AMS :: 2011 Fall Western Section Meeting, AMS Special Session

AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session

Current as of Sunday, October 30, 2011 00:27:59

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Saturday October 22, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
Special Session on Celestial and Geometric Mechanics, I
Room 208, JWB John Widtsoe Building
Organizers:
Lennard Bakker, Brigham Young University bakker@math.byu.edu
Tiancheng Ouyang, Brigham Young University
- 8:00 a.m.
  Minimizing orbits in the equal mass 3-body problem as seen on the shape sphere.
  Elizabeth Zollinger*, Hiram College
  (1075-70-100)
- 9:00 a.m.
  A new family of linearly stable periodic simultaneous binary collision orbits in the two-dimensional four-body problem.
  Skyler C Simmons*, Brigham Young University, Provo UT
  (1075-70-70)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Golden ratio and super central configurations of $N$-body problem.
  Zhifu Xie*, Virginia State University
  (1075-37-39)

Saturday October 22, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
Special Session on Celestial and Geometric Mechanics, II
Room 208, JWB John Widtsoe Building
Organizers:
Lennard Bakker, Brigham Young University bakker@math.byu.edu
Tiancheng Ouyang, Brigham Young University
- 3:00 p.m.
  Symbolic dynamics in a restricted planar 4-body problem.
  Antonio Garcia*, UAM-I
  Martha Alvarez, UAM-I
  (1075-37-117)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Hamilton-Jacobi theory of orthogonal separation of variables on spaces of constant curvature.
  Roman Smirnov*, Dalhousie University
  Ray McLenaghan, University of Waterloo
  Caroline Cochrane, Dalhousie University
  (1075-53-219)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Relative equilibria with one or two concentric polygons in the N-vortex problem.
  Ernesto A Lacomba*, University Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City
  Martin Celli, University Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City
  Ernesto Pérez-Chavela, University Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City
  (1075-37-227)

Sunday October 23, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
Special Session on Celestial and Geometric Mechanics, III
Room 208, JWB John Widtsoe Building
Organizers:
Lennard Bakker, Brigham Young University bakker@math.byu.edu
Tiancheng Ouyang, Brigham Young University
- 8:00 a.m.
  A Simple Existence Proof of the Schubart Periodic Orbit with Arbitrary Masses.
  Duokui Yan*, Beihang University, Beijing, China
  (1075-37-208)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Reinterpretation of regularization of collisions through real algebraic geometry.
  Lennard F Bakker*, Brigham Young University
  (1075-70-174)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Relative equilibria in the four vortex problem with two pairs of equal vorticities.
  Manuele Santoprete*, Wilfrid Laurier University
  Marshall Hampton, University of Minnesota, Duluth
  Gareth Roberts, College of the Holy Cross
  (1075-70-28)

Sunday October 23, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
Special Session on Celestial and Geometric Mechanics, IV
Room 208, JWB John Widtsoe Building
Organizers:
Lennard Bakker, Brigham Young University bakker@math.byu.edu
Tiancheng Ouyang, Brigham Young University
- 3:00 p.m.
  Symmetric mechanical systems with configuration space isotropy.
  Cristina Stoica*, Wlifrid Laurier University, Canada
  (1075-70-192)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Simultaneous binary collisions for the collinear four-body problem.
  Tiancheng Ouyang*, Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA
  Duokui Yan, School of Mathematics and System Sciences , Beihong University, Beijing, China
  (1075-37-185)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Discussion