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2008 Fall Central Section Meeting
Kalamazoo, MI, October 17-19, 2008 (Friday - Sunday)
Meeting #1043

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

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Friday October 17, 2008

• Friday October 17, 2008, 12:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
  Meeting Registration
  Lobby, Fetzer Center
• Friday October 17, 2008, 12:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
  Exhibit and Book SAle
  Lobby, Fetzer Center
• Friday October 17, 2008, 2:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Representations of Real and P-adic Lie Groups, I
  Room 1060, Fetzer Center
  Organizers:
  Alessandra Pantano, University of California Irvine apantano@math.uci.edu
  Annegret Paul, Western Michigan University annegret.paul@wmich.edu
  Susana Alicia Salamanca-Riba, New Mexico State University ssalaman@nmsu.edu
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Discussion
  • 2:30 p.m.
    On dual $R$-groups for classical $p$-adic groups.
    David Goldberg*, Purdue University
    Alan Roche, University of Oklahoma
    (1043-22-179)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Theta dichotomy for the rank 2 metaplectic group.
    Christian A Zorn*, The Ohio State University
    (1043-22-149)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Restrictions of Supercuspidal Representations to Maximal Compact Subgroups: the Case of SL(2).
    Monica Nevins*, University of Ottawa
    (1043-20-42)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Branching laws for representations of real reductive groups.
    David Vogan*, MIT
    (1043-22-34)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Discussion
• Friday October 17, 2008, 2:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Linear Codes Over Rings and Modules, I
  Room 2020, Fetzer Center
  Organizers:
  Steven T. Dougherty, University of Scranton doughertys1@Scranton.edu
  Jay A. Wood, Western Michigan University jay.wood@wmich.edu
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Higher Weights for Codes over Rings.
    Steven T. Dougherty*, University of Scranton
    Sunghyu Han, University of Louisville
    Hongwei Liu, Huazhong Normal University
    (1043-13-30)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Building-up Constructions for Self-Dual Codes.
    Jon-Lark Kim*, University of Louisville
    Yoonjin Lee, Ewha Womans University
    (1043-94-29)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A Generalized Gleason-Pierce-Ward Theorem.
    Xiaoyu Liu*, Wright State University
    Jon-Lark Kim, University of Louisville
    (1043-94-10)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Toric codes.
    John B Little*, College of the Holy Cross
    (1043-94-38)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The Average Min-Sum Decoding Algorithm.
    Nathan Axvig*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1043-94-182)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Rational power series and sequential codes.
    Xiang-dong Hou*, University of South Florida
    S. R. Lopez-Permouth, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701
    B. R. Parra-Avila, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701
    (1043-13-160)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Problem Session
• Friday October 17, 2008, 2:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Computational Group Theory, I
  Room 2030, Fetzer Center
  Organizers:
  Luise-Charlotte Kappe, State University of New York Binghamton menger@math.binghamton.edu
  Arturo Magidin, University of Louisiana--Lafayette magidin@member.ams.org
  Robert F. Morse, University of Evansville rfmorse@evansville.edu
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    A Sharp Bound on the Diameter of the Rubik's Cube Group.
    David Letscher*, Saint Louis University
    (1043-20-138)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Using nonassociative rings for $p$-groups.
    James B Wilson*, The Ohio State University
    (1043-20-107)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    "Geometric" Resolutions of Bieberbach Groups.
    Marc Roeder*, National University of Ireland, Galway
    (1043-57-168)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Computing homological functors of polycyclic groups.
    Robert Fitzgerald Morse*, University of Evansville
    (1043-20-144)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On the Covering Number of Small Alternating Groups.
    Luise-Charlotte Kappe, State University of New York at Binghamton
    Joanne L Redden*, Elmira College
    (1043-20-143)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A new classification of $2$-generated $p$-groups of class $2$.
    Arturo Magidin*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Robert F Morse, University of Evansville
    Azhana Ahmad, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
    (1043-20-68)
• Friday October 17, 2008, 2:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Nonlinear Analysis and Applications, I
  Room 1320, Schneider Hall
  Organizers:
  S. P. Singh, University of Western Ontario ssingh2@uwo.ca
  Bruce B. Watson, Memorial University bruce2@math.mun.ca
  Mahi Singh, University of Western Ontario msingh@uwo.ca
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Rational Approximation for a Quasi-linear Parabolic Equation Occurring in Aerodynamics.
    Paul M Gauthier*, Universite de Montreal
    Nikolai N Tarkhanov, Universitaet Potsdam
    (1043-35-17)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Global Asymptotic Stability of Equilibria.
    Mario Martelli*, Claremont Graduate University
    (1043-37-115)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Landweber method and its application to an inverse scattering problem.
    Tzu-Chu Lin*, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    (1043-47-156)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Nonlinear density matrix method and its application to nanophotonics.
    Mahi R Sigh*, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
    (1043-78-82)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Nonlinear Schrödinger equation method and its application to metallic crystals.
    Ali Hatef, PhD student, The Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Western Ontario,
    R Singh Mahi*, Faculty,The Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Western Ontario,
    (1043-81-96)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Infinite matrix theoretic interpretations of Gollnitz-Gordon analytic identities.
    A K Agarwal*, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
    (1043-05-58)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    On a Parabolic-Hyperbolic System in Linear Thermo elasticity with nonlocal integral boundary conditions.
    Lazhar Bougoffa, Faculty of Science , Department of Mathematics, Al-Imam University, Saudi Arabia
    Ammar Khanfer*, Department of Mathematics, Western Michigan University, USA
    (1043-35-157)
• Friday October 17, 2008, 2:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Computation in Modular Representation Theory and Cohomology, I
  Room 2016/2018, Fetzer Center
  Organizers:
  Christopher P. Bendel, University of Wisconsin-Stout bendelc@uwstout.edu
  Terrell L. Hodge, Western Michigan University terrell.hodge@wmich.edu
  Brian J. Parshall, University of Virginia bjp8w@virginia.edu
  Cornelius Pillen, University of South Alabama pillen@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    On affine Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials.
    Leonard L Scott*, Dept. Mathematics, The University of Virginia
    (1043-20-88)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Support Varieties of Tilting Modules for $GL_n$.
    Bobbe J Cooper*, University of Minnesota
    (1043-20-178)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Cohomology and Support Varieties for W(n).
    Irfan Bagci*, The University of Georgia
    (1043-17-46)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Discussion
• Friday October 17, 2008, 2:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Graph Labeling, Graph Coloring, and Topological Graph Theory, I
  Room 2345, Schneider Hall
  Organizers:
  Arthur T. White, Western Michigan University arthur.white@wmich.edu
  David L. Craft, Muskingum College craft@muskingum.edu
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Graph Labelings, Imbeddings, and Colorings.
    Arthur T. White*, Western Michigan University
    (1043-05-06)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    On Graceful Labelings of Cycles.
    Jay S. Bagga*, Ball State University
    (1043-05-36)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Separation number of trees.
    Zevi Miller*, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Miami University
    Tao Jiang, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Miami University
    Daniel Pritikin, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Miami University
    (1043-05-71)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On Generalizing the "Lights Out" Game and a Generalization of Parity Domination.
    Alexander Giffen, University of Dayton
    Darren B Parker*, Grand Valley State University
    (1043-05-08)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Bimagic Labellings.
    Alison Marr, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX, USA 78626
    N. C.K. Phillips, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL, USA 62901
    W. D. Wallis*, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL, USA 62901
    (1043-05-59)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Multiplicative and Combinatorial Labelings of Graphs.
    Lowell W Beineke*, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne
    Suresh M Hegde, National Institute of Technology Karnataka
    (1043-05-128)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Construction of a Small Regular Graph of Girth 5 and Degree 19.
    Allen J. Schwenk*, Western Michigan University
    (1043-05-31)
• Friday October 17, 2008, 2:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching, I
  Room 2335, Schneider Hall
  Organizers:
  Kate Kline, Western Michigan University kate.kline@wmich.edu
  Christine Browning, Western Michigan University christine.browning@wmich.edu
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Mathematical knowledge for teaching: Coordinating mathematical and pedagogical perspectives.
    Mark Thames*, University of Michigan
    Hyman Bass, University of Michigan
    (1043-97-130)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Discussion Session of Bass and Thaymes Presentation
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Exploring the Mathematical Knowledge Needed to Teach Fraction Division.
    Theresa J. Grant*, Western Michigan University
    Jane-Jane Lo, Western Michigan University
    (1043-97-91)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Structure of the Content Knowledge for Teaching-Mathematics (CKT-M) Instrument with Pre-service Teachers.
    Jim Gleason*, The University of Alabama
    (1043-97-11)
• Friday October 17, 2008, 2:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Affine Algebraic Geometry, I
  Room 1040/1050, Fetzer Center
  Organizers:
  Shreeram Abhyankar, Purdue University ram@cs.purdue.edu
  Anthony J. Crachiola, Saginaw Valley State University crachiola@member.ams.org
  Leonid G. Makar-Limanov, Wayne State University lml@math.wayne.edu
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Revisiting triangular derivations of k[X,Y,Z].
    Daniel Daigle*, University of Ottawa (Canada)
    (1043-14-154)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Automorphisms of elliptic Poisson algebras.
    Leonid Makar-Limanov, Wayne State University
    Umut Turusbekova, Eurasian National University
    Ualbai Umirbaev*, Eurasian National University
    (1043-16-108)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Topological aspect of the Jacobian conjecture.
    Teruo Asanuma*, Faculty of Science University of Toyama
    (1043-14-89)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Break
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Embeddings of Danielewski hypersurfaces.
    Lucy Moser-Jauslin*, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
    Pierre-Marie Poloni, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
    (1043-14-23)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A note on $k[z]$-automorphisms in two variables.
    Eric Edo, University of New Caledonia
    Arno van den Essen*, Radboud University Nijmegen
    Stefan Maubach, Radboud University Nijmegen
    (1043-13-122)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Singular points of affine ML-surfaces.
    Ratnadha Kolhatkar*, Ottawa University
    (1043-14-114)
• Friday October 17, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Variational Analysis and its Applications, I
  Room 1340, Schneider Hall
  Organizers:
  Yuri Ledyaev, Western Michigan University ledyaev@wmich.edu
  Jay S. Treiman, Western Michigan University jay.treiman@wmich.edu
  Ilya Shvartsman, Penn State Harrisburg ius13@psu.edu
  Qiji J. Zhu, Western Michigan University qiji.zhu@wmich.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Convex Functions: Characterizations, Constructions and Counterexamples.
    Jonathan M Borwein*, University of Newcastle NSW and Dalhousie Univeesity NS
    (1043-49-196)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    8 Queens, Sudoku, and Projection Methods.
    Heinz Bauschke*, University of British Columbia Okanagan
    (1043-90-67)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On Chebyshev functions and Klee functions.
    Shawn Xianfu Wang*, Mathematics, University of British Columbia
    (1043-49-100)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Spectral Manifolds.
    A Daniilidis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
    J Malick, INRIA, France
    A Lewis, Cornel University, USA
    H Sendov*, The University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    (1043-53-69)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Finding Best Approximation Pairs Relative to a Convex and a Prox-regular Set in a Hilbert Space.
    D. Russell Luke*, University of Delaware
    (1043-90-50)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Co-Jacobian for Locally Lipschitz Functions in Infinite Dimension.
    Zsolt Páles, University of Debrecen
    Vera M Zeidan*, Michigan State University
    (1043-49-172)
• Friday October 17, 2008, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Optimization/Midwest Optimization Seminar, I
  Room 1350, Schneider Hall
  Organizers:
  Jay S. Treiman, Western Michigan University jay.treiman@wmich.edu
  Yuri Ledyaev, Western Michigan University iouri.lediaev@wmich.edu
  Ilya Shvartsman, Penn State Harrisburg ius13@psu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Sensitivity analysis in set-valued optimization.
    Douglas E. Ward*, Miami University
    Akhtar A. Khan, Rochester Institute of Technology
    (1043-90-97)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Necessary optimality conditions for bilevel programming problems.
    Hung M Phan*, Wayne State University
    (1043-49-188)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Min-max game theory problems for coupled systems of PDEs and associated non-standard Riccati equations.
    Jing Zhang*, University of Virginia
    (1043-35-79)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Monotone Linear Relations: Maximality and Fitzpatrick Functions.
    Heinz H Bauschke, UBC Okanagan
    Xianfu Wang, UBC Okanagan
    Liangjin Yao*, UBC Okanagan
    (1043-46-137)
• Friday October 17, 2008, 4:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  Special Session on Topological Field Theory, I
  Room 1010, Fetzer Center
  Organizers:
  David Nadler, Northwestern University nadler@math.northwestern.edu
  

  • 4:30 p.m.
    Symmetric Functions and Caps.
    Erik L Carlsson*, Northwestern University
    (1043-05-205)
• Friday October 17, 2008, 5:40 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Variational analysis: New trends and applications.
  Room 1005, Fetzer Center
  Boris S. Mordukhovich*, Wayne State University
  (1043-49-05)

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