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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

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