AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Day
Current as of Sunday, October 25, 2009 00:30:46
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
Saturday October 17, 2009
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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
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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)
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8:00 a.m.
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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
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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)
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8:00 a.m.
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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
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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)
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8:30 a.m.
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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
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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)
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8:30 a.m.
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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
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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)
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8:30 a.m.
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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
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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)
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8:30 a.m.
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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
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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)
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8:30 a.m.
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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
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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)
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8:30 a.m.
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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
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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)
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8:30 a.m.
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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
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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)
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9:00 a.m.
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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
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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)
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9:00 a.m.
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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
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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)
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9:00 a.m.
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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
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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)
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9:00 a.m.
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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
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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)
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9:30 a.m.
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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
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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
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9:30 a.m.
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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
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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)
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9:30 a.m.
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Saturday October 17, 2009, 10:00 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
Session for Contributed Papers
A105, Baylor Sciences Bldg
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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)
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10:15 a.m.
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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
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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)
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3:00 p.m.
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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
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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)
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3:00 p.m.
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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
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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)
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3:00 p.m.
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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
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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)
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3:00 p.m.
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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
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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)
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3:00 p.m.
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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
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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)
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3:00 p.m.
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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
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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)
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3:00 p.m.
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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
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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)
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3:00 p.m.
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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
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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)
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3:00 p.m.
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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
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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)
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3:00 p.m.
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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
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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)
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3:00 p.m.
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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
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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)
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3:00 p.m.
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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
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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)
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3:00 p.m.
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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
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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)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday October 17, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
Session for Contributed Papers, II
A105, Baylor Sciences Bldg
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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)
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3:00 p.m.
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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