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Program of the Sessions Baltimore, Maryland, January 15–18, 2014 Program of the Sessions Baltimore, Maryland, January 15–18, 2014 9:00AM Ways of relating to the mathematics of Monday, January 13 (4) the past (part 1). AMS Short Course on Geometry and Michael Fried, Ben Gurion University of the Negev Topology in Statistical Inference, Part I 10:00AM Coffee break. 9:00 AM –5:00PM Grand Ballroom, West, 10:15AM Ways of relating to the mathematics of 1st Floor, Marriott Inner Harbor (5) the past (part 2). Michael Fried, Ben Gurion University of Organizer: Sayan Mukherjee,Duke the Negev University 1:00PM Contextualization of history. 9:00AM Geometry in statistical inference. (6) Ron Calinger, Catholic University of (1) Sayan Mukherjee, Duke University America (1096-62-2781) 2:15PM Historical documents and sources and 11:00AM Topology in statistical inference. (7) implications to pedagogy (part 1). (2) Sayan Mukherjee, Duke University V. Frederick Rickey,USMA (1096-62-2782) 3:15PM Coffee break. 2:00PM Hodge operator in data analysis. 3:30PM The problem of translation: A case study (3) Lek-Heng Lim, University of Chicago (8) using Book II of the Elements. (1096-55-2786) Colin McKinney, Wabash College 4:00PM Discussion NSF-EHR Grant Proposal Writing Workshop MAA Short Course on Reading, Writing, and Doing the History of Mathematics: Learning 3:00 PM –6:00PM Grand Ballroom, Salons the Methods of Historical Research, Part I ABC, 1st Floor, Marriott Inner Harbor 9:00 AM –5:30PM Grand Ballroom, East, 1st Floor, Marriott Inner Harbor Organizer: Amy Shell-Gellasch, Tuesday, January 14 Montgomery College AMS Department Chairs Workshop 7:30AM Registration. 8:30AM Introduction and Welcome by Amy 8:00 AM –6:30PM University Ballroom, Shell-Gellasch 1st Floor, Marriott Inner Harbor The time limit for each AMS contributed paper in the sessions meeting will be found in Volume 35, Issue 1 of Abstracts is ten minutes. The time limit for each MAA contributed of papers presented to the American Mathematical Society, paper varies. In the Special Sessions the time limit varies ordered according to the numbers in parentheses following from session to session and within sessions. To maintain the the listings. The middle two digits, e.g., 897-20-1136, refer to schedule, time limits will be strictly enforced. the Mathematical Reviews subject classification assigned by Forpaperswithmorethanoneauthor,an asterisk follows the individual author. Groups of papers for each subject are the name of the author who plans to present the paper at the listed chronologically in the Abstracts. The last one to four meeting. digits, e.g., 897-20-1136, refer to the receipt number of the Papers flagged with a solid triangle () have been desig- abstract; abstracts are further sorted by the receipt number nated by the author as being of possible interest to under- within each classification. MAA abstracts are listed toward graduate students. the back of the issue sorted by session name. Abstracts of papers presented in the sessions at this 47 Program of the Sessions – Tuesday, January 14 (cont’d.) MAA Short Course on Reading, Writing, and MAA Board of Governors Doing the History of Mathematics: Learning the Methods of Historical Research, Part II 9:00 AM –5:00PM Holiday Ballroom 6, 2nd Floor, Hilton 8:30 AM –9:00PM Grand Ballroom, East, 1st Floor, Marriott Inner Harbor MAA Ancillary Workshop on Interactive Probability Instruction Organizer: Amy Shell-Gellasch, Montgomery College 1:00 PM –4:30PM Stadium Ballroom 4, 8:30AM Welcome and recap, Amy Shell-Gellasch 2nd Floor, Marriott Inner Harbor 9:00AM Historical documents and sources and Presenters: Dennis Pearl,TheOhio (9) their implications for pedagogy (part 2). State University V. Frederick Rickey, U.S.M.A. Kyle Siegrist,Universityof 10:00AM Coffee break. Alabama 10:15AM Reading and writing the history of Ivo Dinov,Universityof (10) mathematics (part 1). Michigan Karen Parshall, University of Virginia 11:00AM Cultural bias and translations (part 1). AMS Council (11) Joe Dauben, Lehman College, CUNY 1:30 PM – 10:00 PM Holiday Ballrooms 1:15PM Reading and writing the history of 1–3, 2nd Floor, Hilton (12) mathematics (part 2). , University of Virginia Karen Parshall Joint Meetings Registration 2:00PM Cultural bias in research and (13) translations (part 2). 3:00 PM –8:00PM Pratt Street Lobby, Joe Dauben, Lehman College CUNY 300 Level, BCC 2:45PM Coffee break. 3:00PM Panel discussion on pedagogical applications by all presenters, moderated by Amy Shell-Gellasch. 5:00PM Wrap-up and final words, Amy Shell-Gellasch. Wednesday, January 15 AMS Short Course on Geometry and MAA Minority Chairs Meeting Topology in Statistical Inference, Part II 7:00 AM –8:45AM Peale, 1st Floor, Hilton 9:00 AM –5:00PM Grand Ballroom, West, 1st Floor, Marriott Inner Harbor Joint Meetings Registration Organizer: Sayan Mukherjee,Duke 7:30 AM –6:00PM Pratt Street University Lobby, 300 Level, BCC 9:00AM Computing geometric and topological (14) summaries. AMS Session on Analysis and Partial Yusu Wang, Ohio State University Differential Equations (1096-52-2783) 11:00AM Random geometry and topology. 7:45 AM –10:55AM Room 304, BCC (15) Matthew Kahle, Ohio State University 7:45AM Complex-Valued Functions and the Mean (1096-52-2785) (17) Value Theorem. 2:00PM Geometry and topology in cancer Mohammed A. Qazi,Tuskegee (16) systems biology. University (1096-30-2244) Monica Nicolau, Stanford University 8:00AM Almost everywhere convergence of (1096-92-2784) (18) Fourier integrals revisted. 4:00PM Discussion Chang-Pao Chen*, Hsuan Chuang University, and Elijah Liflyand, Bar Ilan MAA Ancillary Workshop on Teaching University (1096-42-978) the Statistical Investigation Process with 8:15AM Multi-D Wavelet FB Design using Randomization-Based Inference (19) Quillen-Suslin Theorem for Laurent Polynomials. 9:00 AM –4:30PM Stadium Ballroom 5, Youngmi Hur*, Johns Hopkins 2nd Floor, Marriott Inner Harbor University, Hyungju Park,Pohang University of Science and Technology, Presenter: Nathan Tintle,Dordt South Korea, and Fang Zheng, Johns College Hopkins University (1096-42-124) 48 Wednesday, January 15 – Program of the Sessions 8:30AM Sharp Bounds for t-Haar Multipliers in AMS-ASL Special Session on Logic and (20) L2. Probability, I Oleksandra V Beznosova*, Baylor University, Maria Cristina Pereyra, 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 319, BCC Univrsity of New Mexico, and Jean Carlo Moraes, Universidade Federal de Pelotas Organizers: Wesley Calvert,Southern (1096-42-1089) Illinois University 8:45AM Dynamical sampling in hybrid shift Doug Cenzer,Universityof (21) invariant spaces. Preliminary report. Florida Roza Aceska*, Akram Aldroubi Johanna Franklin, and Sui Tang, Vanderbilt University University of Connecticut (1096-42-1799) Valentina Harizanov, 9:00AM Overcoming singularity of signal George Washington (22) recovery by dynamical sampling in University hybrid shift invariant spaces. 8:00AM New investigations in probabilistic Roza Aceska, Akram Aldroubi and (30) strategies for algorithmic randomness. Sui Tang*, Vanderbilt University Sam Buss and Mia Minnes*, UCSD (1096-42-1819) (1096-03-881) 9:15AM Useofnovelcomplexmetricsinthe 8:30AM Probabilistic foundations for quantum (23) derivation of the sum of paths transition (31) theory. function. Preliminary report. Alexander Wilce, Susquehanna Clinton Cooper Zimmerman, University (1096-81-2258) Gaithersburg, MD (1096-32-742) 9:00AM Randomness, Probability, and (32) Computation. Preliminary report. 9:30AM Study of the Solution of the Hyperbolic Christopher P Porter*, LIAFA, Universit´e (24) Systems Analytically Via Decomposition Paris Diderot - Paris 7, Laurent Method. Bienvenu,LIAFA,Universit´eParisDiderto M Najafi, Kent State University - Paris 7, and Antoine Taveneaux,LIAFA, (1096-37-1853) Universit´e Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (1096-03-1554) 9:45AM On multiplier sequences of the second (25) kind. Preliminary report. 9:30AM The Generic Degrees of Coarsely George Csordas, University of Hawaii at (33) Computable Reals. Manoa, and Tamas Forgacs*, California Gregory Igusa, University of Notre Dame State University, Fresno (1096-30-1978) (1096-03-1276) 10:00AM SJT as an analog of K-triviality. 10:00AM Generalized 2D Euler-Boussinesq (34) ,KurtGodel¨ Research (26) equations with a singular velocity. Daniel Turetsky Center (1096-03-1534) Preliminary report. Durga Jang KC, Oklahoma State 10:30AM High(CR, MLR) and other properties close University (1096-35-1412) (35) to PA. Joseph S. Miller, University of Wisconsin 10:15AM Small global solutions to the damped (1096-03-2325) (27) two-dimensional Boussinesq equations. Dhanapati Adhikari*, Marywood AMS Special Session on Advances in Analysis University, Chongsheng Cao,Florida and PDEs, I International University, Jiahong Wu, Oklahoma State University and 8:00 AM –10:45AM Room 332, BCC Chung-Ang University, and Xiaojing Xu, Beijing Normal University and Organizers: Tepper L. Gill,Howard Laboratory of Mathematics and Complex University Systems, Ministry of Education, Beijing (1096-35-1914) Daniel A. Williams,Howard University 10:30AM Crime Modeling with L´evy Flights. 8:00AM Isoperimetric inequalities for extremal (28) Sorathan Chaturapruek*, Harvey Mudd (36) Sobolev functions. College, Jonah Breslau, Pomona College, Jesse Ratzkin*, University of Cape Town, Daniel Yazdi, University of California, and Tom Carroll, University College Cork Theodore Kolokolnikov, Dalhousie (1096-35-682) University, and Scott G. McCalla, University of California (1096-35-2494) 8:30AM Li-Yau type gradient estimates and (37) a Liouville Type Theorem for the 10:45AM Morse Index Theory and Applications
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