AMS Sectional Meeting Full Program

Current as of Sunday, November 2, 2008 00:29:44

2008 Fall Southeastern Meeting
Huntsville, AL, October 24-26, 2008 (Friday - Sunday)
Meeting #1044

Friday October 24, 2008

• Friday October 24, 2008, 12:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
  Meeting Registration
  First Floor Foyer, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
• Friday October 24, 2008, 12:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
  Book Sale and Exhibit
  First Floor Foyer, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
• Friday October 24, 2008, 1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Geometry of groups, random walks, and polynomial maps over finite fields.
  Room 107, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Mark V. Sapir*, Vanderbilt University
  (1044-20-01)
• Friday October 24, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  Special Session on Homotopy Theory and Algebraic Topology, I
  Room 203, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Mark Behrens, Massachusetts Institute of Technology mbehrens@math.mit.edu
  Michael Hill, University of Virginia
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Homotopy classification of maps into homogeneous spaces.
    Sergiy Koshkin*, Northwestern University
    (1044-57-32)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Generlized orbifold Euler characteristics and cohomology.
    Christopher W Seaton*, Rhodes College
    Carla Farsi, University of Colorado at Boulder
    (1044-22-57)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On applications of the Berstein class.
    Yuli B Rudyak*, Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, 358 Little Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
    (1044-55-187)
• Friday October 24, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Inverse Limits and Their Applications, I
  Room 205, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Judy A. Kennedy, Lamar University kennedy9905@gmail.com
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Inverse limits with upper semi-continuous functions.
    William S. Mahavier*, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322
    W. T. Ingram, University of Missouri-Rolla, Missouri
    (1044-54-116)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Homeomorphisms of inverse limits.
    Brian E. Raines*, Baylor University
    Sonja Štimac, University of Zagreb
    James Keesling, University of Florida
    Louis Block, University of Florida
    (1044-54-226)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On Ingram's Conjecture.
    Sonja Stimac*, University of Zagreb, Croatia
    (1044-37-131)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Isotopies in Inverse Limit Spaces.
    James E Keesling*, University of Florida
    Louis Block, University of Florida
    Brian Raines, Baylor University
    Sonja Štimac, University of Zagreb
    (1044-37-157)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    SRB Measures for Inverse Limit Spaces.
    Judy A Kennedy, Lamar University
    Brian E Raines, Baylor University
    David R Stockman*, University of Delaware
    (1044-37-96)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Complexity of points of inhomogeneity in inverse limits of tent maps.
    Chris Good*, University of Birmingham, UK
    Brian Raines, Baylor University
    (1044-54-169)
• Friday October 24, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Set-Theoretic Topology, I
  Room 207, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Gary Gruenhage, Auburn University
  Peter J. Nyikos, University of South Carolina nyikos@math.sc.edu
  Robert M. Stephenson, Jr, University of South Carolina
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Spaces with $\sigma$-point-discrete weak bases.
    Chuan Liu*, Ohio University - Zanesville
    (1044-54-243)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Perfect images of spaces with a $\sigma$-weakly hereditarily closure preserving base.
    Dennis K Burke*, Miami University
    Sheldon W Davis, University of Texas at Tyler
    (1044-54-168)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Completeness, domain representability, and measurements.
    David Lutzer*, College of William and Mary
    (1044-54-89)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Characterization of a space topologized by functions from $\omega$ to $\omega$.
    Akira Iwasa*, University of South Carolina Beaufort
    (1044-54-171)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Conditions equivalent to having a one-point Stone-Čech remainder for Mrówka $\psi$-spaces.
    Jerry E Vaughan*, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    Alan Dow, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    (1044-54-165)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Functional countability and functional separability.
    Mikhail Matveev*, George Mason University
    Ronnie Levy, George Mason University
    (1044-54-46)
• Friday October 24, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Biology: Modeling, Analysis, and Simulations, I
  Room 109, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Jia Li, University of Alabama in Huntsville li@math.uah.edu
  Azmy S. Ackleh, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  Maia Martcheva, University of Florida
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Modeling the Development of Nascent Focal Adhesions as a First Step in Understanding the Beginning Stages of Cell Motility.
    Hannah L Callender*, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
    Hans G Othmer, University of Minnesota
    (1044-92-88)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On the role of age-targeted treatments in the evolution of drug resistant schistosome.
    Dashun Xu*, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
    Zhilan Feng, Purdue University
    (1044-37-45)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Random dispersal in a predator-prey-parasite model.
    Sophia R.-J. Jang*, Texas Tech University
    (1044-92-134)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    A Discrete-time Model for Synchronization of Egg-laying in Colonial Seabirds.
    Shandelle M. Henson*, Andrews University
    J. M. Cushing, University of Arizona
    James L. Hayward, Biology Department, Andrews University
    (1044-92-217)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Evolutionary consequences of predation for pathogens in prey.
    Maia Martcheva*, University of Florida
    (1044-92-43)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Mathematical Model For Optimal Use of Sulfadoxine Pyrimethane As A Temporary Malaria Vaccine.
    Abdul-Aziz Yakubu*, Howard University
    Bassidy Dembele, Howard University
    Avner Friedman, Ohio State University
    (1044-92-44)
• Friday October 24, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Dynamics and Applications of Differential Equations, I
  Room 105, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Wenzhang Huang, University of Alabama in Huntsville huangw@email.uah.edu
  Shangbing Ai, University of Alabama in Huntsville
  Weishi Liu, University of Kansas
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    An elementary and rigorous approach to a model problem of Lagerstrom in matched asymptotic expansions.
    Stuart Hastings*, University of Pittsburgh
    (1044-34-86)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Invariant manifold of dynamic spike solutions to a singular parabolic equation.
    Peter Bates, Michigan State University
    Kening Lu, Brigham Young University
    Chongchun Zeng*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1044-35-125)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Limit cycle bifurcations by perturbing a cuspidal loop in a Hamiltonian system.
    Maoan Han*, Shanghai Normal University
    Hong Zang, Shanghai Normal University
    Junmin Yang, Shanghai Normal University
    (1044-34-111)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On Elliptic Equations with Nonlinear Boundary Conditions.
    M. N. Nkashama*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (1044-35-196)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Dynamics in a modified mathematical model for malaria.
    Xingfu Zou*, University of Western Ontario
    Yanyu Xiao, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Western Ontario
    (1044-34-92)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Global stability of multigroup SEIR epidemic models with nonlinear incidence.
    Michael Y Li, University of Alberta
    Zhisheng Shuai*, University of Alberta
    (1044-34-208)
• Friday October 24, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Graph Theory, I
  Room 219, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Peter J. Slater, University of Alabama in Huntsville
  Grant Zhang, University of Alabama in Huntsville zhangg@email.uah.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Extremely Villainous Colorings.
    Robert R Rubalcaba*, United States Department of Defense
    Peter D Johnson, Jr., Auburn University
    (1044-05-225)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The open neighborhood locating-dominating set problem.
    Suk J. Seo*, Middle Tennessee State University
    Peter J. Slater, University of Alabama in Huntsville
    (1044-94-156)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    An upper bound for the restrained domination number of a graph with minimum degree at least two in terms of order and minimum degree.
    Johannes H Hattingh*, Georgia State University
    (1044-05-223)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Progress on the inverse domination number problem.
    Peter Johnson, Auburn University
    David Prier*, Auburn University
    Matthew Walsh, Indiana University/Purdue University, Fort Wayne
    (1044-05-31)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Discussion.
• Friday October 24, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Operator Theory and Partial Differential Equations, I
  Room 103, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Claudio H. Morales, University of Alabama in Huntsville morales@math.uah.edu
  Pei-Kee Lin, University of Memphis
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Quantization phenomenon for a Liouville system.
    Chang-shou Lin, National Taiwan University
    Lei Zhang*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (1044-35-41)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Bubbles tend to the boundary.
    Jeff Baker, Southern Company
    Michael Loss, Georgia Insitute of Technology
    Gunter Stolz*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (1044-35-82)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    An Algorithm for Corona Solutions (with Bounds) for $H^{\infty}(D)$.
    Tavan T Trent*, University of Alabama
    (1044-47-75)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On an Schrödinger Equation involving critical Sobolev exponents and its Quasi-linear Variation.
    Henghui Zou*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (1044-35-98)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Mathematical aspects of the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer equation of superfluidity.
    Christian Hainzl*, Department of Mathematics, UAB
    (1044-81-59)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Zero-range model of p-scattering by a potential well.
    Y. Karpeshina*, UAB
    (1044-35-178)
• Friday October 24, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Mechanics, Control, and Integrability, I
  Room 158, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Anthony M. Bloch, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  Dmitry Zenkov, North Carolina State University dvzenkov@ncsu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Optimal Control and Hamiltonian Dynamics.
    D J Scheeres*, University of Colorado at Boulder
    Chandeok Park, Naval Postgraduate School
    V Guibout, MBDA-Paris
    A Bloch, University of Michigan
    (1044-49-149)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Optimal Control Problems and Geodesics on Quadratic Matrix Lie Groups.
    Peter Crouch, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa
    Nikolaj Nordkvist*, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa
    (1044-49-144)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Hamiltonization aspects of nonholonomic systems.
    Tom Mestdag*, Ghent University, Belgium
    (1044-70-68)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The Boltzmann-Hamel Equations for the Optimal Control of Mechanical Systems with Nonholonomic Constraints.
    Jared M Maruskin*, San Jose State University
    Anthony M. Bloch, University of Michigan
    (1044-49-216)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Discussion.
• Friday October 24, 2008, 5:30 p.m.-6:20 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Spinning rods, microfluidics, and propulsion by cilia in biological systems.
  Room 107, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Roberto Camassa*, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  (1044-76-04)

Saturday October 25, 2008

• Saturday October 25, 2008, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Meeting Registration
  First Floor Foyer, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Book Sale and Exhibit
  First Floor Foyer, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Applied Probability
  Room 158, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Moonyu Park, University of Alabama in Huntsville mp0002@email.uah.edu
  Boris Kunin, University of Alabama in Huntsville
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Discussion.
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Density Estimation Using Pseudo Monte Carlo Method With Applications.
    Xiaoping A. Shen*, Ohio University
    Haibo He, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
    Yuan Cao, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
    (1044-65-221)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Probabilistic models in the quantum mechanics of disordered media.
    Gunter Stolz*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (1044-82-220)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Fitting geometric curves in Errors-In-Variables models.
    Nikolai Chernov*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Ali Al-Sharadqah, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (1044-62-159)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Renormalizing Operator-Stable Lagrangian Velocities for Microbial Dynamics Simulations.
    Moongyu Park*, University of Alabama in Huntsville
    (1044-82-251)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A probabilistic model for slow crack propagation.
    Boris I Kunin*, University of Alabama in Huntsville
    (1044-60-145)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  Special Session on Homotopy Theory and Algebraic Topology, II
  Room 203, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Mark Behrens, Massachusetts Institute of Technology mbehrens@math.mit.edu
  Michael Hill, University of Virginia
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    From multicategories of permutative categories to multicategories of $S$-modules.
    Vigleik Angeltveit*, University of Chicago
    J Peter May, University of Chicago
    (1044-55-127)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Using Postnikov towers to form iterated homotopy fixed point spectra.
    Daniel G. Davis*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1044-55-174)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Stabilization of Homotopy Limits.
    Eric Lee Finster*, University of Virginia
    (1044-55-205)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Inverse Limits and Their Applications, II
  Room 205, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Judy A. Kennedy, Lamar University kennedy9905@gmail.com
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Subdivisions and Transgressive Chains.
    Jer-Chin Chuang*, Duke University
    (1044-57-52)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Adding Machines and Endpoints.
    Leslie B. Jones*, Baylor University
    (1044-54-104)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Recovering an Indecomposable Continuum from its Composant Equivalence Relation.
    David Ryden*, Baylor University
    (1044-54-192)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Inverse Limits of Compact Hausdorff Spaces with Upper Semi-Continuous Bonding Maps.
    Alexander Cornelius*, Baylor University
    (1044-54-137)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Inverse Limits with Set Valued Functions.
    Van C. Nall*, University of Richmond
    (1044-54-90)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Inverse limits of inverse sequences of unit intervals and upper semi-continuous multivalued bonding functions.
    Iztok Banic*, Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Mechanics
    (1044-37-176)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Set-Theoretic Topology, II
  Room 207, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Gary Gruenhage, Auburn University
  Peter J. Nyikos, University of South Carolina nyikos@math.sc.edu
  Robert M. Stephenson, Jr, University of South Carolina
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    an update on differentiability as continuity.
    David Gauld, University of Auckland, New Zealand
    Frederic Mynard*, Georgia Southern University
    (1044-54-133)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A theory of convergence and cluster points based on $\kappa$-nets.
    Richard E. Hodel*, Duke University
    (1044-54-138)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On L*-spaces.
    Wladyslaw Kulpa, Card. Wyszynski University, Warsaw, and Silesian University, Katowice
    Andrzej Szymanski*, Slippery Rock University
    (1044-54-115)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Minimal Size of Basic Families.
    Ziqin Feng*, Universtiy of Pittsburgh
    (1044-54-97)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Open Ultrafilters that are Regular.
    Nathan Carlson, University of Arizona
    Jack Porter*, University of Kansas
    (1044-54-95)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Topological Algebraic Structure on R with The Density Topology.
    Robert W. Heath*, University Of Pittsburgh
    Thomas J. Poerio, University of Pittsburgh
    (1044-54-135)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Biology: Modeling, Analysis, and Simulations, II
  Room 109, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Jia Li, University of Alabama in Huntsville li@math.uah.edu
  Azmy S. Ackleh, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  Maia Martcheva, University of Florida
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Modeling HIV outbreaks: The Male to Female Prevalence Ratio in the Core Population.
    James A. Yorke*, Univ. of Maryland
    (1044-34-126)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Dynamics and implications of some models of hepatitis B virus infection.
    Yang Kuang*, Arizona State University
    (1044-92-49)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Finite difference approximation for a nonlinear juvenile-adult population model with age-size structure.
    Azmy S Ackleh*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Keng Deng, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Qihua Huang, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1044-92-202)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    An Integer-Valued SIR Model With Square-Root Dynamics.
    Ronald E. Mickens*, Clark Atlanta University
    (1044-34-30)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Periodically forced models with Allee effect.
    Saber N Elaydi*, Trinity University
    (1044-39-119)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Semigroups of Maps and Periodic Difference Equations.
    Robert J. Sacker*, University of Southern California
    (1044-37-56)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Dynamics and Applications of Differential Equations, II
  Room 105, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Wenzhang Huang, University of Alabama in Huntsville huangw@email.uah.edu
  Shangbing Ai, University of Alabama in Huntsville
  Weishi Liu, University of Kansas
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Oscillations and Multiscale Dynamics in a Closed Chemical Reaction System.
    Yingfei Yi*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1044-34-180)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Exact Solutions and Theire Dynamics of Traveling Waves in Three Typical Nonlinear Wave Equations.
    Jibin Li*, Zhejiang Normal University/Kunming University of Science and Technology
    Yi Zhang, Zhejiang Normal University
    Guanrong Chen, City University of Hong Kong
    (1044-35-130)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A nonresonance condition for boundary value problems.
    James Robert Ward*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (1044-34-199)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Differential Equation Models of Immune Response to HTLV-I Infection of CD4 T Cells.
    Michael Y Li*, University of Alberta
    (1044-34-246)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Bifurcations in a schistosomiasis model with delay in snail infections.
    H. Zhu*, York University
    (1044-37-245)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Exponential Analysis of Solutions of Differential Equations with Unbounded Terms.
    Youssef Naim Raffoul*, University of Dayton
    (1044-34-63)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  Special Session on Gaussian Analysis and Stochastic Partial Differential Equations, I
  Room 050, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Davar Khoshnevisan, University of Utah davar@math.utah.edu
  Dongsheng Wu, University of Alabama in Huntsville
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Smoothness Properties of Measures Induced by Stochastic Differential Equations in Hilbert Space.
    Fariborz Asadian*, Fort Valley State University
    (1044-60-35)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Stochastic partial differential equations with fractal noise.
    Michael Hinz*, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
    Martina Zähle, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
    (1044-60-38)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Fractional Cauchy problems.
    Erkan Nane*, Auburn University
    (1044-60-58)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Applications of PDEs and ODEs (in honor of Karen Ames), I
  Room 121, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Suzanne M. Lenhart, University of Tennessee, Knoxville lenhart@math.utk.edu
  Philip W. Schaefer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Energy and Pointwise Bounds in Some Non-Standard Parabolic Problems.
    Philip W. Schaefer*, University of Tennessee
    (1044-35-22)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On increasing stability of the continuation and in inverse problems for elliptic partial differential equations.
    Victor Isakov*, Wichita State University
    (1044-35-60)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Positive Solutions for $n\times n$ Elliptic Systems with Combined Nonlinear Effects.
    Jaffar Ali Shahul Hameed*, Florida Gulf Coast University
    Ken Brown, Heriott-Watt University
    Ratnasingham Shivaji, Mississippi State University
    (1044-35-18)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Optimal boundary control of a time dependent thermistor problem.
    Volodymyr Hrynkiv*, University of Houston-Downtown
    Suzanne Lenhart, University of Tennessee
    Vladimir Protopopescu, Computational Sciences and Engineering Division, ORNL
    (1044-49-26)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Simple Malaria Transmission Models with Stage-Structured Mosquito Populations and Backward Bifurcation.
    Jia Li*, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899
    (1044-92-40)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Optimal Control of Growth Coefficient on a Steady State Population Model.
    Wandi Ding*, Middle Tennessee State University
    Heather Finotti, University of Tennessee
    Suzanne Lenhart, University of Tennessee
    Yuan Lou, Ohio State University
    Yuquan Ye, Shanghai University of Economics and Finance
    (1044-49-11)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Operator Theory and Partial Differential Equations, II
  Room 103, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Claudio H. Morales, University of Alabama in Huntsville morales@math.uah.edu
  Pei-Kee Lin, University of Memphis
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Nonlinear convective stability of traveling fronts near Turing and Hopf instabilities.
    Anna Ghazaryan*, University of Kansas, Lawrence KS
    Margaret Beck, Brown University
    Bjorn Sandstede, Brown University
    (1044-35-142)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Change in Electric Potential due to Lightning.
    Beyza Caliskan Aslan*, University of North Forida
    William Hager, University of Florida
    (1044-35-184)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Multiple Existence of Nonradial Positive Solutions for a Coupled Nonlinear Schrödinger System.
    Norimichi Hirano*, Professor/Yokohama National University
    (1044-35-120)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Common Fixed Points of Commuting Maps.
    W. A. Kirk*, University of Iowa
    (1044-47-36)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Uniform normal structure is equivalent to the Jaggi* uniform fixed point property.
    Eduardo Castillo Santos, University of Newcastle
    Chris Lennard*, University of Pittsburgh
    Brailey Sims, University of Newcastle
    (1044-46-183)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Kadison-Singer Problem in Mathematics and Engineering.
    Peter G. Casazza*, University of Missouri
    (1044-47-29)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  Special Session on Random Matrices, I
  Room 150, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Leonard N. Choup, University of Alabama in Huntsville lnc0002@uah.edu
  Jack Silverstein, North Carolina State University
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    On the Limiting Shape of Random Young Tableaux for Markovian Words.
    Christian Houdre, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Trevis Litherland*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1044-60-121)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The correspondence between different approaches to derivation of PDE for random matrix gap probabilities and orthogonal functions.
    Igor Rumanov*, University of California at Davis
    (1044-60-201)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Edgeworth Expansion of the Probability Distribution of the Largest Eigenvalue from GSE.
    Leonard Choup*, University of Alabama in Huntsville
    (1044-60-242)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Wishart distributions for decomposable graphs.
    Helene Massam*, York University
    (1044-62-231)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Graph Theory, II
  Room 219, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Peter J. Slater, University of Alabama in Huntsville
  Grant Zhang, University of Alabama in Huntsville zhangg@email.uah.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Some Curious Graph Definitions.
    D G Hoffman*, Auburn University
    (1044-05-224)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Some results on $\lambda_x$-invertible graphs.
    John Georges, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
    David Mauro, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
    Yan Wang*, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
    (1044-05-193)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Average Order of a Subtree of a Tree.
    A. Vince, University of Florida
    H. Wang*, Georgia Southern University
    (1044-05-151)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    $\mathcal{R}$-Parametric Chains.
    Anne C Sinko*, Oberlin College
    Peter J. Slater, University of Alabama in Huntsville
    (1044-05-203)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The paranoid watchman: a search problem on graphs.
    Janet Dalzell, Ivy Tech Community College
    C. David Leach, University of West Georgia
    Matthew Walsh*, Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne
    (1044-05-204)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Probability on Discrete and Algebraic Structures, I
  Room 216, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Kyle T. Siegrist, University of Alabama in Huntsville siegrist@math.uah.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    On the square dependence problem.
    Ernie Croot*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1044-11-181)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Random clusters and selfdecomposability.
    Jerzy Szulga*, Dept. of Math. and Stats., Auburn University, Auburn, AL
    (1044-60-173)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A Path Guessing Game on Graphs, with Applications to the Lying Oracle Problem.
    Marcus Pendergrass*, Hampden-Sydney College
    (1044-60-164)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    An introduction to Markovian image models.
    Bruce W Atkinson*, Samford University
    (1044-60-84)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Monochromatic boxes in colored grids.
    Joshua N Cooper*, University of South Carolina
    Semmy Purewal, University of South Carolina
    Stephen Fenner, University of South Carolina
    (1044-05-76)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  Session for Contributed Papers
  Room 218, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    A Finite Family of $q$-Orthogonal Polynomials.
    Jemal E Gishe*, Western Kentucky University
    Mourad Ismail, University of Central Florida
    (1044-33-47)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Minimum Degree Conditions for Subdivision Extensions and Pan-$H$-linked Graphs.
    Michael Ferrara, University of Akron
    Colton Magnant, Lehigh University
    Jeffrey Powell*, Samford University
    (1044-05-211)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    A Theoretical Study of a Self Guided Light Beam with a Non-Local Potential.
    Sihon H. Crutcher*, US Army Research, Development, & Engineering Command, Applied Sensors, Guidance, and Electronics Directorate
    Albert J. Osei, Oakwood University
    (1044-35-206)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Vertex operator algebras and integrable system.
    Shr-Jing Chen*, Rutgers University
    (1044-47-85)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Topologies from Semigroup Actions.
    Bettina Richmond*, Western Kentucky University
    (1044-54-233)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Domain decomposition method for solving parabolic partial differential equations.
    Younbae Jun*, University of West Alabama
    (1044-65-248)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Mathematical Analysis of HIV Models with Treatment.
    Liancheng Wang*, Kennesaw State University
    (1044-37-213)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 11:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  Invited Address
  Variational Principles and Nonholonomic Dynamics.
  Room 107, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Anthony Michael Bloch*, University of Michigan
  (1044-34-02)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Congruences amongst modular forms and the stable homotopy groups of spheres.
  Room 107, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Mark Behrens*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  (1044-55-03)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
  Special Session on Homotopy Theory and Algebraic Topology, III
  Room 203, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Mark Behrens, Massachusetts Institute of Technology mbehrens@math.mit.edu
  Michael Hill, University of Virginia
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    On the Tate spectrum of $tmf$ at the prime 2.
    Scott M Bailey*, University of Rochester
    (1044-55-114)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Homology of topological modular forms.
    Paul Thomas Pearson*, University of Rochester
    (1044-55-182)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Topological modular forms and Igusa tower.
    Valentina Joukhovitski*, University of Michigan
    (1044-55-250)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Inverse Limits and Their Applications, III
  Room 205, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Judy A. Kennedy, Lamar University kennedy9905@gmail.com
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Inverse limits and trees.
    H. Murat Tuncali*, Nipissing University
    (1044-54-185)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Entropy of shift maps of the pseudo-arc.
    Christopher Garrett Mouron*, Rhodes College
    (1044-54-140)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Continuous Images of Arcs: Extensions of Cornette's Theorem.
    D. Daniel*, Lamar University
    J. Nikiel, Opole University
    L. B. Treybig, Texas A&M University
    M. Tuncali, Nipissing University
    E. D. Tymchatyn, University of Saskatchewan
    (1044-54-146)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Period-doubling cascades in systems having generic bifurcations.
    James A. Yorke*, University of Maryland
    (1044-37-108)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Set-Theoretic Topology, III
  Room 207, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Gary Gruenhage, Auburn University
  Peter J. Nyikos, University of South Carolina nyikos@math.sc.edu
  Robert M. Stephenson, Jr, University of South Carolina
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Forcing and non-trivial copies of $\beta\omega\setminus\omega$.
    Alan Dow*, UNC Charlotte
    (1044-54-189)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On a strengthening of separability.
    Angelo Bella, University of Catania, Italy
    Maddalena Bonanzinga, University of Messina, Italy
    Mikhail V. Matveev, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
    Vladimir V Tkachuk*, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico
    (1044-54-67)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Monotone versions of Lindelöf-type properties.
    Maddalena Bonanzinga*, Department of Mathematics, University of Messina, Italy
    Mikhail Matveev, George Mason University
    (1044-54-48)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Construction of a non $D$-space with large extent from $\diamondsuit^+$.
    Tetsuya Ishiu*, Miami University
    (1044-54-124)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On (strong) $\alpha$-favorability of the Wijsman hyperspace.
    Laszlo Zsilinszky*, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
    (1044-54-194)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Bivariate Markov kernels and selections.
    Alexander Shibakov*, Tennessee Technological University
    (1044-54-198)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Biology: Modeling, Analysis, and Simulations, III
  Room 109, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Jia Li, University of Alabama in Huntsville li@math.uah.edu
  Azmy S. Ackleh, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  Maia Martcheva, University of Florida
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    A Model for Hormonal Control of the Menstrual Cycle: Structural Integrity but Sensitivity with Regard to Data.
    James F Selgrade*, Department of Mathematics and Biomathematics Program
    Leona A Harris, Department of Mathematics
    Drew Pasteur, Department of Mathematics
    (1044-92-103)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Towards a Model of a Viral Quasispecies.
    T V Kostova*, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    (1044-92-117)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Emerging Paradigms in Modeling the Spread of Epidemics.
    James M Hyman*, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    (1044-92-83)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Multi-strain virus dynamics with mutations: A global analysis.
    Patrick De Leenheer, University of Florida
    Sergei S Pilyugin*, University of Florida
    (1044-92-99)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Spectral bound and reproduction number for infinite dimensional population structure and time heterogeneity.
    Horst R. Thieme*, Arizona State University
    (1044-92-69)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Evolutionary reversals in competitive interactions: experimental occurrences and model explanations using Darwinian dynamics.
    J. M. Cushing*, Department of Mathematics & Interdisciplinary Program in Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona
    Robert F Costantino, Ecology/Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
    Rosalyn Rael, Interdisciplinary Program in Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona
    Thomas L Vincent, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona
    (1044-92-51)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Graph Decompositions
  Room 218, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Robert A. Beeler, East Tennessee State University beelerr@mail.etsu.edu
  Robert B. Gardner, East Tennessee State University
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Triple Systems from Graph Decompositions.
    Robert B. Gardner*, East Tennessee State University
    (1044-05-143)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Intersection Graphs of Star Packings in Subdivided Multigraphs.
    Robert E. Jamison*, University of Haifa
    (1044-05-77)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Automorphic Decompositions of Graphs.
    Robert A. Beeler*, East Tennessee State University
    Robert E. Jamison, Clemson University
    (1044-05-25)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Cycle Systems - Some recent progress.
    Chris Rodger*, Auburn University
    (1044-05-24)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Partitioning cyclic groups into cosets of different subgroups.
    Saad El Zanati, Illinois State University
    Peter Johnson*, Auburn University
    Wenhau Zhao, Illinois State University
    (1044-05-14)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Current work on variations of the Oberwolfach problem.
    S H Holliday*, Southern Polytechnic State University
    (1044-05-08)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    On Rosa-type labelings and cyclic graph decompositions.
    Saad El-Zanati*, Illinois State University
    (1044-05-07)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Dynamics and Applications of Differential Equations, III
  Room 105, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Wenzhang Huang, University of Alabama in Huntsville huangw@email.uah.edu
  Shangbing Ai, University of Alabama in Huntsville
  Weishi Liu, University of Kansas
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Chaotic behavior in nonautonomous equations without any time periodicity.
    Kening Lu*, Brigham Young University
    Qiudong Wang, University of Arizona
    (1044-34-229)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Two Species Competition Systems with Different Dispersal Strategies.
    Chiu-Yen Kao, Ohio State University
    Yuan Lou, Ohio State University
    Wenxian Shen*, Auburn University
    (1044-35-102)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Trajectory Attractors for a Class of Functional Reaction-Diffusion Problems.
    Georg Hetzer*, Auburn University
    (1044-35-106)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Viscous standing asymptotic states of isentropic compressible flows through a nozzle.
    John M. Hong, National Central University, Taiwan
    Cheng-hsiung Hsu*, National Central University, Taiwan
    Liu Weishi, University of Kansas
    (1044-35-123)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Local semiflows for Kurzweil equations leading to LaSalle Invariance Principle for non-autonomous retarded systems with impulses.
    Everaldo M. Bonotto, Universidade de Sao Paulo
    Marcia Federson*, Universidade de Sao Paulo
    Stefan Schwabik, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
    (1044-39-10)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Effects of some turning points on global dynamics.
    Weishi Liu*, University of Kansas
    (1044-34-139)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-6:10 p.m.
  Special Session on Gaussian Analysis and Stochastic Partial Differential Equations, II
  Room 050, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Davar Khoshnevisan, University of Utah davar@math.utah.edu
  Dongsheng Wu, University of Alabama in Huntsville
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Self-intersection local time of the fractional Brownian motion.
    David Nualart*, The University of Kansas
    (1044-60-15)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Large deviations for local and intersection local times of fractional Brownian motions.
    Xia Chen*, University of Tennessee
    (1044-60-13)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Self-intersections of Gaussian random fields.
    Dongsheng Wu, University of Alabama in Huntsville
    Yimin Xiao*, Michigan State University
    (1044-60-23)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Local times and Gaussian processes.
    Wenbo Li*, University of Delaware
    (1044-60-200)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Graph Theory, III
  Room 219, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Peter J. Slater, University of Alabama in Huntsville
  Grant Zhang, University of Alabama in Huntsville zhangg@email.uah.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    On graphs and codes.
    Gretchen L. Matthews*, Clemson University
    (1044-05-175)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Long Cycles in 4-connected Graphs.
    Guantao Chen*, Georgia State University
    Zhiquan Hu, Central China Normal University
    Yaping Wu, Central China Normal University
    (1044-05-154)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On the upper bound for the Turán density of $K^r_{r+1}$.
    Linyuan Lu, University of South Carolina
    Yi Zhao*, Georgia State University
    (1044-05-147)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Recent Results on Saturation Numbers.
    Ronald J. Gould*, Emory University
    (1044-05-101)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Path Spectrum Sets.
    Ralph Faudree*, University of Memphis
    (1044-05-42)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Discussion.
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Applications of PDEs and ODEs (in honor of Karen Ames), II
  Room 121, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Suzanne M. Lenhart, University of Tennessee, Knoxville lenhart@math.utk.edu
  Philip W. Schaefer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Optimal Control of Kuramoto Oscillators.
    Rachel N. Leander*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    (1044-34-78)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Optimal Control Study of Neuroblastoma.
    K. Renee Fister*, Murray State University
    Craig Collins, Murray State University
    Molly Williams, Murray State University
    (1044-34-12)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A mathematical model for cell signaling and endothelial migration in a living zebra fish embryos.
    Khalid Boushaba*, Department of Mathematics
    J. Essner, Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
    H. A. Levine, Department of Mathematics
    (1044-35-39)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Measure-valued Solutions for a Kinetic Model of Cell Movement in Network Tissues.
    Thomas Hillen, Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
    Peter Hinow*, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
    Zhian Wang, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
    (1044-35-34)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Optimal Control of an ODE Model for Rabies in Raccoons with a Birth Pulse.
    Tim Clayton*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    (1044-34-64)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    On Bean's critical state model for superconductors.
    Frank Jochmann*, Berlin, Germany
    (1044-35-113)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Operator Theory and Partial Differential Equations, III
  Room 103, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Claudio H. Morales, University of Alabama in Huntsville morales@math.uah.edu
  Pei-Kee Lin, University of Memphis
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    On a notion of category depending on a functional and an application to a perturbed Hamiltonian system.
    Marlene Frigon*, University of Montreal
    (1044-58-100)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    There is an equivalent norm of $\ell_1$ that has the fixed point property for nonexpansive mappings.
    Pei-Kee Lin*, University of Memphis, Memphis TN 38152
    (1044-47-37)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Semigroups Generated by Pseudo-contractive Mappings Under the Nagumo Condition.
    C. Anthony Hester*, Huntsville, AL
    (1044-47-62)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The Leray-Schauder condition for continuous pseudo-contractive mappings.
    Claudio H. Morales*, The University of AlabamaD in Huntsville
    (1044-47-230)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On the Principle of Optimality.
    Jinlu Li*, Shawnee State University
    (1044-90-222)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Discussion.
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Mechanics, Control, and Integrability, II
  Room 158, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Anthony M. Bloch, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  Dmitry Zenkov, North Carolina State University dvzenkov@ncsu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Communication by Means of Controlled Dynamical System Motions.
    J. Baillieul*, Boston University
    (1044-93-195)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On the semiclassical limit of the sine-Gordon equation.
    Peter D Miller*, University of Michigan
    (1044-35-110)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Local error analysis of variational integrators.
    George W. Patrick*, University of Saskatchewan
    (1044-70-160)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Discrete Dirac Structures and Variational Discrete Dirac Mechanics.
    Melvin Leok*, Purdue University
    Tomoki Ohsawa, University of Michigan
    (1044-53-158)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Stability of Relative Equilibria of Nonholonomic Integrators.
    Cameron Lynch, North Carolina State University
    Dmitry Zenkov*, North Carolina State University
    (1044-70-210)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Probability on Discrete and Algebraic Structures, II
  Room 216, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Kyle T. Siegrist, University of Alabama in Huntsville siegrist@math.uah.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Constant rate distributions on partially ordered sets.
    Kyle Siegrist*, University of Alabama in Huntsville
    (1044-60-71)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Thermodynamic limit for random plane trees.
    Yuri Bakhtin*, Georgia Tech
    (1044-60-70)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Some discrete structures underlying Dawson-Watanabe superprocesses.
    Olav Kallenberg*, Auburn University
    (1044-60-65)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Markovian Arrival Processes and Applications in Queueing Systems.
    Patrick P. Wang*, University of Alabama
    Minqing Gong, Guizhou University
    (1044-60-55)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Random Matrices, II
  Room 150, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Leonard N. Choup, University of Alabama in Huntsville lnc0002@uah.edu
  Jack Silverstein, North Carolina State University
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Universality of the Toda lattice for integrable hierarchies.
    Yuji Kodama, The Ohio State University
    Virgil U Pierce*, The University of Texas -- Pan American
    (1044-35-118)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Asymptotics of large random strict plane partitions and generalized MacMahon's formula.
    Mirjana Vuletic*, California Institute of Technology
    (1044-60-209)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Discussion.
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The Fluctuations of Kesten's Law.
    James A. Mingo*, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
    (1044-60-152)
• Saturday October 25, 2008, 4:30 p.m.-6:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Applications of Topology to Dynamical Systems, I
  Room 205, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  John C. Mayer, University of Alabama at Birmingham mayer@math.uab.edu
  Lex G. Oversteegen, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  

  • 4:30 p.m.
    Continuum theory found in dynamical systems.
    James T. Rogers, Jr.*, Tulane University
    (1044-37-214)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Fixed points in non-invariant plane continua.
    Lex G Oversteegen*, UAB
    Alexander M Blokh, UAB
    (1044-54-234)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Fatou-Douady-Hubbard-Shishikura inequality and wandering ray-continua.
    A. Blokh*, UAB
    D. Childers, UAB
    Lex Oversteegen, UAB
    D. Schleicher, Jacobs University
    G. Levin, Hebrew University
    (1044-37-239)
  • 6:00 p.m.
    Buried points in Julia sets.
    John C. Mayer*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Clinton P. Curry, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (1044-37-215)

Sunday October 26, 2008

• Sunday October 26, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
  Special Session on Homotopy Theory and Algebraic Topology, IV
  Room 203, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Mark Behrens, Massachusetts Institute of Technology mbehrens@math.mit.edu
  Michael Hill, University of Virginia
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Homological symbols and the Quillen conjecture.
    Marian F Anton*, University of Kentucky
    (1044-19-80)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The $\ell$-adic $K$-theory of a $p$-local field.
    Grace K. Lyo*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1044-19-207)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Periodicity in deformation K-theory.
    Daniel A Ramras*, Vanderbilt University
    (1044-19-136)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Algebraic $K$-theory of the dual numbers.
    Vigleik Angeltveit, University of Chicago
    Teena Gerhardt*, Indiana University
    Lars Hesselholt, Nagoya University
    (1044-19-190)
• Sunday October 26, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Inverse Limits and Their Applications, IV
  Room 205, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Judy A. Kennedy, Lamar University kennedy9905@gmail.com
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    External Composants.
    R Patrick Vernon*, Rhodes College
    (1044-54-81)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Loops near inverse limits of trees.
    Piotr Minc*, Auburn University
    (1044-54-91)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Invariant scrambled sets and interval maps.
    Piotr Oprocha*, AGH University of Science and Technology
    (1044-37-73)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Applications of the Bellamy-Lewis theorem on the two-point compactification of the infinite cover of the pseudo-circle.
    Krystyna M Kuperberg*, Auburn University
    Kevin Gammon, Auburn University
    (1044-54-53)
• Sunday October 26, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Set-Theoretic Topology, IV
  Room 207, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Gary Gruenhage, Auburn University
  Peter J. Nyikos, University of South Carolina nyikos@math.sc.edu
  Robert M. Stephenson, Jr, University of South Carolina
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    An Extension of the Closed Graph Theorem for Separately Continuous Functions.
    Zbigniew Piotrowski*, Youngstown State University
    Eric J. Wingler, Youngstown State University
    (1044-54-148)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On the existence of nonmetric hereditarily indecomposable subcontinua of $(\mbox{Souslin line}) \times X$.
    Michel Smith*, Auburn University
    (1044-54-186)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Relating the Product and Union of Pairs of Metric Spaces in Terms of Dimension.
    John S Kulesza*, George Mason University
    (1044-54-236)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    $n$ but not $n+1$-resolvable Tychonoff expansions.
    Wis Comfort, Wesleyan University
    Wanjun Hu*, Albany State University (GA)
    (1044-54-66)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Coconnected Spaces and Cleavability.
    Derrick Dion Stover*, Ohio University
    (1044-54-72)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The discrete charme of some Baire spaces.
    Santi Spadaro*, Auburn University
    (1044-54-161)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Simplistic and Efimov Spaces.
    Roberto Pichardo Mendoza*, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    Alan Dow, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    (1044-54-249)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    The Polish Group Topology on the Unitary Group is Unique.
    Alexandru Gabriel Atim*, University of South Carolina Lancaster
    Robert R Kallman, University of North Texas
    (1044-22-219)
• Sunday October 26, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Biology: Modeling, Analysis, and Simulations, IV
  Room 109, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Jia Li, University of Alabama in Huntsville li@math.uah.edu
  Azmy S. Ackleh, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  Maia Martcheva, University of Florida
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Comparing the Dynamics of Stochastic Population Models.
    Linda J.S. Allen*, Texas Tech University
    Amy Ekanayake, Texas Tech University
    (1044-92-50)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A Nonautonomous Juvenile-Adult Model: Well-Posedness and Long-Time Behavior via a Comparison Principle.
    Azmy S. Ackleh, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Keng Deng*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1044-35-105)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Systemically modeling the dynamics of plasma insulin in subcutaneous injection of insulin analogues for type 1 diabetes.
    Jiaxu Li*, University of Louisville
    Yang Kuang, Arizona State University
    (1044-92-167)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Some remarks on traveling wave solutions in competition models.
    Bingtuan Li*, University of Louisville
    (1044-92-170)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Effects of Human Movement on the Persistence of Vector-Borne Diseases.
    C. Cosner, University of Miami
    J. C. Beier, University of Miami
    R. S. Cantrell, University of Miami
    D. Impoinval, University of Miami
    L. Kapitanski, University of Miami
    M. D. Potts, University of California at Berkeley
    A. Troyo, Universidad de Costa Rica
    S. Ruan*, University of Miami
    (1044-92-191)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Optimal Control of Vector-Borne Diseases: Treatment and Prevention.
    Kbenesh W. Blayneh*, Florida A&M University
    Yanzhao Cao, Auburn University
    Hee-Dae Kwon, Inha University, Incheon, Korea
    (1044-92-188)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Optimal Control in an Epidemic Model of Rabies in Raccoons.
    Suzanne Lenhart*, University of Tennessee
    (1044-92-19)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    A Mathematical Model for the Dynamics of West Nile Virus with Corvids and Non-corvids.
    Huaiping Zhu*, York University
    (1044-00-244)
• Sunday October 26, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Dynamics and Applications of Differential Equations, IV
  Room 105, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Wenzhang Huang, University of Alabama in Huntsville huangw@email.uah.edu
  Shangbing Ai, University of Alabama in Huntsville
  Weishi Liu, University of Kansas
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Heteroclinic solutions of a singularly perturbed Hamiltonian system representing anisotropic crystalline phase interfaces in alloys.
    Stephen Schecter*, North Carolina State University
    Christos Sourdis, Universidad de Chile
    (1044-34-212)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Traveling Wave Solutions of a Model of Liquid/Vapor Phase Transition.
    Xiao-Biao Lin*, North Carolina State University
    (1044-35-87)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Bifurcations in diffusive predator-prey systems.
    Junping Shi*, College of William and Mary
    (1044-35-93)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Traveling Wave Solutions of Delayed Lattice Differential System in Lotka-Volterra Type.
    Ting-Hui Yang*, Tamkang University, Tamsui Taipei County, Taiwan.
    Cheng-Hsiung Hsu, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan.
    (1044-37-150)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Asymptotic Behaviors of a Class of N-Laplacian Neumann Problems with Large Diffusion.
    Chunshan Zhao*, Georgia Southern University
    (1044-35-09)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Method of Green's functions and MAC solutions.
    Igor Neygebauer*, National University of Rwanda
    (1044-35-33)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Traveling Waves for a Model in Phytopathology.
    Shangbing Ai*, University of Alabama in Huntsville
    (1044-34-132)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Traveling waves for a model of microbial flow reactor with multiple competing species.
    Wenzhang Huang*, University of Alabama in Huntsville
    (1044-34-227)
• Sunday October 26, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
  Special Session on Gaussian Analysis and Stochastic Partial Differential Equations, III
  Room 050, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Davar Khoshnevisan, University of Utah davar@math.utah.edu
  Dongsheng Wu, University of Alabama in Huntsville
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Stochastic Volatility Model and Technical Analysis of Stock Price.
    Weian Zheng*, UC Irvine
    Wei Liu, ECNU, Shanghai, China
    (1044-60-20)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Stochastic Shell models and related topics.
    Hakima Bessaih*, University of Wyoming
    Franco Flandoli, University of Pisa, Italy
    Edriss S Titi, university of California at Irvine and Weizman Institute (Israel)
    (1044-60-17)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Intermittence and nonlinear parabolic stochastic partial differential equations.
    Mohammud Foondun*, University of Utah
    (1044-60-129)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    A change of variable formula with Itô correction term.
    Jason Swanson*, University of Central Florida
    (1044-60-21)
• Sunday October 26, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Operator Theory and Partial Differential Equations, IV
  Room 103, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Claudio H. Morales, University of Alabama in Huntsville morales@math.uah.edu
  Pei-Kee Lin, University of Memphis
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Clifford analysis, Hardy space and compensated compactness.
    Zhijian Wu*, The University of Alabama
    (1044-47-109)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Positive Solutions for a Class of Set-Valued Functional Evolution Equations.
    Georg Hetzer*, Auburn University
    (1044-47-107)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Conditionally well-posed elliptic inverse problems.
    Ian W. Knowles*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Mary A. LaRussa, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (1044-35-163)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Existence and Nonexistence of Positive Solutions For a Class of Superlinear Semipositone Systems.
    Maya Chhetri*, UNC Greensboro
    Petr Girg, University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic
    (1044-35-197)
• Sunday October 26, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Mechanics, Control, and Integrability, III
  Room 158, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Anthony M. Bloch, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  Dmitry Zenkov, North Carolina State University dvzenkov@ncsu.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Return time statistics and extreme value theory for non-uniformly hyperbolic dynamical systems.
    Matthew Nicol*, University of Houston
    Mark Holland, University of Exeter
    Andrew Torok, University of Houston
    (1044-37-172)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Intrinsic regularity of sub-Riemannian minimal surfaces in the first Heisenberg group.
    Luca Capogna*, University of Arkansas
    (1044-35-153)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Convexity, the Weyl group and Time Optimal Control of Spin Systems.
    Navin Khaneja*, Harvard University
    (1044-49-166)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Virtual Tether Satellite Systems.
    Islam I Hussein*, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    (1044-93-155)
• Sunday October 26, 2008, 10:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Applications of Topology to Dynamical Systems, II
  Room 205, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  John C. Mayer, University of Alabama at Birmingham mayer@math.uab.edu
  Lex G. Oversteegen, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  

  • 10:00 a.m.
    On homotopy equivalences of the Hawaiian earring.
    Paul Fabel*, Mississippi State University
    (1044-55-238)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On the number of fixed points of orientation reversing planar homeomorphisms.
    Jan P Boronski*, Auburn University
    (1044-55-218)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Locally connected models for Julia sets of polynomials.
    Alexander M. Blokh, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Clinton P. Curry*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Lex G. Oversteegen, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (1044-37-240)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Some Generalizations for Thurston's Classification of Gaps to the Map $\sigma_3$.
    Jeffrey K Houghton*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (1044-37-232)
• Sunday October 26, 2008, 10:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Applications of PDEs and ODEs (in honor of Karen Ames), III
  Room 121, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Suzanne M. Lenhart, University of Tennessee, Knoxville lenhart@math.utk.edu
  Philip W. Schaefer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  

  • 10:00 a.m.
    Cl_matcontL: an extention of Cl_matcont to Bifurcation analysis of large equilibrium systems in Matlab.
    Mark Friedman*, University of Alabama in Huntsville
    D. Bindel, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
    J. Demmel, University of California at Berkeley
    W. Govaerts, Ghent University
    J. Hughes, University of Alabama in Huntsville
    Yu. Kuznetsov, University of Utrecht
    (1044-37-79)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A diffusion model for the release of sterile mosquitoes.
    Seth F. Oppenheimer*, Mississippi State University
    (1044-92-128)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    A Mechanistic Model of Natural Coral Reefs and the Role of Fishing in Their Degragation.
    Howie Weiss*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Wendy Morrison, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Abhinav Singh, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Hao Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1044-92-177)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Continuous Dependence on Modeling for Nonlinear Ill-Posed Problems.
    Beth M. Campbell Hetrick*, Gettysburg College
    Rhonda J. Hughes, Bryn Mawr College
    (1044-35-228)
• Sunday October 26, 2008, 1:00 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
  Special Session on Gaussian Analysis and Stochastic Partial Differential Equations, IV
  Room 050, Shelby Center for Science and Technology
  Organizers:
  Davar Khoshnevisan, University of Utah davar@math.utah.edu
  Dongsheng Wu, University of Alabama in Huntsville
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Almost Sure Exponential Behavior of a Directed Polymer in a Fractional Brownian Environment.
    Frederi G Viens*, Dept. Statistics, Purdue University
    Tao Zhang, JPMorgan, New York City
    (1044-60-16)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    The distribution of trailing stop times for FBM and other Gaussian processes.
    Villen Abramov, Kent State University
    Kazim M. Khan, Kent State University
    Oana Mocioalca*, Kent State University
    (1044-60-162)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Negative moments for a linear SPDE.
    Carl Mueller*, University of Rochester
    David Nualart, University of Kansas
    (1044-60-27)