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2008 Spring Eastern Meeting
New York, NY, March 15-16, 2008 (Saturday - Sunday)
Meeting #1036

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

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Saturday March 15, 2008

• Saturday March 15, 2008, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Meetings Registration
  Lobby, Warren Weaver Hall
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Exhibit and Book Sale
  13th Floor Lounge, Warren Weaver Hall
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Difference Equations and Applications,I
  Room 804, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Michael A. Radin, Rochester Institute of Technology michael.radin@rit.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On Riccati Difference Equations With Complex Coefficients.
    E Grove, University Of Rhode Island
    Yevgeniy Kostrov*, University Of Rhode Island
    G Ladas, University Of Rhode Island
    S Schultz, Providence College
    (1036-39-157)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Global Attractivity Results of a Quadratic-Linear Rational Difference Equation with Delay.
    Candace Marie Kent*, Virginia Commonwealth University
    Hassan Sedaghat, Virginia Commonwealth University
    (1036-39-99)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On a class of third order rational difference equations with quadratic terms.
    H Sedaghat*, Virginia Commonwealth University
    (1036-39-87)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Global behavior of solutions of a rational first order system of difference equations in the plane.
    Sukanya Basu*, University of Rhode Island
    Orlando Merino, University of Rhode Island
    (1036-39-184)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Stability of Large Systems.
    Harold M Hastings*, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549
    (1036-39-74)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Modeling and Comparing Non-conjugate systems.
    Erik Bollt*, Clarkson University
    (1036-39-163)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Elliptic Equations and Geometric Inequalities, I
  Room 101, Warren Weaver Hall
  Organizers:
  Fengbo Hang, Princeton University fhang@math.princeton.edu
  Xiaodong Wang, Michigan State University xwang@math.msu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    An approximation theorem for prescribing Q-curvature equations on riemannian manifolds.
    Lei Zhang*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (1036-35-75)
  • 8:45 a.m.
    Conformally compact Einstein manifolds.
    Szu-yu Sophie Chen*, University of California, Berkeley
    Alice Chang, Princeton University
    Paul Yang, Princeon University
    (1036-35-139)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Affine Moser-Trudinger and Morrey-Sobolev inequalities.
    Andrea Cianchi, Dipartimento di Matematica, Universit\`a di Firenze
    Erwin Lutwak, Department of Mathematics, Polytechnic University
    Deane Yang, Department of Mathematics, Polytechnic University
    Gaoyong Zhang*, Department of Mathematics, Polytechnic University
    (1036-46-82)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Hessian equations and inequalities.
    Igor E. Verbitsky*, School of Math., University of Birmingham, UK, and Dept. of Math., University of Missouri-Columbia
    (1036-35-79)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Combinatorial Geometry, I
  Room 207, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Julianna Tymoczko, University of Iowa tymoczko@umich.edu
  Linda Chen, Ohio State University lchen@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Degenerations of $\overline{M}_{0,n}$ to toric varieties.
    Angela Gibney*, University of Pennsylvania
    Diane Maclagan, University of Warwick
    (1036-14-149)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Embeddings of the moduli space of points on the projective line.
    Milena Hering*, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota
    Benjamin Howard, University of Michigan
    (1036-14-127)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    A natural smooth compactification of the space of elliptic curves in projective space.
    Ravi Vakil*, Stanford University
    Aleksey Zinger, SUNY Stony Brook
    (1036-14-135)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Schubert geometry and jeu de taquin.
    Kevin Purbhoo*, University of Waterloo/MSRI
    (1036-14-164)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Toward a Type $B_n$ Geometric Littlewood-Richardson Rule.
    Diane E Davis*, Metropolitan State College of Denver
    (1036-14-105)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  Special Session on Mathematics of Multiscale Phenomena,I
  Room 803, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Peter McCoy, U.S. Naval Academy pam@usna.edu
  Reza Malek-Madani, U.S. Naval Academy rmm@usna.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Multi-Scale Models for the Tropics: A Systematic Route for Improving Theory, Computational, and Predictive Strategies.
    Andrew J. Majda*, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at NYU
    (1036-35-94)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    New Algorithms in Information Science.
    Stanley J Osher*, Math, UCLA
    (1036-65-73)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Rare Events in Complex Systems.
    Eric Vanden-Eijnden*, Courant Institute
    (1036-82-162)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Buckminster Fuller's Synergetics and Mathematics, I
  Room 802, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Christopher J. Fearnley, Synergetics Collaborative cjf@cjfearnley.com
  Joe Clinton, Synergetics Collaborative jclinton@kennett.net
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Participants Introductions/Moderated Q&A on Buckminster Fuller's Mathematics, I
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Break
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Participants Introductions/Moderated Q&A on Buckminster Fuller's Mathematics, II
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Explorations to define a Theory of Foldable Great Circle Origami.
    CJ Fearnley*, Synergetics Collaborative
    (1036-51-30)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Structural Skew Topology (SST): geometric topology. three-dimensional linkages and knots, a new paradigm for the meaning and interpretation of structure and fields.
    Charles Donald Briddell*, Independent researcher, member of Synergetic Collaborative (SNEC), fieldstructure.org, Mt. Airy, MD
    (1036-54-107)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The structure of particles as explained by the Structural Skew Topology of Field Structure Theory producing a Particle Hierarchy Chart.
    Charles Donald Briddell*, Independent researcher, member of Synergetic Collaborative (SNEC), fieldstructure.org, Mt. Airy, MD
    (1036-70-114)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Synergetic structures of topological knots and links as physical models of point surfaces in 3D space.
    Dmitri Kozlov*, Research institute of the theory and history of architecture, Russian Academy of the Architecture and Building Sciences
    (1036-54-23)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Waves and their Applications, I
  Room 809, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Edward D. Farnum, Kean University efarnum@kean.edu
  Roy Goodman, New Jersey Institute of Technology goodman@njit.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Bifurcation structure in multi-frequency mode-locked lasers.
    Edward D. Farnum*, Kean University, Center for Science, Technology & Mathematics Education
    (1036-78-181)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Mode-locking Dynamics: Attracting States, Limit Cycles, and Bifurcations.
    Brandon G. Bale*, University of Washington
    (1036-78-120)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Dynamics and bifurcation structure of harmonic mode-locking.
    J. Nathan Kutz*, University of Washington
    Bjorn Sandstede, University of Surrey
    (1036-78-44)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Nonlocal stabilization of localized solutions to damped-dispersive equations.
    Richard O. Moore*, New Jersey Institute of Technology
    (1036-78-153)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Stability of Trapped Light in Bragg Grating Optical Fiber Defects.
    Roy H. Goodman*, New Jersey Institute of Technology
    (1036-78-96)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    ``Solitray Waves in Discrete Media in the presence of Four-wave mixing products".
    Rudy L. Horne*, Florida State University
    (1036-78-166)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Topology, I
  Room 208, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Marco Varisco, Binghamton University, SUNY marco@math.binghamton.edu
  David Rosenthal, St. John's University rosenthd@stjohns.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Algebraic K-theory over the infinite dihedral group.
    James F. Davis, Indiana University
    Qayum Khan*, Vanderbilt University
    Andrew A. Ranicki, University of Edinburgh
    (1036-19-124)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Some remarks on Nil groups in algebraic K-theory.
    James F. Davis*, Indiana University
    (1036-19-192)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Degree Complexes in Auter Space.
    Heather Armstrong, Minneapolis, MN
    Brad Forrest*, Cornell University
    Karen Vogtmann, Cornell University
    (1036-20-165)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Centralizers in R.Thompson's groups.
    Francesco Matucci*, Cornell University
    (1036-20-143)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 8:50 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  Special Session on Computational Fluid Dynamics, I
  Room 810, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Daljit S. Ahluwalia, New Jersey Institute of Technology ahluwali@njit.edu
  James G. Glimm, State University of New York at Stony Brook glimm@ams.sunysb.edu, ldalessio@notes.cc.sunysb.ed
  Jean E. Taylor, NYU-Courant Institute jtaylor@cims.nyu.edu
  

  • 8:50 a.m.
    The Mathematics and Numerics of Chaotic Mixing Flows.
    James Glimm*, SUNY Stony Brook
    Hyun Kyung Lim, SUNY Stony Brook
    Yan Yu, SUNY Stony Brook
    (1036-76-28)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Numerical studies on the evolution of nonlinear water waves and their validation with laboratory experiments.
    Arnaud Goullet*, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
    Wooyoung Choi, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
    (1036-76-76)
  • 9:50 a.m.
    Two-point microrheology: modeling and simulation protocols.
    Christel Hohenegger*, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
    M Gregory Forest, Department of Mathematics & Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina
    (1036-76-72)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Thin film dynamics in a cylindrical tube: new equilibrium structures, and bifurcations.
    L J Cummings*, University of Nottingham (UK), and City College New York
    A A King, University of Nottingham
    O E Jensen, University of Nottingham
    (1036-76-130)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Isoperimetric Problems and PDE, I
  Room 102, Warren Weaver Hall
  Organizers:
  Bernd Kawohl, University of Cologne kawohl@math.uni-koeln.de
  Marcello Lucia, City University of New York mlucia@math.csi.cuny.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    A comparison principle, a Liouville theorem and applications.
    Yanyan Li*, Rutgers University
    (1036-35-50)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Inequalities on CR manifolds and nilpotent groups.
    Sagun Chanillo*, Rutgers University
    (1036-53-22)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    An approximation theorem for prescribing Q-curvature equations on riemannian manifolds.
    Lei Zhang*, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    (1036-58-47)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Moment, entropy and Fisher information inequalities.
    Erwin Lutwak*, Polytechnic University
    Deane Yang, Polytechnic University
    Gaoyong Zhang, Polytechnic University
    (1036-52-83)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on L-Functions and Automorphic Forms, I
  Room 206, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Alina Bucur, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Akshay Venkatesh, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
  Stephen D. Miller, Rutgers University
  Steven J. Miller, Brown University sjmiller@math.brown.edu
  

  • 9:30 a.m.
    Chebyshev's bias in function fields.
    Byungchul Cha*, Muhlenberg College
    (1036-11-07)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Combinatorics and representation theory of p-adic groups.
    Cristina M Ballantine*, College of the Holy Cross
    (1036-11-102)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Hecke Operators and Buildings.
    A Setyadi*, College of Mount Saint Vincent
    (1036-11-60)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Northeast Hyperbolic Geometry, I
  Room 1302, Warren Weaver Hall
  Organizers:
  Ara Basmajian, Hunter College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York abasmaji@hunter.cuny.edu
  Ed Taylor, Wesleyan University ectaylor@wesleyan.edu
  

  • 9:30 a.m.
    Kleinian groups with discrete length spectrum.
    Richard D Canary*, University of Michigan
    Christopher Leininger, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1036-57-151)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On Quasiconformal Stability in Hyperbolic 4-Space.
    Youngju Kim*, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
    (1036-51-88)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Extremal Groups for the Bers Area Theorems.
    William Abikoff*, University of Connecticut at Storrs
    William J. Harvey, Kings College, London
    (1036-30-115)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 11:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  Invited Address
  Murphy's Law in algebraic geometry: Badly-behaved moduli spaces.
  Room 109, Warren Weaver Hall
  Ravi Vakil*, Stanford University
  (1036-14-03)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Are solutions to elliptic PDEs always nice?
  Room 109, Warren Weaver Hall
  Ovidiu Savin*, Columbia University
  (1036-35-04)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Computational Fluid Dynamics, II
  Room 810, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Daljit S. Ahluwalia, New Jersey Institute of Technology ahluwali@njit.edu
  James G. Glimm, State University of New York at Stony Brook glimm@ams.sunysb.edu, ldalessio@notes.cc.sunysb.ed
  Jean E. Taylor, NYU-Courant Institute jtaylor@cims.nyu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Novel dynamics in Stokes flows due to fluid-structure or fluid-interface interaction.
    Yuan N. Young*, Department of Mathematical Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technolgoy
    (1036-76-37)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Shape Changing Bodies in Fluid: Hovering, Ratcheting, and Bursting.
    Saverio E Spagnolie*, New York University
    Michael J Shelley, New York University
    (1036-76-64)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The Benchmark of FronTier Library and its Applications to Scientific and Engineering Problems.
    Brian Fix*, SUNY Stony Brook
    James Glimm, SUNY Stony Brook
    Justin Iwerks, SUNY Stony Brook
    Ryan Kaufman, SUNY Stony Brook
    Xiaolin Li, SUNY Stony Brook
    (1036-76-31)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Simulation of viscous drops rolling on an inclined super-hydrophobic plane.
    Xinli Wang*, New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Michael Siegel, New Jersey Institute of Technology
    (1036-76-63)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Multidomain spectral methods for the helically reduced wave equation.
    Stephen R Lau*, Brown University
    (1036-00-90)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Pearling Instability of Nano-flows Confined to a Chemical Channel.
    Tak S. Lo*, Levich Institute, City College of CUNY, New York, NY
    Joel Koplik, Levich Institute, City College of CUNY, New York, NY
    (1036-76-89)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Difference Equations and Applications,II
  Room 804, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Michael A. Radin, Rochester Institute of Technology michael.radin@rit.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Global Stability in a Nonlinear System of Difference Equations.
    M Predescu*, Bentley College
    R Levins, HSPH
    T Awerbuch, HSPH
    (1036-39-146)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Modeling Public Health Systems with Difference Equations.
    Tamara Awerbach*, Harvard School of Public Health
    (1036-39-112)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Discrete-time models and epidemic thresholds for infections on networks.
    L. A. Zager*, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
    (1036-39-136)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Fixed Points Results in Partially Ordered Metric Spaces.
    Ann Brett*, Department of Mathematics, University of Rhode Island
    M. R.S. Kulenovic, Department of Mathematics, University of Rhode Island
    (1036-39-103)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The Complex Dynamics of Singularly Perturbed Rational Maps.
    Sebastian M. Marotta*, Boston University
    (1036-37-97)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A Generalized Version of the McMullen Domain.
    Elizabeth D Russell*, Boston University
    (1036-37-134)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on L-Functions and Automorphic Forms, II
  Room 206, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Alina Bucur, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Akshay Venkatesh, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
  Stephen D. Miller, Rutgers University
  Steven J. Miller, Brown University sjmiller@math.brown.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Atkin-Serre type conjectures for automorphic representations on $GL(2)$.
    Jeremy A Rouse*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    (1036-11-12)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Arithmetic functions attached to real quadratic fields and central values of L-functions.
    Alexandru Popa*, University of Pennsylvania, Mathematics Dept.
    (1036-11-172)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Quadratic function fields with large class rank.
    Siman Wong*, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Massachusetts. Amherst, MA
    (1036-11-84)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Moments of automorphic L-functions.
    Adrian Diaconu*, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
    (1036-11-191)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Elliptic Equations and Geometric Inequalities, II
  Room 101, Warren Weaver Hall
  Organizers:
  Fengbo Hang, Princeton University fhang@math.princeton.edu
  Xiaodong Wang, Michigan State University xwang@math.msu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    The quermassintegral inequalities for starshaped domains.
    Junfang Li*, CRM and McGill University
    (1036-35-132)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    On the classification of gradient Ricci solitons.
    William Wylie*, UCLA
    (1036-53-150)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On Keller-Rubinstein-Sternberg's problem.
    Fanghua Lin, New York University
    Xingbin Pan, Eastern China Normal Unviersity
    Changyou Wang*, Unviersity of Kentucky
    (1036-35-179)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Smoothness of solutions of some classes of semilinear elliptic degenerate equations.
    Tri Minh Nguyen*, Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
    (1036-35-43)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Combinatorial Geometry, II
  Room 207, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Julianna Tymoczko, University of Iowa tymoczko@umich.edu
  Linda Chen, Ohio State University lchen@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Quantum cohomology and the periodicity of Littlewood-Richardson coefficients for flag varieties.
    Izzet Coskun*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1036-14-55)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A Giambelli formula for isotropic Grassmannians.
    Harry Tamvakis*, University of Maryland
    (1036-14-123)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Triality and symmetries of morphisms.
    Dave Anderson*, University of Michigan
    (1036-14-174)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    K-theoretic Gromov-Witten invariants of Grassmannians.
    Anders S. Buch*, Rutgers University
    Leonardo C. Mihalcea, Duke University
    (1036-14-187)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Affine tableaux approach to Macdonald polynomials, Gromov-Witten invariants and Schubert calculus.
    Jennifer Morse*, Math Department, Drexel University
    (1036-05-170)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  Special Session on Mathematics of Multiscale Phenomena,II
  Room 803, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Peter McCoy, U.S. Naval Academy pam@usna.edu
  Reza Malek-Madani, U.S. Naval Academy rmm@usna.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Some thoughts about building general framework for multiscale modeling.
    Weinan E*, Princeton University
    (1036-65-71)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Quantum-Based Multiscale and Multiphysics Simulations of Materials.
    Emily A Carter*, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics
    (1036-82-85)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Buckminster Fuller's Synergetics and Mathematics, II
  Room 802, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Christopher J. Fearnley, Synergetics Collaborative cjf@cjfearnley.com
  Joe Clinton, Synergetics Collaborative jclinton@kennett.net
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    R. Buckminster Fuller's Synergetic 'Jitterbug:' its fascination and some challenges.
    Joseph D. Clinton*, West Chester, PA
    (1036-00-35)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Optimal Tensegrity Systems.
    R E Skelton*, UCSD
    (1036-06-38)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Symmetric Tensegrities.
    Robert Connelly*, Cornell University
    (1036-52-32)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Some Geometric Invariants of a Class of Tensile-Integrity Structures.
    Roger S. Tobie*, Princeton, NJ
    (1036-51-33)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Scientific Storytelling: How to Increase Pattern Recognition of the Primordial Units of Structural Integrity.
    Thomas Miller*, Manhattan, NY
    (1036-51-137)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Prototyping of forms in structural morphology.
    Romuald Tarczewski*, Wroclaw University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture
    Waldemar Bober, Wroclaw University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture
    (1036-52-34)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Isoperimetric Problems and PDE, II
  Room 102, Warren Weaver Hall
  Organizers:
  Bernd Kawohl, University of Cologne kawohl@math.uni-koeln.de
  Marcello Lucia, City University of New York mlucia@math.csi.cuny.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Minimum Cuts and Maximum Area.
    Gilbert Strang*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1036-49-21)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Some results about Cheeger sets: uniqueness and nonuniqueness.
    Enea Parini*, University of Cologne
    (1036-35-19)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Some Simple Inequalities: Best Constants and Minimizing Functions.
    Florin Catrina*, St John's University
    (1036-35-18)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Isoperimetric problem for the free plate eigenvalue.
    L. M. Chasman*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1036-35-25)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The Faber-Krahn inequality for the $p$-Laplacian operator in a Minkowski metric.
    Bernd Kawohl*, Mathematical Institute, University of Cologne, D 50923 Cologne, Germany
    (1036-49-15)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Topology, II
  Room 208, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Marco Varisco, Binghamton University, SUNY marco@math.binghamton.edu
  David Rosenthal, St. John's University rosenthd@stjohns.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Stable concordance of knots in 3-manifolds.
    Rob Schneiderman*, Lehman College, City University of New York
    (1036-57-133)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Aspherical 2-complexes and 4-manifolds.
    Ian Hambleton*, McMaster University
    (1036-57-86)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Volume entropy rigidity for buildings.
    Fran\c cois Ledrappier, University of Notre Dame
    Seonhee Lim*, Cornell University
    (1036-51-125)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Notes on an additive decomposition for twisted equivariant K-theory.
    Christopher Dwyer*, Binghamton University
    Nansen Petrosyan, K.U.Leuven Campus Kortrijk
    (1036-19-154)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Mod-2 Equivalence of the Symbols of the de Rham and Signature Operators.
    James F. Davis, Indiana University
    Pisheng Ding*, St. John's University, New York
    (1036-58-109)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Waves and their Applications, II
  Room 809, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Edward D. Farnum, Kean University efarnum@kean.edu
  Roy Goodman, New Jersey Institute of Technology goodman@njit.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Raman-induced energy exchange between optical solitons as a random cascade model.
    Avner Peleg*, University at Buffalo, SUNY
    (1036-35-24)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Impact of stochastic perturbations on ultra-short solitons in cubic nonlinear media.
    Tobias B Schaefer*, The College of Staten Island, CUNY
    (1036-35-65)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Dynamics of KdV discretizations.
    A. David Trubatch*, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Montclair State University
    (1036-34-169)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On the stability of deep-water surface waves.
    Diane M Henderson*, Penn State University
    Harvey Segur, University of Colorado
    (1036-76-175)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Gravity induced dispersion for nearly flat vortex sheets.
    Doug Wright*, Drexel University
    Daniel Spirn, University of Minnesota
    (1036-35-42)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A Kinematic Model of Wave Propagation in an Excitable Medium.
    John Wesley Cain*, Virginia Commonwealth University
    (1036-92-09)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Northeast Hyperbolic Geometry, II
  Room 1302, Warren Weaver Hall
  Organizers:
  Ara Basmajian, Hunter College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York abasmaji@hunter.cuny.edu
  Ed Taylor, Wesleyan University ectaylor@wesleyan.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Asymptotics of Weil-Petersson geodesics: ending laminations, recurrence and flows.
    Jeffrey F. Brock*, Brown University
    Howard A. Masur, University of Illinois, Chicago
    Yair N. Minsky, Yale University
    (1036-37-195)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Strong convergence of Kleinian groups: the cracked eggshell.
    James W Anderson*, Southampton
    Cyril Lecuire, Toulouse
    (1036-57-173)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The minimum Dirichlet principle for measured foliations, Teichm\"uller lines of minima and the associahedron.
    Frederick P. Gardiner*, Brooklyn College CUNY and The Graduate Center of CUNY
    (1036-30-41)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Diffeomorphism groups of compact 2-dimensional hyperbolic orbifolds.
    Clifford J Earle*, Department of Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
    (1036-30-56)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Sato-Tate like measures for geodesic laminations on hyperbolic surfaces.
    Martin J Bridgeman*, Boston College
    David Dumas, Brown University
    (1036-51-161)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Geodesic excursions into a neighborhood on a hyperbolic 2-orbifold.
    Andrew Haas*, University of Connecticut
    (1036-30-167)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
  Session for Contributed Papers, I
  Room 513, Warren Weaver Hall
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Noncommutative Stone-Weierstrass Theorem.
    Krzysztof Jarosz*, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
    (1036-46-193)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Mentors and Mechanics of Molecular Biotopology: Warren Weaver (1894-1978) --$>$ Linus Pauling (1901-1994) Conrad Hal Waddington (1905-1975) --$>$ Rene Thom (1923-2002).
    Okan Gurel*, IBM
    Demet Gurel, Touro College, Chemistry and Physics
    (1036-54-17)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    "The gradient flows, spaces of multi-tangent trajectories, convexity and complexity on manifolds with boundary".
    Gabriel Katz*, William Paterson University
    (1036-57-178)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    An Analysis of Underwood's model of traffic flow.
    Mostafa Ghandehari*, University of Texas at Arlington
    Siamak Ardekani, The University of Texas at Arlington
    (1036-62-27)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On the stability of semi-adaptive iterative splitting for solving two-dimensional reaction-diffusion equations.
    Juergen Geiser, Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin
    Qin Sheng*, Baylor University
    (1036-65-11)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Investigation of ground state energies and pair correlation functions for the system of three electrons confined in a parabolic well by the use of the hyperspherica function method.
    Lia Leon Margolin*, Marymount Manhattan College
    Shalva Tsiklauri, City College of Technology, CUNY
    (1036-70-91)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Direct Simulation of Fluid-Solid Systems Using Implicit Compressible Immersed Continuum Method.
    Sheldon Wang*, Department of Mathematical Sciences/New Jersey Institute of Technology
    (1036-74-40)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Soliton Content of Generalised Two-Dimensional Gravitation.
    Shabnam Beheshti*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
    (1036-83-189)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A Coalescent Theory Analysis of a Population Structure Statistic.
    Sivan Rottenstreich*, Georgetown University
    (1036-92-160)
• Saturday March 15, 2008, 5:30 p.m.-6:20 p.m.
  Erd\H os Memorial Lecture
  Decomposing bounded functions.
  Room 109, Warren Weaver Hall
  William Timothy Gowers*, University of Cambridge
  (1036-41-16)

Sunday March 16, 2008

• Sunday March 16, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Meetings Registration
  Lobby, Warren Weaver Hall
• Sunday March 16, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on L-Functions and Automorphic Forms, III
  Room 206, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Alina Bucur, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Akshay Venkatesh, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
  Stephen D. Miller, Rutgers University
  Steven J. Miller, Brown University sjmiller@math.brown.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Oppenheim Summation and the Atkinson-Jutila Formula for the Square of the Riemann Zeta Function.
    Jennifer Beineke*, Western New England College
    Daniel Bump, Stanford University
    (1036-11-138)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Applications of Invariant Distributions.
    Stephen D Miller*, Rutgers University
    (1036-11-129)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Weyl group multiple Dirichlet series and Gelfand-Tsetlin patterns.
    Ben Brubaker, Department of Mathematics, M.I.T.
    Daniel Bump, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University
    Solomon Friedberg*, Department of Mathematics, Boston College
    (1036-11-66)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Lefschetz numbers of automorphism on the cuspidal cohomology.
    Birgit Speh*, Cornell University
    (1036-22-155)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Calculating Maass forms and L-functions for GL(3).
    David W Farmer*, American Institute of Mathematics
    (1036-11-108)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Subconvexity bounds of $L$-functions.
    Xiaoqing Li*, SUNY-Buffalo
    (1036-11-197)
• Sunday March 16, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Combinatorial Geometry, III
  Room 207, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Julianna Tymoczko, University of Iowa tymoczko@umich.edu
  Linda Chen, Ohio State University lchen@math.ohio-state.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Symplectic techniques in algebraic combinatorial geometry.
    Tara S Holm*, Cornell University
    (1036-53-186)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Schubert calculus and Bott-Samelson manifolds.
    Rebecca F Goldin*, George Mason University
    (1036-14-159)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Positivity in Equivariant Schubert Calculus: A Symplectic Approach.
    Catalin Zara*, University of Massachusetts Boston
    (1036-53-182)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Hypertoric varieties and Gale duality.
    Tom Braden*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    Anthony Licata, Stanford University
    Nicholas Proudfoot, University of Oregon
    Ben Webster, IAS, Princeton
    (1036-14-101)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Hyperkahler Kirwan surjectivity for quiver varieties: Morse theory and examples.
    Megumi Harada*, McMaster University
    Graeme Wilkin, Johns Hopkins University
    (1036-53-77)
• Sunday March 16, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Exhibit and Book Sale
  13th Floor Lounge, Warren Weaver Hall
• Sunday March 16, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Elliptic Equations and Geometric Inequalities, III
  Room 101, Warren Weaver Hall
  Organizers:
  Fengbo Hang, Princeton University fhang@math.princeton.edu
  Xiaodong Wang, Michigan State University xwang@math.msu.edu
  

  • 8:30 p.m.
    Reflector problem in $\Bbb R^n$ endowed with non-Euclidean norm.
    Luis A. Caffarelli, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin
    Qingbo Huang*, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Wright State University
    (1036-35-106)
  • 9:20 p.m.
    Some special boundary value problems for the complex Monge-Ampere equation.
    Bo Guan*, Department of Mathematics, Ohio State University
    (1036-35-190)
  • 10:10 p.m.
    Curvature and continuity of optimal transport.
    Young-Heon Kim*, University of Toronto
    (1036-35-08)
• Sunday March 16, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Topology, III
  Room 208, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Marco Varisco, Binghamton University, SUNY marco@math.binghamton.edu
  David Rosenthal, St. John's University rosenthd@stjohns.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Supersymmmetric Quantum Mechanics, Infinite-Dimensional Mathai-Quillen Formalism, and Gauss-Bonnet-Chern.
    Dana Fine, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
    Stephen F Sawin*, Fairfield University
    (1036-58-20)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Burnside Ring, Equivariant Stable Cohomotopy and the Segal Conjecture for Infinite Groups.
    Wolfgang Lueck*, Mathematisches Institut der Westfaelischen Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster
    (1036-57-113)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On Obstructions to Realizing Diagrams of $\Pi$-algebras.
    David Blanc, Department of Mathematics, University of Haifa
    Mark W. Johnson*, Department of Mathematics, Penn State Altoona
    James M. Turner, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Calvin College
    (1036-55-145)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Cohomology of planar polygon spaces.
    Dirk Schuetz*, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University, UK
    (1036-58-183)
• Sunday March 16, 2008, 8:50 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
  Special Session on Computational Fluid Dynamics, III
  Room 810, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Daljit S. Ahluwalia, New Jersey Institute of Technology ahluwali@njit.edu
  James G. Glimm, State University of New York at Stony Brook glimm@ams.sunysb.edu, ldalessio@notes.cc.sunysb.ed
  Jean E. Taylor, NYU-Courant Institute jtaylor@cims.nyu.edu
  

  • 8:50 a.m.
    A Numerical Method for Soluble Surfactants on Moving Interfaces.
    Shilpa Madangopal Khatri*, Courant Institute, NYU
    Anna-Karin Tornberg, Courant Institute, NYU / KTH, Sweden
    (1036-65-80)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Numerical Study of Jet Spray Formation in Diesel Injectors.
    W Bo*, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics,Stony Brook University, NY
    W Glimm, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics,Stony Brook University, NY
    X Li, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics,Stony Brook University, NY
    (1036-76-39)
  • 9:50 a.m.
    Effects of electric fields and inertia on the deformation of liquid drops in simple shear flow.
    Stefan B Maehlmann*, Postdoctoral fellow/Department of Mathematical Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark
    (1036-76-54)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Interface Tracking Using Face Offsetting and Anisotropic Mesh Adaptation.
    Xiangmin Jiao*, Department of Applied Mathamatics & Statistics, Stony Brook University
    (1036-65-68)
• Sunday March 16, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  Special Session on Mathematics of Multiscale Phenomena,III
  Room 803, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Peter McCoy, U.S. Naval Academy pam@usna.edu
  Reza Malek-Madani, U.S. Naval Academy rmm@usna.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Multiscale decomposition of images: deblurring, denoising and segmentation.
    Eitan Tadmor*, University of Maryland
    Suzanne Nezzar, Richard Stockton College
    Luminita Vese, University of California, Los-Angeles
    (1036-41-53)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Coupled atomistic-continuum methods for fluid.
    Weiqing Ren*, Courant Institute, New York University
    (1036-76-128)
• Sunday March 16, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Isoperimetric Problems and PDE, III
  Room 102, Warren Weaver Hall
  Organizers:
  Bernd Kawohl, University of Cologne kawohl@math.uni-koeln.de
  Marcello Lucia, City University of New York mlucia@math.csi.cuny.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Minimal surfaces in hyperbolic space and renormalized area.
    Spyros Alexakis*, University of Princeton
    (1036-53-81)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Hamiltonian identities for Elliptic PDEs and its application.
    Changfeng Gui*, University of Connecticut
    (1036-35-116)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Radial symmetry of solutions to systems of higher order semilinear PDE.
    Michael Kiessling*, Rutgers University
    (1036-35-61)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Symmetry properties of extremals for the Caffarelli-Kohn-Nirenberg inequality in dimension two.
    Gabriella Tarantello*, University of Rome Tor Vergata
    (1036-35-70)
• Sunday March 16, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
  Session for Contributed Papers, II
  Room 513, Warren Weaver Hall
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Extensions of Bernoulli Theorem.
    Hung-ping Tsao*, Novato, California
    (1036-11-36)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Method Of Infinite Ascent Applied On $ mA^6 + nB^3 = C^2 $.
    Susil Kumar Jena*, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
    (1036-11-185)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On some analitical properties of Diriclet series.
    Ilgar Shikar Jabbarov*, Ganja State University, Ganja, Azerbaican
    (1036-11-69)
  • 9:45 a.m.
    Cusp Forms and Quantum Mechanics.
    Julio Cesar Bueno de Andrade*, Sao Paulo State University - UNESP.
    (1036-11-180)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Fragment Computing Categories and Fragment Consistent Functorial Models.
    Cyrus F Nouranij*, http://projektakdmkrd.tripod.com
    (1036-12-122)
  • 10:15 a.m.
    A framework for classical and quantum geometries.
    M. D Iftime*, Boston U. and MCP
    (1036-14-48)
• Sunday March 16, 2008, 11:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  Invited Address
  The density functional theory of electronic structure.
  Room 109, Warren Weaver Hall
  Weinan E*, Princeton University
  (1036-81-01)
• Sunday March 16, 2008, 1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Algebraic rigidity and randomness in geometric group theory.
  Room 109, Warren Weaver Hall
  Ilya Kapovich*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  (1036-20-02)
• Sunday March 16, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Computational Fluid Dynamics, IV
  Room 810, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Daljit S. Ahluwalia, New Jersey Institute of Technology ahluwali@njit.edu
  James G. Glimm, State University of New York at Stony Brook glimm@ams.sunysb.edu, ldalessio@notes.cc.sunysb.ed
  Jean E. Taylor, NYU-Courant Institute jtaylor@cims.nyu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    The Boundary Integral Method for Stokes-Darcy Problems.
    Svetlana Tlupova*, New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Ricardo Cortez, Tulane University
    (1036-76-59)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Multiphase MHD at low magnetic Reynolds numbers.
    Tianshi Lu*, Brookhaven National Laboratory
    Jian Du, University of Utah
    Roman Samulyak, Stony Brook University
    (1036-76-29)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A hybrid approach to simulating vibrated gas-fluidized beds of fine powders.
    Sung Joon Moon*, Princeton University
    Sankaran Sundaresan, Princeton University
    Ioannis G Kevrekidis, Princeton University
    (1036-76-194)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Modeling and Simulating the Fluid Dynamics of Electrowetting On Dielectric (EWOD) with Contact Line Friction.
    Shawn W. Walker*, Courant Institute
    Ricardo H. Nochetto, University of Maryland
    Andrea Bonito, University of Maryland
    (1036-76-58)
• Sunday March 16, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on L-Functions and Automorphic Forms, IV
  Room 206, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Alina Bucur, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Akshay Venkatesh, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
  Stephen D. Miller, Rutgers University
  Steven J. Miller, Brown University sjmiller@math.brown.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    An update on non-vanishing results for twists of automorphic L-series.
    Jeff Hoffstein*, Brown University
    (1036-11-98)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Partition statistics and quasiweak Maass forms.
    Kathrin Bringmann, University of Minnesota
    Frank Garvan, University of Florida
    Karl Mahlburg*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1036-11-196)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Recent trends and advances in sieve methods.
    Henryk Iwaniec*, Rutgers University
    (1036-11-147)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    A Symplectic Test of the L-Functions Ratios Conjecture.
    Steven J Miller*, Brown University
    (1036-11-49)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Orbital Counting for Infinite Co-Volume Fuchsian Groups and Affine Linear Sieves.
    Alex V Kontorovich*, Brown University
    (1036-11-51)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Algebraic Number Fields, Primes, and Photonic Devices.
    P. Robert Kotiuga*, ECE Dept. Boston University
    (1036-11-126)
• Sunday March 16, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Elliptic Equations and Geometric Inequalities, IV
  Room 101, Warren Weaver Hall
  Organizers:
  Fengbo Hang, Princeton University fhang@math.princeton.edu
  Xiaodong Wang, Michigan State University xwang@math.msu.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Problems in General Relativity.
    Marcus A. Khuri*, Stony Brook University
    (1036-83-148)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Isometric embeddings and quasi-local mass.
    Mu-Tao Wang*, Columbia University
    Shing-Tung Yau, Harvard University
    (1036-53-156)
  • 4:10 p.m.
    Applications of Geometric Inequalities to the topology of manifolds with nonnegative Ricci Curvature.
    Michael Munn*, CUNY Graduate Center
    Christina Sormani, CUNY Graduate Center and Lehman College
    (1036-58-100)
• Sunday March 16, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Topology, IV
  Room 208, Silver Center
  Organizers:
  Marco Varisco, Binghamton University, SUNY marco@math.binghamton.edu
  David Rosenthal, St. John's University rosenthd@stjohns.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Secondary Transfer and Higher Reidemeister Torsion.
    Wojciech Dorabiala*, Department of Mathematics, Penn State Altoona
    Bernard Badzioch, Department of Mathematics, SUNY, Buffalo
    John Klein, Department of Mathematics, Wayne State University
    Bruce Williams, Department of Mathematics, University of Notre Dame
    (1036-55-144)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    $L^2$ Betti-less manifolds.
    Sylvain Cappell*, Courant Institute, NYU
    (1036-57-152)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Rotation numbers, a generalized Maslov index and representation varieties.
    Anna Wienhard*, Princeton University
    Marc Burger, ETH Zuerich
    Alessandra Iozzi, ETH Zuerich
    (1036-22-171)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Aspects of compact topological group actions.
    Shmuel Weinberger*, University of Chicago
    (1036-57-111)
• Sunday March 16, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Northeast Hyperbolic Geometry, III
  Room 1302, Warren Weaver Hall
  Organizers:
  Ara Basmajian, Hunter College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York abasmaji@hunter.cuny.edu
  Ed Taylor, Wesleyan University ectaylor@wesleyan.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Commutators in Groups of Hyperbolic Motions.
    Ara Basmajian, Hunter College, CUNY
    Bernard Maskit*, Stony Brook University
    (1036-20-95)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On the geometry of quasiconformally homogeneous domains.
    Petra Bonfert-Taylor*, Wesleyan University
    Edward Taylor, Wesleyan University
    (1036-30-57)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Some geometrical properties of the Teichm\"uller space of a Riemann surface rel a closed subset.
    Sudeb Mitra*, Queens College of the City University of New York
    (1036-32-52)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Piecewise linear coordinates for spaces of finite disk patterns.
    Reza Chamanara*, CUNY/Brooklyn College
    (1036-51-176)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Coincidence of conformal densities.
    Kourosh Tavakoli*, Fordham University
    (1036-30-177)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Informative Words and Discreteness: Palindromes.
    Jane Gilman*, Rutgers-Newark
    Linda Keen, Lehman College, CUNY
    (1036-20-92)
• Sunday March 16, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-4:25 p.m.
  Session for Contributed Papers, III
  Room 513, Warren Weaver Hall
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    On existence and like results for a modified BBM equation that is applied to unidirectional propagation of long waves in certain nonlinear dispersive systems, with viscosity considered.
    Timothy A Smith*, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
    (1036-35-10)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Computer Algorithms for Isometric Mapping with Ricci Flow.
    Tuan Cao-Huu*, York University (Canada)/MGH, Harvard Medcial School
    (1036-32-46)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On p-harmonic mappings in the plane.
    Tomasz Adamowicz*, Syracuse University
    (1036-35-26)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Uniqueness of Semilinear Elliptic Inverse Problem.
    C Qu, Yunnan University, P. R. China
    P Wang*, Penn State University
    (1036-35-14)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A variational approach to front propagation in reaction-diffusion equations and their singular limits.
    Cyrill B Muratov*, New Jersey Institute of Technology
    Matteo Novaga, University of Pisa
    (1036-35-67)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Dynamic Adhesive Contact of a Rod.
    Sriyani Renuka Menike Rathugamage*, Rochester, Michigan
    (1036-35-121)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On the Painleve Property of two Partial Differential Equations.
    Aloysius Bathi Kasturiarachi*, Kent State University, Stark Campus
    (1036-35-158)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    The Numerical Solution of the Exterior Dirichlet Problem for Helmholtz Equation-for Oval of Cassini.
    Yajni M. Warnapala*, Roger Williams University
    Elizabeth Morgan, Roger Williams University
    (1036-45-05)

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