AMS :: Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting, AMS Special Session

AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session

Current as of Friday, December 14, 2018 03:30:06

Associate secretaries:

Steven H Weintraub, AMS shw2@lehigh.edu

Saturday April 21, 2018, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Arithmetic Dynamics, I
159, Ryder Hall
Organizers:
Jacqueline M. Anderson, Bridgewater State University
Robert Benedetto, Amherst College
Joseph H. Silverman, Brown University jhs@math.brown.edu
- 8:00 a.m.
  The cycle structure of unicritical polynomials in finite fields.
  Andrew Bridy*, Texas A&M University
  Derek Garton, Portland State University
  (1139-11-47)
- 8:30 a.m.
  Randomness in $\bmod p$ orbits.
  Adam D Towsley*, Rochester Institute of Technology
  (1139-11-573)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Counting periodic points on quotients of varieties over $\mathbb{F}_q$.
  Laura S. Walton*, Brown University
  (1139-11-520)
- 9:30 a.m.
  $p$-adic Hubbard Trees.
  Cara Mullen*, Harper College
  (1139-11-405)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Non-Archimedean Hénon maps, attractors, and horseshoes.
  Kenneth Allen, University of Massachusetts Lowell
  David DeMark, Carleton College
  Clayton Petsche*, Oregon State University
  (1139-11-64)
- 10:30 a.m.
  A non-archimedean $\lambda$-lemma and J-stability.
  Thomas Silverman*, Brown University
  (1139-37-279)

Saturday April 21, 2018, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Arithmetic Dynamics, II
159, Ryder Hall
Organizers:
Jacqueline M. Anderson, Bridgewater State University
Robert Benedetto, Amherst College
Joseph H. Silverman, Brown University jhs@math.brown.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Local arboreal representations.
  Jacqueline Anderson*, Bridgewater State University
  Spencer Hamblen, McDaniel College
  Bjorn Poonen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Laura Walton, Brown University
  (1139-11-55)
- 3:30 p.m.
  When can two arboreal representations be isomorphic?
  Thomas J Tucker*, University of Rochester
  Wayne Peng, University of Rochester
  (1139-11-515)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Smallest representatives of $SL(2,\mathbb{Z})$-orbits of binary forms and endomorphisms of $\mathbb{P}^1$.
  Benjamin Hutz*, Saint Louis University
  Michael Stoll, Universitat Bayreuth
  (1139-37-265)
- 4:30 p.m.
  A New `Height' in Arithmetic Dynamics.
  Kenneth Jacobs*, Northwestern
  (1139-37-394)

Sunday April 22, 2018, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Arithmetic Dynamics, III
159, Ryder Hall
Organizers:
Jacqueline M. Anderson, Bridgewater State University
Robert Benedetto, Amherst College
Joseph H. Silverman, Brown University jhs@math.brown.edu
- 8:00 a.m.
  Integral points, primitive primes, and arithmetic distances in characteristic p.
  Wade Hindes*, The Graduate Center (CUNY)
  (1139-11-237)
- 8:30 a.m.
  Primitive prime divisors in polynomial orbits over function fields.
  Rafe Jones*, Carleton College
  Wade Hindes, The Graduate Center, CUNY
  (1139-11-566)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Laurent polynomials and critical heights of singular perturbations.
  Patrick M Ingram*, York University
  (1139-11-415)
- 9:30 a.m.
  On dynamical height functions for rational maps.
  Mattias Jonsson*, University of Michigan
  (1139-37-380)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Bounds on dynamical height pairings.
  Laura DeMarco, Northwestern University
  Holly Krieger*, University of Cambridge
  Hexi Ye, Zhejiang University
  (1139-37-478)
- 10:30 a.m.
  A lower bound on the canonical height for polynomials.
  Nicole Romain Looper*, Northwestern University
  (1139-11-234)

Sunday April 22, 2018, 2:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Arithmetic Dynamics, IV
159, Ryder Hall
Organizers:
Jacqueline M. Anderson, Bridgewater State University
Robert Benedetto, Amherst College
Joseph H. Silverman, Brown University jhs@math.brown.edu
- 2:00 p.m.
  The Thurston operator: looking for geometry in the algebra.
  Sarah C. Koch*, University of Michigan
  (1139-37-376)
- 2:30 p.m.
  Dynamical Belyi Maps.
  Michelle Manes*, University of Hawaii at Manoa
  (1139-11-591)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Generalizing the Ax/Tate Theorem and applications to semi-stable reduction.
  Xander Faber*, IDA / CCS
  (1139-11-59)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Finite automata and the dynamics of several rational functions.
  Trevor Hyde*, University of Michigan
  Michael E. Zieve, University of Michigan
  (1139-37-554)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Dynamics of noncommuting endomorphisms.
  Michael E Zieve*, University of Michigan
  (1139-37-616)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Dynamical modular curves and uniform boundedness of preperiodic points.
  John R. Doyle*, Louisiana Tech University
  Bjorn Poonen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  (1139-37-40)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Indeterminacy Loci of Iterate Maps.
  Jan Kiwi, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
  Hongming Nie*, Indiana University
  (1139-37-112)
- 5:30 p.m.
  Odoni's Conjecture.
  Jamie Juul*, Amherst College
  Robert L Benedetto, Amherst College
  (1139-11-166)