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Eastern Section Meeting
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, October 8-9, 2005
Meeting #1009

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

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Saturday October 8, 2005

• Saturday October 8, 2005, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Book Sale and Exhibit
  Atrium, Olin Hall
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Meeting Registration
  Atrium, Olin Hall
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Theory of Infinite-Dimensional Lie Algebras, Vertex Operator Algebras, and Related Topics, I
  Room 115, Olin Language Center
  Organizers:
  Antun Milas, SUNY at Albany amilas@math.albany.edu
  Alex J. Feingold, Binghamton University
  Yi-Zhi Huang, Rutgers University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Vertex algebras and invariant theory.
    Andrew R Linshaw*, National University of Singapore
    (1009-17-157)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A geometric boson-fermion correspondence.
    Alistair Savage*, Fields Institute and University of Toronto
    (1009-17-107)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Realization of certain admissible $A_1^{(1)}$-modules.
    Drazen Adamovic*, University of Zagreb, Croatia
    (1009-17-85)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Representations of the Lie Pseudoalgebra $W({\mathfrak{d}})$.
    Bojko Bakalov*, North Carolina State University
    Alessandro D'Andrea, Universita di Roma ``La Sapienza''
    Victor G. Kac, MIT
    (1009-17-146)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Elliptic Lie algebras and superalgebras with rank more than or equal to two.
    Hiroyuki Yamane*, Osaka University, Japan
    (1009-17-130)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Vertex Poisson algebras associated with Courant algebroids.
    Gaywalee Yamskulna*, Illinois State University
    (1009-17-155)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic and Geometric Combinatorics, I
  Room 202, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Cristian P. Lenart, State University of New York at Albany lenart@csc.albany.edu
  Lauren L. Rose, Bard College rose@bard.edu
  Sheila Sundaram, Bard College sundaram@bard.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Matroid Steiner complexes are Laplacian integral.
    Art Duval*, University of Texas at El Paso
    (1009-05-195)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Bergman Complex of a Matroid and Phylogenetic Trees.
    Caroline Klivans*, University of Chicago
    (1009-05-182)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Shelling and $h$-vectors of certain nonsimplicial polytopes.
    Margaret M. Bayer*, University of Kansas
    (1009-52-162)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Weak order on labelled trees and shelling skeleta of Coxeter-like complexes.
    Patricia Hersh*, Indiana University
    (1009-05-206)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Disproving the Neggers conjecture.
    John R. Stembridge*, University of Michigan
    (1009-05-119)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Methods for the Analysis of Images and High-Dimensional Data, I
  Room 208, Olin Language Center
  Organizers:
  Erik M. Bollt, Clarkson University bolltem@clarkson.edu
  Rick Chartrand, Los Alamos National Laboratory rickc@lanl.gov
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    A variational approach to reconstructing images corrupted by Poisson noise.
    Triet Le, UCLA
    Rick Chartrand*, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    Thomas J. Asaki, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    (1009-68-168)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Coarse quantization strategies for tree-structured data and applications to digital halftoning.
    C. Sinan G\"unt\"urk*, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
    (1009-94-208)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Information Divergence Between Different Image Denoising Algorithms.
    Erik M. Bollt, Clarkson University
    Andrea Hawkins, Walla Walla College
    Triet Le, UCLA
    Peter F. Schultz*, Clarkson University
    Kevin R. Vixie, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    (1009-94-221)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Numerically solving PDEs on Implicit Surfaces.
    John B Greer*, Courant Institute, NYU
    Andrea L Bertozzi, UCLA Mathematics
    Guillermo Sapiro, University of Minnesota, Electrical and Computer Engineering
    (1009-35-186)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Image Restoration and Decomposition via Bounded Total Variation and Negative Hilbert-Sobolev Spaces.
    Linh Lieu*, UCLA
    Luminita Vese, UCLA
    (1009-00-184)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Transversal Theory, I
  Room 102, Hegeman Hall
  Organizers:
  Richard Pollack, Courant Institute, New York University pollack@cims.nyu.edu
  Jacob Eli Goodman, The City College of New York jgoodman@ccny.cuny.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Counting and Bounding the Number of Tangents to Four Objects in 3D.
    Herv{\'e} Br{\"o}nnimann*, Polytechnic University
    (1009-52-134)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The role of distance in Helly type transversal problems.
    A. Heppes*, Renyi Mathematical Institute, Budapest, Hungary
    (1009-52-37)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Transversal $m$-flats to $n$-dimensional convex sets and projective flats.
    Javier Bracho*, Instituto de Matematicas, UNAM
    (1009-52-164)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Homological Aspects of Commutative Algebra, I
  Room 201, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Alexandre Tchernev, University of Albany, SUNY tchernev@math.albany.edu
  Janet Vassilev, University of Arkansas jvassil@uark.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Incomparability of semidualizing modules.
    Sean M Sather-Wagstaff*, California State University, Dominguez Hills
    Anders Frankild, University of Copenhagen
    (1009-13-57)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Acyclicity versus total acyclicity for complexes over noetherian rings.
    Srikanth Iyengar*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Henning Krause, University of Paderborn, Germany
    (1009-13-41)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The differential in the minimal free resolution of the universal ring for resolutions of length two.
    Carrie E Finch*, University of South Carolina
    Andrew R. Kustin, University of South Carolina
    Jerzy M. Weyman, Northeastern University
    (1009-16-108)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Minimal resolutions for complexes.
    Luchezar L. Avramov*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    Hans-Bj\o rn Foxby, Universty of Copenhagen
    Stephen Halperin, University of Maryland
    (1009-16-129)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Resolutions of monomial modules.
    Hara Charalambous*, Aristotle University of Greece
    (1009-13-113)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Measurable, Symbolic, and Tiling Dynamical Systems, I
  Room 106, Hegeman Hall
  Organizers:
  Natalie Priebe Frank, Vassar College nafrank@vassar.edu
  Samuel J. Lightwood, Western Connecticut State University lightwoods@wcsu.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    On the spectrum of model sets.
    E. Arthur Robinson*, George Washington University
    (1009-37-224)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Prevalence of Odometers in Cellular Automata.
    Ethan M. Coven*, Wesleyan University
    Marcus Pivato, Trent University
    Reem Yassawi, Trent University
    (1009-37-59)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Crystallographic Defects in Cellular Automata.
    Marcus Pivato*, Department of Mathematics, Trent University
    (1009-37-105)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Jointly periodic points of celllar automata.
    Mike Boyle*, University of Maryland
    Bryant Lee, University of Maryland
    (1009-37-123)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Relative $\bar{d}-$ pressure and the variational principle.
    Russell Coe, Central Connecticut State University
    Adam Fieldsteel*, Wesleyan, University
    (1009-37-180)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Group Theory, I
  Room 205, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Sean Cleary, The City College of New York cleary@sci.ccny.cuny.edu
  Melanie I. Stein, Trinity College melanie.stein@trincoll.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Associativity and Thompson's Group.
    Ross Geoghegan*, Binghamton University (SUNY)
    (1009-20-126)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A finitely-presented solvable group with a small quasi-isometry group.
    Kevin Wortman*, Yale University
    (1009-20-148)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Minimal almost convexity and tame combings.
    Sean Cleary, The City College of New York
    Susan Hermiller*, University of Nebraska
    (1009-20-84)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Reidemeister number as a quasi-isometry invariant for the solvable Baumslag-Solitar groups.
    Jennifer Taback*, Bowdoin College
    Peter Wong, Bates College
    (1009-20-62)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on History of Mathematics, I
  Room 102, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Patricia R. Allaire, Queensborough Community College, CUNY pallaire@qcc.cuny.edu
  Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University bradley@adelphi.edu
  Jeff Suzuki, Bard College jeff_suzuki@yahoo.com
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Changing Proofs for the Quadrature of the Parabola, II.
    Gordon A Swain*, Ashland University
    (1009-01-45)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The History of Euler's Conjecture.
    Lawrence D'Antonio*, Ramapo College of New Jersey
    (1009-01-133)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Euler's Application of the Partition Function.
    Robert E. Bradley*, Adelphi University
    (1009-01-194)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Euler and Series.
    C Edward Sandifer*, Western Connecticut State University
    (1009-01-55)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Special Functions and Orthogonal Polynomials: Theory and Applications, I
  Room 104, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Diego Dominici, State University of New York at New Paltz dominicd@newpaltz.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    A Weight-Depth Theorem for a Class of Multiple L-values.
    David Terhune*, Penn State University
    (1009-11-23)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    $q$-orthogonal polynomials related to representations of the quantum group $U_q(so(4))$.
    Alexander Rozenblyum*, New York City College of Technology, CUNY
    (1009-33-74)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Carlitz and the General 3-Phi-2.
    George E. Andrews*, The Pennsylvania State University
    (1009-33-07)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Tridiagonal pairs of $q$-geometric type.
    Paul M. Terwilliger*, University of Wisconsin
    (1009-33-139)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
  Session for Contributed Papers
  Room 210, Olin Language Center
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Finding Proper Factorizations for Finite Groups.
    Joseph Kirtland*, Marist College
    (1009-20-18)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Pure exact sequences of locally compact abelian groups.
    Peter Loth*, Sacred Heart University
    (1009-22-145)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On Some Generalizations of the Oppenhein Conjecture.
    Keivan Mallahi-Karai*, Yale University
    (1009-22-28)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Notes on regular measures and compact lattices.
    Carmen Vlad*, Pace University
    (1009-28-61)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Analytic continuation of perturbative solutions of acoustic 1D wave equation by means of Pad\'e Approximants.
    Bogdan G. Nita*, Montclair State University
    (1009-35-66)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Basic convergence with rates of smooth Picard singular integral operators.
    George A Anastassiou*, University of Memphis/Math.Dept.
    (1009-41-08)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 9:10 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  Special Session on Extremal and Probablistic Combinatorics, I
  Room 204, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Benjamin Sudakov, Princeton University bsudakov@math.princeton.edu
  

  • 9:10 a.m.
    Co-degree density of the Fano plane.
    Dhruv Mubayi*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1009-05-79)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    A note on the Karp-Sipser algorithm.
    Tom Bohman*, Carnegie Mellon University
    Alan Frieze, Carnegie Mellon University
    (1009-05-95)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    The game chromatic number of random graphs.
    Tom Bohman, Carnegie Mellon University
    Alan Frieze*, Carnegie Mellon University
    Benny Sudakov, Princeton University
    (1009-05-83)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Infinite Groups, I
  Room 120, Olin Language Center
  Organizers:
  Anthony M. Gaglione, United States Naval Academy amg@usna.edu
  Benjamin Fine, Fairfield University fine@mail.fairfield.edu
  Dennis Spellman, Philadelphia University spellmand@philau.edu
  

  • 9:30 a.m.
    Potentially Positive Words in F(a,b).
    Richard Z Goldstein*, University at Albany
    (1009-20-47)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Transitivity of normality and pronormal subgroups.
    Igor Ya Subbotin*, National University
    (1009-20-56)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On outer automorphism groups of certain Seifert groups.
    Francis C. Y. Tang*, University of Waterloo
    (1009-20-151)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 9:30 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Invariants of Graphs and Matroids, I
  Room 203, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Gary Gordon, Lafayette College gordong@lafayette.edu
  Lorenzo Traldi, Lafayette College traldil@lafayette.edu
  

  • 9:30 a.m.
    A Geometric Analog for Vertex-Switching.
    William P. Miller*, Susquehanna University
    (1009-05-19)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Maximal and Maximum Independent Vertex Sets in Graphs.
    Chee Ying Guo, University of Singapore
    Khee Meng Koh, National University of Singapore
    Bruce E. Sagan*, Michigan State University
    Vincent R. Vatter, Rutgers University
    (1009-05-20)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Estimates for eigenfunctions of the Laplacian.
  Auditorium, Olin Hall
  Christopher Sogge*, Johns Hopkins University
  (1009-58-05)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Applying number theory and algebraic geometry to cryptography.
  Auditorium, Olin Hall
  Alice Silverberg*, University of California Irvine
  (1009-11-03)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Infinite Groups, II
  Room 120, Olin Language Center
  Organizers:
  Anthony M. Gaglione, United States Naval Academy amg@usna.edu
  Benjamin Fine, Fairfield University fine@mail.fairfield.edu
  Dennis Spellman, Philadelphia University spellmand@philau.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Solving One Variable Equations in Free Groups.
    Robert Gilman*, Stevens Institute of Technology
    (1009-20-179)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On subsemigroups of free inverse semigroups.
    Lev M Shneerson*, Hunter College of CUNY
    (1009-20-115)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Asymptotic density in free and free abelian groups.
    Ilya Kapovich, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Igor Rivin, Temple University
    Paul Schupp, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Vladimir Shpilrain*, The City College of New York
    (1009-20-54)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic and Geometric Combinatorics, II
  Room 202, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Cristian P. Lenart, State University of New York at Albany lenart@csc.albany.edu
  Lauren L. Rose, Bard College rose@bard.edu
  Sheila Sundaram, Bard College sundaram@bard.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Block inclusions and cores of partitions.
    Jorn Olsson, University of Copenhagen
    Dennis Stanton*, University of Minnesota
    (1009-05-153)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Shelling totally nonnegative flag varieties.
    Lauren K Williams*, University of California, Berkeley
    (1009-05-40)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Something old and something new on infinitesimal rigidity of convex polyhedra.
    Igor Pak*, M.I.T.
    (1009-05-159)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Combinatorics of Permutohedra and Associahedra.
    Alexander Postnikov*, MIT
    (1009-05-175)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Congruences for Combinatorial Sequences.
    Emeric Deutsch, Polytechnic University
    Bruce E. Sagan*, Michigan State University
    (1009-05-21)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Methods for the Analysis of Images and High-Dimensional Data, II
  Room 208, Olin Language Center
  Organizers:
  Erik M. Bollt, Clarkson University bolltem@clarkson.edu
  Rick Chartrand, Los Alamos National Laboratory rickc@lanl.gov
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    A Non-Linear Approach to Fast Image Comparison and Registration.
    Erik M Bollt*, Clarkson University
    Luciano da Fontoura Costa, University of São Paulo
    (1009-42-212)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Modeling oscillatory components in images as distributions in generalized Besov spaces.
    Triet M. Le*, University of California Los Angeles
    John B. Garnett, University of California Los Angeles
    Luminita A. Vese, University of California Los Angeles
    (1009-00-58)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Multiscale Strip Constructions.
    Gilad Lerman*, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
    Joseph McQuown, Stony Brook University
    Bud Mishra, New York University
    (1009-42-215)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    An Adaptive Variational Model for Image Decomposition.
    Stacey Elizabeth Levine*, Duquesne University
    (1009-49-178)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Morphlets: A Multiscale Transform for Diffeomorphisms.
    Jonathan Kaplan*, Stanford University
    (1009-42-60)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Group Theory, II
  Room 205, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Sean Cleary, The City College of New York cleary@sci.ccny.cuny.edu
  Melanie I. Stein, Trinity College melanie.stein@trincoll.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Automorphisms of right-angled Artin groups of dimension 2.
    Ruth Charney*, Brandeis University
    John Crisp, University de Bourgogne, Dijon
    Karen Vogtmann, Cornell University
    (1009-20-128)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Actions and decompositions of Coxeter groups.
    Angela K. Barnhill*, The Ohio State University
    (1009-20-99)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Conjugacy problem and orbit decidability.
    Enric Ventura*, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
    (1009-20-49)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On the Dehn function of Stallings' group.
    Tim Riley*, Cornell
    Murray Elder, St Andrews
    (1009-20-44)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On the local and global structure of the automorphism graph of a free group.
    Bilal Khan*, City University of New York John Jay College of Criminal Justice
    (1009-20-205)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-4:55 p.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Transversal Theory, II
  Room 102, Hegeman Hall
  Organizers:
  Richard Pollack, Courant Institute, New York University pollack@cims.nyu.edu
  Jacob Eli Goodman, The City College of New York jgoodman@ccny.cuny.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Permutation Sequences and Pseudoline Arrangements, Old and New, Part I.
    Ricky Pollack*, Courant Institute/NYU
    (1009-52-76)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Permutation Sequences and Pseudoline Arrangements, Old and New, Part II.
    Jacob E. Goodman*, City College, CUNY
    (1009-52-53)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Interval Sequences and the Combinatorial Encoding of Planar Families of Convex Sets.
    Raghavan S Dhandapani*, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU
    Jacob Eli Goodman, City College, CUNY
    Andreas Holmsen, City College, CUNY
    Richard Pollack, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU
    (1009-52-174)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A tiny problem on geometric permutations.
    Helge Tverberg*, University of Bergen, Norway
    (1009-52-191)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Homological Aspects of Commutative Algebra, II
  Room 201, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Alexandre Tchernev, University of Albany, SUNY tchernev@math.albany.edu
  Janet Vassilev, University of Arkansas jvassil@uark.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Some aspects of phantom homology.
    Neil M Epstein*, University of Michigan
    (1009-13-172)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Some comments on rings with small Hilbert-Kunz multiplicity.
    Ian M Aberbach*, University of Missouri
    Florian Enescu, Georgia State University
    (1009-13-117)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    F-stable primes and local cohomology.
    Florian Enescu*, Georgia State University
    (1009-13-135)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Socle degrees and the Frobenious homomorphism.
    Andrew R. Kustin*, University of South Carolina
    Adela Vraciu, University of South Carolina
    (1009-13-65)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The direct sum decomposability of $^e\! M$ in dimension $2$.
    Yongwei Yao*, University of Michigan
    (1009-13-158)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Theory of Infinite-Dimensional Lie Algebras, Vertex Operator Algebras, and Related Topics, II
  Room 115, Olin Language Center
  Organizers:
  Antun Milas, SUNY at Albany amilas@math.albany.edu
  Alex J. Feingold, Binghamton University
  Yi-Zhi Huang, Rutgers University
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    A mathematical formalism for the Kondo effect in WZW branes.
    Po Hu, Wayne State University
    Igor Kriz*, University of Michigan
    (1009-81-152)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Conformal field theory and rigged Teichmueller space.
    Eric D Schippers*, University of Manitoba
    David Radnell, University of Michigan
    (1009-30-29)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    An equivalence of two constructions of permutation-twisted modules for lattice vertex operator algebras.
    Katrina D. Barron*, University of Notre Dame
    Yi-Zhi Huang, Rutgers University
    James Lepowsky, Rutgers University
    (1009-17-169)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Lorentzian Kac-Moody groups.
    Lisa Carbone*, Rutgers University
    (1009-20-192)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Higher Derived Brackets and Deformation Theory.
    Fusun Akman*, Illinois State University
    Lucian M. Ionescu, Illinois State University
    (1009-17-67)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  Special Session on Global Theory of Minimal Surfaces
  Room 118, Olin Language Center
  Organizers:
  David A. Hoffman, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute david@msri.org
  Harold Rosenberg, University of Paris VII
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Nondegeneracy for CMC surfaces and regularity of the CMC classifying map.
    Rob Kusner*, Center for Geometry, Analysis, Numerics & Graphics (GANG), University of Massachusetts at Amherst
    (1009-53-72)
  • 3:10 p.m.
    Soap Films and Kelvin's partition of space.
    Robert Huff*, Indiana University, Bloomington
    (1009-51-34)
  • 3:50 p.m.
    Discussion.
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Variational methods for the construction of properly embedded minimal surfaces with finite topology.
    David A Hoffman*, Stanford University
    Brian White, Stanford University
    (1009-53-202)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Special Functions and Orthogonal Polynomials: Theory and Applications, II
  Room 104, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Diego Dominici, State University of New York at New Paltz dominicd@newpaltz.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Modular Leonard triples of Bannai-Ito type.
    Brian W Curtin*, University of South Florida
    (1009-33-138)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    An Overview of the Fractional Exponential and Trigonometric Functions.
    Carl F. Lorenzo*, NASA -Glenn Research Center
    Tom T. Hartley, The University of Akron
    (1009-33-161)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Continuous ranking of zeros of special functions.
    Martin E Muldoon*, York University
    (1009-33-121)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The DLMF Project: Lessons Learned and Future Directions.
    Daniel W. Lozier*, National Institute of Standards and Technology
    (1009-33-210)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Nested Derivatives: A simple method for computing series expansions of inverse functions.
    Diego Dominici*, SUNY New Paltz
    (1009-33-63)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Invariants of Graphs and Matroids, II
  Room 203, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Gary Gordon, Lafayette College gordong@lafayette.edu
  Lorenzo Traldi, Lafayette College traldil@lafayette.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    A correction in the formula of Hammer and Kelmans for the number of spanning trees in threshold graphs.
    Sarah Bleiler, Seton Hall University
    John T. Saccoman*, Seton Hall University
    (1009-05-35)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Introduction to Khovanov homology and graph homology.
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Khovanov graph homology as a Hochschild homology of graphs.
    Jozef H. Przytycki*, George Washington University
    (1009-18-31)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Ranks of Chromatic Graph Homologies.
    Michael S Chmutov*, The Ohio State University
    (1009-05-147)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The Bollob\'as-Riordan polynomial and virtual links.
    Sergei V Chmutov*, The Ohio State University, Mansfield
    (1009-05-183)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Measurable, Symbolic, and Tiling Dynamical Systems, II
  Room 106, Hegeman Hall
  Organizers:
  Natalie Priebe Frank, Vassar College nafrank@vassar.edu
  Samuel J. Lightwood, Western Connecticut State University lightwoods@wcsu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    A dynamical proof of the topological orbit equivalence theorem in a finitary method.
    Toshihiro Hamachi*, Kyushu University
    Michael Keane, Wesleyan University
    Hisatoshi Yuasa, Kyushu University
    (1009-37-30)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A note on rank one amenable group actions.
    Michael S Keane*, Wesleyan University
    Marcus Pivato, Trent University
    Reem Yassawi, Trent University
    (1009-37-141)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On measure-preserving $C^1$ transformations of compact-open subsets of non-archimedean local fields.
    J. Kingsbery, Williams College
    A. Levin, Harvard University
    A. Preygel, Harvard University
    C. E. Silva*, Williams College
    (1009-37-209)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Dimension Groups for a family of non-simple Adic Transformantions.
    Sarah E Bailey*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    (1009-37-197)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Dynamics of Some Nonstationary Adic Systems.
    Karl Petersen*, University of North Carolina
    (1009-37-88)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-4:25 p.m.
  Session for Contributed Papers
  Room 210, Olin Language Center
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    On superadditive ergodic type theorem in non-commutative Segal-Dixmier Lp-space affiliated with a semi-finite von Neumann algebra.
    Genady Grabarnik, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, NY
    Alexander A Katz, St. John's University, NY
    Larisa Shwartz*, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
    (1009-46-143)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    On generalization of real W*-algebras.
    Alexander A Katz*, St. John's University, NY
    (1009-46-43)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On real locally Hilbert spaces and Gelfand-Naimark type theorems for projective limits of real and Jordan operator algebras.
    Alexander A Katz, St. John's University, NY
    Oleg Friedman*, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
    Roman Kushnir, St. John's University, NY
    Mark Ustayev, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
    (1009-46-78)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Convergence Theorems for Fixed Points of Generalized Lipschitz $\Phi$-Pseddocontractive Mappings in Banach Spaces.
    Xue Zhiqun*, Shijiazhuang Railway College
    (1009-47-36)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A Note on Metrization of wM Spaces.
    Gangadhar R. Hiremath*, University of North Carolina Pembroke
    (1009-54-22)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Random Random Walks on the Dihedral Group.
    Joseph P McCollum*, University at Albany, SUNY
    (1009-60-73)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Orthogonal Polynomials in SAR Imaging.
    Rajarajeswari Devarajulu*, University of Texas Pan-American
    Jae sok Son, University of Texas Pan-American
    (1009-00-70)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Frequent assessment and the integration of the class instruction and the academic supportive services in at risk math courses at MDC-Hialeah Campus.
    Jaime Bestard*, Miami Dade College
    (1009-97-24)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 2:40 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Extremal and Probablistic Combinatorics, II
  Room 204, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Benjamin Sudakov, Princeton University bsudakov@math.princeton.edu
  

  • 2:40 p.m.
    Some correlation inequalities.
    Jeff Kahn*, Rutgers University
    (1009-05-98)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    An algorithmic version of the hypergraph regularity method.
    Penny Haxel*, University of Waterloo
    Brendan Nagle, University of Nevada
    Vojta Rodl, Emory University
    (1009-05-87)
  • 3:50 p.m.
    Ramsey-type results for the hypercube.
    Noga Alon, Tel Aviv University
    Rados Radoicic, Rutgers University
    Benny Sudakov, Princeton University
    Jan Vondrak*, Microsoft Research
    (1009-05-82)
  • 4:25 p.m.
    Product Representations of Polynomials.
    Jacques Verstraete*, University of Waterloo
    (1009-05-81)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on History of Mathematics, II
  Room 102, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Patricia R. Allaire, Queensborough Community College, CUNY pallaire@qcc.cuny.edu
  Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University bradley@adelphi.edu
  Jeff Suzuki, Bard College jeff_suzuki@yahoo.com
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Greek mathematics and Greek skepticism.
    Hardy Grant*, York University, Toronto
    (1009-01-77)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Lewis Carroll's Diagrammatic Logic System For Syllogisms.
    Francine F. Abeles*, Kean University
    (1009-01-17)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Godel, Positivism, and Incompletenes.
    Steven Gimbel*, Gettysburg College
    Kellen Dwyer, Gettysburg College
    (1009-01-64)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Von Neumann, Godel, and Bernays--Putting Ordinals in Ordnung.
    Thomas Drucker*, University of Wisconsin--Whitewater
    (1009-01-140)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 5:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
  Erd\H os Memorial Lecture
  Erd\"os picture of ``most things''.
  Auditorium, Olin Hall
  Persi Diaconis*, Stanford University
  (1009-05-01)
• Saturday October 8, 2005, 6:15 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
  Bard College Department of Mathematics Reception
  Lobby, Ward Manor House

Sunday October 9, 2005

• Sunday October 9, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Book Sale and Exhibit
  Atrium, Olin Hall
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Meeting Registration
  Atrium, Olin Hall
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Theory of Infinite-Dimensional Lie Algebras, Vertex Operator Algebras, and Related Topics, III
  Room 115, Olin Language Center
  Organizers:
  Antun Milas, SUNY at Albany amilas@math.albany.edu
  Alex J. Feingold, Binghamton University
  Yi-Zhi Huang, Rutgers University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Virasoro highest-weight vectors and invariant spherical harmonics.
    Katherine L. Hurley*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1009-17-218)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Principal subspaces of representations of affine Lie algebras and vertex operator algebras.
    Corina Calinescu*, Rutgers University
    (1009-17-136)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Vertex Algebras with Hopf Symmetry.
    Maarten J. Bergvelt*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    (1009-17-52)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Modular conformal algebras.
    Alexander Retakh*, University of Texas at Arlington
    (1009-17-104)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Intermediate Wakimoto Modules for Affine $\mathfrak{sl}(n+1)$ II.
    Ben L. Cox*, College of Charleston, Graduate School
    V. Futorny, University of S\~ao Paulo
    (1009-17-200)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Vertex Algebras and Associative Algebras.
    Markus Rosellen*, Stockholm University
    (1009-17-196)
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic and Geometric Combinatorics, III
  Room 202, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Cristian P. Lenart, State University of New York at Albany lenart@csc.albany.edu
  Lauren L. Rose, Bard College rose@bard.edu
  Sheila Sundaram, Bard College sundaram@bard.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Horn recursions for Schur $P$- and $Q$- functions.
    K. Purbhoo, University of British Columbia
    F. Sottile*, Texas A&M University
    (1009-05-39)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On the factorization of Kazhdan-Lusztig basis elements.
    Mark A. Skandera*, Haverford College
    (1009-05-170)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Laurent phenomenon via quiver representations.
    Andrei Zelevinsky*, Northeastern University
    (1009-05-131)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The lattice of noncrossing partitions via representation theory of quivers.
    Hugh R. Thomas*, University of New Brunswick
    Colin Ingalls, University of New Brunswick
    (1009-05-217)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Ideals in the nilradical of a Borel subalgebra.
    Eric Sommers*, U of Massachusetts, Amherst
    (1009-17-97)
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Methods for the Analysis of Images and High-Dimensional Data, III
  Room 208, Olin Language Center
  Organizers:
  Erik M. Bollt, Clarkson University bolltem@clarkson.edu
  Rick Chartrand, Los Alamos National Laboratory rickc@lanl.gov
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Exact solutions for the L1 TV functional.
    Selim Esedoglu, University of Michigan -- Ann Arbor
    Kevin R Vixie*, Los Alamos National Laboratory -- T-7
    (1009-49-166)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    New of approaches for video dejittering.
    Sung Ha Kang*, University of Kentucky
    Jianhong Shen, Univerisity of Minnesota
    (1009-49-163)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On the regularity and curvature properties of level sets of minimizers for denoising models using total variation regularization.
    William K. Allard*, Duke University
    (1009-49-15)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    3D Curve Inference, Co-Helicity and Diffusion MRI Regularization.
    Kaleem Siddiqi*, School of Computer Science, McGill University
    Peter Savadjiev, School of Computer Science, McGill University
    Jennifer S. W. Campbell, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, McGill University
    Bruce G. Pike, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, McGill University
    (1009-53-33)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Discussion.
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Group Theory, III
  Room 205, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Sean Cleary, The City College of New York cleary@sci.ccny.cuny.edu
  Melanie I. Stein, Trinity College melanie.stein@trincoll.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Solvability in Groups of Piecewise-linear Homeomorphisms of the Unit Interval.
    Collin Bleak*, Binghamton University
    (1009-20-51)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Invariance properties of definable sets and Razborov's example.
    Mladen Bestvina, University of Utah
    Mark Feighn*, Rutgers University-Newark
    (1009-20-102)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Thick metric spaces, relative hyperbolicity, and quasi-isometric rigidity.
    Jason Alan Behrstock*, University of Utah
    (1009-20-42)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Arithmetic and analytic properties of hyperbolic Kac-Moody lattices.
    Lisa Carbone*, Rutgers University
    (1009-20-193)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Groups with specified boundary.
    Kim E. Ruane*, Tufts University
    (1009-20-204)
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on History of Mathematics, III
  Room 102, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Patricia R. Allaire, Queensborough Community College, CUNY pallaire@qcc.cuny.edu
  Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University bradley@adelphi.edu
  Jeff Suzuki, Bard College jeff_suzuki@yahoo.com
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Some Highlights from the Printed Mathematics of Colonial Mexico and Peru.
    Bruce S. Burdick*, Roger Williams University
    (1009-01-214)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Curioisities in Nineteenth Century Mathematics Textbooks.
    Andrew B Perry*, Springfield College
    (1009-01-89)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Unsolved Problems in the History of Undergraduate Mathematics.
    Walter Meyer*, Adelphi University
    (1009-01-32)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Contributions of Four "Mathematical People" to the Mathematical Ballistics of the World War I Era in America.
    Alan Gluchoff*, Villanova University
    (1009-01-14)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Franchise Players and Modi Operandi of the Sections of the MAA: 1915 - 1965.
    Richard M. Davitt*, University of Louisville
    (1009-01-27)
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Transversal Theory, III
  Room 102, Hegeman Hall
  Organizers:
  Richard Pollack, Courant Institute, New York University pollack@cims.nyu.edu
  Jacob Eli Goodman, The City College of New York jgoodman@ccny.cuny.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Topological Helly type theorems.
    Gil Kalai*, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Yale University
    (1009-52-116)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Recent progress on Geometric Permutations induced by lines transversal.
    Shakhar Smorodinsky*, Courant, NYU
    (1009-05-127)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Katchalski-Lewis transversal problem in ${\bf{R}}^d$.
    Andreas Holmsen*, University of Bergen, Norway
    (1009-52-122)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Shape Sensitive Geometric Permutations.
    Meir Katchaski, Technion, Haifa, Israel
    Subhash Suri, UC Santa Barbara
    Yunhong Zhou*, HP Labs, Palo Alto, CA
    (1009-52-103)
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Homological Aspects of Commutative Algebra, III
  Room 201, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Alexandre Tchernev, University of Albany, SUNY tchernev@math.albany.edu
  Janet Vassilev, University of Arkansas jvassil@uark.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Asymptotic growth of powers of ideals.
    Catalin Ciuperca*, North Dakota State University
    Florian Enescu, Georgia State University
    Sandra Spiroff, University of Utah
    (1009-13-187)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Some families of componentwise linear ideals.
    Christopher A. Francisco*, University of Missouri
    Adam Van Tuyl, Lakehead University
    (1009-13-75)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Compressed ideals and Hilbert functions.
    Jeff A Mermin*, Cornell University
    (1009-13-142)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the growth of the Bass series of a Cohen-Macaulay local ring.
    David A. Jorgensen*, University of Texas at Arlington
    Graham J. Leuschke, Syracuse University
    (1009-13-185)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Homological properties of rings of countable Cohen-Macaulay type.
    Craig Huneke, University of Kansas
    Adela Vraciu*, University of South Carolina
    (1009-13-46)
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Special Functions and Orthogonal Polynomials: Theory and Applications, III
  Room 104, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Diego Dominici, State University of New York at New Paltz dominicd@newpaltz.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Probabilistic Origin of a New System of Orthogonal Polynomials in 2 Variables: a Limit Case of the $9-j$ Symbols.
    M. R. Hoare, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
    Mizan Rahman*, Carleton University
    (1009-33-118)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Second quantization and recurrences.
    Ph Feinsilver*, Southern Illinois University
    J P McSorley, Southern Illinois University
    (1009-15-198)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Matrix valued orthogonal polynomials satisfying differential equations.
    F. Alberto Grunbaum*, UC Berkeley
    (1009-33-177)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Differential Recursion Relations for Laguerre Functions on Symmetric Cones.
    Gestur Olafsson*, Louisiana State University
    Mark Davidson, Louisiana State University
    Michael Aristidou, Louisiana State University
    (1009-33-167)
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Invariants of Graphs and Matroids, III
  Room 203, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Gary Gordon, Lafayette College gordong@lafayette.edu
  Lorenzo Traldi, Lafayette College traldil@lafayette.edu
  

  • 9:30 a.m.
    Evaluations of the Tutte polynomial.
    Igor Pak*, M.I.T.
    (1009-05-160)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A characteristic polynomial for rooted graphs and rooted digraphs.
    Gary Gordon, Lafayette College
    Elizabeth McMahon*, Lafayette College
    (1009-05-25)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A characteristic polynomial for rooted mixed graphs.
    Steven J Tedford*, Franklin and Marshall College
    (1009-05-10)
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Measurable, Symbolic, and Tiling Dynamical Systems, III
  Room 106, Hegeman Hall
  Organizers:
  Natalie Priebe Frank, Vassar College nafrank@vassar.edu
  Samuel J. Lightwood, Western Connecticut State University lightwoods@wcsu.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Tiling spaces associatiated to pseudo-Anosov surface diffeomorphisms.
    Marcy Barge, Montana State University
    Brian F Martensen*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
    (1009-37-176)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    When Thue-Morse meets Koch.
    Judy A Holdener*, Kenyon College
    Jun Ma, Kenyon College
    (1009-37-26)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Good Measures on Cantor Space.
    Ethan Akin*, City College of New York
    (1009-28-165)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Alpern Multi-Tower Theorem in $Z^d$ and a transference argument.
    Ayse A Sahin*, DePaul University
    (1009-37-110)
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 9:10 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  Special Session on Extremal and Probablistic Combinatorics, III
  Room 204, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Benjamin Sudakov, Princeton University bsudakov@math.princeton.edu
  

  • 9:10 a.m.
    On the VC-dimension of Uniform Hypergraphs.
    Dhruv Mubayi, University of Illinois at Chicago
    Yi Zhao*, Georgia State University
    (1009-05-92)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    On product anti-magic graphs.
    Oleg Pikhurko*, Carnegie Mellon University
    (1009-05-100)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Non-crossing matchings and paths in randomly labeled planar point sets.
    Jozsef Balogh*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Boris Pittel, Ohio State University
    Gelasio Salazar, IICO-UASLP
    (1009-05-114)
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 10:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Infinite Groups, III
  Room 120, Olin Language Center
  Organizers:
  Anthony M. Gaglione, United States Naval Academy amg@usna.edu
  Benjamin Fine, Fairfield University fine@mail.fairfield.edu
  Dennis Spellman, Philadelphia University spellmand@philau.edu
  

  • 10:00 a.m.
    Homological invariants and capability of infinite groups of nilpotency class two.
    Luise-Charlotte Kappe*, SUNY at Binghamton
    Norhaniza Sarmin, University Teknologi Malaysia
    (1009-20-106)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Computing the nonabelian tensor square of finitely generated groups.
    Robert Fitzgerald Morse*, University of Evansville
    (1009-20-132)
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Minimal and constant mean curvature surfaces in homogeneous 3-manifolds.
  Auditorium, Olin Hall
  Harold Rosenberg*, University of Paris VII
  (1009-53-04)
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Probabilistic reasoning and Ramsey Theory.
  Auditorium, Olin Hall
  Benjamin Sudakov*, Princeton University
  (1009-05-06)
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Special Session on Infinite Groups, IV
  Room 120, Olin Language Center
  Organizers:
  Anthony M. Gaglione, United States Naval Academy amg@usna.edu
  Benjamin Fine, Fairfield University fine@mail.fairfield.edu
  Dennis Spellman, Philadelphia University spellmand@philau.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Nielsen equivalence classes and T-systems of group presentations.
    Martin J. Evans*, University of Alabama
    (1009-20-201)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Linear groups with rank restrictions on the subgroups of infinite central dimension.
    Olga Yu Dashkova, University of Dnepropetrovsk, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
    Martyn R. Dixon*, University of Alabama
    Leonid A. Kurdachenko, University of Dnepropetrovsk, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
    (1009-20-50)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Problem Session.
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic and Geometric Combinatorics, IV
  Room 202, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Cristian P. Lenart, State University of New York at Albany lenart@csc.albany.edu
  Lauren L. Rose, Bard College rose@bard.edu
  Sheila Sundaram, Bard College sundaram@bard.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Lexicographic initial ideals.
    Jessica Sidman*, Mount Holyoke College
    (1009-13-101)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Global residues for sparse polynomial systems.
    Ivan Soprunov*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    (1009-14-137)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Combinatorics of Rota-Baxter algebras.
    Li Guo*, Rutgers University at Newark
    (1009-05-225)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Permutation enumeration and homology representations.
    John Shareshian*, Washington University
    Michelle Wachs, University of Miami
    (1009-05-226)
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Group Theory, IV
  Room 205, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Sean Cleary, The City College of New York cleary@sci.ccny.cuny.edu
  Melanie I. Stein, Trinity College melanie.stein@trincoll.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Counter languages for the word problem.
    Gretchen Ostheimer*, Hofstra University
    (1009-20-222)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The density of monomorphisms of free groups.
    Ted Turner*, University at Albany, SUNY
    (1009-20-69)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    An order-theoretic characterization of groups admitting actions on oriented order trees.
    Matthew E Horak*, Trinity College
    Melanie Stein, Trinity College
    (1009-06-149)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Counting overlattices in automorphism groups of trees.
    Seonhee Lim*, Yale University
    (1009-20-150)
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-4:55 p.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Transversal Theory, IV
  Room 102, Hegeman Hall
  Organizers:
  Richard Pollack, Courant Institute, New York University pollack@cims.nyu.edu
  Jacob Eli Goodman, The City College of New York jgoodman@ccny.cuny.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    The convexity behind Santal\'o's Helley-type Theorem.
    J. Goodman, City College, NY
    A Holmsen, University of Bergen
    R Pollack, Courant Institute
    K Ranestad, University of Oslo
    F Sottile*, Texas A&M University
    (1009-52-38)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Line transversals to translates of unit discs.
    Jesus Jeronimo*, Centro de Investigacion en Matematicas A. C.
    (1009-52-96)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Pinning lines with smooth convex objects.
    Xavier Goaoc*, INRIA-Lorraine
    (1009-52-144)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Helly type theorems for line transversal of congruent balls.
    Andras Bezdek*, Auburn University
    (1009-52-156)
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Homological Aspects of Commutative Algebra, IV
  Room 201, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Alexandre Tchernev, University of Albany, SUNY tchernev@math.albany.edu
  Janet Vassilev, University of Arkansas jvassil@uark.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    The Cohen-Macaulay property for non-Noetherian rings.
    Tracy Dawn Hamilton, California State University, Sacramento
    Thomas Marley*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1009-13-91)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Invertibility of evaluation homomorphisms.
    Lars Winther Christensen*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Henrik Holm, University of Aarhus
    (1009-13-220)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Stable cohomology over local rings.
    Oana Veliche*, University of Utah
    Luchezar L. Avramov, University of Nebraska
    (1009-13-219)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    A class of coherent regular local rings.
    Christel Rotthaus, Michigan State University
    Liana M Sega*, University of Missouri, Kansas City
    (1009-13-190)
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Theory of Infinite-Dimensional Lie Algebras, Vertex Operator Algebras, and Related Topics, IV
  Room 115, Olin Language Center
  Organizers:
  Antun Milas, SUNY at Albany amilas@math.albany.edu
  Alex J. Feingold, Binghamton University
  Yi-Zhi Huang, Rutgers University
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Bases of states in conformal field theories.
    Pierre Mathieu*, Université laval
    (1009-81-223)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Kazhdan--Lusztig's tensor category and the compatibility condition.
    Lin Zhang*, Rutgers University
    (1009-17-207)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Affine Lie Algebras, Vertex Operator Algebras, and Multisum Identities.
    William Jeffrey Cook*, Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ)
    Kailash C Misra, North Carolina State University
    Haisheng Li, Rutgers University
    (1009-17-112)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Lattice vertex operator algebras, coalgebras and bialgebras.
    Keith Hubbard*, Stephen F. Austin State University
    (1009-81-181)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    $H_h$-(quantum) vertex algebras.
    Iana I Anguelova*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1009-81-189)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Multiparameter Bailey pairs and Rogers-Ramanujan-Slater type identities.
    Andrew V. Sills*, Rutgers University
    (1009-05-68)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Using $S_k$ orbits of $Z_n^k$ for computing type A tensor products.
    Omar D. Saldarriaga*, William Paterson University
    (1009-16-120)
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Special Functions and Orthogonal Polynomials: Theory and Applications, IV
  Room 104, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Diego Dominici, State University of New York at New Paltz dominicd@newpaltz.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    On the Bus Problem in Cuernevaca, Mexico.
    Jinho Baik, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    Alexei Borodin, Caltech
    Percy Deift*, Courant Institute, NYU
    Toufic Suidan, Courant Institute and UC Santa Cruz
    (1009-33-154)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Multiple Orthogonal Polynomials and a Counterexample to Gaudin Bethe Ansatz Conjecture.
    Alexander Varchenko*, UNC, Chapel Hill
    (1009-33-171)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Fourier Expansions of Complex Valued Modular Forms on Finite Upper Half Planes.
    Audrey A. Terras*, U. of Calif. at San Diego
    Anthony Shaheen, California State University at Los Angeles
    (1009-11-111)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Can a minimal degree 6 cubature rule for the disk have all points inside?
    Lawrence A Fialkow*, SUNY New Paltz
    (1009-33-48)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Asymptotic Zero Distributions for Polynomials from Combinatorics.
    Robert P. Boyer*, Department of Mathematics, Drexel University
    William M. Y. Goh, Department of Mathematics, Drexel University
    (1009-05-109)
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
  Special Session on Invariants of Graphs and Matroids, IV
  Room 203, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Gary Gordon, Lafayette College gordong@lafayette.edu
  Lorenzo Traldi, Lafayette College traldil@lafayette.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Ported alias Set-Pointed and Non-scalar Tutte Functions.
    Seth Chaiken*, Computer Science/University at Albany, SUNY
    (1009-05-125)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Integral graph coloring and affinographic hyperplane arrangements.
    David Forge, Universit\'e Paris-Sud
    Thomas Zaslavsky*, State University of New York at Binghamton
    (1009-05-13)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A Duality Relation for the Topological Tutte Polynomial.
    Joanna Anthony Ellis-Monaghan*, Saint Michael's College
    Irasema Sarmiento, CINEVESTAV, Mexico
    (1009-05-124)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The multivariate Tutte polynomial (alias Potts model) for graphs and matroids.
    Alan D. Sokal*, New York University
    (1009-05-16)
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Measurable, Symbolic, and Tiling Dynamical Systems, IV
  Room 106, Hegeman Hall
  Organizers:
  Natalie Priebe Frank, Vassar College nafrank@vassar.edu
  Samuel J. Lightwood, Western Connecticut State University lightwoods@wcsu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Multitowers, Conjugacy and Coding.
    V. S. Prasad*, University of Massachusetts Lowell,
    S Alpern, London School of Economics
    (1009-37-12)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Zero-entropy vertex maps for graphs.
    Chris Bernhardt*, Fairfield University
    (1009-37-90)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Good almost conjugacy for $G$-shifts of finite type.
    Andrew Dykstra*, University of Maryland, College Park
    (1009-37-188)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Subsystem Entropy for $\mathbb Z^d$ Sofic Systems.
    Angela Desai*, University of Maryland
    (1009-37-213)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Factoring higher-dimensional shifts of finite type onto the full shift.
    Kathleen Madden*, Drew University
    Aimee Johnson, Swarthmore College
    (1009-37-71)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Partition itineraries and a 2-dimensional version of Loch's theorem.
    Aimee S.A. Johnson*, Swarthmore College
    K. Dajani, University of Utrecht
    M. de Vries, Free University of Amsterdam
    (1009-37-173)
• Sunday October 9, 2005, 2:40 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Extremal and Probablistic Combinatorics, IV
  Room 204, Olin Hall
  Organizers:
  Benjamin Sudakov, Princeton University bsudakov@math.princeton.edu
  

  • 2:40 p.m.
    Giant component and Poisson Cloning Model.
    Jeong Han Kim*, Microsoft Research
    (1009-05-94)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Pairwise intersections and forbidden configurations.
    Richard Anstee, UBC
    Peter Keevash*, Caltech
    (1009-05-80)
  • 3:50 p.m.
    On the diameter of separated point sets with many nearly equal distances.
    Janos Pach, CUNY and NYU
    Rados Radoicic*, Rutgers University
    Jan Vondrak, Microsoft Research
    (1009-05-93)
  • 4:25 p.m.
    Random $\{0,1\}$ matrices.
    Van Vu*, UCSD and Rutgers University
    (1009-05-86)

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