AMS Sectional Meeting Program by AMS Special Session

Current as of Sunday, April 18, 2010 21:23:43

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Associate secretaries:
Georgia Benkart, AMS benkart@math.wisc.edu

Saturday April 10, 2010, 9:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
Special Session on Geometric Flows, Moving Frames and Integrable Systems, I
Room 110, Humanities Building
Organizers:
Gloria Mari-Beffa, University of Wisconsin-Madison maribeff@math.wisc.edu
Peter Olver, University of Minnesota olver@math.umn.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Algebra of Differential Invariants.
  Evelyne Hubert*, INRIA Mediterannee
  (1058-08-137)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Symbolic Computation of Conservation Laws of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations in Multiple Space Dimensions.
  Willy A Hereman*, Colorado School of Mines
  Loren Douglas Poole, Colorado School of Mines
  (1058-35-79)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Discussion
- 10:30 a.m.
  Linear stability of small-amplitude torus knot solutions of the Vortex Filament Equation.
  Annalisa Calini*, Department of Mathematics, College of Charleston
  Thomas Ivey, Department of Mathematics, College of Charleston
  Scott Keith, Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Stephane Lafortune, Department of Mathematics, College of Charleston
  (1058-35-217)
- 11:00 a.m.
  Solving Equivalence Problems with the Equivariant Moving Frame Method.
  Francis Valiquette*, McGill University
  (1058-53-95)

Saturday April 10, 2010, 2:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Geometric Flows, Moving Frames and Integrable Systems, II
Room 110, Humanities Building
Organizers:
Gloria Mari-Beffa, University of Wisconsin-Madison maribeff@math.wisc.edu
Peter Olver, University of Minnesota olver@math.umn.edu
- 2:00 p.m.
  Integrable curve flows in flat space.
  Chuu-Lian Terng*, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine
  Gudlaugur Thorbergsson, Mathematisches Institut der Universität zu Köln Weyertal , Germany
  (1058-53-193)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Discussion
- 3:30 p.m.
  Integrable Curve Flows in Centro-Affine Space.
  Annalisa Calini, College of Charleston
  Thomas Ivey*, College of Charleston
  Gloria Marí Beffa, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  (1058-35-124)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Bi-Hamiltonian geometric curve flows in semi-simple Klein geometries.
  Stephen Anco*, Department of Mathematics, Brock University
  (1058-35-256)
- 4:30 p.m.
  The Light Cone and the Conformal Sphere: Differential Invariants and their Relations.
  Theresa C Anderson*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  (1058-53-102)

Sunday April 11, 2010, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Geometric Flows, Moving Frames and Integrable Systems, III
Room 110, Humanities Building
Organizers:
Gloria Mari-Beffa, University of Wisconsin-Madison maribeff@math.wisc.edu
Peter Olver, University of Minnesota olver@math.umn.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  Totally quasi-umbilic timelike surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^{1,2}$.
  Jeanne N. Clelland*, University of Colorado, Boulder
  (1058-53-216)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Object-image correspondence for curves under central and parallel projections.
  Joseph M Burdis, North Carolina State University
  Irina A Kogan*, North Carolina State University
  (1058-53-142)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Discussion
- 10:00 a.m.
  On geometric integrability of discrete systems.
  Adam Doliwa*, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland
  (1058-37-68)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Integrable evolution equations on spaces of tensor densities.
  Jonatan Lenells, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge UK
  Gerard Misiolek, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
  Feride Tiglay*, EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne), Switzerland
  (1058-35-104)

Sunday April 11, 2010, 2:30 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
Special Session on Geometric Flows, Moving Frames and Integrable Systems, IV
Room 110, Humanities Building
Organizers:
Gloria Mari-Beffa, University of Wisconsin-Madison maribeff@math.wisc.edu
Peter Olver, University of Minnesota olver@math.umn.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  Symmetries, conservation laws, and variational principles in classical field theories.
  Juha Pohjanpelto*, Department of Mathemtics, Oregon State University
  (1058-58-88)
- 3:00 p.m.
  GL(2) geometry, integrability and hyperbolicity in high dimensions.
  Abraham D Smith*, MSRI and McGill University
  (1058-53-38)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Cohomology of the Euler-Lagrange complex.
  Robert Thompson*, University of Minnesota
  (1058-49-274)