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

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

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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)

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