AMS Sectional Meeting Full Program

Current as of Saturday, October 18, 2008 00:36:13

2008 Fall Eastern Section Meeting
Middletown, CT, October 11-12, 2008 (Saturday - Sunday)
Meeting #1042

Saturday October 11, 2008

• Saturday October 11, 2008, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Meeting Registration
  Lobby, Exley Science Center
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Book Sale and Exhibit
  Room 139, Exley Science Center
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Model Theory and Its Applications, I
  Room 121, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Thomas Scanlon, University of California, Berkeley scanlon@math.berkeley.edu
  Philip H. Scowcroft, Wesleyan University pscowcroft@wesleyan.edu
  Carol S. Wood, Wesleyan University cwood@wesleyan.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    On model theory for classes of finite structures.
    Charles Steinhorn*, Vassar College
    (1042-03-225)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Decreasing types in o-minimal theories.
    Janak Daniel Ramakrishnan*, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon I
    (1042-03-193)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    O-minimal fields with standard part map.
    Jana Maříková*, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University
    (1042-03-152)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Characteristic sequences in unstable theories.
    Maryanthe Malliaris*, University of California, Berkeley
    (1042-03-142)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    $\omega$-models of Finite Set Theory.
    James H. Schmerl*, University of Connecticut, Storrs
    (1042-03-56)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Elementary pairs of models of PA.
    Roman Kossak*, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
    (1042-03-51)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Low-Dimensional Topology, I
  Room 141, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Constance Leidy, Wesleyan University cleidy@wesleyan.edu
  Shelly Harvey, Rice University shelly@rice.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    The Fractal Nature of Link Concordance.
    Tim D Cochran*, Mathematics Department, Rice University
    Shelly Harvey, Mathematics Department, Rice University
    Constance Leidy, Mathematics Department, Wesleyan University
    (1042-57-183)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    On the geography and botany of Ozsvath-Szabo invariants.
    Matthew Hedden*, M.I.T
    (1042-57-230)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Recent progress in the knot theory of complex plane curves.
    Lee Rudolph*, Clark University, Worcester, MA
    (1042-57-97)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The second rational homology group of the moduli space of curves with level structures.
    Andrew Putman*, MIT
    (1042-55-222)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Bounding the stable genera of Heegaard splittings from below.
    Jesse E Johnson*, Yale University
    (1042-57-162)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Knots in the Heisenberg Manifold.
    Prudence Heck*, Indiana University, Bloomington
    (1042-57-217)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Computability Theory and Effective Algebra, I
  Room 638, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Joseph S. Miller, University of Connecticut joseph.miller@math.uconn.edu
  David Reed Solomon, University of Connecticut solomon@math.uconn.edu
  Asher Kach, University of Connecticut kach@math.uconn.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Ramsey's Theorem and Cone Avoidance.
    Carl G. Jockusch, Jr.*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Damir D. Dzhafarov, University of Chicago
    (1042-03-41)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Decision procedures for the isomorphism problem in unary automatic structures.
    Mia Minnes*, MIT
    (1042-03-134)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Models with High Scott Rank.
    Cameron E Freer*, Dept. of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1042-03-146)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Computable properties of abelian $p$-groups.
    Valentina S. Harizanov*, George Washington University
    (1042-03-38)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Random reals and numberings of computable trees.
    Paul Brodhead*, University of Hawaii at Manoa
    Bjorn Kjos-Hanssen, University of Hawaii at Manoa
    (1042-03-205)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Integer parts for real closed fields.
    Julia F. Knight*, University of Notre Dame
    (1042-03-89)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Geometry, I
  Room 137, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Eyal Markman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst markman@math.umass.edu
  Jenia Tevelev, University of Massachusetts, Amherst tevelev@math.umass.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Discussion.
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Deformations of Fourier-Mukai Equivalences.
    Sukhendu Mehrotra*, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
    (1042-14-212)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Filtrations in cohomology and geometry.
    Mark de Cataldo*, SUNY Stony Brook
    (1042-14-69)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Topology, I
  Woodhead Lounge, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Mark A. Hovey, Wesleyan University mhovey@wesleyan.edu
  Kathryn Lesh, Union College leshk@union.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    A Small Open-Closed Homotopy Algebra.
    Tom Lada*, North Carolina State University
    (1042-55-233)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Categorified Bundles and Classifying Spaces.
    Weiwei Pan*, Wesleyan University
    (1042-55-58)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Homotopy Theory of n-fold Categories.
    Thomas M. Fiore*, University of Chicago
    Simona Paoli, University of Haifa
    Dorette Pronk, Dalhousie University
    (1042-55-70)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the Hilbert Ideal.
    Mara D Neusel*, Texas Tech University
    (1042-13-26)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Poincar'e Duality Algebras Module Two.
    Larry Smith*, AG-Invariantentheorie
    R. E. Stong, University of Virginia
    (1042-55-137)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Analysis on Metric Measure Spaces and on Fractals, I
  Room 201, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Piotr Hajlasz, University of Pittsburgh hajlasz@pitt.edu
  Luke Rogers, University of Connecticut rogers@math.uconn.edu
  Robert S. Strichartz, Cornell University str@math.cornell.edu
  Alexander Teplyaev, University of Connecticut teplyaev@math.uconn.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    A lower bound for Conformal dimension.
    Hrant Hakobyan*, Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto
    (1042-28-220)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The resolvent kernel for pcf self-similar fractals.
    Marius Ionescu, Cornell University
    Erin P.J. Pearse, University of Iowa
    Luke G. Rogers, University of Connecticut
    Huo-Jun Ruan*, Zhejiang University and Cornell University
    Robert S. Strichartz, Cornell University
    (1042-28-100)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Bounds for the resolvent of the Laplacian on post-critically finite self-similar fractals.
    Luke G. Rogers*, University of Connecticut
    (1042-46-188)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On pseudodifferential operators on fractals.
    Marius V Ionescu*, University of Connecticut
    Robert S Strichartz, Cornell University
    (1042-46-78)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Szegö limit theorems on the Sierpiński gasket.
    Kasso Okoudjou*, Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland
    Luke Rogers, Department of Mathematics, University of Connecticut
    Robert Strichartz, Department of Mathematics, Cornell University
    (1042-42-127)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Convex and Integral Geometry, I
  Room 58, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Monika Ludwig, Polytechnic University of New York mludwig@poly.edu
  Daniel Klain, University of Massachusetts, Lowell daniel_klain@uml.edu
  Franz Schuster, Vienna University of Technology schuster@dmg.tuwien.ac.at
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Microlocal and special-geometry projection and section aspects of convex bodies.
    Eric L Grinberg*, University of New Hampshire
    (1042-52-224)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Convex bodies with prescribed cross-sections-up-to-homothety.
    David V Feldman*, University of New Hampshire
    Daniel Klain, University of Massachusetts at Lowell
    (1042-52-195)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Convex sets with homothetic planar sections through given points.
    Valeriu Soltan*, George Mason University
    (1042-52-82)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The complex Busemann-Petty problem for arbitrary measures.
    Marisa Zymonopoulou*, Case Western Reserve University
    (1042-52-190)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A Fourier transform approach to Christoffel's problem.
    Paul R Goodey*, University of Oklahoma
    Vlad Yaskin, University of Alberta
    Maryna Yaskina, University of Oklahoma
    (1042-52-106)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Riemannian and Lorentzian Geometries, I
  Room 422, Public Affairs Center
  Organizers:
  Ramesh Sharma, University of New Haven rsharma@newhaven.edu
  Philippe Rukimbira, Florida International University rukim@fiu.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    On a class of homogeneous spaces with nonnegative curvature.
    Megan M Kerr*, Wellesley College
    (1042-53-210)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Causal boundary of static-complete spacetimes.
    Steven G. Harris*, Saint Louis University
    (1042-53-240)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Causality, refocussing and linking.
    Vladimir Chernov*, Mathematics Department, Dartmouth College
    Yuli Rudyak, Mathematics Department, University of Florida, Gainesville
    (1042-53-05)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Sasaki metrics with an additional contact structure.
    Tedi Draghici*, Florida International University
    Philippe Rukimbira, Florida International University
    (1042-53-116)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Conformal actions of nilpotent groups on pseudo-Riemannian manifolds.
    Karin H Melnick*, Yale University
    (1042-53-52)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Number Theory, I
  Room 405, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Wai Kiu Chan, Wesleyan University wkchan@wesleyan.edu
  David Pollack, Wesleyan University dpollack@wesleyan.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Certain Eisenstein series on loop groups.
    Seok-Jin Kang, Seoul National University
    Kyu-Hwan Lee*, University of Connecticut
    Euiyong Park, Seoul National University
    (1042-11-189)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Weyl Group Multiple Dirichlet Series for Type C: Part I.
    Jennifer Beineke*, Western New England College
    Ben Brubaker, MIT
    Sharon Frechette, College of the Holy Cross
    (1042-11-206)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Weyl group multiple Dirichlet series for Type C: Part II.
    Jennifer Beineke, Western New England College
    Ben Brubaker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Sharon Frechette*, College of the Holy Cross
    (1042-11-203)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Class Number Indivisibility in Function Fields.
    Allison M. Pacelli*, Williams College
    Michael Rosen, Brown University
    (1042-11-155)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Class number indivisibility for function fields.
    Siman Wong*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    (1042-11-119)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Function Theory and Geometry, I
  Room 421, Public Affairs Center
  Organizers:
  Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Wesleyan University pbonfert@wesleyan.edu
  Katsuhiko Matsuzaki, Okayama University matsuzak@math.okayama-u.ac.jp
  Edward C. Taylor, Wesleyan University ectaylor@wesleyan.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Quasiconformal Homogeneity of Planar Domains.
    Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Wesleyan University
    Richard Canary*, University of Michigan
    Gaven Martin, Massey University
    Edward Taylor, Wesleyan University
    Michael Wolf, Rice University
    (1042-30-201)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Rigid 2--orbifolds in hyperbolic 3--orbifolds.
    Shawn Rafalski*, Fairfield University
    (1042-57-143)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    On volumes of hyperbolic 4-orbifolds.
    Ilesanmi Adeboye*, University of California, Santa Barbara
    (1042-57-40)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Uniform uniform exponential growth of subgroups of the mapping class group.
    Johanna Mangahas*, University of Michigan
    (1042-20-49)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Filling at infinity.
    Moon Duchin*, University of Michigan
    Anne Thomas, Cornell University
    (1042-51-192)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Real and Complex Dynamics of Rational Difference Equations with Applications, I
  Room 136, Public Affairs Center
  Organizers:
  Mustafa Kulenovic, University of Rhode Island mkulenovic@mail.uri.edu
  Gerasimos Ladas, University of Rhode Island gladas@math.uri.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    A sufficient condition for global asymptotic stability of the positive equilibrium for two classes of rational difference equations.
    Sukanya Basu*, University of Rhode Island
    Orlando Merino, University of Rhode Island
    (1042-39-63)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Open Problems and Conjectures in Difference Equations.
    Gerry Ladas*, University of Rhode Island
    (1042-39-19)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Two species competitive model with Allee's effect.
    Ann M Brett*, University of Rhode Island
    (1042-39-25)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Competitive systems of rational difference equations in the plane.
    M. R. S. Kulenovic*, University of Rhode Island
    (1042-39-28)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Global Attractivity for Difference Equations in Partially Ordered Metric Spaces.
    Senada Kalabusic*, University of Sarajevo
    (1042-39-54)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on History of Mathematics, I
  Room 309, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University bradley@adelphi.edu
  Lawrence A. D'Antonio, Ramapo College of New Jersey ldant@ramapo.edu
  Lee J. Stemkoski, Adelphi University stemkoski@adelphi.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Eighteenth-Century Mathematics in Cultural Context.
    Hardy Grant*, York University, Toronto
    (1042-01-157)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    How Euler Solved the Problem of the Virgins.
    Lawrence A. D'Antonio*, Ramapo College of New Jersey
    (1042-01-11)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Fleury and Hierholzer on Euler Paths.
    Brian Hopkins*, Saint Peter's College
    (1042-01-215)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    The Rise (And Fall?) of Factoring in College Mathematics.
    Jeff A Suzuki*, Brooklyn College
    (1042-01-06)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Complex Geometry and Partial Differential Equations, I
  Room 104, Public Affairs Center
  Organizers:
  Jacob Sturm, Rutgers University sturm@andromeda.rutgers.edu
  Jian Song, Rutgers University jiansong@math.rutgers.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Normal Scalar Curvature Conjecture and its applications.
    Zhiqin Lu*, UCI
    (1042-53-32)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Regularity of minimizers to non-smooth energy functional.
    Ovidiu Savin*, Columbia University
    Daniela De Silva, Barnard College
    (1042-35-216)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Analysis and Geometry on Pseudo-Hermitian CR manifolds.
    Song-Ying Li*, University of California, Irvine
    (1042-32-187)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Group Theory and Topology, I
  Room 109, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Matthew Horak, University of Wisconsin-Stout horakm@uwstout.edu
  Melanie Stein, Trinity College melanie.stein@trincoll.edu
  Jennifer Taback, Bowdoin College jtaback@bowdoin.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Metric properties of braided and higher-dimensional Thompson's groups.
    Sean Cleary*, The City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center
    Jose Burillo, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona
    (1042-20-45)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Distortion of Subgroups of the Generalized Thompson groups $F(n_1,...,n_k)$.
    Claire W Wladis*, BMCC/CUNY
    (1042-20-112)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A Geometric Model for $\rm{Aut}(F_2)$.
    Kim Ruane*, Tufts University
    Adam Piggott, Bucknell University
    Genevieve Walsh, Tufts University
    (1042-20-160)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Twisted conjugacy classes for lamplighter groups.
    Jennifer Taback, Department of Mathematics, Bowdoin College
    Peter N Wong*, Department of Mathematics, Bates College
    (1042-20-73)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Flows and canonical metrics in Kaehler geometry.
  Room 150, Exley Science Center
  Duong Hong Phong*, Columbia University
  (1042-53-03)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 2:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
  Invited Address
  SL($n$)invariant notions of surface area.
  Room 150, Exley Science Center
  Monika Ludwig*, Polytechnic Institute of New York University
  (1042-52-02)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Topology, II
  Woodhead Lounge, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Mark A. Hovey, Wesleyan University mhovey@wesleyan.edu
  Kathryn Lesh, Union College leshk@union.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    The conjecture on spherical classes and the algebraic transfer.
    Nguyen H. V. Hung*, Vietnam National University, Hanoi and Wayne State University, Detroit
    (1042-55-111)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Additive and multiplicative cocycles and Singer's calculation of the (co)homology of $BU\langle 2k \rangle$.
    Eric Peterson*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Adam Hughes, Univesity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    JohnMark Lau, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Matthew Ando, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1042-55-67)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Extensions and Singer cohomology of Hopf algebras.
    Mitja Mastnak*, Saint Mary's University
    (1042-18-158)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Rings of Symmetric Functions as Algebras over the Steenrod Algebra.
    William M. Singer*, Fordham University
    (1042-55-120)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on History of Mathematics, II
  Room 309, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University bradley@adelphi.edu
  Lawrence A. D'Antonio, Ramapo College of New Jersey ldant@ramapo.edu
  Lee J. Stemkoski, Adelphi University stemkoski@adelphi.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    The Transition from Euler to Cauchy: The Case of Recurrent Series.
    Robert E. Bradley*, Adelphi University
    (1042-01-102)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The Transition from Euler to Cauchy: The Case of Infinite Products.
    C Edward Sandifer*, Western Connecticut State University
    (1042-01-103)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier.
    Timothy A Smith*, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
    (1042-35-07)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    How Boole, Eisenstein, and Cayley Solved the Cubic Equation.
    Paul R. Wolfson*, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
    (1042-01-123)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Nationality and the Mathematical Community.
    Thomas Drucker*, University of Wisconsin--Whitewater
    (1042-01-16)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Model Theory and Its Applications, II
  Room 121, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Thomas Scanlon, University of California, Berkeley scanlon@math.berkeley.edu
  Philip H. Scowcroft, Wesleyan University pscowcroft@wesleyan.edu
  Carol S. Wood, Wesleyan University cwood@wesleyan.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Borel equivalence relations.
    Samuel Coskey*, City University of New York
    (1042-03-94)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Theories that exhibit $SOP_3$ but not $SOP_4$.
    Rehana Patel*, Harvard University
    (1042-03-235)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Consistent amalgamation in dependent rosy theories.
    Clifton F. Ealy*, Western Illinois University
    (1042-03-242)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Small groups of odd type.
    Adrien Deloro*, Rutgers University, NJ
    Eric Jaligot, CNRS, Lyon 1
    (1042-03-33)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A generation theorem for groups of finite Morley rank.
    Jeffrey Burdges*, Rutgers University
    Gregory Cherlin, Rutgers University
    (1042-03-159)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Conjugacy Theorems and Genericity Theorems in Groups of finite Morley rank (Nouvelle Cuisine).
    Gregory Cherlin*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
    (1042-03-80)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Low-Dimensional Topology, II
  Room 141, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Constance Leidy, Wesleyan University cleidy@wesleyan.edu
  Shelly Harvey, Rice University shelly@rice.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Construction of H-thick knots in Khovanov Homology.
    Andrew W Elliott*, Rice University
    (1042-55-165)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Stable Concordance of Links in 3-manifolds.
    Rob Schneiderman*, Lehman College, City University of New York
    (1042-57-213)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Khovanov homology and contact structures.
    Olga Plamenevskaya*, Stony Brook University
    (1042-57-226)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On the relationship between the Johnson's invariant and the Turaev-Viro invariants of 3-manifolds.
    Charles D. Frohman, The University of Iowa
    Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska*, National Science Foundation
    (1042-57-185)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Product Structures for Legendrian Contact Homology.
    G. Civan, Georgia Institute of Technology
    J. Etnyre, Georgia Institute of Technology
    P. Koprowski, University of Maryland
    J. Sabloff*, Haverford College
    A. Walker, California Institute of Technology
    (1042-57-147)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Seiberg-Witten Floer homology and symplectic forms on $S^1\times M^3$.
    Cagatay Kutluhan*, Department of Mathematics, the University of Michigan
    Clifford H. Taubes, Department of Mathematics, Harvard University
    (1042-57-17)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Computability Theory and Effective Algebra, II
  Room 638, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Joseph S. Miller, University of Connecticut joseph.miller@math.uconn.edu
  David Reed Solomon, University of Connecticut solomon@math.uconn.edu
  Asher Kach, University of Connecticut kach@math.uconn.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Computable partitions of trees.
    Jennifer Chubb*, George Washington University
    (1042-03-174)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Computable Self-Embeddings of Linear Orderings.
    Steffen Lempp*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Rodney G Downey, Victoria University of Wellington
    Bart Kastermans, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (1042-03-55)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Chain conditions in computable rings.
    Chris J. Conidis*, Univeristy of Chicago
    (1042-03-122)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Degree spectra of almost computable structures.
    Barbara F. Csima*, University of Waterloo
    Iskander S. Kalimullin, Kazan State University
    (1042-03-99)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Generalizing the Pullback Theorem.
    Christina M Maher*, University of Notre Dame and Colby College
    (1042-03-227)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Back-and-forth invariants for Boolean algebras.
    Antonio Montalban, University of Chicago
    Kenneth A Harris*, University of Michigan
    (1042-03-238)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Analysis on Metric Measure Spaces and on Fractals, II
  Room 201, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Piotr Hajlasz, University of Pittsburgh hajlasz@pitt.edu
  Luke Rogers, University of Connecticut rogers@math.uconn.edu
  Robert S. Strichartz, Cornell University str@math.cornell.edu
  Alexander Teplyaev, University of Connecticut teplyaev@math.uconn.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Covering R-trees.
    Valera Berestovskii, Omsk Branch of Sobolev Institute of Mathematics
    Conrad Plaut*, University of Tennessee
    (1042-53-130)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Quantum mechanics on fractals.
    Robert S. Strichartz*, Cornell University
    (1042-81-104)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Uniqueness of locally invariant Laplacian, Dirichlet form and Brownian motion on Sierpinski carpets.
    Alexander Teplyaev*, University of Connecticut
    (1042-60-148)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Weyl type spectral asymptotics for Laplacians on Sierpinski carpets.
    Naotaka Kajino*, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
    (1042-58-101)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A Laplacian operator on Laakso spaces.
    Benjamin Steinhurst*, University of Connecticut
    (1042-46-117)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Convex and Integral Geometry, II
  Room 58, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Monika Ludwig, Polytechnic University of New York mludwig@poly.edu
  Daniel Klain, University of Massachusetts, Lowell daniel_klain@uml.edu
  Franz Schuster, Vienna University of Technology schuster@dmg.tuwien.ac.at
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    An area preserving affine evolution.
    Alina Stancu*, Concordia University
    (1042-52-121)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Geometric interpretation of $L_p$ affine surface area.
    Deping Ye*, Case Western Reserve University
    (1042-52-166)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Affine integral geometry from a differentiable viewpoint.
    Erwin Lutwak, Polytechnic Institute of NYU
    Deane Yang*, Polytechnic Institute of NYU
    Gaoyong Zhang, Polytechnic Institute of NYU
    (1042-52-179)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Asymmetric $L_p$ projection bodies and affinely invariant Sobolev inequalities.
    Christoph Haberl*, Vienna University of Technology
    Franz Schuster, Vienna University of Technology
    (1042-52-96)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Towards the structure of the algebra of invariant valuations in complex space forms.
    Joseph H.G. Fu*, Department of Mathematics, University of Georgia
    (1042-52-129)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Regular polygonal complexes in space.
    Egon Schulte*, Northeastern University
    (1042-51-108)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Geometry, II
  Room 137, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Eyal Markman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst markman@math.umass.edu
  Jenia Tevelev, University of Massachusetts, Amherst tevelev@math.umass.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Syzygies of the secant varieties of curves.
    Jessica Sidman*, Mount Holyoke College
    Peter Vermeire, Central Michigan University
    (1042-14-105)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Moduli spaces of curves with prescribed singularities.
    Frederick van der Wyck*, Harvard University
    (1042-14-172)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    New Modular Compactifications of the Moduli Space of Curves.
    David Ishii Smyth*, Harvard University
    (1042-14-145)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Riemannian and Lorentzian Geometries, II
  Room 422, Public Affairs Center
  Organizers:
  Ramesh Sharma, University of New Haven rsharma@newhaven.edu
  Philippe Rukimbira, Florida International University rukim@fiu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Timelike Christoffel pairs in the Split-Quaternions.
    Martha Dussan, Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Matemática -IME.
    Martin Magid*, Department of Mathematics, Wellesley College
    (1042-53-39)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Refocussing of Light Rays in Spacetime.
    Paul A. Kinlaw*, Dartmouth College
    (1042-53-37)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Non-Walker self-dual neutral Einstein four-manifolds of Petrov type III.
    Andrzej Derdzinski*, Ohio State University
    (1042-53-163)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Gluing constructions in general relativity.
    Iva Stavrov*, Lewis and Clark College
    (1042-83-24)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Manifolds with positive curvature.
    Owen Dearricott*, University of California, Riverside
    (1042-53-241)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Neutral hypercomplex structures in dimension four.
    Johann Davidov, Institute of Mathematics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
    Gueo Grantcharov*, Florida International University
    Oleg Mushkarov, Institute of Mathematics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
    (1042-53-128)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
  Special Session on Complex Geometry and Partial Differential Equations, II
  Room 104, Public Affairs Center
  Organizers:
  Jacob Sturm, Rutgers University sturm@andromeda.rutgers.edu
  Jian Song, Rutgers University jiansong@math.rutgers.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Deforming constant scalar curvature Kahler manifolds.
    Gabor Szekelyhidi*, Columbia University
    (1042-53-139)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Degenerations of Calabi-Yau metrics.
    Valentino Tosatti*, Harvard University
    (1042-53-53)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    The initial value problem for geodesics in the space of Kahler metrics.
    Steve Zelditch*, Johns Hopkins University
    Yanir Rubinstein, Johns Hopkins University and Stonybrook
    (1042-53-31)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Discussion.
  • 5:40 p.m.
    Discussion.
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Number Theory, II
  Room 405, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Wai Kiu Chan, Wesleyan University wkchan@wesleyan.edu
  David Pollack, Wesleyan University dpollack@wesleyan.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Equations for p-adic families of arithmetic cohomology.
    Avner Ash*, Boston College
    (1042-11-13)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Steinberg Symbols and Eisenstein Cohomology.
    Glenn Stevens*, Boston University
    (1042-11-209)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Liftings of Representations of Finite Groups with Applications to p-adic Base Change.
    Joshua M. Lansky*, American University
    Jeffrey D. Adler, American University
    (1042-22-196)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Mazur-Tate elements of non-ordinary modular forms I.
    Matthew Emerton, Northwestern University
    Robert Pollack, Boston University
    Tom Weston*, University of Massachusetts
    (1042-11-64)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Mazur-Tate elements of non-ordinary modular forms II.
    Robert Pollack*, Boston University
    (1042-11-65)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Function Theory and Geometry, II
  Room 421, Public Affairs Center
  Organizers:
  Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Wesleyan University pbonfert@wesleyan.edu
  Katsuhiko Matsuzaki, Okayama University matsuzak@math.okayama-u.ac.jp
  Edward C. Taylor, Wesleyan University ectaylor@wesleyan.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Symmetric groups that are not the symmetric conjugates of Fuchsian groups.
    Katsuhiko Matsuzaki*, Okayama University
    (1042-30-214)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Isometries of hyperbolic space as commutators.
    Ara Basmajian*, CUNY, Graduate center and Hunter college
    Bernard Maskit, Stony Brook University
    (1042-30-144)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Rigidity and stability for isometry groups in hyperbolic 4-space.
    Youngju Kim*, City University of New York
    (1042-51-141)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Complex projective structures with a Schottky holonomy.
    Shinpei Baba*, UC Davis
    (1042-51-135)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Hyperbolic manifolds with dimension gap.
    Kurt H. Falk*, National University of Ireland at Maynooth
    (1042-51-23)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Discussion.
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Group Theory and Topology, II
  Room 109, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Matthew Horak, University of Wisconsin-Stout horakm@uwstout.edu
  Melanie Stein, Trinity College melanie.stein@trincoll.edu
  Jennifer Taback, Bowdoin College jtaback@bowdoin.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    A useful odd finitely presented group.
    Gilbert Baumslag*, The City College of New York
    (1042-20-76)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Virtual Properties of Cyclically Pinched One-Relator Groups.
    Gilbert Baumslag, City College, CUNY, New York
    Benjamin Fine*, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT 05430
    Charles F. Miller, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    Douglas Troeger, City Collge, CUNY, New York
    (1042-20-90)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Commutative transitive, conjugately separated abelian and restricted Gromov one-relator groups.
    Gerhard Rosenberger*, Department of Mathematics, TU Dortmund
    Benjamin Fine, Deparment of Mathematics, Fairfield University
    Alexei Myasnikov, Deparment of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University
    Volkmar grosse Rebel, Department of Mathematics, TU Dortmund
    (1042-20-34)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Generic properties of finitely presented groups.
    Robert H Gilman*, Stevens Institute of Technology
    (1042-20-168)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Computer experiments on the Torelli group.
    Mladen Bestvina, University of Utah
    Kai-Uwe Bux, University of Virginia
    Dan Margalit*, Tufts University
    (1042-20-186)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Real and Complex Dynamics of Rational Difference Equations with Applications, II
  Room 136, Public Affairs Center
  Organizers:
  Mustafa Kulenovic, University of Rhode Island mkulenovic@mail.uri.edu
  Gerasimos Ladas, University of Rhode Island gladas@math.uri.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Monotonic, Periodic and Bounded Nature of Non-Negative Solutions of Non-Autonomous Rational Difference Equations.
    Michael A Radin*, Rochester Institute of Technology
    (1042-39-86)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Some Nonlinear Systems of Difference Equations with Applications.
    Mihaela Predescu*, Bentley College
    (1042-39-211)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Critically Periodic Cubic Polynomials.
    Araceli Bonifant*, University of Rhode Island
    John Milnor, Institute for Mathematical Sciences,
    (1042-37-204)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Degree Growth of Birational Mappings.
    Kyounghee Kim*, Florida State University
    (1042-32-74)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Dynamics of simple folds in a plane.
    Nikolai A Krylov*, Siena College
    Edwin L Rogers, Siena College
    (1042-40-161)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Control theory Concepts through Simulated experiments.
    Channa N Navaratna*, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
    Menaka B Navaratna, Florida Gulf Coast University
    (1042-93-219)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
  Session for Contributed Papers
  Room 618, Exley Science Center
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    The Diophantine equation $A^4+B^4+C^4=2D^n$ and beyond.
    Susil Kumar Jena*, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
    (1042-11-200)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Construction of Zero-sum Sequences with Prescribed Zero-subsum Structure.
    Michael A Freeze*, UNC Wilmington
    (1042-13-231)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A Spectrum-type Preserver Problem on Pointed Lipschitz Algebras.
    Antonio Jimenez-Vargas, Departamento de Algebra y Analisis Matematico, Universidad de Almeria
    Aaron Luttman*, Division of Mathematics and Computer Science, Clarkson University
    Moises Villegas-Vallecillos, Departamento de Algebra y Analisis Matematico, Universidad de Almeria
    (1042-46-176)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    $r$-commuting operators and Deddens' algebra.
    Drissi Drissi*, Kuwait University
    (1042-47-08)
• Saturday October 11, 2008, 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Wesleyan University Reception
  Beckham Room, Fayerweather (next to Usdan Campus Center)

Sunday October 12, 2008

• Sunday October 12, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Meeting Registration
  Lobby, Exley Science Center
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Model Theory and Its Applications, III
  Room 121, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Thomas Scanlon, University of California, Berkeley scanlon@math.berkeley.edu
  Philip H. Scowcroft, Wesleyan University pscowcroft@wesleyan.edu
  Carol S. Wood, Wesleyan University cwood@wesleyan.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Model theory of probability spaces with an automorphism.
    C. Ward Henson*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1042-03-93)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    More decidable theories of non-projectable $\mathit{l}$-groups.
    Brian Wynne*, Bard College at Simon's Rock
    (1042-03-88)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Geometric ganzstellensaetze in theories of valued fields.
    Deirdre Haskell*, McMaster University
    Yoav Yaffe, Hebrew University
    (1042-03-87)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Definability in characteristic $0$ henselian valued fields via the leading terms.
    Joseph Flenner*, University of California, Berkeley
    (1042-03-171)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Quantifier elimination in valued Ore modules.
    Luc Bélair*, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
    Françoise Point, FNRS - Université de Mons-Hainaut, Belgique.
    (1042-03-20)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A differential Chevalley theorem.
    Eric Rosen*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1042-03-133)
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Low-Dimensional Topology, III
  Room 141, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Constance Leidy, Wesleyan University cleidy@wesleyan.edu
  Shelly Harvey, Rice University shelly@rice.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Broken Lefschetz fibrations on smooth 4-manifolds.
    Denis Auroux*, MIT
    (1042-57-46)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Higher-order genera of knots.
    Peter D Horn*, Rice University
    (1042-57-98)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Transverse Invariant and Bindings of Open Books.
    David Shea Vela-Vick*, University of Pennsylvania
    (1042-54-83)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    1-relator grous and Heegaard splittings.
    Joseph Masters*, SUNY Buffalo
    (1042-57-228)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Polygons inscribed in simple closed curves.
    Elizabeth Denne*, Smith College
    Jason Cantarella, University of Georgia, Athens
    John McCleary, Vassar College
    (1042-57-208)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Cobordism of surface knots.
    Kent Orr*, Indiana University
    Vladimir Touraev, Indiana University
    (1042-57-221)
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Computability Theory and Effective Algebra, III
  Room 638, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Joseph S. Miller, University of Connecticut joseph.miller@math.uconn.edu
  David Reed Solomon, University of Connecticut solomon@math.uconn.edu
  Asher Kach, University of Connecticut kach@math.uconn.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A Feiner Look at the Intermediate Degrees.
    Denis R. Hirschfeldt*, University of Chicago
    Asher M. Kach, University of Connecticut
    Antonio Montalbán, University of Chicago
    (1042-03-115)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Rank Homogeneous Trees and Turing Computable Embeddings.
    Sara Quinn*, Northwestern University
    E. Fokina, Kurt Goedel Research Center at the University of Vienna
    J. F. Knight, University of Notre Dame
    C. Maher, Colby College
    A. Melnikov, Novosibirsk State University
    (1042-03-181)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Intrinsically Complete Relations on Linear Orders.
    Daniel D Turetsky*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    (1042-03-167)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    When low information is no information.
    Antonio Montalban*, University of Chicago
    (1042-03-47)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Amalgamation Constructions and Recursive Model Theory.
    Uri Andrews*, University of California, Berkeley
    (1042-03-202)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Randomized Computation and Continuous First-order Logic.
    Wesley Crain Calvert*, Murray State University
    (1042-03-61)
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Geometry, III
  Room 137, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Eyal Markman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst markman@math.umass.edu
  Jenia Tevelev, University of Massachusetts, Amherst tevelev@math.umass.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Stability conditions, wall-crossing and Donaldson-Thomas invariants.
    Arend Bayer*, University of Utah
    (1042-14-237)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Simply connected random surfaces.
    Giancarlo Urzua*, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
    (1042-14-59)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Exceptional bundles associated to degenerations of surfaces.
    Paul Hacking*, University of Washington
    (1042-14-57)
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Book Sale and Exhibit
  Room 139, Exley Science Center
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Topology, III
  Woodhead Lounge, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Mark A. Hovey, Wesleyan University mhovey@wesleyan.edu
  Kathryn Lesh, Union College leshk@union.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    On the Symmetric Homology of Algebras.
    Shaun V Ault*, The Ohio State University
    (1042-18-92)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Finite Chevalley groups and loop groups.
    Masaki Kameko*, Toyama University of International Studies
    (1042-55-136)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Power operations and differentials in higher real $K$-theory.
    Michael A Hill*, University of Virginia
    (1042-55-140)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Spectral sequences of operad algebras.
    Kristine Bauer*, University of Calgary
    Laura Scull, Fort Lewis College
    (1042-55-68)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Calculus of Homotopy Functors Revisited.
    Brenda Johnson*, Union College
    Kristine Bauer, University of Calgary
    Randy McCarthy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1042-55-131)
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Analysis on Metric Measure Spaces and on Fractals, III
  Room 201, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Piotr Hajlasz, University of Pittsburgh hajlasz@pitt.edu
  Luke Rogers, University of Connecticut rogers@math.uconn.edu
  Robert S. Strichartz, Cornell University str@math.cornell.edu
  Alexander Teplyaev, University of Connecticut teplyaev@math.uconn.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Discussion.
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Derivations on Metric Measure Spaces.
    Jasun Gong*, University of Pittsburgh
    (1042-28-164)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Lipschitz, Hölder and Sobolev surjections from Euclidean cubes.
    Piotr Hajlasz, University of Pittsburgh
    Jeremy Tyson*, University of Illinois
    (1042-46-95)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Regularity of certain minimal surfaces in the sub-Riemannian Heisenberg group.
    Luca Capogna*, University of Arkansas
    (1042-35-27)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Density of Lipschitz maps in Sobolev spaces with Heisenberg group target.
    Piotr Hajlasz*, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Mathematics
    Jeremy Tyson, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
    (1042-46-229)
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Convex and Integral Geometry, III
  Room 58, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Monika Ludwig, Polytechnic University of New York mludwig@poly.edu
  Daniel Klain, University of Massachusetts, Lowell daniel_klain@uml.edu
  Franz Schuster, Vienna University of Technology schuster@dmg.tuwien.ac.at
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Zonoids, intrinsic volumes, and multivariate medians.
    Rick Vitale*, University of Connecticut
    (1042-52-85)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Small ball probability estimates for log-concave measures.
    Grigorios Paouris*, Texas A&M University
    (1042-52-191)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Is the ball the only body of revolution having the constant perimeter of all boundaries of central sections?
    Dmitry Ryabogin*, Kent State University
    (1042-52-207)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Determining centrally symmetric convex polyhedra by the perimeters of central sections.
    Ser-Wei Fu, University of South Carolina
    Ralph Howard*, University of South Carolina
    (1042-52-173)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Brunn-Minkowski type inequalities for Gaussian Measure.
    Richard J. Gardner, Western Washington University
    Artem Zvavitch*, Kent State University
    (1042-52-156)
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Riemannian and Lorentzian Geometries, III
  Room 422, Public Affairs Center
  Organizers:
  Ramesh Sharma, University of New Haven rsharma@newhaven.edu
  Philippe Rukimbira, Florida International University rukim@fiu.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    The 1-Nullity of Sasakian Manifolds.
    Philippe Rukimbira*, Florida International University
    (1042-53-36)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Conformal geometry of contact metric manifolds.
    Ramesh Sharma*, University Of New Haven
    (1042-53-10)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Some results on 4 dimensional austere submanifolds. .
    Marianty Ionel*, University of Toledo
    (1042-53-244)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Discussion.
  • 10:00 a.m.
    An invariant of Einstein conformally compact Kähler metrics.
    Gideon Maschler*, Clark University
    (1042-53-245)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Discussion.
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Number Theory, III
  Room 405, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Wai Kiu Chan, Wesleyan University wkchan@wesleyan.edu
  David Pollack, Wesleyan University dpollack@wesleyan.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Representations of positive ternary quadratic forms.
    Byeong-Kweon Oh*, Department of Applied Mathematics, Sejong University
    (1042-11-42)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Siegel's lemma outside of a union of varieties.
    Lenny Fukshansky*, Claremont McKenna College
    (1042-11-109)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Multiplicative Properties and Parametrization of Integral Binary Quadratic Forms.
    Andrew G. Earnest*, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
    Robert W. Fitzgerald, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
    (1042-11-72)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Lattices, sphere packings and energy minimization.
    Abhinav Kumar*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Henry Cohn, Microsoft Research New England
    (1042-11-198)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Intersections of polynomial orbits, and a dynamical Mordell--Lang conjecture.
    Dragos Ghioca, University of Lethbridge
    Thomas J. Tucker, University of Rochester
    Michael E. Zieve*, Rutgers University
    (1042-11-118)
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Function Theory and Geometry, III
  Room 421, Public Affairs Center
  Organizers:
  Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Wesleyan University pbonfert@wesleyan.edu
  Katsuhiko Matsuzaki, Okayama University matsuzak@math.okayama-u.ac.jp
  Edward C. Taylor, Wesleyan University ectaylor@wesleyan.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Some extensions of holomorphic motions.
    Sudeb Mitra*, Queens College of the City University of New York
    Hiroshige Shiga, Department of Mathematics, Tokyo Institute Of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
    (1042-32-77)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Geometric Integration Theory in Banach Spaces.
    Marie A. Snipes*, University of Michigan
    (1042-28-125)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    An Effective Compactness Theorem for Coxeter Groups.
    Yvonne Lai*, University of Michigan
    (1042-51-154)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On injectivity of quasiregular mappings.
    Tadeusz Iwaniec, Syracuse University
    Leonid V Kovalev*, Syracuse University
    Jani Onninen, Syracuse University
    (1042-30-44)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Positive-Definiteness of the Weil-Petersson extension on Quasifuchsian Space.
    Martin J Bridgeman*, Boston College
    (1042-51-132)
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Group Theory and Topology, III
  Room 109, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Matthew Horak, University of Wisconsin-Stout horakm@uwstout.edu
  Melanie Stein, Trinity College melanie.stein@trincoll.edu
  Jennifer Taback, Bowdoin College jtaback@bowdoin.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Quantum invariants of random 3-manifolds.
    Nathan Dunfield, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Helen M. Wong*, Bowdoin College
    (1042-57-180)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Large scale geometry of certain solvable Lie groups.
    Tullia Dymarz*, Yale University
    (1042-22-184)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Intersections in Metabelian Groups.
    Gilbert Baumslag, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, The City College of New York, CUNY
    Charles F. Miller, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, University of Melbourne
    Gretchen Ostheimer*, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Hofstra University
    (1042-20-75)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Centralizer theorem for graph products of primary indecomposable cyclic groups.
    Mauricio A. Gutierrez*, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155
    (1042-20-12)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Generalizing the lamplighter group.
    Andrew Dunlap Warshall*, Yale University
    (1042-20-107)
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on History of Mathematics, III
  Room 309, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University bradley@adelphi.edu
  Lawrence A. D'Antonio, Ramapo College of New Jersey ldant@ramapo.edu
  Lee J. Stemkoski, Adelphi University stemkoski@adelphi.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Samuel Hart Wright and the Yates County Chronicle.
    J J Tattersall*, Providence College
    (1042-01-29)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Warren Colburn and His Influence on American Mathematics Textbooks.
    Andrew B. Perry*, Springfield College
    (1042-01-151)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The Early History of Quasideterminants in the Nineteenth Century.
    Francine F. Abeles*, Kean University
    (1042-01-09)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    History of Put-Call Parity.
    Marina Vulis*, University of Bridgeport
    (1042-01-236)
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Complex Geometry and Partial Differential Equations, III
  Room 104, Public Affairs Center
  Organizers:
  Jacob Sturm, Rutgers University sturm@andromeda.rutgers.edu
  Jian Song, Rutgers University jiansong@math.rutgers.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Isolated Complex Singularity and Its CR Links.
    Xiaojun Huang*, Rutgers University at New Brunswick
    (1042-32-30)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    Hessian Equations on Compact Kahler Manifold.
    Zuoliang Hou*, Department of Mathematics, Columbia University
    (1042-35-126)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Bargmann-Fock Space Interpolation and Sampling From Singular Hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{C}^n$.
    Dror Varolin*, Stony Brook University
    (1042-32-138)
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Definitions of quasiconformality.
  Room 150, Exley Science Center
  Pekka Koskela*, University of Jyväskylän
  (1042-30-01)
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 2:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Polynomial dynamics.
  Room 150, Exley Science Center
  Thomas Warren Scanlon*, University of California Berkeley
  (1042-14-04)
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Topology, IV
  Woodhead Lounge, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Mark A. Hovey, Wesleyan University mhovey@wesleyan.edu
  Kathryn Lesh, Union College leshk@union.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Link invariants and functor calculus.
    Ismar Volic*, Wellesley College
    Brian Munson, Wellesley College
    (1042-55-182)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Deformation K-theory and moduli spaces of representations.
    Daniel A. Ramras*, Vanderbilt University
    (1042-55-153)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Discussion.
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Connected covers of O and U, and Fivebrane structure.
    Hisham Sati*, Yale University
    (1042-55-234)
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Model Theory and Its Applications, IV
  Room 121, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Thomas Scanlon, University of California, Berkeley scanlon@math.berkeley.edu
  Philip H. Scowcroft, Wesleyan University pscowcroft@wesleyan.edu
  Carol S. Wood, Wesleyan University cwood@wesleyan.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Some tractable trivial minimal sets in ACFA.
    Alice Medvedev*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    Thomas Scanlon, University of California, Berkeley
    (1042-03-178)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Tannakian Categories and Valuation Rings.
    Meghan Anderson*, UC Berkeley
    (1042-03-218)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Definable subcategories of modules.
    Philipp Rothmaler*, The City University of New York
    (1042-16-48)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Schemic Grothendieck rings.
    Hans Schoutens*, City University of New York
    (1042-14-62)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Remarks on Zilber's pseudoexponentiation.
    David Marker*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1042-03-150)
  • 5:30 p.m.
    Stable, $\aleph_0$-categorical Algebraic Structures.
    Paul Baginski*, University of California, Berkeley
    (1042-03-239)
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Low-Dimensional Topology, IV
  Room 141, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Constance Leidy, Wesleyan University cleidy@wesleyan.edu
  Shelly Harvey, Rice University shelly@rice.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Bieri-Neumann-Strebel-Renz invariants and homology jumping loci.
    Stefan Papadima, Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
    Alexander I. Suciu*, Department of Mathematics, Northeastern University
    (1042-57-81)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Slices of Planar Lagrangians.
    Phil Eiseman, Haverford College
    Jonathan D. Lima, Haverford College
    Joshua M. Sabloff, Haverford College
    Lisa Traynor*, Bryn Mawr College
    (1042-57-66)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Topological 4-manifolds with infinite cyclic fundamental group.
    Paul Melvin*, Bryn Mawr College
    S. Friedl, University of Warwick
    I. Hambleton, McMaster University
    P. Teichner, University of California, Berkeley
    (1042-57-223)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Near force-free magnetic fields, contact structures, open book decompositions, and Heegaard-Floer homology.
    P. Robert Kotiuga*, Boston University, ECE Dept.
    (1042-78-197)
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Computability Theory and Effective Algebra, IV
  Room 638, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Joseph S. Miller, University of Connecticut joseph.miller@math.uconn.edu
  David Reed Solomon, University of Connecticut solomon@math.uconn.edu
  Asher Kach, University of Connecticut kach@math.uconn.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Separating complete sets with respect to strong notions of reducibility.
    Brooke M Andersen*, Framingham State College
    (1042-03-22)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Spectra of Algebraic Fields.
    Andrey Frolov, Dept. of Algebra and Logic, Kazan State University
    Iskander Kalimullin, Dept. of Algebra and Logic, Kazan State University
    Russell Miller*, Queens College and C.U.N.Y. Graduate Center
    (1042-03-84)
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Analysis on Metric Measure Spaces and on Fractals, IV
  Room 201, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Piotr Hajlasz, University of Pittsburgh hajlasz@pitt.edu
  Luke Rogers, University of Connecticut rogers@math.uconn.edu
  Robert S. Strichartz, Cornell University str@math.cornell.edu
  Alexander Teplyaev, University of Connecticut teplyaev@math.uconn.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Homotopies of eigenfunctions, and the spectrum of the Laplacian on the Sierpinski carpet.
    Steven M. Heilman*, Cornell University
    Robert S. Strichartz, Cornell University
    (1042-46-175)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Approximation of the spectrum of the Laplacian operator on some Laakso spaces.
    Kevin Romeo*, University of Connecticut
    (1042-41-113)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Spectral Operators on Vicsek Sets.
    Sarah Constantin, Princeton University
    Miles Wheeler*, Cornell University
    (1042-35-71)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Laplacians on Julia Sets.
    Taryn C. Flock*, Yale University
    Robert S. Strichartz, Cornell University
    (1042-28-110)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Spectral Decimation on the m-Branch Tree.
    Daniel J. Ford*, Providence College
    Benjamin Steinhurst, University of Connecticut
    (1042-47-114)
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Geometry, IV
  Room 137, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Eyal Markman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst markman@math.umass.edu
  Jenia Tevelev, University of Massachusetts, Amherst tevelev@math.umass.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    From Gromov-Witten Invariants to Integer Counts.
    Rahul Pandharipande, Princeton
    Aleksey Zinger*, Stony Brook
    (1042-14-60)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Moduli and enumerative geometry of curves on rational ruled surfaces.
    Maksym Fedorchuk*, Columbia University
    (1042-14-194)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Strong rational Connectedness of Smooth loci of log del Pezzo surfaces.
    Chenyang Xu*, Math department, IAS
    (1042-14-170)
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
  Special Session on Complex Geometry and Partial Differential Equations, IV
  Room 104, Public Affairs Center
  Organizers:
  Jacob Sturm, Rutgers University sturm@andromeda.rutgers.edu
  Jian Song, Rutgers University jiansong@math.rutgers.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    On Locally Conformally Flat Gradient Shrinking Ricci Solitons.
    Biao Wang*, Cornell University
    (1042-53-177)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    The Hartogs phenomenon in line bundles over smooth toric varieties.
    Malgorzata Aneta Marciniak*, Missouri University of Science and Technology
    (1042-32-18)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    Discussion.
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Discussion.
• Sunday October 12, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Number Theory, IV
  Room 405, Exley Science Center
  Organizers:
  Wai Kiu Chan, Wesleyan University wkchan@wesleyan.edu
  David Pollack, Wesleyan University dpollack@wesleyan.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Finite conductor models for zeros near the central point of elliptic curve L-functions.
    Steven J Miller*, Williams College
    (1042-11-43)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Bounds for the torsion of elliptic curves over extensions with bounded ramification.
    Alvaro Lozano-Robledo, Cornell University
    Benjamin E. Lundell*, Cornell University
    (1042-11-15)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Ranks of abelian varieties over infinite extensions of the rationals.
    Alvaro Lozano-Robledo*, University of Connecticut - Storrs
    (1042-11-14)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Finiteness results on abelian varieties with constrained torsion.
    Christopher Rasmussen*, Wesleyan University
    Akio Tamagawa, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences
    (1042-11-124)