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2011 Spring Central Section Meeting
Iowa City, IA, March 18-20, 2011 (Friday - Sunday)
Meeting #1069

Associate secretaries:

Georgia Benkart, AMS benkart@math.wisc.edu

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Friday March 18, 2011

• Friday March 18, 2011, 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
  Book Sale and Exhibit
  Room 243, Iowa Memorial Union Ballroom
• Friday March 18, 2011, 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
  Meeting Registration
  Foyer to Ballroom, Iowa Memorial Union Ballroom
• Friday March 18, 2011, 1:30 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Gaps in dimer systems and beyond
  Room 243, Iowa Memorial Union Ballroom
  Mihai Ciucu*, Indiana University
  (1069-05-01)
• Friday March 18, 2011, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic Combinatorics I
  Rm 345 Northwestern, Iowa Memorial Union Bldg
  Organizers:
  Mihai Ciucu, Indiana University mciucu@indiana.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    A finiteness theorem for $W$-graphs.
    John R Stembridge*, University of Michigan
    (1069-05-73)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Cyclic sieving for generalised non-crossing partitions associated to complex reflection groups.
    Christian Krattenthaler*, Universität Wien
    Thomas W. Muller, Queen Mary, University of London
    (1069-05-79)
• Friday March 18, 2011, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Algebraic K-Theory and Homotopy Theory I
  Rm 110, MacLean Classroom Bldg
  Organizers:
  Teena Gerhardt, Michigan State University teena@math.msu.edu
  Daniel Ramras, New Mexico State University
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Topological modular forms with level 3 structure.
    Tyler D. Lawson*, Department of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
    (1069-55-224)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The Algebraic K-theory of Formal Power Series.
    Ayelet Lindenstrauss*, Indiana University
    Randy McCarthy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1069-19-34)
• Friday March 18, 2011, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Analytic and Algebraic Number Theory I
  Rm 337 Penn State, Iowa Memorial Union Bldg
  Organizers:
  Ling Long, Iowa State University linglong@iastate.edu
  Yangbo Ye, University of Iowa yey@iowa.uiowa.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Special Values of L-functions attached to Hilbert Modular Forms.
    A. Raghuram, Oklahoma State University
    Naomi Tanabe*, Oklahoma State University
    (1069-11-126)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Trilinear forms, the triple product $L$-function and subconvexity.
    Michael C Woodbury*, University of Wisconsin - Madison
    (1069-11-243)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Zero Statistics of Automorphic L-functions and Cyclic Base Change.
    Tim Lee Gillespie*, University of Iowa, Iowa City
    (1069-11-132)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Integrals of automorphic Green functions.
    luanlei Zhao*, math department, University of Wisconsin at Madison
    (1069-11-284)
• Friday March 18, 2011, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Commutative Ring Theory I
  Rm 105, MacLean Classroom Bldg
  Organizers:
  Daniel D. Anderson, University of Iowa dan-anderson@uiowa.edu
  David F. Anderson, University of Tennessee Knoxville anderson@math.utk.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    On the total graph of a commutative ring without the zero element.
    David F Anderson, The Univ of Tennesee, Dept of Math, Knoxville, USA
    Ayman R Badawi*, American University of Sharjah, Dept of Mathe., Sharjah, UAE
    (1069-13-57)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A universal survival ring of continuous functions which is not a universal lying-over ring, I.
    David E. Dobbs*, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Ronald Levy, George Mason University
    Jay Shapiro, George Mason University
    (1069-13-92)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A universal survival ring of continuous functions which is not a universal lying-over ring.
    David E. Dobbs, University of Tennessee
    Ronald Levy, George Mason University
    Jay Shapiro*, George Mason University
    (1069-13-100)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Nakayama's Lemma for Ext and ascent for module structures.
    Ben J. Anderson*, North Dakota State University
    Jim Coykendall, North Dakota State University
    Sean Sather-Wagstaff, North Dakota State University
    (1069-13-251)
• Friday March 18, 2011, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Geometric Commutative Algebra and Applications I
  Rm 346 Indiana, Iowa Memorial Union Bldg
  Organizers:
  David Anderson, University of Washington dandersn@math.washington.edu
  Julianna Tymoczko, University of Iowa tymoczko@math.uiowa.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Patch ideals and Peterson varieties.
    Erik Insko, University of Iowa
    Alexander Yong*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    (1069-14-106)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Paving Peterson varieties by affines in all Lie types.
    Erik A Insko*, University of Iowa
    Julianna Tymoczko, University of Iowa
    (1069-14-230)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Commutative algebra meets an object from geometric representation theory.
    Aba Mbirika*, Bowdoin College
    (1069-05-193)
• Friday March 18, 2011, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Graph Theory I
  Rm 348 Illinois, Iowa Memorial Union Bldg
  Organizers:
  Maria Axenovich, Iowa State University axenovic@iastate.edu
  Lale Ozkahya, Iowa State University
  Michael Young, Iowa State University
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Strong Hanani-Tutte for x-monotone graphs.
    Radoslav Fulek, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
    Michael J Pelsmajer*, Illinois Institute of Technology
    Marcus Schaefer, DePaul University
    Daniel Stefankovic, University of Rochester
    (1069-05-54)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On the Ramsey-Turán Numbers of Graphs and Hypergraphs.
    John Lenz*, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
    Jozsef Balogh, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
    (1069-05-91)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    List-coloring planar graphs from lists of different sizes.
    Michelle A. Lastrina*, Iowa State University
    (1069-05-121)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Unimodality of the independent set sequence of a graph.
    David Galvin*, University of Notre Dame
    (1069-05-68)
• Friday March 18, 2011, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Modelling, Analysis and Simulation in Contact Mechanics I
  Rm 210, MacLean Classroom Bldg
  Organizers:
  Weimin Han, University of Iowa whan@math.uiowa.edu
  Mircea Sofonea, University of Perpignan sofonea@univ-perp.fr
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Recent Results on Dynamic Contact of a Gao Beam.
    Meir Shillor*, Oakland University, Michigan
    (1069-74-140)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A contact problem for a Gao beam with a crack.
    Kenneth L. Kuttler*, Brigham Young University
    Purcell, Oakland University
    Shillor, Oakland University
    (1069-74-84)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Vibrations of a Gao beam with two stops.
    Jeongho Ahn*, Arkansas State University
    (1069-65-220)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Dynamic contact problems for von Kármán and Reissner-Mindlin plates.
    Igor Bock*, Department of Mathematics FEI, Slovak University of Technology Bratislava, Slovak Republic
    Jiri Jarusek, Mathematical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
    (1069-35-178)
• Friday March 18, 2011, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing I
  Rm 213, MacLean Classroom Bldg
  Organizers:
  Kendall E. Atkinson, University of Iowa
  Bruce P. Ayati, University of Iowa
  Weimin Han, University of Iowa
  Laurent O. Jay, University of Iowa ljay@math.uiowa.edu
  Suely Oliveira, University of Iowa
  David Stewart, University of Iowa
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Integrating Oscillatory Functions in MATLAB.
    Lawrence F Shampine*, Math. Dept., Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275
    (1069-65-07)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Numerical solutions and simulations for the analysis of mathematical models of cancer growth.
    Barbara Zubik-Kowal*, Department of Mathematics, Boise State University
    (1069-65-39)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Multi-Dimensional Stability of Traveling Waves for Spatially Discrete Bistable Reaction-Diffusion Equations.
    Erik S Van Vleck*, University of Kansas
    (1069-65-38)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    A Divergence-Free Finite Element Method for a Fluid-Structure PDE Interaction.
    George Avalos*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    (1069-35-226)
• Friday March 18, 2011, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Recent Developments in Nonlinear Evolution Equations I
  Rm 218, MacLean Classroom Bldg
  Organizers:
  Yinbin Deng, Central China Normal University ybdeng@mail.ccnu.edu.cn
  Yong Yu, University of Iowa yong-yu@uiowa.edu
  Yi Li, University of Iowa yi-li@uiowa.edu
  Shuangjie Peng, Central China Normal University sjpeng@mail.ccnu.edu.cn
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Ansatz solutions to a problem of mean curvature and Newtonian potential.
    Xiaofeng Ren*, George Washington University
    (1069-35-319)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Gamma Convergence of MCSH theory.
    Yong YU*, University of Iowa
    (1069-35-359)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Multiplicity of solutions for the plasma problem in two dimensions.
    Daomin Cao, Institute of Applied Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P.R. China
    Shuangjie Peng*, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Central China Normal University, P.R.China
    Shusen Yan, School of Mathematics,Statistics and Computer Sciences,The University of New England
    (1069-35-96)
• Friday March 18, 2011, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Representations of Algebras I
  Rm 343 Ohio State, Iowa Memorial Union Bldg
  Organizers:
  Frauke Bleher, University of Iowa fbleher@divms.uiowa.edu
  Calin Chindris, University of Missouri chindrisc@missouri.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Endotrivial modules for finite group schemes.
    Jon F. Carlson*, University of Georgia
    Dan Nakano, University of Georgia
    (1069-20-144)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Suspended simples and projective resolutions.
    Alex Martsinkovsky*, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
    (1069-16-102)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The derived category of an algebra with radical squared zero.
    Shiping Liu*, The University of Sherbrooke
    (1069-16-51)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Complexity as a homological invariant.
    Tom Howard*, UC Santa Barbara
    (1069-18-252)
• Friday March 18, 2011, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Stochastic Processes with Applications to Mathematical Finance I
  Rm 205, MacLean Classroom Bldg
  Organizers:
  Igor Cialenco, Illinois Institute of Technology cialenco@iit.edu
  José E. Figueroa-López, Purdue University
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Modeling weak anticipations in a financial market.
    Fabrice Baudoin*, Purdue University
    (1069-60-113)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Harmonic Functions on Walsh's Brownian Motion.
    Kristin E Jehring*, Saint Mary's College
    (1069-60-122)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    New Dynamic Performance Measures.
    Zhao Zhang*, Illinois Institute of Technology
    Tomasz Bielecki, Illinois Institute of Technology
    Igor Cialenco, Illinois Institute of Technology
    (1069-60-254)
• Friday March 18, 2011, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Topological Problems in Molecular Biology I
  Rm 335 Iowa, Iowa Memorial Union Bldg
  Organizers:
  Isabel K. Darcy, University of Iowa idarcy@math.uiowa.edu
  Stephen D. Levene, University of Texas at Dallas
  Jonathan Simon, University of Iowa
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    The Classification of Rational Subtangle Replacements, with Applications to Complex Nucleoprotein Assemblies.
    Dorothy Buck*, Imperial College London
    Kenneth L. Baker, University of Miami
    (1069-57-274)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Rational Subtangle Replacements between Rational Tangles.
    Kenneth L. Baker*, University of Miami
    Dorothy Buck, Imperial College London
    (1069-57-275)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The nullification number for knots and links.
    Anthony G Montemayor*, Dept. of Math. and Comp. Sci., WKU
    Claus Ernst, Dept. of Math. and Comp. Sci., WKU
    (1069-92-324)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    DNA unlinking by Xer recombination.
    Mariel Vazquez*, Math Department, San Francisco State University
    (1069-92-356)
• Friday March 18, 2011, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Universal Algebra and Order I
  Rm 113, MacLean Classroom Bldg
  Organizers:
  John Snow, Concordia University John.Snow@cune.edu
  Jeremy Alm, Illinois College
  Clifford Bergman, Iowa State University
  Kristi Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    Do all the Ramsey algebras exist?
    Roger D. Maddux*, Iowa State University
    (1069-06-29)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Abelian Quasi Ordered Groups.
    Elijah James Stines*, Iowa state University
    (1069-06-44)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Many-sorted and single-sorted algebras.
    Anna Mucha, Faculty of Mathematics and Information Sciences, Warsaw University of Technology
    Anna Romanowska, Faculty of Mathematics and Information Sciences, Warsaw University of Technology
    Jonathan D.H. Smith*, Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University
    (1069-08-30)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Lyndon's Algebra: a study of equational complexity and the finite algebra membership problem.
    Marcel G. Jackson, LaTrobe University
    George F Mcnulty*, University of South Carolina
    (1069-08-288)
• Friday March 18, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Thin Position I
  Rm 114, MacLean Classroom Bldg
  Organizers:
  Jesse Johnson, Oklahoma State University
  Maggie Tomova, University of Iowa mtomova@math.uiowa.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Thin position for graphs in 3-manifolds.
    Scott A Taylor*, Colby College
    Maggy Tomova, University of Iowa
    (1069-57-48)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Tunnel One, Fibered Links.
    Matt Rathbun*, Michigan State University
    (1069-57-336)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Classifying primitive/Seifert knots.
    John Berge, Independent
    Brandy Guntel*, The University of Texas at Austin
    Sungmo Kang, UQAM
    (1069-57-228)
• Friday March 18, 2011, 4:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Invited Address
  Open and Closed Gromov-Witten Invariants of Toric Calabi-Yau 3-Folds
  Room 243, Iowa Memorial Union Ballroom
  Chiu-Chu Liu*, Columbia University
  (1069-14-04)
• Friday March 18, 2011, 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
  Graduate Student Poster Session
  Lucas / Dodge Room, Iowa Memorial Union Bldg
  

  • 6:00 p.m.
    

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