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2001 Fall Southeastern Section Meeting
Chattanooga, TN, October 5-6, 2001
Meeting #970

Associate secretaries:
John L Bryant, AMS bryant@math.fsu.edu

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Friday October 5, 2001

• Friday October 5, 2001, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  Book Sale and Exhibit
  Rooms 153 and 155, Metro Complex
• Friday October 5, 2001, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  Meeting Registration
  Rooms 153 and 155, Metro Complex
• Friday October 5, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Commutative Ring Theory, I
  Sequoyah Room (#203), University Center
  Organizers:
  David F. Anderson, University of Tennessee, Knoxville anderson@math.utk.edu
  David E. Dobbs, University of Tennessee, Knoxville dobbs@math.utk.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Singulars and Specker Domains: Preliminary Report.
    Warren Wm McGovern*, Bowling Green State University
    (970-13-148)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On decomposing ideals into products of comaximal ideals.
    James W Brewer*, Florida Atlantic University
    William Heinzer, Purdue University
    (970-13-35)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Boolean algebras and von Neumann regular rings.
    David F Anderson, University of Tennessee
    Ron Levy, George Mason Univerity
    Jay Shapiro*, George Mason University
    (970-13-74)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    An Ideal-Based Zero-Divisor Graph.
    Shane P Redmond*, Southeastern Louisiana U.
    (970-13-64)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    1-split rings.
    Gabriel Picavet*, University of Clermont II, France
    (970-13-33)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Rings whose elements are a sum of a unit and an idempotent.
    D. D. Anderson*, The University of Iowa
    V. P. Camillo, The University of Iowa
    (970-13-31)
• Friday October 5, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on New Directions in Combinatorics and Graph Theory, I
  Ocoee Room (#204), University Center
  Organizers:
  Teresa Haynes, East Tennessee State University haynes@etsu.edu
  Debra J. Knisley, East Tennessee State University knisleyd@etsu.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Amalgamations of graphs.
    Chris A Rodger*, Auburn University
    (970-05-43)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Colored and chromatic distance.
    Peter J. Slater*, University of Alabama in Huntsville
    (970-05-218)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    List-multicoloring problems with different kinds of lists.
    Peter D. Johnson, Jr.*, Auburn University
    (970-05-55)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Graphs with small upper line-distinguishing and upper harmonious chromatic numbers.
    Johannes H Hattingh*, Georgia State University
    Michael A Henning, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg
    Elna Ungerer, Rand Afrikaans University
    (970-05-87)
• Friday October 5, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Real Analysis, I
  Fort Wood Room (#206), University Center
  Organizers:
  Paul D. Humke, Saint Olaf College humke@stolaf.edu
  Harry I. Miller, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga harry-miller@utc.edu
  Clifford E. Weil, Michigan State University
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Application of covering sets.
    Kandasamy Muthuvel*, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
    (970-26-77)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On the visibility of invisible sets.
    Marianna Csornyei*, University College London
    (970-28-194)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Exceptional sets for polygonally approximable functions.
    Paul D Humke*, St. Olaf College
    Michael J Evans, Washington and Lee University
    (970-26-143)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Minimality of restrictions of compact minimal abelian flows in terms of eigenvalues.
    Alica Miller*, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
    (970-37-213)
• Friday October 5, 2001, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Numerical Methods for PDEs, I
  Room 204, Metro Complex
  Organizers:
  Susanne C. Brenner, University of South Carolina brenner@math.sc.edu
  Craig C. Douglas, University of Kentucky douglas@ccs.uky.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Efficient Gridding for Numerical Solution of PDE Systems Defined on Arbitrarily-Shaped Domains.
    Eric S Carlson*, University of Alabama
    Jinquan Xu, Univeristy of Alabama
    (970-39-37)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Numerical simulation of powder consolidation.
    Pierre A Gremaud*, North Carolina State University
    Kristy A Coffey, North Carolina State University
    (970-65-160)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Multigrid and Data Mining.
    Linda Stals*, Old Dominion University
    (970-00-109)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Parallel Algebraic Multigrid for Maxwell's Equations.
    Jonathan Hu*, Sandia National Laboratories
    Pavel Bochev, Sandia National Laboratories
    Allen Robinson, Sandia National Laboratories
    Raymond Tuminaro, Sandia National Laboratories
    (970-65-204)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    An Immersed Finite Element Space and Its Approximation Capability.
    Tao Lin*, Virginia Tech
    (970-35-220)
• Friday October 5, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Asymptotic Behavior of Solutions of Differential and Difference Equations, I
  Room 161, Metro Complex
  Organizers:
  John R. Graef, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga jgraef@cecasun.utc.edu
  Chuanxi Qian, Mississippi State University qian@math.msstate.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Discussion
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Nabla Dynamic Equations.
    Allan C. Peterson*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (970-39-137)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Oscillation Theory for Dynamic Equations.
    Lynn H. Erbe*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (970-39-138)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On Global Stability in a Nonautonomous Genotype Selection Model.
    Chuanxi Qian*, Mississippi State University
    (970-39-219)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Existence of Solutions for Integral Inclusions.
    Mouffak Benchohra, University of Sidi Bel Abbes
    Johnny Henderson*, Auburn University
    Sotiris K. Ntouyas, University of Ioannina
    (970-34-30)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Eventual Right Disfocality on Time Scales.
    Kathleen Fick, Avila College
    Johnny Henderson, Auburn University
    William Yin*, LaGrange College
    (970-34-29)
• Friday October 5, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Applications of Partial Differential Equations in Geometric Analysis, I
  Room 207, Metro Complex
  Organizers:
  Bo Guan, University of Tennessee, Knoxville guan@math.utk.edu
  Changyou Wang, University of Kentucky cywang@ms.uky.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Polyhedra with Area-Constrained Skeleta.
    Scott B Berger, Rice University
    Robert M Hardt*, Rice University
    (970-49-227)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Spectral and Scattering Theory for the Sub-Laplacian on the Heisenberg Group.
    Peter A Perry*, University of Kentucky
    (970-35-175)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The normalized mean curvature flow.
    Nicholas D Alikakos, University of Athens
    Alex Freire*, University of Tennessee
    (970-35-187)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Some comments on Taylor's problem.
    John McCuan*, Georgia Tech
    (970-35-184)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Constructing minimal surfaces using the support function.
    Frank E Baginski*, The George Washington University
    (970-53-22)
• Friday October 5, 2001, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Topics in Geometric Function Theory, I
  Lookout Mountain Room (#117), University Center
  Organizers:
  Lelia Miller-Van Wieren, Penn State Berks Campus nmiller@utic.net.ba
  Bruce P. Palka, University of Texas at Austin palka@math.utexas.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Mobius invariant metrics.
    David Herron, University of Cincinnati
    William Ma, Pennsylvania College of Technology
    C. David Minda*, University of Cincnnati
    (970-30-144)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Quasidisks and the Noshiro-Warschawski Criterion.
    Martin S. Chuaqui*, P. Universidad Catolica de Chile
    Julian Gevirtz, P. Universidad Catolica de Chile
    (970-30-182)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Domains with controlled modulus and quasiconformal mappings.
    Abdelkrim Brania*, Morehouse College
    Shanshuang Yang, Emory University
    (970-30-93)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Quasidisks and their one-sided cousins.
    Frederick W Gehring*, University of Michigan
    (970-30-88)
• Friday October 5, 2001, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Welcoming Remarks
  Room 129, Grote Hall
  Erd\H os magic.
  Room 129, Grote Hall
  Joel H. Spencer*, New York University
  (970-05-06)
• Friday October 5, 2001, 1:25 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Additive multigrid theory.
  Room 129, Grote Hall
  Susanne C. Brenner*, University of South Carolina, Columbia
  (970-65-09)
• Friday October 5, 2001, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Commutative Ring Theory, II
  Sequoyah Room (#203), University Center
  Organizers:
  David F. Anderson, University of Tennessee, Knoxville anderson@math.utk.edu
  David E. Dobbs, University of Tennessee, Knoxville dobbs@math.utk.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Valuation ideals of a Mori domain.
    Jeanam Park*, Department of Mathematics
    Gyu Whan Chang, Department of Mathematics
    (970-13-188)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Intersections of valuation overrings of affine algebras.
    Bruce M Olberding*, The University of Louisiana at Monroe
    (970-13-140)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Pinched Krull domains at prime ideals.
    Gyu W Chang*, Inha University
    (970-13-162)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Polynomials integer-valued on matrices.
    Sophie Frisch*, TU Graz (Austria)
    (970-16-154)
• Friday October 5, 2001, 2:30 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Asymptotic Behavior of Solutions of Differential and Difference Equations, II
  Room 161, Metro Complex
  Organizers:
  John R. Graef, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga jgraef@cecasun.utc.edu
  Chuanxi Qian, Mississippi State University qian@math.msstate.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Asymptotically constant Solutions of Functional Difference Systems.
    William F Trench*, Trinity University
    (970-39-150)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Bounds for solutions of multipoint boundary value problems.
    Gary D Jones*, Murray State University
    (970-34-13)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Delay Differential Equation Models of HIV Infection of CD4+ T-cells.
    Shigui Ruan*, Dalhousie University
    (970-92-200)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The Quasilinearization Method on an Unbounded Domain.
    Paul W Eloe*, University of Dayton
    (970-34-47)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Stability of an elliptic equilibrium of the difference equation $x_{n+1}=1/(Ax_{n}^{p}+x_{n-1}^{q})$.
    Vlajko L Kocic*, Xavier University of Louisiana
    Raegan J Higgins, Xavier University of Louisiana
    (970-39-131)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    An Existence Result for the Diffusive Logistic Equation with Constant Effort Harvesting.
    Shobha Oruganti*, Mississippi State University
    (970-35-224)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Discussion
• Friday October 5, 2001, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on New Directions in Combinatorics and Graph Theory, II
  Ocoee Room (#204), University Center
  Organizers:
  Teresa Haynes, East Tennessee State University haynes@etsu.edu
  Debra J. Knisley, East Tennessee State University knisleyd@etsu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    A Collection of Open Questions.
    Richard H. Schelp*, University of Memphis
    (970-05-53)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Extremal Graphs for Intersecting Cliques.
    Guantao Chen*, Georgia State University
    Ronald J Gould, Emory University
    Floria Pfende, Emory University
    Bing Wei, Georgia State University
    (970-05-102)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Forbidden Subgraphs That Imply $2$-Factors.
    Jill R Faudree, University of Alaska - Fairbanks
    Ralph J Faudree*, University of Memphis
    (970-05-113)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Double Paths and Other Double Graphs.
    John M Harris*, Furman University
    (970-05-94)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Connectivity and Cycles in Graphs and Matroids.
    Talmage J Reid*, The University of Mississippi
    Haidong Wu, The University of Mississippi
    (970-05-82)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Non-separating cycles in 4-connected graphs.
    Sean Curran, Georgia Tech
    Xingxing Yu*, Georgia Tech
    (970-05-69)
• Friday October 5, 2001, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Real Analysis, II
  Fort Wood Room (#206), University Center
  Organizers:
  Paul D. Humke, Saint Olaf College humke@stolaf.edu
  Harry I. Miller, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga harry-miller@utc.edu
  Clifford E. Weil, Michigan State University
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Hausdorff dimension, analytic sets and transcendence.
    Gerald A Edgar, The Ohio State University
    Chris Miller*, The Ohio State University
    (970-28-178)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    M-tangent sets of continuous functions.
    Zolt\'an L. Buczolich*, Michigan State University and E\"otv\"os Lor\'and University (Budapest)
    (970-26-114)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Boolean Functions and analytic sets.
    Udayan B Darji*, University of Louisville
    (970-28-170)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Pointwise Fourier inversion without the Riemann Lebesgue Lemma.
    Erik Talvila*, University of Alberta
    (970-26-92)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Quantization dimension of probability measures.
    Larry J Lindsay*, University of North Texas
    (970-28-132)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    On series of translates of positive functions.
    R. Daniel Mauldin*, University of North Texas
    Zoltan Buczolich, Department of Analysis, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary
    (970-26-32)
• Friday October 5, 2001, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Topics in Geometric Function Theory, II
  Lookout Mountain Room (#117), University Center
  Organizers:
  Lelia Miller-Van Wieren, Penn State Berks Campus nmiller@utic.net.ba
  Bruce P. Palka, University of Texas at Austin palka@math.utexas.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Euclidean properties of hyperbolic polar coordinates.
    William Ma*, Pennsylvania College of Technology
    David Minda, University of Cincinnati
    (970-30-14)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Zeros of hypergeometric polynomials.
    Peter Duren*, University of Michigan
    (970-30-58)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Sets of Constant Width and the Apollonian Metric.
    Zair S Ibragimov*, University of Michigan
    (970-30-76)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Extremal Domains for Minimizing Harmonic Measure.
    Roger W Barnard*, Texas Tech University
    Leah B Cole, Texas Tech University
    Kent Pearce, Texas Tech University
    Alex Y Solynin, Texas Tech University
    (970-30-174)
• Friday October 5, 2001, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical and Numerical Aspects of Wave Propagation, I
  Room 160, Metro Complex
  Organizers:
  Boris P. Belinskiy, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga bbelinsk@cecasun.utc.edu
  Yongzhi Xu, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Yongzhi-Xu@utc.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Unambiguous identification of the rough boundary of a half space probed by acoustic or electromagnetic waves.
    Jim Buchanan, US Naval Academy
    Robert P Gilbert, University of Delaware
    Armand Wirgin*, Laboratoire de Mécanique et d'Acoustique
    Yongzhi Xu, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    (970-86-129)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Full Wave Extension of a Microlocal Seismic Inversion Algorithm: "Wave Tracing".
    Louis Fishman*, MDF International
    M. V. de Hoop, Colorado School of Mines
    (970-35-97)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The Recovery of Anisotropic Conductivity in Groundwater Modelling.
    Ian W Knowles*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Aimin Yan, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (970-35-180)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Transient Reflection and Transmission of Ultrasonic Wave in Bovine Cancellous Bone.
    Yongzhi S Xu*, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    (970-35-60)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A reconstruction technique for two-dimensional inverse spectral problems.
    C. Maeve McCarthy*, Murray State University
    (970-65-116)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Solving the Dynamical Inverse Problem for the Schrodinger Equation by the Boundary Control Method.
    Suzanne Lenhart*, University of Tennessee
    (970-35-159)
• Friday October 5, 2001, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Numerical Analysis and Approximation Theory, I
  Room 159, Metro Complex
  Organizers:
  Tian-Xiao He, Illinois Wesleyan University the@sun.iwu.edu
  Don Hong, Eastern Tennessee State University hong@etsu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    $\sqrt 3$-subdivision schemes with optimal polynomial reproduction.
    Qingtang Jiang*, West Virginia University
    (970-41-189)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Efficiently Computing Sobolev Smoothness Exponent of a Multivariate Refinable Function Using Symmetry.
    Bin Han*, University of Alberta
    (970-42-62)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On an Efficient High Order Algorithm for Solving Systems of Reaction-Diffusion Equations.
    Wenyuan Liao, Mississippi State University
    Jianping Zhu*, University of Akron
    Abdul Q. M. Khaliq, Western Illinois University
    (970-65-107)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Best Approximation for Symmetric Semi-definite Positive Solutions of the Left and Right Inverse Eigenvalue Problems on a Subspace.
    Jiansheng Cao*, East Tennessee State University
    Don Hong, East Tennessee State University
    (970-65-120)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On Multilevel Structure of Bivariate Spline Spaces over Triangulations.
    Don Hong*, East Tennessee State University
    (970-41-119)
• Friday October 5, 2001, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Recent Advances in Optimization Methods
  Raccoon Mountain Room (#103), University Center
  Organizers:
  Jerald P. Dauer, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga jdauer@cecasun.utc.edu
  Aniekan Ebiefung, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Disjunctive programming and generalized Leontief Input-Output model.
    Ishita Majumdar*, Clemson University
    Michael Kostreva, Clemson University
    Aniekan A. Ebiefung, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    (970-49-136)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Choice of Environmental Technologies, Complementarity Problems, and Disjunctive Programming.
    Aniekan A Ebiefung*, University of Tennessee
    (970-90-169)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Full Nuclear Cones, Pareto Efficiency and Ekeland's Principle.
    George Isac*, Royal Military College
    (970-49-167)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Optimization on semialgebraic sets using representation theorems from real algebraic geometry.
    Victoria Powers*, Emory University
    (970-49-72)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Application of anisotropic regularization to existence of weak Pareto minimal points.
    Roman Sznajder*, Bowie State University
    (970-90-141)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    An Optimal Solution to the n-D Convex Hull Problem.
    Edet Eyoh*, Tennessee State University
    (970-49-168)
• Friday October 5, 2001, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Numerical Methods for PDEs, II
  Room 204, Metro Complex
  Organizers:
  Susanne C. Brenner, University of South Carolina brenner@math.sc.edu
  Craig C. Douglas, University of Kentucky douglas@ccs.uky.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Dissipative Boussinesq systems for water waves.
    Min Chen*, University of Central Florida
    (970-65-108)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Fast Preconditioners for the Numerical Simulation of Oceans.
    Craig C Douglas*, University of Kentucky
    (970-65-36)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A Fast Conservative Semi-Lagrangian Method with Application to Global Circulation Models.
    Jeffrey S Scroggs*, North Carolina State University
    Frederick H Semazzi, North Carolina State University
    Ramachandran Nair, North Carolina State University
    (970-65-41)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Discretization analysis in nonlinear optimal control.
    William W Hager*, University of Florida
    (970-49-155)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Finite element solutions for 3-D elliptic boundary value problems on unbounded domains.
    Hae-Soo Oh*, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    Jae-Heon Yun, Chungbuk National University
    Bongsoo Jang, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    (970-65-99)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    On a scalable parallel algorithm for solving time dependent partial differential equations.
    Wilson Rivera, University of Puerto Rico
    Jianping Zhu*, University of Akron
    David Huddleston, Mississippi State University
    (970-65-100)
• Friday October 5, 2001, 2:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  Special Session on Variational Problems for Free Surface Interfaces, I
  Room 351, Metro Complex
  Organizers:
  John E. McCuan, Georgia Institute of Technology
  Thomas I. Vogel, Texas A\&M University tvogel@math.tamu.edu
  Henry C. Wente, University of Toledo hwente@math.utoledo.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Equilibrium Configurations for a Floating Drop.
    David Siegel*, University of Waterloo
    Alan Elcrat, Wichita State University
    Robert Neel, Harvard University
    (970-76-90)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Complete embedded CMC surfaces with many coplanar ends.
    John M Sullivan*, University of Illinois
    (970-53-217)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Local Energy Minimality of Capillary Surfaces in the Presence of Symmetry.
    Thomas I Vogel*, Texas A&M University
    (970-53-125)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Discussion
• Friday October 5, 2001, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Differential Geometric Methods in the Control of Partial Differential Equations, I
  Room 206, Metro Complex
  Organizers:
  Walter Littman, University of Minnesota
  Roberto Triggiani, University of Virginia rt7u@virginia.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Boundary Control of Wave Equations on Riemannial Manifolds via Geometric Methods.
    Walter Littman*, University of Minnesota
    (970-35-192)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Discussion
• Friday October 5, 2001, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Sphere-Related Approximation and Applications, I
  Room 212, Metro Complex
  Organizers:
  Edward B. Saff, University of South Florida esaff@math.usf.edu
  Larry L. Schumaker, Vanderbilt University s@mars.cas.vanderbilt.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    High Order Approximation on the Sphere using Polynomial Reconstruction.
    Paul O. Frederickson*, National Center for Supercomputing Applications
    Howard W. Frederickson, Math Cube Associates, Inc.
    (970-41-214)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On the Approximation Order of Splines on Spherical Triangulations.
    Mike Neamtu*, Vanderbilt University
    Larry L Schumaker, Vanderbilt University
    (970-65-191)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Approximation in Sobolev Spaces by Kernel Expansions.
    Francis J. Narcowich, Texas A\&M University
    Robert Schaback, Universitat Gottingen
    Joseph D Ward*, Texas A\&M University
    (970-41-16)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Approximation of functions via scattered-data interpolants constructed from smoother spherical basis functions.
    Francis J Narcowich*, Texas A\&M University
    Joseph D Ward, Texas A\&M University
    (970-41-222)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Distribution of points on spheres using finite fields.
    Steven B Damelin*, GSU
    (970-41-61)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Logarithmic points on the sphere.
    Peter D Dragnev*, Indiana-Purdue University
    (970-31-18)
• Friday October 5, 2001, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Applications of Partial Differential Equations in Geometric Analysis, II
  Room 207, Metro Complex
  Organizers:
  Bo Guan, University of Tennessee, Knoxville guan@math.utk.edu
  Changyou Wang, University of Kentucky cywang@ms.uky.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    p-harmonic maps with some applications in geometric analysis.
    Shihshu W. Wei*, The University of Oklahoma
    (970-53-161)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Wave maps with target in the Heisenberg group.
    Luca Capogna*, University of Arkansas
    (970-35-104)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A Kazdan-Warner type condition and heat kernel estimates on noncompact manifolds.
    Qi S Zhang*, University of Memphis and University of California Riverside
    (970-35-79)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Weil-Petersson geometry of Teichmuller spaces and harmonic mapping.
    Sumio Yamada*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (970-58-65)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A Parabolic Equation for Prescribing Scalar Curvature.
    Brain Smith*, University of Alabama
    Gilbert Weinstein, University of Alabama
    (970-58-201)
• Friday October 5, 2001, 2:30 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
  Session for Contributed Papers, I
  Room 300, Metro Complex
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Some Results on the Location of Zeros of a Polynomial.
    Robert Gardner*, East Tennessee State University
    (970-30-171)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    The Homomorphic Image of a Protopological Group (Preliminary Report).
    Julie C Jones*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (970-22-63)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Maximal Centralizers and the $Sym(3)$-conjecture.
    Cecil A Ellard*, Bloomington, Indiana
    (970-20-196)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Recent Results on E-groups.
    Gregory M Boudreaux*, University of North Carolina at Asheville
    (970-20-221)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Coxeters's Dodecahedral Projections of the Dim 4 and Dim 5 Measure Polytopes: A Natural Model for The 2-Fold and 4-Fold Degeneracy of the Genetic Code?
    David J Halitsky*, Computer Systems Technology
    (970-51-15)

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