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

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

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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)

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