AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Sunday, May 3, 2009 00:21:11

Program | Deadlines | Registration/Housing/Etc. | Inquiries: meet@ams.org

Associate secretaries:
Michel L Lapidus, AMS lapidus@math.ucr.edu, lapidus@mathserv.ucr.edu

Saturday April 25, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Banach Algebras, Topological Algebras, and Abstract Harmonic Analysis, I
Room 425, Thornton Hall
Organizers:
Thomas V. Tonev, University of Montana-Missoula tonevtv@mso.umt.edu
Fereidoun Ghahramani, University of Manitoba fereidou@cc.umanitoba.ca
- 8:00 a.m.
  A Cauchy-Riemann equation for generalized analytic functions.
  John Wermer*, Brown University
  (1049-32-43)
- 8:30 a.m.
  Function Algebras Invariant under Group Actions.
  Alexander J. Izzo*, Bowling Green State University
  (1049-32-31)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Peak point theorems.
  John T Anderson*, College of the Holy Cross
  (1049-46-184)
- 9:30 a.m.
  On Farhadi--Ghahramani's multiplier problem.
  Matthias L Neufang*, Carleton University
  (1049-43-168)
- 10:00 a.m.
  A comparison of some Arens irregularities.
  Zhiguo Hu*, University of Windsor
  Matthias Neufang, Carleton University
  (1049-43-160)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Gelfand duality for pro-$C^*$-algebras and non-commutative $k$-spaces.
  Gabor Lukacs*, University of Manitoba
  Rachid El Harti, University Hassan I, FST de Settat
  (1049-46-134)

Saturday April 25, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Banach Algebras, Topological Algebras, and Abstract Harmonic Analysis, II
Room 425, Thornton Hall
Organizers:
Thomas V. Tonev, University of Montana-Missoula tonevtv@mso.umt.edu
Fereidoun Ghahramani, University of Manitoba fereidou@cc.umanitoba.ca
- 3:00 p.m.
  Transformations on the space of positive operators.
  Lajos Molnar*, University of Debrecen
  (1049-46-86)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Peripheral Multiplicativity and Isomorphisms Between Standard Operator Algebras.
  Thomas Tonev, University of Montana
  Aaron Luttman*, Clarkson University
  (1049-47-15)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Norm--Linear and Norm--Additive Operators Between Uniform Algebras.
  Thomas Tonev, University of Montana
  Rebekah Yates*, University of Montana
  (1049-46-162)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Biflatness and biprojectivity of the Fourier algebra.
  Volker Runde*, University of Alberta
  (1049-43-87)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Approximate amenability of Beurling algebras.
  Yong Zhang*, Department of Mathematics, University of Manitoba
  (1049-46-117)
- 5:30 p.m.
  Unitary representations and the Eberlein compactification of a locally compact group.
  Nico Spronk, University of Waterloo
  Ross Stokke*, University of Winnipeg
  (1049-43-132)

Sunday April 26, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Banach Algebras, Topological Algebras, and Abstract Harmonic Analysis, III
Room 425, Thornton Hall
Organizers:
Thomas V. Tonev, University of Montana-Missoula tonevtv@mso.umt.edu
Fereidoun Ghahramani, University of Manitoba fereidou@cc.umanitoba.ca
- 8:00 a.m.
  Isometries between the groups of invertible elements in Banach algebras.
  Osamu Hatori*, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, Niigata University
  (1049-46-102)
- 8:30 a.m.
  Peripherally multiplicative surjections between uniform algebras.
  Miura Takeshi*, Yamagata University
  (1049-46-206)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Norm Conditions for Uniform Algebra Isomorphisms.
  Aaron Luttman, Clarkson University
  Scott Lambert*, Colby College
  (1049-46-197)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Amenability properties of centres of group algebras.
  A. Azimifard, Fields Institute
  E. Samei, University of Saskatchewan
  N. Spronk*, University of Waterloo
  (1049-46-129)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Contraction subgroups of locally compact groups.
  George Alver Willis*, University of Newcastle
  (1049-46-141)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Projectivity of modules over Segal algebras.
  Brian Forrest, University of Waterloo, Canada
  Hun Hee Lee, Chungbuk National University, Korea
  Ebrahim Samei*, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
  (1049-43-80)

Sunday April 26, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Banach Algebras, Topological Algebras, and Abstract Harmonic Analysis, IV
Room 425, Thornton Hall
Organizers:
Thomas V. Tonev, University of Montana-Missoula tonevtv@mso.umt.edu
Fereidoun Ghahramani, University of Manitoba fereidou@cc.umanitoba.ca
- 3:00 p.m.
  Good Weights and Good-enough Weights on $\mathbb{R}^{+}$.
  Sandy Grabiner*, Pomona College
  (1049-46-89)
- 3:30 p.m.
  On the maximal ideals of normed and m-convex algebras.
  Hugo Arizmendi Peimbert*, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
  (1049-46-110)
- 4:00 p.m.
  On some Q-like properties in Topological Algebras.
  Lourdes Palacios*, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana- Iztapalapa
  (1049-46-133)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Extremal problems for analytic discs and analytic balls, and polynomial hulls.
  Marshall A. Whittlesey*, California State University San Marcos
  (1049-32-205)

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