AMS :: Fall Western Sectional Meeting, AMS Special Session

AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session

Current as of Saturday, October 15, 2016 03:30:06

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Saturday October 8, 2016, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Combinatorics, I
Room 451, Sturm Hall
Organizers:
Anton Betten, Colorado State University
Jason Williford, University of Wyoming jwillif1@uwyo.edu
Bangteng Xu, Eastern Kentucky University
- 8:00 a.m.
  Tridiagonal pairs of $q$-Racah type, the Bockting operator $\psi$, and $L$-operators for $U_q(L({\mathfrak{sl}}_2))$.
  Paul M Terwilliger*, Math Department, U. Wisconsin-Madison
  (1122-05-190)
- 8:30 a.m.
  Scaffolds: A graph-based system for computations in Bose-Mesner algebras.
  William J Martin*, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  (1122-05-307)
- 9:00 a.m.
  The generalized Terwilliger algebra of dual polar graphs.
  Jae-Ho Lee*, Tohoku University
  (1122-05-244)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Nonexistence of certain distance regular graphs.
  Jianmin Ma*, Hebei Normall College and Colorado State University
  (1122-05-201)
- 10:00 a.m.
  The recognition problem for table algebras.
  Allen Herman*, University of Regina
  (1122-05-159)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Connections between the $\psi$, $\Delta$, and $\mathcal{M}$ operators for a thin tridiagonal pair.
  Sarah R. Bockting-Conrad*, DePaul University
  (1122-05-279)

Saturday October 8, 2016, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Combinatorics, II
Room 451, Sturm Hall
Organizers:
Anton Betten, Colorado State University
Jason Williford, University of Wyoming jwillif1@uwyo.edu
Bangteng Xu, Eastern Kentucky University
- 3:00 p.m.
  New Characterizations of Leonard Pairs.
  Edward Hanson*, State University of New York at New Paltz
  (1122-05-142)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Noncommutative association schemes of rank 6 with affine subschemes.
  Christopher P French*, Grinnell College
  (1122-20-105)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Searching for Schurian Balanced Sets.
  Gavin D King*, University of Wyoming
  (1122-05-270)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Two-dimensional representations of reality-based algebras.
  Harvey Blau, Northern Illinois University
  Angela Antonou*, University of St. Francis
  (1122-16-302)
- 5:00 p.m.
  S-rings associated to random walks on groups and sets with group actions.
  Kenneth W Johnson*, Penn State University, Abington
  (1122-20-218)
- 5:30 p.m.
  Nonlinear functions and difference sets on group actions.
  Yun Fan, Central China Normal University
  Bangteng Xu*, Eastern Kentucky University
  (1122-05-22)

Sunday October 9, 2016, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Combinatorics, III
Room 451, Sturm Hall
Organizers:
Anton Betten, Colorado State University
Jason Williford, University of Wyoming jwillif1@uwyo.edu
Bangteng Xu, Eastern Kentucky University
- 8:00 a.m.
  Elementary constructions of the Tits and Ree-Tits ovoids.
  Tim Penttila*, Colorado State University
  (1122-51-161)
- 8:30 a.m.
  A Switching for the Collinearity Graphs of Polar Spaces.
  Ferdinand Ihringer*, University of Regina
  (1122-05-21)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Local multiplier results for Paley type partial difference sets.
  Stefaan De Winter*, Michigan Technological University
  (1122-05-118)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Classification of PDS in Abelian groups of order $4p^2$.
  Stefaan G. De Winter, Michigan Technological University
  Zeying Wang*, Michigan Technological University
  (1122-05-146)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Polarity graphs coming from planar polynomials.
  Michael Tait*, Carnegie Mellon University
  Craig Timmons, Sacramento State University
  (1122-05-172)
- 10:30 a.m.
  A quadratic perfect non-linear function for many abelian 2-groups.
  Yuqing Chen*, Wright State University
  (1122-05-198)

Sunday October 9, 2016, 2:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Combinatorics, IV
Room 451, Sturm Hall
Organizers:
Anton Betten, Colorado State University
Jason Williford, University of Wyoming jwillif1@uwyo.edu
Bangteng Xu, Eastern Kentucky University
- 2:00 p.m.
  On the uniqueness of some girth eight algebraically defined graphs.
  Brian G. Kronenthal*, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
  Felix Lazebnik, University of Delaware
  Jason Williford, University of Wyoming
  (1122-05-100)
- 2:30 p.m.
  The Girth of Some Algebraically Defined Graphs.
  Felix Lazebnik*, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware
  Shuying Sun, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware
  (1122-05-178)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Construction of partial geometric designs over finite fields.
  Sung Y Song*, Iowa State University
  (1122-05-186)
- 3:30 p.m.
  2-arc-transitive graphs of order $kp^n$.
  Eric Swartz*, College of William and Mary
  (1122-05-163)
- 4:00 p.m.
  $Q$-polynomial association schemes with at most five classes.
  Jason S Williford*, University of Wyoming
  (1122-05-305)