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2005 Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting
Bowling Green, KY, March 18-19, 2005
Meeting #1004

Associate secretaries:
Matthew Miller, AMS miller@math.sc.edu

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Friday March 18, 2005

• Friday March 18, 2005, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Meeting Registration
  Lobby, Mass Media and Technology Hall
• Friday March 18, 2005, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Exhibit and Book Sale
  Lobby, Mass Media and Technology Hall
• Friday March 18, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Commutative Ring Theory, I
  Room 236, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Michael C. Axtell, Wabash College axtellm@wabash.edu
  Joe Alyn Stickles, Jr., University of Evansville js298@evansville.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Polynomials whose roots and critical points are integers.
    Jean-Claude Evard*, Western Kentucky University
    (1004-11-277)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Idealization.
    Michael R Winders*, Worcester State College
    (1004-13-115)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Rings of Bounded Cohen-Macaulay Type.
    Nicholas R Baeth*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1004-13-90)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Order-preserving injections on groups of divisibility.
    Jack Maney*, The University of South Dakota
    (1004-13-56)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    When the v-Operation Distributes Over Intersections.
    Sharon Magdalene Clarke*, Pepperdine University
    Daniel D. Anderson, University of Iowa
    (1004-13-268)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Frattini subsemigroup of the multiplicative monoid of a finite special pricipal ideal ring.
    David E. Dobbs*, University of Tennessee
    Brian C. Irick, University of Tennessee
    (1004-13-37)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Partial Differential Equations and Their Applications, I
  Room 121, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Zhongwei Shen, University of Kentucky shenz@ms.uky.edu
  Changyou Wang, University of Kentucky cywang@ms.uky.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Uniqueness in a Free Boundary Problem.
    John L Lewis*, University of Kentucky
    Andrew L Vogel, Syracuse University
    (1004-35-46)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Positive solutions of elliptic equations involving both supercritical and sublinear growth.
    Peihao Zhao*, Department of Mathematics, Lanzhou University
    Chengkui Zhong, Department of Mathematics, Lanzhou University
    (1004-35-111)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Boundary Value Problems and Duality Between $L^p$ Dirichlet and Regularity Problems for Second order Parabolic Systems in Non-cylindrical Domains.
    Kaj Nystr{\"o}m*, Umea University, Sweden
    (1004-35-160)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The mixed problem in two-dimensional Lipschitz domains.
    Russell Brown*, Department of Mathematics, University of Kentucky
    Luca Capogna, Department of Mathematics, University of Arkansas
    Loredana Lanzani, Department of Mathematics, University of Arkansas
    (1004-35-158)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Generalized Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequalities and Hodge systems in $R^n$.
    Loredana Lanzani*, University of Arkansas
    Elias M Stein, Princeton University
    (1004-35-83)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Continuous dependence of the scattering data on the compactly-supported potential for the Schr\"{o}dinger equation, $(\Delta + q)u - 0$, in $\mathbb{R}^2$.
    Michael Dobranski*, Morehead State University
    (1004-35-246)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Knot Theory and Its Applications, I
  Room 107, Academic Complex
  Organizers:
  Yuanan Diao, University of North Carolina,Charlotte ydiao@uncc.edu
  Claus Ernst, Western Kentucky University claus.ernst@wku.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The ropelength of closed braids.
    Yuanan Diao*, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, UNC Charlotte
    Claus Ernst, Department of Mathematics, Western Kentucky University
    Uta Ziegler, Department of Computer Science, Western Kentucky University
    (1004-57-234)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Diffusion of knots along stretched DNA molecule.
    Alexander Vologodskii*, New York University
    Anatoly Borovik, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Moscow, Russia
    (1004-92-236)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Discussion.
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Hydrodynamics of ideal knots.
    C\'edric Weber, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Giovanni Dietler, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland
    John H. Maddocks, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland
    Eric J. Rawdon, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh
    Andrzej Stasiak*, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
    (1004-76-220)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The average inter-crossing number (ICN) between two equilateral random walks and polygons.
    Akos Dobay*, University of Munich
    Yuanan Diao, University of North Carolina Charlotte
    Andrzej Stasiak, University of Lausanne
    (1004-65-166)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Equilibrium Lengths of Random Equilateral Knots.
    Akos Dobay, University of Munich
    Kenneth C Millett, University of California, Santa Barbara
    Michael Piatek, Duquesne University
    Eric J Rawdon*, Duquesne University
    Andrzej Stasiak, University of Lausanne
    (1004-57-110)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Semigroups of Operators and Applications, I
  Room 257, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Khristo Boyadzhiev, Ohio Northern University k-boyadzhiev@onu.edu
  Lan Nguyen, Western Kentucky University lan.nguyen@wku.edu
  Quoc-Phong Vu, Ohio University qvu@math.ohiou.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Hille-Phillips Functional Calculus and Time-Discretization.
    Frank Neubrander*, Louisiana State University
    (1004-47-270)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Null Controllability of the von K\'{a}rm\'{a}n Thermoelastic Plates Under the Clamped or Free Mechanical Boundary Conditions.
    George Avalos*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1004-35-273)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Dichotomy Theorem, Fredholm determinants, and the Evans function.
    Yuri Latushkin*, Department of Mathematics, University of Missouri-Columbia
    (1004-34-89)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Integral representations of analytic functions on sectors and $H^inf$ calculus for generators of semigroups.
    Khristo N Boyadzhiev*, Ohio Northern University
    (1004-47-249)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the periodic solutions of abstract second order differential equations.
    Lan Nguyen*, Western Kentucky University
    (1004-47-171)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Wellposedness of finite energy solutions to a two-dimensional Kirchhoff-Boussinesq equations.
    Irena M Lasiecka*, Department of Mathematics, University of Virginia.
    I. Chueshov, Kharkov National University
    (1004-35-196)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Topology, Convergence, and Order (in Honor of Darrell Kent), I
  Room 106, Academic Complex
  Organizers:
  Gary Richardson, University of Central Florida garyr@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
  Thomas A. Richmond, Western Kentucky University tom.richmond@wku.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Opening tribute to Darrell Kent by {\it Meg Gamon Bartrand}, Columbia Basin College.
  • 8:05 a.m.
    Darrell Kent: 40 Years of Research.
    Gary D. Richardson*, University of Central Florida
    (1004-54-33)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Neighborhood Spaces.
    Darrell C. Kent*, Washington State University
    Won Keun Min, Kangwon National University
    (1004-54-23)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Relations Between Decomposition Series and Supratopological Series of Neighborhood Spaces.
    Sang-Ho Park*, Gyeongsang National University, Korea
    Darrell C. Kent, Washington State University
    (1004-54-25)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Motley Merotopological Spaces.
    H. L. Bentley*, University of Toledo
    (1004-54-29)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the Pontryagin duality in groups.
    Ronald J. Beattie*, Mount Allison University
    (1004-46-146)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Topological properties of generalized quotients.
    David Bradshaw, University of Central Florida
    Mehrdad Khosravi, University of Central Florida
    Heath M Martin, University of Central Florida
    Piotr Mikusinski*, University of Central Florida
    (1004-54-32)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on L-Functions, I
  Room 400, Academic Complex
  Organizers:
  Heather Russell, Western Kentucky University Heather.Russell@wku.edu
  Nilabh Sanat, Western Kentucky University Nilabh.Sanat@wku.edu
  Dominic Lanphier, Western Kentucky University Dominic.Lanphier@wku.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    An introduction to the Artin and strong Artin conjectures.
    Kimball Martin*, Columbia University
    (1004-11-131)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Artin's conjecture and the failure of multiplicity one.
    Mark Dickinson*, University of Pittsburgh
    (1004-11-239)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Level-raising for definite unitary groups.
    Wm. Russell Mann*, Brown University
    (1004-11-266)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Local Asai L-Functions and Applications.
    Anthony C. Kable*, Oklahoma State University
    (1004-22-175)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Distinguished Tame Supercuspidal Representations.
    Jeffrey Hakim*, American University
    (1004-43-145)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Bessel Functions and Functoriality.
    James W Cogdell*, Ohio State University
    (1004-11-124)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Hopf Algebras and Related Topics, I
  Room 249, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  David E. Radford, University of Illinois at Chicago radford@uic.edu
  Bettina Richmond, Western Kentucky University bettina.richmond@wku.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Coalgebras, Hopf algebras and Casimir elements.
    Margaret Beattie*, Mount Allison University
    (1004-16-143)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Braided bi-Galois theory.
    Peter C Schauenburg*, Mathematisches Institut der Universit\"at M\"unchen
    (1004-16-159)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Dual Hopf orders in group rings of elementary abelian $p$-groups.
    Lindsay N. Childs*, University at Albany
    Harold H. Smith, III, Pennsylvania State Univ,. New Kensington
    (1004-13-109)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the representations of a family of Drinfel'd doubles.
    Karen Erdmann, Oxford University
    Edward L Green*, Virginia Tech
    Nicole Snashall, University of Leicester
    Rachel Taillefer, University Jean Monnet
    (1004-16-95)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    How to compute the Faddeev-Reshetikhin-Takhtajan Quantum Enveloping Algebra.
    Jacob Towber*, Math. Dept., De Paul University, Chi. IL
    (1004-20-219)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Analysis and Applied Mathematics, I
  Room 118B, Academic Complex
  Organizers:
  Robert J. McCann, University of Toronto mccann@math.toronto.edu
  Daniel P. Spirn, University of Minnesota spirn@math.umn.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Variational solutions of some nonlinear problems in geometry and optics via Monge-Kantorovich optimal mass transport theory.
    Vladimir Oliker*, Department of Mathematics and Computer Scince, Emory University
    (1004-49-87)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A variational problem on the formation of mud cracking.
    Qinglan Xia*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1004-49-99)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Electrostatically deflected membranes and their symmetry.
    J. McCuan*, Atlanta, GA
    J. Pelesko, University of Deleware
    (1004-35-181)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Positive Solutions of Elliptic Equations Involving both Supercritical and Sublinear Growth.
    Peihao Zhao*, Department of Mathematics, Lanzhou University
    Chengkui Zhong, Department of Mathematics, Lanzhou University
    (1004-35-47)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Compactness via Symmetrization.
    Almut Burchard*, University of Virginia
    Yan Guo, Brown University
    (1004-46-202)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Topology and Group Theory, I
  Room 118A, Academic Complex
  Organizers:
  Jens E. Harlander, Western Kentucky University jens.harlander@wku.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    A simple algebraic proof of the algebraic index theorem.
    Vasiliy A. Dolgushev*, Department of Mathematics, MIT
    (1004-19-27)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Universal covers of uniform spaces.
    Valera N Berestovskii, Omsk State University
    Conrad Plaut*, University of Tennessee
    (1004-53-179)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Hyperbolic structure on ``link'' complements in simply connected 4-manifolds.
    Dubravko Ivan\v si\'c*, Murray State University
    John G. Ratcliffe, Vanderbilt University
    Steven T. Tschantz, Vanderbilt University
    (1004-57-172)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On the Homotopy Type of CW-Complexes with Aspherical Fundamental Group.
    Jens Harlander, Western Kentucky University
    Jacqueline A Jensen*, Sam Houston State University
    (1004-57-167)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Recent Advances in Noncommutative Algebra, I
  Room 250, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Ellen E. Kirkman, Wake Forest University kirkman@wfu.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Remarks on the $K$-invariants in $\mathcal U(\mathfrak g)$.
    Jeb F. Willenbring*, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
    (1004-17-154)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Automorphisms of affine $n$-space and critical density.
    Jason Pierre Bell*, University of Michigan
    (1004-16-30)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Some results on characters and cohomology.
    Brian Parshall*, University of Virginia
    (1004-20-205)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On the parameterization of primitive ideals in affine PI algebras.
    Edward S Letzter*, Temple University
    (1004-16-127)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Graph Theory, I
  Room 228, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Mustafa Atici, Western Kentucky University mustafa.atici@wku.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Discussion.
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Closed neighborhood anti-Sperner graphs.
    Alison M. Marr*, Southern Illinois University
    John P. McSorley, Southern Illinois University
    Thomas D. Porter, Southern Illinois University
    W. D. Wallis, Southern Illinois University
    (1004-05-232)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    $\rho$-valuations for some stunted trees.
    Andr\'{e} E K\'{e}zdy*, University of Louisville
    (1004-05-71)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On the domination of triangulations of graphs having non-negative Euler characteristic.
    Michael D Plummer, Vanderbilt University
    Xiaoya Zha*, Middle Tennessee State University
    (1004-05-102)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Combinatorial geometric flows.
  Auditorium, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Bennett Chow*, University of California San Diego
  (1004-53-02)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 2:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Searching for quantum projective spaces.
  Auditorium, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  James J. Zhang*, University of Washington
  (1004-16-05)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Hopf Algebras and Related Topics, II
  Room 249, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  David E. Radford, University of Illinois at Chicago radford@uic.edu
  Bettina Richmond, Western Kentucky University bettina.richmond@wku.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    On the irreducible representations of a class of pointed Hopf algebras.
    David E. Radford, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science
    H.-J. G. Schneider*, Mathematisches Institut der Ludwig-Maximilins-Inuversitaet Muenchen
    (1004-16-176)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Comodule Lie algebras over a cotriangular Hopf algebra.
    Mikhail V. Kochetov*, University of Southern California
    (1004-17-269)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Parameters for Hopf Orders.
    Robert G. Underwood*, Auburn University, Montgomery
    (1004-13-69)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Factorization of characters on graded connected Hopf algebras.
    Marcelo Aguiar*, Texas A&M University
    Sam Hsiao, Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan
    (1004-16-207)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Products of linear maps on bialgebras.
    Edwin J. Beggs, Univerity of Wales Swansea
    Earl J. Taft*, Rutgers university
    (1004-16-26)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Commutative Ring Theory, II
  Room 236, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Michael C. Axtell, Wabash College axtellm@wabash.edu
  Joe Alyn Stickles, Jr., University of Evansville js298@evansville.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Prufer, Gaussian, and Arithmetical Rings.
    Sarah Glaz*, University of Connecticut
    (1004-13-173)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Schreier Property and Gauss' Lemma.
    Daniel D Anderson, Department of Mathematics, Uinversity of Iowa, Iowa City IA
    Muhammad Zafrullah*, Pocatello, Idaho
    (1004-13-100)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Zero-Divisor Graphs of Polynomial and Power Series Rings.
    Mike Axtell, Wabash College
    Jim Coykendall*, North Dakota State University
    Joe Stickles, University of Evansville
    (1004-13-75)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The diameter of the zero divisor graph of R[[x]].
    Thomas G. Lucas*, University of North Carolina Charlotte
    (1004-13-58)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Zero divisor graphs of semigroups.
    Frank DeMeyer, Colorado State University
    Lisa DeMeyer*, Central Michigan University
    (1004-13-128)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Central Sets of the Zero-Divisor Graph of a Commutative Ring.
    Shane P Redmond*, Eastern Kentucky University
    (1004-13-142)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Partial Differential Equations and Their Applications, II
  Room 121, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Zhongwei Shen, University of Kentucky shenz@ms.uky.edu
  Changyou Wang, University of Kentucky cywang@ms.uky.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    The Dirichlet problem for fully nonlinear equations on Riemannian manifolds.
    Bo Guan*, Ohio Sate University
    (1004-35-245)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Remarks on maximum principles for uniformly elliptic PDE with unbounded and quadratic terms.
    Andrzej Swiech*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1004-35-130)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    $L^{infty}$ Variational problems and Aronsson equations.
    Yifeng Yu*, U.C. Berkeley
    (1004-35-140)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On Recent Progress of Nonhomogeneous Boundary-Value Problems of the Korteweg-de Vries Equation.
    Bing-Yu Zhang*, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Cincinnati
    (1004-35-70)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Symmetry Theorems and Uniform Rectifiability.
    John L Lewis, University of Kentucky
    Andrew L Vogel*, Syracuse University
    (1004-35-182)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Uniqueness in a free boundary problem of Lewis and Vogel.
    Bj\"orn Bennewitz*, University of Kentucky
    (1004-35-226)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Analysis and Applied Mathematics, II
  Room 118, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Robert J. McCann, University of Toronto mccann@math.toronto.edu
  Daniel P. Spirn, University of Minnesota spirn@math.umn.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Mean curvature flow in the Heisenberg group.
    Luca Capogna*, University of Arkansas
    (1004-35-125)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Long time asymptotics for scalar conservation laws via potential comparison.
    Yong Jung Kim*, Department of Mathematics, Univercity of California-Riverside
    (1004-35-161)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Hyperbolic models for chemotaxis.
    Hyung Ju Hwang*, Duke University
    (1004-35-135)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Generalized Homogeneous Autonomous System and Gyroscope.
    Ke-ying Guan*, Science College, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing China
    Yanxia Hu, Science College, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing China
    (1004-70-19)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Opial's Inequality for Zero-Area Constraint.
    Jochen Denzler*, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
    (1004-26-275)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Blowup Solutions of the Semilinear Schr\"{o}dinger Equation.
    James Colliander, Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto
    Sarah Raynor*, Department of Mathematics, Wake Forest University
    Catherine Sulem, Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto
    J. Douglas Wright, Department of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
    (1004-35-178)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Topology and Group Theory, II
  Room 118A, Academic Complex
  Organizers:
  Jens E. Harlander, Western Kentucky University jens.harlander@wku.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Generalized Knot Complements and Aspherical Ribbon Disc Complements.
    Stephan T Rosebrock*, Paedagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe
    (1004-57-94)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The geometric realization problem of algebraic 2--complexes.
    Nancy Waller*, Portland State University
    F. Rudolf Beyl, Portland State University
    (1004-57-259)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The effect of cyclic factors of 3--manifold groups on homotopy classification.
    F. Rudolf Beyl*, Portland State University
    Nancy Waller, Portland State University
    (1004-57-257)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Path Spaces and cohomology of the fundamental group.
    Greg Conner*, BYU
    x, x
    (1004-55-211)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Controlled Topology Invariants of Translation Actions.
    Nic Koban*, Western Carolina University
    (1004-20-50)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Elements of finite order in VF groups.
    Ian J Leary*, Ohio State University, University of Southampton
    (1004-20-129)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Recent Advances in Noncommutative Algebra, II
  Room 250, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Ellen E. Kirkman, Wake Forest University kirkman@wfu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Spherical functions on homogeneous superspaces.
    Rui Bin Zhang, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney
    Yi Ming Zou*, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    (1004-16-63)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Canonical Singularities of Orders over Surfaces.
    Daniel Chan, University of New South Wales
    Colin Ingalls*, University of New Brunswick
    (1004-16-223)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Maximal orders on surfaces of Kodaira dimension 1.
    Daniel Chan, University of New South Wales, Sydney
    Rajesh S Kulkarni*, Michigan State University
    (1004-16-264)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Classifying birationally commutative surfaces.
    Daniel Rogalski*, M. I. T.
    (1004-16-241)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    I-algebras and Curve Categories.
    K. Retert*, University of Dallas
    (1004-16-198)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Graph Theory, II
  Room 228, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Mustafa Atici, Western Kentucky University mustafa.atici@wku.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Odd-degenerate Graphs.
    Dan Pritikin*, Dept. of Math & Stat, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056
    (1004-05-28)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On Hajos' coloring conjecture.
    Xingxing Yu*, School of Mathematics Georgia Institute of Technology
    Florian Zickfeld, Technische Universitat Berlin , Germany
    (1004-05-224)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Multidecomposition of the Complete graph with certain leave.
    Atif Abueida*, University of Dayton
    (1004-05-240)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    $2$-connected spanning subgraphs with low maximum degree in locally planar graphs.
    Mark Ellingham*, Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University
    Ken-ichi Kawarabayashi, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan
    (1004-05-53)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Connectivity and matching in 3-vertex-critical claw-free graphs.
    Nawarat Ananchuen, Silpakorn University
    Michael D Plummer*, Vanderbilt University
    (1004-05-148)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Dynamic Equations on Time Scales and Applications, I
  Room 227, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Ferhan M. Atici, Western Kentucky University ferhan.atici@wku.edu
  Daniel C. Biles, Western Kentucky University daniel.biles@wku.edu
  Billvur Kaymakccalan, Georgia Southern University billur@georgiasouthern.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    An Application of Time Scales to Economics.
    Ferhan Merdivenci Atici, Western Kentucky University
    Daniel C. Biles*, Western Kentucky University
    Alex Lebedinsky, Western Kentucky University
    (1004-34-49)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A Linear Difference Equation of Fractional Order.
    Paul W. Eloe*, University of Dayton
    (1004-39-149)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Positive Solutions for a Nonlinear Functional Dynamical Equation on a Time Scale.
    Eric R Kaufmann*, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
    Youssef N Raffoul, University of Dayton
    (1004-34-174)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Existence results for even ordered multipoint boundary value problems on a time scale.
    Bonita A Lawrence*, Marshall University
    (1004-34-251)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Forward and reverse bifurcations in a unimodal queueing model.
    James A Walsh*, Oberlin College
    (1004-37-39)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Lyapunov Functions and Hybrid Differential Equations.
    Snezhana G. Hristova*, Denison University
    (1004-34-255)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Knot Theory and Its Applications, II
  Room 107, Academic Complex
  Organizers:
  Yuanan Diao, University of North Carolina Charlotte ydiao@uncc.edu
  Claus Ernst, Western Kentucky University claus.ernst@wku.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    The Probability of Knotting after a Local Strand Passage in SAPs.
    M L Szafron*, University of Saskatchewan/St. Peter's College
    C E Soteros, University of Saskatchewan
    (1004-62-177)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On lattice knots and links in dimensions 3 and higher.
    Dennis Roseman*, University of Iowa
    (1004-57-11)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Lattice Knots and Cell Knots.
    Casey Mann*, The University of Texas at Tyler
    Jennifer McLoud, The University of Texas at Tyler
    (1004-52-208)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    How many knots are enough?
    Kenneth C. Millett*, University of California, Santa Barbara
    (1004-57-217)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Spin Networks and Anyonic Topological Quantum Computation.
    Louis H Kauffman*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    Samuel J Lomonaco, University of Maryland at Baltimore County
    (1004-57-137)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Quasi-Fuchsian Surfaces in Hyperbolic Knot Complements.
    Colin C. Adams*, Williams College
    (1004-57-117)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Advances in the Study of Wavelets and Multiwavelets, I
  Room 322, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Douglas P. Hardin, Vanderbilt University doug.hardin@vanderbilt.edu
  Bruce Kessler, Western Kentucky University bruce.kessler@wku.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    MALDI TOF MS Data Processing Using Wavelets, Splines, and Statistical Techniques.
    Don Hong*, Vanderbilt University and ETSU
    Yu Shyr, Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University
    (1004-62-38)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Detecting tissue anomalies in CT data by statistical analysis with isotropic wavelets.
    Bernhard G Bodmann*, University of Houston
    Manos Papadakis, University of Houston
    (1004-42-09)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Some wavelet constructions in nonlinear dynamics.
    Dorin Ervin Dutkay, Rutgers University
    Palle E. T. Jorgensen*, University of Iowa
    (1004-47-06)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A characterization of semi-orthogonal multiwavelets.
    Lawrence W. Baggett, University of Colorado at Boulder
    Veronika Furst*, University of Colorado at Boulder
    (1004-43-105)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Nonhomogeneous Refinement Equations and Quadrilateral/Triangular Subdivision Schemes.
    Qingtang Jiang*, University of Missouri-St. Louis
    (1004-42-151)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Fractal Surface Macroelements for Orthogonal Nonseparable Bases.
    Bruce Kessler*, Western Kentucky University
    Douglas Hardin, Vanderbilt University
    (1004-41-260)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Semigroups of Operators and Applications, II
  Room 257, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Khristo Boyadzhiev, Ohio Northern University k-boyadzhiev@onu.edu
  Lan Nguyen, Western Kentucky University lan.nguyen@wku.edu
  Quoc-Phong Vu, Ohio University qvu@math.ohiou.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Stability of operator semigroups. Achievements and perspectives.
    Yuriy Tomilov*, Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences
    (1004-47-218)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On Mild solutions and almost periodic solutions of differential equations with multi-time.
    Saud M. Alsulami*, Ohio University
    Quoc- Phong Vu, Ohio University
    (1004-46-93)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Propagation of some properties of semigroups S(t) from a neighborhood of +infinity, to a neighborhood of 0+.
    Nicolae H Pavel*, Ohio University, Department of Mathematics
    (1004-46-209)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Bounded Solutions of Evolution Equations.
    Van Minh Nguyen*, Department of Mathematics, State University of West Georgia
    (1004-47-13)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Cocycles of Holomorphic Flows.
    Elena T. Toneva*, Eastern Washington University
    (1004-47-162)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Topology, Convergence, and Order (in Honor of Darrell Kent), II
  Room 106, Academic Complex
  Organizers:
  Gary Richardson, University of Central Florida garyr@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
  Thomas A. Richmond, Western Kentucky University tom.richmond@wku.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    A convergence-theoretic approach to product theorems.
    Frederic Mynard*, Georgia Southern Uinversity
    (1004-54-213)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Convergence structures for homeomorphism groups and coset spaces.
    N Rath*, University of Western Australia
    (1004-54-121)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Convergence with respect to a closure operator.
    Josef Slapal*, Brno University of Technology
    (1004-18-107)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Epi-convergence and -topology in archimedean lattice-ordered groups.
    Anthony W. Hager*, Wesleyan University
    Richard N. Ball, University of Denver
    (1004-54-42)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Various types of logics, related structures and their applications.
    Werner Gaehler*, Berlin, Germany
    (1004-54-222)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Apartness spaces--a constructive approach.
    Lumini\c ta Simona V\^\i\c t\u a*, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
    (1004-54-44)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on L-Functions, II
  Room 344, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Heather Russell, Western Kentucky University Heather.Russell@wku.edu
  Nilabh Sanat, Western Kentucky University Nilabh.Sanat@wku.edu
  Dominic Lanphier, Western Kentucky University Dominic.Lanphier@wku.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Metaplectic forms and multiple Dirichlet series.
    Gautam Chinta*, Lehigh University
    (1004-11-250)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Archimedean Zeta Integrals.
    Paul Garrett*, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
    (1004-11-231)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Poles of Eisenstein series induced from cuspforms.
    Feryal Alayont*, University of Arizona
    (1004-11-252)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Non-vanishing of central critical values of modular L-functions modulo p.
    Scott Ahlgren, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Matthew Boylan*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1004-11-51)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Tate classes and L-functions for a product of Picard modular surfaces.
    Andrew H. Knightly*, University of Maine
    (1004-11-112)
• Friday March 18, 2005, 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Western Kentucky University Reception
  Lobby, Mass Media and Technology Hall

Saturday March 19, 2005

• Saturday March 19, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Meeting Registration
  Lobby, Mass Media and Technology Hall
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Commutative Ring Theory, III
  Room 236, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Michael C. Axtell, Wabash College axtellm@wabash.edu
  Joe Alyn Stickles, Jr., University of Evansville js298@evansville.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Prime ideals of injective dimension one.
    Bruce Olberding*, New Mexico State University
    (1004-13-64)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The prime spectrum of a ring of integer-valued rational functions.
    K. Alan Loper*, Ohio State University - Newark
    (1004-13-187)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Generating sets for ideals of a pullback.
    Jeanam Park*, Department of Mathematics, Inha University
    (1004-13-106)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Factoring ideals in Pr\"ufer domains.
    Marco Fontana, University of Rome III
    Evan Houston*, UNC Charlotte
    Thomas G Lucas, UNC Charlotte
    (1004-13-191)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    VSFT Domains, a preliminary report.
    Tridib Dutta*, North Dakota State University
    (1004-13-210)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Descent of Minimal Overrings of Integrally Closed Domains to Fixed Rings.
    David E Dobbs, Univfersity of Tennessee , Knoxville
    Jay Shapiro*, George Mason University
    (1004-13-85)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Partial Differential Equations and Their Applications, III
  Room 121, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Zhongwei Shen, University of Kentucky shenz@ms.uky.edu
  Changyou Wang, University of Kentucky cywang@ms.uky.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Recent Results in L-infinity Variational Problems.
    Robert R Jensen*, Loyola University Chicago
    (1004-35-164)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A new approach to some nonlinear geometric equations in dimension two.
    Fengbo Hang*, Michigan State University
    Xiaodong Wang, Michigan State University
    (1004-35-92)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Some regularity properties of convex functions in Carnot groups.
    Luca Capogna*, University of Arkansas
    (1004-35-170)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    An example in 2-D nonlinear elasticity.
    Xiaodong Yan*, Michigan State University
    Jonathan Bevan, Oxford University
    (1004-35-91)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the uniqueness and regularity of discontinuous solution of Hamilton-Jacobi equations.
    Bo Su*, Iowa State University
    (1004-35-212)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Isospectral membranes: a connection between shape and density.
    Maeve L McCarthy*, Murray State University
    (1004-35-254)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Numerical Analysis, Approximation, and Computational Complexity: Interdisciplinary Aspects, I
  Room 314, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  David Benko, Western Kentucky University benko@math.tamu.edu
  Steven B. Damelin, Georgia Southern University damelin@georgiasouthern.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Integral and Positivity Preserving Approximations of Functions with Application to Markov Operators.
    Jiu Ding*, Univ of Southern Mississippi
    Noah Rhee, Univ of Missouri at Kansas City
    (1004-65-07)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Matrix analysis of the small-world properties of a ring network.
    Minerva Catral, Department of Mathematics, University of Connecticut
    Michael Neumann, Department of Mathematics, University of Connecticut
    Jianhong Xu*, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of West Florida
    (1004-15-12)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A finite element method for the solution of an electromagnetic scattering problem.
    Aihua W Wood*, Air Force Institute of Technology
    Junqi Huang, Air Force Institue of Technology
    (1004-65-18)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Applications of Approximation in Hilbert Spaces.
    Scott N. Kersey*, Georgia Southern University
    (1004-41-20)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Separation of minimal $s$-energy points on the sphere.
    P. D. Dragnev*, Indiana-Purdue University
    E. B. Saff, Vanderbilt University
    (1004-31-261)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On Efficiency of Smolyak's Algorithms for Sobolev Spaces.
    Fengbo Hang, Michigan State University
    Youming Li*, Georgia Southern University
    (1004-41-189)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Graph Theory, III
  Room 228, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Mustafa Atici, Western Kentucky University mustafa.atici@wku.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Convexity-Related Independence in Multipartite Tournaments.
    Darren B. Parker*, University of Dayton
    Randy F. Westhoff, Bemidji State University
    Marty J. Wolf, Bemidji State University
    (1004-05-136)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Some Structural Properties of Visibility Graphs.
    J Michael McGrew*, Ball State University
    Jay S Bagga, Ball State University
    John W Emert, Ball State University
    Frank W Owens, Ball State University
    (1004-05-235)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Lower Bounds on the Cheeger Constant and Integrity of Highly Connected Graphs.
    Jason Rosenhouse*, James Madison University
    Dominic Lanphier, Western Kentucky University
    (1004-05-228)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Induced Turan problem for graphs with bounded degree.
    Myung S. Chung, National Institute of Health
    Tao Jiang*, Miami University
    Douglas B. West, University of Illinois-Urbana
    (1004-05-134)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On $k$-{\em additive spanners} or {\em $k$-detour subgraphs}.
    Peter Hamburger*, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW)
    Nana Arizumi, University of Illinois, Urbana
    Alexandr Kostochka, University of Illinois, Urbana
    (1004-05-66)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Spanning Eulerian Subgraphs in claw-free graphs.
    Zhi-Hong Chen*, Butler University, Indianpolis, IN 46208
    Hong-Jian Lai, Department of Math, West Virginia University, Morgantown, VW
    Weiqi Luo, JiNan University, GuangZhou, P.R. China
    (1004-05-41)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Knot Theory and Its Applications, III
  Room 107, Academic Complex
  Organizers:
  Yuanan Diao, University of North Carolina Charlotte ydiao@uncc.edu
  Claus Ernst, Western Kentucky University claus.ernst@wku.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Packing, curvature, and tangling of filaments (III).
    Jonathan K. Simon*, University of Iowa
    Gregory Buck, St. Anselm College
    (1004-57-118)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Classification of Tangle Solutions for a Generic Integrase, A Protein that Changes DNA Topology.
    Dorothy Buck*, Imperial College London & UCDavis
    Cynthia Verjovsky Marcotte, St Edwards University
    (1004-57-237)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Solving tangle equations with KnotPlot.
    Isabel K. Darcy*, University of Iowa
    Stephen D. Levene, UT Dallas
    Robert G. Scharein, Vancouver, B. C., Canada
    (1004-92-186)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    DNA Knotting \& Unknotting.
    Jennifer K. Mann*, Mathematics, Florida State University and Molecular Virology & Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine
    Richard W. Deibler, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine
    De Witt L. Sumners, Department of Mathematics, Florida State University
    E. Lynn Zechiedrich, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine
    (1004-92-184)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Chirality of DNA Knots and Protein-DNA Complexes Determined by Atomic-force Microscopy and Surface Reconstructions.
    Stephen D Levene*, University of Texas at Dallas
    Travis Thompson, University of Texas at Dallas
    Nicola E Dundas, University of Texas at Dallas
    Isabel K Darcy, University of Iowa
    (1004-52-133)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Modeling DNA Unknotting by TypeII Topoisomerases.
    Mariel Vazquez*, Mathematics Department, U.C. Berkeley
    (1004-92-119)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Advances in the Study of Wavelets and Multiwavelets, II
  Room 322, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Douglas P. Hardin, Vanderbilt University doug.hardin@vanderbilt.edu
  Bruce Kessler, Western Kentucky University bruce.kessler@wku.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Several Multiwavelet Bases Centered on Nonuniform Knot Sequences.
    Derek Bruff*, Harvard University
    (1004-42-265)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Low-pass filters and representations of the Baumslag Solitar group.
    Dorin Ervin Dutkay*, Rutgers University
    (1004-43-35)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On localized frames.
    Fumiko Futamura*, Vanderbilt University
    (1004-42-267)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Tight Wavelet Frame Construction over Bounded Domains.
    Ming-Jun Lai, University of Georgia
    Kyunglim Nam*, University of Georgia
    (1004-42-116)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Causal Equivalence of Frames.
    Troy Henderson*, Texas A&M University
    David R Larson, Texas A&M University
    (1004-43-203)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Construction of Orthogonal Framelets.
    Eric Weber*, Iowa State University
    (1004-42-165)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Semigroups of Operators and Applications, III
  Room 118B, Academic Complex
  Organizers:
  Khristo Boyadzhiev, Ohio Northern University k-boyadzhiev@onu.edu
  Lan Nguyen, Western Kentucky University lan.nguyen@wku.edu
  Quoc-Phong Vu, Ohio University qvu@math.ohiou.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Admissible subspaces and almost periodicity of solutions of degenerate equations.
    Quoc-Phong Vu*, Ohio University
    (1004-34-253)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    R-bounded semigroups on $L_1$ and $C(K)$ spaces.
    Mark Hoffmann, University of South Carolina
    Nigel Kalton, University of Missouri-Columbia
    Tamara Kucherenko*, University of Missouri-Columbia
    (1004-46-263)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Sharp uniform decay rates at the L2-level of the Schrodinger equation with non-linear boundary dissipation.
    Irena Lasiecka, Mathematics Department, University of Virginia
    Roberto Triggiani*, Mathematics Department, University of Virginia
    (1004-35-139)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Existence and Uniqueness of Almost Automorphic Solutions to a Class of Semilinear Differential Equations.
    Toka Diagana*, Department of Mathematics, Howard University
    (1004-34-22)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Transmutations for Strings.
    Kim Tuan Vu*, University of West Georgia
    Amin Boumenir, University of West Georgia
    (1004-34-126)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Topology, Convergence, and Order (in Honor of Darrell Kent), III
  Room 106, Academic Complex
  Organizers:
  Gary Richardson, University of Central Florida garyr@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
  Thomas A. Richmond, Western Kentucky University tom.richmond@wku.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Fuzzy Convergence.
    Gary D. Richardson*, University of Central Florida
    (1004-54-84)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Fuzzy Natural Function Spaces.
    Gerhard Preuss*, Freie Universitaet Berlin, I. Mathematisches Institut
    (1004-54-24)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Partial metrics and metrics with a viewpoint.
    Homeira Pajoohesh*, CEOL and BCRI, University College Cork
    (1004-54-229)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On a paper not published by D. C. Kent.
    Ralph Kopperman*, The City College of New York
    (1004-54-230)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A Topological Approach to Shape Classification.
    Anne Collins*, Centre College
    Gunnar Carlsson, Stanford University
    Afra Zomorodian, Stanford University
    Leo Guibas, Stanford University
    (1004-55-262)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Compact spaces with and without semilattice structures.
    Minakshisundaram Rajagopalan*, Tennessee State University ; Nashville (Tn) 37209
    (1004-54-98)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on L-Functions, III
  Room 344, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Heather Russell, Western Kentucky University Heather.Russell@wku.edu
  Nilabh Sanat, Western Kentucky University Nilabh.Sanat@wku.edu
  Dominic Lanphier, Western Kentucky University Dominic.Lanphier@wku.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On the Modularity of Wildly Ramified Galois Representations.
    Edray Herber Goins*, Purdue University
    (1004-11-144)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Anticyclotomic Iwasawa invariants of elliptic curves.
    Robert Pollack, Boston University
    Tom Weston*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    (1004-11-138)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The cuspidal structure of certain ternary theta functions.
    Jonathan Hanke*, Duke University
    (1004-11-274)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Zeta functions and theta lifts.
    Ze-Li Dou*, Texas Christian University
    (1004-11-169)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Siegel-Weil formula, L-functions, and arithmeticity of cuspforms on Hermitian orthogonal groups.
    Cetin Urtis*, University of Arizona
    (1004-11-215)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Liftings from $\widetilde{SL_(2)}$ to $Spin(1,4)$.
    Ameya Pitale*, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
    (1004-11-188)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Exhibit and Book Sale
  Lobby, Mass Media and Technology Hall
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Hopf Algebras and Related Topics, III
  Room 249, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  David E. Radford, University of Illinois at Chicago radford@uic.edu
  Bettina Richmond, Western Kentucky University bettina.richmond@wku.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Multiplier Hopf algebras with integrals.
    Alfons Van Daele*, University of Leuven, Belgium
    (1004-16-54)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Oriented Quantum Algebras Derived from Yetter--Drinfel'd Modules.
    David E. Radford*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1004-16-248)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Picard-Vessiot extensions of artinian simple module algebras.
    Akira Masuoka*, Institute of Mathematics, University of Tsukuba
    (1004-16-45)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Semisimple Hopf algebras of dimension $2^n$ and their groups of grouplikes.
    Yevgenia Kashina*, DePaul University
    (1004-16-258)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Cauchy's theorem for Hopf algebras.
    Yorck Sommerh\"auser*, Universit\"at M\"unchen
    (1004-16-256)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Analysis and Applied Mathematics, III
  Room 118, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Robert J. McCann, University of Toronto mccann@math.toronto.edu
  Daniel P. Spirn, University of Minnesota spirn@math.umn.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Vortex Sheets in 3D fluids.
    David M Ambrose*, Courant Institute
    (1004-76-77)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Sharp nonlinear stability criterion for Relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell system.
    Zhiwu Lin*, Courant Institute, New York University
    (1004-35-233)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Emergence of Large Scale Structure Under Small Scale Random Bombardments.
    Xiaoming Wang*, Department of Mathematics, Florida State University
    Andrew J. Majda, Courant Institute, New York University
    (1004-35-238)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the Solutions to the Normal Form of the Navier-Stokes Equations.
    Ciprian Foias, Texas A&M University
    Luan Hoang*, Texas A&M University
    Eric Olson, University of Nevada
    Mohammed Ziane, University of Southern California
    (1004-35-21)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Pinning and De-Pinning Phenomena in Materials Phase Boundary Motions.
    Nicolas Dirr, Max-Planck Institute, Leipzig, Germany
    Nung Kwan Yip*, Purdue University
    (1004-35-156)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Topology and Group Theory, III
  Room 118A, Academic Complex
  Organizers:
  Jens E. Harlander, Western Kentucky University jens.harlander@wku.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    First and second order isoperimetric exponents of groups.
    Noel Brady, University of Oklahoma
    Martin Bridson, Imperial College London
    Max Forester*, University of Oklahoma
    Krishnan Shankar, University of Oklahoma
    (1004-20-65)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Topological complexity and motion planning in certain real Grassmannains.
    Tan Zhang*, Murray State University
    Kelly J Pearson, Murray State University
    (1004-55-113)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The dimension of the colohomogy groups of the Orlik-Solomon Algebras.
    Kelly Jeanne Pearson*, Murray State University
    Tan Zhang, Murray State University
    (1004-05-86)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    JSJ Decompositions of Coxeter Groups.
    Michael L. Mihalik*, Vanderbilt University
    Steven Tschantz, Vanderbilt University
    (1004-20-132)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On the Isomorphism Problem for Finitely Generated Coxeter Groups. I, Basic Matching.
    John Ratcliffe*, Vanderbilt University
    Michael Mihalik, Vanderbilt University
    Steven Tschantz, Vanderbilt University
    (1004-20-153)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Recent Advances in Noncommutative Algebra, III
  Room 250, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Ellen E. Kirkman, Wake Forest University kirkman@wfu.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    On a question of Happel.
    Ragnar Buchweitz, University of Toronto
    Edward L. Green*, Virginia Tech
    Dag Madsen, NTNU
    Oeyvind Solberg, NTNU
    (1004-16-96)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Fixed Rings of Artin-Schelter Regular Algebras.
    Ellen Kirkman, Wake Forest University
    James Kuzmanovich*, Wake Forest University
    (1004-16-227)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    An Equivalence of Categories for Deformations of Type A Kleinian Singularities.
    Ian M. Musson*, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    (1004-16-152)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Non-commutative covers of weighted projective varieties.
    S Paul Smith*, University of Washington
    (1004-16-88)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Dynamic Equations on Time Scales and Applications, II
  Room 227, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Ferhan M. Atici, Western Kentucky University ferhan.atici@wku.edu
  Daniel C. Biles, Western Kentucky University daniel.biles@wku.edu
  Bill\v ur Kaymak\c calan, Georgia Southern University billur@georgiasouthern.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Henstock--Kurzweil Delta Integral.
    Allan C. Peterson*, University of Nebraska--Lincoln
    Bevan B. Thompson, University of Queensland
    (1004-39-62)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    An Operational Calculus for Discrete Time Scales.
    John Davis, Baylor University
    Billy Jackson*, Baylor University
    (1004-39-195)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A continuing approach of the diamond-$\alpha$ dynamic derivatives.
    Qin Sheng*, University of Dayton
    (1004-39-57)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Higher Order Self Adjoint Problems on Time Scales.
    Jo Hoffacker*, Clemson University
    Doug Anderson, Concordia College
    (1004-34-141)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Representation Theory, I
  Room 257, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Markus Hunziker, Baylor University marcus_hunziker@baylor.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Differential Systems of Type (1,1) on Symmetric Spaces.
    Chal Benson, East Carolina University
    Dariusz Buraczewski, University of Wroclaw
    Ewa Damek, University of Wroclaw
    Gail Ratcliff*, East Carolina University
    (1004-22-120)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Differential Operators, Lie Symmetries and Representations of $SL(2,\mathbf{R})\times O(n)$.
    Ronald J. Stanke*, Baylor University
    Mark R. Sepanski, Baylor University
    (1004-22-243)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Invariant Tensor Product and Parabolic Induction.
    Hongyu He*, Atlanta, GA 30303
    (1004-22-78)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Small Unitary Representations and Decay of Matrix Coefficients.
    Hadi Salmasian*, PhD Candidate, Yale University, Department of Mathematics
    (1004-22-14)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
  Session for Contributed Papers
  Room 203, Academic Complex
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    On the Shields-Harary Numbers of a Tree.
    S H Holliday*, University of Tennessee at Martin
    John Holliday, University of Tennessee at Martin
    P D Johnson, Auburn University
    (1004-05-193)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    On proofs of certain combinatorial identities.
    George Grossman*, Central Michigan University
    Akalu Tefera, Grand Valley State University
    Aklilu Zeleke, Alma College
    (1004-05-55)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A Upper Bound for Brun's Constant.
    Andy D Martin*, Department of Mathematics, University of Kentucky
    (1004-11-123)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Preserving Properties in a Ring Extension.
    Jason P Huffman*, Georgia College & State University
    (1004-16-206)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Path-Connected Group Extensions.
    Laurie A. Edler*, Georgia College & State University
    Victor Schneider, University of Louisiana, Lafayette
    (1004-22-204)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Results of Blow-up of Solutions of Degenerate Parabolic Problems.
    W. Y. Chan*, Southeast Missouri State University, M0 63701
    (1004-35-67)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Invited Address
  On some connections between finite groups and Hopf algebras.
  Auditorium, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  M. Susan Montgomery*, University of Southern California
  (1004-16-01)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 2:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Optimal convergence rates for the fastest conservative nonlinear diffusions.
  Auditorium, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Robert J. McCann*, University of Toronto
  (1004-35-17)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Hopf Algebras and Related Topics, IV
  Room 249, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  David E. Radford, University of Illinois at Chicago radford@uic.edu
  Bettina Richmond, Western Kentucky University bettina.richmond@wku.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Varieties for modules of noncocommutative Hopf algebras.
    Julia Pevtsova, University of Oregon
    Sarah Witherspoon*, Texas A&M University
    (1004-16-242)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Fully bounded noetherian rings and Frobenius extensions.
    Stefaan Caenepeel*, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
    Thomas Gu\'ed\'enon, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
    (1004-16-168)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Rank 1 Hopf Algebras and Their Doubles.
    Leonid Krop*, Department of Mathematical Sciences, DePaul University
    David E Radford, Department of Mathematics, statistics and Computer Science, University Of Illinois at Chicago
    (1004-16-52)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Hopf algebras of dimension $2p$.
    Siu-Hung Ng*, Iowa State University
    (1004-16-197)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Applications of graphical calculi to Hopf superalgebras.
    Fernando J. O. Souza*, University of Iowa
    (1004-16-271)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Commutative Ring Theory, IV
  Room 236, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Michael C. Axtell, Wabash College axtellm@wabash.edu
  Joe Alyn Stickles, Jr., University of Evansville js298@evansville.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    A general theory of factorization, I.
    Andrea M. Frazier*, University of Iowa
    D. D. Anderson, University of Iowa
    (1004-13-72)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A general theory of factorization, II.
    D. D. Anderson*, University of Iowa
    Andrea M. Frazier, University of Iowa
    (1004-13-73)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Almost splitting sets in integral domains.
    David F. Anderson*, University of Tennessee
    Gyu Whan Chang, University of Incheon
    (1004-13-97)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Realizing sets of prime divisors.
    Steve McAdam*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1004-13-08)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Discussion.
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Analysis and Applied Mathematics, IV
  Room 118, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Robert J. McCann, University of Toronto mccann@math.toronto.edu
  Daniel P. Spirn, University of Minnesota spirn@math.umn.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Universality in Burgers turbulence.
    Govind Menon*, Brown University
    (1004-35-80)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Coarsening in a thin-film equation: A rigorous upper bound on coarsening rate.
    Felix Otto, Bonn University
    Tobias Rump, Bonn University
    Dejan Slepcev*, UCLA
    (1004-35-201)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The Existence of Weak Solutions of a Polymer Crystal Growth Model.
    Bo Su*, Iowa State University
    (1004-35-82)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    $C^{1,\alpha}$ regularity of the free boundary in a subelliptic obstacle problem.
    Arshak Petrosyan*, Purdue University
    (1004-35-216)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    On a Characterization of Some Flow-invariant Sets.
    Elena Constantin*, Ohio University
    (1004-34-61)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Dynamics of a critical-case generalized thin film equation.
    Thomas P Witelski*, Dept of Math, Duke University
    (1004-35-36)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Topology and Group Theory, IV
  Room 118A, Academic Complex
  Organizers:
  Jens E. Harlander, Western Kentucky University jens.harlander@wku.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Local homotopy properties of boundaries of CAT(0) complexes.
    Nikolay Brodskiy*, The University of Tennessee
    (1004-57-200)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On the growth of iterated monodromy groups.
    Kai-Uwe Bux*, University of Virginia
    Rodrigo Perez, Cornell University
    (1004-20-199)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Separable Subsets of Gferf Nngatively Curved Groups.
    Ashot Minasyan*, Vanderbilt University
    (1004-20-180)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On one question about torsion-free groups with file bases.
    Alexey Muranov*, Vanderbilt University
    (1004-20-40)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Groups with small Dehn functions.
    Alexander Yurievich Olshanskii*, Vanderbilt University, Moscow State University
    Mark Valentinovich Sapir, Vanderbilt University
    (1004-20-214)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Numerical Analysis, Approximation, and Computational Complexity: Interdisciplinary Aspects, II
  Room 314, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  David Benko, Western Kentucky University benko@math.tamu.edu
  Steven B. Damelin, Georgia Southern University damelin@georgiasouthern.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Multivariate $C^1$ Piecewise Quadratic Interpolation Schemes.
    Andrew J Worsey*, Middle Tennessee State University
    Tanya Sorokina, University of Georgia
    (1004-65-150)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The support of the logarithmic equilibrium measure on revolutionary sets.
    D. P. Hardin*, TN
    E. B. Saff, TN
    H. Stahl, TN
    (1004-31-247)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Approximation methods and stability of singular integral equations for Freud exponential weights on the line.
    Steven B Damelin*, Georgia Southern University
    Kai Diethelm, University of Braunshweig
    (1004-45-103)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Unbounded extremal measures.
    David Benko*, Western Kentucky University
    (1004-41-163)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Dynamic Equations on Time Scales and Applications, III
  Room 227, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Ferhan M. Atici, Western Kentucky University ferhan.atici@wku.edu
  Daniel C. Biles, Western Kentucky University daniel.biles@wku.edu
  Bill\v ur Kaymak\c calan, Georgia Southern University billur@georgiasouthern.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Langenhop's Inequality and Applications for Dynamic Equations.
    Billur Kaymakcalan*, Georgia Southern University
    Agacik Zafer, Middle East Technical University
    (1004-39-183)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Stability In Neutral Nonlinear Dynamic Equations on a Time Scale With Functional Delay.
    Eric R Kaufmann, University of Arkansa at Little Rock
    Youssef Naim Raffoul*, University of Dayton
    (1004-34-43)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Asymptotic Stability for Second-Order Differential Equations.
    Gro Hovhannisyan*, Kent State University, Stark campus
    (1004-34-244)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Knot Theory and Its Applications, IV
  Room 107, Academic Complex
  Organizers:
  Yuanan Diao, University of North Carolina Charlotte ydiao@uncc.edu
  Claus Ernst, Western Kentucky University claus.ernst@wku.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Tensegrities, constrained optimization, and the theory of numerical knot-tightening.
    Jason H Cantarella*, University of Georgia
    Eric Rawdon, Duquesne University
    Michael Piatek, Duquesne University
    (1004-52-192)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Essential arcs of knots.
    John M Sullivan*, U Illinois Urbana / TU Berlin
    (1004-57-104)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The Distortion of a Knotted Curve.
    Elizabeth Denne*, Harvard University
    John M Sullivan, Technische Universitat, Berlin
    (1004-57-59)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Distortion in $S^3$.
    Elizabeth Denne, Harvard University
    Robert B Kusner*, University Massachusetts at Amerst
    (1004-57-185)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Representation Theory, II
  Room 257, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Markus Hunziker, Baylor University hunziker@math.uga.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Small semisimple subalgebras of semisimple Lie algebras.
    Jeb F. Willenbring*, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
    Gregg Zuckerman, Yale University
    (1004-17-81)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Relative Extremal Projectors.
    Mark R Sepanski*, Baylor University
    Charles C Conley, University of North Texas
    (1004-17-114)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On rank-two complex reflection groups.
    Pramod N Achar*, Louisiana State University
    Anne-Marie Aubert, Institut de Mathematiques de Jussieu
    (1004-20-108)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Some invariant polynomials of a matrix argument.
    Chal Benson*, East Carolina University
    R. Michael Howe, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
    Gail Ratcliff, East Carolina University
    (1004-20-48)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Multiplication of polynomials on Hermitian symmetric spaces and Littlewood-Richardson coefficients.
    William Graham*, University of Georgia
    Markus Hunziker, Baylor University
    (1004-22-194)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Topology, Convergence, and Order (in Honor of Darrell Kent), IV
  Room 106, Academic Complex
  Organizers:
  Gary Richardson, University of Central Florida garyr@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
  Thomas A. Richmond, Western Kentucky University tom.richmond@wku.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Extension of measures: a topological approach.
    Roman Fric*, Mathematical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
    (1004-54-157)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Extensions and ultrafilters.
    Ellen E Reed*, Trinity School at Greenlawn
    (1004-54-74)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Hyper-real maps and nearly realcompact spaces.
    John J. Schommer*, University of Tennessee at Martin
    Biswajit Mitra, University of Calcutta
    (1004-54-101)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    $T_i$-ordered Reflections.
    Hans-Peter A. Kunzi, University of Cape Town
    Tom Richmond*, Western Kentucky University
    (1004-54-31)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Continued Radicals.
    Jamie Johnson*, Western Kentucky University
    (1004-40-147)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    On $\gamma$-semi-open sets.
    Asli Guldurdek*, Western Kentucky University
    Oya Ozbakir, Ege University
    (1004-54-272)
• Saturday March 19, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on L-Functions, IV
  Room 344, Mass Media and Technology Hall
  Organizers:
  Heather Russell, Western Kentucky University Heather.Russell@wku.edu
  Nilabh Sanat, Western Kentucky University Nilabh.Sanat@wku.edu
  Dominic Lanphier, Western Kentucky University Dominic.Lanphier@wku.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Subconvexity for L-functions.
    Akshay Venkatesh*, Clay Mathematics Institute
    (1004-11-122)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Local Newforms for ${\rm GSp}(4)$.
    Brooks Roberts, University of Idaho
    Ralf Schmidt*, University of Oklahoma
    (1004-11-76)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Global newforms for GSp(4).
    Brooks Roberts*, University of Idaho
    Ralf Schmidt, University of Oklahoma
    (1004-11-60)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Evaluations of a Class of Double $L$-values.
    David Terhune*, Pennsylvania State University
    (1004-11-16)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    p-divisibility of Bernoulli numbers and diophantine equations.
    Sankar Sitaraman*, Howard University, Washington DC
    (1004-11-79)

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