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2011 Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
April 9-10, 2011 (Saturday - Sunday)
Meeting #1070
Associate secretaries:
Steven H Weintraub, AMS shw2@lehigh.edu
Saturday April 9, 2011
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Exhibits and Book Sale
Rm 125, Haberlin Hall -
Saturday April 9, 2011, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Meeting Registration
Smith Labs Atrium, Smith Laboratories -
Saturday April 9, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Complex Analysis and Banach Algebras, I
Rm 154, Smith Laboratories
Organizers:
John T. Anderson, College of the Holy Cross anderson@radius.holycross.edu
Alexander J. Izzo, Bowling Green State University
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8:00 a.m.
New Formulas for the Fundamental Solution to $\Box_b$ on Certain Quadrics.
Al Boggess*, Texas A&M University
Andy Raich, University of Arkansas
(1070-32-257) -
8:30 a.m.
Isoperimetric problems and Sobolev inequalities in several complex variables.
David E Barrett*, University of Michigan
(1070-32-289) -
9:00 a.m.
Uniform Approximation by $\Box_{b}$ --harmonic functions.
John T. Anderson*, College of the Holy Cross
(1070-32-261) -
9:30 a.m.
On the ideal of compactness multipliers.
Mehmet Çelik, University of North Texas at Dallas
Emil J. Straube*, Texas A&M University
(1070-32-142) -
10:00 a.m.
Problems in spectral theory of the $\bar\partial$-Neumann Laplacian.
Siqi Fu*, Rutgers University--Camden
(1070-32-293) -
10:30 a.m.
Hermitian analogues of Hilbert's 17th problem.
John P. D'Angelo*, University of Illinois, Urbana
(1070-32-31)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Dynamics of Rational Systems of Difference Equations with Applications, I
Rm 307, Stein Hall
Organizers:
M. R. S. Kulenovic, University of Rhode Island mkulenovic@mail.uri.edu
O. Merino, University of Rhode Island
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8:00 a.m.
Open Problems and Conjectures in Difference Equations.
Gerry Ladas*, Department of Mathematics, University of Rhode Island
(1070-39-107) -
8:30 a.m.
Using Difference Equations to Extend Our Knowledge of Nested Radicals.
Chris D. Lynd*, University of Rhode Island
(1070-39-197) -
9:00 a.m.
Patterns of Boundedness of Rational Systems in the Plane.
Emmanouil Drymonis*, Department of Mathematics, University of Rhode Island
(1070-39-108) -
9:30 a.m.
A bifurcation result for non-autonomous rational difference equations.
Frank J. Palladino*, University of Rhode Island
Michael A. Radin, Rochester Institute of Technology
(1070-39-103) -
10:00 a.m.
Unboundedness Results For Fourth Order Rational Difference Equations.
Gabriel Lugo*, University of Rhode Island
Frank Palladino, University of Rhode Island
(1070-39-172) -
10:30 a.m.
On The Piecewise Linear System $ x_{n+1} = \vert x_{n} \vert + ay_{n} + b \qquad , \qquad y_{n+1} = x_{n} + c\vert y_{n} \vert + d $.
Edward Grove, University of Rhode Island
Gerasimos Ladas, University of Rhode Island
Evelina G. Lapierre*, Johnson & Wales University
Wirot Tikjha, Mahidol University
(1070-39-176)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
Special Session on Geometry of Nilpotent Lie Groups, I
Rm 316, Stein Hall
Organizers:
Rachelle DeCoste, Wheaton College decoste_rachelle@wheatoncollege.edu
Lisa DeMeyer, Central Michigan University
Maura Mast, University of Massachusetts-Boston
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8:00 a.m.
Totally geodesic subalgebras in 2-step nilpotent Lie algebras.
Rachelle C DeCoste*, Wheaton College
Lisa DeMeyer, Central Michigan University
(1070-53-154) -
8:30 a.m.
Characterizations of Heisenberg-like Lie algebras.
Rachelle C DeCoste, Wheaton College, MA
Lisa DeMeyer*, Central Michigan University
Maura B Mast, University of Massachusetts Boston
(1070-53-117) -
9:00 a.m.
Automorphisms of 2-step nilpotent Lie groups associated with graphs.
Meera G Mainkar*, Dartmouth College
(1070-53-152) -
9:30 a.m.
$\text{SO}(n) \backslash \text{SO}_0 (n,1)$ has positive curvatures.
Taechang Byun*, University of Oklahoma
Kyeonghee Jo, Mokpo National Maritime University, Korea
Kyung-Bai Lee, University of Oklahoma
(1070-53-29) -
10:00 a.m.
Geometric Invariants for Nilmanifolds.
Tracy L Payne*, Idaho State University
(1070-53-216)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
Special Session on Mathematics and Climate, I
Rm 129, Stein Hall
Organizers:
Kenneth M. Golden, University of Utah
Catherine Roberts, College of the Holy Cross croberts@holycross.edu
MaryLou Zeeman, Bowdoin College
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8:00 a.m.
A Mathematician's Guide to the 2007 IPCC Report on Climate Change.
Hans G Kaper*, Argonne National Laboratory and Georgetown University
(1070-86-90) -
8:30 a.m.
Dynamical Systems Approaches to Climate Prediction.
Christopher Danforth*, University of Vermont
Ross Lieb-Lappen, University of Vermont
Nicholas Allgaier, University of Vermont
Kameron D Harris, University of Vermont
(1070-86-25) -
9:00 a.m.
Towards a theory for where rain falls over tropical continents.
William R. Boos*, Yale University
(1070-76-32) -
9:30 a.m.
Excitation of slow MJO-like Kelvin waves in the equatorial atmosphere by Yanai wave-group via WISHE-induced convection.
aviv solodoch, weizmann institute, Rehovot, Israel
william r boos, yale university
zhiming kuang, harvard university
Eli Tziperman*, EPS/SEAS, Harvard University
(1070-86-30) -
10:00 a.m.
Patterns of Diversity in Marine Phytoplankton.
Andrew D Barton*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Glenn Flierl, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jason Bragg, CSIRO
Mick Follows, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(1070-92-23)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Modular Forms, Elliptic Curves, L-functions, and Number Theory, I
Rm 223, Stein Hall
Organizers:
Sharon Frechette, College of the Holy Cross
Keith Ouellette, College of the Holy Cross kouellet@mathcs.holycross.edu
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8:00 a.m.
Newforms of cubic level.
Andrew Knightly*, University of Maine
Charles Li, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
(1070-11-313) -
8:30 a.m.
Kac-Wakimoto characters, asymptotics, and mock modular forms.
Kathrin Bringmann, University of Cologne
Amanda Folsom*, Yale University
(1070-11-116) -
9:00 a.m.
Shifted Multiple Dirichlet Series and Applications.
Jeffrey Hoffstein*, Brown University
(1070-11-335) -
9:30 a.m.
On the Fourier inversion theorem for the full modular group.
Keith R Ouellette*, College of the Holy Cross
(1070-11-316) -
10:00 a.m.
On the rapid decay of cuspidal automorphic forms.
Wilfried Schmid*, Harvard University
(1070-11-109) -
10:30 a.m.
Partial sum of the Möbius function in function fields.
Byungchul Cha*, Muhlenberg College
(1070-11-06)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Special Session on Topics in Partial Differential Equations and Geometric Analysis, I
Rm 219, Haberlin Hall
Organizers:
Maria-Cristina Caputo, University of Arkansas
Natasa Sesum, Rutgers University natasas@math.rutgers.edu
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8:00 a.m.
Regularity for the optimal transport problem with Euclidean distance squared cost on the embedded sphere.
Jun A Kitagawa*, Princeton University
Micah Warren, Princeton University
(1070-35-299) -
8:30 a.m.
Zeta Function on a Surface of Revolution.
Thalia D. Jeffres*, Wichita State University
Klaus Kirsten, Baylor University
Tianshi Lu, Wichita State University
(1070-53-263) -
9:00 a.m.
Stability of a Class of Expanding Solutions of the Einstein-Maxwell-Scalar Field Equations.
James A Isenberg*, University of Oregon
Xianghui Luo, University of Oregon
(1070-83-300) -
10:00 a.m.
An Aronsson type approach to extremal quasiconformal mappings.
Luca Capogna*, University of Arkansas
(1070-35-57)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Topological, Geometric, and Quantum Invariants of 3-manifolds, I
Rm 118, Beven Hall
Organizers:
David Damiano, College of the Holy Cross
Scott Taylor, Colby College
Helen Wong, Carleton College hwong@carleton.edu
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8:00 a.m.
Exceptional Surgeries and Hidden Symmetries.
Neil R Hoffman*, University of Texas at Austin
(1070-57-121) -
8:30 a.m.
Some cubed hyperbolic 2- and 3- manifolds.
Genevieve S. Walsh*, Tufts University
(1070-57-242) -
9:00 a.m.
Slopes and colored Jones polynomials of adequate knots.
David Futer*, Temple University
Efstratia Kalfagianni, Michigan State University
Jessica S Purcell, Brigham Young University
(1070-57-268) -
9:30 a.m.
Small hyperbolic polyhedra.
Shawn Rafalski*, Fairfield University
(1070-57-118) -
10:00 a.m.
Volumes of Hyperbolic Orbifolds.
Ilesanmi Adeboye*, University of California, Santa Barbara
(1070-57-331) -
10:30 a.m.
On nonhyperbolic handle number one links.
Michael John Williams*, University of California, Riverside
Abigail Thompson, University of California, Davis
(1070-57-340)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Celestial Mechanics, I
Rm 359, Swords Hall
Organizers:
Glen R. Hall, Boston University
Gareth E. Roberts, College of the Holy Cross groberts@radius.holycross.edu
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8:30 a.m.
Finding periodic brake orbits in the isosceles three-body problem.
Rick Moeckel*, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
(1070-37-200) -
9:30 a.m.
Minimizing orbits in the Newtonian 3-body problem.
Elizabeth A Zollinger*, Hiram College
(1070-70-276) -
10:00 a.m.
Estimating the future position uncertainty of an earth-bound satellite using the Clohessy-Wiltshire-Hill equations.
Eric M Wahl*, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(1070-34-199) -
10:30 a.m.
An Equation of Motion for Filaments.
Gregory R. Buck*, Saint Anselm College
(1070-70-295)
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8:30 a.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Combinatorial Representation Theory, I
Rm 101, ONeil Hall
Organizers:
Cristina Ballantine, College of the Holy Cross cballant@holycross.edu
Rosa Orellana, Dartmouth College
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8:30 a.m.
Skew quantum Murnaghan-Nakayama rule.
Matjaz Konvalinka*, University of Ljubljana, Department of Mathematics
(1070-05-69) -
9:00 a.m.
Tracking the Jucys-Murphy Specialization.
Jonathan Novak*, University of Waterloo
(1070-05-106) -
9:30 a.m.
Products of Littlewood-Richardson Fillings and Flows on Honeycombs.
Glenn D. Appleby*, Santa Clara University
Tamsen Whitehead, Santa Clara University
(1070-05-28) -
10:00 a.m.
k-triangulations, k-fans of Dyck paths, and pipe dreams.
Luis G. Serrano*, LaCIM, Universite du Quebec a Montreal
Christian Stump, Lacim, Universite du Quebec a Montreal
(1070-05-182) -
10:30 a.m.
Path tableaux and combinatorial interpretations for $S_n$-class functions.
Mark A Skandera*, Lehigh University
Brittany Shelton, Lehigh University
Sam Clearman, Lehigh University
(1070-05-275)
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8:30 a.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 8:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Special Session on Combinatorics of Coxeter Groups, I
Rm 123, ONeil Hall
Organizers:
Dana C. Ernst, Plymouth State University dcernst@plymouth.edu
Matthew Macauley, Clemson University
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8:30 a.m.
On the mu-coefficients of Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials.
Gregory S. Warrington*, University of Vermont
(1070-05-208) -
9:00 a.m.
A Riemann--Roch Theorem For Acyclic Heaps Of Pieces.
Brent G Pohlmann*, California Maritime Academy
(1070-05-237) -
9:30 a.m.
Full Heaps and Minuscule Posets.
Zachary Strider McGregor-Dorsey*, University of Colorado, Boulder
(1070-05-187) -
10:00 a.m.
Polytopal subcomplexes and homology representations of Coxeter groups.
Richard M Green*, University of Colorado at Boulder
(1070-20-133)
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8:30 a.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on History and Philosophy of Mathematics, I
Rm 112, ONeil Hall
Organizers:
James J. Tattersall, Providence College
V. Frederick Rickey, United States Military Academy Fred-Rickey@usma.edu
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8:30 a.m.
Why did AndreiMarkov criticize Sofia Kovalevskaya's proofs?
Maryam Vulis*, Norwalk CC
(1070-01-122) -
9:00 a.m.
Poncelet's Circular Path to Central Collineations.
Christopher Baltus*, SUNY College at Oswego, Oswego, NY
(1070-01-112) -
9:30 a.m.
Various Observations on Euler's E72.
Bruce S. Burdick*, Roger Williams University
(1070-01-325) -
10:00 a.m.
On Legendre's Work on the Law of Quadratic Reciprocity.
Steven H Weintraub*, Lehigh University
(1070-01-09) -
10:30 a.m.
C. Haros and the Farey Series.
Scott B Guthery*, Docent Press
(1070-01-14)
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8:30 a.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Interactions between Dynamical Systems, Number Theory, and Combinatorics, I
Rm 321, Swords Hall
Organizers:
Vitaly Bergelson, The Ohio State University
Dmitry Kleinbock, Brandeis University kleinboc@brandeis.edu
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8:30 a.m.
On the Möbius function and Statistical Mechanics.
Francesco Cellarosi*, Princeton University
(1070-11-214) -
9:00 a.m.
Property $(\tau)$ for thin groups.
Alireza Salehi Golsefidy, Princeton University
Peter P. Varju*, Princeton University
(1070-20-227) -
9:30 a.m.
Affine sieve and expanders.
Alireza Salehi Golsefidy*, Princeton University
Peter Sarnak, Princeton University
Peter Varju, Princeton University
(1070-20-99) -
10:00 a.m.
Dirichlet's theorem, nonplanarity in the space of matrices, and homogeneous flows.
Dmitry Kleinbock*, Brandeis University
Gregory Margulis, Yale University
Junbo Wang, Brandeis University
(1070-11-190) -
10:30 a.m.
Effective Limit Distribution of the Frobenius Numbers.
Han Li*, Department of Mathematics, Yale University
(1070-37-92)
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8:30 a.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Physically Inspired Higher Homotopy Algebra, I
Rm 302, Swords Hall
Organizers:
Thomas J. Lada, North Carolina State University lada@math.ncsu.edu
Jim Stasheff, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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8:30 a.m.
Formality theorem for Hochschild cochains via transfer.
Vasily A. Dolgushev*, Temple University
(1070-18-34) -
9:00 a.m.
Homotopy associative algebras induce homotopy Batalin-Vilkovisky algebras.
John Terilla, CUNY Queens College
Thomas Tradler, CUNY
Scott O Wilson*, CUNY Queens College
(1070-18-39) -
9:30 a.m.
$L_\infty$-algebras and Symmetric Brace Algebras.
Mindy Capaldi, Valparaiso University
Thomas Lada*, North Carolina State University
(1070-18-171) -
10:00 a.m.
A Concrete $L_{\infty}$ Module and Its Induced $L_{\infty}$ Structure.
Michael P. Allocca*, University of Scranton
(1070-55-61) -
10:30 a.m.
Modules and Extensions of Infinity Algebras.
Michael R Penkava*, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Alice Fialowski, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest
Joshua Frinak, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Austen Ott, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
(1070-17-222)
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8:30 a.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Random Processes, I
Rm 314, Stein Hall
Organizers:
Andrew Ledoan, Boston College
Steven J. Miller, Williams College Steven.J.Miller@williams.edu
Mihai Stoiciu, Williams College
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8:30 a.m.
Remark on a universality property of Gaussian analytic functions.
Andrew Ledoan*, Boston College
Marco Merkli, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Shannon Starr, University of Rochester
(1070-60-67) -
9:00 a.m.
Logarithmic fluctuations from circularity.
David Jerison, MIT
Lionel Levine*, MIT
Scott Sheffield, MIT
(1070-60-48) -
9:30 a.m.
Cycle-rooted spanning forests.
Richard W Kenyon*, Brown University
(1070-60-160) -
10:00 a.m.
Geometrical properties of certain determinantal processes.
Adrien Kassel*, ENS
(1070-60-170) -
10:30 a.m.
Particle Systems arising from an Anti-ferromagnetic Ising Model.
Sunil Chhita*, Brown University
(1070-60-46)
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8:30 a.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 8:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
Session for Contributed Papers, I
Rm 125, Beven Hall
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8:30 a.m.
Undergraduate Research based on R Through Excel.
Salil Kumar Das*, Prince Georges Community College
George Perkins, Prince Georges Community College
(1070-62-338) -
8:45 a.m.
On the representation problems of infinite series with Harmonic numbers.
H. Qin, Institute of Applied Mathematics, Shandong Univ. of Technology
Y Lu*, Bloomsburg University
(1070-00-201) -
9:00 a.m.
On Tetranomial Thue Equations.
Helen G. Grundman*, Bryn Mawr College
Daniel P. Wisniewski, DeSales University
(1070-11-84) -
9:15 a.m.
Meridians and the Carathéodory Topology.
Mark David Comerford*, University of Rhode Island
(1070-30-259) -
9:30 a.m.
On m-idempotent operators and the invariant subspace problem.
D. Drissi*, Kuwait University
(1070-47-203) -
9:45 a.m.
The stability and Hopf bifurcation for a predator-prey system with time delay.
Canan Celik Karaaslanli*, Bahcesehir University
(1070-37-51) -
10:00 a.m.
How an orbit with a single limit point induces a dense orbit.
Irina N Seceleanu*, Bridgewater State University
(1070-46-306) -
10:15 a.m.
Lower Rank Approximation: A Generalization of Schmidt-Mirsky Theorem and Algorithms.
Yang Liu*, Marlboro College
(1070-49-44) -
10:30 a.m.
Cognitive Level of Development and Mathematical Fluency of First Grade Children.
Zane Wubbena*, Texas State University-San Marcos
(1070-97-08)
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8:30 a.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Computability Theory and Applications, I
Rm 298, Stein Hall
Organizers:
Brooke Andersen, Assumption College brandersen@assumption.edu
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9:00 a.m.
$\omega$-r.e. randomness.
Johanna N.Y. Franklin*, Dartmouth College
Keng Meng Ng, University of Wisconsin-Madison
(1070-03-288) -
9:30 a.m.
The Art of Galois Theory in Computable Field Theory.
Rebecca M. Steiner*, Graduate Center of the City University of New York
(1070-03-245) -
10:00 a.m.
Sets automorphic to low sets.
Rebecca Weber*, Department of Mathematics, Dartmouth College
(1070-03-270) -
10:30 a.m.
Automorphisms of the c.e. sets.
Rachel Epstein*, Harvard University
(1070-03-104)
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9:00 a.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Geometric and Topological Problems in Curvature, I
Rm 225, Haberlin Hall
Organizers:
Megan Kerr, Wellesley College
Stanley Chang, Wellesley College schang@wellesley.edu
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9:00 a.m.
Non-trivial Ricci solitons on 3-D Sasakian manifolds and their obstruction to compactness.
Ramesh Sharma*, University Of New Haven
Amalendu Ghosh, Krishnagar Government College, India
(1070-53-49) -
9:30 a.m.
The projective or split-quaternionic models: Applications to Lorentzian hypersurfaces with certain curvature conditions.
Martha P. Dussan Angulo*, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Departamento de Matematica IME. Sao Paulo, S.P.
Martin Magid, Wellesley college
(1070-51-210) -
10:00 a.m.
Isometric circle actions on simply-connected 4-manifolds with nonnegative curvature.
Fernando Galaz-Garcia*, Mathematisches Institut, WWU Muenster
Martin Kerin, Mathematisches Institut, WWU Muenster
(1070-53-250) -
10:30 a.m.
Nonnegatively curved 5-manifolds of almost maximal symmetry rank.
Catherine E Searle*, IMATE-UNAM Cuernavaca
Fernando Calaz-Garcia, U. Muenster
(1070-53-285)
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9:00 a.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on New Trends in College and University Faculty Engagement in K--12 Education, I
Rm 224, Stein Hall
Organizers:
Jennifer Beineke, Western New England College jbeineke@wnec.edu
Corri Taylor, Wellesley College
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9:00 a.m.
Improving the Mathematical Preparation of Elementary Teachers in Massachusetts.
Richard Bisk*, Worcester State University
(1070-97-55) -
9:30 a.m.
The Intel Math Initiative: Professional Development to Deepen the Content Knowledge of our Nation's K-8 Teachers.
Catherine A Roberts*, College of the Holy Cross
(1070-97-89) -
10:00 a.m.
Bridges Between High School and College Mathematics.
Eileen F. Lee*, Math for America-Boston
(1070-97-274) -
10:30 a.m.
Foundational Mathematics Concepts for the High School to College Transition.
Danuta Bukatko, Department of Psychology, College of the Holy Cross
David B. Damiano*, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, College of the Holy Cross
Rosario D. Esparza, College of the Holy Cross
Sharon Frechette, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, College of the Holy Cross
Catherine Roberts, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, College of the Holy Cross
(1070-97-232)
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9:00 a.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Number Theory, Arithmetic Topology, and Arithmetic Dynamics, I
Rm 328, Swords Hall
Organizers:
Michael Bush, Smith College mbush@smith.edu
Farshid Hajir, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Rafe Jones, College of the Holy Cross
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9:00 a.m.
3-manifolds and number theory.
Walter D Neumann*, Barnard College, Columbia University
(1070-57-273) -
10:00 a.m.
A-polynomials of a family of two-bridge knots.
Kathleen Petersen*, Florida State University
(1070-57-291) -
10:30 a.m.
Generating arithmetic groups by small subgroups.
Ted Chinburg*, University of Pennsylvania
Matthew Stover, University of Michigan
(1070-14-336)
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9:00 a.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on The Algebraic Geometry and Topology of Hyperplane Arrangements, I
Rm 105, Beven Hall
Organizers:
Graham Denham, University of Western Ontario
Alexander I. Suciu, Northeastern University a.suciu@neu.edu
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9:00 a.m.
Chambers and freeness of line arrangements.
Takuro Abe*, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Science, Kyoto University
(1070-32-88) -
9:30 a.m.
Resonance varieties via blowups of ${\mathbb P}^2$ and scrolls.
H Schenck*, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
(1070-14-329) -
10:00 a.m.
The Shi arrangements and the Bernoulli numbers.
Daisuke Suyama, Hokkaido University
Hiroaki Terao*, Hokkaido University
(1070-32-318) -
10:30 a.m.
Line arrangements modeling curves: equations and syzygies.
Gregory Burnham, Princeton University
Zvi Rosen, University of Pennsylvania
Jessica Sidman*, Mount Holyoke College
Peter Vermeire, Central Michigan University
(1070-14-303)
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9:00 a.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Undergraduate Research, I
Rm 155, Smith Laboratories
Organizers:
David Damiano, College of the Holy Cross
Giuliana Davidoff, Mount Holyoke College
Steve Levandosky, College of the Holy Cross
Steven J. Miller, Williams College Steven.J.Miller@williams.edu
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9:00 a.m.
A Mathematical Perspective: How male fecundity affects the optimal gametocyte sex ratio of Plasmodium falciparum during incomplete fertilization.
Miao Wang*, Lafayette College Mathematics Department
Miranda Ijang Teboh-Ewungkem, Lafayette College Mathematics Department
(1070-92-164) -
9:30 a.m.
An Alternative Perspective for Modeling HIV.
Maria Sun Cavicchi*, College of the Holy Cross
David Damiano, College of the Holy Cross
(1070-92-132) -
10:00 a.m.
Determining the Rate Constant Matrix for a Two Compartment Pharmacokinetic Model.
Ryan Elizabeth Prendergast*, College of the Holy Cross
(1070-92-156) -
10:30 a.m.
Geometry of the Boundary configurations in a Phyllotaxis model.
Jay Griffiths*, Smith College
Allison Reed-Harris, Smith College
Rebecca Terry, Smith College
(1070-52-260)
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9:00 a.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Mathematical and Computational Advances in Interfacial Fluid Dynamics, I
Rm 216, Stein Hall
Organizers:
Burt S. Tilley, Worcester Polytechnic Institute tilley@wpi.edu
Lou Kondic, New Jersey Institute of Technology
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9:30 a.m.
Modeling spreading of nematic liquid crystal droplets.
Te-Sheng Lin, Department of Mathematics, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Linda Cummings, Department of Mathematics, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Lou Kondic*, Department of Mathematics, NJIT
(1070-76-186) -
10:00 a.m.
The mechanism of a splash.
Shreyas Mandre*, Brown University
(1070-00-143) -
10:30 a.m.
High-order, optimally-local schemes for the advection equation.
Jean-Christophe Nave*, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University
Benjamin Seibold, Dept. of Mathematics, Temple University
Ruben Rosales, Dept. of Mathematics, MIT
(1070-65-83)
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9:30 a.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 11:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
Invited Address
Welcome and introductory remarks.
Ballroom, Hogan Center
Mathematics and the melting polar ice caps.
Ballroom, Hogan Center
Kenneth M. Golden*, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah
(1070-86-02) -
Saturday April 9, 2011, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Reception for Student Presenters, Participants, and Their Advisors
Room 320, Hogan Center -
Saturday April 9, 2011, 2:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
Invited Address
Solitons in geometric evolution equations
Ballroom, Hogan Center
Natasa Sesum*, University of Pennsylvania
Panagiota Daskalopoulos, Columbia University
Ovidiu Munteanu, Columbia University
(1070-35-04) -
Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on Celestial Mechanics, II
Rm 359, Swords Hall
Organizers:
Glen R. Hall, Boston University
Gareth E. Roberts, College of the Holy Cross groberts@radius.holycross.edu
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3:00 p.m.
Central Configurations of the planar 1+3 body problem.
Josep M. Cors*, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
(1070-70-168) -
3:30 p.m.
Cyclic Central Configurations in the Four-Body Problem.
Gareth E. Roberts*, College of the Holy Cross
Josep M. Cors, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
(1070-70-321) -
4:00 p.m.
Number of Collinear Central Configurations.
Tiancheng Ouyang, Brigham Young University
Zhifu Xie*, Virginia State University
(1070-37-91) -
4:30 p.m.
Relative Equilibria of the (1+N)-Vortex Problem.
Anna M. Barry*, Boston University Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Glen R. Hall, Boston University Department of Mathematics and Statistics
C. Eugene Wayne, Boston University Department of Mathematics and Statistics
(1070-34-22) -
5:00 p.m.
Harmonic Analysis on Finite Groups and the Problem of Linear Stability of Symmetric Relative Equilibria.
Eduardo S. G. Leandro*, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco/Wilfrid Laurier University
(1070-70-129)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Combinatorial Representation Theory, II
Rm 101, ONeil Hall
Organizers:
Cristina Ballantine, College of the Holy Cross cballant@holycross.edu
Rosa Orellana, Dartmouth College
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3:00 p.m.
The degenerate affine BMW algebra and its center.
Zajj B Daugherty*, St. Olaf College
Arun Ram, University of Melbourne
Rahbar Virk, UC Davis
(1070-16-265) -
3:30 p.m.
Geometric approach to Littlewood inversion formulas.
Steven V Sam*, MIT
Jerzy Weyman, Northeastern University
(1070-20-102) -
4:00 p.m.
Wronskians and the Cyclic Sieving Phenomenon.
Kevin Purbhoo*, University of Waterloo
(1070-05-228) -
4:30 p.m.
Combinatorial commutative algebra meets an object from geometric representation theory.
Aba Mbirika*, Bowdoin College
(1070-05-204) -
5:00 p.m.
Normality and quadraticity for special ample line bundles on toric varieties arising from root systems.
Travis Schedler*, AIM/MIT
Qendrim R. Gashi, University of Prishtina
(1070-05-114) -
5:30 p.m.
Tableaux and plane partitions of truncated shapes.
Greta Panova*, Harvard
(1070-05-219)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Combinatorics of Coxeter Groups, II
Rm 123, ONeil Hall
Organizers:
Dana C. Ernst, Plymouth State University dcernst@plymouth.edu
Matthew Macauley, Clemson University
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3:00 p.m.
A uniform bijection between nonnesting and noncrossing partitions.
Drew Armstrong, University of Miami
Christian Stump*, LaCIM, Université du Québec, Montréal
Hugh Thomas, University of New Brunswick
(1070-05-130) -
3:30 p.m.
The enumeration of fully commutative affine permutations.
Christopher R H Hanusa*, Queens College of the City University of New York
Brant C Jones, James Madison University
(1070-05-71) -
4:00 p.m.
Abacus models for parabolic quotients of affine Weyl groups.
Christopher R. H. Hanusa, Queens College (CUNY)
Brant C. Jones*, James Madison University
(1070-05-195) -
4:30 p.m.
Homology representations arising from a hypersimplex.
Jacob Harper*, University of Colorado at Boulder
(1070-05-144) -
5:00 p.m.
Towards a cyclic version of Matsumoto's theorem.
Dana C. Ernst, Plymouth State University
Richard M. Green, University of Colorado
Matthew Macauley*, Clemson University
(1070-20-211) -
5:30 p.m.
The cyclically fully commutative elements in a Coxeter group.
Shih-Wei Chao*, Clemson University, SC
Matthew Macauley, Clemson University, SC
(1070-05-244)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Complex Analysis and Banach Algebras, II
Rm 154, Smith Laboratories
Organizers:
John T. Anderson, College of the Holy Cross anderson@radius.holycross.edu
Alexander J. Izzo, Bowling Green State University
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3:00 p.m.
Univalent functions related to Cauchy transforms.
Joseph A. Cima*, Mathematics Dept., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(1070-30-17) -
3:30 p.m.
Function Algebras on Levi flat Sets.
John Wermer*, Brown University
(1070-30-101) -
4:00 p.m.
An introduction to real function algebras.
Stuart J Sidney*, University of Connecticut
(1070-46-339) -
4:30 p.m.
Function algebras invariant under every self-homeomorphism.
Alexander J. Izzo*, Bowling Green State University
(1070-46-220) -
5:00 p.m.
Composition operators between subsets of function algebras.
T. Tonev*, The University of Montana, Missoula
(1070-46-185) -
5:30 p.m.
A non-semialgebraic interpolation body.
Brian J. Cole*, Brown University
(1070-30-311)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Computability Theory and Applications, II
Rm 298, Stein Hall
Organizers:
Brooke Andersen, Assumption College brandersen@assumption.edu
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3:00 p.m.
Characterizing computable analysis with differential equations.
Kerry Ojakian*, Saint Joseph's College (New York)
Manuel Campagnolo, Instituto Superior de Agronomia (Lisbon)
(1070-03-115) -
3:30 p.m.
Ramsey Properties of Partial Orderings and Arithmetic Comprehension.
Marcia J. Groszek*, Dartmouth College
(1070-03-262) -
4:00 p.m.
Stability and posets.
Carl Jockusch, Jr., University of Illinois
Bart Kastermans, University of Colorado
Steffen Lempp, University of Wisconsin
Manuel Lerman, University of Connecticut
Reed Solomon*, University of Connecticut
(1070-03-312) -
4:30 p.m.
Computable Categoricity and Relative Computable Categoricity.
Rodney G. Downey, Victoria University of Wellington
Asher M. Kach*, University of Connecticut - Storrs
Steffen Lempp, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Daniel Turetsky, Victoria University of Wellington
(1070-03-253) -
5:00 p.m.
Computability of integer parts.
Paola D'Aquino, Second University of Naples
Julia Knight, University of Notre Dame
Karen Lange*, University of Notre Dame
(1070-03-179) -
5:30 p.m.
Problem Solving
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Dynamics of Rational Systems of Difference Equations with Applications, II
Rm 307, Stein Hall
Organizers:
M. R. S. Kulenovic, University of Rhode Island mkulenovic@mail.uri.edu
O. Merino, University of Rhode Island
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3:00 p.m.
Linear Fractional Recurrences: Periodicities and Integrability.
Eric Bedford, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
Kyounghee Kim*, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL
(1070-37-194) -
3:30 p.m.
The period $p$ curve, ${\mathcal S}_p$ for Cubic Polynomials.
Araceli Bonifant*, University of Rhode Island
Jan Kiwi, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
John Milnor, Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Stony Brook University
(1070-37-181) -
4:00 p.m.
On a Nonlinear System of Difference Equations.
M Predescu*, Bentley University
(1070-39-233) -
4:30 p.m.
On The Global Character of the solutions of the system: $x_{n+1}=\frac{\alpha_{1}}{x_{n}+y_{n}} y_{n+1}=\frac{\alpha_{2} + y_{n}}{B_{2} x_{n}+y_{n}}$.
Michael A. Radin*, Rochester Institute of Technology
Edward Grove, University of Rhode Island
Kostrov Yevgeniy, Xavier University of Louisiana
Schultz Stephen, Providence College
(1070-39-207) -
5:00 p.m.
Epidemics on networks with just one equation.
Joel C Miller*, Harvard School of Public Health & National Instittutes of Health
Erik M Volz, University of Michigan
(1070-92-342) -
5:30 p.m.
Global Behavior of a Two-dimensional Competitive System of Difference Equations with Stocking.
Mustafa R.S. Kulenovic*, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881
Mehmed Nurkanovic, University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
(1070-39-280)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Geometric and Topological Problems in Curvature, II
Rm 225, Haberlin Hall
Organizers:
Megan Kerr, Wellesley College
Stanley Chang, Wellesley College schang@wellesley.edu
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3:00 p.m.
Topology of non-negatively curved manifolds.
Christine Escher*, Oregon State University
Wolfgang Ziller*, University of Pennsylvania
(1070-55-166) -
3:30 p.m.
Understanding the space of positive scalar curvature metrics.
Mark G Walsh*, Oregon State University
(1070-53-279) -
4:00 p.m.
Positive Scalar Curvature in Noncompact Manifolds.
Stanley S Chang*, Wellesley College
(1070-53-165) -
4:30 p.m.
Scalar Curvature and holomorphy potentials.
Gideon Maschler*, Clark University
(1070-53-236)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Geometry and Applications of 3-Manifolds, I
Rm 125, Beven Hall
Organizers:
Abhijit Champanerkar, College of Staten Island, CUNY abhijit@math.csi.cuny.edu
Ilya Kofman, College of Staten Island, CUNY
Walter Neumann, Barnard College, Columbia University
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3:00 p.m.
Exceptional Lines and Separating Sets at Singular Points of Complex Surfaces.
Lev Birbrair, Universidade Federal do Ceara, Fortalesa-Ce, Brasil
Walter Neumann, Barnard College, Columbia University
Donal O'Shea*, Mount Holyoke College
(1070-14-297) -
3:30 p.m.
On the topology of non isolated singularities of complex surfaces.
Anne Pichon*, Aix-Marseille University
(1070-32-224) -
4:00 p.m.
What do perverse sheaves tell you about the topology of analytic spaces?
David B. Massey*, Northeastern University
(1070-32-98) -
4:30 p.m.
On the minimal degree of a transverse $\mathbf{C}$-link, with an application to topological slice genus of classical knots.
Lee Rudolph*, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Clark University, Worcester MA
(1070-57-73) -
5:00 p.m.
Casson-Lin type invariants for links.
Eric Harper*, Universite du Quebec a Montreal
Nikolai Saveliev, University of Miami
(1070-57-139) -
5:30 p.m.
Width is Not Additive.
Ryan C Blair*, University of Pennsylvania
Maggy Tomova, University of Iowa
(1070-57-317)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on Geometry of Nilpotent Lie Groups, II
Rm 316, Stein Hall
Organizers:
Rachelle DeCoste, Wheaton College decoste_rachelle@wheatoncollege.edu
Lisa DeMeyer, Central Michigan University
Maura Mast, University of Massachusetts-Boston
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3:00 p.m.
Dirac Operators and Eta Invariants on nilmanifolds.
Ruth Gornet*, University of Texas at Arlington
Ken Richardson, Texas Christian University
(1070-58-258) -
3:30 p.m.
Quantum equivalent magnetic fields on flat tori that are not classically equivalent.
Carolyn S. Gordon*, Dartmouth College
Dorothee Schueth, Humboldt University
(1070-58-287) -
4:00 p.m.
Spectral isolation of naturally reductive metrics on simple Lie groups.
Craig J. Sutton*, Dartmouth College
Carolyn Gordon, Dartmouth College
(1070-53-326) -
4:30 p.m.
Infranil-orbifolds and isospectral sectors.
Emily B. Proctor*, Middlebury College
(1070-58-188) -
5:00 p.m.
Minimal surfaces and models of the visual cortex.
Scott D. Pauls*, Dartmouth College
(1070-53-136)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on History and Philosophy of Mathematics, II
Rm 112, ONeil Hall
Organizers:
James J. Tattersall, Providence College
V. Frederick Rickey, United States Military Academy Fred-Rickey@usma.edu
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3:00 p.m.
Mathematics and Magic in Me-Turan.
Duncan J Melville*, St. Lawrence University
(1070-01-221) -
3:30 p.m.
What's in a Name? Eponyms, Mathematicians, Objects and Museum Collections, from Galileo's Finger to the Bernoulli Box.
Peggy Aldrich Kidwell*, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
(1070-01-119) -
4:00 p.m.
The Evolution of Mathematics Teaching Practices, c. 1770-1970.
Amy K Ackerberg-Hastings*, University of Maryland University Collelge
(1070-01-81) -
4:30 p.m.
Simon Newcomb as a Nineteenth Century Mathematics Educator.
David Lindsay Roberts*, Prince George's Community College
(1070-01-125) -
5:00 p.m.
Martin Gardner's 19th Century Counterpart: Richard A. Proctor.
Francine F. Abeles*, Kean University, Union, NJ 07083
(1070-01-76) -
5:30 p.m.
Calculus Books and Curriculum at West Point in the Twentieth Century.
Tina R Hartley*, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
V Frederick Rickey, United States Military Academy
(1070-01-147)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
Special Session on Interactions between Dynamical Systems, Number Theory, and Combinatorics, II
Rm 321, Swords Hall
Organizers:
Vitaly Bergelson, The Ohio State University
Dmitry Kleinbock, Brandeis University kleinboc@brandeis.edu
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3:00 p.m.
On Zaremba's Conjecture.
Jean Bourgain, IAS
Alex Kontorovich*, Stony Brook
(1070-11-87) -
4:00 p.m.
Geodesic evolution of certain measures on unit normal bundles of closed totally geodesic submanifolds in geometrically finite hyperbolic spaces.
Nimish A Shah*, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Hee Oh, Brown University, Providence, RI
(1070-22-246) -
5:00 p.m.
Sphere packings and conformal metrics.
Hee Oh*, Brown University
(1070-37-192)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Mathematical and Computational Advances in Interfacial Fluid Dynamics, II
Rm 216, Stein Hall
Organizers:
Burt S. Tilley, Worcester Polytechnic Institute tilley@wpi.edu
Lou Kondic, New Jersey Institute of Technology
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3:00 p.m.
Thermally induced van der Waals rupture of thin viscous fluid sheets.
B. S. Tilley*, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
M. Bowen, University of Tokyo
(1070-76-184) -
3:30 p.m.
Drying Droplets of Colloidal Suspensions: Role of Rheology.
Kara L Maki*, University of Minnesota
Satish Kumar, University of Minnesota
(1070-76-53) -
4:00 p.m.
Behavior of a droplet of fluid on a thin liquid film.
Ellen R Peterson*, Carnegie Mellon University
(1070-76-47) -
4:30 p.m.
Peristaltic Transport of Fractional Oldroyd-B Fluids through the Channel.
Dharmendra Tripathi*, Mathematic Group, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Andhra Pradesh. India
(1070-76-12)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Mathematics and Climate, II
Rm 129, Stein Hall
Organizers:
Kenneth M. Golden, University of Utah
Catherine Roberts, College of the Holy Cross croberts@holycross.edu
MaryLou Zeeman, Bowdoin College
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3:00 p.m.
Observing and Characterizing Submesoscale Dynamics in the Upper Arctic Ocean.
Mary-Louise E Timmermans*, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University
(1070-00-37) -
3:30 p.m.
An Ice-Albedo Feedback Model of Paleoclimate.
Richard P. McGehee*, University of Minnesota
(1070-37-27) -
4:00 p.m.
Using a Simple Mathematical Model to Understand Arctic Sea Ice Behavior in a Future Warmer Climate.
Dorian S Abbot*, University of Chicago
Mary Silber, Northwestern University
Raymond T Pierrehumbert, University of Chicago
(1070-34-15) -
4:30 p.m.
The role of supra-glacial lakes in supplying meltwater to the base of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Mark D Behn*, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Michael J Krawczynski, MIT/WHOI Joint Program
Sarah B Das, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Ian Joughin, APL, University of Washington
(1070-74-26)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on Modular Forms, Elliptic Curves, L-functions, and Number Theory, II
Rm 223, Stein Hall
Organizers:
Sharon Frechette, College of the Holy Cross
Keith Ouellette, College of the Holy Cross kouellet@mathcs.holycross.edu
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3:00 p.m.
On the field of definition of p-torsion points on elliptic curves over the rationals.
Alvaro Lozano-Robledo*, University of Connecticut - Storrs
(1070-11-202) -
3:30 p.m.
Counting fixed points, two-cycles, and collisions of the discrete logarithm using $p$-adic methods.
Joshua Holden, Rose-Hulman Insitute of Technology
Margaret M Robinson*, Mount Holyoke College
(1070-11-251) -
4:00 p.m.
Counting Artin representations.
David E. Rohrlich*, Boston University
(1070-11-177) -
4:30 p.m.
Computing modular polynomials.
Reinier Broker*, Brown University
(1070-11-131) -
5:00 p.m.
Bounding denominators of Igusa class polynomials using arithmetic intersection theory.
Kristin Lauter, Microsoft Research
Bianca Viray*, Brown University
(1070-11-175)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on New Trends in College and University Faculty Engagement in K--12 Education, II
Rm 224, Stein Hall
Organizers:
Jennifer Beineke, Western New England College jbeineke@wnec.edu
Corri Taylor, Wellesley College
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3:00 p.m.
Enhancing Quantitative Reasoning at the K-12 and College Levels of Education.
Corrine H. Taylor*, QR Program, Wellesley College
(1070-97-96) -
3:30 p.m.
Was it a good idea for Massachusetts to drop its own Mathematics Curriculum Framework and to replace it by the Common Core?
Wilfried Schmid*, Harvard University
(1070-97-110) -
4:00 p.m.
Effect of STEM Faculty Engagement in the K-12 System.
AbdelNaser J. Al-Hasan*, Milwaukee School of Engineering
(1070-97-308) -
4:30 p.m.
Some Trends in US K-12 Mathematics Education and What You Can Do To Help.
Andrew Chen*, EduTron Corp., Winchester MA
(1070-97-159)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Number Theory, Arithmetic Topology, and Arithmetic Dynamics, II
Rm 328, Swords Hall
Organizers:
Michael Bush, Smith College mbush@smith.edu
Farshid Hajir, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Rafe Jones, College of the Holy Cross
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3:00 p.m.
Number Theory and Dynamical Systems: A Survey.
Joseph H Silverman*, Mathematics Department / Brown University
(1070-11-52) -
4:00 p.m.
Post-critically finite polynomials.
Patrick Ingram*, University of Waterloo
(1070-37-198) -
4:30 p.m.
Uniform bounds for rational iterated pre-images.
Xander Faber*, University of Georgia
(1070-11-145) -
5:00 p.m.
The Rationality of the Space of Morphisms on $\mathbb{P}^{1}$.
Alon Levy*, Columbia University
(1070-14-324) -
5:30 p.m.
Some Open Problems in Non-archimedean Dynamics.
Robert L. Benedetto*, Amherst College
(1070-11-86)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Physically Inspired Higher Homotopy Algebra, II
Rm 302, Swords Hall
Organizers:
Thomas J. Lada, North Carolina State University lada@math.ncsu.edu
Jim Stasheff, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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3:00 p.m.
$L_{\infty}$-algebras from higher symplectic geometry.
Christopher L. Rogers*, University of California, Riverside
(1070-53-272) -
3:30 p.m.
Equivariant holonomy of gerbes and higher Hochschild complexes.
Mahmoud Zeinalian*, Long Island University
Thomas Tradler, CUNY and Max Planck Institute for Mathematics
Scott Wilson, Queens College of CUNY
Gregory Ginot, Université de Paris 6
(1070-55-82) -
4:00 p.m.
Higher supergroups for string and M-theory.
John Huerta*, University of California, Riverside
(1070-18-307) -
4:30 p.m.
Transversal string topology and invariants of manifolds.
Somnath Basu*, Stony Brook University
(1070-55-337) -
5:00 p.m.
L-infinity models of mapping spaces.
Urtzi Buijs*, Universitat de Barcelona
(1070-55-169) -
5:30 p.m.
Tensor products of $A_{\infty}$-algebras with higher homotopy inner products.
Thomas Tradler, College of Technology, City University of New York
Ronald Umble*, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
(1070-55-58)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
Special Session on Random Processes, II
Rm 314, Stein Hall
Organizers:
Andrew Ledoan, Boston College
Steven J. Miller, Williams College Steven.J.Miller@williams.edu
Mihai Stoiciu, Williams College
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3:00 p.m.
Extreme spacings for eigenvalues of random matrices.
Paul Bourgade*, Harvard University
(1070-60-65) -
3:30 p.m.
Distributions of Eigenvalues of Real Symmetric m-Circulant Matrices.
Murat Kologlu*, Williams College
Steven J Miller, Williams College
Gene Kopp, University of Chicago
(1070-60-167) -
4:00 p.m.
Meixner matrix ensembles.
Wlodek Bryc*, University of Cincinnati
Gerard Letac, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
(1070-60-50) -
4:30 p.m.
Random Matrices with Poisson Eigenvalue Statistics.
Mihai Stoiciu*, Williams College
(1070-60-209) -
5:00 p.m.
Finite rank perturbations of large random matrices.
Alex Bloemendal*, University of Toronto
(1070-60-123) -
5:30 p.m.
Painleve VI and Tracy-Widom Distributions in Random Graphs, Random Matrix Theory and Number Theory.
Steven J Miller*, Williams College
(1070-15-178)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on The Algebraic Geometry and Topology of Hyperplane Arrangements, II
Rm 105, Beven Hall
Organizers:
Graham Denham, University of Western Ontario
Alexander I. Suciu, Northeastern University a.suciu@neu.edu
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3:00 p.m.
Complements and higher resonance varieties of hyperplane arrangements.
Nero Budur*, University of Notre Dame
(1070-14-226) -
3:30 p.m.
Derivation Modules for Arrangement Bundles.
Amanda C Hager*, United States Military Academy
(1070-55-332) -
4:00 p.m.
Remarks on a conjecture of G. Lyubeznik.
Uli Walther*, Purdue University
Manoj Kummini, Purdue University
(1070-14-113) -
4:30 p.m.
Pure braid groups are not residually free.
Daniel C Cohen*, Louisiana State University
(1070-20-141) -
5:00 p.m.
Homological finiteness of abelian covers.
Alexandru I Suciu, Northeastern University
Yaping Yang*, Northeastern University
Gufang Zhao, Northeastern University
(1070-55-239) -
5:30 p.m.
Complexified Arrangement of Pseudo-hyperplanes.
Priyavrat Deshpande*, The University of Western Ontario
(1070-05-128)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Topics in Partial Differential Equations and Geometric Analysis, II
Rm 219, Haberlin Hall
Organizers:
Maria-Cristina Caputo, University of Arkansas
Natasa Sesum, Rutgers University natasas@math.rutgers.edu
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3:00 p.m.
On linear stability of compact Ricci solitons.
Meng Zhu*, Lehigh University
(1070-53-161) -
3:30 p.m.
Modified Mean Curvature Flow of Star-shaped Hypersurfaces in Hyperbolic Space.
Longzhi Lin*, Department of Mathematics, Johns Hopkins University
Ling Xiao, Department of Mathematics, Johns Hopkins University
(1070-35-180) -
4:00 p.m.
Aleksandrov-Bakelman-Pucci Estimates For Integro-Differential Equations.
Nestor Guillen*, University of Texas at Austin
Russell Schwab, Carnegie Mellon University
(1070-35-151) -
4:30 p.m.
Complete Kahler Ricci-flat metrics on resolutions of singularities.
Bianca Santoro*, CUNY-City College
(1070-51-135) -
5:00 p.m.
Smooth singularity models for the Lagrangian mean curvature flow.
Andrew A Cooper*, Michigan State University
(1070-53-138) -
5:30 p.m.
Heat equation under the Ricci flow - old and new.
Mihai Bailesteanu*, Cornell University
(1070-53-223)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Topological, Geometric, and Quantum Invariants of 3-manifolds, II
Rm 118, Beven Hall
Organizers:
David Damiano, College of the Holy Cross
Scott Taylor, Colby College
Helen Wong, Carleton College hwong@carleton.edu
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3:00 p.m.
Classifying primitive/Seifert knots.
John Berge, Independent
Brandy Guntel*, The University of Texas at Austin
Sungmo Kang, UQAM
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3:30 p.m.
Flipping bridge surfaces and bounds on the stable bridge number.
Jesse Johnson, Oklahoma State University
Maggy Tomova*, The University of Iowa
(1070-57-302) -
4:00 p.m.
Common stabilizations of Heegaard splittings.
Jesse Johnson*, Oklahoma State University
(1070-57-80) -
4:30 p.m.
The Rank versus Genus Conjecture.
Tao Li*, Boston College
(1070-57-255) -
5:00 p.m.
Geometric consequences of algebraic rank in hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
Ian P Biringer*, Yale University
Juan Souto, University of Michigan
(1070-51-205) -
5:30 p.m.
Inversive distance circle packings and hyperbolic volume.
Ren Guo*, University of Minnesota
(1070-51-330)
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3:00 p.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Undergraduate Research, II
Rm 155, Smith Laboratories
Organizers:
David Damiano, College of the Holy Cross
Giuliana Davidoff, Mount Holyoke College
Steve Levandosky, College of the Holy Cross
Steven J. Miller, Williams College Steven.J.Miller@williams.edu
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3:00 p.m.
A Method for Developing Triple Whist Designs.
John M. Jones*, Undergraduate-University of Rhode Island
(1070-05-40) -
3:30 p.m.
Fixing Numbers of Trees.
Kara B Greenfield*, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
(1070-05-193) -
4:00 p.m.
Random Trinomials & Lower Binomials.
Kenneth B Ascher*, Stony Brook University
(1070-14-59) -
4:30 p.m.
From Fibonacci numbers to Central Limit Type Theorems.
Yinghui Wang*, MIT
Steven J Miller, Williams College
(1070-11-77) -
5:00 p.m.
Solid-Coloring Objects Built From Rectangular Bricks.
Lily Du, Smith College
Jessica Lord, Smith College
Micaela Mendlow*, Smith College
Emily Merrill, Smith College
Joseph O'Rourke, Smith College
Viktoria Pardey, Smith College
Rawia Salih, Smith College
Stephanie Wang, Smith College
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5:30 p.m.
A Paracomplete Logic and the Sortanatural Numbers.
Cora Waterman*, Smith College
Samantha Lowe, Smith College
Elizabeth Cowdery, Smith College
Sarah Costrell, Smith College
(1070-03-225)
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3:00 p.m.
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