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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
Saturday March 15, 2008
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Saturday March 15, 2008, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Meetings Registration
Lobby, Warren Weaver Hall
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Saturday March 15, 2008, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Exhibit and Book Sale
13th Floor Lounge, Warren Weaver Hall
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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
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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)
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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)
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9:00 a.m.
On a class of third order rational difference equations with quadratic terms.
H Sedaghat*, Virginia Commonwealth University
(1036-39-87)
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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)
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10:00 a.m.
Stability of Large Systems.
Harold M Hastings*, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549
(1036-39-74)
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10:30 a.m.
Modeling and Comparing Non-conjugate systems.
Erik Bollt*, Clarkson University
(1036-39-163)
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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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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10:00 a.m.
Schubert geometry and jeu de taquin.
Kevin Purbhoo*, University of Waterloo/MSRI
(1036-14-164)
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10:30 a.m.
Toward a Type $B_n$ Geometric Littlewood-Richardson Rule.
Diane E Davis*, Metropolitan State College of Denver
(1036-14-105)
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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
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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
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8:00 a.m.
Participants Introductions/Moderated Q&A on Buckminster Fuller's Mathematics, I
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8:20 a.m.
Break
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8:30 a.m.
Participants Introductions/Moderated Q&A on Buckminster Fuller's Mathematics, II
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9:00 a.m.
Explorations to define a Theory of Foldable Great Circle Origami.
CJ Fearnley*, Synergetics Collaborative
(1036-51-30)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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
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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)
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8:30 a.m.
Mode-locking Dynamics: Attracting States, Limit Cycles, and Bifurcations.
Brandon G. Bale*, University of Washington
(1036-78-120)
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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)
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9:30 a.m.
Nonlocal stabilization of localized solutions to damped-dispersive equations.
Richard O. Moore*, New Jersey Institute of Technology
(1036-78-153)
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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)
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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)
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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
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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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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)
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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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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4:30 p.m.
Multidomain spectral methods for the helically reduced wave equation.
Stephen R Lau*, Brown University
(1036-00-90)
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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)
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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
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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)
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3:00 p.m.
Modeling Public Health Systems with Difference Equations.
Tamara Awerbach*, Harvard School of Public Health
(1036-39-112)
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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)
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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)
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4:30 p.m.
The Complex Dynamics of Singularly Perturbed Rational Maps.
Sebastian M. Marotta*, Boston University
(1036-37-97)
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5:00 p.m.
A Generalized Version of the McMullen Domain.
Elizabeth D Russell*, Boston University
(1036-37-134)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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2:30 p.m.
R. Buckminster Fuller's Synergetic 'Jitterbug:' its fascination and some challenges.
Joseph D. Clinton*, West Chester, PA
(1036-00-35)
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3:00 p.m.
Optimal Tensegrity Systems.
R E Skelton*, UCSD
(1036-06-38)
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3:30 p.m.
Symmetric Tensegrities.
Robert Connelly*, Cornell University
(1036-52-32)
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4:00 p.m.
Some Geometric Invariants of a Class of Tensile-Integrity Structures.
Roger S. Tobie*, Princeton, NJ
(1036-51-33)
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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)
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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)
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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
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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
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2:30 p.m.
Stable concordance of knots in 3-manifolds.
Rob Schneiderman*, Lehman College, City University of New York
(1036-57-133)
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3:00 p.m.
Aspherical 2-complexes and 4-manifolds.
Ian Hambleton*, McMaster University
(1036-57-86)
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4:00 p.m.
Volume entropy rigidity for buildings.
Fran\c cois Ledrappier, University of Notre Dame
Seonhee Lim*, Cornell University
(1036-51-125)
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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)
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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)
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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
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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)
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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)
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3:30 p.m.
Dynamics of KdV discretizations.
A. David Trubatch*, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Montclair State University
(1036-34-169)
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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)
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4:30 p.m.
Gravity induced dispersion for nearly flat vortex sheets.
Doug Wright*, Drexel University
Daniel Spirn, University of Minnesota
(1036-35-42)
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5:00 p.m.
A Kinematic Model of Wave Propagation in an Excitable Medium.
John Wesley Cain*, Virginia Commonwealth University
(1036-92-09)
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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
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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)
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3:00 p.m.
Strong convergence of Kleinian groups: the cracked eggshell.
James W Anderson*, Southampton
Cyril Lecuire, Toulouse
(1036-57-173)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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5:00 p.m.
Geodesic excursions into a neighborhood on a hyperbolic 2-orbifold.
Andrew Haas*, University of Connecticut
(1036-30-167)
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Saturday March 15, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
Session for Contributed Papers, I
Room 513, Warren Weaver Hall
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2:30 p.m.
Noncommutative Stone-Weierstrass Theorem.
Krzysztof Jarosz*, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
(1036-46-193)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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4:15 p.m.
Soliton Content of Generalised Two-Dimensional Gravitation.
Shabnam Beheshti*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
(1036-83-189)
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4:30 p.m.
A Coalescent Theory Analysis of a Population Structure Statistic.
Sivan Rottenstreich*, Georgetown University
(1036-92-160)
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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)
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