AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Saturday, October 13, 2007 00:36:29

Associate secretaries:
Susan J Friedlander, AMS susan@math.northwestern.edu

Friday October 5, 2007, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Numerical and Symbolic Techniques in Algebraic Geometry and Its Applications, I
Room 1110, Lewis Center
Organizers:
GianMario Besana, DePaul University gbesana@cti.depaul.edu
Jan Verschelde, University of Illinois at Chicago jan@math.uic.edu
Zhonggang Zeng, Northeastern Illinois University zzeng@neiu.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Recent Results in Numerical Algebraic Geometry.
  Andrew Sommese*, University of Notre Dame,
  (1030-65-311)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Algebraic Structures in Finite Element Computation.
  Matthew G. Knepley*, Argonne National Laboratory, Mathematics and Computer Science Division
  Dmitry Karpeev, Argonne National Laboratory, Mathematics and Computer Science Division
  (1030-65-424)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Parallel Implementation of a Subsystem-by-Subsystem Solver.
  Yun Guan*, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Jan Verschelde, University of Illinois at Chicago
  (1030-65-318)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Likelihood ratio tests and singularities.
  Mathias Drton*, University of Chicago
  (1030-62-200)

Friday October 5, 2007, 2:30 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Numerical and Symbolic Techniques in Algebraic Geometry and Its Applications, II
Room 1110, Lewis Center
Organizers:
GianMario Besana, DePaul University gbesana@cti.depaul.edu
Jan Verschelde, University of Illinois at Chicago jan@math.uic.edu
Zhonggang Zeng, Northeastern Illinois University zzeng@neiu.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  Finding All Solutions to Dynamic Stochastic Games.
  Kenneth L. Judd*, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
  Karl Schmedders, Kellog School of Management, Northwestern University
  (1030-91-421)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Regeneration, adaptive multiprecision and Bertini.
  Jonathan D Hauenstein*, University of Notre Dame
  (1030-14-379)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Computing the GCD of Ore Polynomials.
  Zhonggang Zeng, Northeastern Illinois University
  Yang Zhang*, DePaul University
  (1030-16-405)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Break
- 4:30 p.m.
  Numerical primary decomposition.
  Anton Leykin*, IMA, University of Minnesota
  (1030-14-376)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Computing Critical Points by Continuation.
  Kathy Wei Piret*, University of Illinois at Chicago, Dept of Math, Stat & CS
  Jan Verschelde, University of Illinois at Chicago, Dept. of Math, Stat & CS
  (1030-65-325)
- 5:30 p.m.
  Induction for secant varieties of Segre varieties.
  Hirotachi Abo*, University of Idaho
  Giorgio Ottaviani, University of Florence
  Chris Peterson, Colorado State University
  (1030-14-199)

Saturday October 6, 2007, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Numerical and Symbolic Techniques in Algebraic Geometry and Its Applications, III
Room 1110, Lewis Center
Organizers:
GianMario Besana, DePaul University gbesana@cti.depaul.edu
Jan Verschelde, University of Illinois at Chicago jan@math.uic.edu
Zhonggang Zeng, Northeastern Illinois University zzeng@neiu.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  The mixed volume computation, A revisit.
  Tsung-Lin Lee, Michigan State University, Department of Mathematics
  T.Y. Li*, Michigan State University, Department of Mathematics
  (1030-52-104)
- 9:30 a.m.
  A new method for real root-finding using Gale duality.
  Daniel J Bates*, IMA (University of Minnesota)
  (1030-14-360)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Thomae's formula for normal cyclic curves.
  Galbodayage Sujeeva Wijesiri*, Oakland University
  (1030-14-48)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Eliminating near multiplicities in polynomial systems: a global approach.
  Itnuit Janovitz-Freireich, North Carolina State University
  Bernard Mourrain, INRIA Sophia-Antipolis
  Lajos Ronyai, MTA SZTAKI and Budapest University of Technology and Economics
  Agnes Szanto*, North Carolina State University
  (1030-08-302)

Saturday October 6, 2007, 2:30 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Numerical and Symbolic Techniques in Algebraic Geometry and Its Applications, IV
Room 1110, Lewis Center
Organizers:
GianMario Besana, DePaul University gbesana@cti.depaul.edu
Jan Verschelde, University of Illinois at Chicago jan@math.uic.edu
Zhonggang Zeng, Northeastern Illinois University zzeng@neiu.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  Equations of curves with automorphisms.
  Tanush Shaska*, Oakland University
  (1030-14-47)
- 3:00 p.m.
  NHOM4PSpara - Parallel Implementation of the Polyhedral Homotopy Continuation Method for Polynomial Systems.
  Chih-Hsiung Tsai*, Department of Mathematics/Michigan State University
  (1030-65-128)
- 3:30 p.m.
  The Newton Polytope Construction for Systems of Equations.
  John McDonald*, DePaul University
  (1030-52-422)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Break
- 4:30 p.m.
  Applications of homotopies in the space of sections of a sheaf.
  Chris S Peterson*, Colorado State University
  (1030-14-308)
- 5:00 p.m.
  A rank-revealing method for low rank matrices with updating, downdating, and applications.
  Lee Tsung-Lin*, Michigan State University
  Li Tien-Yien, Michigan State University
  Zeng Zhonggang, Northeastern Illinois University
  (1030-65-124)
- 5:30 p.m.
  Multiple Zeros of Analytic Systems.
  Barry H Dayton*, Northeastern Illinois University
  (1030-14-65)

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