AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Day
Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:21:45
2004 Fall Eastern Section Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA, November 6-7, 2004
Meeting #1002
Associate secretaries: Lesley M Sibner, AMS lsibner@duke.poly.edu
Saturday November 6, 2004
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Exhibit Book Sale
Room 1175, Benedum Hall -
Saturday November 6, 2004, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Meeting Registration
Room 1175, Benedum Hall -
Saturday November 6, 2004, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Special Session on Modularity of Galois Representations and Serre's Conjecture, I
Room 521, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Mark E. T. Dickinson, University of Pittsburgh dickinsm@pitt.edu
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8:00 a.m.
An introduction to Serre's conjecture.
Robert J Pollack*, Boston University
(1002-11-46) -
9:00 a.m.
The nonexistence of certain Galois representations with small ramification.
Sharon Brueggeman*, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
(1002-11-29) -
10:00 a.m.
A generalization of Serre's conjecture to GL(3).
Avner Ash*, Boston College
(1002-11-32)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on PDE-Based Methods in Imaging and Vision, I
Room 520, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Stacey E. Levine, Duquesne University sel@mathcs.duq.edu
Yunmei Chen, University of Florida yun@math.ufl.edu
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8:00 a.m.
A Numerical Scheme for Target Recognition.
Mohsen Razzaghi*, Mississippi State University
(1002-41-40) -
8:30 a.m.
Loss and Recovery of Fine Structures in PDE-based Image Denoising.
Seongjai Kim*, University of Kentucky
(1002-65-159) -
9:00 a.m.
Theories and applications of minimizing nonstandard growth functionals.
Yunmei Chen*, University of Florida
Stacey Levine, Duquesne University
Murali Rao, University of Florida
Jon Stanich, Duquesne University
(1002-35-202) -
9:30 a.m.
Image denoising using mean curvature information.
Wei Zhu*, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, NY
Tony Chan, University of California Los Angeles
Selim Esedoglu, University of California Los Angeles
(1002-35-136) -
10:00 a.m.
Fourth order diffusions for image processing.
John B Greer*, Courant Institute
(1002-35-112) -
10:30 a.m.
Decomposition of images into cartoon and texture using the total variation and div(BMO).
Luminita Aura Vese, UCLA
Triet Le*, UCLA
(1002-49-141)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Convexity and Combinatorics, I
Room 1022, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
James F. Lawrence, George Mason University lawrence@gmu.edu
Valeriu Soltan, George Mason University vsoltan@gmu.edu
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8:00 a.m.
Reconstruction of polytopes as Eulerian posets.
Margaret M. Bayer*, University of Kansas
(1002-52-21) -
8:30 a.m.
Simplicial Neighbourly 5-Polytopes with Nine Vertices.
Wendy A Finbow-Singh*, Acadia University
(1002-52-31) -
9:00 a.m.
Some Construction Techniques for Convex Polytopes.
Carl W. Lee*, University of Kentucky
Matt Menzel, Marietta College
Laura Schmidt, University of Wisconsin-Stout
(1002-52-103) -
9:30 a.m.
A Generalization of the Holt-Klee Theorem.
Walter D Morris*, George Mason University
Bernd Gaertner, Inst. Theor. CS, ETH Zurich
Leo Ruest, Inst. Theor. CS, ETH Zurich
(1002-52-78) -
10:00 a.m.
Orienting the Rigidity Matroid.
Ileana Streinu*, Smith College
(1002-52-240) -
10:30 a.m.
Multiplication in the Polytope Groups.
Jim Lawrence*, George Mason University Fairfax, VA 22030
(1002-52-171)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on The History of Mathematics, I
Room 426, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University bradley@adelphi.edu
Lawrence A. D'Antonio, Ramapo College of New Jersey ldant@ramapo.edu
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8:00 a.m.
Graphs and Equations: an 18th Century Paridigm Shift.
Robert E. Bradley*, Adelphi University
(1002-01-105) -
8:30 a.m.
The gap in Lambert's proof (1767) that pi is irrational.
Christopher Baltus*, SUNY College at Oswego
(1002-01-153) -
9:00 a.m.
Mathematics the World Forgot: Euler's Work on the Elastic Curve.
Lawrence D'Antonio*, Ramapo College of New Jersey
(1002-01-91) -
9:30 a.m.
Lagrange's Proof of the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra.
Jeff A Suzuki*, Bard College
(1002-01-53) -
10:00 a.m.
What's in the Library? (1730-1790).
Paul C. Pasles*, Villanova University
(1002-01-118) -
10:30 a.m.
Thomas Clausen: Factoring Fermat numbers and Generating Graeco-Latin squares.
Lee J. Stemkoski*, Dartmouth College
(1002-01-194)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Partial Differential Equations and Applications, I
Room 420, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Xinfu Chen, University of Pittsburgh xinfu@pitt.edu
Dehua Wang, University of Pittsburgh dwang@math.pitt.edu
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8:00 a.m.
Discussion. -
8:30 a.m.
An alternative approach to $W^{2,p}$ estimates of the heat equation in a domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{n}$.
Gavin J Waters*, University of Delaware
(1002-35-211) -
9:00 a.m.
BV instability for Godunov and Lax-Friedrich schemes.
Helge Kristian Jenssen*, North Carolina State University
(1002-35-65) -
9:30 a.m.
Semi-cooperative Strategies for Differential Games.
Alberto Bressan, Penn State University
Wen Shen*, Math Dept., Penn State University, PA, USA
(1002-35-210) -
10:00 a.m.
Burgers-type equations with vanishing hyper-viscosity.
Eitan Tadmor*, University of Maryland. College Park
(1002-35-18) -
10:30 a.m.
Global solutions to the Camassa-Holm equations.
Alberto Bressan*, Penn State University
(1002-35-106)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
Special Session on Multivariate Hypergeometric Functions: Combinatorial and Algebro-Geometric Aspects, I
Room 1020, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Eduardo Cattani, University of Massachusetts, Amherst cattani@math.umass.edu
Alicia M. Dickenstein, Universidad de Buenos Aires alidick@dm.uba.ar
Laura Felicia Matusevich, Harvard University laura@math.harvard.edu
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8:00 a.m.
Micro-support of solution sheaves of D-Modules.
Teresa Monteiro Fernandes*, CAUL and Universidade de Lisboa
(1002-58-149) -
8:30 a.m.
On computing the characteristic cycles of localizations.
Josep \`Alvarez Montaner, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Anton Leykin*, University of Illinois at Chicago
(1002-14-90) -
9:00 a.m.
Elliptic Generalizations and Applications of Certain Important Summation and Transformation Identities for Multiple Hypergeometric Series.
Hasan Coskun*, Texas A&M University-Commerce
(1002-33-68) -
9:30 a.m.
Closed form summation of $C$-finite sequences.
Curtis Greene, Haverford College
Herbert S. Wilf*, University of Pennsylvania
(1002-05-69) -
10:00 a.m.
New Lambert series formulas for 12 and 20 squares, and multiple basic hypergeometric series.
Stephen C. Milne*, The Ohio State University
(1002-11-235)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 8:20 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Geometric Analysis and Partial Differential Equations in Subelliptic Structures, I
Room 424, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Cristian E. Gut\'ierrez, Temple University gutierrez@euclid.math.temple.edu
Guozhen Lu, Wayne State University gzlu@math.wayne.edu
Juan J. Manfredi, University of Pittsburgh manfredi@pitt.edu
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8:20 a.m.
On Monge-Ampere type equations in the Heisenberg group.
Cristian E Gutierrez*, Temple University
(1002-35-195) -
9:00 a.m.
The Comparsison Principle for Viscosity Solutions to Some Fully Nonlinear Subelliptic Equations on Carnot Groups.
ChangYou Wang*, University of Kentucky
(1002-35-94) -
9:30 a.m.
Fefferman -- Poincare inequality and regularity for quasilinear subelliptic equations.
Giuseppe Di Fazio*, University of Catania - Italy
Pietro Zamboni, University of Catania - Italy
(1002-35-38) -
10:00 a.m.
Convex functions on Carnot groups.
Petri Juutinen, University of Jyv\"askyl\"a
Guozhen Lu, Wayne State University
Juan Manfredi, University of Pittsburgh
Bianca Stroffolini*, University of Naples
(1002-35-87) -
10:30 a.m.
Properties of Cones in Riemannian Spaces.
Thomas J. Bieske*, University of South Florida
(1002-35-128)
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8:20 a.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Trends in Operator Theory and Banach Spaces, I
Room 423, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Christopher J. Lennard, University of Pittsburgh lennard@pitt.edu
Thomas A. Metzger, University of Pittsburgh metzger@pitt.edu
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8:30 a.m.
New fixed point free nonexpansive maps on weakly compact, convex subsets of $L^1[0,1]$.
P. N. Dowling, Miami University, Oxford, OH
C. J. Lennard, University of Pittsburgh
B. Turett*, Oakland University
(1002-46-146) -
9:00 a.m.
New Criteria of Carleson Type Measures.
Ruhan Zhao*, University of Toledo
(1002-47-126) -
9:30 a.m.
Type and order convexity of Marcinkiewicz and Lorentz spaces and applications.
Nigel J Kalton, University of Missouri Columbia
Anna H Kami\'nska*, The University of Memphis
(1002-46-142) -
10:00 a.m.
Carleson embeddings with closed range.
Alec L Matheson*, Lamar University
(1002-30-137) -
10:30 a.m.
The Busemann-Petty problem for arbitrary measures.
Artem Zvavitch*, Kent State University
(1002-52-116)
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8:30 a.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Special Session on Mathematical Biology, I
Room 820, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Jonathan E. Rubin, University of Pittsburgh rubin@math.pitt.edu
Bard Ermentrout, University of Pittsburgh bard@math.pitt.edu
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8:30 a.m.
Equilibrium states of chemical reaction networks.
David Swigon*, University of Pittsburgh
(1002-37-219) -
8:55 a.m.
Pattern Formation in Small Arrays of Locally Coupled Oscillators.
Rebecca Ellison, Penn State Erie
Virginia Gardner, Penn State Erie
Joel Lepak, Penn State Erie
Meghan O'Malley, Penn State Erie
Joseph Paullet*, Penn State Erie
Joseph Previte, Penn State Erie
Beth Ann Reid, Penn State Erie
Katy Vizzard, Penn State Erie
(1002-92-61) -
9:20 a.m.
Chaos and Self-Oscillatory Regimes in Ecological System of two Competing Prey and One Predator.
Tolibjon E. Buriyev*, Samarkand State University
Vafokul Ergashevich Ergashev, Samarkand State University
(1002-34-24) -
9:45 a.m.
A Reduced Model of the Immune Response to Endotoxin and Trauma with a Geometric Approach.
Judy Day*, University of Pittsburgh
Jonathan Rubin, University of Pittsburgh
Claudio Lagoa, University of Pittsburgh
Yoram Vodovotz, University of Pittsburgh
Gilles Clermont, University of Pittsburgh
Carson C. Chow, Laboratory for Biological Modeling, NIDDK, NIH
(1002-37-247) -
10:10 a.m.
Palindromes in random letter generation.
Anant P. Godbole*, East Tennessee State University
(1002-60-30)
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8:30 a.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Invariants of Knots and 3-Manifolds, I
Room 823, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Marta M. Asaeda, University of Maryland asaeda@math.uiowa.edu
Jozef H. Przytycki, George Washington University przytyck@gwu.edu
Adam S. Sikora, SUNY at Buffalo asikora@buffalo.edu
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8:30 a.m.
Comparing Hopf-algebraic invariants of three-manifolds.
Fernando J. O. Souza*, University of Iowa
Louis H. Kauffman, University of Illinois at Chicago
David E. Radford, University of Illinois at Chicago
(1002-57-239) -
9:00 a.m.
Discussion. -
9:30 a.m.
The representation of the Mapping Class Group induced by the TQFT(s) of the LMO and the universal quantum invariant of 3-manifolds.
Dorin Cheptea*, SUNY at Buffalo
(1002-57-230) -
10:00 a.m.
Integral Lattices in TQFT.
Patrick M Gilmer*, Louisiana State University
Gregor Masbaum, Institue de Mathematiques de Jussieu, Universite Paris 7
(1002-57-176) -
10:30 a.m.
Eigenvalue varieties of 2-bridge links.
Jim Hoste*, Pitzer College
Patrick D. Shanahan, Loyola Marymount University
(1002-57-173)
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8:30 a.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Multiscale Algorithms in Computational Fluid Dynamics, I
Room 522, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
William J. Layton, University of Pittsburgh wjl@pitt.edu
Anastasios Liakos, U.S. Naval Academy liakos@usna.edu
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8:30 a.m.
Adaptive mortar upscaling for flow in porous media.
Ivan Yotov*, University of Pittsburgh
(1002-65-157) -
9:00 a.m.
Induced Pressure Regularization and Eddy Viscosity for Equilibrium Navier-Stokes Equations.
Leo G Rebholz*, University of PIttsburgh
(1002-76-150) -
9:30 a.m.
Subgrid Stabilization of Evolutionary Convection-Diffusion Equations: Analysis and Experimental Results of a Finite Difference Scheme.
Noel F Heitmann*, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
(1002-76-242) -
10:00 a.m.
Computational Methods for Feedback Control of Distributed Parameter Systems.
Lizette Zietsman*, George Mason University
Jeff T Borggaard, Virginia Tech
John A Burns, Virginia Tech
(1002-65-233) -
10:30 a.m.
Sensitivity Analysis for Large Eddy Simulation Modeling.
Jeff Borggaard*, Virginia Tech
Traian Iliescu, Virginia Tech
Alexey Miroshnikov, Virginia Tech
(1002-76-229)
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8:30 a.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Knots and Macromolecules, I
Room 722, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Kenneth C. Millett, University of California Santa Barbara millett@math.ucsb.edu
Eric J. Rawdon, Duquesne University rawdon@mathcs.duq.edu
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8:30 a.m.
Linear random knots and their scaling behaviour.
Akos Dobay*, University of Lausanne, Laboratory of Ultrastructural Analysis
Kenneth Millett, University of California Santa Barbara
Jacques Dubochet, University of Lausanne, Laboratory of Ultrastructural Analysis
Andrzej Stasiak, University of Lausanne, Laboratory of Ultrastructural Analysis
(1002-92-196) -
9:00 a.m.
Counting almost unknotted embeddings.
De Witt Sumners, Florida State University
Stu Whittington*, University of Toronto
(1002-57-67) -
9:30 a.m.
Probability distribution of distance between two given nodes of a random knot.
Tetsuo Deguchi*, Department of Physics, Ochanomizu University
(1002-82-120) -
10:00 a.m.
Topological Properties of Polymer Chains: The Influence of Model.
Alex Vologodskii*, New York University
(1002-82-132) -
10:30 a.m.
On the analogy between trivial knots and self-avoiding walks.
Nathan T. Moore, Physics Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Rhonald C. Lua, Physics Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Alexander Y. Grosberg*, Physics Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
(1002-82-169)
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8:30 a.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
Special Session on Mathematical Finance, I
Room 1220, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
David Saunders, University of Pittsburgh saunders@math.pitt.edu
John Chadam, University of Pittsburgh chadam@pitt.edu
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9:00 a.m.
Pricing Default Correlation Products within a structural framework.
Marcos Escobar, University of Toronto
Luis A Seco*, University of Toronto
(1002-60-237) -
9:30 a.m.
Valuation of Basket Default Swaps.
Ian Iscoe, Algorithmics Inc.
Alexander Kreinin*, Algorithmics Inc.
(1002-60-101) -
10:00 a.m.
On a Representation for a Class of Self-financing Portfolios of Securities which Contain Equities Driven by Certain Geometric L\'evy Processes.
Vladimir Vinogradov*, Ohio University
(1002-60-96)
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9:00 a.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Invited Address
Geometric analysis on a class of degenerate elliptic operators.
Auditorium, Benedum Hall
Der-Chen Chang*, Georgetown University
(1002-35-01) -
Saturday November 6, 2004, 2:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
Invited Address
Ending laminations, tame ends, and the classification of hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
Auditorium, Benedum Hall
Jeffrey F. Brock*, Brown University
(1002-57-03) -
Saturday November 6, 2004, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Trends in Operator Theory and Banach Spaces, II
Room 423, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Christopher J. Lennard, University of Pittsburgh lennard@pitt.edu
Thomas A. Metzger, University of Pittsburgh metzger@pitt.edu
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3:00 p.m.
On convergence to the Denjoy-Wolff point.
Paul S. Bourdon*, Washington and Lee University
Valentin Matache, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Joel H. Shapiro, Michigan State University
(1002-30-74) -
3:30 p.m.
Vector spaces contained in the zero set of a polynomial.
Richard M Aron*, Kent State University
(1002-46-201) -
4:00 p.m.
Characterization of Hardy/Bergmann Spaces on finitely connected domain that support compact composition operators.
Abebaw Tadesse*, University Of Pittsburgh
(1002-47-25) -
4:30 p.m.
Convergence of a greedy algorithm in Bergman spaces.
Stephen J. Dilworth*, University of South Carolina
Denka Kutzarova, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Karen Shuman, Grinnell College
(1002-46-212) -
5:00 p.m.
Linear-fractional composition operators.
Barbara D MacCluer*, University of Virginia
(1002-47-71) -
5:30 p.m.
Schur multiplier projections on the von~Neumann-Schatten classes.
Ian Doust*, University of New South Wales
T A Gillespie, University of Edinburgh
(1002-47-37)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on Mathematical Finance, II
Room 1220, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
David Saunders, University of Pittsburgh saunders@math.pitt.edu
John Chadam, University of Pittsburgh chadam@pitt.edu
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3:00 p.m.
Interest Rate Explosions in HJM Bond Models.
Victor W. Goodman*, Indiana University
(1002-60-225) -
3:30 p.m.
Inverse of First-Crossing Boundary Problem.
Lan Cheng*, University of Pittsburgh
Xinfu Chen, University of Pittsburgh
John Chadam, University of Pittsburgh
David Saunders, University of Pittsburgh
(1002-35-207) -
4:00 p.m.
Games with Exhaustible Resources.
Chris Harris, Department of Economics, University of Cambridge
Sam Howison, Mathematical Institute, Oxford University
Ronnie Sircar*, Department of Operations Research & Financial Engineering, Princeton University
(1002-91-224) -
4:30 p.m.
On the two-times differentiability of the value functions in the problem of optimal investment in incomplete markets.
Dmitry Kramkov*, Carnegie Mellon University
(1002-60-83) -
5:00 p.m.
Risk-Tolerance Wealth Processes and Sensitivity Analysis of Utility Based Prices.
Dmitry Kramkov, Carnegie Mellon University
Mihai Sirbu*, Columbia University
(1002-90-123)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on Geometric Analysis and Partial Differential Equations in Subelliptic Structures, II
Room 424, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Cristian E. Gut\'ierrez, Temple University gutierrez@euclid.math.temple.edu
Guozhen Lu, Wayne State University gzlu@math.wayne.edu
Juan J. Manfredi, University of Pittsburgh manfredi@pitt.edu
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3:00 p.m.
Mean curvature flow in the Heisenberg group.
Luca Capogna*, University of Arkansas
Mario Bonk, University of Michigan
(1002-35-135) -
3:30 p.m.
Minimal and constant mean curvature surfaces in Carnot groups.
Scott D. Pauls*, Dartmouth College
(1002-53-145) -
4:00 p.m.
One side Liouville-type theorems for some classes of Hormander operators.
Ermanno Lanconelli*, Universita' di Bologna
(1002-35-191) -
4:30 p.m.
On Regularity of Some Convex Functions in Carnot Groups.
Xiaoping Yang*, School of Sciences, Nanjing University of Science & Technology
(1002-35-119) -
5:00 p.m.
A CR Poincare inequality on the sphere in complex space.
Lijing Sun*, Wayne State University
(1002-35-113)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 3:00 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
Special Session on Mathematical Biology, II
Room 820, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Jonathan E. Rubin, University of Pittsburgh rubin@math.pitt.edu
Bard Ermentrout, University of Pittsburgh bard@math.pitt.edu
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3:00 p.m.
Giant Squids and Hidden Canards.
Martin Wechselberger*, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Ohio State University
(1002-92-163) -
3:25 p.m.
A Neuronal Circuit Implementing the Logic of Learning Behavior in Limax.
Pranay Goel*, Mathematical Biosciences Institute
Alan Gelperin, Monell Chemical Senses Center
(1002-92-218) -
3:50 p.m.
Model of electrically induced phosphenes.
Jonathan D Drover*, University of Pittsburgh
(1002-92-155) -
4:15 p.m.
Thalamicortical cell relay fidelity with various pattern of internal pallidum input.
Yixin Guo*, MBI, The Ohio State University
Jonathan Rubin, University of Pittsburgh
David Terman, The Ohio State University
(1002-92-222) -
4:40 p.m.
Frequency Separation in Neuronal Systems.
Alla Borisyuk, Mathematical Biosciences Institute
Janet A. Best*, Mathematical Biosciences Institute
David H. Terman, Mathematical Biosciences Institute and Ohio State University
(1002-92-214) -
5:05 p.m.
A Computational Study of the Role of Potassium Diffusion in the Generation and Propagation of Zero Ca2+ Non-Synaptic Sustained Epileptiform Activity.
Eun-Hyoung Park*, Neural Engineering Center, Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Dominique M. Durand, Neural Engineering Center, Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
(1002-92-170)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 3:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
Special Session on Modularity of Galois Representations and Serre's Conjecture, II
Room 521, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Mark E. T. Dickinson, University of Pittsburgh dickinsm@pitt.edu
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3:00 p.m.
Dual Selmer Groups and the number of congruent eigenforms.
R Ramakrishna*, Cornell University
(1002-11-47) -
4:00 p.m.
Three-dimensional Galois representations and a generalization of Serre's conjecture.
Darrin M Doud*, Brigham Young University
(1002-11-39) -
5:00 p.m.
Modular representations on some Riemann-Roch spaces of some modular curves.
David Joyner*, U.S. Naval Academy
Amy Ksir, U.S. Naval Academy
(1002-14-245)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on PDE-Based Methods in Imaging and Vision, II
Room 520, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Stacey E. Levine, Duquesne University sel@mathcs.duq.edu
Yunmei Chen, University of Florida yun@math.ufl.edu
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3:00 p.m.
Threshold dynamics for the piecewise Mumford-Shah Functional.
Richard Tsai*, University of Texas at Austin
Selim Esedoglu, UCLA
(1002-65-111) -
3:30 p.m.
Computational Conformal Geometry and Its Applications.
Xianfeng Gu*, Computer Science, Stony Brook University
(1002-68-199) -
4:00 p.m.
A new approach for 3D segmentation of cellular tomograms obtained using three-dimensional electron microscopy.
Alberto Bartesaghi*, University of Minnesota
Guillermo Sapiro, University of Minnesota
Stanton Lee, National Institutes of Health
Jon Lefman, National Institutes of Health
Sharon Wahl, National Institutes of Health
Sriram Subramaniam, National Institutes of Health
Jan Orenstein, George Washington University
(1002-35-122) -
4:30 p.m.
Maximum Likelihood Ultrasound Image Segmentation with Level Sets.
Hemant D Tagare*, Yale University
Zhong Tao, Yale University
(1002-35-13) -
5:00 p.m.
Image-based Elastic Registration for Patient-Specific Finite Element Model Generation.
Omar Ghattas*, Carnegie Mellon University
Larisa Goldmints, RPI
Branislav Jaramaz, Western Pennsylvania Hospital/CMU
(1002-49-139) -
5:30 p.m.
Application of local times of Markov processes to visual contours.
Jonas August*, Healthcare Robotics Center, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
(1002-35-236)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Invariants of Knots and 3-Manifolds, II
Room 823, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Marta M. Asaeda, University of Maryland asaeda@math.uiowa.edu
Jozef H. Przytycki, George Washington University przytyck@gwu.edu
Adam S. Sikora, SUNY at Buffalo asikora@buffalo.edu
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3:00 p.m.
Rasmussen invariant, Slice-Bennequin Inequality, and sliceness of knots.
Alexander N. Shumakovitch*, Dartmouth College
(1002-57-232) -
3:30 p.m.
The Khovanov-Jacobsson number of a large class of knotted surfaces is trivial.
J. Scott Carter*, University of South Alabama
(1002-57-243) -
4:00 p.m.
Computing Khovanov-Homology.
Charles Frohman*, The University of Iowa
(1002-57-183) -
4:30 p.m.
A Homology theory for graphs: From a graph, we produce a chain complex whose graded Euler Characteristic is the chromatic polynomial of the graph.
Laure Helme-Guizon*, George Washington University
Yongwu Rong, George Washington University
(1002-05-234) -
5:00 p.m.
Properties of the Khovanov type homology theory for graphs.
Yongwu Rong*, The George Washington University
Laure Helme-Guizon, The George Washington University
Jozef Przytycki, The George Washington University
(1002-57-186) -
5:30 p.m.
Discussion on Khovanov Homolgy.
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Convexity and Combinatorics, II
Room 1022, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
James F. Lawrence, George Mason University lawrence@gmu.edu
Valeriu Soltan, George Mason University vsoltan@gmu.edu
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3:00 p.m.
Some new results on geometric graphs.
Horst Martini*, University of Technology Chemnitz
(1002-52-16) -
3:30 p.m.
Helly-type theorems for intersections of starshaped sets.
Marilyn Breen*, University of Oklahoma
(1002-52-49) -
4:00 p.m.
Large transversals to small families of unit disks.
T. Bisztriczky*, University of Calgary
F. Fodor, University of Szeged
D. Oliveros, University of Calgary
(1002-52-11) -
4:30 p.m.
On distinct distances from a vertex of a convex polygon.
Adrian Dumitrescu*, Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
(1002-52-77) -
5:00 p.m.
A Dense Planar Set From Iterated Line Intersections.
Dan Ismailescu*, Hofstra University
(1002-05-172) -
5:30 p.m.
Sylvester-Gallai Theorems for Complex Numbers and Quaternions.
Noam Elkies, Harvard University
Lou M Pretorius, University of Pretoria
Konrad J Swanepoel*, University of South Africa
(1002-52-52)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 3:00 p.m.-6:20 p.m.
Special Session on The History of Mathematics, II
Room 426, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University bradley@adelphi.edu
Lawrence A. D'Antonio, Ramapo College of New Jersey ldant@ramapo.edu
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3:00 p.m.
Purpose through Publication: Catalysts for Research by Junior Mathematicians in Nineteenth-Century Britain.
Sloan Evans Despeaux*, Western Carolina University
(1002-01-164) -
3:30 p.m.
Some Questions about the History of the Equivalence Problem.
Paul R Wolfson*, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
(1002-01-162) -
4:00 p.m.
An Episode in the Early Development of Automated Deduction. Lewis Carroll's Symbolic Logic.
Francine F. Abeles*, Kean University
(1002-01-19) -
4:30 p.m.
The Maturity of Mathematical Logic.
Thomas Drucker*, University of Wisconsin--Whitewater
(1002-01-26) -
5:00 p.m.
The Social Role of Temperance Arithmetic.
Antonella Cupillari*, Penn State Erie-The Behrend College
Jessica Pflueger, Pittsburgh, PA
(1002-01-27) -
5:30 p.m.
What Teachers Taught and How: The Potential and the Pitfalls of the Study of the History of Mathematics Teaching.
Eisso J. Atzema*, University of Maine
(1002-01-166) -
6:00 p.m.
What Can We Learn From the History of Enrollments.
Walter Meyer*, Adelphi University
(1002-01-63)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Partial Differential Equations and Applications, II
Room 420, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Xinfu Chen, University of Pittsburgh xinfu@pitt.edu
Dehua Wang, University of Pittsburgh dwang@math.pitt.edu
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3:00 p.m.
High energy tails for energy dissipative Boltzmann equations.
Irene M. Gamba*, The University of Texas at Austin
(1002-35-246) -
3:30 p.m.
Numerical methods for multiscale kinetic equations.
Shi Jin*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
(1002-35-127) -
3:50 p.m.
Discussion -
4:30 p.m.
Isentropic Gas Dynamics with Arbitrary BV Data.
Robin Young*, U Mass, Amherst
(1002-35-188) -
5:00 p.m.
Discontinuous Solutions for Some Hyperbolic Systems with Relaxation.
Tao Luo*, Georgetown University
(1002-35-80) -
5:30 p.m.
Wave breaking in a class of nonlocal dispersive wave equations.
Hailiang Liu*, Iowa State University
(1002-35-175)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on Multiscale Algorithms in Computational Fluid Dynamics, II
Room 522, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
William J. Layton, University of Pittsburgh wjl@pitt.edu
Anastasios Liakos, U.S. Naval Academy liakos@usna.edu
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3:00 p.m.
A New Strategy for Turbulence Simulation.
Peyman Givi*, University of Pittsburgh
Reza M.H. Sheikhi, University of Pittsburgh
Tom G Drozda, University of Pittsburgh
Server Levent Yilmaz, University of Pittsburgh
(1002-76-181) -
3:30 p.m.
The approximate deconvolution method for the large eddy simulation of turbulent flows in a bounded domain.
Argus Adrian Dunca*, Univ of Michigan at Ann Arbor
(1002-76-156) -
4:00 p.m.
Multiscale Algorithms and Models for Turbulent Flows.
William J. Layton*, University of Pittsburgh
(1002-76-88) -
4:30 p.m.
Boundary Conditions for Large Eddy Simulation of Transitional Turbulent Flows.
Traian Iliescu*, Virginia Tech
Jeff Borggaard, Virginia Tech
Alexey Miroshnikov, Virginia Tech
Grant Boquet, Virginia Tech
(1002-76-130) -
5:00 p.m.
Slip with friction boundary condition for the Navier-Stokes equations -- numerical studies for time dependent laminar flows.
Anastasios Liakos*, U.S. Naval Academy
John Volker, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg
(1002-65-152)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on Knots and Macromolecules, II
Room 722, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Kenneth C. Millett, University of California Santa Barbara millett@math.ucsb.edu
Eric J. Rawdon, Duquesne University rawdon@mathcs.duq.edu
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3:00 p.m.
Identifying Those Links in Solid Tori Which are Braids Made of Braids.
J. R. Bozeman*, Lyndon State College
(1002-57-45) -
3:30 p.m.
Local versus global structure in knot space.
Kenneth C Millett*, University of California, Santa Barbara
(1002-57-117) -
4:00 p.m.
$C^2$ Smooth Knots of Constant Curvature.
Jenelle Marie McAtee*, University of Iowa
(1002-54-98) -
4:30 p.m.
Braid Index, Genus and Crossing Number of Links.
Yuanan Diao*, UNC Charlotte
Claus Ernst, Western Kentucky University
Morwen Thistlethwaite, University of Tennessee
(1002-57-64) -
5:00 p.m.
Geometry and physics of proteins.
Jayanth R Banavar*, Penn State
Amos Maritan, University of Padova
(1002-82-89)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Graph Polynomials, I
Room 523, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
E. Glen Whitehead, Jr., University of Pittsburgh egw1@pitt.edu
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3:00 p.m.
An Introduction to Graph Polynomials.
Earl Glen Whitehead*, University of Pittsburgh
(1002-05-99) -
3:30 p.m.
Totally Matchable Graphs.
Kimberly J Burch*, Montclair State University
Earl Glen Whitehead, Jr., University of Pittsburgh
(1002-05-86) -
4:00 p.m.
A brute-force method for studying chromatic equivalence of homeomorphic graphs.
Ronald C. Read*, Department of Combinatorics and Optimization, University of Waterloo
(1002-05-14) -
4:30 p.m.
A categorification for the chromatic polynomial.
Yongwu Rong*, The George Washington University
Laure Helme-Guizon, The George Washington University
(1002-05-187) -
5:00 p.m.
Computation of Tutte Polynomials.
Gary Haggard*, Bucknell University
Gordon Royle, University of Western Australia
(1002-05-15) -
5:30 p.m.
A characteristic polynomial for chordal graphs and rooted graphs.
Elizabeth W. McMahon*, Lafayette College
Beth Shimkus, Lehigh University
Jessica Wolfson, Lafayette College
(1002-05-161)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on Multivariate Hypergeometric Functions: Combinatorial and Algebro-Geometric Aspects, II
Room 1020, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Eduardo Cattani, University of Massachusetts, Amherst cattani@math.umass.edu
Alicia M. Dickenstein, Universidad de Buenos Aires alidick@dm.uba.ar
Laura Felicia Matusevich, Harvard University laura@math.harvard.edu
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3:00 p.m.
Ranks of $A$-hypergeometric systems.
Laura Felicia Matusevich*, University of Pennsylvania
Ezra Miller, University of Minnesota
Uli Walther, Purdue University
(1002-14-84) -
3:30 p.m.
Generalized A-hypergeometric systems and duality.
Uli Walther*, Purdue University
(1002-14-81) -
4:00 p.m.
The holonomic rank formula for $A$-hypergeometric system in the case where the rank of $A$ is three.
Go Okuyama*, Hokkaido University
(1002-14-75) -
4:30 p.m.
A differential operators approach to rank-jumps in hypergeometric systems.
William N. Traves*, U.S. Naval Academy
(1002-13-144) -
5:00 p.m.
Nonsolvability of Holonomic Systems of Equations by Quadratures.
Askold Khovanskii*, University of Toronto, Independent University of Moscow and Institute for System Studies, Moscow
(1002-35-131)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 3:00 p.m.-4:55 p.m.
Session for Contributed Papers
Room 920, Benedum Hall
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3:00 p.m.
Break. -
3:15 p.m.
Affine Cyclic Codes.
Nuh Aydin*, Kenyon College
(1002-05-138) -
3:30 p.m.
Letter Representations of Rectangular m x n x p Proper Arrays.
Jocelyn Quaintance*, Kutztown University
(1002-05-54) -
3:45 p.m.
Nilpotent N-Lie Algebras.
Michael Peretzian Williams*, North Bethesda,MD
(1002-17-108) -
4:00 p.m.
Notes on regularity and smoothness of outer measures.
Carmen D Vlad*, Pace University, New York, NY.
(1002-28-133) -
4:15 p.m.
Constraint-Preserving Boundary Conditions for Some Hyperbolic Systems of Differential Equations.
Nicolae Tarfulea*, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
(1002-35-35) -
4:30 p.m.
Generalizations of Kantrovich and Strang Inequalities.
Morteza Seddighin*, Indiana University East
(1002-47-34) -
4:45 p.m.
Development of The Phase Function Method for Systems of N Charged Particles.
Lia Leon Chachanidze-Margolin*, University of Phoenix
(1002-70-05)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday November 6, 2004, 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Department of Mathematics of the University of Pittsburgh Reception
Ball Room, William Pitt Union