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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)

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