AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

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

2009 Spring Western Section Meeting
San Francisco, CA, April 25-26, 2009 (Saturday - Sunday)
Meeting #1049

• 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)