AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:21:41

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

Saturday April 17, 2004, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Analytic Convex Geometry, I
Room 302, Memorial Hall
Organizers:
Alina Stancu, Polytechnic University astancu@poly.edu
Elisabeth Werner, Case Western Reserve University emw2@po.cwru.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  Isomorphic version of the Busemann-Petty problem for Gaussian Measure.
  Artem Zvavitch*, University of Missouri-Columbia
  (997-52-44)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Convex bodies: metrics, intrinsic volumes, and Gaussian measure.
  Rick Vitale*, University of Connecticut
  (997-52-78)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Asymptotic mean values of Gaussian polytopes.
  Matthias Reitzner*, Univ. Techn. Vienna
  (997-60-218)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Moment-Entropy Inequalities.
  Erwin Lutwak, Polytechnic University
  Deane Yang*, Polytechnic University
  Gaoyong Zhang, Polytechnic University
  (997-52-29)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Pairs of Convex Bodies with Centrally Symmetric Intersections of Translates.
  Valeriu Soltan*, George Mason University
  (997-52-26)

Saturday April 17, 2004, 2:30 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Analytic Convex Geometry, II
Room 302, Memorial Hall
Organizers:
Alina Stancu, Polytechnic University astancu@poly.edu
Elisabeth Werner, Case Western Reserve University emw2@po.cwru.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  Comparison of volumes of convex bodies by means of "areas" of central sections.
  Alexander Koldobsky*, University of Missouri-Columbia
  (997-52-46)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Convex Bodies with proportional projection functions.
  Ralph Howard*, University of South Carolina
  Daniel Hug, Albert-Ludwigs-Universit\"at Freiburg
  (997-52-25)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Average directed projection and section functions.
  Paul Goodey*, University of Oklahoma
  Wolfgang Weil, Universit\"at Karlsruhe
  (997-52-157)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Transportation inequalities and convex geometry.
  Mark W Meckes*, Stanford University
  (997-52-180)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Inequalities for volumes of polar bodies.
  Stefano Campi*, University of Modena and Reggio E. - Italy
  Paolo Gronchi, Istituto Applicazioni del Calcolo - CNR
  (997-52-169)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Convexity and the Steiner formula.
  Daniel Hug, University of Freiburg
  Guenter Last, University of Karlsruhe
  Wolfgang Weil*, University of Karlsruhe
  (997-52-121)
- 5:30 p.m.
  Some new elements of the elliptic Brunn-Minkowski theory.
  Poramate Pranayanuntana*, Polytechnic University of New York
  (997-52-50)

Sunday April 18, 2004, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Analytic Convex Geometry, III
Room 302, Memorial Hall
Organizers:
Alina Stancu, Polytechnic University astancu@poly.edu
Elisabeth Werner, Case Western Reserve University emw2@po.cwru.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  The randomized integer convex hull.
  Imre Barany*, Microsoft Research
  (997-52-54)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Smallest singular value of a random matrix.
  Alexandr Litvak, University of Alberta
  Alain Pajor, Universite de Marne-la-Valee
  Mark Rudelson*, University of Missouri
  Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann, University of Alberta
  (997-52-139)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Geometry of random polytopes.
  Alexander Litvak*, University of Alberta
  Alain Pajor, Universit\'e de Marne-la-Vallee
  Mark Rudelson, University of Missouri
  Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann, University of Alberta
  (997-52-120)
- 10:30 a.m.
  On the Distribution of the Number of Vertices of a Random Polygon.
  Christian Buchta*, Salzburg University
  (997-52-177)

Sunday April 18, 2004, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Analytic Convex Geometry, IV
Room 302, Memorial Hall
Organizers:
Alina Stancu, Polytechnic University astancu@poly.edu
Elisabeth Werner, Case Western Reserve University emw2@po.cwru.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  An integral geometric approach to strip discrepancy estimates.
  Allen D. Rogers*, Elmhurst Collge
  (997-52-86)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Convex bodies and harmonic analysis.
  Eric L Grinberg*, University of New Hampshire
  (997-52-209)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Geometry of unit spheres in normed spaces.
  Juan Carlos Alvarez Paiva*, Polytechnic University
  (997-52-79)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Intersection bodies and chordal symmetrals.
  Monika Ludwig*, TU Wien
  (997-52-216)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Isometry invariant valuations on hyperbolic space.
  Dan Klain*, UMass Lowell
  (997-52-156)

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