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2009 Fall Central Section Meeting
Waco, TX, October 16-18, 2009 (Friday - Sunday)
Meeting #1051

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

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Friday October 16, 2009

• Friday October 16, 2009, 12:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Meeting Registration
  Atrium, Baylor Sciences Bldg
• Friday October 16, 2009, 12:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Exhibit and Book Sale
  Atrium, Baylor Sciences Bldg
• Friday October 16, 2009, 2:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Aspects of Spectral Problems Related to Physics, I
  E234, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Klaus Kirsten, Baylor University klaus_kirsten@baylor.edu
  Gregory Berkolaiko, Texas A & M University berko@math.tamu.edu
  Stephen Fulling, Texas A & M University fulling@math.tamu.edu
  Jon Harrison, Baylor University jon_harrison@baylor.edu
  Peter Kuchment, Texas A & M University kuchment@math.tamu.edu
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Two Themes of Rational Quantum Graphs.
    Robert Carlson*, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
    (1051-34-115)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Spectra of self-similar groups.
    Zoran Sunic*, Texas A&M University
    (1051-37-264)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Trace expansions for elliptic cone operators.
    Juan B. Gil, Penn State Altoona
    Thomas Krainer*, Penn State Altoona
    Gerardo A. Mendoza, Temple University
    (1051-58-59)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Elliptic functions in cosmology.
    Jennie D'Ambroise*, University of Massachusetts Amherst
    (1051-83-108)
• Friday October 16, 2009, 2:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Contemporary Complex and Special Function Theory, I
  C123, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Roger W. Barnard, Texas Tech University barnard@math.ttu.edu
  Kent Pearce, Texas Tech University kent.pearce@ttu.edu
  Kendall Richards, Southwestern University richards@southwestern.edu
  Alexander Solynin, Texas Tech University alex.solynin@ttu.edu
  Brock Williams, Texas Tech University BROCK.WILLIAMS@ttu.edu
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Monotonicity and comparison results for conformal invariants.
    Albert Baernstein II*, Washington University
    A. Yu. Solynin, Texas Tech University
    (1051-30-131)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Some sufficient conditions for obtaining bi-Lipschitz quasiconformal maps.
    James T Gill*, University of Washington
    (1051-30-132)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Geometric characterization of planar BV extension domains.
    Nageswari Shanmugalingam*, University of Cincinnati.
    Pekka Koskela, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.
    Michele Miranda, University of Ferrara, Italy.
    (1051-30-193)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Hyperbolizing Hyperspaces.
    Zair Ibragimov*, California State University, Fullerton
    (1051-30-151)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Hyperbolic distortion for holomorphic maps.
    C. David Minda*, University of Cincinnati
    (1051-30-76)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Applications of Circle Packing to Civil/Military Force Structures.
    Eric M. Murphy*, Washington, DC
    (1051-30-248)
• Friday October 16, 2009, 2:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  Special Session on Formations of Singularities in Geometric Flows, I
  A235, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Maria-Cristina Caputo, University of Texas at Austin caputo@math.utexas.edu
  Natasa Sesum, University of Pennsylvania
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Remarks on Ricci solitons.
    Huai-Dong Cao*, Lehigh University
    (1051-53-168)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Mean Curvature Flow with Surgeries.
    John Head*, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
    (1051-51-266)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Regularity for flows through semipermeable membranes.
    Nestor Guillen*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1051-35-156)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Some preliminary results on the second order renormalization group flow.
    Christine M Guenther*, Pacific University
    (1051-58-173)
• Friday October 16, 2009, 2:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on The Topology of Continua, I
  A207, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  David Ryden, Baylor University david_ryden@baylor.edu
  Chris Mouron, Rhodes College mouronc@rhodes.edu
  Sergio Macias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico sergiom@matem.unam.mx
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    The Group of Homeomorphisms of Certain Inverse Limit Spaces.
    James E Keesling*, University of Florida
    (1051-54-225)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Inverse Limits of Postcritically Finite Polynomials.
    Brian R Williams*, Baylor University
    (1051-37-186)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Prime end theory and inverse limits of Hadamard spaces.
    Paul A Fabel*, Mississippi State University
    (1051-57-222)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The circle is not the generalized inverse limit of a subset of a subset of the square.
    Alejandro Illanes*, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
    (1051-54-256)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The generalized inverse limits and simple n-ods.
    Veronica Martinez-de-la-Vega*, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
    (1051-54-260)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The Connectedness of Inverse Limits with Set Valued Functions.
    Van C Nall*, University of Richmond
    (1051-54-201)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Inverse limits with upper semi-continuous bonding functions: a problem set.
    W. T. Ingram*, Spring Branch, Texas
    (1051-54-202)
• Friday October 16, 2009, 2:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
  Special Session on Numerical Solutions of Singular or Perturbed Partial Differential Equation Problems with Applications, I
  E231, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Peter Moore, Southern Methodist University pmoore@smu.edu
  Qin Sheng, Baylor University Qin_Sheng@baylor.edu
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Computer-friendly representations of Green's functions for Laplace and Klein-Gordon equations.
    Yuri A. Melnikov*, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Middle Tennessee State University
    (1051-35-157)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Singularities in the unphysical complex plane for deep water waves.
    Chao Xie*, The Ohio State University
    (1051-76-245)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Tumor Growth.
    Serge Prudhome*, ICES, The University of Texas at Austin
    J. Tinsley Oden, ICES, The University of Texas at Austin
    Andrea Hawkins, ICES, The University of Texas at Austin
    Kris van der Zee, ICES, The University of Texas at Austin
    (1051-35-254)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A mathematical model for foreign body reactions.
    Jianzhong Su*, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
    Humberto Perez Gonzales, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
    Michail Todorov, Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
    Hristo Kojouharov, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
    Liping Tang, Department of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
    (1051-65-197)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    An Adaptively Weighted Least-Squares Finite Element Method for Convection Dominated Diffusion PDEs.
    Myles Baker*, Baylor University / Wabash College REU
    Sarah Farell, Bard College / Wabash College REU
    (1051-35-34)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Extrapolation of elliptic eigenvalue calculations on the whole space by the virial theorem.
    Goong Chen*, Texas A&M University and National Taiwan University
    Zhonghai Ding, University of Nevada--Las Vegas
    Chang-Shou Lin, National Taiwan University
    Alain Perronnet, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie
    Viswanath Ramakrishna, University of Texas at Dallas
    Joe Ward, Texas A&M University
    (1051-35-28)
• Friday October 16, 2009, 2:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Models of Neuronal and Metabolic Mechanisms, I
  E206, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Janet Best, Ohio State University jbest@math.ohio-state.edu
  Michael Reed, Duke University reed@math.duke.edu
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Mathematical Analysis of Sleep-Wake Distributions.
    Janet A Best*, Ohio State University
    Badal S Joshi, Duke University
    Mark S Blumberg, University of Iowa
    (1051-92-213)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Computational approaches to studying hypothalamic gonadotropin releasing-hormone (GnRH) neurons.
    Kelly J Suter*, University of Texas San Antonio
    (1051-00-62)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Firing frequency regulation in a computational model of a midbrain dopaminergic neuron.
    Anna Y Kuznetsova*, Dept Biol., UTSA
    Alexey S Kuznetsov, Dept Math Sci, IUPUI
    (1051-92-140)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Neuromodulation of Synaptic Depression: Discrete dynamical system models predict changes in short term plasticity.
    Emily Stone*, The University of Montana-Missoula
    Josh Lawrence, The University of Montana-Missoula
    (1051-92-74)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Passive and Active Stabilization of Dopamine in the Striatum.
    M. Reed*, Duke University
    J. Best, The Ohio State University
    H. F. Nijhout, Duke University
    (1051-92-18)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Discussion on new mathematical methods in neuroscience
• Friday October 16, 2009, 2:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Commutative Algebra: Module and Ideal Theory, I
  B114, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Lars W. Christensen, Texas Tech University lars.w.christensen@ttu.edu
  Louiza Fouli, University of Texas at Austin lfouli@math.utexas.edu
  David Jorgensen, University of Texas at Arlington djorgens@uta.edu
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Tight Closure in Non-excellent Rings.
    Raymond C. Heitmann*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1051-13-137)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    On the Existence of Totally Reflexive Modules.
    Kristen A. Beck*, The University of Texas at Arlington
    David A. Jorgensen, The University of Texas at Arlington
    (1051-13-265)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Standard systems of parameters and rings with finite local cohomology.
    Hamid Rahmati*, Texas Tech University
    Frank Moore, Cornell University
    (1051-13-252)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    When are multigraded modules Cohen-Macaulay?
    C-Y Jean Chan, Central Michigan University
    Christine K Cumming*, University of Louisiana at Monroe
    Huy Tai Ha, Tulane University
    (1051-13-129)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Asymptotic behavior of value semi-groups.
    S. D. Cutkosky, University of Missouri - Columbia
    K. Dalili*, University of Missouri - Columbia
    O. Kashcheyeva, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1051-13-196)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Free resolutions over small Gorenstein rings.
    Liana M Sega*, University of Missouri - Kansas City
    Ines Henriques, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
    (1051-13-204)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Semidualizing modules over certain Veronese subrings.
    Sean Sather-Wagstaff*, North Dakota State University
    Neil Epstein, University of Michigan
    Karl Schwede, University of Michigan
    (1051-13-175)
• Friday October 16, 2009, 2:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Harmonic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations, I
  C206, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Susan Friedlander, University of Southern California susanfri@usc.edu
  Natasa Pavlovic, University of Texas at Austin natasa@math.utexas.edu
  Nikolaos Tzirakis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign tzirakis@math.uiuc.edu
  

  • 2:00 p.m.
    Global regularity of solutions to a class of systems of reaction-diffusion.
    Alexis F. Vasseur*, University of Texas
    Cristina Caputo, University of Texas
    (1051-35-214)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Partial Schauder estimates for second-order elliptic and parabolic equations.
    Hongjie Dong*, Brown University
    (1051-35-72)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Analyticity and Gevrey-class regularity up to the boundary for the Euler equations.
    Igor Kukavica, University of Southern California
    Vlad Vicol*, University of Southern California
    (1051-35-187)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On the equivalence of the Birkhoff-Rott and Euler descriptions of vortex sheet evolution.
    Milton C. Lopes Filho, IMECC-UNICAMP
    Helena J. Nussenzveig Lopes*, IMECC-UNICAMP
    Steven Schochet, Tel Aviv University
    (1051-76-238)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Regularity of the primitive equations of the ocean.
    Igor Kukavica*, University of Southern California
    Mohammed Ziane, University of Southern California
    (1051-35-259)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Ill-posedness of the 3D Navier-Stokes equations in Besov spaces.
    Alexey Cheskidov*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    Roman Shvydkoy, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1051-35-243)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Rotational Stokes waves.
    Vera Mikyoung Hur*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1051-35-128)
• Friday October 16, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Applicable Algebraic Geometry, I
  B105, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Luis David Garcia-Puente, Sam Houston State University lgarcia@shsu.edu
  Frank Sotille, Texas A&M University sottile@math.tamu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Identifiability of phylogenetic mixture models.
    Elizabeth Allman, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
    Sonja Petrovic, University of Illinois, Chicago
    John Rhodes, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
    Seth Sullivant*, North Carolina State University
    (1051-14-30)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A Fast Algorithm for Computing Geodesic Distances in Tree Space.
    Megan Owen*, North Carolina State University
    J. Scott Provan, University of North Carolina
    (1051-92-234)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    What do Coxeter groups and Boolean networks have in common?
    Matthew Macauley*, Clemson University
    (1051-05-219)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Probabilistic dynamical systems for reverse engineering of the yeast cell cycle network.
    Elena S Dimitrova*, Clemson University
    Abdul S Jarrah, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
    (1051-14-92)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Algebraic Statistical Model for Inferring Biochemical Reactions Network.
    Grzegorz A Rempala*, Department of Biostatistics, Medical College of Georgia
    (1051-62-87)
• Friday October 16, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Global Analysis on Homogeneous Spaces, I
  D105, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Ruth Gornett, University of Texas at Arlington rgornet@uta.edu
  Ken Richardson, Texas Christian University k.richardson@tcu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Spaces of Smooth Orbifold Mappings.
    Joseph E Borzellino*, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
    Victor Brunsden, Penn State Altoona
    (1051-57-45)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Geometric properties of Gromov-Witten varieties for homogeneous spaces.
    Leonardo C Mihalcea*, Baylor University
    Anders Buch, Rutgers University
    (1051-14-56)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Berezin Quantization of Quantum Homogeneous Spaces.
    Jeremy Sain*, Clarendon College
    (1051-47-89)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Riemannian submersions from simple, compact Lie groups.
    Martin Kerin, University of Muenster, Germany
    Krishnan Shankar*, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
    (1051-53-120)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Toda flows on homogeneous spaces.
    Barbara Shipman*, University of Texas at Arlington
    (1051-70-155)
• Friday October 16, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and Representations, I
  D114, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Markus Hunziker, Baylor University Markus_Hunziker@baylor.edu
  Mark Sepanski, Baylor University Mark_Sepanski@baylor.edu
  Ronald Stanke, Baylor University Ronald_Stanke@baylor.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Singularities of free group character varieties.
    Sean Dodd Lawton*, University of Texas, Pan American
    Carlos Florentino, Instituto Superior Técnico
    (1051-14-270)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Modules of differential operators for vector field Lie algebras.
    Charles H Conley*, University of North Texas
    (1051-17-41)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On realizations of Lie superalgebras in matrices over a Weyl algebra.
    Elena Poletaeva*, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas-Pan American
    (1051-17-199)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Generalized Trace and Dimension Functions in Ribbon Categories.
    Nathan Geer, Utah State University
    Jonathan Kujawa*, University of Oklahoma
    Bertrand Patureau-Mirand, Université de Bretagne-Sud
    (1051-17-97)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Building two boundary diagram algebras.
    Zajj B Daugherty*, University of Wisconsin - Madison
    (1051-16-177)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Applications of generalized Young diagrams for Hermitian symmetric spaces.
    W. Andrew Pruett*, Baylor University
    Markus Hunziker, Baylor University
    (1051-17-192)
• Friday October 16, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Recent Developments on Turbulence, I
  C230, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Eleftherios Gkioulekas, University of Texas-Pan American gkioulekase@utpa.edu
  Michael Jolly, Indiana University msjolly@indiana.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Dissipation range and anomalous sinks in steady two-dimensional turbulence.
    Eleftherios Gkioulekas*, University of Texas-Pan American
    (1051-76-90)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    On convective instability & transition to turbulence in a mushy layer.
    Mallikarjunaiah S Muddamallappa, The University of Texas-Pan American
    Dambaru Bhatta*, The University of Texas-Pan American
    Daniel N Riahi, The University of Texas-Pan American
    (1051-76-43)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Combining rotation and helicity in turbulent flows and the emergence of strong and persistent cyclonic columnar vortices.
    Annick Pouquet*, NCAR
    Julien Baerenzung, IMTG
    Pablo Mininni, University of Buenos Aires, and NCAR
    Duane Rosenberg, NCAR
    (1051-76-53)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Fourier Transforms and Wavelet Transforms in Turbulence.
    Lokenath Debnath*, University of Texas-Pan American
    (1051-76-60)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    The question of universal scaling coefficients for inertial range structure functions.
    mogens v melander*, dept of Mathematics, SMU, Dallas TX
    (1051-76-102)
• Friday October 16, 2009, 4:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Dynamic Equations on Time Scales: Analysis and Applications, I
  A236, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  John M. Davis, Baylor University John_M_Davis@baylor.edu
  Ian A. Gravagne, Baylor University Ian_Gravagne@baylor.edu
  Robert J. Marks, Baylor University Robert_Marks@baylor.edu
  

  • 4:00 p.m.
    Oscillation criteria for first order dynamic equations.
    Lynn H. Erbe, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 68588-0130
    Taher S. Hassan, Mansoura University
    Allan C. Peterson*, Univesity of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1051-39-79)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Existence of resolvent for Volterra integral equations on time scales.
    Youssef N Raffoul*, University of dayton
    (1051-37-96)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Classification of forms of the solutions to time varying and time invariant linear dynamic systems.
    Jeffrey J DaCunha*, Spirit Global Energy Solutions
    (1051-39-135)
• Friday October 16, 2009, 5:40 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Representation theory and gauge theory.
  B110, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  David Ben-Zvi*, University of Texas at Austin
  (1051-00-04)

Saturday October 17, 2009

• Saturday October 17, 2009, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Meeting Registration
  Atrium, Baylor Sciences Bldg
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  Exhibit and Book Sale
  Atrium, Baylor Sciences Bldg
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Aspects of Spectral Problems Related to Physics, II
  E234, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Klaus Kirsten, Baylor University klaus_kirsten@baylor.edu
  Gregory Berkolaiko, Texas A & M University berko@math.tamu.edu
  Stephen Fulling, Texas A & M University fulling@math.tamu.edu
  Jon Harrison, Baylor University jon_harrison@baylor.edu
  Peter Kuchment, Texas A & M University kuchment@math.tamu.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Quantum Vacuum Energy in Graphs and Billiards.
    Lev Kaplan*, Tulane University
    (1051-81-141)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Casimir energy and local zeta function for higher rank symmetric spaces.
    Floyd L. Williams*, University of Massachusetts,Department of Mathematics
    (1051-22-38)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Non-Perturbative Electrodynamics in Curved Spacetime.
    Guglielmo Fucci*, Baylor University
    (1051-81-136)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Topological Methods for Boundary Value Problems for Ordinary Differential Equations, I
  E227, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Richard Avery, Dakota State University rich.avery@dsu.edu
  Paul W. Eloe, University of Dayton Paul.Eloe@notes.udayton.edu
  Johnny Henderson, Baylor University Johnny_Henderson@baylor.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Uniqueness and dependence of positive solutions of second order singular boundary value problems with integral boundary conditions.
    Lingju Kong*, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    (1051-34-19)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Boundary Data Smoothness for Solutions of Nonlocal Boundary Value Problems for Second Order Difference Equations.
    Jeffrey W Lyons*, Baylor University
    (1051-34-16)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    An Extension of the Leggett-Williams Fixed Point Theorem.
    Richard I Avery*, Dakota State University
    Johnny L Henderson, Baylor University
    Douglas R Anderson, Concordia College
    (1051-47-17)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Existence of Solutions for a Class of Singular Nonlinear Third Order Boundary Value Problems.
    John V. Baxley*, Wake Forest University
    (1051-34-106)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Positive symmetric solutions of singular semipositone boundary value problems.
    Matthew Rudd*, University of Idaho
    (1051-34-118)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Positive solutions of even order system periodic boundary value problems.
    Qingkai Kong*, Northern Illinois University
    Min Wang, Northern Illinois University
    (1051-34-48)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Multiplicity of Positive Solutions for a Fourth-order Nonhomogeneous Boundary Value Problem.
    Britney Hopkins*, University of Central Oklahoma
    (1051-39-153)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Interdisciplinary Session on Stochastic Partial Differential Equations, I
  C231, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  M. Chekroun, ENS-Paris and University of California Los Angeles chekro@lmd.ens.fr
  Shouhong Wang, Indiana University showang@indiana.edu
  Nathan Glatt-Holtz, Indiana University negh@indiana.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Nonlinear Fokker Planck Equations.
    Peter S. Constantin*, Department of Mathematics, The University of Chicago
    (1051-35-148)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Dynamic Transitions for the MHD Equations.
    M. Taylan Sengul*, Indiana University
    Shouhong Wang, Indiana University
    (1051-76-258)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Long time behavior for stochastic shell phenomenological models of turbulence.
    Hakima Bessaih*, University of Wyoming (UW)
    Franco Flandoli, University of Pisa, Italy
    Edriss S Titi, University of California at Irvine, USA
    (1051-60-39)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Break
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Strong Solutions to a System of Nonlinear Fluid-Structure Interactions.
    Igor Kukavica, University of Southern California
    Amjad Tuffaha*, University of Southern California
    Mohammed Nabil Ziane, University of Southern California
    (1051-76-178)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Regularization properties and asymptotics of the Coleman-Gurtin model.
    Mickael D. Chekroun, Ecole Normale Superieure, CERES-ERTI 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
    Francesco Di Plinio*, Indiana University, Institute for Scientific Computing and Applied Mathematics, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
    Nathan E. Glatt-Holtz, Indiana University, Institute for Scientific Computing and Applied Mathematics, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
    Vittorino Pata, Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Matematica \F. Brioschi" 20133 Milano, Italy
    (1051-35-154)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Global Analysis on Homogeneous Spaces, II
  D105, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Ruth Gornett, University of Texas at Arlington rgornet@uta.edu
  Ken Richardson, Texas Christian University k.richardson@tcu.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Marked length spectrum and diffeomorphism type.
    F. T. Farrell, Binghamton University
    J.-F. Lafont*, Ohio State University
    (1051-57-241)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    compact solvmanifolds with symplectic structures must have at most three steps.
    Zhuang-dan Daniel Guan*, The university of california at Riverside
    (1051-58-31)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Geodesics in Heisenberg-like Nilmanifolds.
    Rachelle DeCoste, Wheaton College
    Lisa DeMeyer, Central Michigan University
    Maura Mast*, University of Massachusetts Boston
    (1051-53-191)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Natural Equivariant Dirac Operators.
    Igor Prokhorenkov*, Texas Christian University
    Ken Richardson, Texas Christian University
    (1051-58-77)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Decompositions of equivariant vector bundles.
    Franz W. Kamber*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Kenneth S. Richardson, Texas Christian University
    (1051-58-75)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    The three gap theorem and Riemannian geometry.
    Ben Schmidt*, Michigan State University
    (1051-51-33)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Formations of Singularities in Geometric Flows, II
  A235, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Maria-Cristina Caputo, University of Texas at Austin caputo@math.utexas.edu
  Natasa Sesum, University of Pennsylvania
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Minimally invasive surgery for Ricci flow singularities.
    Sigurd B. Angenent, University of Wisconsin - Madison
    M. Cristina Caputo, University of Texas
    Dan F. Knopf*, University of Texas
    (1051-53-103)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Discussion
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Construction of self-similar surfaces under mean curvature flow.
    Xuan Hien Nguyen*, Kansas State University
    (1051-35-110)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    On the classification of gradient Ricci solitons and Quasi-Einstein manifolds.
    William Wylie*, University of Pennsylvania
    P Petersen, UCLA
    (1051-53-212)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Dynamic Equations on Time Scales: Analysis and Applications, II
  A236, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  John M. Davis, Baylor University John_M_Davis@baylor.edu
  Ian A. Gravagne, Baylor University Ian_Gravagne@baylor.edu
  Robert J. Marks, Baylor University Robert_Marks@baylor.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    The Linear Quadratic Regulator on Time Scales.
    Nick Wintz*, Missouri University of Science and Technology
    (1051-49-255)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Dynamic Risk Aversion.
    Martin Bohner*, Missouri S&T, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
    Gregory Gelles, Missouri S&T, Department of Economics
    (1051-39-218)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Discrete Fractional Gompertzian Model for Tumor Growth.
    Sevgi Sengul*, Western Kentucky University
    Ferhan Atici, Western Kentucky University
    (1051-39-91)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Algebraic and Dynamic Lyapunov Equations on Time Scales.
    John M Davis*, Department of Mathematics, Baylor University
    (1051-93-224)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Stability Analysis and Design of Dynamic Switched Systems Evolving on Time Scales.
    Alice Alexander Ramos*, Bethel College, Mishawaka, IN
    (1051-93-221)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Lyapunov Stability of Non-diagonalizable Switched Linear Systems on Time Scales.
    John E Miller*, Baylor University
    Ian Gravagne, Baylor University
    (1051-93-216)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 8:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
  Special Session on Numerical Solutions of Singular or Perturbed Partial Differential Equation Problems with Applications, II
  E231, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Peter Moore, Southern Methodist University pmoore@smu.edu
  Qin Sheng, Baylor University Qin_Sheng@baylor.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Adaptive splitting finite difference methods for solving singular equations.
    Qin Sheng*, Baylor University
    Shekhar Guha, U.S. Air Force Research Lab
    Leonel Gonzalez, U.S. Air Force Research Lab
    (1051-65-51)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Numerical Studies of Interface Problems on Networks.
    Radu C Cascaval*, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
    C. Travis Hunter, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
    (1051-35-54)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Adaptive Finite Element Methods for Analytic Ultracentrifugation Analysis.
    Weiming Cao*, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at San Antonio
    Borries Demeler, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Sciece Center at San Antonio
    (1051-65-194)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Comparison of Transform Method and Local One-Dimensional Method in Description of Tightly Focused Light Propagation Through Nonlinear Optical Materials.
    Shekhar Guha*, U.S. Air Force Research Lab
    Leonel Gonzalez, U.S. Air Force Research Lab
    Qin Sheng, Baylor University
    (1051-65-239)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Numerical Methods for Solving the Miscible Displacement Problem.
    Beatrice Riviere*, Rice University
    (1051-65-49)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Models of Neuronal and Metabolic Mechanisms, II
  E206, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Janet Best, Ohio State University jbest@math.ohio-state.edu
  Michael Reed, Duke University reed@math.duke.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Regulation Of The Cardiac Action Potential Through Caveolar Current.
    Ian Besse, University of Iowa
    Colleen Mitchell*, University of Iowa
    (1051-92-226)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Avian Influenza: Modeling, Analysis, and Data Fitting.
    Joseph Lucchetti, University of Florida
    Manojit Roy, University of Florida
    Maia Martcheva*, University of Florida
    (1051-92-55)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Emergent dynamics governed by regulatory cells produce a robust primary T cell response.
    Peter S. Kim*, University of Utah
    Peter P. Lee, School of Medicine, Stanford University
    Doron Levy, Dept of Mathematics and CSCAMM, University of Maryland
    (1051-92-20)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Multi-scale Modeling of Electric Activity of Spiny Dendrites in the Hippocampus.
    Andrew Gillette*, University of Texas at Austin
    Alexander Rand, University of Texas at Austin
    Chandrajit Bajaj, University of Texas at Austin
    (1051-92-184)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Modeling Electrodynamic Field Effects for Networks of Neurons at Submicron Scales.
    Alexander Rand*, University of Texas-Austin
    Andrew Gillette, University of Texas-Austin
    Chandrajit Bajaj, University of Texas-Austin
    (1051-92-190)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Global asymptotic stability of solutions of nonautonomous master equations: extensions of van Kampen's theorem.
    Berton A Earnshaw*, Michigan State University
    James P Keener, University of Utah
    (1051-60-27)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Commutative Algebra: Module and Ideal Theory, II
  B114, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Lars W. Christensen, Texas Tech University lars.w.christensen@ttu.edu
  Louiza Fouli, University of Texas at Austin lfouli@math.utexas.edu
  David Jorgensen, University of Texas at Arlington djorgens@uta.edu
  

  • 8:30 a.m.
    Are the supports of local cohomology modules always closed?
    Craig Huneke, University of Kansas
    Dan Katz, University of Kansas
    Tom Marley*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1051-13-170)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Asymptotic Behavior of Multigraded Regularity Vectors.
    H. Tai Ha, Tulane University
    Brent D Strunk*, University of Louisiana at Monroe
    (1051-13-57)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Core of Strongly Stable Ideals.
    Bonnie B. Smith*, University of Notre Dame
    (1051-13-249)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Cohomology of Connected Sums of Local Rings.
    Luchezar L. Avramov, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
    W. Frank Moore*, Cornell University
    (1051-13-208)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Examining Uniqueness of Minimal Acyclic Complexes from a "Push-Forward" Perspective.
    Meri T Hughes*, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
    (1051-13-205)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    A characterization of regular rings.
    Alina Iacob*, Georgia Southern University
    Srikanth B. Iyengar, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1051-13-122)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 9:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Applicable Algebraic Geometry, II
  B105, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Luis David Garcia-Puente, Sam Houston State University lgarcia@shsu.edu
  Frank Sotille, Texas A&M University sottile@math.tamu.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Markov bases and subbases for bounded contingency tables.
    Fabio Rapallo, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Avanzate
    Ruriko Yoshida*, University of Kentucky
    (1051-05-29)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Inverse semigroup Fourier analysis for partially ranked data.
    Martin Malandro*, Sam Houston State University
    (1051-20-159)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Finiteness theorems for chains of toric ideals.
    Christopher J. Hillar, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
    Abraham Martín del Campo*, Texas A&M University
    (1051-13-114)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Toric models of graphs.
    Weronika J Buczynska*, Texas A&M University
    (1051-14-162)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Secant varieties to tangential varieties of cubic Veronese embedding.
    Hirotachi Abo*, University of Idaho
    (1051-14-93)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 9:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Contemporary Complex and Special Function Theory, II
  C123, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Roger W. Barnard, Texas Tech University barnard@math.ttu.edu
  Kent Pearce, Texas Tech University kent.pearce@ttu.edu
  Kendall Richards, Southwestern University richards@southwestern.edu
  Alexander Solynin, Texas Tech University alex.solynin@ttu.edu
  Brock Williams, Texas Tech University BROCK.WILLIAMS@ttu.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    A Transformation Formula Involving the Gamma and Riemann Zeta Functions Found in Ramanujan's Lost Notebook.
    Bruce C. Berndt*, University of Illinois
    Atul Dixit, University of Illinois
    (1051-33-127)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Laguerre Transform in two Variables and its properties.
    Ibrahim A. Salehbhai*, Department of Mathematics, S.V. National Institute of Technology, Surat-395 007, INDIA
    (1051-33-52)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Elliptic Macdonald Functions and Jackson Coefficients on BCn.
    Hasan Coskun*, Texas A&M University-Commerce
    (1051-33-232)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Differential Equations for Eisenstein Series on Subgroups of $SL(2, \Bbb Z)$.
    Tim Huber*, University of Texas-Pan American
    (1051-11-229)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Transformation formulas associated with integrals involving the Riemann $\Xi$-function.
    Atul A Dixit*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1051-33-94)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 9:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on The Topology of Continua, II
  A207, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  David Ryden, Baylor University david_ryden@baylor.edu
  Chris Mouron, Rhodes College mouronc@rhodes.edu
  Sergio Macias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico sergiom@matem.unam.mx
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    A monotonically irreducible map of a reducible continuum onto $[0,1]$.
    Piotr Minc*, Auburn University
    (1051-54-42)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The set functions $\mathcal{T}$ and $\mathcal{K}$ on irreducible continua.
    Leobardo Fernandez*, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
    (1051-54-47)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    A General Lifting Characterization of Images of Arcs.
    Dale Daniel*, Lamar University
    (1051-54-206)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On 2-equivalent continua.
    Carlos Islas*, Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México
    (1051-54-246)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Shore sets and points.
    Isabel Puga*, Universidad NAcional Autónoma de México
    Rocio Leonel, Universidad NAcional Autónoma de México
    (1051-54-124)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 9:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and Representations, II
  D114, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Markus Hunziker, Baylor University Markus_Hunziker@baylor.edu
  Mark Sepanski, Baylor University Mark_Sepanski@baylor.edu
  Ronald Stanke, Baylor University Ronald_Stanke@baylor.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Symmetric Subgroup Action on Isotropic Grassmanian.
    Hongyu He*, Louisiana State University
    Huajun Huang, Auburn University
    (1051-22-65)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Perverse Poisson sheaves on the nilpotent cone.
    Jared L. Culbertson*, Louisiana State University
    (1051-22-145)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Andersen-Jantzen sheaves and the affine Grassmannian.
    Pramod N Achar*, Louisiana State University
    (1051-20-142)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Smooth components of Springer fibers.
    William Graham*, University of Georgia
    Roger Zierau, Oklahoma State University
    (1051-22-220)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    On the geometry of certain components of the Springer Fiber.
    Leticia I Barchini*, Oklahoma State UNiversity
    (1051-22-269)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 9:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Fusion Categories and Applications, I
  C124, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Deepak Naidu, Texas A & M University dnaidu@math.tamu.edu
  Eric Rowell, Texas A & M University rowell@math.tamu.edu
  

  • 9:30 a.m.
    Weakly group theoretical fusion categories.
    Victor Ostrik*, University of Oregon
    (1051-20-143)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Fusion categories of dimension $pq^2$, and $\mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z}$-graded Tambara-Yamagami categories.
    David A. Jordan*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Eric Larson, Harvard University
    (1051-18-100)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Enriched Fusion Categories.
    Jesse Liptrap*, UC Santa Barbara
    (1051-18-182)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Fusion subcategories of Rep(D(G)).
    Deepak Naidu, Texas A&M University
    Dmitri Nikshych, University of New Hampshire
    Sarah Witherspoon*, Texas A&M University
    (1051-18-61)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 9:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Harmonic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations, II
  C206, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Susan Friedlander, University of Southern California susanfri@usc.edu
  Natasa Pavlovic, University of Texas at Austin natasa@math.utexas.edu
  Nikolaos Tzirakis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign tzirakis@math.uiuc.edu
  

  • 9:30 a.m.
    Approximate solutions to parabolic equations.
    Anna L Mazzucato*, Mathematics Dept., Pennsylvania State University
    Radu Costantinescu, JPMorgan Chase, New York
    Nick Costanzino, Pennsylvania State University
    Victor Nistor, Pennsylvania State University
    (1051-35-185)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the Onsager conjecture for two dimensional stational Euler equations.
    Roman Shvydkoy*, University of Illinois at Chicago
    (1051-76-227)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Some non linear problems involving non local diffusions.
    Luis A Caffarelli*, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin
    (1051-35-78)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Discussion
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 9:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Recent Developments on Turbulence, II
  C230, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Eleftherios Gkioulekas, University of Texas-Pan American gkioulekase@utpa.edu
  Michael Jolly, Indiana University msjolly@indiana.edu
  

  • 9:30 a.m.
    Navier-Stokes equations driven by singular forces.
    Peter S. Constantin*, Department of Mathematics, The University of Chicago
    Gregory Seregin, Oxford University
    (1051-35-147)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the Statistical Properties of the 3D Incompressible Navier-Stokes-Voigt Model.
    Boris Levant, The Weizmann Institute of Science
    Fabio Ramos, The Weizmann Institute of Science & University of Bonn
    Edriss S. Titi*, The Weizmann Institute of Science & The University of California - Irvine
    (1051-76-63)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Navier-Stokes equations, turbulence and statistical solutions.
    Ricardo M. S. Rosa*, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
    (1051-35-98)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Casimir Cascades in Two-Dimensional Turbulence.
    John C. Bowman*, University of Alberta
    (1051-76-228)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 10:00 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
  Session for Contributed Papers
  A105, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  

  • 10:15 a.m.
    On the consistency of finite difference approximations of the Black-Schole's equation on nonuniform grids.
    Myles Baker*, Baylor University
    Daniel Sheng, Westwood High School
    (1051-35-35)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    An application of Bessel function in narrowing systems problem.
    Amit D Patel*, S.V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, INDIA.
    Ajay K Shukla, S.V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, INDIA
    V K Katiyar, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttrakhand, INDIA
    (1051-35-70)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Stepanov-like Almost Automorphic Solutions of Abstract Fractional Differential Equations with Nonlocal Initial Conditions.
    Peter Frempong-Mireku*, Dillard University
    Haewon Lee, Dillard University
    (1051-35-240)
  • 11:15 a.m.
    Connecting constant and variable coefficient differential equations.
    Archie Wilmer*, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
    (1051-34-24)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 11:40 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Surface quasi-geostrophic equation: A review.
  B110, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Alexander A. Kiselev*, University of Wisconsin
  (1051-00-02)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 2:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Mathematics, cell metabolism, and public health.
  B110, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Michael C. Reed*, Duke University
  (1051-00-01)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Mathematical Aspects of Spectral Problems Related to Physics, III
  E234, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Klaus Kirsten, Baylor University klaus_kirsten@baylor.edu
  Gregory Berkolaiko, Texas A & M University berko@math.tamu.edu
  Stephen Fulling, Texas A & M University fulling@math.tamu.edu
  Jon Harrison, Baylor University jon_harrison@baylor.edu
  Peter Kuchment, Texas A & M University kuchment@math.tamu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Mixed Steklov Eigenproblems and Partial Dirichlet to Neumann Maps.
    Giles Auchmuty*, Dept of Mathematics, University of Houston
    (1051-35-23)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Spectral analysis of the three dimensional Dicke Superradiance problem.
    Indranil Sen Gupta*, Texas A&M University, College Station
    (1051-81-37)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Limit-Periodic Schrödinger Operators in the Regime of Positive Lyapunov Exponents.
    Zheng Gan*, Department of Mathematics, Rice University
    David Damanik, Department of mathematics, Rice University
    (1051-47-105)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Interdisciplinary Session on Stochastic Partial Differential Equations, II
  C231, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  M. Chekroun, ENS-Paris and University of California Los Angeles chekro@lmd.ens.fr
  Shouhong Wang, Indiana University showang@indiana.edu
  Nathan Glatt-Holtz, Indiana University negh@indiana.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Nonlinear instability and the SQG equation.
    Susan Friedlander*, University of Southern California
    Vlad Vicol, USC
    (1051-35-158)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Nonlinear instability for the critically dissipative surface quasi-geostrophic equation.
    Susan Friedlander, University of Southern California
    Natasa Pavlovic, The University of Texas at Austin
    Vlad Vicol*, University of Southern California
    (1051-35-188)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    On the partial regularity for solutions of the Navier-Stokes system.
    Igor Kukavica*, University of Southern California
    (1051-35-261)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    A stochastic Burgers equation: Bringing together chaos expansion, embedding theorems, and Catalan numbers.
    Sivaditya Kaligotla, University of Southern California
    Sergey Lototsky*, University of Southern California
    (1051-60-88)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Applicable Algebraic Geometry, III
  B105, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Luis David Garcia-Puente, Sam Houston State University lgarcia@shsu.edu
  Frank Sotille, Texas A&M University sottile@math.tamu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    On higher dimensional toric codes.
    Ivan Soprunov*, Cleveland State University
    Jenya Soprunova, Kent State University
    (1051-14-95)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The minimal distance of evaluation codes.
    Stefan O. Tohaneanu*, University of Cincinnati
    (1051-13-144)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Factoring polynomials and an algebraic surface cryptosystem.
    J. Felipe Voloch*, Dept of Math., UT Austin
    (1051-14-36)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Global Analysis on Homogeneous Spaces, III
  D105, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Ruth Gornett, University of Texas at Arlington rgornet@uta.edu
  Ken Richardson, Texas Christian University k.richardson@tcu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Applications of geometric invariant theory to the geometry of Lie groups with left-invariant metrics.
    Michael Jablonski*, University of Oklahoma
    (1051-53-237)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    3-Dimensional Cohomogeneity One Aleksandrov Spaces.
    Catherine E Searle*, IMATE-UNAM Cuernavaca
    Fernando Galaz-Garcia, University of Muenster
    (1051-58-195)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Non-negatively curved cohomogeneity one manifolds.
    Chenxu He*, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
    (1051-53-166)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Contemporary Complex and Special Function Theory, III
  C123, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Roger W. Barnard, Texas Tech University barnard@math.ttu.edu
  Kent Pearce, Texas Tech University kent.pearce@ttu.edu
  Kendall Richards, Southwestern University richards@southwestern.edu
  Alexander Solynin, Texas Tech University alex.solynin@ttu.edu
  Brock Williams, Texas Tech University BROCK.WILLIAMS@ttu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Convex combinations of harmonic mappings.
    Michael Dorff*, Brigham Young University
    Magdalena Woloszkiewicz, Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
    (1051-30-165)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The Nitsche conjecture.
    Tadeusz Iwaniec, Syracuse University
    Leonid V. Kovalev*, Syracuse University
    Jani Onninen, Syracuse University
    (1051-30-86)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Loewner theory and Schwarzians in $\mathbb{C}^n$.
    John A Pfaltzgraff*, University of North Carolina
    (1051-32-67)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Derivative of the Nehari functional.
    Eric D Schippers*, University of Manitoba
    (1051-30-236)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
  Special Session on Formations of Singularities in Geometric Flows, III
  A235, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Maria-Cristina Caputo, University of Texas at Austin caputo@math.utexas.edu
  Natasa Sesum, University of Pennsylvania
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    the Singularities of Kähler-Ricci Flows.
    Zhou Zhang*, University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor
    (1051-53-152)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Backwards-uniqueness of the Ricci flow.
    Brett L Kotschwar*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1051-53-203)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    KE metrics, stability and Ricci flow.
    Zuang-dan Daniel Guan*, Department of Math. University of California at Riverside
    (1051-53-121)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on The Topology of Continua, III
  A207, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  David Ryden, Baylor University david_ryden@baylor.edu
  Chris Mouron, Rhodes College mouronc@rhodes.edu
  Sergio Macias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico sergiom@matem.unam.mx
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Additive damage model for anti-cancer drug combinations.
    Ardith W. El-Kareh, Arizona Research Laboratories-Microcirculation, University of Arizona
    Leslie B Jones*, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona
    Timothy W. Secomb, Department of Physiology, University of Arizona
    (1051-92-83)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The topology of tank stirring.
    Judy Anita Kennedy*, Lamar University
    Barry Peratt, Winona State University
    (1051-37-181)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Periodic points near an adding machine.
    Krystyna M Kuperberg*, Auburn University
    (1051-58-85)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Commuting Self-maps of the Unit Interval.
    Eric L McDowell*, Berry College
    (1051-54-179)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Dynamic Equations on Time Scales: Analysis and Applications, III
  A236, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  John M. Davis, Baylor University John_M_Davis@baylor.edu
  Ian A. Gravagne, Baylor University Ian_Gravagne@baylor.edu
  Robert J. Marks, Baylor University Robert_Marks@baylor.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Oscillatory Properties for Three-Dimensional Systems.
    Elvan Akin-Bohner*, Missouri University of Science and Technology
    (1051-34-257)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Fundamental Solution of Dirac System on Time Scales.
    Gro Hovhannisyan*, Kent State University
    (1051-34-82)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Kiguradze-Belohorec type oscillation criteria for nonlinear second order dynamic equations.
    Lynn H Erbe*, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
    Allan C Peterson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    Baoguo Jia, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, China
    (1051-39-130)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Existence of positive solutions of semipositone dynamic boundary value problems.
    Rajendra Dahal*, Coastal Carolina University
    (1051-39-160)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Commutative Algebra: Module and Ideal Theory, III
  B114, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Lars W. Christensen, Texas Tech University lars.w.christensen@ttu.edu
  Louiza Fouli, University of Texas at Austin lfouli@math.utexas.edu
  David Jorgensen, University of Texas at Arlington djorgens@uta.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Lower Bounds for Depths of Powers of Edge Ideals of Trees and Graphs.
    Susan E. Morey*, Texas State University
    (1051-13-111)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Associated primes of powers of square-free monomial ideals.
    Tai Ha*, Tulane University
    (1051-13-113)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Growth of the Sequence of Bass Numbers.
    Oana Veliche*, Waltham, MA2
    Lars Winther Christensen, Texas Tech University
    Janet Striuli, Fairfield University
    (1051-13-171)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Rees Algebras of diagonal ideals.
    Kuei-Nuan Lin*, Purdue University
    (1051-13-101)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Topological Methods for Boundary Value Problems for Ordinary Differential Equations, II
  E227, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Richard Avery, Dakota State University rich.avery@dsu.edu
  Paul W. Eloe, University of Dayton Paul.Eloe@notes.udayton.edu
  Johnny Henderson, Baylor University Johnny_Henderson@baylor.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Asymptotic Behavior of Second Order Nonlinear Differential Equations.
    Raegan Higgins*, Texas Tech University
    (1051-34-22)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Discrete Fractional Calculus with the Nabla Operator.
    Ferhan M Atici, Western Kentucky University
    Paul W Eloe*, University of Dayton
    (1051-39-14)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    An Application of Discrete Fractional Difference Equations in Biology.
    Ferhan M. Atici*, Western Kentucky University
    Paul W. Eloe, University of Dayton
    (1051-39-69)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Using Critical Point Theory to Solve Boundary Value Problems.
    Heidi A Berger*, Simpson College
    (1051-39-207)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and Representations, III
  D114, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Markus Hunziker, Baylor University Markus_Hunziker@baylor.edu
  Mark Sepanski, Baylor University Mark_Sepanski@baylor.edu
  Ronald Stanke, Baylor University Ronald_Stanke@baylor.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Stable Hilbert series and the Kronecker coefficients.
    Michael W. Hero, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
    Jeb F. Willenbring*, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
    (1051-05-116)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Invariants and application to harmonic analysis.
    Gestur Olafsson*, Louisiana State University
    J Wolf, UC Berkeley
    (1051-43-68)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Weight lattices of real reductive symmetric spaces.
    Jennifer Daniel*, Lamar University
    Daniel Gagliardi, SUNY Canton
    (1051-22-247)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Algebraic integrability of the Gelfand-Zeitlin system on $\mathfrak{gl}(n,\mathbb{C})$.
    Mark Colarusso*, University of Notre Dame
    Sam Evens, University of Notre Dame
    (1051-22-183)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Fusion Categories and Applications, II
  C124, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Deepak Naidu, Texas A & M University dnaidu@math.tamu.edu
  Eric Rowell, Texas A & M University rowell@math.tamu.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    On symmetrization of 6j-symbols and Levin-Wen Hamiltonian.
    Seung-Moon Hong*, The University of Toledo
    (1051-81-167)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Blocks in Deligne's $Rep(S_t)$.
    Jonny Comes*, University of Oregon
    (1051-18-80)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Modular Categories and Galois Twists.
    Orit Davidovich*, UT Austin
    (1051-18-150)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    AMC on a TV.
    Zhenghan Wang*, Microsoft Station Q, UC Santa Barbara
    (1051-18-13)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Harmonic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations, III
  C206, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Susan Friedlander, University of Southern California susanfri@usc.edu
  Natasa Pavlovic, University of Texas at Austin natasa@math.utexas.edu
  Nikolaos Tzirakis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign tzirakis@math.uiuc.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    On the Cauchy problem and blowup of solutions for the Gross-Pitaevskii hierarchy.
    Thomas Chen*, University of Texas at Austin
    Natasa Pavlovic, University of Texas at Austin
    Nikolaos Tzirakis, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    (1051-35-99)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A fully nonlinear free boundary problem in the plane.
    Daniela De Silva*, Barnard College, Columbia University
    Enrico Valdinoci, Univesity of Rome, Tor Vergata
    (1051-35-163)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    A variation on a theme of Caffarelli and Vasseur.
    Alexander Kiselev*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Fedor Nazarov, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    (1051-35-138)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Convolution estimates for the Boltzmann Transport Equation and classical solutions and stability near Maxwellian data.
    Ricardo Alonso, Rice University,
    Emanuel Carneiro, Institute for Advanced Studies
    Irene M. Gamba*, The University of Texas at Austin
    (1051-82-40)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Recent Developments on Turbulence, III
  C230, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Eleftherios Gkioulekas, University of Texas-Pan American gkioulekase@utpa.edu
  Michael Jolly, Indiana University msjolly@indiana.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    On energy cascades in 2D flows.
    Radu Dascaliuc*, University of Virginia
    (1051-76-180)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    2-D Turbulence for Time-dependent Forces with Large Gaps in their Spectra.
    Nusret Balci, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
    Ciprian Foias, Texas A&M University
    Michael S Jolly*, Indiana University
    (1051-76-125)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Vertical Averages of the RBE.
    N. Balci*, University of Minnesota
    C. Foias, Texas AM
    M. S. Jolly, Indiana University
    (1051-76-146)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    On the Statistics of the Global Attractor of the 2-D Navier-Stokes Equations.
    Nusret Balci, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
    Ciprian Foias*, Texas A&M University
    Michael S Jolly, Indiana University
    (1051-76-126)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
  Session for Contributed Papers, II
  A105, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    The Converse of Abel's theorem.
    Veniamin Kisunko*, University of Toronto
    (1051-14-26)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Second generation Stirling numbers.
    Hung-ping Tsao*, Novato, CA
    (1051-11-07)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Filters, Frgament Constructible Models, and Sets.
    Cyrus F Nourani*, Academia California and Projectkakdmkrd.tripod.com
    (1051-03-12)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Maximum curvature splines.
    Mostafa Ghandehari*, Univ. of Texas at Arlington
    Roger Kirby, Univ. of Texas at Arlington
    (1051-49-06)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Characteristics of Certain Block Matrices with Nilpotent Components.
    Laurene V Fausett*, Texas A&M University-Commerce
    (1051-15-134)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Two strain SIS model with diffusion.
    Necibe Tuncer*, FL
    Maia Martcheva, FL
    (1051-92-230)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 5:10 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Mathematics of general relativity.
  B110, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Igor Rodnianski*, Princeton University
  (1051-00-03)
• Saturday October 17, 2009, 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  Reception hosted by the Baylor University Department of Mathematics
  Three Rivers Ballroom, Hilton Hotel - Waco

Sunday October 18, 2009

• Sunday October 18, 2009, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Global Analysis on Homogeneous Spaces, IV
  D105, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Ruth Gornett, University of Texas at Arlington rgornet@uta.edu
  Ken Richardson, Texas Christian University k.richardson@tcu.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    On nonnegatively curved low-dimensional fixed point homogeneous Riemannian manifolds.
    Fernando Galaz-Garcia*, Mathematisches Institut, WWU Münster
    (1051-53-161)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Convergence and stability of locally $\mathbb{R}^{N}$-invariant solutions of Ricci flow.
    Dan F. Knopf*, University of Texas
    (1051-53-104)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Horizontal displacement of curves in bundle $\text{SO}(3)\rightarrow \text{SO}_0(1,3)\rightarrow\mathbb H^3$.
    Taechang Byun*, Department of Mathematics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019
    (1051-53-58)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Riemannian groupoids, homogeneous spaces, and Ricci flow.
    David A Glickenstein*, University of Arizona
    (1051-53-46)
• Sunday October 18, 2009, 9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Contemporary Complex and Special Function Theory, IV
  C123, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Roger W. Barnard, Texas Tech University barnard@math.ttu.edu
  Kent Pearce, Texas Tech University kent.pearce@ttu.edu
  Kendall Richards, Southwestern University richards@southwestern.edu
  Alexander Solynin, Texas Tech University alex.solynin@ttu.edu
  Brock Williams, Texas Tech University BROCK.WILLIAMS@ttu.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Sharp bounds for eigenvalues of triangles.
    Bartłomiej Siudeja*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1051-35-164)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Some Geometric Properties of Symmetric Lemniscates.
    Alexander S Williams*, Texas Tech University
    Roger W Barnard, Texas Tech University
    Alexander Yu Solynin, Texas Tech Univserity
    (1051-30-223)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Zero of Generalized Cesàro Averaging Operators: Prelimanary Report.
    R Barnard, Texas Tech University
    A Swaminathan, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
    G L Ornas*, McNeese State University
    (1051-33-211)
• Sunday October 18, 2009, 9:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
  Special Session on Formations of Singularities in Geometric Flows, IV
  A235, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Maria-Cristina Caputo, University of Texas at Austin caputo@math.utexas.edu
  Natasa Sesum, University of Pennsylvania
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Conformal Deformations of Singular Metrics To Constant Scalar Curvature: The Negative Curvature Case.
    Thalia D. Jeffres*, Wichita State University
    Julie M. Rowlett, Hausdorff Center for Mathematics
    (1051-53-123)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Discussion
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Ricci Yang-Mills solitons on nilpotent Lie groups.
    Andrea N Young*, University of Arizona
    Michael Jablonksi, University of Oklahoma
    (1051-53-231)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Regularity of optimal transport maps and applications to the geometry of the cut locus.
    Alessio Figalli*, University of Texas at Austin
    (1051-35-44)
• Sunday October 18, 2009, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on The Topology of Continua, IV
  A207, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  David Ryden, Baylor University david_ryden@baylor.edu
  Chris Mouron, Rhodes College mouronc@rhodes.edu
  Sergio Macias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico sergiom@matem.unam.mx
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Homeomorphisms of the Pseudo-Arc.
    Wayne Lewis*, Texas Tech University
    (1051-54-109)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Cartesian product of the pseudo-arc and a pseudo-solenoid is factorwise rigid.
    Kevin B. Gammon*, Troy University
    (1051-54-149)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Some interesting things about continua.
    James T Rogers*, Tulane University
    (1051-54-262)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Discussion
• Sunday October 18, 2009, 9:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Dynamic Equations on Time Scales: Analysis and Applications, IV
  A236, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  John M. Davis, Baylor University John_M_Davis@baylor.edu
  Ian A. Gravagne, Baylor University Ian_Gravagne@baylor.edu
  Robert J. Marks, Baylor University Robert_Marks@baylor.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Some Basic Properties of the Laplace Transform on Time Scales.
    Chris Ahrendt*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1051-39-169)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Positive Solutions to a Singular Second Order Boundary Value Problem.
    Lynn Erbe, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
    Allan Peterson, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
    Jacob Weiss*, University of Nebraska - Kearney
    (1051-34-107)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Coupled Conditions for Asymptotic Equivalence on Time Scales.
    Dylan R Poulsen*, University of Puget Sound
    (1051-34-244)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    A Time Scale Model for Interacting Transgenic and Wild Mosquito Populations.
    Billy Jackson*, University of Northern Colorado
    Joan Hoffacker, Clemson University
    (1051-39-112)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    When to Spray: A Time Scale Calculus Approach to Controlling the Impact of West Nile Virus.
    Jo Hoffacker*, Clemson University
    (1051-92-172)
• Sunday October 18, 2009, 9:00 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Commutative Algebra: Module and Ideal Theory, IV
  B114, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Lars W. Christensen, Texas Tech University lars.w.christensen@ttu.edu
  Louiza Fouli, University of Texas at Austin lfouli@math.utexas.edu
  David Jorgensen, University of Texas at Arlington djorgens@uta.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Brauer-Thrall II for one-dimensional local rings.
    Ryan Karr, Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University
    Roger Wiegand*, University of Nebraska--Lincoln
    (1051-13-119)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Relative multiplicities of graded algebras.
    Javid Validashti*, The University of Kansas
    (1051-13-215)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Arithmetic Rank of Unmixed Bipartite Edge Ideals.
    Manoj Kummini*, Purdue University
    (1051-13-71)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Vanishing of Ext and Reflexivity.
    Anders J. Frankild, University of Copenhagen
    Sean Sather-Wagstaff, North Dakota State University
    Amelia Taylor*, Colorado College
    (1051-13-233)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    On structure of Hom(M,N).
    Hai Long Dao*, University of Kansas
    (1051-13-32)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    A Class of Hilbert Series and the Strong Lefschetz Property.
    Melissa Lindsey*, Purdue University
    (1051-13-217)
  • 12:00 p.m.
    Operations on m-primary ideals in rings of characteristic p.
    Janet C. Vassilev*, University of New Mexico
    (1051-13-139)
• Sunday October 18, 2009, 9:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Applicable Algebraic Geometry, IV
  B105, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Luis David Garcia-Puente, Sam Houston State University lgarcia@shsu.edu
  Frank Sotille, Texas A&M University sottile@math.tamu.edu
  

  • 9:30 a.m.
    Chamber Cones and Faster Real Solution Counting.
    J. Maurice Rojas*, Texas A&M University
    (1051-14-81)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Experimentation at the Frontiers of Reality in Schubert Calculus.
    Chris Hillar, MSRI
    Luis García-Puente, SHSU
    Abraham Martín del Campo, TAMU
    James Ruffo, SUNY Oneonta
    Stephen L. Johnson, TAMU
    Zach Teitler*, TAMU
    Frank Sottile, TAMU
    (1051-14-50)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Descartes' Rule is Exact!
    Martin Eugenio Avendano*, Texas A&M University
    (1051-00-209)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Khovanskii-Rolle continuation for real solutions of polynomial systems.
    Dan Bates*, Colorado State University
    Frank Sottile, Texas A&M
    (1051-14-133)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Numerical Algebraic Geometry for Macaulay 2.
    Anton Leykin*, Georgia Tech
    (1051-14-198)
  • 12:00 p.m.
    Numerical computation of the Jordan Canonical Form of a matrix via algebraic geometry.
    Chris Peterson*, Colorado State University
    (1051-14-210)
• Sunday October 18, 2009, 9:30 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  Special Session on Fusion Categories and Applications, III
  C124, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Deepak Naidu, Texas A & M University dnaidu@math.tamu.edu
  Eric Rowell, Texas A & M University rowell@math.tamu.edu
  

  • 9:30 a.m.
    Small fusion categories and subfactors I.
    Noah Snyder*, Columbia University
    Scott Morrison, U.C. Berkeley
    (1051-18-176)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Small fusion categories and subfactors II.
    Scott Morrison*, UC Berkeley, Miller Institute
    Noah Snyder, Columbia University
    (1051-18-174)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On some gauge invariants of Hopf algebras.
    Yevgenia Kashina, Depaul University
    Susan Montgomery, University of Southern California
    Siu-Hung Ng*, Iowa State University
    (1051-16-271)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Quantum information flow in Braided Categorical Quantum Mechanics.
    Spencer Stirling*, University of Utah
    (1051-18-268)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Problem Session
• Sunday October 18, 2009, 10:00 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Harmonic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations, IV
  C206, Baylor Sciences Bldg
  Organizers:
  Susan Friedlander, University of Southern California susanfri@usc.edu
  Natasa Pavlovic, University of Texas at Austin natasa@math.utexas.edu
  Nikolaos Tzirakis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign tzirakis@math.uiuc.edu
  

  • 10:00 a.m.
    Dispersive estimates for the linearized Quartic KdV equation and applications.
    Jeremy L Marzuola*, Columbia University
    Herbert Koch, Bonn University
    (1051-35-117)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On the Regularization Mechanism for the Periodic Korteweg-de Vries Equation.
    Anatoli Babin, The University of California, Irvine
    Alexei Ilyin, Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics
    Edriss S. Titi*, The Weizmann Institute of Science & The University of California - Irvine
    (1051-35-64)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    Exponential decay of dispersion management solitons.
    Dirk Hundertmark*, Department of Mathematics and Institute for Condensed Matter Theory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1051-35-250)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Existence of Maximizers for the Wave Strichartz Inequalities.
    Aynur Bulut*, University of Texas at Asutin
    (1051-35-235)
  • 12:00 p.m.
    Discussion

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