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2008 Spring Southeastern Meeting
Baton Rouge, LA, March 28-30, 2008 (Friday - Sunday)
Meeting #1037

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

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Friday March 28, 2008

• Friday March 28, 2008, 1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  Meeting Registration
  Room 229, Tureaud Building
• Friday March 28, 2008, 1:40 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
  Invited Address
  The celebrated Calder\'on-Zygmund lemma revisited.
  Room 102, Wilson Hall
  Zhongwei Shen*, University of Kentucky
  (1037-35-01)
• Friday March 28, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  Book Sale and Exhibit
  Room 206, Tureaud Building
• Friday March 28, 2008, 2:50 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  Special Session on Number Theory and Applications in Other Fields, I
  Room 129, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Jorge Morales, Louisiana State University morales@math.lsu.edu
  Robert Osburn, University College Dublin
  Robert V. Perlis, Louisiana State University
  Helena Verrill, Louisiana State University
  

  • 2:50 p.m.
    Vanishing and non-vanishing critical values of Elliptic L-functions.
    Hershy Kisilevsky*, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    (1037-11-308)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    On exceptional images of modular mod $\ell$ Galois representations.
    Ian Kiming*, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
    (1037-11-232)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Asymptotic Distribution of Class-Group-Valued Invariants.
    Anthony C Kable*, Oklahoma State University
    (1037-11-107)
  • 5:20 p.m.
    Title:GBG-rank of partitions and counting at roots of unity.
    Alexander Berkovich*, University of Florida
    (1037-11-356)
• Friday March 28, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Arrangements and Related Topics, I
  Room 109, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Daniel C. Cohen, Louisiana State University cohen@math.lsu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    On the free multi-arrangements.
    Hiroaki Terao*, Hokkaido University, Japan
    (1037-32-27)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Discrete Morse functions for complexified arrangements.
    Emanuele Delucchi*, SUNY Binghamton
    (1037-05-115)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Cohomology algebras of arrangements of plane curves.
    Jose Ignacio Cogolludo, Universidad de Zaragoza
    Daniel Matei*, Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy
    (1037-57-322)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Multiplier ideals of hyperplane arrangements.
    Zach Teitler*, Texas A&M University
    (1037-14-33)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Discrete Morse theory and persistent homology.
    Kevin P Knudson*, Mississippi State University
    (1037-55-210)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    A Calculation of Local System Homology for Discriminantal Arrangements.
    Amanda Hager*, University of Iowa
    (1037-22-113)
• Friday March 28, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Radon Transforms, Tomography, and Related Geometric Analysis, I
  Room 211, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Fulton B. Gonzalez, Tufts University
  Isaac Pesenson, Temple University
  Todd Quinto, Tufts University todd.quinto@tufts.edu
  Boris S. Rubin, Louisiana State University
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    The Horocycle Radon Transform. Some old and new results.
    Sigurdur Helgason*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1037-43-87)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Invariant Differential Operators on Matrix Motion Groups and Applications to the Matrix Radon Transform.
    Fulton B. Gonzalez*, Tufts University
    (1037-43-88)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Inversion formulas for topological Radon transforms on Grassmann manifolds.
    Yutaka Matsui*, Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, the University of Tokyo
    (1037-44-86)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A support theorem for the geodesic ray transform.
    Venky P Krishnan*, Tufts University
    (1037-53-149)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Fundamental solution to the Schroedinger equation on a compact symmetric space.
    Tomoyuki Kakehi*, University of Tsukuba
    (1037-43-265)
• Friday March 28, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Matroid Theory, I
  Room 112, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Bogdan S. Oporowski, Louisiana State University bogdan@math.lsu.edu
  James G. Oxley, Louisiana State University
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Of Cabbages and Kings.
    Joseph P Kung*, University of North Texas
    (1037-05-71)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Partial fields and matroids with several inequivalent representations over $GF(5)$.
    Rudi Pendavingh*, Eindhoven University of Technology
    Stefan van Zwam, Eindhoven University of Technology
    (1037-05-123)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On Clone Sets of $GF(q)$-Representable Matroids.
    Talmage J Reid*, The University of Mississippi
    Xiangqian Zhou, Marshall University
    (1037-05-124)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Matroids with every two elements in a 4-element circuit.
    Deborah Chun*, Louisiana State University
    (1037-05-312)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Chromatic, Flow, and Tutte Polynomial Unique Graphs and Coefficients of the Characteristic Polynomial of a Binary Matroid.
    Haidong Wu*, University of Mississippi
    (1037-05-360)
• Friday March 28, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Wavelets, Frames, and Multi-Scale Constructions, I
  Room 221, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Palle E. T. Jorgensen, University of Iowa
  David R. Larson, Texas A&M University
  Gestur Olafsson, Louisiana State University
  Darrin Speegle, Saint Louis University speegled@slu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Dimension functions of rationally dilated GMRAs and wavelets.
    Marcin Bownik*, University of Oregon
    Kenneth Hoover, California State University - Stanislaus
    (1037-42-47)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Dilations of $\mathbb R^2$ that have simple wavelet sets.
    Kathy D. Merrill*, Colorado College
    (1037-43-275)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Multiscale Three Dimensional Image Analysis: Texture Segmentation and Biomedical Applications.
    Simon K. Alexander*, University of Houston
    Robert Azencott, University of Houston
    Saurabh Jain, University of Houston
    Manos Papadakis, University of Houston
    (1037-00-194)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Multi-scale 3-D texture segmentation: Isotropic Representations.
    Simon Alexander, University of Houston
    Robert Azencott, University of Houston
    Saurabh Jain*, University of Houston
    Manos Papadakis, University of Houston
    (1037-41-195)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Projective 2-designs for reconstruction from magnitudes of frame coefficients.
    Radu Balan, University of Maryland
    Bernhard G Bodmann*, University of Houston
    Peter G Casazza, University of Missouri
    Dan Edidin, University of Missouri
    (1037-42-49)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    The Golden Ratio Encoders.
    Yang Wang*, Michigan State University
    Ingrid Daubechies, Princeton University
    Sinan Gunturk, Courant Institute
    Ozgur Yilmaz, University of British Columbia
    (1037-42-250)
• Friday March 28, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Structural Graph Theory, I
  Room 108, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Maria Chudnovsky, Columbia University mchudnov@columbia.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    $K_t$-minors in large $t$-connected graphs.
    Serguei Norine*, Princeton University
    Robin Thomas, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1037-05-205)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Clique Minors and Odd Clique Minors.
    Zixia Song*, University of Central Florida
    (1037-05-157)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Hadwiger's conjecture for quasi-line graphs.
    Alexandra Ovetsky Fradkin*, Princeton University
    (1037-05-69)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Hadwiger number of Cartesian products of graphs.
    L. Sunil Chandran, Indian Institute of Science
    A. V. Kostochka*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    J. Krishnam Raju, University of Waterloo
    (1037-05-43)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Chain theorems for 4-prime graphs.
    Sang-il Oum*, KAIST
    (1037-05-211)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Facial coloring.
    Frederic Havet*, Projet Mascotte, I3S(CNRS/UNSA) and INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis
    Daniel Kral, ITI Charles University, Prague
    Jean-Sebastien Sereni, KAM and ITI Charles University, Prague
    Riste Skrekovski, Department of Mathematics, University of Ljubljana
    (1037-05-127)
• Friday March 28, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Harmonic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations in Real and Complex Domains, I
  Room 215, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Loredana Lanzani, University of Arkansas lanzani@uark.edu
  Zhongwei Shen, University of Kentucky
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Boundary value problems for the Stokes system.
    Marius Mitrea*, University of Missouri
    (1037-45-209)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The Bergman projection on Henkin Leiterer domains.
    Dariush Ehsani*, Penn State - Lehigh Valley
    Ingo Lieb, University of Bonn
    (1037-32-286)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Sharp nonremovability examples for BMO and H\"{o}lder quasiregular mappings.
    Kari Astala, University of Helsinki
    Albert Clop, University of Helsinki - University of Jyvaskyla - Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
    Joan Mateu, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
    Joan Orobitg, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
    Ignacio Uriarte-Tuero*, University of Missouri - Columbia & Fields Institute
    (1037-35-174)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Differential invariants for real hypersurfaces and applications.
    Michael D. Bolt*, Calvin College
    (1037-32-357)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    On the Regularity of Green potentials for Elliptic Systems.
    Dorina Mitrea*, University of Missouri
    (1037-42-167)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    On fundamental solution of generalized Subelliptic Schr\"{o}dinger operators.
    Lijing Sun*, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    (1037-35-177)
• Friday March 28, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Evolution Equations of Mathematical Physics, I
  Room 210, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Jerry L. Bona, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Michael M. Tom, Louisiana State University tom@math.lsu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Asymptotic stability of lattice solitons in the energy space.
    Tetsu Mizumachi*, Kyushu University
    (1037-35-57)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Vanishing viscosity in the plane with nondecaying velocity and vorticity.
    Elaine Cozzi*, Carnegie Mellon University
    (1037-76-332)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Non-uniform dependence of the CH equation solution map.
    Alex Alexandrou Himonas*, University of Notre Dame
    (1037-35-121)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Analytical results for an extension of the BBM equation with applications to unidirectional propagation of long waves in certain nonlinear dispersive systems.
    Timothy A Smith*, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
    (1037-35-11)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A BBM Equation with a Superlinear Forcing Term.
    Greg S Spradlin*, Embry-Riddle University
    (1037-35-330)
• Friday March 28, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Knot and 3-Manifold Invariants, I
  Room 203, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Oliver T. Dasbach, Louisiana State University kasten@math.lsu.edu
  Patrick M. Gilmer, Louisiana State University
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Twisted Alexander polynomials, metabelian representations, and the knot slicing problem.
    Chris Herald, University of Nevada, Reno
    Paul Kirk, Indiana University, Bloomington
    Charles Livingston*, Indiana University, Bloomington
    (1037-57-201)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Surgery description of colored knots.
    Richard A. Litherland, LSU
    Steven D. Wallace*, LSU
    (1037-57-06)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On the Kauffman bracket skein module of surgery on a (2,2n) torus link.
    John M Harris*, University of Southern Mississippi
    (1037-57-340)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The $(n)$-Solvable Filtration of the Knot Concordance Group.
    Shelly Harvey*, Rice University
    Tim Cochran, Rice University
    Constance Leidy, Wesleyan University
    (1037-57-353)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Higher-order genera of knots.
    Peter D Horn*, Rice University
    (1037-57-236)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Twisting quasi-alternating links.
    Abhijit Champanerkar*, University of South Alabama
    Ilya Kofman, College of Staten Island, CUNY
    (1037-57-192)
• Friday March 28, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Geometric and Combinatorial Representation Theory, I
  Room 103, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Pramod N. Achar, Louisiana State University pramod@math.lsu.edu
  Daniel S. Sage, Louisiana State University
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    A Remark on Springer Correspondence.
    Tomasz Przebinda*, University of Oklahoma
    (1037-22-300)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Representations of Lie Superalgebras.
    Jonathan Kujawa*, University of Oklahoma
    (1037-17-344)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    A Conjecture of Kottwitz and Rapoport for Split Groups.
    Q\"endrim Gashi*, The University of Chicago
    (1037-20-92)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Stable Discrete Series Characters at Singular Elements.
    Steven Thomas Spallone*, Purdue University
    (1037-22-285)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Codimensions of Newton Strata in the Iwahori Case.
    Elizabeth Beazley*, University of Chicago
    (1037-14-80)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Perverse coherent sheaves on partial flag varieties.
    Daniel S. Sage*, Louisiana State University
    (1037-20-273)
• Friday March 28, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Modeling in Biology, I
  Room 201, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Hongyu He, Louisiana State University hongyu@math.lsu.edu
  Sergei S. Pilyugin, University of Florida
  Jianjun Tian, College of William and Mary
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Correlation tuning and coding in neuronal networks.
    Kre\v{s}imir Josi\'{c}*, University of Houston
    Eric Shea-Brown, University of Washington
    Brent Doiron, University of Pittsburgh
    Jaime de la Rocha, New York University
    (1037-92-28)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Cross-diffusion induced instability and stability in reaction-diffusion systems.
    Junping Shi, College of William and Mary
    Zhifu Xie*, Virginia State University
    (1037-92-74)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Markov Chain Models of Calcium Release Sites: Kronecker Representations with Exact and Approximate Solution Methods.
    M. Drew LaMar*, The College of William and Mary
    Hilary DeRemigio, The College of William and Mary
    Gregory D. Smith, The College of William and Mary
    Peter Kemper, The College of William and Mary
    (1037-92-335)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Discussion.
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A Selection-Mutation Model: A Formulation on the Space of Measures.
    Azmy Ackleh, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    John Cleveland*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1037-92-208)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Computational Analysis of Variation in Human Meiotic Recombination Hotspots.
    Jie Zheng*, National Center for Biotechnology Information, NLM, NIH
    (1037-92-274)
• Friday March 28, 2008, 3:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Group Theory, I
  Room 119, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Noel Brady, University of Oklahoma
  Tara E. Brendle, Louisiana State University
  Pallavi Dani, University of Oklahoma pdani@math.ou.edu
  

  • 3:30 p.m.
    Finiteness properties of rank one arithmetic groups over function fields.
    Kai-Uwe Bux, University of Virginia
    Kevin Wortman*, University of Utah
    (1037-20-372)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Discrete cocompact subgroups of $SL_2$ over a nonarchimedean local field.
    Anne Thomas*, Cornell University
    Lisa Carbone, Rutgers State University - New Brunswick
    Leigh Cobbs, Rutgers State University - New Brunswick
    Inna Korchagina, Warwick University
    (1037-20-151)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The minimality of the well-rounded retract.
    Alexandra Pettet*, Stanford University
    Juan Souto, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    (1037-54-217)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Computing solutions to systems of equations over free and hyperbolic groups.
    Henry Wilton*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1037-20-261)
• Friday March 28, 2008, 6:10 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Even pairs in perfect graphs.
  Room 102, Wilson Hall
  Maria Chudnovsky*, Department of IEOR, Columbia University
  Paul D. Seymour, Princeton University
  (1037-05-02)

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