gamma$-deviation and Localization of Lattices.
    Toma Albu, University of Bucharest
    Mark L Teply*, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    (969-16-175)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Embedding noetherian rings into artinian ones.
    G\"unter R Krause*, University of Manitoba
    (969-16-248)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Generalized Triangular Matrix Rings and FI-Extending Property.
    Gary F Birkenmeier, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Jae Keol Park*, Busan National University
    S. Tariq Rizvi, Ohio State University at Lima
    (969-16-79)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Perfect, semiperfect, and semiregular rings relative to an ideal.
    Mohamed F Yousif, Ohio State University at Lima
    Yiqiang Zhou*, Memorial University of Newfoundland
    (969-16-236)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Spectral Theory of Schr\"odinger Operators, III
  BE 0130, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Boris Mityagin, Ohio State University borismit@math.ohio-state.edu
  Sergei Novikov, University of Maryland novikov@ipst.umd.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Reverse hypercontractivity and reverse log-Sobolev inequalities and all that.
    Stephen B Sontz*, CIMAT, Guanajuato, Mexico
    (969-81-178)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On the low eigenvalues of some Schr\"odinger operators containing curvature.
    Evans M Harrell*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (969-35-249)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On the inverse scattering problem on branching graphs.
    Pavel B Kurasov*, Dept. of Mathematics, Stockholm Univ.
    (969-47-192)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Laplacian and Schr\"odinger operator on regular metric trees.
    Jan Lang*, Charles University, Prague
    (969-44-47)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Fractals, II
  BE 0192, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Gerald Edgar, Ohio State University edgar@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Exponential bases for Cantor measures.
    Steen Pedersen*, Wright State University
    (969-42-12)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Graph-directed iterated function systems with overlaps.
    Manav Das, University of Louisville
    Sze-Man Ngai*, Georgia Southern University
    (969-28-37)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Packing measure and dimension of random fractals.
    Artemi Berlinkov, University of North Texas
    Daniel R. Mauldin*, University of North Texas
    (969-60-77)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Packing dimension in random recursive constructions.
    Artemi Berlinkov*, University of North Texas
    (969-28-99)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 3:00 p.m.-4:55 p.m.
  Special Session on Differential Geometry and Applications, III
  BE 0188, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Andrzej Derdzinski, Ohio State University andrzej@math.ohio-state.edu
  Fangyang Zheng, Ohio State University zheng@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Rigidity of differentiable structures of line arrangements in $CP^2$.
    Stephen S. Yau*, UIC
    (969-14-253)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Classification of flat surfaces with constant Kaehler angle in complex Euclidean plane.
    Bang-Yen Chen*, Michigan State University
    (969-53-30)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On the Existence of Focal Points near Closed Geodesics on Surfaces.
    Marlies Gerber*, Indiana University
    (969-53-128)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Dirichlet Problem at Infinity for Open Manifolds with Big Ends.
    Jianguo Cao*, Univerisity of Notre Dame
    (969-53-24)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 3:00 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  Session for Contributed Papers
  BE 0198, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Behavior of Norms of Powers of Fourier Series.
    George C. Stey*, The Ohio State University
    (969-42-221)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Turning Capability of Normal operators.
    Morteza Seddighin*, Indiana University-East
    (969-47-38)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Complex Projections of Real Veronese Varieties.
    Adam Coffman*, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne
    (969-32-64)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Representing Hierarchies of Predicates.
    Edward R Griffor*, ARDG (Algorithm Research and Design Group)
    (969-03-11)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    An Algorithm for Proving the Goldbach's Conjecture!
    Vaidyanathan Jairaj*, Bangalore, India
    (969-11-25)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Mathematics: More Art or Science?
    G. Arthur Mihram*, Princeton, NJ
    Danielle Mihram, Univ. of Southern California
    (969-03-188)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The relation between the elementary solutions of the general third order and second ordrlinear differential equations.
    Ali A Salim*, Amman-city center
    (969-34-13)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Lifting Idempotents and Projective Covers.
    Dinesh K Khurana*, Panjab University, Chandigarh (India)
    (969-16-255)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Enumeration of permutations with forbidden templates.
    Yuan-Sheng Zhang*, University of Pennsylvania
    (969-05-32)
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 5:10 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  Invited Address
  On the geometric Langlands conjecture.
  EA 160, Math Annex (EA)
  Dennis Gaitsgory*, Harvard University
• Saturday September 22, 2001, 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
  Reception (Sponsored by the Department of Mathematics)
  MW 724, Mathematics Tower (MW)

Sunday September 23, 2001

• Sunday September 23, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Group Theory, IV
  BE 0394, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Koichiro Harada, Ohio State University haradako@math.ohio-state.edu
  Surinder Sehgal, Ohio State University sehgal@math.ohio-state.edu
  Ronald Solomon, Ohio State University solomon@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    On finite p-groups and their automorphisms.
    Jeffrey M Riedl*, University of Akron
    (969-20-133)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Finite groups with trivial Frattini subgroup.
    Luise-Charlotte Kappe*, SUNY at Binghamton
    Joseph Kirtland, Marist College
    (969-20-49)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Pronormal and Subnormal Subgroups and Permutability.
    James Clark Beidleman*, University of Kentucky
    Hermann Heineken, Universit\"{a}t of W\"{u}rzburg
    (969-20-22)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Fitting Set Functors.
    Ben Brewster*, SUNY at Binghamton
    (969-20-83)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Commutators ..... what's the problem?
    Ted Hurley*, NUI, Galway
    (969-20-16)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Permutation groups, sharp characters and the Burnside ring.
    Kenneth W Johnson*, Penn State University, Abington College
    Eirini Poimenidou, New College USF
    (969-20-136)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Separability properties of certain tree products.
    G. Kim, Yeungnam University, Korea.
    Francis C Tang*, University of Waterloo, Canada.
    (969-20-97)
  • 12:00 p.m.
    The Zassenhaus Decomposition for the Orthogonal Group: Properties and Applications.
    Alexander J Hahn*, University of Notre Dame
    (969-20-45)
• Sunday September 23, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Cycles, Algebraic Geometry, IV
  UH 0151, University Hall (UH)
  Organizers:
  Roy Joshua, Ohio State University joshua@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Relative Chow-K\"unneth projectors for modular varieties.
    B. Brent Gordon*, University of Oklahoma
    Masaki Hanamura, Kyushu University
    Jacob P Murre, Leiden University
    (969-14-119)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Kato-Somekawa $K$-groups and higher Chow groups of zero-cycles.
    Reza Akhtar*, Miami University
    (969-14-196)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Goncharov relations in Bloch's higher Chow group $CH^3(F,5)$.
    Jianqiang Zhao*, University of Pennsylvania
    (969-14-102)
• Sunday September 23, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Commutative Algebra, IV
  UH 0147, University Hall (UH)
  Organizers:
  Evan Houston, University of North Carolina, Charlotte eghousto@email.uncc.edu
  Alan Loper, Ohio State University lopera@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Determinative sets of valuations for affine algebras.
    Bruce M Olberding*, The University of Louisiana at Monroe
    (969-13-189)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Elasticity of $A+XI[X]$ domains.
    Nathalie Gonzalez, Universite d'Aix-Marseille 3
    Sebastien Pellerin*, Universite d'Aix-Marseille 3
    Richard Robert, Universite d'Aix-Marseille 3
    (969-13-174)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Example of an interpolation domain.
    David C Lantz*, Colgate University
    (969-13-52)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Strongly Two-Generated Ideals in Rings of Integer-Valued Polynomials Determined by Finite Sets.
    William W Smith*, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Scott T Chapman, Trinity University
    Alan Loper, Ohio State University - Newark
    (969-13-33)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Ultraproducts of Commutative Rings.
    Bruce Olberding, University of Louisiana at Monroe
    Azime S Saydam*, University of Louisiana at monroe
    (969-13-113)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Separation of points by integer-valued polynomials.
    Sophie Frisch*, TU Graz (Austria)
    (969-13-258)
• Sunday September 23, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Cryptography and Computational and Algorithmic Number Theory, IV
  UH 0047, University Hall (UH)
  Organizers:
  Eric Bach, University of Wisconsin-Madison bach@cs.wisc.edu
  Jonathan Sorenson, Butler University sorenson@butler.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Computations Related to Catalan's Conjecture.
    Jon Grantham*, IDA/CCS
    Ferrell Wheeler, IDA/CCS
    (969-11-217)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Use of homomorphisms in cryptosystems.
    Jee H Koh*, Indiana University
    (969-11-139)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Break
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Local Zeta functions, Trees and One-Way Functions.
    W. A. Zuniga-Galindo*, Barry University, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
    (969-11-46)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Is there a shortage of primes for cryptography?
    Samuel S Wagstaff*, Purdue University
    (969-11-73)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Discussion
• Sunday September 23, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
  Special Session on $L^2$ Methods in Algebraic and Geometric Topology, IV
  BE 0184, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Dan Burghelea, Ohio State University burghele@math.ohio-state.edu
  Michael Davis, Ohio State University mdavis@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    $L^2$-cohomology of buildings.
    Jan Dymara*, The Ohio State University and Wroclaw University
    Tadeusz Januszkiewicz, Wroclaw University
    (969-20-112)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    $L^2$-homology of right-angled Coxeter groups.
    Michael W Davis, The Ohio State University
    Okun L Boris*, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
    (969-57-207)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    L2-torsion (a survey).
    Dan Burghelea*, Ohio State University
    (969-57-254)
• Sunday September 23, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Multivariate Generating Functions and Automatic Computation, III
  BE 0136, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Robin Pemantle, Ohio State University pemantle@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Rabin's Irreducibility Test for Polynomials over Finite Fields.
    Daniel Panario, Carleton University
    Boris Pittel, Ohio State
    Bruce Richmond*, University of Waterloo
    Alfredo Viola, Universidad de la Repuplica
    (969-05-69)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Linear recurrences with constant coefficients: the multivariate case.
    Mireille Bousquet-Melou*, LaBRI, Universite Bordeaux 1
    (969-39-62)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Parameter varying Fourier-Laplace integrals: some ``2 to 3 degenerate case'' applications.
    Manuel E Lladser*, Columbus, Ohio
    (969-05-86)
• Sunday September 23, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Proof Theory and the Foundations of Mathematics, IV
  BE 0291, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Timothy Carlson, Ohio State University carlson@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Higher recursion in proof theory.
    Michael M\"ollerfeld*, Institute for Mathematical Logic, WWU M\"unster
    (969-03-156)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Muchnik Degrees of $\Pi^0_1$ Subsets of $2^\omega$.
    Stephen G. Simpson*, Penn State University
    (969-03-183)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Propositions as [bracket] types.
    Steve Awodey*, Carnegie Mellon University
    (969-03-105)
  • 12:00 p.m.
    Proofs in Infinitesimal Analysis.
    Rick Sommer*, Stanford University
    (969-03-257)
• Sunday September 23, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Quantum Topology
  BE 0285, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Thomas Kerler, Ohio State University kerler@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    The noncommutative A-ideal of a (2p+1,2)-torus knot determines its Jones polynomial.
    Razvan Gelca*, Texas Tech University
    Jeremy Sain, Texas Tech University
    (969-57-71)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Links and 3-manifolds with the same quantum invariants.
    Yongwu Rong*, George Washington University
    (969-57-125)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Integrality and TQFT.
    Patrick M Gilmer*, Louisiana State University
    (969-57-160)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Break
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Twisted Quandle Homology Theory and Construction of Cocycles.
    J. Scott Carter*, University of South Alabama
    Mohamed Elhamdadi, University of South Florida
    Masahico Saito, University of South Florida
    (969-55-145)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Extensions of quandles and cocycle knot invariants.
    J. Scott Carter, University of South Alabama
    Mohamed Elhamdadi, University of South Florida
    Marina A Nikiforou, University of South Florida
    Masahico Saito*, University of South Florida
    (969-57-144)
• Sunday September 23, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Rings and Modules, IV
  UH 0051, University Hall (UH)
  Organizers:
  S. K. Jain, Ohio University jain@bing.math.ohiou.edu
  Tariq Rizvi, Ohio State University rizvi@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Modules and Equations.
    John Dauns*, Tulane University
    (969-16-84)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Uniform Injective Modules Over Valuation Rings.
    Franco Guerriero*, Ohio University-Lancaster
    Bruno J Mueller, McMaster University
    (969-16-202)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Semiprime Finitely $\sum $-CS Group Algebras.
    S. K. Jain, Ohio University
    Pramod Kanwar*, Ohio University-Zanesville
    J. B. Srivastava, Indian Institute of Technology
    (969-16-219)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Modules with annihilator conditions.
    Nanqing Ding*, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
    Mohamed F. Yousif, The Ohio State University at Lima
    Yiqiang Zhou, Memorial University of Newfoundland
    (969-16-240)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Graded almost noetherian algebras. Application to coalgebras.
    Constantin Nastasescu*, University of Bucharest
    (969-16-251)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    On rings with ascending chain condition on right annihilators.
    Yasuyuki Hirano*, Okayama University
    (969-16-206)
  • 12:00 p.m.
    Operators on the big lattice of preradicals.
    Francisco F Raggi*, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de M\'exico
    (969-16-252)
  • 12:30 p.m.
    On The Structure of Transitive Witt Rootsystems (Preliminary Report).
    Mohammad Q. Hailat*, Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST)
    (969-17-98)
• Sunday September 23, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
  Special Session on Differential Geometry and Applications, IV
  BE 0188, Baker Systems Engineering (BE)
  Organizers:
  Andrzej Derdzinski, Ohio State University andrzej@math.ohio-state.edu
  Fangyang Zheng, Ohio State University zheng@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Harmonic functions on manifolds of nonnegative Ricci curvature.
    Harold G Donnelly*, Purdue University
    (969-58-23)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Regularity of holomorphic and harmonic functions.
    Peter Li, University of California, Irvine
    Jiaping Wang*, University of Minnesota
    (969-58-61)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Manifolds with quadratic curvature decay.
    John W Lott*, University of Michigan
    (969-53-21)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Compact Homogeneous Spaces with an Exponential Growth of Geodesics Joining Two Points.
    Gabriel P Paternain, Cambridge University
    Leo T Butler*, Northwestern University
    (969-58-143)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Stable ergodicity and frame flows.
    Keith Burns*, Northwestern University
    (969-37-243)
• Sunday September 23, 2001, 9:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Coding Theory and Designs, IV
  UH 0090, University Hall (UH)
  Organizers:
  Tom Dowling, Ohio State University tdowling@math.ohio-state.edu
  Dijen Ray-Chaudhuri, dijen@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 9:30 a.m.
    The current status of the lambda-design conjecture.
    \'Akos Seress*, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
    (969-05-104)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Maximal arcs in projective three-spaces and double-error-correcting cyclic codes.
    Qing Xiang*, University of Delaware
    Henk D. L. Hollmann, Philips Research Labs
    (969-05-67)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Perfect Codes and Balanced Generalized Weighing Matrices.
    Vladimir D Tonchev*, Michigan Technological University
    (969-05-10)

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