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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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Saturday March 29, 2008

• Saturday March 29, 2008, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Meeting Registration
  Room 229, Tureaud Building
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Book Sale and Exhibit
  Room 206, Tureaud Building
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Current Challenges in Financial Mathematics, I
  Room 200, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Arkadev Chatterjea, Kenan-Flagler Business School, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Ambar Sengupta, Louisiana State University sengupta@math.lsu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Optimal Non-self-financing Hedging in a Discrete Time Incomplete Market.
    Victoria R Steblovskaya*, Bentley College
    (1037-91-338)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Wiener-Hopf factorization as a general method for pricing American options in L\'evy models with stochastic interest rate and/or volatility.
    Svetlana Boyarchenko, The University of Texas at Austin
    Sergei Levendorski\v{i}*, The University of Texas at Austin
    (1037-91-196)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Housing Market Microstructure.
    Yildiray Yildirim*, Syracuse University
    Hazer Inaltekin, Princeton University
    Mehmet Saglam, Columbia University
    (1037-60-378)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Discussion.
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Credit Default Correlation.
    John Chaddam*, University of Pittsburgh
    (1037-60-267)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Correlation in Pricing CDOs.
    Chao Meng*, Louisiana State University
    (1037-60-198)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Radon Transforms, Tomography, and Related Geometric Analysis, II
  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
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Radon Transform on Short Geodesics and Maximally Curved Spheres.
    Eric L Grinberg*, University of New Hampshire
    (1037-58-325)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Fractional integrals of Erd\'{e}lyi-Kober type and Radon transforms on Grassmann manifolds.
    Elena Ournycheva*, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
    (1037-44-202)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Three way tiling sets: dilation, translation, reflection.
    David R. Larson*, Texas A&M University
    Peter Massopust, Technische Universitat-Munchen
    Gestur Olafsson, Louisiana State University
    (1037-46-336)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Invariant subspaces of differential operators and de Branges spaces.
    R. T. W. Martin*, University of Waterloo
    (1037-41-58)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Variations on the Riemann-Lebesgue Lemma.
    William O. Bray*, University of Maine
    (1037-42-85)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Pointwise Fourier Inversion.
    Mark A Pinsky*, Northwestern University
    (1037-42-44)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Matroid Theory, II
  Room 112, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Bogdan S. Oporowski, Louisiana State University bogdan@math.lsu.edu
  James G. Oxley, Louisiana State University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On Minor-minimally 3-connected Binary Matroids.
    Loni Delaplane*, University of Mississippi
    Talmage James Reid, University of Mississippi
    Haidong Wu, University of Mississippi
    Xiangqian Zhou, Marshall University
    (1037-05-297)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    An Excluded Minor Characterization of Box-Mengerian Matroid Ports.
    Xujin Chen*, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Louisiana State University
    Gouli Ding, Louisiana State University
    Wenan Zang, The University of Hong Kong
    (1037-05-294)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Matroids from Graphs.
    Thomas Zaslavsky*, Binghamton University (SUNY)
    (1037-05-305)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Signed-graphic matroids.
    Daniel C Slilaty*, Wright State University
    (1037-05-375)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Matroids with nine elements.
    Gordon Royle*, University of Western Australia
    Dillon Mayhew, Victoria University of Wellington
    (1037-05-302)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and Their Representations, I
  Room 225, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Mark C. Davidson, Louisiana State University davidson@math.lsu.edu
  Ronald Stanke, Baylor University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Paley-Wiener type theorem for K-finite functions on compact symmetric spaces.
    Gestur Olafsson*, Louisiana State University
    Henrik Schlichtkrull, University of Copenhagen
    (1037-22-213)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Toeplitz operators on generalized Bergman spaces.
    Brian C. Hall*, University of Notre Dame
    Kamthorn Chailuek, University of Notre Dame
    (1037-22-245)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Symmetries of the heat equation and representations.
    Mark R. Sepanski, Baylor University
    Ronald J. Stanke*, Baylor University
    (1037-22-277)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Conformal symmetries of the wave equation and representation theory, I.
    Markus Hunziker, Baylor University
    Mark R. Sepanski*, Baylor University
    Ronald J. Stanke, Baylor University
    (1037-22-179)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Conformal symmetries of the wave equation and representation theory, II.
    Markus Hunziker*, Baylor University
    Mark R. Sepanski, Baylor University
    Ronald J. Stanke, Baylor University
    (1037-22-181)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On certain components of Springer fibers.
    Leticia Barchini, Oklahoma State University
    Roger Zierau*, Oklahoma State University
    (1037-22-238)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on White Noise Distribution Theory and Orthogonal Polynomials, I
  Room 220, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Jeremy J. Becnel, Stephen F. Austin State University becneljj@sfasu.edu
  Aurel I. Stan, The Ohio State University at Marion
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Multiplicative renormalization method for orthogonal polynomials.
    Hui-Hsiung Kuo*, Louisiana State University
    (1037-60-137)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A Characterization of L\'evy white noise measure.
    Yuh-Jia Lee*, National University of Kaohsiung
    (1037-46-234)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Multiplicative Renormalization Method for Orthogonal Polynomials.
    Suat Namli*, Louisiana State University
    (1037-46-334)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Generalized fractional evolution equation.
    Habib Ouerdiane*, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
    (1037-60-19)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A Gauss-Poisson correspondence and infinite dimensional Laplacians.
    Kimiaki Saito*, Meijo University
    (1037-60-226)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Recent results on one-mode interacting Fock spaces.
    Nobuhiro Asai*, Aichi University of Education
    (1037-60-135)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Wavelets, Frames, and Multi-Scale Constructions, II
  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
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Construction of Orthogonal Wavelet Frames.
    Eric Weber*, Iowa State University
    Brody Johnson, Saint Louis University
    (1037-42-126)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Construction of Frames on Nilpotent Domains.
    Brad Currey*, Saint Louis University
    (1037-43-299)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Coorbit spaces and discretizations.
    Jens Gerlach Christensen*, Louisiana State University
    Gestur Olafsson, Louisiana State University
    (1037-43-284)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Frame potential and finite abelian groups.
    Brody D Johnson*, St. Louis University
    Kasso A Okoudjou, University of Maryland
    (1037-42-122)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Real Equiangular Tight Frames.
    Peter Casazza*, University of Missouri
    (1037-46-31)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Schauder bases of translations and modulations.
    Alexander M. Powell*, Vanderbilt University
    Christopher Heil, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1037-42-262)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Harmonic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations in Real and Complex Domains, II
  Room 215, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Loredana Lanzani, University of Arkansas lanzani@uark.edu
  Zhongwei Shen, University of Kentucky
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On partial differential equations of p Laplace Type.
    John L Lewis*, University of Kentucky
    (1037-35-40)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    A Global CR Approximation Theorem for hypersurface graphs in Several Complex Variables.
    Al Boggess*, Texas A&M
    Roman Dwilewicz, University of Missouri, Rolla
    Daniel Jupiter, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Temple
    (1037-32-146)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Absolute minimizers of L-infinity functionals under the Dirichlet energy constraint.
    Teng Jiang, University of Kentucky
    Changyou Wang*, University of Kentucky
    (1037-35-68)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Sobolev Estimates for the Cauchy-Riemann Complex on $C^1$ Pseudoconvex Domains.
    Phillip S. Harrington*, University of South Dakota
    (1037-32-132)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Traces of functions in Hardy spaces on Lipschitz domains with applications to compensated compactness.
    Tunde Jakab*, University of Virginia
    Irina Mitrea, University of Virginia
    Marius Mitrea, University of Missouri-Columbia
    (1037-35-45)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The mixed problem in Lipschitz domains.
    Russell Brown*, University of Kentucky
    (1037-35-365)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Modeling in Biology, II
  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
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Computer-assisted proofs for the Kot-Schaffer model.
    Sarah Day*, College of William and Mary
    (1037-92-215)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Vector-Borne Diseases and Emergence of Pesticide Resistance.
    Jemal Said Mohammed-Awel*, Valdosta State University
    Kbenesh W Blayneh, Florida A&M University
    (1037-92-37)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Minimal molecular surface.
    P.W. Bates, Michigan State University
    G.W. Wei, Michigan State University
    Shan Zhao*, University of Alabama
    (1037-92-12)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Discussion.
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Using Genomic Profile Data to Obtain Personalized Estimates of Disease Risk.
    Nathan J Markward*, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
    (1037-92-326)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A tumor regrow model.
    Jianjun Paul Tian*, The College of William and Mary
    (1037-34-169)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Elementary Mathematics from an Advanced Perspective, I
  Room 127, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  James J. Madden, Louisiana State University madden@math.lsu.edu
  Kristin L. Umland, University of New Mexico umland@math.unm.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    State mathematics standards and deep mathematical structure.
    James J. Madden*, Louisiana State University
    (1037-97-143)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Research Projects Involving Mathematicians and High School Teachers: An Example Involving Moduli Spaces of Triangles.
    Steven Rosenberg, Boston University
    Mike Spillane, Watertown High School
    Dan Wulf*, Watertown High School
    (1037-97-20)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Guiding high school mathematics teachers to a deeper understanding of the mathematics they teach. A report on a short course for pre-service mathematics teachers at the University of Illinois.
    Anthony L Peressini*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1037-97-130)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Elementary algebra from an advanced perspective.
    William McCallum*, University of Arizona
    (1037-97-222)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Mathematics of Task Design.
    Al Cuoco*, Center for Mathematics Education, EDC
    (1037-97-42)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Geometry of Matrices and Determinants, I
  Room 119, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Zachariah C. Teitler, Texas A&M University zteitler@math.tamu.edu
  Kent M. Neuerburg, Southeastern Louisiana University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Resonance of the group of loops.
    Daniel C Cohen*, Louisiana State University
    (1037-20-197)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On the principal components of Hilbert schemes of points.
    Kyungyong Lee*, University of Michigan
    (1037-14-35)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Jet Schemes of Determinantal Varieties.
    Cornelia Yuen*, SUNY Potsdam
    (1037-14-140)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Gale Transform and Multi-graded Determinantal Schemes.
    Susan Marie Cooper*, California Polytechnic State University
    Steven P. Diaz, Syracuse University
    (1037-14-103)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Resolution of formal ideals along a valuation.
    Samar M El Hitti*, University of MIssoouri, Columbia
    Steven Dale Cutkosky, University of Missouri, Columbia
    (1037-14-21)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Arrangements and Related Topics, II
  Room 109, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Daniel C. Cohen, Louisiana State University cohen@math.lsu.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Generic section of a hyperplane arrangement and twisted Hurewicz maps.
    Masahiko Yoshinaga*, Kobe University
    (1037-55-91)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Combinatorics and invariants of toric arrangements.
    Luca Moci*, Roma Tre University, Italy - visiting at Berkeley University.
    (1037-05-38)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Which 3-manifold groups are K\"ahler groups?
    Alexandru Dimca, Universit\'e de Nice Sophia-Antipolis
    Alexander I. Suciu*, Northeastern University
    (1037-57-111)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Topology of real arrangements corresponding to shellable complexes.
    Sangwook Kim*, George Mason University
    (1037-05-96)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Topological complexity of basis-conjugating automorphisms of free groups.
    Daniel C. Cohen, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
    Goderdzi Pruidze*, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
    (1037-20-152)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Structural Graph Theory, II
  Room 105, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Maria Chudnovsky, Columbia University mchudnov@columbia.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Topological space of metric graphs.
    Dmitry N Kozlov*, University of Bremen, Germany
    (1037-05-317)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The topological connectivity of the complex of independent sets of a graph.
    Ron Aharoni*, Technion, Haifa, Israel
    (1037-05-184)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Connectivity of random addable graphs.
    Stefanie Gerke*, Royal Holloway College
    Paul Balister, University of Memphis
    Bela Bollobas, Trinity College Cambridge and University of Memphis
    (1037-05-200)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Bounding the chromatic number of claw-free graphs.
    Andrew D King*, McGill University
    Bruce A Reed, McGill University
    (1037-05-54)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Unavoidable minors of infinite graphs and matroids.
    Carolyn B. Chun*, Louisiana State University
    Guoli Ding, Louisiana State University
    (1037-05-268)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Evolution Equations of Mathematical Physics, II
  Room 210, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Jerry L. Bona, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Michael M. Tom, Louisiana State University tom@math.lsu.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Solitary Waves of a Fifth-Order KdV Equation.
    Steve Levandosky*, College of the Holy Cross
    (1037-35-186)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Sharp Results of Well-posedness.
    Hongqiu Chen*, University of Memphis
    Jerry L Bona, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1037-35-296)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Fractional derivative properties for KdV-type equations.
    Vladimir V Varlamov*, University of Texas - Pan American
    (1037-35-73)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Comparison of KP and BBM-KP Models.
    Gideon Pyelshak Daspan*, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans
    Michael Mudi Tom, Louisiana State University
    (1037-35-14)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Stability of Solitary Wave Solutions to Boussinesq System with Large Surface Tension.
    Nghiem V. Nguyen*, Purdue University
    Min Chen, Purdue University
    Shu-ming Sun, Virginia Tech
    (1037-35-81)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 8:35 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  Special Session on Number Theory and Applications in Other Fields, II
  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
  

  • 8:35 a.m.
    Geodesics and commensurability classes of arithmetic hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
    Alan W Reid*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1037-57-61)
  • 9:25 a.m.
    Mahler measures under variations of the base group.
    Oliver T Dasbach, Louisiana State University
    Matilde N Lalin*, University of Alberta
    (1037-11-97)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Valuation criterion for normal basis generators and Galois scaffolding in local fields.
    G. Griffith (Griff) Elder*, University of Nebraska at Omaha
    (1037-11-159)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Group Theory, II
  Room 120, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Noel Brady, University of Oklahoma
  Tara E. Brendle, Louisiana State University
  Pallavi Dani, University of Oklahoma pdani@math.ou.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Transversality and volume.
    Max Forester*, University of Oklahoma
    Noel Brady, University of Oklahoma
    (1037-57-269)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Super-exponential 2-dimensional Dehn functions.
    Josh Barnard*, Univ. of South Alabama
    Noel Brady, University of Oklahoma
    Pallavi Dani, University of Oklahoma
    (1037-20-368)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    An Amenable Ascending Union of Nonamenable Semigroups.
    John Richard Donnelly*, University of Southern Indiana
    (1037-20-22)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Quasi-isometries Between Tubular Groups.
    Christopher H. Cashen*, University of Utah
    (1037-20-370)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Lie Groups and Holomorphic Function Spaces: Analysis, Geometry, and Mathematical Physics, I
  Room 226, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Brian C. Hall, University of Notre Dame bhall@nd.edu
  Jeffrey J. Mitchell, Robert Morris University
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Complex submanifolds, connections, and the semiclassical limit.
    Tatyana Foth*, University of Western Ontario, Canada
    (1037-58-52)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Sampling Theorems on Symmetric Spaces of Non-compact Type.
    Matthew B Stenzel*, Ohio State University, Newark
    (1037-43-264)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Symplectic methods and Lie algebras.
    Robert J Stanton*, Ohio State University
    (1037-22-351)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    New results in Segal-Bargmann analysis.
    Stephen B. Sontz*, Centro de Investigacion en Matematicas, A.C.
    (1037-81-155)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Gauge Theory in Smooth and Symplectic Topology, I
  Room 108, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Scott J. Baldridge, Louisiana State University sbaldrid@math.lsu.edu
  Brendan E. Owens, Louisiana State University
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Knot Concordance and Heegaard Floer homology.
    J. Elisenda Grigsby*, Columbia University
    Daniel Ruberman, Brandeis University
    Saso Strle, University of Ljubljana
    (1037-57-369)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Degeneracy loci of Dirac operators.
    Thomas G. Leness*, Florida International University
    (1037-58-62)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Comultiplication in Khovanov and Heegaard Floer homology.
    John A Baldwin*, Columbia University
    (1037-57-259)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Knot Floer width and Turaev genus.
    Adam Lowrance*, Louisiana State University
    (1037-54-349)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Recent Advances in Knot Theory: Quandle Theory and Categorified Knot Invariants, I
  Room 101, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Sam Nelson, Pomona College knots@esotericka.org
  Alissa S. Crans, Loyola Marymount University
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Generalized quandle homology theory and applications.
    Mohamed Elhamdadi*, Univ of South Florida
    Scott Carter, University of South Alabama
    Matias Grana, Universidad de Buenos Aires
    Masahico Saito, Univ of South Florida
    (1037-57-136)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Minimal Number of Fox Colors and Quandle Cocycle Invariants of Knots.
    Masahico Saito*, University of South Florida
    (1037-57-89)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Sample computations in self-distributive algebras.
    J Scott Carter*, University of South Alabama
    (1037-18-116)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    2-Quandles.
    Alissa S Crans*, Loyola Marymount University
    J. Scott Carter, University of South Alabama
    Mohamed Elhamdadi, University of South Florida
    Masahico Saito, University of South Florida
    (1037-18-108)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Knot and 3-Manifold Invariants, II
  Room 100, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Oliver T. Dasbach, Louisiana State University kasten@math.lsu.edu
  Patrick M. Gilmer, Louisiana State University
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Commensurability and commensurability invariants.
    Walter D Neumann*, Barnard College, Columbia University
    (1037-57-379)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Tutte polynomial in knot theory.
    Iain Moffatt*, University of Waterloo
    (1037-57-281)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Duality of graphs on surfaces and Thistlethwaite's type theorems.
    Sergei V Chmutov*, The Ohio State University, Mansfield
    (1037-57-329)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Invariants of graphs on surfaces.
    Ilya Kofman*, College of Staten Island, CUNY
    Abhijit Champanerkar, University of South Alabama
    Neal Stoltzfus, Louisiana State University
    (1037-57-327)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Geometric and Combinatorial Representation Theory, II
  Room 102, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Pramod N. Achar, Louisiana State University pramod@math.lsu.edu
  Daniel S. Sage, Louisiana State University
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Singular Chern classes for Schubert Varieties via Small Resolution.
    Benjamin F Jones*, University of Georgia
    (1037-14-345)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Parabolic generalized exponents and reflection arrangements.
    J. Matthew Douglass*, University of North Texas
    (1037-22-309)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Staggered t-structures on toric varieties.
    David Treumann*, Northwestern University
    (1037-14-371)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Semi-stable locus of a group compactification.
    Xuhua He*, Stony Brook University
    (1037-20-106)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Schubert calculus for the affine Grassmannian.
  Room 102, Wilson Hall
  Mark Shimozono*, Virginia Polytechnic Institute \& State University
  (1037-05-05)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 1:50 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Stable homology of automorphism groups of free groups.
  Room 102, Wilson Hall
  Soren Galatius*, Stanford University
  (1037-55-03)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 2:50 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  Special Session on Number Theory and Applications in Other Fields, III
  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.
    Number fields having the same Galois closure over $\mathbb{Q}$.
    Ted Chinburg*, University of Pennsylvania
    Hendrik W Lenstra, Mathematisch Instituut, Universiteit Leiden
    (1037-11-41)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Rational torsion in elliptic curves and the cuspidal subgroup.
    Amod Agashe*, Florida State University
    (1037-11-164)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On Atkin and Swinnerton-Dyer congruence relations.
    Ling Long*, Iowa State University
    (1037-11-241)
  • 5:20 p.m.
    Integral trace forms associated to cubic extensions.
    Guillermo Mantilla*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    (1037-11-18)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Current Challenges in Financial Mathematics, II
  Room 200, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Arkadev Chatterjea, Kenan-Flagler Business School, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Ambar Sengupta, Louisiana State University sengupta@math.lsu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Principal Component Analysis of Forward Interest Rates.
    Victor Goodman*, Indiana University
    (1037-91-118)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    When risk is not risky: Idiosyncratic volatility and portfolio formation.
    John Hund*, Tulane University
    (1037-60-352)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Asymmetries, Breaks, and Long-Range Dependence: An Estimation Framework for Time Series of Daily Realized Volatility.
    Eric Hillebrand*, Louisiana State University, Department of Economics
    Marcelo Medeiros, Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    (1037-91-125)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Discussion.
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Long correlations and Normalized Truncated Levy models applied to the study of high frequency data, financial indices and agricultural indices.
    Emmanuel Ncheuguim*, New Mexico State University
    Maria C. Mariani, New Mexico State University
    Delia J. Valles, New Mexico State University
    Maria P. Beccar Varela, New Mexico State University
    James Libbin, New Mexico State University
    Chistopher Erickson, New Mexico State University
    (1037-60-199)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Usage, Spreads and Funding of Revolver Loans.
    Vikrant Tyagi*, Deutsche Bank
    (1037-60-380)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Elementary Mathematics from an Advanced Perspective, II
  Room 127, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  James J. Madden, Louisiana State University madden@math.lsu.edu
  Kristin L. Umland, University of New Mexico umland@math.unm.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Mathematical Misconceptions of Pre-service Teachers.
    G Donald Allen*, Texas A&M University
    (1037-97-16)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Collegiate mathematics for elementary school teaching.
    Mark Hoover Thames*, University of Michigan
    (1037-97-185)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    A Look Inside the Math in the Middle Institute Partnership at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
    Michelle Reeb Homp*, Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
    (1037-97-131)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Identifying and analyzing alternative sequences for learning mathematical concepts.
    Ted Stanford*, New Mexico State University
    (1037-97-337)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Why elementary and middle school teachers should study Calculus (and what that really means).
    Kristin L. Umland*, University of New Mexico
    (1037-97-311)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    The Role of Measurement in School Geometry.
    Scott J Baldridge*, Louisiana State University
    (1037-97-216)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Group Theory, III
  Room 120, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Noel Brady, University of Oklahoma
  Tara E. Brendle, Louisiana State University
  Pallavi Dani, University of Oklahoma pdani@math.ou.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Geometric Intersection Number and analogues of the Curve Complex for free groups.
    Ilya Kapovich*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Martin Lustig, Universite Paul Cezanne - Aix Marseille III
    (1037-20-63)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Growth of intersection numbers for free group automorphisms.
    Jason Behrstock, Columbia University
    Mladen Bestvina, University of Utah
    Matt Clay*, University of Oklahoma
    (1037-20-354)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Virtual Amalgamation of Quasiconvex Subgroups in Relatively Hyperbolic Groups.
    Eduardo Martinez-Pedroza*, University of Oklahoma
    (1037-20-291)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Lattice commensurators in right-angled buildings.
    Angela Kubena Barnhill*, Northwestern University
    Anne Thomas, Cornell University
    (1037-20-307)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Navigating blindly.
    Lucas Sabalka*, University of California, Davis
    (1037-51-362)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    The Automorphism Group of a Right-angled Coxeter Group.
    Kim E Ruane*, Tufts University
    Adam Piggott, Tufts University
    Mauricio Gutierrez, Tufts University
    (1037-20-315)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Geometry of Matrices and Determinants, II
  Room 119, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Zachariah C. Teitler, Texas A&M University zteitler@math.tamu.edu
  Kent M. Neuerburg, Southeastern Louisiana University
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    On matrix inversion using mixed information.
    Aaron Lauve*, Texas A&M University
    (1037-15-247)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Quasimaps, straightening laws, and quantum cohomology for the Lagrangian Grassmannian.
    James Ruffo*, SUNY-Oneonta
    (1037-14-228)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The Geometry of the Relations Among Principal Minors of Symmetric Matrices.
    Luke Oeding*, Texas A&M University
    (1037-14-48)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Relations among Principal Minors of a Matrix.
    Shaowei Lin*, University of California, Berkeley
    (1037-14-162)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Tensor approximation and the Cayley hyperdeterminant.
    Vin de Silva*, Pomona College
    Lek-Heng Lim, University of California at Berkeley
    (1037-15-348)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Arrangements and Related Topics, III
  Room 109, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Daniel C. Cohen, Louisiana State University cohen@math.lsu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Generating sets, discriminantal bundles and fundamental groups.
    Daniel C. Cohen, Louisiana State University
    Michael Falk, Northern Arizona University
    Richard Randell*, University of Iowa
    (1037-14-244)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Arrangement groups and right-angled Artin groups.
    Daniel C. Cohen, Louisiana State University
    Michael J. Falk*, Northern Arizona University
    Richard Randell, University of Iowa
    (1037-20-363)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On the Johnson filtration of the automorphism group of a free group.
    Alexandra Pettet*, Stanford University
    Frederick Cohen, University of Rochester
    Aaron Heap, SUNY Geneseo
    (1037-20-218)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Periodicity of hyperplane arrangements with integral coefficients modulo positive integers.
    Hidehiko Kamiya, Faculty of Economics, Okayama University
    Akimichi Takemura*, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Univ. of Tokyo
    Hiroaki Terao, Hokkaido University
    (1037-05-133)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Discrete Morse theory and poset maps with small fibers.
    Dmitry N Kozlov*, University of Bremen, Germany
    (1037-57-316)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    The Second Homotopy of Line Arrangements via Pictures.
    Charles R. Egedy*, Louisiana State University
    (1037-55-160)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Radon Transforms, Tomography, and Related Geometric Analysis, III
  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.
    Mathematical problems of thermoacoustic tomography.
    Peter Kuchment*, Texas A&M University
    Mark Agranovsky, Bar Ilan University, Israel
    Yulia Georgieva-Hristova, Texas A&M University
    Linh Nguyen, Texas A&M University
    (1037-35-203)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On limited view tomography with side constraints.
    Gaik Ambartsoumian*, University of Texas at Arlington
    (1037-44-129)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Quantitatively correct reconstruction in problems of thermoacoustic tomography with detectors placed on open surfaces.
    Leonid A Kunyansky*, University of Arizona, Tucson
    (1037-45-120)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Spherical Means in Odd Dimensions and the Euler-Poisson-Darboux Equation.
    Boris Rubin*, Louisiana State University
    (1037-44-119)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    On the study of 1PI algorithms for a general class of curves.
    Mikhail Kapralov, Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering, Stanford University
    Alexander Katsevich*, University of Central Florida
    (1037-44-77)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Matroid Theory, III
  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.
    Binary matroids with no $M(K_{3,3})$-minor.
    Dillon Mayhew*, Victoria University of Wellington
    Gordon Royle, University of Western Australia
    Geoff Whittle, Victoria University of Wellington
    (1037-05-272)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Inductions for "4-connected" Graphs and Matroids.
    Jim Geelen, University of Waterloo
    Xiangqian Zhou*, Marshall University
    (1037-05-128)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Chain-type and splitter-type theorems for cocircuits and hyperplanes in 3-connected matroids.
    Rhiannon Hall*, Brunel University, United Kingdom
    (1037-05-112)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Constructive Characterizations of 3-Connected Matroids of Path Width Three.
    Brian Beavers*, Stephen F. Austin State University
    James Oxley, Louisiana State University
    (1037-05-318)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    The structure of crossing separations in matroids.
    Jeremy M. Aikin*, Louisiana State University
    (1037-05-204)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and Their Representations, II
  Room 225, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Mark C. Davidson, Louisiana State University davidson@math.lsu.edu
  Ronald Stanke, Baylor University
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Propagation theorem of multiplicity-free representations and visible actions on complex manifolds.
    Toshiyuki Kobayashi*, University of Tokyo and Harvard University
    (1037-22-342)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The Bochner measure for spherical functions.
    Robert J Stanton*, Ohio State University
    (1037-43-341)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Parabolic subalgebras of $\mathfrak{gl}_\infty$.
    Elizabeth Dan-Cohen*, U.C. Berkeley
    Ivan Penkov, Jacobs University Bremen
    (1037-17-182)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Induced Complementary Series.
    Hongyu He*, Louisiana State University
    (1037-22-229)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    On exceptional superconformal algebras.
    Elena Poletaeva*, University of Texas-Pan American
    (1037-17-295)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on White Noise Distribution Theory and Orthogonal Polynomials, II
  Room 220, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Jeremy J. Becnel, Stephen F. Austin State University becneljj@sfasu.edu
  Aurel I. Stan, The Ohio State University at Marion
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Feynman's Operational Calculi for Noncommuting Operators.
    Gerald W. Johnson*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    (1037-28-147)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics and the Gauss-Bonnet-Chern Theorem: I.
    Dana S. Fine*, UMass Dartmouth
    Stephen F. Sawin, Fairfield University
    (1037-81-219)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics and the Gauss-Bonnet-Chern Theorem.
    Dana Fine, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
    Stephen F Sawin*, Fairfield University
    (1037-53-67)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The Radon-Gauss transform.
    Vochita Mihai*, Medaille College
    Ambar N Sengupta, Louisiana State University
    (1037-46-258)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Subclasses of multivalent starlike and convex functions.
    See Keong Lee*, University of Science, Malaysia
    Ali Rosihan, University of Science, Malaysia
    V. Ravichandran, University of Science, Malaysia
    (1037-46-280)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Stochastic Navier-Stokes Equations and Related Topics.
    Hong Yin*, Michigan Technological University
    Padmanabhan Sundar, Louisiana State University
    (1037-60-246)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Lie Groups and Holomorphic Function Spaces: Analysis, Geometry, and Mathematical Physics, II
  Room 226, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Brian C. Hall, University of Notre Dame bhall@nd.edu
  Jeffrey J. Mitchell, Robert Morris University
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Heat kernel analysis on infinite-dimensional Heisenberg groups.
    Maria Gordina*, University of Connecticut
    Bruce Driver, UCSD
    (1037-60-260)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Towards an algebraic interpretation of the Taylor Map.
    Matthew S. Cecil*, University of Connecticut
    (1037-22-256)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Group elements in tensor algebras.
    Leonard Gross*, Cornell University
    Maria Gordina, University of Connecticut
    S. G. Rajeev, Departments of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics, University of Rochester
    (1037-22-252)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Integrated Harnack Inequalities.
    Bruce K Driver*, University of California at San Diego
    Maria Gordina, University of Connecticut
    (1037-35-59)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Gauge Theory in Smooth and Symplectic Topology, II
  Room 108, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Scott J. Baldridge, Louisiana State University sbaldrid@math.lsu.edu
  Brendan E. Owens, Louisiana State University
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Grid diagrams and Legendrian links in lens spaces.
    Kenneth L. Baker*, Georgia Institute of Technology
    J. Elisenda Grigsby, Columbia University
    (1037-53-278)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A Structure Theorem for the Gromov-Witten Invariants of K\"{a}hler Surfaces.
    Junho Lee*, University of Central Florida
    Thomas H Parker, Michigan State University
    (1037-58-188)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    An Obstruction Bundle Relating Gromov-Witten Invariants of Curves and K\"{a}hler Surfaces.
    Thomas H Parker*, Michigan State University
    Junho Lee, University of Central Florida
    (1037-58-187)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Knotted surfaces in 4-manifolds.
    Thomas E. Mark*, University of Virginia
    (1037-57-180)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Smooth Surfaces with Non-simply-connected Complements.
    Hee Jung Kim*, Louisiana State University
    Daniel Ruberman, Brandeis Unversity
    (1037-57-313)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    On Floer homology and knots admitting lens space surgeries.
    Matthew Hedden*, M.I.T
    (1037-58-377)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Wavelets, Frames, and Multi-Scale Constructions, III
  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.
    Sums and products in finite fields.
    Alex Iosevich*, University of Missouri
    Derrick Hart, University of Missouri
    (1037-11-237)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Stable sparse approximations via nonconvex optimization.
    Ozgur Yilmaz*, University of British Columbia
    (1037-41-328)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    A frame-theoretic analysis of continuous wave radar.
    Matthew Fickus*, Air Force Institute of Technology
    (1037-42-156)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Computable Fourier condition for alias-free sampling lattices.
    Yue M. Lu, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL)
    Minh N. Do, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Richard S. Laugesen*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    (1037-42-26)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Fourier series on fractals.
    Dorin Ervin Dutkay*, University of Central Florida
    Palle E.T. Jorgensen, Univeristy of Iowa
    (1037-43-46)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Duality properties for frames induced by projective unitary representations.
    Deguang Han*, University of Central Florida
    (1037-46-51)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Recent Trends in Partial Differential Equations
  Room 210, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Wai Yuen Chan, Southeast Missouri State University wchan@semo.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Beyond quenching for a singular semilinear parabolic problem.
    C. Y. Chan, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    R. Boonklurb*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1037-35-84)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Computation of the critical coefficient in a multi-dimensional quenching problem with a logarithmic singularity in $\mathbb{R}^{N}$.
    C. Y. Chan, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    P. Tragoonsirisak*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1037-35-83)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    An effective meshless method with polynomial and trigonometric bases for solutions of partial differential equations.
    H.Y. Tian*, University of Southern Mississippi
    (1037-35-166)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A quenching criterion for a degenerate semilinear parabolic problem due to a concentrated nonlinear source.
    C. Y. Chan*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1037-35-82)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Subgrid Upscaling and Error Estimates for Mixed Multiscale Finite Element Methods.
    Kirsten J. Boyd*, Austin Peay State University
    Todd Arbogast, University of Texas at Austin
    (1037-65-350)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Blow-up of the Solution of Degenerate Quasilinear Parabolic Problems with a Nonlinear Reaction Term.
    Wai Yuen Chan*, Southeast Missouri State University
    (1037-35-55)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Structural Graph Theory, III
  Room 105, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Maria Chudnovsky, Columbia University mchudnov@columbia.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Fullerene graphs - combinatorics meets chemistry.
    Frantisek Kardos, University of Pavol Jozef Safarik, Kosice
    Daniel Kral*, Institute for Theoretical Computer Science (ITI), Charles University, Prague
    Jozef Miskuf, University of Pavol Jozef Safarik, Kosice
    Jean-Sebastien Sereni, DIMATIA, Charles University, Prague
    (1037-05-109)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    $(3,6)$-Fullerenes are Spectrally Nearly Bipartite.
    Matt DeVos, Simon Fraser University
    Luis Goddyn*, Simon Fraser University
    Bojan Mohar, Simon Fraser University
    Robert \v{S}\'amal, Simon Fraser University
    (1037-05-161)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Blockers and transversals.
    Cedric Bentz, Universit\'e Paris Sud
    Marie-Christine Costa, CNAM, Paris
    Dominique de Werra, EPFL, Lausanne
    Christophe Picouleau, CNAM, Paris
    Bernard Ries*, EPFL, Lausanne
    Rico Zenklusen, ETHZ, Zurich
    (1037-05-170)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Lehman matrices.
    Gerard Cornuejols*, Carnegie Mellon University
    Bertrand Guenin, University of Waterloo
    Levent Tuncel, University of Waterloo
    (1037-05-98)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    On Quasi-bipartite Graphs.
    Guoli Ding*, LSU
    Li Feng, The University of Hong Kong
    Wenan Zang, The University of Hong Kong
    (1037-05-212)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    On graphs that do not contain a cycle with a unique chord.
    Nicolas Trotignon*, Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, Universite Paris 1
    Kristina Vuskovic, University of Leeds
    (1037-05-39)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Harmonic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations in Real and Complex Domains, III
  Room 215, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Loredana Lanzani, University of Arkansas lanzani@uark.edu
  Zhongwei Shen, University of Kentucky
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Projective duality, generalized Legendre transforms and Leray integrals.
    David E. Barrett*, University of Michigan
    (1037-32-346)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The mixed boundary value problem in the sense of nontangential limits for harmonic functions in polyhedra.
    Gregory C Verchota*, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244
    Moises Venouziou, Syracuse University
    (1037-35-175)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Reflections on the $\overline{\partial}$-Neumann operator and Stein neighborhood bases.
    Emil J. Straube*, Texas A&M University
    (1037-32-189)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On A Class of Integral Operators Related to the Weighted $\bar\partial$-equation in $C$.
    Andrew Raich*, Texas A&M University
    (1037-32-235)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Discussion.
  • 5:30 p.m.
    The Schr\"odinger Equation with a Non-Smooth Magnetic Potential.
    Michael Goldberg*, Johns Hopkins University
    (1037-42-231)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Recent Advances in Knot Theory: Quandle Theory and Categorified Knot Invariants, II
  Room 101, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Sam Nelson, Pomona College knots@esotericka.org
  Alissa S. Crans, Loyola Marymount University
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Finding non-zero maps between isomorphism classes of tangles.
    Robert G. Todd*, University of Nebraska Omaha
    (1037-55-263)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Clock States and Categorification of the Alexander Polynomial.
    Louis H. Kauffman*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1037-57-30)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The Bar-Natan skein module and (n.n) Springer varieties.
    Heather M. Russell*, University of Iowa
    (1037-57-298)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A note on mutation and Khovanov homology.
    Abhijit Champanerkar*, University of South Alabama
    Ilya Kofman, College of Staten Island, CUNY
    (1037-57-193)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    An extension of Khovanov homology for links embedded in I-bundles.
    Jeffrey Boerner*, University of Iowa
    (1037-57-253)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    The categorification of Birman-Lin theorem.
    Nadya Shirokova*, Stanford
    (1037-57-254)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Knot and 3-Manifold Invariants, III
  Room 100, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Oliver T. Dasbach, Louisiana State University kasten@math.lsu.edu
  Patrick M. Gilmer, Louisiana State University
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Link Homology and Network TQFTs.
    Charles Frohman*, The University of Iowa
    (1037-57-191)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Towards Naive Categorification of the Skein $sl_N$ Polynomials.
    Alexander N Shumakovitch*, The George Washington University
    Oleg Viro, SUNY Stony Brook and St. Petersburg Branch of Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences
    (1037-57-367)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Torsion in Khovanov homology of semi-adequate links.
    Radmila Sazdanovi\'c*, The George Washington University
    Jozef H. Przytycki, The George Washington University
    (1037-57-266)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Constructing Links with the Same Invariants.
    Yongwu Rong*, The George Washington University
    Kerry Luse, The George Washington University
    (1037-57-224)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    The Jones polynomial and hyperbolic geometry.
    David Futer, Michigan State University
    Effie Kalfagianni*, Michigan State University
    Jessica Purcell, Brigham Young University
    (1037-57-364)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    State sum invariants of surface immersions.
    Uwe Kaiser*, Boise State University
    (1037-57-249)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Geometric and Combinatorial Representation Theory, III
  Room 102, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Pramod N. Achar, Louisiana State University pramod@math.lsu.edu
  Daniel S. Sage, Louisiana State University
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Decomposing representations of wreath products of semisimple Lie algebras.
    Apoorva Khare*, University of California, Riverside
    (1037-17-153)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Supercharacter theory and the combinatorics of unipotent groups.
    Nat Thiem*, MSRI/University of Colorado at Boulder
    (1037-20-293)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Orthogonal functions attached to representations of $G(r,p,n)$.
    Stephen Griffeth*, University of Minnesota
    (1037-05-154)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Curtis-Alvis Duality and Real Representations of Finite Groups of Lie Type.
    C. Ryan Vinroot*, University of Arizona
    (1037-20-221)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Unitary representations of icosahedral graded Hecke algebras.
    Yu Chen, Idaho State University
    Cathy Kriloff*, Idaho State University
    (1037-20-287)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Actions of Quantum Algebras, I
  Room 125, Tureaud Building
  Organizers:
  Lars Kadison, University of Pennsylvania lkadison@math.upenn.edu
  Alexander Stolin, University of Gothenburg/Chalmers University of Technology
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Gradings of simple Lie algebras, actions of Hopf algebras and functional identities.
    Yuri Bahturin*, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Moscow State University
    (1037-16-93)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Group gradings on classical simple Lie algebras in positive characteristic.
    Yuri Bahturin, Memorial University of Newfoundland
    Mikhail Kochetov*, Memorial University of Newfoundland
    Susan Montgomery, University of Southern California
    (1037-17-333)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Harrison cohomology for commutative Hopf algebroids.
    Stefaan Caenepeel*, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
    Bojana Femic, Universidad de Almeria
    (1037-16-150)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Group actions and rational ideals.
    Martin Lorenz*, Temple University
    (1037-16-148)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Braided Hopf algebras obtained from coquasitriangular Hopf algebras.
    Margaret Beattie*, Mount Allison University
    Daniel Bulacu, University of Bucharest
    (1037-16-13)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    The Auslander-Reiten Quiver of Finite Quantum Groups.
    Jorg Feldvoss*, University of South Alabama
    (1037-16-171)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Modeling in Biology, III
  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.
    Mathematical Models for Wound Healing on a Hemi-spherical Calvarium (Skull): The Critical Size Defect.
    John A. Adam*, Old Dominion University
    (1037-92-10)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Global mapping of SNARE-SNARE interactions in Arabidopsis thaliana.
    Naohiro Kato*, Louisiana State University
    Yukichi Fujikawa, Louisiana State University
    (1037-92-320)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Dynamics of discrete-time larch budmoth models.
    Sophia R.-J. Jang*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    (1037-92-178)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Discussion.
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Bifurcation and asymptotic behavior in classical predator-prey systems.
    Junping Shi*, College of William and Mary
    (1037-35-114)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Modeling the diffusion coefficient of short DNA sequences.
    Oscar Gonzalez*, University of Texas
    Jun Li, University of Texas
    (1037-76-288)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
  Session for Contributed Papers
  Room 117, Tureaud Building
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Completing and Avoiding Partial Latin Squares.
    Tristan Denley*, University of Mississippi
    Jaromy Kuhl, University of Western Florida
    (1037-05-358)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    On Some Particular Dense Sets.
    Syrous Marivani*, LSU Alexandria
    (1037-11-117)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A conjecture on integer powers.
    Susil Kumar Jena*, KIIT University
    (1037-11-319)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Fusions of Character Tables and Schur rings of Dihedral Groups.
    Long Bao Nguyen*, Brigham Young University
    Stephen Humphries, BYU
    (1037-13-09)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On the musical relevance of wreath products.
    Robert W. Peck*, Louisiana State University
    (1037-20-257)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Break.
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Linear Programming Formulation of Pavement Structures.
    Mostafa Ghandehari*, University of Texas at Arlington
    Mohammad Najafi, University of Texas at Arlington
    (1037-90-15)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    On the jump behavior of distributions and logarithmic averages.
    Jasson Vindas*, Louisiana State University
    Ricardo Estrada, Louisiana State University
    (1037-42-230)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Resolvability for Lower Density Spaces.
    David Rose*, Florida Southern College
    Ben Thurston, Auburndale, Florida
    (1037-54-36)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Foliations and Global Invertibility.
    E Cabral Balreira*, Trinity University
    (1037-58-94)
• Saturday March 29, 2008, 6:10 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
  Louisiana State University Department of Mathematics Reception
  Cotillion Ballroom, Student Union

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