AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Day

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

---

Program  |  Deadlines  |  Registration/Housing/Etc.  |  Inquiries:  meet@ams.org

---

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

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

---

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)

Inquiries:  meet@ams.org

---