AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Friday, April 15, 2005 00:25:30

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

Friday April 8, 2005, 2:20 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Real Algebraic Geometry, I
Room 010, Mathematics and Statistics Building
Organizers:
Anatoly Korchagin, Texas Tech University korchag@math.ttu.edu
David Weinberg, Texas Tech University weinberg@math.ttu.edu
- 2:20 p.m.
  Arf invariants of links and and real algebraic curves.
  Patrick M Gilmer*, Louisiana State University
  (1006-57-52)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Real solutions to real sparse polynomial systems.
  Evgenia Soprunova*, University of Massachusetts
  Frank Sottile, Texas A&M
  (1006-14-210)
- 3:40 p.m.
  Singular Points of Real Quintic Curves.
  David A. Weinberg*, Texas Tech University
  Nicholas J. Willis, Texas Tech University
  (1006-14-136)
- 4:20 p.m.
  Singular Points of Real Sextic Curves.
  David A. Weinberg, Texas Tech University
  Nicholas J. Willis*, Texas Tech University
  (1006-14-138)

Saturday April 9, 2005, 8:50 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
Special Session on Real Algebraic Geometry, II
Room 010, Mathematics and Statistics Building
Organizers:
Anatoly Korchagin, Texas Tech University korchag@math.ttu.edu
David Weinberg, Texas Tech University weinberg@math.ttu.edu
- 8:50 a.m.
  Experimentation and conjectures in the real Schubert calculus for flag manifolds.
  James V Ruffo*, Texas A&M University
  Yuval Sivan, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
  Evgenia Soprunova, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
  Frank Sottile, Texas A&M University
  (1006-14-197)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Efficient algorithms for computing the Betti numbers of semi-algebraic sets.
  Saugata Basu*, School of Mathematics, Georgia Tech
  (1006-55-153)
- 10:10 a.m.
  Real pencils of cubics applied to solve an interpolation problem.
  Severine C.M. Fiedler*, Toulouse , France
  (1006-14-209)
- 10:50 a.m.
  On arrangements of a plane quintic $M$-curve with respect to a pair of lines.
  Anatoly B. Korchagin*, Texas Tech University
  (1006-14-195)

Saturday April 9, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Real Algebraic Geometry, III
Room 010, Mathematics and Statistics Building
Organizers:
Anatoly Korchagin, Texas Tech University korchag@math.ttu.edu
David Weinberg, Texas Tech University weinberg@math.ttu.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  On the $RO(\mathbb{Z}/2)$-graded equivariant cohomology of geometrically cellular real varieties.
  Paulo Lima-Filho*, Texas A&M University
  Pedro F. dos Santos, Instituto Superior Tecnico
  (1006-14-244)
- 3:40 p.m.
  Bounds and Algorithms for Real Polynomials Supported on Circuits.
  J. Maurice Rojas*, Texas A&M University, Department of Mathematics
  (1006-14-221)
- 4:20 p.m.
  Extension of P\'olya's theorem to signomials with rational exponents.
  Charles N. Delzell*, Louisiana State University
  (1006-14-225)

Sunday April 10, 2005, 9:20 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Special Session on Real Algebraic Geometry, IV
Room 010, Mathematics and Statistics Building
Organizers:
Anatoly Korchagin, Texas Tech University korchag@math.ttu.edu
David Weinberg, Texas Tech University weinberg@math.ttu.edu
- 9:20 a.m.
  Rigid isotopies of real $y$-trinomial curves.
  Victor I. Zvonilov*, Syktyvkar State University
  (1006-14-40)
- 10:00 a.m.
  The classification of $M$-curves of bidegree $(d,3)$ with $d\geq 2$ on the torus.
  Lina M. Williams*, Texas Tech University
  Anatoly B. Korchagin, Texas Tech University
  (1006-14-213)

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