Program of the Sessions Baltimore, Maryland, January 15–18, 2014

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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 (6) Ron Calinger, Catholic University of (1) Sayan Mukherjee, Duke University America (1096-62-2781) 2:15PM Historical documents and sources and 11:00AM Topology in statistical inference.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

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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)

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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, Université (24) Systems Analytically Via Decomposition Paris Diderot - Paris 7, Laurent Method. Bienvenu,LIAFA,UniversitéParisDiderto M Najafi, Kent State University - Paris 7, and Antoine Taveneaux,LIAFA, (1096-37-1853) Université 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 to Schrordinger¨ Operator. Preliminary (29) Linear Elliptic Eigenvalue Problems. report. Mauricio A. Rivas*andGiles Auchmuty, Xiangjin Xu,Binghamton University of Houston (1096-35-902) University-SUNY (1096-35-727)

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9:00AM Exponential Decay of Eigenfunctions of 9:30AM Categoriﬁcation of the ribbon element in (38) Higher Order Elliptic PDE’s. (46) quantum sl(2). Ira Herbst*, University of Virginia, and Anna Beliakova*, University of Zurich, Erik Skibsted, Mathematics Institute, and Kazuo Habiro, RIMS (Kyoto) Aarhus University (1096-35-278) (1096-18-1513)

10:00AM Monge-Kantorovich mass transport for 10:00AM Uniﬁcation of associative, (39) modeling systems and solving partial (47) self-distributive, and Lie algebras. differential equations and systems. Preliminary report. David Kinderlehrer, Carnegie Mellon Adam S. Sikora, University at Buffalo, University (1096-35-1860) SUNY (1096-16-1320) 10:30AM Theta functions and topological quantum AMS Special Session on Algebraic Geometry, (48) ﬁeld theory. I Razvan Gelca*andAlastair Hamilton, Texas Tech University (1096-57-1091) 8:00 AM –10:45AM Room 303, BCC AMS Special Session on Applied Harmonic Organizers: Christopher Hacon, Analysis: Large Data Sets, Signal Processing, University of Utah and Inverse Problems, I Zsolt Patakfalvi,Princeton 8:00 AM –10:45AM Room 315, BCC University

8:00AM Positivity for Weil divisors. Organizers: Mauro Maggioni,Duke (40) Alberto Chiecchio*, University of University Washington, and Stefano Urbinati, Naoki Saito,Universityof Universit`a di Padova (1096-14-190) California, Davis Thomas Strohmer, 9:00AM Toward a generalization of the Oort (41) conjecture. University of California, Andrew Obus, University of Virginia Davis (1096-14-263) 8:00AM Perfect reconstruction of signals from (49) series of under sampled states. 10:00AM Kashiwara conjugation for twisted Akram Aldroubi, Vanderbilt University (42) D-modules. Preliminary report. (1096-94-1311) Patrick Gerald Brosnan,Universityof Maryland (1096-14-1862) 9:00AM Distances between surfaces, with (50) biological applications. AMS Special Session on Algebraic Structures Ingrid Daubechies, Duke University (1096-51-2766) Motivated by Knot Theory, I 10:00AM Phase Retrieval By Projections. (51) Peter G. Casazza*, University of 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 322, BCC Missouri, Jameson Cahill,Duke Organizers: Mieczyslaw K. Dabkowski, University, Jesse Peterson,AirForce University of Texas at Dallas Institute of Technology, and Lindsey M. Woodland, University of Missouri Jozef Przytycki,George (1096-43-905) Washington University Radmila Sazdanovic, AMS Special Session on Classiﬁcation University of Pennsylvania Problems in Operator Algebras, I

Alexander N. 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 331, BCC Shumakovitch,George Washington University Organizers: Ionut Chifan,Universityof Iowa Hao Wu, George Washington University David Penneys,University of Toronto 8:00AM sl4 webs. Preliminary report. 8:00AM Perturbation Problems for Subfactors. (43) Heather M Russell, Washington College (52) Preliminary report. (1096-05-1582) Alan D Wiggins,Universityof 8:30AM On a categoriﬁcation for the sl(n) Michigan-Dearborn (1096-46-1002) (44) polynomial (for n > 3). Preliminary 9:00AM The Brauer-Picard groupoid of the report. (53) Asaeda-Haagerup subfactor. Preliminary Carmen L Caprau, California State report. University, Fresno (1096-57-1442) Pinhas Grossman,UniversityofNew 9:00AM Skein theory and Andrews-Gordon South Wales, Masaki Izumi,Kyoto (45) Identities for the false theta functions. University, and Noah Snyder*, Indiana Preliminary report. University (1096-46-603) Mustafa Hajij, Louisiana State University 10:00AM Composed inclusions of subfactors. (1096-55-667) (54) Zhengwei Liu, Vanderbilt (1096-47-260)

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∗ 10:30AM Guionnet, Jones, and Shlyakhtenko C 8:00AM Multiple Solutions of Systems of (55) algebras. (62) Fractional Boundary Value Problems: Michael Hartglass,UniversityofIowa Part I. (1096-19-201) John R. Graef*, Lingju Kong,The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, AMS Special Session on Difference Equations and Qingkai Kong, Northern Illinois and Applications, I University (1096-34-1197) 8:30AM Multiple Solutions of Systems of 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 320, BCC (63) Fractional Boundary Value Problems: Part II. John R. Graef, Lingju Kong*, The Organizer: Michael A. Radin,Rochester University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Institute of Technology and Qingkai Kong, Northern Illinois 8:00AM A difference equation model for the University (1096-34-1313) (56) evolutionary dynamics of a population 9:00AM Numerical method to solve fractional subject to a strong Allee effect. (64) Integro-differential equation using Preliminary report. Wavelet. Jim M. Cushing, University of Arizona Amit Seti, BITS – Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa (1096-39-889) Campus, Goa (1096-41-1690) 9:30AM Application of μ −positive operators to 8:30AM On the stability and bifurcation of A 0 (57) predator-prey model with Allee effect. (65) boundary value problems for fractional Preliminary report. differential equations. Laila Assas*, Umm Al-Qura University Paul Eloe*, University of Dayton, and and King Abdul Aziz University, S Jeffrey T. Neugebauer, Eastern Kentucky Elaydi, E Kwessi, Trinity University, G University (1096-26-739) Livadiotis, South West Research 10:00AM An existence result for fractional Institute, and D Ribble, Trinity University (66) differential equations of order 1 <α<2 (1096-39-715) with periodic boundary conditions. JDiegoRamirez, Lamar University 9:00AM On the Dynamics of Discontinuous (1096-34-610) (58) Discrete Beverton-Holt Model. 10:30AM Mathematical Modeling of Option Pricing Vlajko L. Kocic*andYevgeniy Kostrov, (67) Processes under Internal and External Xavier University of Louisiana Stochastic Perturbations. Preliminary (1096-39-778) report. 9:30AM Qualitative Analysis of Solutions of Patrick Assonken*andG S Ladde, (59) Functional Difference Equations. University of South Florida, Tampa Youssef Naim Raffoul,Universityof (1096-60-939) Dayton (1096-39-900) AMS Special Session on Graph Theory: 10:00AM Existence of Antisymmetric Solutions for Structural and Extremal Problems, I (60) Second Order Difference Equations with Antiperiodic Boundary Conditions. 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 330, BCC Jeffrey W Lyons, Nova Southeastern University (1096-39-574) Organizers: Daniel Cranston,Virginia Commonwealth University 10:30AM Existence of positive solutions for a Gexin Yu, College of William (61) system of second order multipoint &Mary discrete boundary value problems. 8:00AM More about chorded cycles. Johnny Henderson*, Baylor University, (68) Ronald J. Gould,EmoryUniversity and Rodica Luca, Gh. Asachi Technical (1096-05-2111) University (1096-39-56) 8:30AM Odd and Even Cycle Lengths in Graphs. AMS Special Session on Fractional, (69) Michael S. Jacobson,Universityof Stochastic, and Hybrid Dynamic Systems Colorado Denver & National Science Foundation (1096-05-1141) with Applications, I 9:00AM Minimum degree thresholds for spanning (70) subgraphs of directed and oriented 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 324, BCC graphs. Preliminary report. Andrzej Czygrinow,ArizonaState Organizers: John Graef,Universityof University, Louis DeBiasio,Miami Tennessee at Chattanooga University, H.A. Kierstead,Arizona State University, and Theodore Gangaram S. Ladde, Molla*, University of Illinois at University of South Florida Urbana-Champaign (1096-05-882) Aghalaya S. Vatsala, 9:30AM Induced subgraphs of hypercubes. University of Louisiana at (71) Geir Agnarsson,GeorgeMason Lafayette University (1096-05-1034)

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10:00AM Colored Saturation Problems. 8:00AM Defining an “Optimal” Cross-Stitching (72) Michael Ferrara, University of Colorado (80) Method. Denver (1096-05-1203) Mary D Shepherd, Northwest Missouri State University (1096-00-520) 10:30AM Expected Reliability of Communication (73) protocols. 8:30AM Extending existing enumerations: on the AndréKundgen¨ *andJanina Patno, (81) mathematics of tie knots. Preliminary California State University San Marcos report. (1096-05-2366) Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson*, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, AMS Special Session on Hyperplane Sweden, and Anders Sandberg, Future Arrangements and Applications, I of Humanity Institute, Oxford University (1096-51-296) 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 318, BCC 9:00AM Knitting Torus Knots and Links. Organizers: Takuro Abe,Kyoto (82) Sarah-Marie Belcastro, Sarah Lawrence University College / Smith College (1096-57-650) Max Wakefield,United 9:30AM Families of p4m Knitted Square Tiles. States Naval Academy (83) Preliminary report. Masahiko Yoshinaga, Carolyn A Yackel,MercerUniversity Hokkaido University (1096-05-1001) 8:00AM Cohomology support loci and 10:00AM Truly random cables. (74) Bernstein-Sato ideals. (84) Elizabeth L. Wilmer, Oberlin College Nero Budur, KU Leuven (1096-14-1047) (1096-05-1905)

8:30AM Basis construction of extended Shi and 10:30AM The Chinese Remainder Theorem and (75) Catalan arrangements of the type A2. (85) knitting stitch patterns. Preliminary report. Berit Nilsen Givens, Cal Poly Pomona Daisuke Suyama, Hokkaido University (1096-11-1636) (1096-05-2196) 9:00AM Arrangement of tori and the topology of AMS Special Session on Nonlinear Systems: (76) coamoebas complement of algebraic Polynomial Equations, Nonlinear PDEs, and varieties. Applications, I Mounir Nisse*, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Germany, and Frank 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 323, BCC Sottile,TexasA&MUNiversity (1096-14-890) Organizer: Wenrui Hao,Universityof 9:30AM Application of hyperplane arrangements Notre Dame (77) to weight enumeration. Relinde Jurrius*, Vrije Universiteit 8:00AM Global regularity issue of ﬂuid dynamics Brussel, Belgium, and Ruud Pellikaan, (86) partial differential equations. Eindhoven University of Technology, The Kazuo Yamazaki, Oklahoma State Netherlands (1096-05-757) University (1096-35-83) 10:00AM Multinets in P2 and P3. Preliminary 8:30AM A nonlinear PDE model for evaporation in (78) report. (87) unsaturated soils. Jeremiah D Bartz, Francis Marion Eric Sullivan, Carroll College University (1096-52-1533) (1096-35-139)

10:30AM New ten-line arrangements: reﬂections 9:00AM Tracking Problems for Marine Robots (79) and a notion of distance. (88) with Input Delays: A Case Study in Moshe Cohen*, Technion (Israel Institute Feedback Control. of Technology), Meirav Topol Amram, Michael Malisoff, Louisiana State Bar-Ilan University, Hao Sun,Huazhong University (1096-93-198) Normal University, Mina Teicher,Bar-Ilan University, Fei Ye, The University of Hong 9:30AM Nodal Solutions for Neumann Problems Kong, and Anna Zarkh,Bar-Ilan (89) with a Nonhomogeneous Differential University (1096-57-888) Operator. Michael Filippakis, University of Piraeus AMS Special Session on Mathematics and (1096-00-1911) Mathematics Education in Fiber Arts, I 10:00AM Numerical Fiber Products for the Study of (90) Mechanisms. 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 314, BCC Eric M. Hanson*, Daniel J. Bates, Colorado State University, Jonathan D. Organizers: Sarah-Marie Belcastro, Hauenstein, North Carolina State Smith College University, and Charles W. Wampler, Carolyn Yackel,Mercer General Motors Research Laboratories University (1096-14-1968)

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m,1 10:30AM An Introduction to Parameter Homotopies 10:00AM A Hardy type inequality for W0 (91) and paramotopy. (99) functions with m ≥ 2. Dan Bates, Dan Brake and Matthew Hern´an Castro, Universidad de Talca, Niemerg*, Colorado State University Juan D´avila, Universidad de Chile, (1096-14-2397) and Hui Wang*, Rutgers University (1096-26-866)

AMS Special Session on Random Matrices: 10:30AM New Heat Kernel Estimates on Theory and Applications, I (100) Riemannian Manifolds with Negative Curvature. Preliminary report. 8:00 AM –10:45AM Room 301, BCC Xiangjin Xu,Binghamton University-SUNY (1096-58-272) Organizers: Paul Bourgade,Harvard University AMS Special Session on Recent Progress in Horng-Tzer Yau,Harvard the Langlands Program, I University 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 321, BCC 8:00AM On the higher universality classes in the (92) random matrix model. Organizers: Moshe Adrian,Universityof Alexander Its, Indiana University-Purdue Utah University Indianapolis (1096-00-1510) Shuichiro Takeda, 9:00AM Large random matrices with University of Missouri (93) non-independent entries. Sean O’Rourke,YaleUniversity 8:00AM Jacquet’s conjecture on the local (1096-60-1684) (101) converse problem for epipelagic supercuspidal representations of GL(n,F). 10:00AM Universality of the Stochastic Airy Moshe Adrian*andBaiying Liu, (94) Operator. University of Utah (1096-11-709) Manjunath Krishnapur, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Brian Rider*, 9:00AM Local models and nearby cycles for Temple University, and Bálint Virág, (102) Γ1(p)-level structure. University or Toronto (1096-60-1892) Thomas J Haines*, University of Maryland, College Park, and Benoit AMS Special Session on Recent Progress in Stroh, University of Paris 13 Geometric and Complex Analysis, I (1096-11-1971) 9:30AM On the moduli description of local models 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 302, BCC (103) for ramified unitary groups. Brian D Smithling, Johns Hopkins Organizers: Zheng Huang,City University (1096-14-1708) University of New York, Graduate Center and College 10:00AM Rigid inner forms and endoscopy. of Staten Island (104) Tasho S Kaletha, Princeton University (1096-11-2278) Longzhi Lin,Rutgers University 10:30AM Galois cohomology of real groups. (105) Preliminary report. Marcello Lucia,City Jeffrey Adams, University of Maryland University of New York, (1096-22-2348) Graduate Center and College of Staten Island AMS Special Session on Research in 8:00AM Metric Perspectives of the Ricci Flow. Mathematics by Undergraduates and (95) Michael Munn*, University of Missouri, Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs, I and Sajjad Lakzian,MSRIand Mathematical Institute, University of 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 328, BCC Bonn (1096-53-864) Organizers: Bernard Brooks,Rochester 8:30AM Minkowski identities for codimension-2 (96) surfaces and an Alexandrov-type Institute of Technology theorem. Jobby Jacob,Rochester Ye-Kai Wang, Columbia University Institute of Technology (1096-53-449) Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin, 9:00AM On the Rigidity of Ricci Solitons. Slippery Rock University (97) Brett Kotschwar,ArizonaState Carl Lutzer,Rochester University, and Lu Wang*, Johns Hopkins Institute of Technology University (1096-53-858) Darren Narayan,Rochester 9:30AM Multiplicity result for a class of elliptic Institute of Technology (98) systems. Preliminary report. CyrilJoelBatkam,Universityof Tamas Wiandt,Rochester Sherbrooke (1096-35-1258) Institute of Technology

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8:00AM Degree 14 2-adic fields. 8:30AM Symmetries of closed differential forms (106) Chad Awtrey, Nicole Miles,Elon (113) and Lie algebras up to homotopy. University, Jonathan Milstead,University Christopher L. Rogers, of North Carolina-Greensboro, Georg-August-Universität Gottingen¨ Christopher Shill and Erin Strosnider*, (1096-53-1527) Elon University (1096-11-724) 9:30AM Generalized complex geometry of 8:30AM An Exploration of Methods of Solving the (114) hyperkahler¨ and Quaternionic Kahler¨ (107) Combinatorial Game Flood-it. manifolds. Rachel Popp*, Jason Jaeckel, Amanda Rebecca E Glover,Universityof Rose, Christie Burris, Francis Motta Rochester (1096-53-1797) and Eric Hanson, Colorado State 10:00AM Discussion University (1096-91-1196) 10:30AM Discussion 9:00AM Strong depth and quasi-geodesics in (108) finitely generated groups. Brian Gapinski*, Wesleyan University, AMS Special Session on The Changing and Tyler Weber,UWStout Education of Preservice Teachers in Light of (1096-20-2211) the Common Core, I

9:30AM Substance Abuse via Legally Prescribed 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 310, BCC (109) Drugs: The Case of Vicodin in the United States. Organizers: William McCallum, Wendy K. Caldwell*, University of University of Arizona Tennessee, Knoxville, Benjamin Freedman, Bucknell University, Luke Michael Nakamaye, Settles, University of Southern Illinois, University of New Mexico Edwardsville, Michael M. Thomas, Kristin Umland,University Kennesaw State University, Anarina of New Mexico Murillo, Erika Camacho and Stephen Wirkus, Arizona State University Ellen Whitesides,University (1096-34-2338) of Arizona

10:00AM The Isoperimetric Problem in the Plane 8:00AM Supporting Preservice Special Education (110) with Density e−1/r . Preliminary report. (115) Teachers with the Academic Rigor of the Paul Gallagher,Universityof Common Core:. Pennsylvania, David Hu*, Georgetown Joanne C Caniglia, Kent State University University, Zane Martin, Williams (1096-97-228) College, Maggie Miller,Universityof 8:30AM MTE-Partnership: Mathematicians, Texas at Austin, and Byron Perpetua, (116) Mathematics Educators, and Secondary Williams College (1096-53-157) Mathematics Teachers Working Together 10:30AM Fast Generation and Tracking of GPS to Transform the Preparation of (111) Visibility and Dilution of Precision Teachers. Regions Using Level Set Methods. W Gary Martin*, Auburn University, Nora Stack*, St. Mary’s College of W. James Lewis,Universityof Maryland, Walter Cai, Cornell University, Nebraska-Lincoln, and Marilyn E. Ana Cristina Perez-Gea, Instituto Strutchens, Auburn University Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, and (1096-97-2043) Scott Manifold, University of California, 9:00AM Using and Contributing to the Illustrative Riverside (1096-65-1094) (117) Mathematics Project: Projects for Your Pre-service and In-service Teachers. AMS Special Session on Symplectic and Erin Militzer*, Bloomsburg University of Contact Structures on Manifolds with Special Pennsylavania, and Rohit Thomas, Holonomy, I University of Arizona (1096-97-203)

9:30AM Clear instruction of mathematical 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 329, BCC (118) practice: Preparing teachers to use rich and ordinary problems to teach Common Organizers: Sergey Grigorian,University Core standards for mathematical of Texas Pan American practice. Sema Salur,Universityof Yvonne Lai,Universityof Rochester Nebraska-Lincoln (1096-97-1695)

Albert J. Todd,Universityof 10:00AM Developing Mathematical Habits of Mind California, Riverside (119) in Preservice Teachers. Davida Fischman*andMadeleine 8:00AM Invariant contact structures on Jetter, CSU San Bernardino (112) 7-dimensional nilmanifolds. (1096-97-1999) Sergii M Kutsak, University of Florida (1096-53-585) 10:30AM Discussion

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AMS Special Session on the History of AMS Session on Combinatorics, I Mathematics, I 8:00 AM –10:55AM Room 313, BCC 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 317, BCC 8:00AM The Maximal Length of a k-separator Organizers: Sloan Despeaux,Western (130) Permutation. Carolina University Benjamin P Gunby, Massachusetts Della Dumbaugh,University Institute of Technology (1096-05-1464) of Richmond 8:15AM Equipopularity classes of 132-avoiding Glen van Brummelen, (131) permutations. Quest University Lynn Chua*, Massachusetts Institute of 8:00AM Circles and Spheres: A Comparison of Technology, and Krishanu Roy Sankar, (120) Chinese and Greek Arguments and Harvard University (1096-05-376) Proofs. 8:30AM Avoiding Permutation Patterns in Joseph W Dauben,HerbertH.Lehman (132) Ordered Set Partitions. Preliminary College, The City University of New York report. (1096-01-1274) Stephanie DeGraaf*, Iowa State 8:30AM The Linear Algebra of Tevfik Hussein University, Kai Orans, Pomona College, (121) Pasha. Preliminary report. and Ruyue (Julia) Yuan,Valparaiso Fernando Q. Gouvêa, Colby College University (1096-05-447) (1096-01-1007) 8:45AM Shattering sub-permutations in an array 9:00AM Rediscovering George Strachan’s Euclid. (133) of n-permutations. Preliminary report. (122) Gregg De Young,TheAmerican Stephanie De Graaf, Iowa State University in Cairo (1096-01-518) University, Zoe Koch, University of Utah, 9:30AM The Plain and Gunter’s Scales – and Kathleen Lan*, Duke University (123) Seventeenth Century Additions to the (1096-05-755) Toolbox of Students and Practitioners of the Mathematicks. 9:00AM Covering n Permutations with n + k (134) Permutations. Preliminary report. Joel S. Silverberg, Roger WIlliams University (1096-01-1103) Kathleen Lan, Duke University, Amanda Laubmeier*, University of Arizona, and 10:00AM John Wallis’ Computations on the Cycloid. Ruyue (Julia) Yuan, Valparaiso University (124) Maria R. Zack, Point Loma Nazarene (1096-05-344) University (1096-01-745) 9:15AM Catalan Numbers, Fine Numbers, and 10:30AM The Geometric Calculus of Bernoulli and (135) Partitions. Preliminary report. (125) l’Hopital.ˆ David C Vella, Skidmore College Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University (1096-05-2113) (1096-01-1299) 9:30AM Combinatorial Interpretations of MAA Invited Paper Session on the (136) Coefficients of Iterated Polynomials. Unreasonable Effectiveness of Modern Preliminary report. Mathematics Gwyneth R Whieldon*andAlison G Schuetz, Hood College (1096-05-2531)

8:00 AM –10:10AM Room 307, BCC 9:45AM A New Recursive relation arising from (137) Fibonacci sequence. Preliminary report. Organizers: Andrew Conner,Wake Xinyun Zhu, UTPB, Odessa, TX Forest University (1096-05-265) Ellen Kirkman,WakeForest University 10:00AM Vertical recurrence relations for Stirling (138) numbers of the second kind. Preliminary 8:00AM The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Sheaf report. (126) Cohomology in Networks. Preliminary Ji Young Choi, Shippensburg University report. of PA (1096-05-1550) Robert Ghrist, University of Pennsylvania (1096-AB-146) 10:15AM Descents of λ-unimodal cyclic (139) permutations. 8:35AM The Unreasonable Effectiveness of (127) Representation Theory and the P vs NP Kassie Archer, Dartmouth College Problem. (1096-05-1293) Daniel K Nakano, University of Georgia 10:30AM Minimal Covering Sets on Young’s Lattice. (1096-AB-352) (140) Adam King*, University of Louisville, 9:10AM The Unreasonable Effectiveness of and Zach Gabor, Haverford College (128) Number Theory in Cryptography. (1096-05-432) Alice Silverberg, University of California, 10:45AM An order-preserving analogue of Irvine (1096-AB-519) (141) O’Hara’s structure theorem for Young’s 9:45AM The Euclidean Distance Degree. lattice. (129) Bernd Sturmfels, University of California Vivek Dhand, Canandaigua, NY at Berkeley (1096-AB-455) (1096-05-865)

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AMS Session on Graph Theory AMS Session on Numerical Methods and Computing, I 8:00 AM –10:55AM Room 312, BCC 8:00 AM –10:25AM Room 305, BCC 8:00AM A Conjecture on Spanning Trees with (142) Fixed Leaf Distance. Preliminary report. 8:00AM The Convergence of a Class of Third Catherine Erbes, University of Colorado (154) Order Schemes for Conservation Laws. Denver, Theodore Molla, Sarah Mousley Preliminary report. and Michael Santana*, University of Nan Jiang, Univ. of South Dakota Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1096-65-347) (1096-05-452) 8:15AM Numerical Smoothness and its 8:15AM Degree lists for multiforests and near (155) Application to Error Analysis for RKDG on (143) multiforests. the Scalar Nonlinear Conservation Laws. Garth Isaak, Lehigh University Adamou Made Fode, Bowling Green (1096-05-2205) State University (1096-65-1832)

8:30AM The Cycle Intersection Matrix and 8:30AM Modiﬁed variational iterative method for (144) Applications to Planar Graphs. (156) solving the linear and nonlinear Caitlin Phifer, University of Rhode Island Klein-Gordon equations. (1096-05-505) Adekunle Ademola Araromi,The Polytechnic Ibadan, Eruwa, Oyo State, 8:45AM Minimum degree and immersions of Nigeria. (1096-65-1307) (145) complete graphs. Megan E. Heenehan*, Eastern 8:45AM Spectral method for a 3D Spherical Connecticut State University, and (157) Interface Dynamo Equation. Karen L. Collins, Wesleyan University Lina Ma*, Purdue University, Ting (1096-05-1575) Cheng, Central China Normal University, and Jie Shen, Purdue University 9:00AM Cyclic m-Cycle Systems of Complete (1096-65-575) (146) Graphs minus a 1-factor. Preliminary 9:00AM A Novel Data-Driven Edge Sharpening report. (158) D-bar Reconstruction Algorithm for 2D Heather D. Jordon*, Mathematical Electrical Impedance Tomography. Reviews,andJoy Morris,Universityof Sarah Jane Hamilton*, Andreas Lethbridge (1096-05-2037) Hauptmann and Samuli Siltanen, 9:15AM A New Proof on the Characterization of University of Helsinki (1096-65-2091) (147) Neighborhood Graphs in Maximum 9:15AM A high-order accurate accelerated direct Packings of 2Kn. (159) solver for scattering from complicated Joseph Chaffee*andChris Rodger, 3D surfaces. Auburn University (1096-05-1282) Adrianna Gillman*, Dartmouth College, 9:30AM Rainbow spanning trees in complete James Bremer, University of California, (148) graphs. Davis, and Per-Gunnar Martinsson, James M. Carraher*, Stephen G. Hartke, University of Colorado at Boulder University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and (1096-65-2087) Paul Horn, University of Denver 9:30AM Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for a (1096-05-1004) (160) Modiﬁed Cahn-Hilliard Equation and a 9:45AM Forbidden Subgraphs for Pancyclicity. Diffuse Interface Model of Tumor Growth. (149) Timothy R Morris,Universityof Andreas C. Aristotelous*, Duke Colorado Denver (1096-05-1720) University, Ohannes Karakashian and Steven M. Wise,TheUniversityof 10:00AM Recent Developments Concerning Two Tennessee, Knoxville (1096-65-1474) (150) Conjectures by Frucht. Alessandra Graf,NorthernArizona 9:45AM A multilevel domain decomposition University (1096-05-2256) (161) algorithm using the hierarchical element structure. Preliminary report. 10:15AM Algebraic Characterization of Janitha Gunatilake*andEugenio (151) Hypergraph Colorings. Aulisa, Texas Tech University M. Krul*andL. Thoma,Universityof (1096-65-1263) Rhode Island (1096-05-476) 10:00AM Long Term High-Order Numerical 10:30AM Spectral Properties of Oriented (162) Integration with Galerkin Variational (152) Hypergraphs. Integrators. Nathan Reff, Alfred University James Brian Hall,Universityof (1096-05-2624) California, San Diego (1096-65-2130)

10:45AM Induced Complementation in Graphs. 10:15AM Block preconditioners for coupled physics (153) Preliminary report. (163) problems. Shyam S. Kamath*andPrameela Geoffrey R Dillon*, Victoria Howle, Kolake, National Institute of Technology Texas Tech University, and Robert C Karnataka (1096-05-213) Kirby, Baylor University (1096-65-1627)

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MAA Session on Assessing Quantitative Robert Campbell III, Reasoning and Literacy College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University 8:00 AM –10:55AM Room 337, BCC David Clark,Universityof Minnesota Organizers: Semra Kilic-Bahi, Colby-Sawyer College John Peter, Utica College Eric Gaze, Bowdoin College Cassie Williams,James Madison University Andrew Miller,Belmont University 8:00AM Active Assessment and Group/Individual (173) Final Exams. Preliminary report. Aaron Montgomery,Central Brian J. Winkel, US Military Academy Washington University (1096-B5-167) 8:00AM Standardizing assessment across QL 8:20AM Oral Exams— They’re Not Just for (164) courses. (174) Dentists. Jill Bigley Dunham and Betty Mayﬁeld*, Erin E. Bancroft, Grove City College Hood College (1096-B1-2626) (1096-B5-2151) 8:20AM Three Approaches to Assessment in the 8:40AM Student-Driven Assessment. Preliminary (165) Quantitative Reasoning Classroom. (175) report. Maura B. Mast,Universityof Dan Callon, Franklin College Massachusetts Boston (1096-B1-2424) (1096-B5-2467) 8:40AM Assessing Quantitative Reasoning in 9:00AM Blending Evaluative and Formative (166) Introduction to Probability and Statistics. (176) Assessment. Robert J. Krueger, Concordia University, Amy T DeCelles,UniversityofSt. St. Paul (1096-B1-2346) Thomas (1096-B5-2304) 9:00AM A Collaborative approach to Assessing 9:20AM Using Exam Wrappers in a Calculus (167) Quantitative Literacy within Carnegie’s (177) Class. Preliminary report. Quantway Pathway for Developmental Jennifer Franko Vasquez,TheUniversity Mathematics. of Scranton (1096-B5-230) Cinnamon Hillyard*, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of 9:40AM Standards and outcomes and grades, oh Teaching, Eugene Milman, Borough of (178) my! Manhattan Community College, and David C. Clark, University of Minnesota - Duane Benson, South Georgia State Math Center for Educational Programs College (1096-B1-2153) (1096-B5-240) 9:20AM QL Across the Curriculum at 10:00AM Collaborative Assessments. (168) Colby-Sawyer College. (179) Brian Katz, Augustana College Semra Kilic-Bahi, Colby-Sawyer College (1096-B5-2678) (1096-B1-2118) 10:20AM The Scarlet Letter: How we repented and 9:40AM Measuring Habits of Mind: Toward a (180) came to value purposeful assessment. (169) Prompt-less Instrument for Assessing M. Leigh Lunsford*andPhillip L. Quantitative Literacy. Poplin, Longwood University Stuart Boersma*andDominic Klyve, (1096-B5-1778) Central Washington University 10:40AM Reading vs. ’Rithmatic. (1096-B1-1643) (181) Eric D. Bancroft, Grove City College 10:00AM Results from an NSF TUES Quantitative (1096-B5-2155) (170) Reasoning Assessment Project. Eric Gaze, Bowdoin College MAA Session on Projects, Demonstrations, (1096-B1-1148) and Activities that Engage Liberal Arts 10:20AM Assessment in an inquiry-based Mathematics Students, I (171) quantitative reasoning course for business students. Preliminary report. 8:00 AM –8:35AM Room 345, BCC Victor I Piercey, Ferris State University Organizer: , (1096-B1-1093) Sarah Mabrouk Framingham State University 10:40AM The Need to Assess Quantitative Literacy 8:00AM Kaleidoscopes in the liberal arts (172) in the Major. (182) mathematics classroom. Preliminary Rodney E McNair, Delaware State report. University (1096-B1-310) Teresa E. Moore*, Ithaca College, and L. MAA Session on Assessing Student Learning: Christine Kinsey, Canisius College (1096-J5-1894) Alternative Approaches, I 8:20AM Increasing Communication and 8:00 AM –10:55AM Room 340, BCC (183) Problem-Solving Skills in a Liberal Arts Probability Course. Organizers: Jane Butterﬁeld,University Chester Ivan Ismay, Ripon College of Minnesota (1096-J5-1250)

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MAA Session on Scholarship of Teaching and 9:00AM Applications of the Alexiewicz norm. Learning in Collegiate Mathematics, I (191) Erik Talvila, University of the Fraser Valley (1096-N1-547) 8:00 AM –9:15AM Room 339, BCC 9:20AM A classic counterexample examined in (192) greater detail. Organizers: Jackie Dewar, Loyola Marymount University James Peterson, Alma College (1096-N1-2347) Tom Banchoff,Brown University 9:40AM Notions of function and continuity in (193) college mathematics. Preliminary report. Curtis Bennett, Loyola Radoslav Dimitric, CUNY (1096-N1-97) Marymount University 10:00AM Hybrid Course Modules in an Pam Crawford, Jacksonville (194) Introductory Real Analysis Course. University Marion Weedermann, Dominican Edwin Herman,University University (1096-N1-2186) of Wisconsin-Stevens Point 10:20AM Reorganizing a First Course in Real 8:00AM The Relationship between Math Learning (195) Analysis. Preliminary report. (184) Communities and Student Retention. William C. Bauldry, Appalachian State Preliminary report. University (1096-N1-777) Karla Childs*andJean Coltharp, Pittsburg State University (1096-L5-488) 10:40AM Using Student Screencasts to Present (196) Content in a Real Analysis Class. 8:20AM Lesson Study: Collaboration, Preliminary report. (185) Improvement, and Reflection. Mark McKinzie, St. John Fisher College Sarah Bennett, University of Wisconsin - (1096-N1-2540) Barron County (1096-L5-2259) 8:40AM A Modified-Moore Method in Precalculus: MAA General Contributed Paper Session on (186) A Description of the Teaching Style and Probability and Statistics, I Student Outcomes. Preliminary report. Brad Bailey, University of North Georgia 8:00 AM –10:55AM Room 348, BCC (1096-L5-2036) 9:00AM Does the Type of Variable Affect Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western (187) Undergraduates’ Interpretations of New England University Algebraic Expressions? Susan S Gray*, University of New Bem Cayco, San Jose State England, Barbara J Loud, Regis College, University and Carole P Sokolowski, Merrimack Kimberly Presser, College (1096-L5-538) Shippensburge University MAA Session on Topics and Techniques for 8:00AM Mixing coefficients and mixtures of (197) distributions. Teaching Real Analysis, I Martial Longla, University of Mississippi (1096-VH-2738) 8:00 AM –10:55AM Room 349, BCC 8:15AM Model Checking: Levy-Driven Organizers: Paul Musial,ChicagoState (198) Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Processes. University Ibrahim Abdelrazeq*, Gail Ivanoff and Robert W. Vallin, Slippery Rafal KuliK, University of Ottawa Rock University (1096-VH-2667) Erik Talvila,Universityof 8:30AM Approximations of the Generalized the Fraser Valley (199) Exponential Distribution. Salam M. Khan, Alabama A&M University James Peterson,Alma (1096-VH-2524) College 8:00AM A close look at the geometric series test. 8:45AM On the Properties of Exponentiated (188) Preliminary report. (200) Weibull-Exponential Distribution. Robert Kantrowitz*, Hamilton College, Ahmad Alzaghal, Central Michigan and Michael M. Neumann, Mississippi University (1096-VH-2289) State University (1096-N1-1476) 9:00AM Robust Penalized Functional Logistic 8:20AM Constructing continuous functions. (201) Regression. (189) Judit Kardos, The College of New Jersey Melody Denhere*, University of Mary (1096-N1-1143) Washington, and Nedret Billor, Auburn University (1096-VH-2199) 8:40AM Using Daily Quizzes to Build Proof Skills (190) in a Real Analysis Course. Preliminary 9:15AM Signed Rank with Responses Missing at report. (202) Random. Kimberly J Presser, Shippensburg Huybrechts Frazier Bindele,University University (1096-N1-2052) of South Alabama (1096-VH-2179)

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9:30AM Functional Forecasting Models for Brain 9:00AM A Contemporary Approach to (203) Tumor Mortality Rates. (213) Intermediate Algebra. Keshav P. Pokhrel*, Mercyhurst Don Small, U. S. Military Academy University, and Chris P. Tsokos, (1096-VP-2301) University of South Florida (1096-VH-2139) 9:15AM College Algebra: A Comparison of (214) Traditional and Computer Aided 9:45AM The Gumbel-Weibull Distribution: Approaches. Preliminary report. (204) Properties and Applications. Patricia Anderson*andKevin Brown, Raid M Al-Aqtash,Universityof Southern Adventist University Cincinnati (1096-VH-2042) (1096-VP-1396) 10:00AM Markov Random Walk and Its application 9:30AM A Word on Word Problems: How (205) to Sequence Alignment Statistics. (215) Improving Reading Comprehension and YPark*andJSpouge,NIH Mathematics Vocabulary Can Improve (1096-VH-1985) Performance on Mathematical Word 10:15AM Mixing Times of Markov Chains for Problems. (206) Self-Organizing Lists and Biased Dywayne A Nicely,Ohio Permutations. University-Chillicothe (1096-VP-1183) Prateek Bhakta, Sarah Miracle*, Dana Randall, Georgia Institute of Technology, 9:45AM Online vs. Traditional On-ground and Amanda Pascoe Streib,Centerfor (216) Teaching for Basic Statistics. Computing Sciences (1096-VH-1568) Ping Ye, Quincy University (1096-VP-633) 10:30AM Bayesian Age-stratiﬁed Joinpoint 10:00AM Effective use of Chi-square Procedures in (207) Regression Model: An Application to Lung (217) an Introductory Statistics Course. and Brain Cancer Mortality. Daniel J. Ghezzi, King’s College Ram C. Kaﬂe*, University of South (1096-VP-2122) Florida, Netra Khanal,TheUniversityof Tampa, and Chris P Tsokos,University 10:15AM Supplemental Instruction in Precalculus. of South Florida (1096-VH-1417) (218) Grethe Hystad,TheUniversityof Arizona (1096-VP-1893) 10:45AM Strong Analytic Solution of Fractional (208) Cauchy Problems. 10:30AM Innovative Student Projects on Jebessa B Mijena*, Georgia College & (219) Exponential Growth and Decay in State University, and Erkan Nane, Pre-calculus. Auburn University (1096-VH-1560) Vera Hu-Hyneman*andAlexander G. Atwood, SUNY Suffolk County MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Community College (1096-VP-2519)

Teaching Introductory Mathematics 10:45AM TheUseoftheOrderofOperationsin (220) Reading, Writing and Solving Linear 8:00 AM –10:55AM Room 347, BCC Equations. Preliminary report. Shumei C. Richman, Midlands Technical Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western College, Columbia, SC (1096-VP-1508) New England University Bem Cayco, San Jose State SIAM Minisymposium on Recent Advances in University Financial Mathematics, I Kimberly Presser, Shippensburge University 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 325, BCC 8:00AM Efﬁcacy of Online Delivery of (209) Introductory Statistics in English to Organizers: Maxim Bichuch, Worcester Taiwanese Students. Preliminary report. Polytechnic Institute Joseph B. Liddle, University of Alaska Southeast (1096-VP-1651) Ronnie Sircar,Princeton University 8:15AM How to retain a perfect attendance rate (210) at introductory level courses. Preliminary Stephan Sturm, Worcester report. Polytechnic Institute Ryo Ohashi, King’s College 8:00AM Please see the JMM newsletter for details. (1096-VP-1688) 8:30AM Using Algebra in the Classroom to 8:30AM On Bid-Ask Prices for Dividend Paying (211) Understand the Way in which (221) Securities: an acceptability index Automobiles Collide. approach. Alexander G. Atwood*andVera Igor Cialenco*andTomasz R. Bielecki, Hu-Hyneman, SUNY Suffolk County Illinois Institute of Technology Community College (1096-VP-2530) (1096-60-1465) 8:45AM High School (through College) Algebra. 9:00AM Systemic risk in large ﬁnancial networks. (212) Christopher Schroeder, Morehead State (222) Konstantinos Spiliopoulos,Boston University (1096-VP-2329) University (1096-60-1387)

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9:30AM Algorithmic trading with learning: 10:30AM Automorphism group schemes of (223) informed versus uninformed. (233) p-divisible groups over fields of positive Alvaro Cartea, University College characteristic. London, Sebastian Jaimungal,University Ding Ding, Binghamton University of Toronto, and Damir Kinzebulatov*, (1096-VO-2452) The Fields Institute, Toronto (1096-49-2599) 10:45AM Siegel’s trace problem and character (234) values of finite groups. 10:00AM Please see the JMM newsletter for details. Amita Malik*, University of Illinois at 10:30AM Please see the JMM newsletter for details. Urbana-Champaign, Florin Stan, Simion Stoilow Institute of Mathematics of the MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Romanian Academy, and Alexandru Research in Number Theory, I Zaharescu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1096-VO-2595) 8:15 AM –10:55AM Room 346, BCC MAA Session on the Intersection of Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western New England University Mathematics and the Arts, I Bem Cayco, San Jose State University 8:20 AM –10:55AM Room 338, BCC Kimberly Presser, Shippensburge University Organizer: Douglas Norton, Villanova University 8:15AM Accepted Elasticity in Local Arithmetic (224) Congruence Monoids. 8:20AM Sets in Music. Lorin Crawford, Clark Atlanta University, (235) William C Linderman, King University Vadim Ponomarenko*, San Diego State (1096-C5-2690) University, Jason Steinberg,Princeton University, and Marla Williams, 8:40AM Δ(rhythms)/Δt = ? What Base Are Willamette University (1096-VO-368) (236) Rhythms In? 8:30AM On the infinitude of prime elements. Matt Lehman, UMass Boston (225) Jose A. Velez-Marulanda, Valdosta State (1096-C5-1242) University (1096-VO-271) 9:00AM Euclidean Rhythms and Tangles. 8:45AM The Reducibility of Constant-Perturbed (237) Preliminary report. (226) Products of Cyclotomic Polynomials. Neil R. Nicholson*andJonathon Kirk, Joshua Harrington*, Lenny Jones and North Central College (1096-C5-343) Daniel White, Shippensburg University (1096-VO-564) 9:20AM Geometry, Visual Patterns, and Musical 9:00AM Primes in Orbits of zd + c. (238) Rhythm: Problems at the Interface. (227) Spencer Hamblen*, McDaniel College, Preliminary report. Rafe Jones, Carleton College, and Godfried T. Toussaint,NewYork Kalyani Madhu, University of Rochester University Abu Dhabi (1096-C5-588) (1096-VO-1255) 9:40AM The Sound of Mathematics: Pythagorean 9:15AM A basis of the group of primitive almost (228) pythagorean triples. (239) Music and Beyond. Nikolai A Krylov, Siena College, NY Randall E Cone, Virginia Military (1096-VO-1324) Institute (1096-C5-1629)

9:30AM On the Content Bound for Real Quadratic 10:00AM Giving freshmen a taste of abstract (229) Field Extensions. (240) mathematics through ancient and Robert G. Underwood, Auburn modern concepts in music theory. University Montgomery (1096-VO-1367) Emily H. Sprague, Edinboro University of 9:45AM Finiteness Results for Regular Ternary Pennsylvania (1096-C5-558) (230) Quadratic Polynomials. Preliminary report. 10:20AM Bridging the Gap: Linking HIV/AIDS and James L Ricci, Wesleyan University (241) Random Matrices to Theatre Arts. (1096-VO-2367) Preliminary report. Shirley Basﬁeld Dunlap*, Asamoah 10:00AM Bounds on the Number of Extensions of a Nkwanta, Jalecia King, Brian Jamal (231) Number Field with Bounded Discriminant Marshall, Sudani Rose, Eirin Stevenson and Speciﬁed Galois Group. Preliminary and Keisheena Waldon, Morgan State report. University (1096-C5-200) Evan P Dummit,Universityof Wisconsin-Madison (1096-VO-2513) 10:40AM Dances of Heavenly Bodies: Dance, 10:15AM On p-adic annihilators of real ray (242) N-body Choreographies, and Change (232) classes. Ringing. Timothy James All,Rose-Hulman Karl Schaffer,DeAnzaCollege Institute of Technology (1096-VO-1877) (1096-C5-2672)

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AMS Session on Number Theory, I MAA Minicourse #4: Part A

8:30 AM –10:40AM Room 311, BCC 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Room 343, BCC

8:30AM Systems of Diophantine inequalities in Teaching introductory statistics (for (243) function ﬁelds. Preliminary report. instructors new to teaching intro stats). Scott T. Parsell*, West Chester Presenters: Michael Posner, Villanova University, and Craig V. Spencer,Kansas University State University (1096-11-2576) Carolyn Cuff, Westminster 8:45AM A one-parameter family of Dirichlet College (244) series whose coefﬁcients are Sturmian words. MAA Committee on Technologies in DoYong Kwon, Chonnam National University (1096-11-2050) Mathematics Education Panel Discussion

9:00AM A Variation on Leopoldt’s Conjecture: 9:00 AM –10:20AM Room 327, BCC (245) Part 2. Preliminary report. Dawn C. Nelson, Bates College Assistive technologies for math students (1096-11-1404) and faculty with disabilities. 9:15AM New Convolution Identities for Organizers: James Hamblin, (246) Hypergeometric Bernoulli Polynomials. Shippensburg University *and , Hieu D Nguyen Long Cheong Bruce Yoshiwara,Los Rowan University (1096-11-699) Angeles Pierce College 9:30AM Designing Poincar´e Series for Number Panelists: Rick Clinton,Pearson (247) Theoretic Applications. Education Amy T DeCelles,UniversityofSt. Thomas (1096-11-1186) Gaier Dietrich,DeAnza College 9:45AM A linear resolvent for degree 14 (248) polynomials. Kyle Keane, Wolfram Chad Awtrey, Elon University Research (1096-11-1273) 10:00AM Properties of digital representations. MAA Committee on Assessment Panel (249) Preliminary report. Discussion Katherine A Anders, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1096-11-954) 9:00 AM –10:20AM Room 316, BCC 10:15AM 49598666989151226098104244512918. What do I need to know about Common (250) Core and Common Core Assessments? Samuel S Gross*, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, and Michael Filaseta, Organizers: Bonnie Gold,Monmouth University of South Carolina University (1096-11-969) Genevieve Knight, Coppin 10:30AM New bounds and computations on State University (251) prime-indexed primes. Panelists: Nancy Shapiro,University Jonathan Bayless*, Husson University, System of Maryland and Dominic Klyve, Central Washington Bernadette Sandruck, University (1096-11-2204) Howard Community College MAA Minicourse: #12: Part A Denny Gulick,Universityof Maryland 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Room 344, BCC MAA Inquiry-Based Learning Miniworkshop A game theory path to quantitative literacy. 9:00 AM –10:20AM Room 345, BCC

Presenter: David Housman,Goshen What is IBL and why use it? College Presenters: Stan Yoshinobu,CalPoly MAA Minicourse #1: Part A San Luis Obispo Matthew Jones, Cal State 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Room 342, BCC Dominguez Hills Humanistic mathematics. Carol Schumaker,Kenyon College Presenters: Gizem Karaali, Pomona College Student Hospitality/Information Center Eric Marland, Appalachian State University 9:00 AM –5:00PM Swing Hall, 100 Level, BCC

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MAA-AMS-SIAM Special Presentation AMS-SIAM Special Session on Mathematics of Computation: Differential Equations, Linear 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Holiday Ballrooms Algebra, and Applications, I 1–3, 2nd Floor, Hilton 2:15 PM –6:05PM Room 320, BCC Access and opportunities in STEM education: The challenges of building an Organizers: Susanne C. Brenner, equitable diverse society. Louisiana State University Organizer: Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Chi-Wang Shu,Brown Arizona State University University Presenters: Freeman Hrabowski, 2:15PM Stability and spectral convergence of University of Maryland at (256) Fourier method for nonlinear problems. Baltimore County Eitan Tadmor*, University of Maryland, and Claude Bardos, University of Paris 6 James S. Gates,University (1096-65-627) of Maryland, College Park 2:45PM Fast Sweeping Methods for Hyperbolic Richard Tapia,Rice (257) Systems of Conservation Laws at Steady University State. Bjorn Engquist, Brittany Froese*and MAA Department Liaisons Committee Richard Tsai, University of Texas at Meeting Austin (1096-65-351) 3:15PM On the bounds and time-step restrictions 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Holiday Ballroom (258) for the DG and central DG spatial 6, 2nd Floor, Hilton operators Preliminary report. Matthew Reyna*andFengyan Li, AMS Invited Address Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1096-65-1180) 10:05 AM –10:55AM Ballrooms 3:45PM A Partition of Unity Method for an Elliptic I&II, 400 Level, BCC (259) Optimal Control Problem with State Constraints. (252) Critical points of complex polynomials Susanne C. Brenner, Christopher B. from a symplectic viewpoint. Davis*andLi-Yeng Sung, Louisiana Paul Seidel, MIT (1096-57-1052) State University (1096-65-1940) AMS-MAA Invited Address 4:15PM Multigrid Preconditioners for Optimal (260) Control Problems in Fluid Flow. 11:10 AM – NOON Ballrooms I&II, 400 Level, BCC Preliminary report. Ana Maria Soane*, Towson University, (253) Paul Erdos˝ and the rise of statistical and Andrei Draganescu,University thinking in elementary number theory. of Maryland, Baltimore County Paul Pollack, University of Georgia, and (1096-65-2596) Carl Pomerance*, Dartmouth College 4:45PM KKT preconditioners for non-Hermitian (1096-11-163) (261) indefinite PDE systems. Preliminary report. Exhibits and Book Sales Denis Ridzal, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, Stephen D. 12:15 AM –5:30PM Exhibit Hall F, 100 Level, BCC Shank*, Temple University, Paul Tsuji and Ray Tuminaro, Sandia National Come to the Grand Opening at 12:15 Laboratories, Livermore (1096-65-2384) p.m.! 5:15PM A penalty method for coupling AMS Colloquium Lectures, Lecture I (262) fluid-structure interactions. Yue Yu*, Johnny Guzman and George Karniadakis,BrownUniversity 1:00 PM –1:50PM Ballrooms I&II, 400 Level, BCC (1096-76-1956) (254) Symplectic Topology Today: Recent 5:45PM Efficient spectral-element methods for results and open questions. (263) acoustic scattering and related problems. Dusa McDuff,BarnardCollege,Columbia Ying He*andJie Shen, Purdue University University (1096-53-2195) (1096-78-2041)

MAA Invited Address AMS-ASL Special Session on Logic and Probability, II 2:15 PM –3:05PM Ballrooms I&II, 400 Level, BCC 2:15 PM –6:05PM Room 319, BCC (255) Mathematics in stone and bronze. Helaman and Claire Ferguson Organizers: Wesley Calvert,Southern (1096-A0-14) Illinois University

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Doug Cenzer,Universityof 4:15PM Local cohomology with support in generic Florida (275) determinantal ideals. Johanna Franklin, Claudiu Raicu*, Princeton University, University of Connecticut and Jerzy Weyman,Universityof Connecticut (1096-14-666) Valentina Harizanov, George Washington 5:15PM F-singularities in families. University (276) Zsolt Patakfalvi, Princeton University, Karl Schwede*, Penn State University, 2:15PM Compressibility of Countable Subsets of and Wenliang Zhang,Universityof (264) Cantor Space. Preliminary report. Nebraska (1096-14-972) Ferit Toska, Gainesville, FL (1096-03-1727) AMS Special Session on Algebraic Structures 2:45PM How to hide from a nanobot. Motivated by Knot Theory, II (265) Timothy H. McNicholl, Iowa State University (1096-03-933) 2:15 PM –6:05PM Room 322, BCC 3:15PM Metastability of sequences and model Organizers: Mieczyslaw K. Dabkowski, (266) theory. University of Texas at Dallas Jose Iovino,TheUniversityofTexasat San Antonio (1096-03-1849) Jozef Przytycki,George Washington University 3:45PM Uniqueness of an invariant probability (267) measure concentrated on an orbit. Radmila Sazdanovic, Aleksandra Kwiatkowska,Universityof University of Pennsylvania California, Los Angeles (1096-03-1764) Alexander N. Shumakovitch,George 4:15PM Model theory of probability spaces. (268) Alexander Berenstein*, Universidad de Washington University los Andes, Ita¨ı Ben Yaacov,Université Hao Wu, George Washington Claude Bernard Lyon 1, and Ward University Henson, University of Illinois at 2:15PM The role of spinners in determining clock Urbana-Champaign (1096-03-1184) (277) number. Preliminary report. 4:45PM Random symmetric constructions via Kerry M. Luse*, Trinity Washington (269) inverse limits of finite structures. University, and Mark Kidwell,United Cameron E. Freer, Massaschusetts States Naval Academy (1096-55-1661) Institute of Technology (1096-03-1937) 2:45PM The Kauffman bracket skein module of a 1 2 5:15PM A survey on Keisler randomizations. (278) connected sum of copies of S × S . (270) Uri Andrews, University of Wisconsin Charles D. Frohman,TheUniversityof Madison, Isaac Goldbring*, University of Iowa, and Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska*, Illinois at Chicago, and H. Jerome National Science Foundation Keisler, University of Wisconsin Madison (1096-57-1669) (1096-03-420) 3:15PM An Obstruction to Knots Bounding Mobius¨ 4 5:45PM Amenability, unique ergodicity and (279) Bands in B . (271) random orderings. M Kate Kearney, Louisiana State Alexander S. Kechris, California Institute University (1096-57-355) of Technology (1096-03-530) 3:45PM Continuous Families of Representations (280) of Braid Groups. AMS Special Session on Algebraic Geometry, Michael Fitzpatrick*andCharles II Frohman,UniversityofIowa (1096-22-1773) 2:15 PM –6:00PM Room 303, BCC 4:15PM Splittings of knot groups. (281) Stefan Friedl,Universität zu Koln,¨ Daniel Organizers: Christopher Hacon, S Silver*andSusan G Williams, University of Utah University of South Alabama Zsolt Patakfalvi,Princeton (1096-57-1420) University 4:45PM Links in thickened surfaces and virtual 2:15PM On generic vanishing in characteristic (282) genus. (272) p>0. J. Scott Carter, Daniel S. Silver and Christopher D. Hacon,Universityof Susan G. Williams*, University of South Utah (1096-14-820) Alabama (1096-57-1488) 2:45PM On subadditivity of Kodaira dimension in 5:15PM The Kauffman bracket ideal for genus-1 (273) positive characteristic. (283) tangles. Zsolt Patakfalvi, Princeton University Susan M. Abernathy, Louisiana State (1096-14-2089) University (1096-57-1083) 3:15PM Effective results for toroidal 5:45PM Measuring a knot’s distance from (274) compactifications. (284) alternating. Preliminary report. Gabriele Di Cerbo, Columbia University Adam M Lowrance, Vassar College (1096-14-691) (1096-57-1357)

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AMS Special Session on Applied Harmonic 4:15PM Inner amenability for groups and central Analysis: Large Data Sets, Signal Processing, (293) sequences in factors. and Inverse Problems, II Bogdan Teodor Udrea*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ionut Chifan, University of Iowa, and Thomas 2:15 PM –6:05PM Room 315, BCC Sinclair, University of California at Los Angeles (1096-46-1081) Organizers: Mauro Maggioni,Duke University 4:45PM Stabilizers of Ergodic Actions of Lattices. Naoki Saito,Universityof (294) Darren Creutz, Vanderbilt University California, Davis (1096-37-145) Thomas Strohmer, 5:45PM Extended von Neumann dimension for University of California, (295) soﬁc groups and equivalence relations. Davis Ben R Hayes, University of California Los Angeles (1096-46-2011) 2:15PM The Preimage Problem for Laplacian (285) Eigenmaps. Preliminary report. AMS Special Session on Difference Equations Alexander Cloninger, Wojciech Czaja* and Applications, II and Timothy Doster,Universityof Maryland College Park (1096-43-1462) 2:15 PM –6:05PM Room 332, BCC 3:15PM Convex recovery from interferometric (286) measurements. Laurent Demanet, Massachusetts Organizer: Michael A. Radin,Rochester Institute of Technology (1096-65-2772) Institute of Technology

4:15PM Empirical intrinsic geometry as a tool for 2:15PM General Gruss¨ and Ostrowski type (287) invariant parameter extraction. (296) inequalities involving s-convexity. Ronald R. Coifman,YaleUniversity George A Anastassiou,Universityof (1096-94-2770) Memphis (1096-26-26)

5:15PM The Hierarchical Graph Laplacian Eigen 2:45PM Calculus on Mixed Time Scales. (288) Transform (HGLET) and Its Relatives for (297) Allan Peterson,Universityof Data Analysis on Graphs and Networks. Nebraska-Lincoln (1096-39-437) Naoki Saito*andJeff L. Irion,University of California, Davis (1096-42-1322) 3:15PM Restricted Feedback Control and (298) Discrete-Time Dynamical Systems. 5:45PM Eigenvector Localization, Random *, University of (289) Matrices, and Banach Algebras. John Wesley Cain Richmond and Harvard University, Preliminary report. Shuang Zhao and Kathryn G Workman, Thomas Strohmer,Universityof University of Richmond (1096-39-393) California, Davis (1096-65-853)

3:45PM Some Facts and Some Open Problems AMS Special Session on Classiﬁcation (299) and Conjectures on Rational Systems. Problems in Operator Algebras, II Preliminary report. Emmanouil Drymonis,Providence 2:15 PM –6:05PM Room 331, BCC College (1096-39-1280)

Organizers: Ionut Chifan,Universityof 4:15PM A Subclass of Anti-Competitive Systems Iowa (300) Of Two, First-Order, Rational Linear Difference Equations. David Penneys,University Chris D. Lynd, Bloomsburg University of Toronto (1096-39-150)

2:15PM Unitary equivalence to Jordan models for 4:45PM Global Asymptotic Stability for Quadratic (290) weak contractions of class C0. (301) Fractional Difference Equation. Raphael Clouatre, University of Waterloo Preliminary report. (1096-47-443) Mark DiPippo, Ed J. Janowski and 3:15PM Analytic Function Theory for MustafaR.S.Kulenovic*, University of (291) Operator-Valued Free Probability. Rhode Island (1096-39-1540) John D. Williams,TexasA&MUniversity (1096-47-444) 5:15PM On the Boundedness of Positive Solutions (302) of a Reciprocal Max-Type Difference 3:45PM Finite Factor Representations of Equation with Periodic Parameters. (292) Higman-Thompson Groups. Candace M. Kent*, Virginia Konstantin Medynets*, United States Commonwealth University, and Michael Naval Academy, and Artem Dudko, A. Radin, Rochester Institute of Stony Brook University (1096-20-472) Technology (1096-39-1023)

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5:45PM Boundedness of Solutions of 5:45PM Existence and uniqueness of solutions for (303) the Difference Equation (311) a fractional boundary value problem 1 2 t An−1 An−1 An−1 with a separated boundary condition. xn =max , ,..., with xn−1 xn−2 xn−t Lingju Kong, University of Tennessee at Periodic Parameters. Chattanooga, Qingkai Kong,Northern Daniel W. Cranston*andCandace M. Illinois University, and Min Wang*, Kent, Virginia Commonwealth University University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (1096-39-477) (1096-34-1198)

AMS Special Session on Fractional, AMS Special Session on Graph Theory: Stochastic, and Hybrid Dynamic Systems Structural and Extremal Problems, II with Applications, II 2:15 PM –6:05PM Room 330, BCC

2:15 PM –6:05PM Room 324, BCC Organizers: Daniel Cranston,Virginia Commonwealth University Organizers: John Graef,Universityof Gexin Yu, College of William Tennessee at Chattanooga &Mary Gangaram S. Ladde, 2:15PM Counting graphs with the Lovasz Local University of South Florida (312) Lemma. Laszlo A. Szekely*andLinyuan Lu, Aghalaya S. Vatsala, University of South Carolina University of Louisiana at (1096-05-1635) Lafayette 2:45PM Use of flag algebras with permutations. 2:15PM Positive solutions for a system of nonlocal (313) Jozsef Balogh, Ping Hu, Bernard (304) fractional boundary value problems. Lidicky*, University of Illinois at Johnny Henderson*, Baylor University, Urbana-Champaign, Oleg Pikhurko, and Rodica Luca, Gh. Asachi Technical University of Warwick, Balazs Udvari, University (1096-34-54) University of Szeged, and Jan Volec, University of Warwick (1096-05-885) 2:45PM On the Application of Random-Point 3:15PM EKR on Graphs and Lattices. (305) Approximation for Identification of the (314) , Arizona State University Effective Diffusivity Coefficient of Glenn Hurlbert (1096-05-855) Polydisperse Spherical Suspension. Abhinandan Chowdhury, Gettysburg 3:45PM Random Threshold Directed Graphs. College (1096-60-2138) (315) Preliminary report. Edward R. Scheinerman*andYiguang 3:15PM Energy Method for Dynamic Social Zhang, Johns Hopkins University (306) Networks. Preliminary report. (1096-05-318) Jagdish Chandra*, The George 4:15PM The inducibility of directed graphs. Washington University, and G S Ladde, (316) Hao Huang, Institute for Advanced Study University of South Florida, Tampa & DIMACS (1096-05-704) (1096-91-2092) 4:45PM New bounds for the existence of many 3:45PM Hybrid dynamic inequalities and (317) perfect matchings and large matchings. (307) applications: Hereditary process. Matthew Yancey*, Bowie, MD, and Preliminary report. Derrick Stolee, Iowa State University G S Ladde, University of South Florida, (1096-05-1647) Tampa (1096-93-948) 5:15PM Demand Matching and Correlated 4:15PM Multivariate Stochastic Dynamic Model of (318) Independent Sets in Trees. (308) Energy Commodities Under External Mohit Singh, Microsoft Research, and Interventions. Preliminary report. Hehui Wu*, Simon Fraser University Olusegun M Otunuga*andG S Ladde, (1096-05-1494) University of South Florida, Tampa 5:45PM On Judicious Bisections of Graphs. (1096-60-931) (319) Xingxing Yu*, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Baogang Xu, Nanjing 4:45PM A Scale-Structured Network Stochastic Normal University (1096-05-895) (309) Epidemic dynamic model with varying Incubation Period. Preliminary report. AMS Special Session on Hyperplane Divine T Wanduku,KeiserUniversity (1096-60-1044) Arrangements and Applications, II

5:15PM Logistic Comparison Growth Model: 2:15 PM –6:05PM Room 318, BCC (310) Parametric Domain Decomposition and Statistical Analysis. Preliminary report. Organizers: Takuro Abe,Kyoto Ryan M. Thurman*andG S Ladde, University University of South Florida, Tampa Max Wakeﬁeld,United (1096-60-2273) States Naval Academy

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Masahiko Yoshinaga, 3:15PM Granny’s Not So Square, After All: Hokkaido University (330) Hyperbolic Tilings with Truly Hyperbolic 2:15PM On the admissibility of certain local Crochet Motifs. (320) systems. Joshua Brandon Holden,Rose-Hulman Michele Torielli*, Masahiko Yoshinaga, Institute of Technology (1096-51-379) Hokkaido Univeristy, Sapporo, Japan, 3:45PM Viewing of Juried Mathematical Fiber Arts and Shaheen Nazir, Government Exhibit College University, Lahore, Pakistan (1096-14-400) 4:45PM A Borromean Rings Quilt. Preliminary (331) report. 2:45PM The monodromy representation of Barbara E Nimershiem, Franklin & (321) Lauricella’s FC . Marshall College (1096-57-2277) Yoshiaki Goto, Hokkaido University (1096-33-1332) 5:15PM Geometry and Sewing with Embroidery. (332) S. Louise Gould, Central Connecticut 3:15PM Lattice-Supported Splines on Polytopal State University (1096-97-212) (322) Complexes. Michael R. DiPasquale,Universityof 5:45PM Visualizing Concepts from Modern Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (333) Algebra Using Variations of Generalized (1096-06-922) Woven Figure Eights. Eva Knoll, Mount Saint Vincent 3:45PM Properties of complete bipartite University, Wendy Landry,NovaScotia (323) codimension two subspace College of Art and Design, and Tara arrangements. Taylor*, St. Francis Xavier University Douglas A. Torrance*, Monmouth (1096-00-512) College, and Zach Teitler,BoiseState University (1096-14-1033) AMS Special Session on Nonlinear Systems: 4:15PM Computations for Coxeter arrangements Polynomial Equations, Nonlinear PDEs, and (324) and Solomon’s descent algebra. Applications, II Preliminary report. Marcus Bishop, Western New England 2:15 PM –6:05PM Room 323, BCC University (1096-52-1726) 4:45PM The number of irreducible components of Organizer: Wenrui Hao,Universityof (325) a linear free divisor. Notre Dame Brian Pike, University of Toronto, 2:15PM Numerical Study of KPP Equation. Scarborough (1096-32-2461) (334) Long Chen*, Jack Xin and Penghe 5:15PM Combinatorial covers and vanishing Zu, University of California at irvine (326) cohomology. Preliminary report. (1096-35-1294) Graham Denham*, University of Western Ontario, Alexander I Suciu, Northeastern 2:45PM A curvature weakening Hele-Shaw model. University, and Sergey Yuzvinsky, (335) Shuwang Li*, Meng Zhao, Illinois University of Oregon (1096-55-1886) Institute of Technology, Andrew Belmonte, Penn State University, 5:45PM Abelian duality and propagation of and John Lowengrub,Universityof (327) resonance. Preliminary report. California-Irvine (1096-76-711) Graham C. Denham,Universityof Western Ontario, Alexander I. Suciu*, 3:15PM Some dynamical system models for viral Northeastern University, and Sergey (336) protein assembly. Preliminary report. Yuzinsky, University of Oregon James Liu, Colorado State University (1096-55-1394) (1096-37-1330) 3:45PM Applications of homotopy method to AMS Special Session on Mathematics and (337) differential equation. Mathematics Education in Fiber Arts, II Wenrui Hao, Mathematical Biosciences Institute (1096-00-1344) 2:15 PM –6:05PM Room 314, BCC 4:15PM Divergence-Free WENO Organizers: Sarah-Marie Belcastro, (338) Reconstruction-Based Finite Volume Smith College Scheme for Solving Ideal MHD Equations on Triangular Meshes. Carolyn Yackel,Mercer Zhiliang Xu, University of Notre Dame University (1096-35-1471) 2:15PM Hilbert-like Curves on Hexagonal Grids 4:45PM Numerical Solution of 3D (328) and a Realization using Crochet. (339) Poisson-Nernst-Planck Equations Coupled Kyle D Calderhead,MaloneUniversity with Classical Density Functional Theory (1096-05-487) for Modeling Ion and Electron Transport 2:45PM More Granny, Less Square: Methods for in a Conﬁned Environment. (329) center-worked polyomino designs. Bin Zheng*, Da Meng, Guang Lin and D. Jacob Wildstrom,Universityof Maria L. Sushko,PaciﬁcNorthwest Louisville (1096-05-863) National Laboratory (1096-65-2016)

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5:15PM Numerical Study for Potential Variation 3:15PM Conical soliton metrics on Kahler¨ (340) and Ion Transport in Ionic Polymer (348) manifolds. Membranes. Preliminary report. Ved V. Datar,RutgersUniversity Xiaozhe Hu, Penn State University (1096-51-626) (1096-65-2007) 3:45PM The Laplacian on a hyperbolic triangle 5:45PM Are Small Granulomas Stable? (349) has no positive Neumann eigenvalues. (341) Avner Friedman, Ohio State University, Luc Hillairet,Universit´e d’Orleans, and and King-Yeung Lam*, Mathematical Chris Judge*, Indiana University Biosciences Institute, Ohio State (1096-58-394) University (1096-35-1665) 4:15PM Poincare series map and k-differentials (350) on Riemann surfaces. AMS Special Session on Random Matrices: Nadya Askaripour,Universityof Theory and Applications, II Cincinnati (1096-30-747) 4:45PM Scharzian derivatives and 2:15 PM –5:05PM Room 301, BCC (351) Euclidean-minimal surfaces. Preliminary Organizers: Paul Bourgade,Harvard report. University Michael B. Deutsch,IMPA (1096-53-1112) Horng-Tzer Yau,Harvard University 5:15PM A proof of the Alexanderov’s uniqueness (352) R3 2:15PM Delocalization of eigenvectors of random theorem for convex surfaces in . (342) matrices with independent entries. Xiangwen Zhang, Columbia University Roman Vershynin*andMark Rudelson, (1096-35-208) University of Michigan (1096-60-1686) 5:45PM How the maximal dilatation of the 3:15PM Isotropic Local Law and Deformed (353) Douady-Earle extension near the origin is (343) Random Matrix. controlled by the distortion of the Yin Jun, U. Wisconsin-Madison boundary map on ﬁnitely many points. (1096-60-996) Oleg Muzician*, CUNY BMCC, and Jun Hu, CUNY Graduate Center, Brooklyn 4:15PM Large deviations for point process limits College (1096-30-1043) (344) of random matrices. Diane C. Holcomb*andBenedek Valko´, AMS Special Session on Recent Progress in University of Wisconsin - Madison (1096-60-1751) the Langlands Program, II

4:45PM Growing random regular graphs and the 2:15 PM –6:05PM Room 321, BCC (345) Gaussian Free Field. Tobias Johnson*andSoumik Pal, Organizers: Moshe Adrian,Universityof University of Washington (1096-60-357) Utah Shuichiro Takeda, AMS Special Session on Recent Progress in University of Missouri Geometric and Complex Analysis, II 2:15PM Geometric structure and the local (354) Langlands conjecture. 2:15 PM –6:05PM Room 302, BCC Paul Frank Baum, Penn State University Organizers: Zheng Huang,City (1096-22-132) University of New York, 3:15PM The dual of a reductive algebraic group. Graduate Center and College (355) Preliminary report. of Staten Island Jeffrey Adler*andJoshua Lansky, Longzhi Lin,Rutgers American University (1096-22-971) University 3:45PM Explicit Liftings of Representations of Marcello Lucia,City (356) Finite Reductive Groups. Preliminary University of New York, report. Graduate Center and College Joshua M. Lansky*andJeffrey D. Adler, of Staten Island American University (1096-22-2658) 2:15PM An Example of Quasiconformal Motion. 4:15PM Local Converse Theorems and Symmetric (346) Yunping Jiang, Sudeb Mitra, Queens (357) Spaces. Preliminary report. College and CUNY Graduate Center, Jeffrey Hakim*, American University, Hiroshige Shiga,TokyoInstituteof and Omer Offen, Technion University Technology, and Zhe Wang*, Bronx (1096-22-1722) Community College (1096-30-683) 4:45PM Hecke algebra correspondence for the 2:45PM Universal Local Quasiconformal Motions. (358) 2-adic metaplectic group. (347) Yunping Jiang*, Sudeb Mitra,City Aaron Wood, University of Missouri University of New York, Queens College (1096-22-336) and Graduate Center, Hiroshige Shiga, 5:15PM A sheaf-function dictionary for algebraic Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Zhe (359) tori over local ﬁelds. Wang, City University of New York, Bronx Clifton Cunningham and David Roe*, Community College (1096-30-980) University of Calgary (1096-14-1723)

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5:45PM The Ballad of Reading Guo. 5:15PM The Krasnosel’skii Zero Theorem. (360) Kimball Martin,UniversityofOklahoma (367) Yaxi Gao*, Eric Stucky and Francis (1096-22-1944) Edward Su, Harvey Mudd College (1096-54-818) AMS Special Session on Research in 5:45PM A Combinatorial Approach to the Mathematics by Undergraduates and (368) Meunier-Babson Theorem. Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs, II Elizabeth Kelley*, Francis Edward Su and Patrick Tierney, Harvey Mudd 2:15 PM –6:05PM Room 328, BCC College (1096-05-824)

Organizers: Bernard Brooks,Rochester AMS Special Session on Symplectic and Institute of Technology Contact Structures on Manifolds with Special Jobby Jacob,Rochester Holonomy, II Institute of Technology Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin, 2:15 PM –6:05PM Room 329, BCC Slippery Rock University Organizers: Sergey Grigorian,University Carl Lutzer,Rochester of Texas Pan American Institute of Technology Sema Salur,Universityof Darren Narayan,Rochester Rochester Institute of Technology Albert J. Todd,Universityof Tamas Wiandt,Rochester California, Riverside Institute of Technology 2:15PM Einstein Metrics, Curvature Functionals, 2:15PM Using PSM to study delay differential (369) and Conformally Kahler¨ Geometry. (361) equations with chaos. Claude LeBrun, Stony Brook University Luke Edwards*, Pennsylvania State (1096-53-1899) University, and Benjamin Weidenaar, Providence College (1096-34-103) 3:15PM Compact complex surfaces with (370) geometric structures related to split 2:45PM Computing Galois groups of degree 12 (362) 2-adic ﬁelds with trivial automorphism quaternions. group. JDavidov, Institute of Mathematics and Chad Awtrey, Elon University, Brett Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Barkley, University of Maryland, College Sciences, GGrantcharov*, Florida Park, Nicole Miles, Christopher Shill* International University, O Mushkarov, and Erin Strosnider, Elon University Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, (1096-11-803) Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, and M Yotov, Florida International University 3:15PM Long-term Behavior of Solutions to (1096-53-1740) (363) a Wave Equation with Degenerate Damping. 3:45PM A reduction theorem for Spin(7) Thomas G Anderson*, New Jersey (371) structures. Preliminary report. Institute of Technology, George Mihai Bailesteanu,Universityof Avalos, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Rochester (1096-53-1861) Elizabeth Galvin, Marist College, Ian 4:15PM Topology and duality in G2manifolds. Kessler, Carroll College, Michelle (372) Preliminary report. Kleckner, Valparaiso University, Selman Akbulut, Michigan State Daniel Toundykov,Universityof University (1096-57-1927) Nebraska-Lincoln, and William Tritch, 5:15PM Algebraic topology of G2 manifolds. Andrews University (1096-35-408) (373) Selman Akbulut, Michigan State 3:45PM The Colored Cubes Problem. Preliminary University, and Mustafa Kalafat*, (364) report. Tunceli University (1096-53-1202) Ethan Berkove, Lafayette College, David 5:45PM φ-free Submanifolds and Convexity in Cervantes Nava,SUNYPotsdam,Daniel (374) Calibrated Manifolds. Condon,GeorgiaTech,andRachel Ibrahim Unal, Middle East Technical Katz*, The University of Chicago University Northern Cyprus Campus (1096-05-1481) (1096-53-1545) 4:15PM Finite Geometry in the Card Game SET. (365) Yumi Li*, Willamette University, Jordan AMS Special Session on The Changing Awan, Clarion University, Claire Education of Preservice Teachers in Light of Frechette,BrownUniversity,and the Common Core, II Liz McMahon, Lafayette College (1096-52-1493) 2:15 PM –6:05PM Room 310, BCC 4:45PM Random subtrees of complete graphs. (366) Alex Chin*, North Carolina State Organizers: William McCallum, University, Kellie MacPhee, Dartmouth University of Arizona College, and Charles Vincent, Lafayette Kristin Umland,University College (1096-05-1479) of New Mexico

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Ellen Whitesides,University 4:15PM “Merely a speculation of the mind?” of Arizona (386) William Henry Fox Talbot and 2:15PM Evolving Content and Technology in a mathematics. (375) Capstone Course for Future Secondary June E. Barrow-Green,TheOpen Math Teachers. University, UK (1096-01-222) Eric Hsu, San Francisco State University 4:45PM On Jacobi’s transformation theory of (1096-97-1483) (387) elliptic functions. Alberto Cogliati,Universit`adegliStudi 2:45PM Pre-Service Teacher Task Study Project. (376) Patrick Callahan, University of California di Milano, Italy (1096-01-1336) Los Angeles (1096-00-2755) 5:15PM Knots in the Nursery: “(Cats) Cradle (388) Song” of James Clerk Maxwell. 3:15PM A story of... Daniel S Silver,UniversityofSouth (377) Ben McCarty, University of Memphis Alabama (1096-01-395) (1096-97-2099) 5:45PM Dear Professor Richardson. Preliminary 3:45PM Applying Lessons from Professional (389) report. (378) Development Work to Pre-service Content James J. Tattersall*, Providence College, Courses. Preliminary report. and Shawnee L. McMurran, California Brigitte Lahme*andBen Ford, Sonoma State University (1096-01-401) State University (1096-97-1848) 4:15PM The Challenges of Preparing Future MAA Minicourse #15: Part A (379) Elementary Teachers at a Small Liberal Arts College. Preliminary report. 2:15 PM –4:15PM Room 342, BCC Priscilla S. Bremser, Middlebury College (1096-97-1748) Developing strong mentoring relationships. 4:45PM Using the Standards for Mathematical (380) Practice to Assess the Performance of Presenter: Donna Joyce Dean, Preservice Teachers. Association for Women in Jennifer M Lewis, Wayne State University Science (1096-97-1491) MAA Minicourse: #14: Part A 5:15PM Collaboratively Planning and Teaching (381) an Inquiry Lesson Aligned with CCSS in 2:15 PM –4:15PM Room 344, BCC an Elementary Mathematics Methods Course. Visualizing projective geometry through Chepina Rumsey, Kansas State photographs and perspective drawings. University (1096-97-1427) Presenters: Annalisa Crannell, Franklin 5:45PM Discussion & Marshall College Marc Frantz,Indiana AMS Special Session on the History of University Bloomington Mathematics, II Fumiko Futamura, Southwestern University 2:15 PM –6:05PM Room 317, BCC Organizers: Sloan Despeaux,Western MAA Minicourse #9: Part A Carolina University 2:15 PM –4:15PM Room 343, BCC Della Dumbaugh,University of Richmond WeBWorK: An open-source alternative for Glen van Brummelen, generating and delivering online Quest University homework problems. Presenters: John Travis, Mississippi 2:15PM Classifying Quadrilaterals. Preliminary College (382) report. Eisso J. Atzema, University of Maine Jason Aubrey,Universityof (1096-01-463) Missouri 2:45PM Playing Checkers with Machines – from Paul Pearson, Hope College (383) Ajeeb to Chinook. Preliminary report. Peggy Aldrich Kidwell,National AMS Session on Fractal Geometry, Complex Museum of American History, Dynamics, and Dynamical Systems Smithsonian Institution (1096-01-421) 2:15 PM –6:10PM Room 304, BCC 3:15PM The History of Slide Rules, As Told by the (384) Smithsonian Collections. 2:15PM Totally Disconnected Sierpinski´ Relatives. Amy Ackerberg-Hastings, NMAH/UMUC (390) Tara D Taylor, St. Francis Xavier (1096-01-424) University (1096-51-517) 3:45PM Julius Plucker’s¨ Pure Geometry. 2:30PM Golden Trees and Their Relatives: A (385) Jemma Lorenat, Simon Fraser University, (391) Mathematical Arboretum in 3D. Universit´e Pierre et Marie Curie Bernat Espigule-Pons,Figueres, (1096-01-1304) Catalonia (1096-37-749)

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2:45PM A structure theorem for semi-parabolic 6:00PM Towards A Complete Understanding Of (392) Hénon maps. (405) The Mixing Properties Of Rank-1 Cut And Remus Radu*andRaluca Tanase,Stony Stack Transformations With Bounded Brook University (1096-37-2676) Parameters. Preliminary report. Andrew-David Bjork*, Siena Heights 3:00PM Modeling Quasicrystals with Substitution University, and Aaron Hill,Universityof (393) Sequences and Tilings. North Texas (1096-37-2063) May Mei, Denison Universtiy (1096-37-2145) AMS Session on Noncommutative Algebra 3:15PM A dynamics approach to an alternative to and Lie Theory (394) the Snowball Earth climate state. Chris Rackauckas,Universityof 2:15 PM –5:25PM Room 313, BCC California Irvine, and James A. Walsh*, Oberlin College (1096-37-148) 2:15PM Polynomials that kill each element of a (406) finite ring. 3:30PM Some Results of A Fractional Population Nicholas J Werner,TheOhioState (395) Dynamic Model. University-Newark (1096-16-405) Don Udita N. Katugampola, Delaware State University (1096-37-1497) 2:30PM Periodic free resolutions from twisted (407) matrix factorizations. 3:45PM Periodic Brake Orbits in the Planar Andrew Conner*, Wake Forest (396) Isosceles Three-Body Problem. University, Thomas Cassidy,Bucknell Nai-Chia Chen, University of Minnesota University, Ellen Kirkman and W. (1096-37-544) Frank Moore,WakeForestUniversity (1096-16-1730) 4:00PM Ergodicity for the Randomly Perturbed (397) Navier-Stokes Equations. Preliminary 2:45PM Hopf orders in group rings over local report. (408) fields. Preliminary report. Gregory Varner,JohnBrownUniversity G. Griffith Elder, University of Nebraska (1096-37-1133) at Omaha (1096-16-1766) 3:00PM The Ghost Number for a Finite Group. 4:15PM A Scheme for Modeling and Analyzing the (398) Dynamics of Logical Circuits. (409) Gaohong Wang, University of Western Aminur Rahman, New Jersey Institute of Ontario (1096-16-1638) Technology (1096-37-629) 3:15PM Quantum Subgroups of SLn. Preliminary (410) report. 4:30PM Rank one dynamics near heteroclinic Andrew Jaramillo,Universityof (399) cycles. California, Santa Barbara (1096-16-852) Anushaya Mohapatra*, Rice University, and William Ott, University of Houston 3:30PM Splitting Algebras: Koszul and (1096-37-869) (411) Cohen-Macaulay. Tyler Kloefkorn, University of Oregon 4:45PM A combinatorial proof of the (1096-16-1836) (400) Poincaré-Birkhoff Theorem. 3:45PM Centers of invariant differential operator Kevin W. O’Neill*, University of (412) algebras for Jacobi groups of higher California, Berkeley, and Francis Edward rank. Su, Harvey Mudd College (1096-37-1701) Charles H Conley and Rabin Dahal*, 5:00PM The Artin-Mazur Zeta Function of a University of North Texas (1096-17-1201) (401) Rational Map in Positive Characteristic. 4:00PM Classification of orbifold modules using Andrew Bridy, University of Wisconsin (413) twisted modules. (1096-37-940) Jason R. Elsinger, North Carolina State 5:15PM Investigation of Infinite-Dimensional University (1096-06-1252) (402) Dynamical Systems Models Applicable to 4:15PM Cyclic Leibniz Algebras. Granular Flows. (414) Allison McAlister Hedges,North Hao Wu*andDenis Blackmore, Carolina State University (1096-17-1598) New Jersey Institute of Technology 4:30PM Twisted Toroidal Lie Algebras. (1096-37-2012) (415) Chad R Mangum, North Carolina State 5:30PM Double Hopf Bifurcation with Huygens University (1096-08-1163) (403) Symmetry. (3) 4:45PM Demazure Crystals for Uq(D4 ). Petko M. Kitanov*, William F. Langford (416) Preliminary report. and Allan R. Willms, University of Guelph Alyssa M Armstrong*andKailash C (1096-37-1702) Misra, North Carolina State University 5:45PM Dynamics in hybrid complex systems of (1096-08-1602) (404) switches and oscillators. 5:00PM Integral forms and integral bases for Elana J Fertig*, Johns Hopkins (417) universal enveloping algebras of map University, Dane Taylor,UNCandSAMSI, superalgebras. Matthew R Francis, Aers Technica, and Irfan Bagci*, University of North Georgia, Juan G Restrepo, University of Colorado, and Samuel Chamberlin,ParkUniversity Boulder (1096-37-2444) (1096-17-363)

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5:15PM Complexity of modules over Lie 5:15PM Abelian Surfaces with Real Multiplication. (418) superalgebras. (431) Preliminary report. Houssein El Turkey,Universityof Hilary J. Smallwood, Colorado State Oklahoma (1096-17-580) University (1096-11-1286) 5:30PM Bounding sums of the Mobius¨ function AMS Session on Number Theory, II (432) over arithmetic progressions. Lynnelle Ye, Stanford University 2:15 PM –5:55PM Room 311, BCC (1096-11-2764) 5:45PM Numerical computations for a 2:15PM A Polynomial Variation on Meinardus’ (433) generalization of the theorem of (419) Theorem. Preliminary report. Nakagawa on binary cubic forms. Daniel Parry, Drexel University Jorge Dioses, Cottey College (1096-11-640) (1096-11-2702) 2:30PM Self-conjugate core partitions and (420) modular forms. MAA Session on Assessing Student Learning: Levent Alpoge, Harvard College Alternative Approaches, II (1096-11-553) 2:45PM Eta-quotients and the Q-rational cuspidal 2:15 PM –5:50PM Room 340, BCC (421) subgroup of J (2n). 0 Organizers: Jane Butterfield,University John J. B. Webb*andJeremy Rouse, of Minnesota Wake Forest University (1096-11-2291) Robert Campbell III, 3:00PM Sato-Tate Equidistribution of Satake College of St. Benedict/St. (422) Parameters. Preliminary report. John’s University Fan Zhou, Ohio State University ,Universityof (1096-11-266) David Clark Minnesota 3:15PM Zeros of partial sums of the Dedekind John Peter, Utica College (423) zeta function of a cyclotomic field. Arindam Roy*, University of Illinois at Cassie Williams,James Urbana-Champaign, Andrew Ledoan, Madison University University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2:15PM Students Presentation in Calculus I. and Alexandru Zaharescu,Universityof (434) Yun Lu, Kutztown University of PA Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1096-B5-1622) (1096-11-274) 2:35PM Student Presentations in a Large-Section 3:30PM Weak arithmetic equivalence of number (435) Calculus Course. Preliminary report. (424) fields. Christina E Therkelsen,Universityof Guillermo Mantilla-Soler, École Cincinnati (1096-B5-2460) Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne 2:55PM Assessing Applications in (EPFL) (1096-11-2306) (436) Second-Semester Calculus. Preliminary report. 3:45PM The Lerch zeta function and the Bonnie Gold, Monmouth University (425) Eisenstein-Kronecker series. (1096-B5-822) Hieu T Ngo, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1096-11-1934) 3:15PM Projects in a Quantitative Reasoning (437) Course. 4:00PM Low lying zeros of Artin L-functions. Eric Gaze, Bowdoin College (426) Peter J Cho*, University at Buffalo, and (1096-B5-1147) Henry H Kim, University of Toronto 3:35PM Assessment Across the Spectrum in (1096-11-542) (438) Courses for Pre-Professional Majors with 4:15PM Alternate Discriminants and Mass Calculus I Prerequisites. (427) Formulae for Number Fields. Preliminary Christopher Oehrlein,OklahomaCity report. Community College (1096-B5-397) Silas Johnson,Universityof 3:55PM Assessment Using Typed Feedback and Wisconsin-Madison (1096-11-1826) (439) Portfolios in a Course for Middle School 4:30PM Average frequency of local torsion on Teachers. Preliminary report. (428) abelian surfaces. Reva Kasman, Salem State University Adam Gamzon, Hebrew University of (1096-B5-335) Jerusalem (1096-11-78) 4:15PM Assessing student learning through 4:45PM Elliptic curves and applications to (440) writing assignments. (429) concordant pairs within arithmetic Joel Louwsma,TheUniversityof progressions and in ratios. Oklahoma (1096-B5-609) Bo-Hae Im, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 4:35PM Assessing a Capstone Course. Korea (1096-11-98) (441) Thomas R. Hagedorn, The College of 5:00PM A Uniform Version of a Finiteness New Jersey (1096-B5-2648) (430) Conjecture for CM Elliptic Curves. 4:55PM Moving Beyond Ritual. Abbey M Bourdon, Wesleyan University (442) Clark Wells, Grand Valley State (1096-11-2345) University (1096-B5-2442)

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5:15PM A Mastery-Based Assessment Scheme for MAA Session on Projects, Demonstrations, (443) Upper-Division Mathematics Courses. and Activities that Engage Liberal Arts Preliminary report. Mathematics Students, II Jonathan K. Hodge, Grand Valley State University (1096-B5-282) 2:15 PM –5:50PM Room 345, BCC 5:35PM Perceptuo-motor Activities as Organizer: Sarah Mabrouk, (444) Assessment. Framingham State University Hortensia Soto-Johnson,Universityof Northern Colorado (1096-B5-1109) 2:15PM Students Discover Math in the World (453) Around Them: The Use of Projects in a MAA Session on Programs and Approaches Liberal Arts Mathematics Course. Tammy Muhs,UniversityofCentral for Mentoring Women and Minorities in Florida (1096-J5-2631) Mathematics 2:35PM Civil Rights, Estimation, and Regression. (454) Semra Kilic-Bahi, Colby-Sawyer College 2:15 PM –4:50PM Room 341, BCC (1096-J5-2146) Organizers: Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana 2:55PM Two short projects for improving Tech University (455) ﬁnancial literacy. Paul Taylor, Shippensburg University Brooke Shipley,University (1096-J5-399) of Chicago 3:15PM Engaging ﬁrst-year students in the 2:15PM Establishing an interdisciplinary cohort (456) mathematics of cryptology: ”Ciphers and (445) to increase females and minorities in Heroes”. mathematics. Sharon M Frechette, College of the Holy Yu-Ju Kuo*andRick Adkins, Indiana Cross (1096-J5-2609) University of Pennsylvania (1096-J1-1792) 3:35PM Using Graph Representations to Solve (457) Puzzles. 2:35PM Retaining and Advancing Female STEM M. Reba*andD. Shier,Clemson (446) Faculty at Teaching-Focused Institutions. University (1096-J5-2497) Preliminary report. Kate G. McGivney*andSarah N Bryant, 3:55PM A Tour through Graph Theory: Projects Shippensburg University (1096-J1-1075) (458) for a Liberal Arts Math Course. Karin R Saoub, Roanoke College 2:55PM Grant-Writing Resources: Supporting (1096-J5-326) (447) Women Faculty in STEM through 4:15PM Projective Geometry for the Liberal Arts Mentoring. (459) Mathematics Class. Elizabeth A. Burroughs,MontanaState Donna A. Dietz, American University University (1096-J1-581) (1096-J5-1338) 3:15PM Redesigning Student Mentoring/Research 4:35PM The Many Facets of Symmetry. (448) Programs: From the Mentees Vantage (460) Thomas Q. Sibley, St. John’s University, Point. College of St. Benedict (1096-J5-256) Abdramane Serme*andJean W. 4:55PM Creativity, Writing and Mathematics: The Richard, BMCC/CUNY-The City University (461) FancyPants Strip Pattern Portfolio. of New York (1096-J1-2462) Shawn J. Chiappetta, University of Sioux 3:35PM Integrating South Texas Efforts in STEM Falls (1096-J5-40) (449) Education. Preliminary report. 5:15PM Engaging liberal arts students in Cristina Villalobos*, Olga Ramirez and (462) mathematics. Sakshi Puri, University of Texas-Pan Colleen Duffy, University of Wisconsin - American (1096-J1-2343) Eau Claire (1096-J5-2443)

3:55PM Challenging the Under-representation of 5:35PM An Exercise in the Philosophy of (450) women in mathematics: The York Tensor (463) Mathematics. Preliminary report. Scholars Program. Charles F. Rocca, Western Connecticut Lidia Gonzalez, York College, CUNY State University (1096-J5-1594) (1096-J1-2310) MAA Session on Scholarship of Teaching and 4:15PM National Research Experience for Learning in Collegiate Mathematics, II (451) Undergraduates Programs: A Mathematics Summer Research Program 2:15 PM –5:50PM Room 339, BCC for Minorities. Gulden Karakok*andBrian Organizers: Jackie Dewar, Loyola Christopher,UniversityofNorthern Marymount University Colorado (1096-J1-2251) Tom Banchoff,Brown 4:35PM Secret Communication Summer Camp. University (452) Semra Kilic-Bahi, Colby-Sawyer College Curtis Bennett, Loyola (1096-J1-2164) Marymount University

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Pam Crawford, Jacksonville 5:35PM The undergraduate mathematics University (474) preparation of middle school math teachers. Edwin Herman,University Gary A. Harris*, Tara Stevens and of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Raegan Higgins, Texas Tech University 2:15PM Flip vs. Traditional: A preliminary (1096-L5-438) (464) comparison of student performance and attitudes in Calculus I. Preliminary report. MAA Session on Topics and Techniques for Larissa B. Schroeder*, Jean Teaching Real Analysis, II McGivney-Burelle and Fei Xue, University of Hartford (1096-L5-1452) 2:15 PM –5:10PM Room 349, BCC 2:35PM Using Video, Online Quizzes and Peer (465) Instruction to Teach Integral Calculus. Organizers: Paul Musial,ChicagoState Preliminary report. University James S Rolf*, Yu-Wen Hsu, Miki Robert W. Vallin, Slippery Havlickova, Susie Kimport and Rock University Jennifer Frederick,YaleUniversity (1096-L5-2476) Erik Talvila,Universityof the Fraser Valley 2:55PM Investigating Student Learning in a (466) Hybrid Calculus I. James Peterson,Alma Marilyn Reba*, Clemson University, and College Meredith Burr, Clemson University (1096-L5-126) 2:15PM It’s Not the Moore Method But..: A (475) Student Driven Textbook supported 3:15PM Investigating the effects of classroom Approach to Teaching Real Analysis. (467) voting and peer instruction on teaching Preliminary report. and learning in an introductory Kathleen M. Shannon, Salisbury differential equations course. Preliminary University (1096-N1-535) report. Ron Buckmire, Occidental College 2:35PM Using Counterexamples of Calculus to (1096-L5-2471) (476) Teach Real Analysis. Jeffrey Clark, Elon University 3:35PM A Cost-Beneﬁt Analysis of Online (1096-N1-898) (468) Homework Systems. Preliminary report. Gregory M. Boudreaux, Janine M. 2:55PM One Proof is Not Enough. Preliminary Haugh*, Ed Johnson and Cathy (477) report. Whitlock, University of North Carolina at Cesar E. Silva, Williams College Asheville (1096-L5-2248) (1096-N1-2324)

3:55PM An Examination of the Effect of Formative 3:15PM Helping Students Overcome (469) Feedback on Student Errors in a Calculus (478) Discouragement in Real Analysis. Course. Rebekah B. Johnson Yates,Houghton H. Smith Risser,MontanaTech College (1096-N1-2563) (1096-L5-1039) 3:35PM Spice up your Real Analysis Class with 4:15PM Analyzing Student-Generated Questions (479) In-Class Presentations. (470) in Calculus. Preliminary report. Paul Martin Musial,ChicagoState Konstantina Christodoulopoulou*, University (1096-N1-1485) Fabiana Cardetti and Steven Pon, University of Connecticut (1096-L5-2157) 3:55PM Local Maximum Functions in Real (480) Analysis. 4:35PM The Impact of WHYU and the Khan Peter A Loeb, Dept. of Mathematics, (471) Academy on Student Learning in University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana Mathematics. Preliminary report. (1096-N1-643) Cynthia Y. Young*andHeidi A Eisenreich, University of Central Florida 4:15PM Two sets of Moore-Method Analysis notes (1096-L5-1863) (481) and two websites that support them. William T. Mahavier, Lamar University 4:55PM An Investigation of Mathematics (1096-N1-1677) (472) Graduate Teaching Assistants’ Teaching Philosophies. Preliminary report. 4:35PM Teaching positive series and generalized Kedar M Nepal, Oklahoma State (482) derivatives. University, Stillwater, OK (1096-L5-835) J. Marshall Ash,DePaulUniversity (1096-N1-1992) 5:15PM The problem of transfer: Explicitly (473) teaching critical thinking in a bridge 4:55PM Gently Introducing IBL in Advanced course. Preliminary report. (483) Calculus. Jeremy Case, Taylor University Robert W. Vallin, Slippery Rock (1096-L5-1938) University (1096-N1-1042)

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MAA Session on We Did More with 3:35PM Spindle Design. Less: Streamlining the Undergraduate (493) Neal Brand,UniversityofNorthTexas Mathematics Curriculum (1096-C5-303) 3:55PM A Mathematical Perspective of Rome’s 2:15 PM –4:30PM Room 350, BCC (494) Twin Churches. Preliminary report. Michael Huber, Muhlenberg College Organizers: Wade Ellis, West Valley (1096-C5-226) College ,Oregon 4:15PM Which Planar Crystallographic Groups Barbara Edwards State University (495) May Be Found in Mamluk Geometric Ornamentation? 2:15PM Introduction and discussion. BLynnBodner, Monmouth University 2:35PM Inverting the Classroom on a Tight (1096-C5-844) (484) Budget. 4:35PM Planar and Spherical Iterations of Carren S Walker, C.S. Walker Educational (496) Borromean Rings. Group, and Joan M Zoellner*, Clark Douglas G. Burkholder, Lenoir-Rhyne College (1096-Q5-1279) University (1096-C5-848) 2:55PM Activities That Help Understanding 4:55PM Fibonacci Circle Curves. (485) – That Cost the College Nothing! Preliminary report. (497) Susan Happersett,Artist Joanne Peeples, El Paso Community (1096-C5-1802) College, El Paso, TX (1096-Q5-1851) 5:15PM Interesting Artworks on Magic Squares. 3:15PM Maximizing Student Outcomes with (498) Hossein Behforooz, Utica College (486) Minimal Resources in College Algebra at (1096-C5-330) the University of Illinois. Preliminary 5:35PM Finding the Way with Mathematics. report. (499) Susan McBurney, Western Springs, IL Alison Ahlgren Reddy,Universityof (1096-C5-467) Illinois (1096-Q5-950) 3:55PM Adapting the Singapore Model Method of MAA General Contributed Paper Session on (487) Problem Solving Framework to College Mathematics Education, I Level. Umesh P. Nagarkatte*, Joshua 2:15 PM –5:55PM Room 347, BCC Berenbom, Kay Lashley, Herbert Odunukwe and Lavoizier St. Jean, Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western Medgar Evers College, CUNY New England University (1096-Q5-1270) Bem Cayco, San Jose State 4:15PM Improving success rates in developmental University (488) math with existing resources. John R Wilkins, California State Kimberly Presser, University, Dominguez Hills Shippensburge University (1096-Q5-2451) 2:15PM Math meets drama: Introducing (500) constructivist pedagogy to prospective MAA Session on the Intersection of elementary teachers. Mathematics and the Arts, II Erin R Moss, Millersville University of Pennsylvania (1096-VE-2692) 2:15 PM –5:50PM Room 338, BCC 2:30PM Using Think-Alouds in an Undergraduate Organizer: Douglas Norton, Villanova (501) Mathematics Course for Preservice University Elementary School Teachers. Preliminary report. 2:15PM More Mathematics of Pop-up Books. Donna L. Beers, Simmons College (489) Jennifer Wilson*andVidhya Kamdar, (1096-VE-2579) Eugene Lang College the New School for Liberal Arts (1096-C5-2224) 2:45PM What to include in a numeracy course. 2:35PM Using Doodles to Teach the Math of Art. (502) Suzanne Keilson,Baltimore (490) Martha Ellen Waggoner,Simpson (1096-VE-2691) College (1096-C5-2152) 3:00PM Using Inquiry-Based Learning in Courses 2:55PM Incorporating art in mathematical (503) for Prospective Elementary Teachers. (491) teaching and assessment as image–based Stan Yoshinobu,CalPolySanLuis learning. Obispo (1096-VE-429) Lina Wu, Borough of Manhattan 3:15PM Louisiana Mathematics Masters in the Community College (1096-C5-1431) (504) Middle. Preliminary report. 3:15PM Symmetry Variation in Hmong Fabric Kathleen D. Lopez*, Patricia Beaulieu, (492) Arts. Preliminary report. University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and Darrah P. Chavey, Beloit College Peter A. Sheppard, EDCI Dept, University (1096-C5-2475) of Louisiana at Lafayette (1096-VE-2489)

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3:30PM Improving the Quality of Instruction in 2:30PM Locally Solvable Subgroups of PLo(I). (505) Middle School Mathematics. (515) Amanda Taylor, Binghamton University Mahmoud A. Yousef*andShing S. (1096-VJ-2708) So, University of Central Missouri 2:45PM On the Character Degree Simplicial (1096-VE-901) (516) Complex of a Finite Solvable Group. 3:45PM Organizing a Middle Grades Summer Preliminary report. (506) Math Camp with Pre-Service Teachers. Sara Jensen, The University of Wisconsin Bethany Noblitt*andBrooke Buckley, Madison (1096-VJ-735) Northern Kentucky University 3:00PM Lower Bounds on the Number of Maximal (1096-VE-77) (517) Subgroups in a Finite Group. 4:00PM Providing opportunities for prospective L. K. Lauderdale, University of Florida (507) teachers to engage in mathematical (1096-VJ-2243) practice and mathematize situations outside of school mathematics. 3:15PM Classifying Families of Polynomial Knots. Preliminary report. (518) Preliminary report. Lynette D Guzman, Michigan State Lee Stemkoski*andSalvatore P Giunta, University (1096-VE-632) Adelphi University (1096-VJ-2653) 4:15PM DivvyingupthePracticeField:Student 3:30PM Absolute resolvents for quartic (508) Solutions. (519) polynomials. Diana S Cheng and Rachel Jones*, Chad Awtrey*, Elon University, Brett Towson University (1096-VE-354) Barkley, University of Maryland, College Park, Jeremy Guinn and Mackenzie 4:30PM Investigating the connections between McCraw, Elon University (1096-VJ-1275) (509) content-based professional development and teachers’ instructional choices. 3:45PM On Classifying the Double Cosets Priya V. Prasad, University of Arizona (520) Hk\Gk/Hk of SL(2,k). (1096-VE-1793) Emma Norbrothen, Plymouth State 4:45PM Authentic Discovery Projects in University (1096-VJ-2389) (510) Elementary Statistics: Implementation 4:00PM Connectivity in Semialgebraic Sets. and Impact on Student Outcomes. (521) Preliminary report. Preliminary report. Hoon Hong, James Rohal*, North Dianna J. Spence*andBrad Carolina State University, Mohab Safey El Bailey, University of North Georgia Din,Université Pierre et Marie Curie, and (1096-VE-1130) Éric Schost, University of Western 5:00PM What is the best approach to teach the Ontario (1096-VJ-2257) (511) Central limit theorem? 4:15PM Use of Topological Data Analysis to Aldo R Maldonado,ParkUniversity (522) investigate species connectivity in the (1096-VE-914) Northern Great Plains Ecoregion. 5:15PM The bane of notation abuse and the Preliminary report. (512) endangered art of symbolic reasoning in Carl Olimb, Southwest Minnesota State mathematics education. Preliminary University (1096-VJ-1699) report. 4:30PM Indicator of Tambara-Yamagami Raymond T. Boute, Ghent University (523) Categories. (1096-VE-1343) Ryan T Johnson, Iowa State University 5:30PM Modeling the variations in students’ (1096-VJ-2250) (513) coordination of units. 4:45PM The number of zeros of linear recurring ,VirginiaTech Steven J Boyce (524) sequences over finite fields. Preliminary (1096-VE-651) report. 5:45PM Jeevan EXP-LOG Method for real, Yasanthi Kottegoda, Southern Illinois (514) imaginary and complex homogeneous University Carbondale (1096-VJ-1907) and non-homogeneous polynomial 5:00PM Tile Counting Group by Invariants. equations. Preliminary report. Jeevan Kumar Neelam, Vaagdevi College (525) Amanda Bright*, Westminster College, of Engineering Warangal (1096-VE-17) MO, Gregory Clark, Westminster College, PA, Brian Keating,Universityof MAA General Contributed Paper Session on California San Diego, Brian Whetter, University of Puget Sound, Kyle Evitts Research in Algebra and Topology, I and Levi Altringer, Linfield College (1096-VJ-1880) 2:15 PM –5:55PM Room 348, BCC 5:15PM An Algebraic Approach to Annular Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western (526) Tilings. New England University Gregory J. Clark, Westminster College Bem Cayco, San Jose State (1096-VJ-1790) University 5:30PM Looking Glass Neofields. Kimberly Presser, (527) Scott Lacy, University of Texas at Shippensburge University Arlington (1096-VJ-1707)

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5:45PM On a wonderful correspondence between 4:30PM Path Elongation of Graphs. Preliminary (528) Hilbert series of unitarizable highest (538) report. weight modules. Preliminary report. Brad Bailey*andDianna J. Spence, Jordan Alexander, Baylor University University of North Georgia (1096-VJ-1312) (1096-VN-1132)

MAA General Contributed Paper Session 4:45PM Representations Arising from an Action (539) on D-neighborhoods of Cayley Graphs. on Research in Graph Theory and Justin R. Hughes, Colorado State Combinatorics, I University (1096-VN-1072)

2:15 PM –5:55PM Room 346, BCC 5:00PM Cyclic Dominating Sets in Cayley Graphs. (540) Matthew Lee Force*, Jon Woltz and Joe Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western DeMaio, Kennesaw State University New England University (1096-VN-714) Bem Cayco, San Jose State 5:15PM The Pac Man Graph: The Roots of a Class University (541) of Partition Polynomials. Preliminary Kimberly Presser, report. Shippensburge University Daniel Parry, Drexel Unviersity 2:15PM On the Existence and Structure of (1096-VN-635) (529) Edge-Regular Graphs. 5:30PM Proper interval p-graphs. Preliminary K. Bragan*, J. Hammer, P. Johnson, Auburn University, and K. Roblee,Troy (542) report. University (1096-VN-2680) Breeann M Flesch*, Western Oregon University, and David E Brown,Utah 2:30PM Distinguished-color rainbow connection State University (1096-VN-571) (530) in graphs. Preliminary report. Janet L. Fierson*andKatherine 5:45PM The Fibonacci Number of the Tadpole Boligitz, La Salle University (543) Graph. Preliminary report. (1096-VN-2677) Joe DeMaio*, Kennesaw State University, and , Link Analytics 2:45PM More Results on Harmoniously Critical John Jacobson (531) Graphs. Preliminary report. (1096-VN-565) Natacha C. Fontes-Merz*, Westminster College, Jeffrey Boerner,Universityof SIAM Minisymposium on Recent Advances in Wisconsin - Stout, and James Anthony, Partial Differential Equations Modeling Westminster College (1096-VN-2647) Physical Systems

3:00PM On cyclic decompositions of Kn−1,n−1 + I (532) into a 2-regular graph with at most 2 2:15 PM –6:10PM Room 325, BCC components. Ellen K Sparks*, St. Anne Community Organizer: Edriss S. Titi,Universityof High School, Adriana Arias, California California Irvine and State University Long Beach, Ryan C. Weizmann Institute of Bunge, Illinois State University, Maira Science Carmona Herrera, Central Washington University, Saad I El-Zanati, Illinois 2:15PM Local formulas for the hydrodynamic State University, and Uthoomporn (544) pressure and applications. Preliminary Jongthawonwuth, Chulalongkorn report. University (1096-VN-2630) Peter Constantin, Princeton University (1096-35-1969) 3:15PM The generalized Terwilliger algebra of a (533) distance-regular graph and a double 2:45PM Wave turbulence closures and limits. affine Hecke algebra. (545) Preliminary report. Jae-Ho Lee,Universityof Zaher Hani, Courant Institute of Wisconsin-Madison (1096-VN-2547) Mathematical Sciences, NYU (1096-35-1243) 3:30PM Finite Factors and Graph Labelings. (534) Andrew Lazowski, Sacred Heart 3:15PM A scattering theory construction University (1096-VN-2364) (546) of dynamical vacuum black hole 3:45PM Hamiltonian Ptolemaic Graphs are Cycle spacetimes. (535) Extendable. Mihalis Dafermos*, Princeton Aydin Gerek*andGarth T. Isaak,Lehigh University/University of Cambridge, University (1096-VN-2238) Gustav Holzegel, Imperial College 4:00PM Graphs defined by systems of equations. London, and Igor Rodnianski,Princeton (536) Brian G. Kronenthal, Kutztown University University/MIT (1096-35-1590) of Pennsylvania (1096-VN-2225) 3:45PM Long time behavior of flow-structure 4:15PM Assembly Number and Loop Saturated (547) interaction without mechanical (537) Graphs. Preliminary report. dissipation. Tilahun A Muche, Savannah State Irena Lasiecka, University of Memphis University, GA (1096-VN-1857) (1096-35-1233)

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4:15PM The Multi-Conﬁguration Time Dependent 2:15PM Using Research to Shape Instruction and (548) Hartree-Fock Equations. (559) Placement in Algebra and Precalculus. Saber Trabelsi, King Abdullah Bernard L. Madison*, University of University of Science and Technology Arkansas, Linda Braddy, MAA, Caren (1096-35-1757) Diefenderfer, Hollins University, and Marilyn Carlson,ArizonaState 4:45PM 2D Boussinesq equations and 2D MHD University (549) equations. Chongsheng Cao, Florida International 2:15PM Learning Mathematics Through University (1096-35-1611) (560) Teaching. 5:15PM Nonlinear lower bounds for linear Karen Graham*, University of New (550) nonlocal operators. Hampshire, Tim Fukawa-Connelly, Peter Constantin and Vlad Vicol*, Drexel University, Sharon Soucy Princeton University (1096-35-1468) McCrone, Neil Portnoy, May Chaar, University of New Hampshire, and Brian 5:45PM On a nonlinear model for tumor growth: Gleason, Nevada State University, Las (551) Global in time weak solutions. Vegas Donatella Donatelli,Universityof L’Aquilla, and Konstantina Trivisa*, 2:15PM Supporting Pedagogical Innovation for a University of Maryland (1096-35-1110) (561) Generation of Transformation via Inquiry-Based Learning in Mathematics MAA Poster Session of Projects Supported by (SPIGOT). the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education Stan Yoshinobu*, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo,, Carol 2:15 PM –4:15PM Exhibit Hall G, 100 Level, BCC Schumacher, Kenyon College, Matthew Jones, California State University, Organizer: Jon Scott, Montgomery Dominguez Hills, and Sandra L. Laursen, College University of Colorado

2:15PM WeBWorK: Improving Student Success in 2:15PM Nebraska Math. (552) Mathematics. (562) Jim Lewis,Universityof Arnold Pizer*, Michael Gage, Vicki Nebraska-Lincoln Roth, University of Rochester, Jason Aubrey, University of Arizona, and John 2:15PM Mathematical ACES: Algebraic Concepts Travis, Mississippi College (563) for Elementary Students. Davida Fischman*, Shawn McMurran, 2:15PM Collaborative Research: Updating the Joseph Jesunathadas, California State (553) WeBWorK National Problem Library. University, San Bernardino, Karla Wells Jeff Holt*, University of Virginia, and and Carol Cronk, Ontario Montclair John Jones, Arizona State University School District 2:15PM STEM Real World Applications of (554) Mathematics. 2:15PM Developing an Innovative Joy Lind, University of Sioux Falls, and (564) Randomization-Based Introductory Darren A. Narayan*, Rochester Institute Statistics Curriculum. of Technology Todd Swanson*, Jill VanderStoep,Hope College, Nathan Tintle, Dordt College, 2:15PM Collaborative Research: Maplets for George Cobb, Mount Holyoke College, (555) Calculus. Allan Rossman, Beth Chance and Soma Philip B. Yasskin*, Texas A&M Roy, California Polytechnic State University, Douglas B. Meade,University University, San Luis Obispo of South Carolina, and Matthew J. Barry, Texas A&M University 2:15PM Kent State University Noyce Scholars (565) Program. 2:15PM Colorado Momentum: Oral Assessment in Joanne Caniglia*, Lisa Donnelly, James (556) the Mathematical Sciences Classroom. Gleeson, Andrew Tonge and John Mary Nelson*, Harvey Segur and Anne Stalvey, Kent State University Dougherty, University of Colorado, Boulder 2:15PM Talented Teachers In Training for Texas 2:15PM Undergraduate Mathematical Biology (566) (T4). (557) Research at Marshall University Anna Keith Hubbard*, Lesa Beverly, Karen Mummert, Marshall University. Embry Jenlink and Dennis Gravatt, Anna Mummert, Marshall University Stephen F. Austin State University

2:15PM Collaborative Research on the Arthropod 2:15PM An NSF MSP - Its Genesis, Goals, (558) Way of Life (CRAWL): Interdisciplinary (567) Activities, and Outcome. Training in Mathematical Biology. Amy Cohen*, Rutgers University, Cecilia Michele L. Joyner*, Darrell Moore, Aria, Lynda Ginsburg and Jennifer V. Thomas C. Jones, Karl Joplin and Edith Jones, Rutgers Center for Math, Science, Seier, East Tennessee State University and Computer Education

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2:15PM Characteristics of Successful Programs in 2:15PM Pathways to Calculus: Disseminating and (568) College Calculus. (578) Scaling Precalculus Curriculum and a David Bressoud*, Macalester College, Professional Development Model for Chris Rasmussen, San Diego State Precalculus Teaching and Learning. University, Vilma Mesa,Universityof Marilyn Carlson,ArizonaState Michigan, and Linda Braddy,MAA University

2:15PM UCI Mathematical and Computational 2:15PM Collaborative Research: Maplets for (569) Biology for Undergraduates (MCBU). (579) Calculus. Frederic Y. Wan, Sarah Eichhorn*, Douglas B. Meade*, Raymond E. German Enciso, John S. Lowengrub and Patenaude, University of South Carolina, J. Lawrence Marsh,Universityof and Philip B. Yasskin,TexasA&M California, Irvine University 2:15PM PRIME: Preparing Regional Increases in 2:15PM Preparing Graduate Students to Teach (580) Mathematics Educators. (570) Undergraduate Mathematics: A Working Teri J. Murphy*, Brooke Buckley, Sarah Conference. Kasten and Bethany Noblitt,Northern Robin Gottlieb*, Harvard University, Kentucky University Natasha Speer, University of Maine, Jack Bookman and Sarah Schott,Duke 2:15PM Delaware State University Scholarships University (581) for Teachers in Mathematics and Science. Rayton Sianjina, Nicola 2:15PM Quantitative Literacy and Reasoning Edwards-Omolewa*, Sabrina McGary, (571) Assessment. Tomasz Smolinski and Cherese Eric Gaze*, Bowdoin College, Linda Winstead, Delaware State University Misener, Southern Maine Community College, and Semra Kilic-Bahi, 2:15PM Paradigms in Physics: Interactive Colby-Sawyer College (582) Electromagnetism Curricular Materials. Tevian Dray*, Corinne Manogue, Emily 2:15PM Noyce at Montclair: Preparing the van Zee, David Roundy and Eric Weber, (572) Effective Elementary Teacher. Oregon State University Steven Greenstein*, Erin Krupa and 2:15PM Attracting Liberal Arts STEM Majors to , Montclair State University Trina Wooten (583) Teaching: Challenges and Successes in our Noyce Program. 2:15PM Research Based Videos for Developing (573) Mathematical Thinking Skills in Proof Catherine A. Roberts*, D. Bukatko, B. Writing and Problem Solving. Bell, D. Bitran, C. A. Roberts and J. , College of the Holy Cross Jim Sandefur*, Georgetown University, Shertzer Kay Somers, Moravian College, and 2:15PM Winthrop Initiative for STEM Educators. Connie Campbell, Millsaps College (584) Joseph Rusinko*, Beth Costner, Cassandra Bell and Kelly Costner, 2:15PM Ithaca College Robert Noyce Teaching Winthrop University (574) Scholarship Program. David Brown*, Michael Rogers, 2:15PM Native American-based Mathematics Matthew Price, Aaron Weinberg, Linda (585) Materials for Integration into Hanrahan, Marty Alderman and Jim Undergraduate Courses. Overhiser, Ithaca College Charles Funkhouser*, Harriet C. Edwards, California State University 2:15PM Emphasizing Core Calculus Concepts Fullerton;, and Miles Pfahl,Turtle (575) Using Biomedical Applications to Engage, Mountain Community College Mentor and Retain STEM Students. Marilyn Reba*, Tauﬁquar Khan, Irina 2:15PM Enhancing the 5 YR Math and Science Viktorova, Ellen Breazel and John (586) Education Programs at SJU. DesJardins, Clemson University Sandra Fillebrown*, Tetyana Berezovski, Michael Clapper, Michael 2:15PM Mathematics Partnering with Computer McCann and Karen Snetselaar,St (576) Sciences to Improve Calculus Instruction Joseph’s University and Learning. 2:15PM The Northeast Tennessee Robert Noyce Calvin L. Williams, Marilyn Reba*and (587) Scholarship Program. Roy Pargas, Clemson University Jeff Knisley*, Aimee Govett, Robert Beeler, Daryl Stephens and Ryan 2:15PM Quantitative and Mathematics Support Nivens, East Tennessee State University (577) Centers Workshop to Develop Handbook of Best Practices. 2:15PM Preparing to Train STEM Professionals as Michael Schuckers*, St. Lawrence (588) Educators. University, Grace Coulombe,Bates Mohammed A. Qazi*, Carlton Morris, College, Mary O’Neill, Hamilton College, Alicia Curry, Michael Curry, Melvin and McKayla Nuffer,St.Lawrence Gadson, Lauretta Garrett and Gerald University Grifﬁn, Tuskegee, University

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2:15PM Distributome: An Interactive Web-based 2:15PM Robert Noyce Teacher Academy at the (589) Resource for Probability Distributions. (600) College of Staten Island (CUNY). Kyle Siegrist*, University of Alabama in Jane Coffee*, Irina Lyublinskaya and Huntsville, Ivo Dinov,Universityof Susan Sullivan, College of Staten Island Michigan, and Dennis Pearl,TheOhio (CUNY) State University 2:15PM Robert Noyce Program in Mathematics at 2:15PM The Alfred University Calculus Initiative (601) the University of Houston-Clear Lake. (590) (AUCI). Thomas Fox*andJana Willis,University Joseph Petrillo*, Darwyn Cook and of Houston - Clear Lake Addison Frey, Alfred University 2:15PM Flipping Calculus at the University of 2:15PM Columbus Region Academy of Future (602) Hartford. Preliminary report. (591) Teachers of STEM. John Williams, Mako Haruta, Jean Tim Howard*, Deborah Gober, McGivney-Burelle, Ben Pollina, Larissa Kimberly Shaw and Cindy Ticknor, B. Schroeder*andFei Xue,Universityof Columbus State University Hartford 2:15PM Mobile Math Apps. 2:15PM Mathematics and Social Advocacy. (592) *, , Doug Ensley Lea Adams (603) Sandra Kingan*andJeff Suzuki, Shippensburg University, and Barbara Brooklyn College, City University of New Kaskosz, University of Rhode Island York 2:15PM Math in the City. (593) Petronela Radu*, Alexandra Seceleanu, 2:15PM Central Washington University Robert Katie Haymaker and Stephen Hartke, (604) Noyce Scholarship Program: Science and University of Nebraska-Lincoln Mathematics Alliance for the Retention of Teachers (SMART). 2:15PM Recruiting and Preparing Mathematics Janet Shiver*, Chris Black, Martha (594) Majors for Houston-Area Classrooms: Kurtz, Jan Byers-Kirsch and Tim Sorey, The University of Houston-Downtown Central Washington University Noyce Mathematics Teacher Scholarship Program. 2:15PM Student Presentations; Engaging Timothy A. Redl*, Rebecca J. Quander, (605) Students and ”Delivering” Content. Nancy A. Leveille, Jacqueline J. Sack Katie Mawhinney, Appalachian State and Michael L. Connell,Universityof University Houston-Downtown 2:15PM Collaborative Research: Developing 2:15PM Mathematical Reasoning and (606) Inquiry Oriented Instructional Materials (595) Argumentation: What are the for Linear Algebra. Tripping Points for Mathematics and Megan Wawro*, Virginia Tech, Michelle Non-mathematics Undergraduates? Zandieh, Arizona State University, Chris K. Ann Renninger*, D. Abram Lipman Rasmussen, San Diego State University, and Allison Gantt, Swarthmore College and Christine Andrews-Larson,Florida State University 2:15PM Collaborative Research: Maplets for (596) Calculus – Incorporating the M4C into 2:15PM Should I Unplug? MathLynx. (607) Lori Carmack, Salisbury University John A. Velling*, Brooklyn College and 2:15PM Undergraduate Sustainability the CUNY Graduate Center, Terrence (608) Experiences in Mathematics. Blackman, University of Colorado, *, Shippensburg Denver, and Jerald Smith,MathLynx Benjamin Galluzzo Project (1096-00-1350) University, and Corrine Taylor, Wellesley College 2:15PM Discovery Learning Projects in (597) Introductory Statistics. 2:15PM Collaboration, Observation, and Revision: Dianna Spence*andBrad Bailey, (609) Lesson Study in Teacher Preparation. University of North Georgia Usha Kotelawala*andRobert Graham, Fordham University (1096-00-2033) 2:15PM Quantitative Reasoning for Business: an (598) Inquiry-Based Approach. 2:15PM Preparing Students for Business, Victor Piercey, Ferris State University (610) Industry, and Government Careers (Pre-BIG). 2:15PM PREP: MAA’s Professional Development Michael Dorff*, Brigham Young (599) Program. University, Linda Braddy, MAA, Reza Nancy Hastings*, Dickinson College, Malek-Madani, U.S. Naval Academy, and Barbara Edwards, Oregon State Suzanne Weekes, Worcester Polytechnic University, ,Texas Nathaniel Dean Institute State University San Marco, Virginia Buchanan, Hiram College, Mike 2:15PM Revitalizing Complex Analysis at the Brilleslyper, United States Air Force (611) Undergraduate Level. Academy, Linda Braddy, MAA, Jenna Russell Howell*, Westmont College, Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University, Alan Noel, Oklahoma State University, and Jon Scott, Montgomery College and Paul Zorn, St. Olaf College

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2:15PM Dynamic Visualization Tools for 2:15PM Playing Games with a Purpose: A New (612) Multivariable Calculus. (624) Approach to Teaching and Learning Paul Seeburger*, Monroe Community Statistics. College, and Monica VanDieren,Robert Shonda R. Kuiper*, Grinnell College, Morris University Rodney Sturdivant, Billy Kaczynski, John Jackson and Kevin Cummiskey, 2:15PM Modules for Teaching Statistics with United States Military Academy (613) Pedagogies using Active Learning (MTStatPAL). 2:15PM Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Tom Cheatham, Nancy McCormick, (625) Program at California State University, Scott McDaniel, Ginger Holmes Stanislaus: Teachers from the Valley, for Rowell*, Jeremy Strayer, Natasha the Valley. Gerstenschlager and Brandon Hanson, Viji Sundar, California State Middle Tennessee State University University-Stanislaus

2:15PM Mathematics as a FirstSTEP to Success in AMS-ASA-MAA-SIAM Special Presentation (614) STEM. Tom Cheatham, Donald Nelson, Elaine 2:15 PM –3:45PM Room 336, BCC Bouldin Tenpenny, Ginger Holmes Rowell*, Chris Stephens, Brittany Smith INGenIOuS: Workforce preparation for and Jennifer Yantz, Middle Tennessee students in the mathematical sciences. State University Organizers: John Bailer,Miami University 2:15PM Tree and Graph Structures in the Java Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana (615) Programming Language. Tech University Joan M. Lucas*andRebecca Smith,The College at Brockport, State University of William Jaco,Oklahoma New York State University Peter Turner,Clarkson 2:15PM Transforming Linear Algebra Education University (616) with GeoGebra Applets. James D. Factor*andSusan Paul Zorn, St. Olaf College Pustejovsky, Alverno College MAA-Young Mathematicians’ Network Panel 2:15PM Collaborative Research: Linear Algebra in Discussion (617) New Environments (LINE). William O. Martin*, North Dakota State 2:15 PM –3:35PM Room 316, BCC University, Laurel Cooley, Brooklyn College, CUNY, and Draga Vidakovic, Career options for undergraduate Georgia State University mathematics majors. Organizers: Timothy Goldberg, 2:15PM Hampton University Robert Noyce Lenoir-Rhyne University (618) Teacher Scholarship Program: Advancing A Research Focused Agenda for Ralucca Gera, Naval Pre-Service Math and Biology Teachers. Posgraduate School Carolyn B. Morgan*andClair Berube, Panelists: Emily Kessler, Society of Hampton University Actuaries Rebecca Goldin,George 2:15PM Open the Gate Robert Noyce Teacher Mason University (619) Scholars Program. Ruth Cossey*, Mills College, Margo Mc John Workman,The Inturff, Montera Middle School, Oakland Advisory Board Company Uniﬁed School District, and Steve Luntz, Kim Sacra, National Security Mills College Agency 2:15PM Math Images. MAA-NSF Panel Discussion (620) Gene Klotz, Swarthmore College 2:15 PM –3:35PM Room 327, BCC 2:15PM Creating Effective Online Homework (621) Problems in Calculus (Using WeBWorK). NSF programs supporting learning, Paul Seeburger, Monroe Community teaching, and the future workforce in College mathematics. 2:15PM When Zombies Attack: Laboratory Organizers: Lee Zia, National Science (622) Experiences in Mathematical Biology. Foundation Andrea Bruder*, B. Kohler, M. Kummel Michael Jacobson,National and J. Powell, Colorado College Science Foundation

2:15PM Lurch, Educational Software for Writing Ron Buckmire,National (623) Proofs. Science Foundation Kenneth Monks*, University of Scranton, Jennifer Pearl,National and Nathan Carter, Bentley University Science Foundation

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AWM Panel Discussion 4:15PM Realization spaces of phased matroids. (633) Amanda Ruiz, Harvey Mudd College 2:15 PM –3:40PM Room 326, BCC (1096-05-2752)

Building a research career in 4:30PM Macaulay decomposability and the ﬂag mathematics. (634) f -vectors of generalized colored complexes. Organizers: Bettye Ann Case,Florida Kai Fong Ernest Chong,Cornell State University University (1096-05-1883) Christina Sormani,City 4:45PM A combinatorial duality theorem for University of New York (635) syzygies of Veronese ideals of weighted Panelists: Ruth Charney,Brandeis projective space. University Stepan Paul, California Polytechnic State Joan Hutchinson, University (1096-13-985) Macalester College, Smith 5:00PM An Elementary Construction of a Hive College emerita (636) Associated to a Hermitian Matrix Pair, Deleram Kahrobaei, with Interpretations of Littelmann Path CUNYGC and NYC College of Operators. Preliminary report. Technology Glenn Appleby*andTamsen Whitehead, Santa Clara University Tanya Leise,Amherst (1096-05-1855) College 5:15PM On Virtual Group Presentation. Chikako Mese,John Hopkins University (637) Mayra Lopez and Noureen Khan*, University of North Texas at Dallas Judy Walker,Universityof (1096-55-2614) Nebraska 5:30PM A Bivariant Theory for Quasi-Projective (638) Schemes. AMS Session on Geometric Applications of Mona Mocanasu, Metropolitan State Combinatorics and K-Theory University of Denver (1096-19-645)

2:30 PM –5:55PM Room 312, BCC 5:45PM The Real K-theory of compact Lie groups. (639) Chi-Kwong Fok, Cornell University 2:30PM Using a Generalization of Young (1096-19-702) (626) Diagrams to Study a Normality Problem. Ellen J. Goldstein, Boston College AMS Session on Mathematical Modeling and (1096-14-1223) Mathematical Biology 2:45PM Combinatorics of diagrams of (627) permutations. Preliminary report. 2:30 PM –5:25PM Room 305, BCC Joel Brewster Lewis,Universityof Minnesota, and Alejandro H. Morales*, 2:30PM Data clustering algorithms for LaCIM, UniversitéduQuébec àMontréal (640) ultrasound imaging of atherosclerotic (1096-05-2473) plaques. Amanda J Mangum*, Biomathematics 3:00PM Monomial Principalization in the Singular Graduate Program, NC State University, (628) Setting. and Mansoor A. Haider, NC State Corey Harris, Florida State University University (1096-92-2070) (1096-14-2470) PM 3:15PM Peterson Varieties: a Uniform Giambelli’s 2:45 Exploring the Uniformity of (629) Formula. (641) Transmembrane Alpha-helix. Elizabeth Drellich,Universityof Jack Quine, Florida State University, and Massachusetts, Amherst (1096-05-1623) Yuanting Lu*, Mercer University (1096-92-1789) 3:30PM New aspects of lattice regions whose (630) tilings are enumerated by perfect 3:00PM A mathematical model of macrophage powers. (642) reverse cholesterol transport by high Tri Lai, Indiana University Bloomington density lipoproteins. (1096-05-625) Lake R Ritter, Southern Polytechnic State University (1096-92-244) 3:45PM Lozenge tilings, the weak Lefschetz (631) property, and Laplace equations. 3:15PM Optimal Control and Analysis David Cook II*, University of Notre (643) of a Coupled ODE/PDE Dame, and Uwe Nagel,Universityof Immuno-epidemiological Model. Kentucky (1096-05-137) Eric S Numfor, University of Tennessee (1096-92-756) 4:00PM Tilings of Annular Regions. (632) Kyle Evitts*, Linfield College, Brian 3:30PM Effects of connectivity on dynamic Whetter, University of Puget Sound, and (644) behavior in neural networks. Brian Keating, University of California: Anca R. Radulescu,Universityof San Diego (1096-51-1246) Colorado at Boulder (1096-92-2739)

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3:45PM Linear algebra of the Crow-Kimura Steve Horton, United States (645) quasispecies model. Military Academy Artem S. Novozhilov*, NDSU, Yuri ,National Semenov, Moscow State University of Robert Campbell Railway Engineering, Moscow, Russia, Security Agency and Alexander Bratus, Lomonosov Glenn Lilly,National Moscow State University (1096-92-1170) Security Agency 4:00PM Using FTLEs to Find Optimal Extinction (646) Paths in Stochastic Population Models. MAA Section Ofﬁcers Martha Bauver*, Lora Billings and Eric Forgoston, Montclair State University 4:00 PM –5:00PM Holiday Ballroom (1096-92-1191) 6, 2nd Floor, Hilton 4:15PM Simulating Bistable Population Models. (647) Michael Morley*, Lora Billings and Eric Chair: Rick Gillman,Valparaiso Forgoston, Montclair State University University (1096-92-1193) 4:30PM Stochastic Modeling and Control of a Reception for Undergraduate Students (648) Population. Jamila Haramuniz*, Lora Billings 4:00 PM –5:00PM Swing Hall, 100 Level, BCC and Eric Forgoston, Montclair State University (1096-92-1194) AMS Committee on the Profession Panel 4:45PM Distance-based phylogenetic methods Discussion (649) near a polytomy. Ruth Davidson*andSeth Sullivant, 4:30 PM –6:00PM Room 336, BCC North Carolina State University (1096-92-1142) Online courses: Beneﬁts and pitfalls. 5:00PM The Neural Ring: An Algebraic Tool for Organizers: Dan Abramovich,Brown (650) Analyzing the Intrinsic Structure of University Neural Codes. Nora Youngs*, Carina Curto, Vladimir Patricia Hersh,North Itskov, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Carolina State University and Alan Veliz-Cuba,Universityof Moderator: Abigail Thompson, Houston (1096-92-1798) University of California, 5:15PM The enumeration of H&S pseudoknots. Davis (651) Preliminary report. Aziza F Jefferson, University of Florida Panelists: Tina Garrett,St.Olaf (1096-05-1714) College Robert Ghrist,Universityof MAA Invited Address Pennsylvania

3:20 PM –4:10PM Ballrooms I&II, 400 Level, BCC William (Brit) E. Kirwan, University System of (652) Effective thinking and mathematics. Maryland Michael Starbird, University of Texas at Austin (1096-A0-10) Randy McCarthy, University of Illinois at AWM Business Meeting Urbana-Champaign MAA Minicourse #3: Part A 3:45 PM –4:15PM Room 326, BCC

MAA-Young Mathematicians’ Network Panel 4:45 PM –6:45PM Room 342, BCC Discussion Improvisation for the mathematics classroom. 3:50 PM –5:10PM Room 316, BCC Presenter: Andrea Young,Ripon What experiences matter on your College resum´e? Organizers: Kristine Roinestad, MAA Minicourse #7: Part A Georgetown College Ralucca Gera, Naval 4:45 PM –6:45PM Stadium Ballrooms 4 & 5, Posgraduate School 2nd Floor, Marriott Inner Harbor Panelists: Michael Bardzell, Salisbury University Mathematics and dance. Derrick Stolee, Iowa State Presenter: Karl Schaffer,DeAnza University College

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MAA Minicourse: #11: Part A 8:20AM Using Video Case-Studies to Develop (657) Proof Writing Skills. Preliminary report. 4:45 PM –6:45PM Room 343, BCC Connie Campbell*, Millsaps College, James Sandefur, Georgetown University, Public and private-key cryptography. and Kay Somers, Moravian College Presenters: Chris Christensen, (1096-D1-365) Northern Kentucky 8:40AM Using Portfolios in an Introduction to University (658) Proofs Course. Preliminary report. Jeffrey Ehme,Spelman Frederick M Butler, York College of College Pennsylvania (1096-D1-701) 9:00AM Writing Assignments in an Introduction MAA SIGMAA on the History of Mathematics (659) to Proofs Course. Preliminary report. Business Meeting, Reception, and Guest Kate Overmoyer, Clarion University of Lecture Pennsylvania (1096-D1-1126) 9:20AM Developing community norms for proof: 5:30 PM –7:20PM Room 341, BCC (660) forum discussions of the nature and import of proof. Preliminary report. 5:30PM Business Meeting and Reception; lecture immediately following at 6:30 p.m. Kristin A. Camenga, Houghton College (1096-D1-2266) (653) The notebooks of George Washington on 9:40AM Evaluating Peers’ Arguments as the arithmetic, geometry, trigonometry, (661) Catalyst for Learning in an Introduction logarithms and surveying. Preliminary to Proofs Course. Preliminary report. report. Sarah K. Bleiler, Middle Tennessee State V. Frederick Rickey,WestPoint University (1096-D1-1150) (1096-A0-497) 10:00AM Integrating the Elements of an Reception for Graduate Students and (662) Introductory Proof Course. First-Time Participants Ockle E Johnson, Keene State College (1096-D1-2132) 5:30 PM –6:30PM Grand Ballroom, 1st 10:20AM Introduction to Proofs as A Survey Floor, Marriott Inner Harbor (663) Course in Mathematics. William W. Johnston, Butler University AMS Josiah Willard Gibbs Lecture (1096-D1-1752) 10:40AM Successes and Failures of Inquiry Based 8:30 PM –9:30PM Ballrooms I&II, 400 Level, BCC (664) Learning in an Introduction to Proofs Course. Preliminary report. (654) Machines that see, powered by Rachel Esselstein, California State probability. University Monterey Bay (1096-D1-1375) Andrew Blake, Microsoft Research 11:00AM How important is the ﬁnal answer? : Cambridge (665) Using inquiry-based learning in an introductory proofs course. Susan Crook, Loras College (1096-D1-2418) 11:20AM Using an Inquiry-Based Learning (666) Approach in Introduction to Proofs and Advanced Calculus Courses. Preliminary Thursday, January 16 report. Joint Meetings Registration Jim Fulmer*andTom McMillan, University of Arkansas at Little Rock (1096-D1-2440) 7:30 AM –4:00PM Pratt Street Lobby, 300 Level, BCC 11:40AM Using Formal and Informal Proof Writing (667) in an Introduction to Proofs Course. MAA Session on Bridging the Gap: Designing Katherine J. Mawhinney, Appalachian State University (1096-D1-1639) an Introduction to Proofs Course AMS Session on Combinatorics, II 7:40 AM – 11:55 AM Room 339, BCC Organizer: Sarah Mabrouk, 7:45 AM – 11:55 AM Room 312, BCC Framingham State University 7:45AM Fixed-point rotation families of cellular 7:40AM Teach What You Do. (668) automorphisms. (655) Clark Wells, Grand Valley State Lowell Abrams, George Washington University (1096-D1-2104) University (1096-05-446) 8:00AM The Evolution of an Introduction to Proofs 8:00AM On matroid minors that guarantee their (656) Course. (669) duals as minors. Susanna S. Epp,DePaulUniversity Jesse Taylor, Louisiana State University (1096-D1-1982) (1096-05-1076)

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8:15AM A Characterization of Tangle Matroids. 11:45AM Extending Patches to Fullerenes. (670) Dennis W. Hall, Louisiana State (684) Preliminary report. University (1096-05-1585) Christina Graves,TheUniversityof Texas at Tyler, Jennifer McLoud-Mann*, 8:30AM Matroids that are extremal with respect University of Washington Bothell, and (671) to Bixby’s Lemma. Kristen Stagg,TheUniversityofTexasat Tyler Moss, Louisiana State University Tyler (1096-05-2495) (1096-05-1681) 8:45AM Polynomial-Generated Orthogonal Latin AMS Session on Natural Resource Modeling (672) Squares and Hypercubes. and Mathematical Biology Daniel R Droz, Penn State University (1096-05-2236) 7:45 AM – 11:40 AM Room 305, BCC 9:00AM A Multiset Generalization of t-Designs. 7:45AM Mathematical Model of Infection Risk to (673) Preliminary report. (685) Travelers Entering Malaria Endemic Ryan K Therkelsen, Bellarmine Regions. University (1096-05-1966) Nairat Kanyamee, Silpakorn University 9:15AM Intractable Sums Tamed: New Upper (1096-92-1581) (674) Bounds for Covering Arrays. Preliminary 8:00AM Modeling the Effects of Age-Speciﬁc report. (686) Harvesting on Connected Subpopulations Ruyue (Julia) Yuan*, Valparaiso of Marine Fish Using a Discrete Age University, and Zoe Koch,Universityof Continuous Time Approach. Utah (1096-05-385) Elizabeth L Councill,Universityof 9:30AM Conjectures and questions on coin Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and (675) graphs in the Euclidean plane. Atmospheric Science (1096-92-1617) Geir Agnarsson,GeorgeMason 8:15AM Effect of predators in dynamics of niche University, and Jill Bigley Dunham*, (687) construction. Hood College (1096-05-2625) Faina Berezovskaya,HowardUniversity (1096-92-1277) 9:45AM Increasing Representations in Additive (676) Bases. Preliminary report. 8:30AM Effects of Stochastic Variation in Zoe Koch,UniversityofUtah (688) Resource Availability in Ecological (1096-05-653) Community Structure. Seth D. Haney*andAdam Siepielski, 10:00AM Zero-Sum Rado Numbers for some Linear University of San Diego (1096-92-2549) (677) Equations. 8:45AM Symbolic Solutions For Radial-Symmetric Chad B Birger*, University of Sioux Falls, (689) and Axial-Symmetric Groundwater Flow and Daniel Schaal, South Dakota State in Term of Special Functions. Preliminary University (1096-05-2322) report. 10:15AM G-Ham Sandwich Theorems: Harmonic A. Bass Bagayogo, Saint-Boniface (678) Analysis on Finite Measures. University (1096-35-2483) Steven Simon, Wellesley College 9:00AM A Structured Avian Inﬂuenza Model with (1096-05-1990) (690) Imperfect Vaccination. 10:30AM Probabilistic methods for minimum skew Hayriye Gulbudak, University of Florida (679) rank of graphs. (1096-92-2480) Sudipta Mallik, University of Wyoming 9:15AM A stoichiometric producer-grazer model (1096-05-1278) (691) incorporating the effects of excess 10:45AM Modeling functional connectivity of the food-nutrient content on consumer (680) human brain and gauging the effects of dynamics. sub-concussive hits on athletes. Angela L Peace*andYang Kuang, Anthony Harkin and Darren A Arizona State University (1096-92-1816) Narayan*, Rochester Institute of 9:30AM Mathematically Decomposing an Technology (1096-05-1555) (692) Ecological Network into Self-Sustaining Building Blocks. 11:00AM Two-Player Variation on Graph Pebbling. Linh Ngoc Khanh Huynh, Rice University (681) Preliminary report. (1096-92-188) Matthew J Prudente, Lehigh University (1096-05-1640) 9:45AM The Inherent Randomness of Evolving (693) Populations. 11:15AM Sprague-Grundy Values of the R-Wythoff Marc A Harper, University of California, (682) Game. Los Angeles (1096-92-1240) Albert Gu, Carnegie Mellon University 10:00AM Two-Sample Tests and Recursive (1096-05-2646) (694) Partitioning with Latent Responses: 11:30AM The Origami Miura Map Fold and Graph Application to HIV Genetics. (683) Colorings. Shannon Stock*, College of the Holy Jessica E Ginepro*andThomas C Hull, Cross, and Victor DeGruttola, Western New England University Department of Biostatistics, Harvard (1096-05-854) School of Public Health (1096-92-1801)

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10:15AM Mathematical Modeling of the HIV/AIDS 10:00AM A cochain complex for interior penalty (695) Epidemic in Cuba. Preliminary report. (705) methods: error estimates and multigrid Antonio Mastroberardino*, Penn State through differential relations. Erie, The Behrend College, Yuanji Cheng, G. Kanschat and Natasha S. Sharma*, Malmo University, Ahmed Abdelrazec, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, York University, and Hao Liu,Arizona Germany (1096-35-1057) State University (1096-92-1654) 10:30AM L2 and pointwise error estimates for FEM 10:30AM A Hybrid Model of Hospital Infection (706) for elliptic PDE on surfaces. (696) Spread. Fernando Camacho*andAlan Demlow, Lester F. Caudill*andBarry Lawson, University of Kentucky (1096-65-2382) University of Richmond (1096-92-2375) 11:00AM Computational modeling of polycrystals: (707) accuracy and sensitivity analysis. 10:45AM Mathematical Model of (697) Carbapenem-Resistant Maria Emelianenko*, George Mason Enterobacteriaceae with Prevalence University, Claudio Torres,Universidad Settings. Preliminary report. Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile, and Mohammed Yahdi*andHongli Chen, Dmitry Golovaty,UniversityofAkron Ursinus College (1096-92-2566) (1096-65-1380) 11:30AM Eventual linear convergence of the 11:00AM Predicting the time and mechanism for (708) Douglas-Rachford iteration for basis (698) resistance in prostate cancer patients pursuit. undergoing androgen suppression Xiangxiong Zhang, MIT (1096-65-1284) therapy. Rebecca A. Everett*andYang Kuang, AMS Special Session on Advances in Analysis Arizona State University (1096-92-1827) and PDEs, II 11:15AM Modeling Stochasticity and Variability (699) in Gene Regulatory Networks with 8:00 AM – 11:45 AM Room 332, BCC Applications for Optimal Control. David Murrugarra,GeorgiaTech Organizers: Tepper L. Gill,Howard (1096-92-406) University Daniel A. Williams,Howard 11:30AM Precise Mass Measurements of Ions. University (700) Jeremy N. Ariche, Morehouse College (1096-92-2133) 8:00AM Towards a Comprehensive Stability (709) Theory for Feynman’s Operational AMS-SIAM Special Session on Mathematics of Calculus: The Time Independent Setting. Computation: Differential Equations, Linear Preliminary report. Algebra, and Applications, II Lance Nielsen, Creighton University (1096-47-1079)

8:00 AM – 11:50 AM Room 320, BCC 8:30AM Existence And Stability In Ageostrophic (710) Flows With Viscoelastic-type Reynolds Organizers: Susanne C. Brenner, Stress. Louisiana State University Maleaﬁsha Stephen Tladi,Universityof Limpopo, South Africa (1096-35-412) Chi-Wang Shu,Brown 9:00AM ”On the quasi-potential for 2-D University (711) Navier-Stokes equations perturbed by 8:00AM Robust Polynomial Preserving Recovery spacetimewhitenoise”. (701) On Boundary. Sandra Cerrai, University of Maryland, Hailong Guo, Zhimin Zhang and College Park (1096-60-561) Ren Zhao*, Wayne State University 10:00AM ”Graph Paper” Trace Characterizations of (1096-65-1719) (712) Functions of Finite Energy. 8:30AM Recovering exponential accuracy from Robert S. Strichartz, Cornell University (702) collocation point values of smooth (1096-46-277) functions with end-point singularities. 11:00AM Nonlinear ﬂows and rigidity results on Zheng Chen*andChi-Wang Shu,Brown (713) compact manifolds. University (1096-65-720) Jean Dolbeault, Maria J. Esteban, CEREMADE Universite Paris Dauphine, 9:00AM Robust Methods for Eigenvalue and *, Georgia Tech (703) Computations in Linear Stability Analysis. Michael Loss (1096-35-207) Howard C Elman*, University of Maryland, and Minghao Wu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1096-65-1559) AMS Special Session on Algebraic Geometry, III 9:30AM A posteriori error estimates for (704) biharmonic eigenvalue problems. 8:00 AM – 11:45 AM Room 303, BCC Preliminary report. Joscha Gedicke, Louisiana State Organizers: Christopher Hacon, University (1096-65-1902) University of Utah

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Zsolt Patakfalvi,Princeton 11:00AM On some ternary algebras in knot theory. University (723) Preliminary report. 8:00AM Pseudo-effective numerical classes with Maciej Niebrzydowski,Universityof (714) vanishing pushforward. Louisiana at Lafayette (1096-57-1389) Mihai Fulger*, Princeton University, 11:30AM Torsion in One-term Distributive Brian Lehmann,RiceUniversity,Xiaolei (724) Homology. Zhao and Zhixian Zhu,Universityof Alissa S. Crans*, Loyola Marymount Michigan (1096-14-75) University, Jozef Przytycki,George 9:00AM On Betti numbers of tautological rings of Washington University, and Krzysztof (715) Jacobians and Pryms. Preliminary report. Putyra, Columbia University Maxim V Arap, Johns Hopkins University (1096-22-1495) (1096-14-644) 10:00AM The Chow ring of the moduli space of AMS Special Session on Analytic Number (716) genus 6 curves. Theory, I Nikola Penev, Stanford, and Ravi Vakil*, Stanford University (1096-14-2369) 8:00 AM – 11:50 AM Room 329, BCC 11:00AM Discussion Organizers: Angel Kumchev,Towson AMS Special Session on Algebraic Structures University Motivated by Knot Theory, III Scott Parsell, West Chester University 8:00 AM – 11:50 AM Room 328, BCC Gang Yu, Kent State Organizers: Mieczyslaw K. Dabkowski, University University of Texas at Dallas 8:00AM Finite Euler product approximations of Jozef Przytycki,George (725) the Riemann zeta-function. Washington University Steven M. Gonek, University of Rochester Radmila Sazdanovic, (1096-11-804) University of Pennsylvania 8:30AM Pair correlation of the zeros of the Alexander N. (726) derivative of the Riemann ξ-function. Shumakovitch,George David W Farmer, American Institute of Washington University Mathematics, Steven M Gonek and Hao Wu, George Washington Yoonbok Lee*, University of Rochester University (1096-11-509) 8:00AM Elements of Khovanov Homology. 9:00AM Low-lying zeros of elliptic curve (717) Preliminary report. (727) L-functions: Beyond the ratios conjecture. Louis H. Kauffman, University of Illinois Daniel Fiorilli*, University of Michigan, at Chicago (1096-57-1424) James Parks, University of Lethbridge, and Anders Sodergren¨ ,Universityof 8:30AM The many versions of odd Khovanov (718) homology. Preliminary report. Copenhagen (1096-11-897) Krzysztof Karol Putyra,Columbia 9:30AM Non-vanishing of derivatives of University (1096-17-2649) (728) L-functions. Preliminary report. 9:00AM An infinite rank summand of Ram M Murty and Naomi Tanabe*, (719) topologically slice knots. Preliminary Queen’s University (1096-11-539) report. 10:00AM The mean square of the Riemann Jennifer Hom, Columbia University (729) zeta-function and its twists. Preliminary (1096-57-846) report. 9:30AM A bordered monopole Floer theory. J. Brian Conrey, American Institute of (720) Preliminary report. Mathematics (1096-11-2024) Jonathan M Bloom*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and John A 10:30AM Computing class numbers beyond (730) Odlyzko’s bounds: Real cyclotomic fields. Baldwin, Boston College (1096-57-838) John C. Miller,RutgersUniversity 10:00AM Homology for quandles with partial (1096-11-631) (721) group operations. Preliminary report. J. Scott Carter,Universityof 11:00AM Explicit estimates for ψ(x). South Alabama, Atsushi Ishii, (731) Laura Faber, Habiba Kadiri*andAllysa University of Tsukuba, and Masahico Lumley, University of Lethbridge Saito*, University of South Florida (1096-11-1499) (1096-57-1174) 11:30AM Large values of the zeta function at 10:30AM Self-, multi- and G-distributivity with a (732) critical points. Preliminary report. (722) braided flavor. Hugh L. Montgomery*, University of Victoria Lebed, Advanced Mathematical Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Steven Institute, Osaka City University M. Gonek, University of Rochester (1096-17-299) (1096-11-2371)

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AMS Special Session on Applied Harmonic 11:30AM Crossed products and MF algebras. Analysis: Large Data Sets, Signal Processing, (742) Weihua Li*, Columbia College Chicago, and Inverse Problems, III and Stefanos Orfanos,DePaulUniversity (1096-46-34) 8:00 AM – 11:45 AM Room 315, BCC AMS Special Session on Complex Dynamics, I Organizers: Mauro Maggioni,Duke (a Mathematics Research Communities University Session) Naoki Saito,Universityof California, Davis 8:00 AM – 11:50 AM Room 322, BCC Thomas Strohmer, Organizers: Scott Kaschner,University University of California, of Arizona Davis Holly Krieger, 8:00AM Geometric methods for graph Massachusetts Institute of (733) partitioning. Preliminary report. Technology Braxton Osting, University of California, Paul Reschke,Universityof Los Angeles (1096-49-1050) Michigan 9:00AM Interpolation via weighted l1 8:00AM Shapes of Polynomial Julia Sets. (734) minimization. (743) Kathryn A. Lindsey, Cornell University Rachel A Ward*, University of Texas at (1096-37-317) Austin, and Holger Rauhut,Aachen 8:30AM Approximation of Julia sets with University (1096-65-2100) (744) computer assisted validation for complex analytic dynamical systems. 10:00AM Optimal Shrinkage of Singular values (735) and Eigenvalues. J. D. Mireles James*, Rutgers University, David L. Donoho*andMatan Gavish, and Haripriya Chakraborty,University Stanford University (1096-94-2769) of Deleware (1096-37-515) 9:00AM On the bifurcation locus of cubic 11:00AM Estimation of probability measures in (745) polynomials and the size of Siegel disks. (736) high dimensions, with optimal transport Ilies Zidane, University of Toulouse and fast algorithms. (1096-37-2110) Mauro Maggioni, Duke University (1096-60-2768) 9:30AM Rational Maps: Julia sets from accessible (746) Mandelbrot sets are not homeomorphic. AMS Special Session on Classification Elizabeth L. Fitzgibbon*, Boston University, and Stefano Silvestri, Indiana Problems in Operator Algebras, III University-Purdue University Indianapolis (1096-30-819) 8:00 AM – 11:50 AM Room 331, BCC 10:00AM Parameter Space Structures for Singular Organizers: Ionut Chifan,Universityof (747) Perturbations of Polynomials. Iowa Daniel Cuzzocreo,BostonUniversity (1096-37-1078) David Penneys,University of Toronto 10:30AM Periodic points in towers of finite fields ∗ (748) for polynomials associated to algebraic 8:00AM Nuclearity for C -algebras with real rank groups. (737) zero. Preliminary report. Bianca A. Thompson*andMichelle Nicola Watson, University of Toronto Manes, University of Hawaii at Manoa (1096-47-1613) (1096-11-552) 8:30AM Upper triangular forms for elements of 11:00AM Haar Measures and Hausdorff (738) finite von Neumann algebras. (749) Dimensions of p-adic Julia Sets. Ken Dykema*, Texas A&M University, Preliminary report. Fedor Sukochev and Dmitriy Zanin, Joanna Marie Furno, Dickinson College University of New South Wales (1096-37-2094) (1096-46-1779) 11:30AM p-adic Mandelbrot sets and their 9:30AM The structure of simple operator (750) boundaries. (739) algebras. Preliminary report. Jacqueline Anderson, Bridgewater State Nate Brown, Penn State (1096-46-1607) University (1096-37-418) 10:30AM Results on Nuclearity and Exactness for ∗ AMS Special Session on Computability in (740) Groupoid Crossed Product C -algebras. Preliminary report. Geometry and Topology, I Scott M. LaLonde, Dartmouth College 8:00 AM – 11:50 AM Room 319, BCC (1096-47-1709) 11:00AM The effect of homotopies of groupoid Organizers: Mieczyslaw Dabkowski, (741) 2-cocycles on C∗-algebraic K-theory. University of Texas at Dallas Elizabeth A. Gillaspy, Dartmouth Rumen D. Dimitrov, College (1096-19-1825) Western Illinois University

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8:00AM Notions of degree spectra. 10:30AM Almost Hyperbolic—Flat Strips are “Rare” (751) Valentina Harizanov,TheGeorge (763) in Rank One CAT(0) Spaces. Washington University (1096-03-1364) Russell M Ricks, University of Michigan (1096-51-2453) 9:00AM Computability in Cantor space and in (752) orderings of an abelian group. 11:00AM Quasi-isometry properties of subdivision Reed Solomon, University of Connecticut (764) rules. (1096-03-925) Brian C Rushton,TempleUniversity 9:30AM Ordering algebraic structures on trees. (1096-57-2147) (753) Jennifer Chubb Reimann,Universityof 11:30AM A Space of CAT(-1) structures. San Francisco (1096-03-2219) (765) Preliminary report. 10:00AM The Power of Uniform Distribution Sang-hyun Kim,KAIST,andGenevieve S (754) Randomness. Walsh*, Tufts University (1096-57-2619) Wesley C Calvert*, Southern Illinois University, and Johanna N. Y. Franklin, AMS Special Session on Graph Theory: University of Connecticut (1096-03-1729) Structural and Extremal Problems, III 10:30AM Computability in the class of Real Closed (755) Fields. 8:00 AM – 11:50 AM Room 330, BCC Victor A. Ocasio, University of Notre Dame (1096-03-1138) Organizers: Daniel Cranston,Virginia Commonwealth University 11:00AM Effective Symmetry Breaking. (756) Rebecca M. Steiner, Vanderbilt Gexin Yu, College of William University (1096-03-2131) &Mary 11:30AM Algebraic existential quantifiers. 8:00AM Beyond Ohba’s Conjecture: A bound on (757) Michael Chris Laskowski,Universityof (766) the choice number of k-chromatic graphs Maryland (1096-03-1680) with n vertices. Jonathan A. Noel, McGill University, AMS Special Session on Geometric Group Douglas B. West*, Zhejiang Normal Theory, I (a Mathematics Research University and University of Illinois, Communities Session) Hehui Wu, Simon Fraser University, and Xuding Zhu, Zhejiang Normal University (1096-05-1609) 8:00 AM – 11:50 AM Room 321, BCC 8:30AM Steinberg’s Conjecture, the Bordeaux Organizers: Tariq Aougab,Yale (767) Coloring Conjecture and Near-Coloring. University Carl R Yerger*andKyle Yang,Davidson Curt Kent,Universityof College (1096-05-892) Toronto 9:00AM Maximizing the number of proper Sang Rae Lee,TexasA&M (768) colorings of graphs. Preliminary report. University Jie Ma*, Carnegie Mellon University, and Humberto Naves, UCLA (1096-05-320) Emily Stark, Tufts University 9:30AM The 1-2-3 Conjecture for Hypergraphs. 8:00AM Convex cocompactness in mapping class (758) groups via quasiconvexity in right-angled (769) Florian Pfender*, University of Colorado Artin groups. Denver, Maciej Kalkowski and Michał Johanna Mangahas*, Brown University, Karonski´ , AMU Poznan (1096-05-325) and Samuel J Taylor,UniversityofTexas 10:00AM Extending Alon-Tarsi Orientations. at Austin (1096-20-1347) (770) Hal Kierstead, Arizona State University, 8:30AM Pseudo-Anosov mapping classes with and Landon Rabern*, Branford, CT (759) dilatation of algebraic degree 2g. (1096-05-786) Hyunshik Shin, Georgia Institute of 10:30AM Graphs with χ = Δ have Big Cliques. Technology (1096-57-2484) (771) Daniel W. Cranston*, Virginia 9:00AM Higher dimensional filling and divergence Commonwealth University, and Landon (760) functions for mapping class groups. Rabern, Branford, CT (1096-05-258) Jason Behrstock*, CUNY, Lehman 11:00AM Extensions from precoloured sets of College and the Graduate Center, and (772) edges. Cornelia Drutu, Oxford (1096-20-2517) Katherine Edwards*, Princeton 9:30AM Generalizations of the Kan-Thurston University, JanvandenHeuvel,LSE, (761) Theorem. Ross J Kang, Utrecht University, and Raeyong Kim, The Ohio State University Jean-Sebastien Sereni,CNRS,LORIA (1096-57-2520) (1096-05-784) 10:00AM Nonpositively curved Eulerian cube 11:30AM Tutte’s 5-flow conjecture and Jaeger’s (762) complexes and reciprocity. (773) modulo 5-orientation. Richard A Scott, Santa Clara University Cun-Quan Zhang,WestVirginia (1096-57-826) University (1096-05-1315)

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AMS Special Session on My Favorite Graph AMS Special Session on Regulatory Problems Theory Conjectures, I for Nonlinear PDEs Modeling Fluids and Complex Fluids, I (a Mathematics Research 8:00 AM – 11:20 AM Room 314, BCC Communities Session) Organizers: Craig Larson,Virginia 8:00 AM – 11:50 AM Room 324, BCC Commonwealth University Ralucca Gera, Naval Organizers: Jacob Bedrossian,New Postgraduate School York University 8:00AM On the Eulerian Cycle Decomposition Hao Jia,Universityof (774) Conjecture. Chicago Gary Chartrand,WesternMichigan University, Heather Jordon, Jared Whitehead,Los Mathematical Reviews and Illinois State Alamos National Laboratory University, and Ping Zhang*, Western Tak Kwong Wong, Michigan University (1096-05-526) University of Pennsylvania 8:30AM The infinite motion conjecture. 8:00AM On the size of the Navier - Stokes (775) Preliminary report. (784) singular set. Thomas W. Tucker, Colgate University Walter Craig, Fields Institute and (1096-05-1319) McMaster University (1096-35-638) 9:00AM All Graph Genus Distributions Are (776) Log-Concave, and Related Conjectures. 8:30AM Gevrey regularity of the Navier-Stokes Jonathan L. Gross, Columbia University (785) Equations and its applications. (1096-05-583) Hantaek Bae*, UC Davis, and Marco Cannone,UniversitéParis-Est 9:30AM Are almost all graphs determined by Marne-la-Vallée, France (1096-35-560) (777) their spectrum? Preliminary report. Chris Godsil, University of Waterloo 9:00AM On the radius of analyticity of solutions (1096-05-481) (786) to the 3D Navier-Stokes equations at interior points of a bounded domain. 10:00AM Conjectures on Cops and Robbers. Zachary Bradshaw, University of Virginia (778) Anthony Bonato, Ryerson University (1096-35-275) (1096-05-308) 9:30AM New advances in boundary layers for 10:30AM Some questions about generalized (787) Navier Stokes equations. (779) colorings. Emmanuel Grenier,EcoleNormale John Gimbel, University of Alaska Supérieure de Lyon (1096-76-1583) Fairbanks (1096-05-248) AM 11:00AM Optimal linear arrangements and 10:00 Vanishing viscosity limit of some (780) graceful labelings of graphs. (788) symmetric flows. William R. Pulleyblank, United States Gung-Min Gie*, Indiana University, Military Academy, West Point James P. Kelliher,Universityof (1096-05-2217) California, Riverside, Milton C. Lopes Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de AMS Special Session on Random Matrices: Janeiro, Anna L. Mazzucato, Penn State University, and Helena J. Nussenzveig Theory and Applications, III Lopes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1096-35-821) 8:00 AM – 11:45 AM Room 301, BCC 10:30AM Bounds on energy and enstrophy for the Organizers: Paul Bourgade,Harvard (789) 3D Navier-Stokes-α and Leray-α models. University Aseel Farhat*, Michael Jolly,University Horng-Tzer Yau,Harvard of Indiana, Bloomington, and Evelyn University Lunasin, United States Naval Academy (1096-76-1571) 8:00AM Discussion 11:00AM Dispersive Navier-Stokes Systems for Gas 9:00AM The Altshuler-Shklovskii formulas for (790) Dynamics. (781) random band matrices. C. David Levermore,Universityof Antti Knowles, Courant Institute, NYU Maryland, College Park (1096-35-1136) (1096-60-1837) 11:30AM On the well-posedness of an interface 10:00AM From Kontsevich-Witten to (monotone) (791) damped free boundary fluid-structure (782) Hurwitz via HCIZ. model. , MIT (1096-05-1012) Jonathan Novak Mihaela Ignatova, Stanford University, 11:00AM Free Monotone Transport. Igor Kukavica*, University of Southern (783) Alice Guionnet,MIT/CNRSLyon, California, Irena Lasiecka,TheUniversity and Dimitri Shlyakhtenko*, UCLA of Memphis, and Amjad Tuffaha, (1096-46-1064) Petroleum Institute (1096-35-2638)

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AMS Special Session on The Changing 9:00AM Nonstandard Finite Difference Education of Preservice Teachers in Light of (800) Discretizations of Population Models the Common Core, III Satisfying Conservation Laws. Talitha M. Washington*, Howard 8:00 AM – 11:50 AM Room 310, BCC University, and Ronald E. Mickens,Clark Atlanta University (1096-39-2571) Organizers: William McCallum, University of Arizona 9:30AM ABC Triples in Families. Preliminary (801) report. Kristin Umland,University Edray H Goins, Purdue University of New Mexico (1096-11-2561) Ellen Whitesides,University of Arizona 10:00AM Spectral correspondences on Quaternion (802) Groups. 8:00AM A Capstone Experience for Teacher Terrence Richard Blackman,University (792) Candidates. of Denver, Morgridge College of ,Universityof Laura McLeman Education (1096-11-2246) Michigan-Flint (1096-97-1145) 8:30AM How future teachers use two distinct 11:00AM Discussion (793) definitions to reason about proportional 11:30AM Discussion relationships. Preliminary report. Sybilla Beckmann*andAndrew Izsak, AMS Special Session on Tropical and University of Georgia (1096-97-2071) Nonarchimedean Analytic Geometry, I (a 9:00AM Three Specialized Courses for Preparing Mathematics Research Communities Session) (794) Secondary Mathematics Teachers. Elizabeth A. Burroughs,MontanaState 8:00 AM – 11:50 AM Room 323, BCC University (1096-97-527) 9:30AM Developing and Sustaining Professional Organizers: Dustin Cartwright,Yale (795) Communities of Teachers around University Mathematical Content and Student Melody Chan, Harvard Intellectual Need. University Guershon Harel, UCSD (1096-97-2454) Joseph D. Rabinoff,Georgia 10:00AM Knowledge and Beliefs for Teaching Institute of Technology (796) Proof: A Conceptual Framework for Mathematics Teacher Educators. 8:00AM Tropical Del Pezzo Surfaces. Preliminary Justin D Boyle, University of New Mexico (803) report. (1096-97-577) Qingchun Ren,UCBerkeley,Kristin 10:30AM Developing preservice teachers’ Shaw, University of Toronto, and Bernd (797) conceptual understanding of algebra. Sturmfels*, UC Berkeley (1096-14-457) Preliminary report. 8:30AM Fock Space, Feynman Diagrams, Floor Cody L Patterson,TheUniversityof (804) Diagrams, and (Refined) Severi Degrees. Arizona (1096-97-1306) Florian Block*, UC Berkeley, and Lothar 11:00AM Using the ideas of Calculus to transition Gottsche¨ , International Centre for (798) teachers from a computational to a Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy conceptual understanding of functions. (1096-14-740) Preliminary report. 9:00AM Stiefel tropical linear spaces. ,DePaulUniversity Ays¸e A.¸ahin S (805) Alex Fink*, Queen Mary University of (1096-97-2431) London, and Felipe Rincon´ ,Universityof 11:30AM Discussion Warwick (1096-05-578) AMS Special Session on The Ubiquity of 9:30AM Harmonic Group Actions, Genus Bounds, Dynamical Systems, I (806) and Combinatorial Maps. Preliminary report. 8:00 AM – 11:50 AM Room 302, BCC Scott M Corry,LawrenceUniversity (1096-05-718) Organizers: Edray H. Goins,Purdue 10:00AM Towards a tropical Castelnuovo-Severi University (807) inequality. Preliminary report. Talitha M. Washington, Nathan Pflueger,HarvardUniversity Howard University (1096-14-1830) 8:00AM The Effect of Latency Variables on (799) Repeated Measures Inference Applied to 10:30AM Rational points on curves and chip firing. the Measurement of Risk-taking as a (808) David Zureick-Brown*, Emory University, function of Psychopathy. and Eric Katz, University of Waterloo (1096-11-1490) Monica Christine Jackson*, American University, Adria Trotman, Melissa 11:00AM P-adic integration on algebraic curves in Stephens, Washington, DC, and (809) the bad reduction case. Kimberly F Sellers, Georgetown Eric Katz, University of Waterloo University (1096-62-1608) (1096-14-1689)

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11:30AM Effective Chabauty for symmetric powers AMS Session on Applied Mathematics I: (810) of curves. Mechanics, Fluids, Waves Jennifer Park, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1096-11-1668) 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM Room 304, BCC AMS Special Session on the History of Mathematics, III 8:00AM Upper bounds on quantum dynamics for (819) quasiperiodic Schrodinger¨ operators with rough potentials. 8:00 AM – 11:50 AM Room 317, BCC Rajinder Singh Mavi*, University of Virginia, and Svetlana Jitomirskaya, University of California, Irvine Organizers: Sloan Despeaux,Western Carolina University (1096-70-600) 8:15AM Buckling in vertex models of epithelial Della Dumbaugh,University (820) sheets. of Richmond Nebojsa Murisic*, Lewis-Sigler Institute, Princeton University, Basile Audoly, Glen van Brummelen, CNRS & Institut de mecanique Quest University d’Alembert, Yannis G. Kevrekidis, Chemical and Biological Engineering, 8:00AM Tarski in Poland: Teaching and Teacher Princeton University, and Stanislav Y. (811) Training. Shvartsman, Lewis-Sigler Institute, James T Smith, San Francisco State Princeton University (1096-70-2512) University (1096-01-233) 8:30AM Analytical Estimates for Pipe-lines 8:30AM Tullio Levi-Civita, Giuseppe Levi and the (821) Longevity. (812) Fascist Loyalty Oath of 1931. Preliminary Alla V. Balueva,UniversityofNorth report. Georgia (1096-74-868) Judith R. Goodsein, California Institute of Technology (1096-01-321) 8:45AM Dynamics for a System of Screw (822) Dislocations. Preliminary report. 9:00AM On the representation of ‘abstract’ Timothy Blass, Irene Fonseca, Giovanni (813) algebras by ‘concrete’ ones, and the rise Leoni, Carnegie Mellon University, and of spectral methods : Marshall Stone’s Marco Morandotti*, Instituto Superior representation theorems (1936-1938). Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal (1096-74-2493) Michel Pierre Serfati,IREM-Universite Paris Diderot (1096-01-794) 9:00AM Free Vibration Analysis of Thick (823) Cylindrical Composite Shells Using 9:30AM Mathematics for the World: Publishing Higher Order Shear Deformation Theory. (814) Mathematics and the International Book Mohammad Salim Zannon*, CMU, Trade, Macmillan and Co. 1870-1910. Mohamad S. Qatu and Leela Sylvia M Nickerson, Institute for the Rakesh, Central Michigan University History and Philosophy of Science and (1096-76-1249) Technology, University of Toronto (1096-01-1482) 9:15AM Interval analysis computation of the (824) critical Rayleigh number for the asymmetric Rayleigh-Bénard problem. 10:00AM The teaching of mathematics during the (815) Fascism dictatorship through the lens of Matthew Glomski*andMatthew A. the educational journals. Johnson, Marist College (1096-76-1941) Erika Luciano, University of Turin 9:30AM Spontaneous oscillations in simple fluid (1096-01-1531) (825) networks. Nathaniel Karst*, Babson College, Brian 10:30AM The Influence of Some Twentieth-Century Storey and John Geddes, F.W. Olin (816) American Popularizers of Mathematics: E. College of Engineering (1096-76-621) T. Bell, Edward Kasner, James Newman, and Lillian Lieber. Preliminary report. 9:45AM Singularity approach to study the David Lindsay Roberts, Prince George’s (826) particle encapsulation in a liquid thread. Community College (1096-01-563) Muhammad Hameed,Universityof South Carolina Upstate (1096-76-1670) 11:00AM The Cajori Two Project. Preliminary (817) report. 10:00AM Tsunami wave propagation over Walter J. Meyer, Adelphi University (827) underwater obstacles and steps. (1096-01-466) Vladimir A. Chugunov, Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics, Kazan 11:30AM Sino-US Mathematical Relations: Federal University, Russia, Sergei A. (818) 1950s–1970s. Preliminary report. Fomin*, CSU Chico, and Ravi Shankar, Yibao Xu, City University of New Department of Chemistry, UC Davis York/BMCC (1096-01-597) (1096-76-618)

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10:15AM A new numerical scheme based on the 8:30AM mystic: a framework for (828) leapfrog method for atmospheric and (837) high-dimensional nonlinear constrained ocean modeling. optimization. Preliminary report. Lee M. Burke*, Lauren R. Johnson, Michael McKerns*, UQ Foundation / Chris Barton and Mohamed Moustaoui, Caltech, Tim Sullivan, UQ Foundation / Arizona State University (1096-76-1997) University of Warwick, Clint Scovel and Houman Owhadi, UQ Foundation / 10:30AM Stability and accuracy analysis for Caltech (1096-68-2686) (829) a novel semi-implicit leapfrog time-stepping scheme. 8:45AM A quadratic cone relaxation-based Lauren R. Johnson*, Lee M. Burke, (838) algorithm for linear programming. Chris Barton and Mohamed Moustaoui, Preliminary report. Arizona State University (1096-76-1771) Mutiara Sondjaja*andJames Renegar, Cornell University (1096-90-2299)

10:45AM Two Layer Model for Tear Film Dynamics. 9:00AM Pattern Classification by Ellipsoidal (830) Preliminary report. (839) Machines Using Semidefinite Nicholas Gewecke*, Rich Braun, Programming. University of Delaware, Chris Breward, Sofya Chepushtanova*andMichael University of Oxford, and P. Ewen Kirby, Colorado State University King-Smith, Ohio State University (1096-90-2507) (1096-76-2176) 9:15AM Finite Difference Method for the 11:00AM Settling of a Porous Particle in Stratified (840) Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model. (831) Flow. Justin Ziegler*andNarayan Thapa, Shilpa Khatri*, Roberto Camassa, Minot State University (1096-35-504) Claudia Falcon, Richard McLaughlin, 9:30AM Systemic Risk and Financial Contagion in University of North Carolina at Chapel (841) Agent-Based Networks. Hill, Jennifer Prairie, Departments of Yuanying Guan, Indiana University Mathematics and Marine Sciences, Northwest (1096-91-1782) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Brian White and Sungduk Yu, 9:45AM Optimal asset trading under regime Department of Marine Sciences, (842) switching models. University of North Carolina at Chapel Duy Nguyen, Massachusetts College of Hill (1096-76-2395) Liberal Arts (1096-93-312) 10:00AM The evolution of cooperation - kin 11:15AM Computational Modeling of the Dynamics (843) selection and greenbeard genes. (832) of Edge Flames in Narrow Channels. Jan Rychtar*, The University of North Preliminary report. Carolina at Greensboro, and Mark Joanna A Bieri, University of Redlands Broom, City University London (1096-76-2496) (1096-91-431)

11:30AM Three dimensional hydro-thermal 10:15AM Stability of Markov Chains: A Time Scales (833) convective ﬂow in an aquifer system. (844) Viewpoint with Applications to Control. Preliminary report. Dylan R Poulsen*, John M Davis and Dambaru Bhatta,TheUniversityof Ian A Gravagne, Baylor University Texas-Pan American (1096-76-634) (1096-93-311) 10:30AM Encryption Through Intrinsic Series. 11:45AM Propagation of Waves in Homogeneous (845) Preliminary report. (834) Isotropic Plates. Julio Enrique Posada, San Salvador, El Devinder Singh Bittoo, Guru Nanak Dev Salvador (1096-94-45) Engg. College Ludhiana,Punjab, India (1096-76-235) AMS Session on Logic and Probability AMS Session on Game Theory and 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM Room 311, BCC Computing 8:00AM Domatic Partitions of A-Computable 8:00 AM –10:40AM Room 313, BCC (846) Graphs and c.e. Permitting. Preliminary report. Matthew Jura*, Manhattan College, 8:00AM Approximation algorithm for the visibility Oscar Levin,UniversityofNorthern (835) counting problem using randomized Colorado, and Tyler Markkanen, method. Manhattan College (1096-03-2105) Sharareh Alipour, Sharif University of Technology (1096-68-283) 8:15AM Highly computable graphs and their (847) domatic numbers. Preliminary report. 8:15AM Traversals of Inﬁnite Graphs with Matthew Jura, Manhattan College, Oscar (836) Random Local Orientations. Levin, University of Northern Colorado, David White, Wesleyan University and Tyler Markkanen*, Manhattan (1096-68-1517) College (1096-03-1916)

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8:30AM The Stable Matchings Exist, But Why? MAA Session on Assessing Student Learning: (848) Olivia M. Carducci, East Stroudsburg Alternative Approaches, III University (1096-05-2158) 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM Room 340, BCC 8:45AM Long Graph Decompositions. Preliminary (849) report. Organizers: Jane Butterﬁeld,University Stephen Flood, University of Connecticut of Minnesota (1096-03-1472) Robert Campbell III, 9:00AM Strong Finite Submodel Property of College of St. Benedict/St. (850) Countable Categorical Graphs. John’s University Yun Lu, Kutztown University of PA David Clark,Universityof (1096-03-1066) Minnesota

9:15AM A Busy Beaver Problem for Infinite-Time John Peter, Utica College (851) Turing Machines. Cassie Williams,James James T. Long*andLee J. Stanley, Madison University Lehigh University (1096-03-1881) 8:00AM The Utility and Practice of the Daily Quiz. 9:30AM A density question where the usual (862) Edwin O’Shea, James Madison University (852) constructions haven’t worked. (1096-B5-1457) Joshua A. Cole, Butler University 8:20AM Tell Me What You Know: Oral Exams in (1096-03-2629) (863) the Undergraduate Mathematics Classroom. 9:45AM Applications and Methods of Forcing. , Wisconsin Lutheran College (853) Cynthia Northrup,Universityof Kristi Meyer California, Irvine (1096-03-2344) (1096-B5-845) 8:40AM Assessing Students’ Learning: The 10:00AM Large Cardinals: Killing Them Softly. (864) Interview Approach. (854) Erin Kathryn Carmody, The Graduate Victor U. Odafe, Bowling Green State Center - City University of New York University Firelands (1096-B5-381) (1096-03-1167) 9:00AM Using oral examinations to improve 10:15AM The finite Steinhaus problem. Preliminary (865) student learning. (855) report. Emma Smith Zbarsky, Wentworth Jef f Lobe*, Devon Henkis and Steve Institute of Technology (1096-B5-1648) Jackson,UniversityofNorthTexas 9:20AM The Old is New Again: Oral Assessment (1096-03-2415) (866) in Undergraduate Mathematics. Elizabeth Theta Brown,JamesMadison 10:30AM Restricted Steinhaus sets in the plane. University (1096-B5-2486) (856) Preliminary report. Devon Henkis*, Jeff Lobe and Steve 9:40AM Learner-centered Assessment in Calculus. Jackson,UniversityofNorthTexas (867) Preliminary report. (1096-03-2401) Annela R Kelly, Bridgewater State University (1096-B5-2570) 10:45AM Ulam’s measure problem, saturated 10:00AM Aligning Assessments to Problem-based (857) ideals, and cardinal arithmetic. (868) Mathematics Classrooms: Three Monroe B Eskew,UCIrvine Examples of Assessment Tools. (1096-03-2465) Polina Sabinin, Bridgewater State 11:00AM Restricting Martin’s Axiom to a ccc University (1096-B5-1451) (858) ground model. 10:20AM Beyond the Letter Grade: Teaching and Miha E. Habiˇc, CUNY Graduate Center (869) Learning in Mathematics Classrooms. (1096-03-1834) Girija S Nair-Hart, University of Cincinatti Clermont College (1096-B5-177) 11:15AM The complexity of transcendence bases in (859) computable ordered fields. 10:40AM Holistic, diagnostic grading rubric for Oscar Levin,UniversityofNorthern (870) student presentations in an IBL geometry Colorado (1096-03-2464) course. Preliminary report. Nina Juliana White,Universityof 11:30AM On VC-minimal fields. Michigan (1096-B5-1388) (860) Vincent N Guingona, University of Notre 11:00AM Assessing Projects and Inquiry-Based Dame (1096-03-430) (871) Activities in Quantitative Reasoning. Preliminary report. 11:45AM Certain Order Topologies on the (861) Bicomplex Space and a Study of Victor I Piercey, Ferris State University Bicomplex Nets. (1096-B5-1171) Sukhdev Singh*, Lovely Professional 11:20AM Spying on your students (mathematically, University, Phagwara, Punjab, India, and (872) of course). Preliminary report. Rajiv K. Srivastava, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Gail M. Tang, University of La Verne University, Agra, India (1096-54-184) (1096-B5-143)

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11:40AM Using Multiple-Choice Items to Assess 9:20AM Math Club Hosts Math Circle. Preliminary (873) Students Individually and Immediate (882) report. Feedback Assessment Technique (IF-AT) Jacci White*andMonika Kiss,SaintLeo to Foster Student Engagement and Small University (1096-M1-301) Group Discussion. Preliminary report. 9:40AM Reviving the Math Club at Edinboro Kien H Lim, University of Texas at El (883) University of Pennsylvania: 2007 – 2013. Paso (1096-B5-548) Emily H. Sprague, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (1096-M1-665) MAA Session on Assessment of Proof Writing 10:00AM Math Club Favorites at Lawrence Throughout the Mathematics Major (884) Technological University. Ruth G Favro, Lawrence Technological 8:00 AM –9:15AM Room 337, BCC University (1096-M1-2567) Organizer: Sarah Cook, Washburn 10:20AM Breaking Codes for Mathematics University (885) Enjoyment (and Cash). Moderator: Mariam Harris-Botzum, Jeffrey Liebner, Lafayette College Lehigh Carbon Community (1096-M1-2353) College 10:40AM The Evolution of an Integration Bee at the 8:00AM Communal Assessment of Proof: (886) University of Scranton. (874) Undergraduates’ Development of Stacey Muir,UniversityofScranton Proof-Writing Criteria. Preliminary report. (1096-M1-2514) Sarah K. Bleiler*, Middle Tennessee State 11:00AM A Non-Competitive ProblemFest. University, Justin D. Boyle,Universityof (887) David E Molnar, Felician College New Mexico, Yi-Yin Ko, Indiana State (1096-M1-2689) University, and Sean P. Yee, California 11:20AM Mathematics – for life, for love, for a State University Fullerton (1096-C1-569) (888) living. 8:20AM Mathematics Professors’ Evaluation of Deborah L Gochenaur*andLuis Melara, (875) Students’ Proofs. Shippensburg University (1096-M1-2030) Robert C. Moore,AndrewsUniversity (1096-C1-1787) MAA Session on the Intersection of 8:40AM Using Common Final Questions to Assess Mathematics and the Arts, III (876) Proof. James E Hamblin, Shippensburg 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM Room 338, BCC University (1096-C1-707) Organizer: Douglas Norton, Villanova 9:00AM Using a Rubric to Assess Development of University (877) Proof-Writing. Preliminary report. 8:00AM Knot Theory: Rational Tangles and Sarah V Cook, Washburn University (889) Wirtinger Presentations. Preliminary (1096-C1-2623) report. Sara E Rocha-Juarez,UniversityofNorth MAA Session on Student Activities, I Texas at Dallas (1096-C5-2269)

8:00 AM – 11:35 AM Room 349, BCC 8:20AM Patterns with Color Symmetry on Triply (890) Periodic Polyhedra. Preliminary report. Organizers: Lisa Marano, West Chester Douglas Dunham,Universityof University of Pennsylvania Minnesota, Duluth (1096-C5-1959) Jennifer Bergner, Salisbury 8:40AM Triple gear. State University (891) Saul Schleimer,UniversityofWarwick, 8:00AM Building Relationships with Student and Henry Segerman*, Oklahoma State (878) Activities in Math Learning Communities. University (1096-C5-730) Preliminary report. 9:00AM Visualizing the Collatz conjecture. Karla M Childs*andJean Coltharp, (892) Elijah M. Allen*, Savannah Ga, and Louis Pittsburg State University (1096-M1-490) H. Kauffman, University of Illinois 8:20AM Building Community – The Good, the Bad (1096-C5-2748) (879) and the Ugly. 9:20AM Stumbling towards a pattern: how to Nicholas J Willis, George Fox University (893) make pants. (1096-M1-1168) Rebecca E. Field,JamesMadison 8:40AM Activities for Undergraduate Students in University (1096-C5-2660) (880) Mathematics and Computer Science: Two 9:40AM Implementing Multiple Compositional and Programs. (894) Color Constraints in Algorithmic Art. Lidia Gonzalez, York College, CUNY Robert M Spann, Washington, DC (1096-M1-2333) (1096-C5-1407) 9:00AM Lions and Tigers and Mathematicians. 10:00AM Fractal Trees Inspired by Iterating (881) Cathy W. Grilli, George E. Gallarno*and (895) Rational Functions. Preliminary report. Rebekah Herrman, Christian Brothers Anne M. Burns,LongIslandUniversity University (1096-M1-2381) (1096-C5-434)

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10:20AM Colorings of Plane Patterns Deﬁned by 9:00AM Mathematicians and K12 curriculum (896) Sequences ad Arrays, With Applications (905) development. to Weaving. Preliminary report. Victor Kostyuk, Nathaniel Rounds and Shelley Lynn Rasmussen,Universityof Paulette N Willis*, Reasoning Mind Massachusetts/Lowell (1096-C5-136) (1096-VE-1029)

AM 10:40 What does a ﬁnite nonabelian group 9:15AM A comparison of the Common Core and (897) sound like? Preliminary report. (906) the Indian Standards on Fractions. William DeMeo,UniversityofSouth Sayonita Ghosh Hajra,Universityof Carolina (1096-C5-2578) Georgia (1096-VE-1084) 11:00AM Animating Still Images. (898) Michael Pilosov, SUNY Geneseo 9:30AM Distorted mathematics: what math (1096-C5-1416) (907) education teaches students about math. Victor Kostyuk, Nathaniel Rounds*and 11:20AM It Came from the Fourth Dimension!: Paulette N Willis, Reasoning Mind (899) Visualizing Higher Dimensions through (1096-VE-1027) the Art of Comic Books. Daniel M. Look, St. Lawrence University 9:45AM Professional Development and Student (1096-C5-229) (908) Achievement on Standardized State Exams. Preliminary report. 11:40AM Food for empathy in the School of Melissa L Goss*, Rebecca Anne Dibbs (900) Pythagoras and his wife Theano. and Robert Powers,Universityof Irene Iaccarino*, School of Music, Northern Colorado (1096-VE-2162) Crotone, Italy, and Rosanna Iembo, University of Calabria, Italy and MAA 10:00AM A Pilot Study on the Impact of member (1096-C5-1016) (909) Incorporating Problems with Incorrect Solutions into Exams on Students’ MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Understanding of Mathematical Mathematics Education, II Concepts. Preliminary report. Manyiu Tse, Molloy College 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM Room 347, BCC (1096-VE-1986)

Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western 10:15AM Comparative of Stratified Alpha, Mosier, New England University (910) and Wang Reliability Coefficient. Preliminary report. Bem Cayco, San Jose State Diana Suzana Mandar, Jakarta State University University, Indonesia (1096-VE-1890) Kimberly Presser, Shippensburge University 10:30AM The effect of early high school (911) mathematics achievement on public 8:00AM Putting Professional Development into schools’ students’ college ready (901) Practice: How Teachers Implement and performance in Texas. Share their Knowledge of the Common Niloofar Ramezani,Universityof Core State Standards for Mathematics Northern Colorado (1096-VE-1115) with Peers – The Research Process and Early Results Preliminary report. 10:45AM A comparison and contrast of Kacey M Diemert,MontanaState (912) undergraduate students’ mathematics University - Bozeman (1096-VE-2374) and statistics anxiety levels based on gender, college-year, major field of 8:15AM A Mathematician’s Foray into the study, and mathematics background. (902) Common Core State Standards (for Preliminary report. Mathematical Practice): A Question of Soofia Malik*andNiloofar Ramezani, Interpretation? Preliminary report. University of Northern Colorado D. Christopher Stephens*, Sarah (1096-VE-1059) K. Bleiler and Wesley A. Baxter, Middle Tennessee State University 11:00AM A Continuing Study of Gender Difference (1096-VE-2339) (913) on a Qualifying Exam. 8:30AM Rational Numbers and the Common Core: Jane Butterfield, Harvey Keynes, (903) ADescriptiveCaseStudy.Preliminary Jonathan Rogness,Universityof report. Minnesota, and Justin Sukiennik*, Colby Roger Mark Fischer,MontanaState College (1096-VE-2047) University (1096-VE-1153) 11:15AM Strategies for teaching mathematics in a 8:45AM Examining Math-Educators Preparation (914) multicultural classroom. Preliminary (904) CAEP’s first Standard and CCSS for Math report. Practice. Natalie M Aviles*andMagdalena Atma R Sahu, Coppin State University Mulvihill, Adelphi University (1096-VE-851) (1096-VE-1158)

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11:30AM Quantitative and Mathematics Support MAA General Contributed Paper Session (915) Centers: Update from the National on Research in Graph Theory and Science Foundation Workshop. Combinatorics, II Grace L. Coulombe*, Bates College, Mary B. O’Neill, Hamilton College, and 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM Room 346, BCC Michael E. Schuckers,St.Lawrence University (1096-VE-123) Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western New England University 11:45AM The genesis of a mathematics learning (916) community from a mathematics tutorial Bem Cayco, San Jose State center. University Ronald L Merritt, Athens State University Kimberly Presser, (1096-VE-39) Shippensburge University 8:00AM On atom expansions of Macdonald MAA General Contributed Paper Session on (925) polynomials. Preliminary report. Research in Algebra and Topology, II Avinash J. Dalal, Drexel University (1096-VN-2434) 8:00 AM –9:55AM Room 348, BCC 8:15AM Edelman-Greene insertion and the Little (926) map. Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western Zachary Hamaker*, Dartmouth College, New England University and Benjamin Young,Universityof Oregon (1096-VN-2407) Bem Cayco, San Jose State 8:30AM Prime Factorization of Kaszonyi´ University (927) Numbers. Emily Marie Walther*, Westminster Kimberly Presser, College, PA, and , Indiana Shippensburge University Ariana Cappon University (1096-VN-2402) 8:00AM Algebra with Anyonic Braiding. 8:45AM A new combinatorial interpretation of (917) Preliminary report. (928) generalized Genocchi numbers. Ik Jae Lee,RowanUniversity Feryal Alayont, Grand Valley State (1096-VJ-1705) University (1096-VN-2235)

AM 8:15AM Twist Knots and Thickenings. 9:00 Explicit Formulas for Bernoulli and Euler (918) Whitney Klaryn George, West Chester (929) Numbers. Preliminary report. University of PA (1096-VJ-1102) Francesca Romano, Siena College (1096-VN-1803) 8:30AM Algebraic structure in the card game 9:15AM Generalized Fine and Motzkin Number (919) SET. Preliminary report. (930) Sequences. Preliminary report. Timothy E Goldberg, Lenoir-Rhyne Naiomi T. Cameron, Lewis & Clark University (1096-VJ-1425) College (1096-VN-1159)

8:45AM Characterizing Covering Properties Using 9:30AM (t,r)-Broadcasting Domination Numbers (920) Limited Information Strategies for (931) of Grids. Preliminary report. Topological Games. David Blessing*, Erik Insko, Katie Steven Clontz, Auburn University Johnson and Christie Mauretour, (1096-VJ-1309) Florida Gulf Coast University (1096-VN-953) AM n 9:00 R xG(n) is Algebraically Determined. 9:45AM Observations of m−ary partitions on an (921) Preliminary report. (932) m−ary tree. Preliminary report. Weam M. Al-tameemi*, Texas A& M Timothy B. Flowers, Indiana University International University, and Robert R. of Pennsylvania, and Shannon R. Kallman,UniversityofNorthTexas Lockard*, Bridgewater State University (1096-VJ-1222) (1096-VN-2088)

9:15AM Noetherian properties on generalized 10:00AM Extending the PC-Tree Algorithm to the (922) power series rings. (933) Torus. Preliminary report. Jung Wook Lim, Kyungpook National Charles Suer, University of Louisville University (1096-VJ-976) (1096-VN-1746) 10:15AM Counting Matrices Over a Finite Field 9:30AM Finitary Incidence Algebras and the (934) With All Eigenvalues in the Field. (923) Idealization of ( ). Preliminary report. I P Lisa Kaylor, Wesleyan University, and *and Bradley M Wagner Manfred David Offner*, Westminster College Dugas, Baylor University (1096-VJ-860) (1096-VN-1964) 9:45AM On the k-involutions of O(n, k) when k 10:30AM Non-restricted ﬁllings of layer (924) has characteristic 2. Preliminary report. (935) polynominoes. Nathaniel J Schwartz, Washington Mitch A Phillipson*andCatherine Yan, College (1096-VJ-836) Texas A&M University (1096-VN-1882)

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10:45AM Positive Semideﬁnite Propagation Time. SIAM Minisymposium on Recent Advances in (936) Preliminary report. Financial Mathematics, II Nathan Warnberg, Iowa State University (1096-VN-290) 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 326, BCC

11:00AM Location of the First Ascent in a Organizers: Maxim Bichuch, Worcester (937) 123-Avoiding Permutation. Polytechnic Institute Samuel Connolly,University Ronnie Sircar,Princeton of Pennsylvania, Zachary Gabor*, University Haverford College, and Anant Godbole, East Tennessee State University Stephan Sturm, Worcester (1096-VN-1856) Polytechnic Institute 8:00AM Taylor approximation of incomplete 11:15AM Bounds on superpatterns containing all (946) Radner equilibrium models. Preliminary (938) layered permutations. Preliminary report. report. Daniel Gray, University of Florida Kasper Larsen*andJin Hyuk (1096-VN-1842) Choi, Carnegie Mellon University 11:30AM Reconstruction of Tetrahedron from Edge (1096-60-1918) (939) length. Preliminary report. 8:30AM Understanding the Risks of Commodity Derege H. Mussa,TexasA&M (947) Exchange-Traded Funds. University-Commerce (1096-VN-1139) Kevin Guo*, Columbia University, and Tim Leung, Columbia University, 11:45AM The polytope of fractional realizations of Industrial Engineering & Operations (940) degree sequences. Research Department (1096-60-2005) Michael D. Barrus, Brigham Young University (1096-VN-1019) 9:00AM Mean-Field Games of Inhomogeneous (948) Populations in Financial Markets. SIAM Minisymposium on Modeling Modules Andrew Papanicolaou,Universityof and Activities for Students Sydney (1096-60-2721) 9:30AM Please see the JMM newsletter for details. 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM Room 325, BCC 10:00AM Time consistency of risk measures in (949) markets with transaction costs. Organizers: Suzanne Lenhart,University Zachary Feinstein*andBirgit Rudloff, of Tennessee Knoxville Princeton University (1096-91-1821) 10:30AM Interactions in the system of interbank Maeve McCarthy, Murray (950) lending. State Tomoyuki Ichiba,Universityof Peter Turner,Clarkson California Santa Barbara (1096-60-1501) University MAA Session on Research on the Teaching 8:00AM Modeling across the Curriculum. andLearningofUndergraduate (941) Peter R Turner, Clarkson University Mathematics, I (1096-97-1123)

8:30AM Using a Virtual Laboratory to Teach 8:20 AM – 11:55 AM Room 341, BCC (942) Mathematical Modeling. Organizers: Kyeong Hah Roh,Arizona Glenn Ledder,Universityof State University Nebraska-Lincoln (1096-97-2377) Michael Oehrtman, 9:00AM Modeling Calculus: A ﬁrst course in the University of Northern (943) Calculus Sequence. Colorado Brian J. Birgen*andMariah H. Birgen, Timothy Fukawa-Connelly, Wartburg College (1096-97-1070) University of New Hampshire 9:30AM Quantitative modeling of biological and 8:20AM Does inherent Platonism predict strength (944) engineering systems through STEM (951) in abstract mathematics? Preliminary problem solving activities. Preliminary report. report. Gregory M Johnson, Carnegie Mellon Padmanabhan Seshaiyer,GeorgeMason University, Hunter R Johnson,City University (1096-65-2411) University of New York, and Christopher SShaw*, Columbia College Chicago 10:00AM Mathematical Models in Medicine. (1096-L1-2075) (945) Lester F. Caudill, University of Richmond (1096-92-2355) 8:40AM The contributions of a history and (952) philosophy of mathematics course on 10:30AM How to introduce sustainability topics in undergraduate students’ mathematical classrooms grades 8-14 - with samples, thinking. Preliminary report. Margaret (Midge) Cozzens,Rutgers Kathleen M Clark,FloridaState University DIMACS Center. University (1096-L1-2592)

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9:00AM An Investigation of Student Perceptions MAA Invited Address (953) of Linear Algebra Modules. Laurel A Cooley, Brooklyn College, City 9:00 AM –9:50AM Ballrooms I&II, 400 Level, BCC University of New York, William O Martin*, North Dakota State University, (961) Snark attack! Visualizations of and Draga Vidakovic,GeorgiaState “uncolorable” graphs on surfaces. University (1096-L1-1954) Sarah-Marie Belcastro, Sarah Lawrence College (1096-A0-13) 9:20AM Developing Reinvention Materials in (954) Ring Theory: Analysis of Students’ AMS Special Session on Recent Progress in Mathematical Activity. Preliminary report. the Langlands Program, III John Paul Cook, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Brian Katz*, 9:00 AM – 11:50 AM Room 318, BCC Augustana College, and Milos Savic, University of Oklahoma (1096-L1-2618) Organizers: Moshe Adrian,Universityof Utah 9:40AM On the reconciliation of different Shuichiro Takeda, (955) non-equivalent deﬁnitions designed for University of Missouri the same concept, in the context of limits 9:00AM Matching of Hecke operators for for two-variable functions. (962) exceptional dual groups. Joanna Mamona-Downs,ArizonaState Gordan Savin, University of Utah, and University & University of Patras,Greece Michael C Woodbury*, Columbia (1096-L1-2705) University (1096-11-1696)

10:00AM Relating Delta and Epsilon: How Students 9:30AM Cuspidal part of an Eisenstein series (956) Graphically Create an Understanding of (963) restricted to an index 2 subfield. the Formal Definition of Limit at a Point. Yueke Hu,Universityof Preliminary report. Wisconsin-Madison (1096-11-967) Timothy C Boester, Wright State 10:00AM L-functions from Langlands-Shahidi University (1096-L1-2380) (964) method and the generic Arthur packet conjecture. 10:20AM A Unified Framework for Argumentation Yeansu Kim,UniversityofIowa (957) and Proof. (1096-11-659) Kelly M. Bubp*andMichael A. Smith, 10:30AM On Extension of Ginzburg-Jiang-Soudry Ohio University (1096-L1-1302) (965) Correspondence to Certain Automorphic A A 10:40AM A Comparison of Four Pedagogical Forms on Sp4mn( ) and Sp4mn±2n( ). (958) Strategies in Calculus. Baiying Liu,UniversityofUtah Spencer Bagley, San Diego State (1096-11-159) University (1096-L1-529) 11:00AM The Langlands-Shahidi method for the (966) classical groups in positive characteristic 11:00AM Graduate students Teaching Assistants’ and the Riemann Hypothesis. Preliminary (959) (GTAs’) beliefs, instructional practices, report. and student success. Luis A. Lomelí,UniversityofOklahoma Jessica Ellis, San Diego (1096-L1-291) (1096-11-161) 11:20AM Analyzing student understanding in 11:30AM Application of Langlands Functoriality to (960) linear algebra through mathematical (967) the special values of L-functions. activity. Preliminary report. Megan Wawro*andDavid Plaxco, A. Raghuram, Indian Institute of Science Virginia Tech (1096-L1-1775) Education and Research, Pune, India. (1096-11-1113) Mathematics Awareness Month 2014 MAA Invited Paper Session on Mathematics and Effective Thinking, I 8:30 AM –8:50AM Room 308, BCC

9:00 AM – 11:50 AM Room 307, BCC The theme is ”Mathematics, Magic, and Mystery”; please come to hear about the Organizer: Michael Starbird,University impressive presentation plans. of Texas Austin 9:00AM A 21st century curriculum that raises Presenters: Eve Torrence, (968) education to a global maximum. Randolph-Macon College Edward B. Burger,Southwestern University (1096-AF-636) Bruce Torrence, Randolph-Macon College 9:30AM Context and Evidence: Aligning Goals (969) and Practice in the Undergraduate Colm Mulcahy,Spelman Mathematics Program. College and American JMichaelPearson,Mathematical University Association of America (1096-AF-641)

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10:00AM Supporting Math Instructors to Teach in MAA Committee on the Participation of (970) Ways that Foster Effective Thinking. Women Poster Session Stan Yoshinobu,CalPolySanLuis Obispo (1096-AF-425) 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Exhibit Hall G, 100 Level, BCC 10:30AM Hearts and Minds: Waging the Battle (971) to Win Over Liberal Arts Students. Mathematical outreach programs. Preliminary report. Organizer: Elizabeth Yanik,Emporia Jodi Cotten, Westchester Community State University College, Valhalla, NY (1096-AF-750)

11:00AM Inquiry and Effective Thinking: Evidence MAA-Young Mathematicians’ Network Panel (972) from a Multi-Site Educational Research Discussion Study. Sandra Laursen, University of Colorado 9:00 AM –10:20AM Room 316, BCC Boulder (1096-AF-716) Undergraduate internships and research 11:30AM Harnessing the Flow of History. experiences for undergraduates. (973) Preliminary report. David Bressoud, Macalester College Organizers: Thomas Wakeﬁeld, (1096-AF-353) Youngstown State University Ralucca Gera, Naval MAA Minicourse: #8: Part A Posgraduate School Panelists: Emiily Kessler, Society of 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Room 343, BCC Actuaries Directing undergraduate research. Stephanie Edwards,Hope College Presenter: Aparna Higgins,University of Dayton Krista Maxson,Shawnee State University MAA Minicourse #6: Part A Saad El-Zanati, Illinois State University 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Room 342, BCC Leslie Hogben, Iowa State Historical role-playing in the University mathematics classroom. Cindy Wyels, California Presenter: John P. Curran,Eastern State University Channel Michigan University Islands

MAA Minicourse: #13: Part A Student Hospitality/Information Center

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Room 344, BCC 9:00 AM –5:00PM Swing Hall, 100 Level, BCC

Teaching an applied topology course. AMS Special Presentation Presenters: Colin Adams, Williams College 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Holiday Ballrooms 1–3, 2nd Floor, Hilton Robert Franzosa,University of Maine Who wants to be a mathematician—National contest. MAA Workshop Organizers: Mike A. Breen,AMS

9:00 AM –10:55AM Peale B/C, 1st Floor, Hilton William T. Butterworth, DePaul University Introductory proposal writing for grant applications to the NSF Division of Exhibits and Book Sales Undergraduate Education. (advance registration required) 9:30 AM –5:30PM Exhibit Hall F, 100 Level, BCC Presenters: John Haddock, Division of Undergraduate Education, AWM Noether Lecture NSF 10:00 AM –10:50AM Ballrooms Michael Jacobson, Division of Undergraduate Education, I&II, 400 Level, BCC NSF (974) Walking on graphs the Representation Lee Zia, Division of Theory way. Undergraduate Education, Georgia Benkart,Universityof NSF WIsconsin-Madison (1096-05-1587)

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MAA Invited Paper Session on Graphs Don’t 11:15AM Course Redesign Applied to a History of Have to Lie Flat: The Shape of Topological (984) Math Course. Preliminary report. Graph Theory Cynthia Huffman Woodburn, Pittsburg State University (1096-VQ-70) 10:00 AM – 11:50 AM Room 308, BCC 11:30AM Applications of Maxima CAS to (985) Differential Equations. Organizers: Sarah-Marie Belcastro, Leon Kaganovskiy, Touro College Sarah Lawrence College (1096-VQ-183) Mark Ellingham, Vanderbilt 11:45AM The Conundrum of Teaching Finite University (986) Mathematics. Michelle DeDeo,UniversityofNorth 10:00AM Coloring graphs on surfaces, contrasted (975) with coloring on the plane. Preliminary Florida (1096-VQ-540) report. Joan P Hutchinson, Macalester College, AMS Special Presentation emerita (1096-AE-1737) 10:30 AM – NOON Room 336, BCC 10:30AM Superﬂuous crossings. (976) Michael J. Pelsmajer, Illinois Institute of A conversation on nonacademic Technology (1096-AE-2761) employment. 11:00AM Polynomials of graphs in surfaces. Moderator: C. Allen Butler,DanielH. (977) Joanna A. Ellis-Monaghan,Saint Wagner Associates, Inc. Michael’s College (1096-AE-1947) MAA SIGMAA Ofﬁcers Meeting 11:30AM Embeddings of graphs with hamilton (978) cycle faces. 10:30 AM – NOON Holiday Ballroom Mark Ellingham, Vanderbilt University 6, 2nd Floor, Hilton (1096-AE-513) Chair: Karen A. Marrongelle, MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Portland State University Teaching Mathematics Beyond the Calculus Sequence MAA Council on Outreach Presentation

AM AM 10:00 AM – 11:55 AM Room 348, BCC 10:35 – 11:55 Room 327, BCC Math Days for high school students at Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western local colleges and universities. New England University Organizers: Deanna Haunsperger, Bem Cayco, San Jose State Carleton College University Rebecca Swanson, Kimberly Presser, Colorado School of Mines Shippensburge University Panelists: Robert Devaney,Boston 10:00AM We Started a Directed Reading Program University (979) And So Can You. Justin Gash, Franklin Steve Balady*, Rebecca Black, Josh College Ballew and Elizabeth Fleming, Teresa Moore,Ithaca University of Maryland, College Park College (1096-VQ-2163) Angela Spalsbury, 10:15AM Learning to Write Arguments. Youngstown State University (980) Joyati Debnath, Winona State University (1096-VQ-2000) David Strong, Pepperdine University 10:30AM An IBL Approach to Advanced Calculus (981) That Incorporates Proficiency. MAA Committee on Minority Participation in Scott Beaver, Western Oregon University Mathematics and the Office of Minority (1096-VQ-1377) Participation Panel Discussion 10:45AM Mathematicians’ views on (982) transition-to-proof and advanced 10:35 AM – 11:55 AM Room 316, BCC mathematics courses. Preliminary report. Milos Savic*, University of Oklahoma, Summer research programs. Melissa Mills, Oklahoma State Organizers: William Hawkins Jr, University, and Robert Moore,Andrews University of the District of University (1096-VQ-1161) Columbia 11:00AM Analyzing Students’ Difficulties with Robert Megginson, (983) Proving in Light of the Structure of Proof University of Michigan Construction. Preliminary report. Lloyd Douglas,University Tetsuya Yamamoto,theUniversityof of North Carolina at Oklahoma (1096-VQ-1082) Greensboro

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Panelists: Noureen Kahn,Universityof AMS Special Session on Advances in Analysis North Texas at Dallas and PDEs, III Aprillya Lanz,NorfolkState University 1:00 PM –3:50PM Room 332, BCC

SIAM Invited Address Organizers: Tepper L. Gill,Howard University 11:10 AM – NOON Ballrooms I&II, 400 Level, BCC Daniel A. Williams,Howard (987) On variational formulation of entropy University solutions to nonlinear conservation laws. 1:00PM Strichartz Inequality for Orthonormal Eitan Tadmor, University of Maryland (995) Functions. (1096-35-1675) Elliott H Lieb, Princeton University (1096-91-360) AMS Colloquium Lectures, Lecture II 2:00PM On thresholds for scattering and blow up 1:00 PM –1:50PM Ballrooms I&II, 400 Level, BCC (996) in the nonlinear Schroedinger equation. Preliminary report. (988) Symplectic Topology Today: Embedding Svetlana Roudenko,TheGeorge questions: obstructions and Washington University (1096-35-1515) constructions. Dusa McDuff,BarnardCollege,Columbia 2:30PM A New Approach to Soliton Stability for University (1096-53-2197) (997) the KdV Equation. Brian Pigott and Sarah Raynor*, Wake AMS-ASL Special Session on Logic and Forest University (1096-35-2292) Probability, III 3:00PM New monotonicity formulas and the (998) optimal regularity in the Signorini 1:00 PM –3:50PM Room 319, BCC problem with variable coefﬁcients. Organizers: Wesley Calvert,Southern Mariana Smit Vega Garcia*, Purdue Illinois University University, and Nicola Garofalo, Universita’ di Padova (1096-00-293) Doug Cenzer,Universityof Florida 3:30PM Regularization of nonautonomous Johanna Franklin, (999) ill-posed problems from linear to University of Connecticut quasi-linear. Preliminary report. Matthew A Fury, Penn State Abington Valentina Harizanov, (1096-47-974) George Washington University AMS Special Session on Analytic Number 1:00PM Effective fractal dimensions for point Theory, II (989) processes. Jan S Reimann, Pennsylvania State 1:00 PM –3:50PM Room 310, BCC University (1096-60-1236) 1:30PM Points and Lines, Randomness and Organizers: Angel Kumchev,Towson (990) Dimension. University Jack H. Lutz, Iowa State University (1096-03-1435) Scott Parsell, West Chester University 2:00PM Schnorr randomness for noncomputable (991) measures. Gang Yu, Kent State Jason M Rute, Pennsylvania State University University (1096-03-2014) 1:00PM The range of Carmichael’s universal 2:30PM Dimension of the intersection of a (1000) exponent function. (992) translation of a subset of the reals by a Kevin Ford*, University of Illinois at Martin-Lof random real with the set of all Urbana-Champaign, Florian Luca, numbers with a given constructive Fundacion´ Marcos Moshinsky, Instituto dimension . Preliminary report. de Ciencias Nucleares UNAM, and R. Daniel Mauldin,UniversityofNorth Carl Pomerance, Dartmouth College Texas (1096-03-2208) (1096-11-215) 3:00PM Algorithmic Randomness in Ergodic (993) Theory. 1:30PM On the reciprocal sum of primes dividing Johanna Franklin,University (1001) Mersenne numbers. of Connecticut, and Henry P Zebediah Engberg, Dartmouth College Towsner*, University of Pennsylvania (1096-11-970) (1096-03-1208) 2:00PM The primes that Euclid forgot. 3:30PM Martin-Lof¨ random Brownian motion. (1002) Enrique Trevino˜ *, Lake Forest College, (994) Kelty Allen, University of California, and Paul P Pollack, University of Georgia Berkeley (1096-03-1073) (1096-11-2552)

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2:30PM Abelian surfaces over ﬁnite ﬁelds with Holly Krieger, (1003) prescribed groups. Massachusetts Institute of Chantal David, Concordia University, Technology Derek Garton, Portland State University, Paul Reschke,Universityof Zachary Scherr,Universityof Michigan Pennsylvania, Arul Shankar,Harvard University, Ethan Smith,Liberty 1:00PM Random iteration in CPk. University, and Lola Thompson*, Oberlin (1012) Turgay Bayraktar, Indiana University College (1096-11-493) (1096-37-411)

3:00PM Sieve weights in the GPY method and 1:30PM Rational maps on P2 with invariant two (1004) small gaps between primes. (1013) form, piecewise linear maps on R2,and James Maynard,UniversitedeMontreal the rotation number. (1096-11-441) Jan-Li Lin, University of Notre Dame 3:30PM Small gaps between primes: A new (1096-37-2015) (1005) method. 2:00PM New Geometric Proof of Lambda Lemma. Yitang Zhang,UniversityofNew (1014) Tanya Firsova, Stony Brook University Hampshire (1096-11-2529) (1096-37-2391) AMS Special Session on Big Data: 2:30PM Fatou components of Chebyshev-like Mathematical and Statistical Modeling, (1015) maps. Preliminary report. Joshua P Bowman, Smith College Tools, Services, and Training (1096-37-1308)

1:00 PM –3:50PM Room 317, BCC 3:00PM Trees of spheres and holomorphic (1016) dynamics. Organizer: Ivo Dinov,Universityof Matthieu Arfeux, Institut Mathematique California Los Angeles de Toulouse (France) (1096-37-460)

1:00PM Big Data Challenges in Neuroimaging, 3:30PM Analytic and algebraic stability. (1006) Informatics and Genomics Computing. (1017) Preliminary report. Ivo D Dinov*, University of Michigan and Laura G DeMarco, University of Illinois at UCLA, and Arthur W Toga,Universityof Chicago (1096-37-2590) Southern California (1096-68-27) AMS Special Session on Fractal Geometry: 1:30PM Mathematical Challenges in Causal (1007) Inference with Emphasis on Mathematics of Fractals and Related Topics, Transportability and External Validity. I Elias Bareinboim*andJudea Pearl, University of California, Los Angeles 1:00 PM –3:50PM Room 315, BCC (1096-62-2468) Organizers: Michel Lapidus,University 2:00PM Hidden Markov Model for High Frequency of California Riverside (1008) Data. Nguyet T Nguyen,FloridaState Erin Pearse, California State University (1096-62-2312) Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo 2:30PM Consensus Spectral Techniques and (1009) Machine Learning. Robert Strichartz,Cornell Jeff Randell Knisley, East Tennessee University State University (1096-62-1122) Machiel Van 3:00PM Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution Frankenhuijsen, Utah Valley (1010) Strategy for Link Prediction in Dynamic University Social Networks. 1:00PM Discussion Catherine A. Bliss*, Morgan R Frank, Chris M Danforth and Peter S Dodds, 1:30PM Hausdorff dimension of a certain University of Vermont (1096-65-1009) (1018) measure. Preliminary report. Murat Akman*, University of Kentucky, 3:30PM My Life as a Tweet Word. John Lewis, University of Kentucky, and (1011) John Ensley*, Brown University, James Andrew Vogel, Syracuse University Abello, Rutgers University, and Mika (1096-35-89) Sumida, Yale University (1096-68-2249) 2:00PM Vector analysis for Dirichlet forms on AMS Special Session on Complex Dynamics, (1019) fractals. II (a Mathematics Research Communities Alexander Teplyaev*, University of Session) Connecticut, Michael Hinz, Bielefeld University, and Daniel Kelleher, University of Connecticut (1096-46-1876) 1:00 PM –3:50PM Room 322, BCC 2:30PM Magnetic operators on resistance spaces. Organizers: Scott Kaschner,University (1020) Luke Rogers, University of Connecticut of Arizona (1096-46-2477)

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3:00PM Bounded variation conditions and 1:30PM Depth of modules at non sharply F-pure (1021) absolutely continuous spectrum. (1030) centers and base-change for the relative Milivoje Lukic, Rice University canonical sheaf. (1096-47-459) Zsolt Patakfalvi*, Princeton Universtiy, 3:30PM Fredholm modules and spectral triples and Karl Schwede, Pennsylvania State (1022) associated with hyperbolic groupoids. University (1096-44-2038) Volodymyr Nekrashevych,Texas 2:00PM Ideals Generated by Principal Minors. A&M University, College Station, TX (1031) A. K. Wheeler, University of Michigan, (1096-37-1038) Ann Arbor (1096-13-1620) 2:30PM The Closure of a Linear Space in (P1)n. AMS Special Session on Geometric Group (1032) Adam Boocher*, University of California Theory, II (a Mathematics Research Berkeley, and Federico Ardila,San Communities Session) Francisco State University (1096-13-409) 3:00PM Non-simplicial decompositions of Betti 1:00 PM –3:50PM Room 321, BCC (1033) diagrams of complete intersections. Organizers: Tariq Aougab,Yale Branden Stone*, Bard College, Courtney University Gibbons, Hamilton College, Jack Jeffries, University of Utah, Sarah Curt Kent,Universityof , Quest University Canada, Toronto Mayes Claudiu Raicu, Princeton University, and Sang Rae Lee,TexasA&M Bryan White, University of New Mexico University (1096-13-1831) Emily Stark, Tufts University 3:30PM Applications of CI Matrix Factorizations. 1:00PM Hyperbolicity of the Cyclic Splitting (1034) Preliminary report. (1023) Complex. Irena Peeva*, Cornell University, and Brian Mann,UniversityofUtah David Eisenbud, UC Berleley and MSRI (1096-51-949) (1096-13-377) 1:30PM Subfactor projections for Out(Fn). (1024) Samuel J Taylor,UniversityofTexas, AMS Special Session on Homotopy Theory, I Austin (1096-20-1151) 2:00PM Quasi-isometry rigidity for right-angled 1:00 PM –3:50PM Room 329, BCC (1025) Artin group with finite outer Organizers: Niles Johnson, Ohio State automorphism group. Preliminary report. University at Newark Jingyin Huang, New York University (1096-20-1936) Mark W. Johnson,Penn State University, Altoona 2:30PM Stable commutator length in (1026) Baumslag–Solitar groups. Nitu Kitchloo, Johns Matt Clay, University of Arkansas, Max Hopkins University Forester and Joel Louwsma*, The James Turner,Calvin University of Oklahoma (1096-20-608) College 3:00PM Finiteness Properties of Arithmetic Donald Yau, Ohio State (1027) Groups. University at Newark Brendan Kelly,UniversityofUtah (1096-22-1810) 1:00PM Models for infinity prop(erad)s. (1035) Marcy Robertson*, University of Western 3:30PM Acylindrically hyperbolic groups. Ontario, Philip Hackney,Stockholm (1028) Michael Hull, University of Illinois at University, and Donald Yau, Ohio State Chicago (1096-20-2725) Newark (1096-55-1645) AMS Special Session on Homological and 1:30PM Formal Hecke algebras and algebraic Characteristic p Methods in Commutative (1036) oriented cohomology theories. Alex Hoffnung*, Temple University, Jose Algebra, I Malagon-Lopez, University of Toronto Mississauga, Alistair Savage and Kirill 1:00 PM –3:50PM Room 303, BCC Zainoulline, University of Ottawa Organizers: Neil Epstein,GeorgeMason (1096-16-1800) University 2:00PM Recent work in Homotopy Type Theory. Sean Sather-Wagstaff, (1037) Steve Awodey, Carnegie Mellon North Dakota State University (1096-03-417) University 2:30PM Homotopy coherent adjunctions. Karl Schwede, Penn State (1038) Emily Riehl,HarvardUniversity University (1096-18-1432) 1:00PM Residual Intersections and Duality. 3:00PM Bousfield Localization and Commutative (1029) Preliminary report. (1039) Monoids. David Eisenbud,MSRI/Universityof David White, Wesleyan University California, Berkeley (1096-13-1415) (1096-55-1516)

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3:30PM Additional Structure on the Category of 2:00PM Some of my (and other people’s) favorite (1040) Mackey Functors. (1049) conjectures on chromatic topological Kristen Luise Mazur, Lafayette College graph theory. Preliminary report. (1096-55-1014) Joan P. Hutchinson, Macalester College (1096-05-1156) AMS Special Session on Hyperplane 2:30PM Competition Graphs and Food Webs: Arrangements and Applications, III (1050) Some of My Favorite Conjectures. Fred S Roberts,RutgersUniversity 1:00 PM –3:50PM Room 318, BCC (1096-05-590)

Organizers: Takuro Abe,Kyoto 3:00PM Folkman Numbers: Some Results and University (1051) Open Questions. Max Wakefield,United Stanisław P. Radziszowski, Department States Naval Academy of Computer Science, Rochester Institute of Technology (1096-05-1300) Masahiko Yoshinaga, Hokkaido University 3:30PM The Meta-Conjecture for median graphs. 1:00PM Logarithmic vector fields and curve (1052) Henry Martyn Mulder, Econometrisch (1041) configurations in the projective plane. Instituut, Erasmus Universiteit, Hal Schenck*, University of Illinois, Rotterdam (1096-05-300) Hiroaki Terao and Masahiko Yoshinaga, Hokkaido University AMS Special Session on Nonlinear Systems: (1096-14-1200) Polynomial Equations, Nonlinear PDEs, and 1:30PM Classification of Factored Gain-Graphic Applications, III (1042) Hyperplane Arrangements. Jackie Kaminski, Juniata College 1:00 PM –3:50PM Room 328, BCC (1096-05-2262) Organizer: Wenrui Hao,Universityof 2:00PM an oriented matroid with a disconnected (1043) realization space. Notre Dame Yasuyuki Tsukamoto, Department of 1:00PM Numerical algebraic geometry over Human Coexistence, Kyoto University (1053) number fields. (1096-05-1901) Andrew Sommese, University of Notre 2:30PM Arrangements with quadratic complete Dame (1096-14-1040) (1044) intersection Orlik-Terao algebras. 1:30PM Applications of Numerical Real Algebraic Graham Denham, Western University, (1054) Geometry to Kinematics. Preliminary Mehdi Garrousian*, University of report. Windsor, and Stefan Tohaneanu, Charles W. Wampler, General Motors University of Idaho (1096-15-1325) R&D (1096-14-722) 3:00PM A construction for canonical systems of (1045) basic invariants for reflection groups. 2:00PM The numerical factorization of Preliminary report. (1055) polynomials. Norihiro Nakashima, Hokkaido Wenyuan Wu, Chongqing Institute of University (1096-16-1290) Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and 3:30PM Ideals generated by products of linear Zhonggang Zeng*, Northeastern Illinois (1046) forms. Preliminary report. University (1096-65-1370) Stefan O Tohaneanu, University of Idaho (1096-13-615) 2:30PM Linkage disequilibrium between (1056) independently assorting loci, via AMS Special Session on My Favorite Graph numerical algebraic geometry. Theory Conjectures, II Jesse W Drendel, Michael F Antolin, Daniel J Bates*, Patrick D Shipman and 1:00 PM –3:50PM Room 314, BCC Simon J. Tavener, Colorado State University (1096-92-951) Organizers: Craig Larson,Virginia 3:00PM Homotopy continuation and signal Commonwealth University (1057) decomposition. Preliminary report. Ralucca Gera, Naval Jonathan D Hauenstein*, North Carolina Postgraduate School State University, Alessandra Bernardi, 1:00PM Circuit double cover conjecture. Università di Torino, and Noah S (1047) Cun-Quan Zhang,WestVirginia Daleo, North Carolina State University University (1096-05-1316) (1096-65-1015) 1:30PM Selected extremal problems in graph 3:30PM Path tracking algorithms for homotopy (1048) theory. (1058) continuation methods in weighted Douglas B. West, Zhejiang Normal projective spaces. University and University of Illinois Tianran Chen*andTien-Yien Li, (1096-05-386) Michigan State University (1096-65-1683)

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AMS Special Session on Progress in Free 1:30PM Topological type of Limit Laminations of Analysis and Free Probability, I (1065) Embedded Minimal Disks. Jacob Bernstein*, Johns Hopkins 1:00 PM –3:50PM Room 301, BCC University, and Giuseppe Tinaglia, King’s College London (1096-53-637) Organizers: Dmitry Kaliuzhnyi-Verbovetskyi, 2:00PM Linear stability of gradient shrinking Drexel University (1066) Ricci solitons. Chenxu He*, University of Oklahoma, Todd Kemp,Universityof and Huai-Dong Cao, Lehigh University California San Diego (1096-53-721) 1:00PM Quantum symmetric states on free (1059) product C∗-algebras. 2:30PM The Hyperplane is the Only Stable, Kenneth J. Dykema,TexasA&M (1067) Smooth Solution to the Isoperimetric University, Claus Koestler*, University Problem in Gaussian Space. College Cork, Ireland, and John D. Matthew McGonagle*andJohn Ross, Williams,TexasA&MUniversity Johns Hopkins University (1096-53-668) (1096-46-1852) 3:00PM Connected sum construction of constant 2:00PM On Second Order Fluctuations for Some (1068) Q-curvature manifolds in higher (1060) Classes of Random Matrices. dimensions. Mihai Popa*, University of Texas at San Yueh-Ju Lin, University of Notre Dame Antonio, James A Mingo, Queen’s (1096-53-655) University, and Yong Jiao,CentralSouth 3:30PM Conformally ﬂat, constant Q-curvature University (1096-47-2410) (1069) metrics with isolated singularities. 2:30PM Choquet simplices of quantum symmetric Preliminary report. (1061) states. Jesse Ratzkin,UniversityofCapeTown Yoann Dabrowski,Universite (1096-53-675) Claude-Bernard (Lyon I), Ken Dykema*, Texas A&M University, Claus AMS Special Session on Recent Progress in Koestler, University College, Cork, Multivariable Operator Theory, I Kunal Mukjherjee, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, and John 1:00 PM –3:50PM Room 331, BCC D. Williams,TexasA&MUniversity (1096-46-1768) Organizers: Ron Douglas,TexasA&M 3:00PM Inﬁnite Divisibility and Semigroups University (1062) Indexed by Completely Positive Maps in Free Probability. Michael Jury,Universityof John D. Williams,TexasA&MUniversity Florida (1096-47-1933) 1:00PM Determinantal representations of stable 3:30PM Asymptotics of looped cumulant lattices. (1070) polynomials. (1063) Preliminary report. Hugo J Woerdeman, Drexel University Jonathan Novak, MIT (1096-46-906) (1096-47-1305)

AMS Special Session on Recent Progress in 1:30PM Determinantal representations of (1071) semi-hyperbolic polynomials. Geometric and Complex Analysis, III Greg Knese, Washington University in St. Louis (1096-15-1567) 1:00 PM –3:50PM Room 302, BCC 2:00PM Two-Variable Transfer Function Organizers: Zheng Huang,City (1072) Realizations and Agler Kernels. University of New York, Kelly Bickel*, Georgia Institute of Graduate Center and College Techonology, and Greg Knese, of Staten Island Washington University in St. Louis Longzhi Lin,Rutgers (1096-46-1633) University 2:30PM Multidimensional linear systems and Marcello Lucia,City (1073) multivariable weighted Bergman spaces. University of New York, Preliminary report. Graduate Center and College Joseph A Ball,VirginiaTech of Staten Island (1096-47-613) 1:00PM Geometry and topology of noncompact, 3:00PM Multipliers of embedded discs. (1064) complete, ﬁnite volume, Riemannian (1074) Kenneth R. Davidson*, Michael Hartz, 4-manifolds M with sectional curvature − University of Waterloo, and Orr M. Shalit, 1

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AMS Special Session on Regulatory Problems 1:00PM The helicity invariant and topological for Nonlinear PDEs Modeling Fluids and (1082) strictly contact dynamics. Complex Fluids, II (a Mathematics Research Peter Spaeth, Penn State University, Communities Session) Altoona (1096-53-135) 1:30PM Cylindrical contact homology as a 1:00 PM –3:50PM Room 324, BCC (1083) well-deﬁned homology? Joanna Nelson, Barnard College, Organizers: Jacob Bedrossian,New Columbia University (1096-53-680) York University Hao Jia,Universityof 2:00PM On SFT invariants of the complements of Chicago (1084) ample normal crossing divisors in projective varieties. Preliminary report. Jared Whitehead,Los Khoa Lu Nguyen,Stanford Alamos National Laboratory (1096-51-557) Tak Kwong Wong, 2:30PM Sasaki join, transverse Hamiltonian University of Pennsylvania (1085) 2-forms, and Sasaki-Einstein metrics. 1:00PM Invariant Manifolds for Euler Equations Preliminary report. (1076) and related equations. Charles P Boyer,UniversityofNew Zhiwu Lin, Georgia Institute of Mexico (1096-53-1379) Technology (1096-35-1926) 3:30PM Bach-Maxwell Equations and Extremal 1:30PM Ill-Posedness Issues for Truncated Series (1086) Kahler¨ Metrics. (1077) Models of Water Waves. Caner Koca, Vanderbilt University David Ambrose*, Drexel University, (1096-53-1267) Jerry Bona and David Nicholls, University of Illinois at Chicago AMS Special Session on Topological Graph (1096-35-267) Theory: Structure and Symmetry, I 2:00PM Existence and regularity of invariant (1078) measures for the three dimensional 1:00 PM –3:50PM Room 330, BCC stochastic primitive equations. Nathan Glatt-Holtz, Virginia Tech, Igor Organizers: Jonathan L. Gross, Kukavica,UniversityofSouthern Columbia University California, Vlad Vicol*, Princeton University, and Mohammed Ziane, Thomas W. Tucker,Colgate University of Southern California University (1096-35-1460) 1:00PM Enumerating regular objects with a given 2:30PM Regularity “in large” for the 3D Salmon’s (1087) automorphism group. (1079) planetary geostrophic model of ocean Martin Downs, Phoenix, Arizona, dynamics. and Gareth A. Jones*, University of Chongsheng Cao, Florida International Southampton, Southampton, UK University, and Edriss S. Titi*, Weizmann (1096-05-1539) Institute of Science and The University of California - Irvine (1096-35-1011) 1:30PM Pseudo-orientability versus orientability. 3:00PM Stability of Solutions to the Dissipative (1088) Antonio Breda d’Azevedo,Universityof (1080) Quasi-Geostrophic Equation. Aveiro (1096-05-1152) Mimi Dai, University of Illinois Chicago 2:00PM Inﬁnite regular median graphs. (1096-35-474) (1089) Wilfried Imrich, Department 3:30PM Change of phase for the humid Mathematics and Information (1081) atmosphere. Technology, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Roger M Temam*andMichele Coti Austria (1096-05-1337) Zelati, Indiana University (1096-76-825) 2:30PM Growth Rates of Face-Homogeneous AMS Special Session on Symplectic and (1090) Planar Tessellations. Contact Structures on Manifolds with Special Stephen J. Graves, University of Texas at Holonomy, III Tyler, and Mark E. Watkins*, Syracuse University (1096-05-1068)

1:00 PM –3:50PM Room 320, BCC 3:00PM Graph coverings and harmonic functions (1091) on graphs. Preliminary report. Organizers: Sergey Grigorian,University Roman Nedela,SlovakAcademyof of Texas Pan American Sciences (1096-05-2144) Sema Salur,Universityof 3:30PM Classical mathematical structures within Rochester (1092) topological graph theory. Albert J. Todd,Universityof Oliver R Knill,HarvardUniversity California, Riverside (1096-05-873)

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AMS Special Session on Tropical and 3:00PM Thinking about Mathematics and Nonarchimedean Analytic Geometry, II (a (1103) Meaning. Mathematics Research Communities Session) Francis Edward Su, Harvey Mudd College (1096-AF-1235) 1:00 PM –3:50PM Room 323, BCC 3:30PM Panel Discussion on Mathematics and Effective Thinking. Organizers: Dustin Cartwright,Yale University MAA Minicourse #2: Part A Melody Chan,Harvard University 1:00 PM –3:00PM Room 342, BCC Joseph D. Rabinoff,Georgia Institute of Technology CATALST: Introductory statistics using randomization and bootstrap methods. 1:00PM Tropical Morse functions and their (1093) homological mirrors. Presenters: Andrew Ziefﬂer,University Gabriel D Kerr, Kansas State University of Minnesota (1096-51-1576) Robert delMas,University 1:30PM The skeleton of the Jacobian, the of Minnesota (1094) Jacobian of the skeleton, and lifting Nicola Parker,Universityof meromorphic functions from tropical to Minnesota algebraic curves. Matt Baker*andJoe Rabinoff,Georgia MAA Minicourse #5: Part A Tech (1096-14-1272)

2:00PM Algorithms for Mumford curves: period 1:00 PM –3:00PM Room 343, BCC (1095) matrix and canonical embedding. Ralph Morrison and Qingchun Ren*, Using randomization methods to build University of California, Berkeley conceptual understanding of statistical (1096-14-1445) inference. 2:30PM Algorithms for Mumford Curves: Good Presenters: Robin H. Lock,St.Lawrence (1096) Starting Data. University Ralph E Morrison*andQingchun Ren, Patti Frazer Lock,St. UC Berkeley (1096-14-993) Lawrence University 3:00PM Faithful Tropicalization of Abelian Kari Lock Morgan,Duke (1097) Varieties. University Tyler Foster, University of Michigan, Joseph Rabinoff, Georgia Institute Eric Frazer Lock,Duke of Technology, Farbod Shokrieh*, University Cornell University, and Alejandro Soto, Dennis Frazer Lock,Iowa University of Regensburg (1096-14-450) State University 3:30PM Classical and nonarchimedean spaces. (1098) Andrew Joseph Dudzik,UCBerkeley MAA Minicourse: #14: Part B (1096-54-1453) 1:00 PM –3:00PM Room 344, BCC MAA Invited Paper Session on Mathematics and Effective Thinking, II Visualizing projective geometry through photographs and perspective drawings. 1:00 PM –4:00PM Room 307, BCC Presenters: Annalisa Crannell, Franklin & Marshall College Organizer: Michael Starbird,University of Texas Austin Marc Frantz,Indiana University Bloomington 1:00PM Mathematical writing and effective (1099) thinking. Fumiko Futamura, Paul Zorn, St. Olaf College (1096-AF-861) Southwestern University 1:30PM On The Elements of Style. (1100) Katherine Socha,MathforAmerica AMS Session on Difference Equations, (1096-AF-801) Approximations, Sequences, and Special Functions 2:00PM Think Before You Speak: using (1101) presentations and prepared questions to 1:00 PM –4:10PM Room 305, BCC promote effective thinking. Deborah J Bergstrand,Swarthmore 1:00PM The Spectral Analysis of the Exceptional College (1096-AF-1443) (1104) Jacobi Differential Expression for 2:30PM What is the Deﬁnition of Deﬁnition? and Extreme Parameter Choices. (1102) Other Conundrums. Jessica D. Stewart*, Lance L. Littlejohn Carol Schumacher, Kenyon College and Constanze Liaw, Baylor University (1096-AF-695) (1096-33-1780)

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1:15PM Lacunary Statistical and Sliding Window AMS Session on Mathematics Education (1105) Convergence for Measurable Functions. Preliminary report. 1:00 PM –3:55PM Room 311, BCC Jeff Connor*, Ohio University, and Ekrem Savas, Istanbul Ticaret University 1:00PM Student Proﬁling and Mathematical (1096-40-679) (1117) Models for MOOCs. 1:30PM Regular Families of Interpolators on Mika K Seppala, Florida State University (1106) Scattered Data. (1096-97-1631) Jeff Ledford, Virginia Commonwealth 1:15PM Investigating Strategies when designing University (1096-41-779) (1118) Geometry in Art as an Online Course, 1:45PM Mean value of entire functions of student’s attitudes, and achievement. (1107) exponential type. Preliminary report. Preliminary report. Tariq M Qazi, Virginia State University Pamela Lowry, Lawrence Technological (1096-41-1546) University (1096-51-1182)

2:00PM Beurling-Selberg Extremal Problems in de 1:30PM Visually Verifying Homework Problems in (1108) Branges Spaces. (1119) Multivariable Calculus. Mark A Spanier, North Dakota State Paul E. Seeburger,MonroeCommunity University (1096-41-1804) College (1096-97-2659)

2:15PM Using Osculatory Smoothing Splines To 1:45PM Teaching and Learning Differential (1109) Approximate The Solutions To Ordinary (1120) Equations for Engineers through Differential Equations. Preliminary Modelling and Technology. Preliminary report. report. Kendall A Gillies*andClyde F Martin, Ruth Rodriguez,Tecnologicode Texas Tech University (1096-41-2190) Monterrey (1096-97-2598)

2:30PM A Generalized Linear Functional Equation 2:00PM Teaching in College without Calculator. (1110) Deﬁned on Groups. (1121) Mulugeta Markos*andBishal Karanjit, Heather B. Hunt*andPrasanna North Carolina Wesleyan College K. Sahoo, University of Louisville (1096-97-238) (1096-39-1652) 2:15PM From the Spiral Program at UMCP: 2:45PM Weak Enveloping and Global Attractors (1122) Research projects suitable for students (1111) for Periodic Dynamical Systems. after completing a ﬁrst course in Preliminary report. mathematical proofs. Justin Wright, Plymouth State University Kenneth R Berg, University of Maryland, (1096-39-2097) College Park (1096-97-1369)

3:00PM Dynamics and Estimation of Parameters 2:30PM Mathematical Fidelity of Virtual (1112) in a Discrete Time Model linking (1123) Manipulatives: Teacher Candidates’ Unemployment and Inﬂation. Perceptions. Mingfei Li and Mihaela Predescu*, Mara Alagic, Wichita State University Bentley University (1096-39-2212) (1096-97-2736)

3:15PM Stochastic Persistence in a 2:45PM Investigating Statistical Concepts, (1113) Contest-Competition Model with Allee (1124) Applications and Methods using Minitab. Effect. Preliminary report. Julie M Clark, Hollins University Eddy A Kwessi*, Saber Elaydi,Trinity (1096-62-808) University, George Livatiodis,Southwest Research Institute, David Ribble,Trinity 3:00PM Using Knitting To Construct Seamless University, and Laila Assas,Umm (1125) Regular and Semi-Regular Polyhedra. Al-Qura University (1096-39-1366) Rebecca Plassmann, Central Oregon Community College (1096-00-2695) 3:30PM Applications of stability analysis of model (1114) ecosystems to problems in sustainability 3:15PM MArTH Madness: Building a Culture of and collapse. Preliminary report. (1126) Creating Math Through Art at Saint Harold M Hastings,Simon’sRock Ann’s School. College and Hofstra University Anna Weltman, Saint Ann’s School (1096-39-2662) (1096-97-1791)

3:45PM On the discrete analogous to one 3:30PM Communicating snapshots of news from (1115) initial-boundary value problem to (1127) contemporary mathematics - an on-going nonlinear diffusion equation. study carried out in senior high-schools Mikheil Tutberidze*, Ilia State in Israel. Preliminary report. University, and Soso Pipia, Delta Systems Nitsa B. Movshovitz-Hadar, Technion - ltd. (1096-39-2307) Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. (1096-97-323) 4:00PM A number theoretic twist on second order (1116) recurrence relations. Preliminary report. 3:45PM Problems and methods that develop John R Greene, University of Minnesota (1128) creativity. Duluth (1096-39-1189) Ellina Grigorieva, TWU (1096-97-693)

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AMS Session on Numerical Methods and AMS Session on Optimization, Calculus of Computing, II Variations, Nonlinear Programming

1:00 PM –3:55PM Room 313, BCC 1:00 PM –4:25PM Room 304, BCC

1:00PM A new a posteriori error estimate for 1:00PM The Log-Convex Density Conjecture. (1129) numerical solutions of the radiative (1141) Preliminary report. transport equation. Frank Morgan, Williams College Joseph A Eichholz,Rose-Hulman (1096-49-153) Institute of Technology (1096-65-1943) 1:15PM Centroidal Voronoi Tessellations of Rigid 1:15PM Fast Solution Methods for the Space-Time (1142) Shapes: A Variational Perspective. (1130) Fractional Diffusion Equations. Lisa J Larsson*, Rustum Choksi and Treena Basu*, Rhodes College, Memphis, Jean-Christophe Nave, McGill University TN, and Hong Wang,UniversityofSouth (1096-49-185) Carolina (1096-65-1467) 1:30PM A Levenberg-Marquardt method using 1:30PM Computer-Assisted Proof of Periodic (1131) Solutions of ODE and PDE systems. (1143) Sobolev gradients. A. R. Hungria*, University of Delaware, J. Parimah Kazemi*, Beloit College, and D. Mireles James,RutgersUniversity, Robert Renka,UniversityofNorthTexas and J. P. Lessard, Laval University, (1096-49-531) Quebec City, Canada (1096-65-725) 1:45PM Continuous Newton Method for Elliptic 1:45PM Regularized Restoration for Two (1144) Inverse Problems. (1132) Dimensional Band-Limited Signals. Corinne Teravainen, Rochester Institute Weidong Chen, University of Georgia of Technology (1096-49-2554) (1096-65-396) 2:00PM Treatment of Single Special Constraint in 2:00PM Data-Fitted Generic Second Order (1145) the Framework of Interval Method for (1133) Macroscopic Traffic Flow Models and Global Optimization. Preliminary report. Model Accuracy on Real Data. Mengyi Ying*andMin Sun,Universityof Shimao Fan, University of Illinois at Alabama (1096-49-1808) Urbana Champaign (1096-65-622) 2:15PM Solution of delay systems in optimization 2:15PM The Mathematics of Hierarchical (1146) problems by hybrid functions. (1134) T-splines. Mohsen Razzaghi, Mississippi State Emily J Evans*andMichael A. University (1096-49-369) Scott, Brigham Young University 2:30PM Effect of convection on optimal design of (1096-65-1181) (1147) a bar with attached mass. Preliminary 2:30PM Fuzzy Logic: A Departure from report. (1135) Mathematical Modeling to Computing John Matthews*, Boris Belinskiy Problem Solving. and James W. Hiestand,University Atma R. Sahu, Coppin State University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (1096-65-847) (1096-49-1754) 2:45PM New Fibonacci Type Collocation Approach 2:45PM Gradient and Extragradient Methods for (1136) for n-th Order Uncertain Differential (1148) Elliptic Inverse Problems with an Equations. Application to the Tumor Identification S. Chakraverty*andSmita Tapaswini, Problem. Preliminary report. National Institute of Technology Brian C Winkler, Rochester Institute of Rourkela, Odisha, India (1096-65-1359) Technology (1096-49-1867) 3:00PM Guaranteed Adaptive, Automatic, 3:00PM Optimal Control of SIR Model with (1137) Quadrature. (1149) Education. Preliminary report. Fred J. Hickernell, Illinois Institute of Hem Raj Joshi, Xavier University, Technology (1096-65-499) Cincinnati (1096-49-2448) 3:15PM Analyzing the Errors of an Extension of (1138) Wilkinson’s Iterative Refinement or 3:15PM An Equation Error Approach for the Improvement Algorithm. (1150) Elasticity Imaging Inverse Problem for Abdramane Serme*andJean W. Predicting Tumor Location. Preliminary Richard, BMCC/CUNY-The City University report. of New York (1096-65-2528) Erin R. Crossen, Rochester Institute of Technology (1096-49-2300) 3:30PM A Reduction Method For Matrix Pairs with (1139) Application to Tikhonov Regularization. 3:30PM Parameter Estimation for Atmospheric Xuebo Yu*andLothar Reichel,Kent (1151) Vortices. State University (1096-65-1355) Lynn Raburn Greenleaf, Stephen F. Austin State University (1096-49-1667) 3:45PM The Universal Algebra Calculator at (1140) the command line and in the cloud. 3:45PM A Characterization of the Reflected Preliminary report. (1152) Quasipotential. Preliminary report. William DeMeo,UniversityofSouth Kasie G Farlow,USMAWestPoint Carolina (1096-06-2287) (1096-49-1365)

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4:00PM Existence and Uniqueness of Solution of 3:15PM Sidon sets and graphs without 4-cycles. (1153) Second Order Hyperbolic Partial (1164) Craig M Timmons*andMichael Tait, Differential Equation with Point Effect. University of California, San Diego Narayan Thapa, Minot (1096-49-2054) (1096-05-2437)

4:15PM On Handling Free Variables in 3:30PM On L(2, 1) labeling of trees. (1154) Semideﬁnite Programming Using a (1165) Jobby Jacob*, Rochester Institute Primal-Dual Regularized Interior-Point of Technology, and Christopher Method. Wood, University of California, Irvine Ahad Dehghani*, Queen’s University, (1096-05-2456) Jean-Louis Gofﬁn, McGill University, and 3:45PM On the L(2, 1)-Labelings of Dominique Orban, Mathematics and (1166) Amalgamations of Graphs. Industrial Engineering Department Sarah Spence Adams, Noura Howell, Montreal Ecole Polytechnique Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, (1096-49-2622) Nathaniel Karst, Denise Sakai Troxell, Babson College, and Junjie Zhu*, AMS Session on Structural and Extremal Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Problems in Graph Theory (1096-05-1099) 4:00PM L(d, 1)-labelings of 1:00 PM –4:25PM Room 312, BCC (1167) Edge-Path-Replacements by Factorization of Graphs. 1:00PM Degree conditions for weakly geodesic Nathaniel Karst, Babson College, (1155) pancyclic graphs and their exceptions. Jessica Oehrlein*, Franklin W. Olin Preliminary report. College of Engineering, Denise Sakai Emlee W Nicholson*, Millsaps College, Troxell,BabsonCollege,andJunjie Zhu, and Bing Wei, University of Mississippi Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (1096-05-1716) (1096-05-1098)

1:15PM On the maximum induced decomposition 4:15PM Independence sequences in a graph, (1156) of graphs. (1168) constrained and unconstrained. Zoltan Furedi,RenyiInstituteof Preliminary report. Mathematics of the Hungarian Academy Allen J. Schwenk,WesternMichigan of Sciences, and Zeinab Maleki*, Isfahan University (1096-05-1753) University of Technology (1096-05-2642) MAA Session on the History of Mathematical 1:30PM Planar Graphs of Fixed Tree Width. Communities (1157) Preliminary report. Brett C. Smith, Wesleyan University 1:00 PM –4:15PM Room 337, BCC (1096-05-1187)

1:45PM Circumference and Pathwidth of Highly Organizers: Amy Shell-Gellasch, (1158) Connected Graphs. Montgomery College Emily A. Marshall*, Vanderbilt Linda McGuire, Muhlenberg University, and David R. Wood,Monash College University (1096-05-2106) 1:00PM Where Zijes Went: The Travels of 2:00PM Uniqueness and minimal obstructions for (1169) Astronomical Tables in Medieval Islam. (1159) tree depth. Preliminary report. Michael D. Barrus, Brigham Young Glen R Van Brummelen,Quest University (1096-05-1010) University (1096-E3-1382) 1:20PM The Mathematics Class at the Berlin 2:15PM On semi-linkage with prescribed lengths. (1160) Alexander Halperin, Lehigh University (1170) Academy in the 18th Century. (1096-05-706) Preliminary report. Lawrence D’Antonio, Ramapo College 2:30PM On The Potential Function For Degree (1096-E3-1487) (1161) Sequences Of Multi-Graphs. Preliminary 1:40PM The ”Partly-Visible” College: Euler and the report. (1171) mathematical community in the 18th Casey Kenneth Moffatt,UniversityOf century. Colorado - Denver (1096-05-2361) Dominic Klyve, Central Washington 2:45PM Degree-Sequence Stability of Graphs. University (1096-E3-2220) (1162) Catherine Erbes*, Michael Ferrara, 2:00PM History of Mathematics in Punjab. University of Colorado Denver, Ryan R. (1172) Satish C Bhatnagar,Universityof Martin, Iowa State University, and Nevada Las Vegas (1096-E3-1253) Paul Wenger, Rochester Institute of 2:20PM Origins and National Character of Technology (1096-05-1700) (1173) the Polish School of Mathematics in 3:00PM A construction of uniquely n-colorable pre-WWII Lwow, Warszawa, and Krakow. (1163) digraphs without short cycles. Preliminary report. Michael Severino, University of Montana Emelie A. Kenney, Siena College (1096-05-2074) (1096-E3-532)

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2:40PM Time and Place: Sustaining the American 3:55PM A New Look at Wigner’s ‘The (1174) Mathematical Community. Preliminary (1185) Unreasonable Effectiveness of report. Mathematics in the Natural Sciences’. Della Dumbaugh,Universityof Preliminary report. Richmond (1096-E3-484) Jeff Buechner,Rutgers 3:00PM Queering Mathematical History: A University-Newark & Saul Kripke Center, (1175) Queer Genealogy of the Mathematical CUNY (1096-G1-1414) Community, Bourbaki. Kat Rands, Elon University MAA Session on Projects, Demonstrations, (1096-E3-2751) and Activities that Engage Liberal Arts 3:20PM The NCTM Oral History Project: Mathematics Students, III (1176) Documenting Community Memory of Mathematics Education in the United 1:00 PM –3:55PM Room 345, BCC States. Organizer: Sarah Mabrouk, Penny H. Dunham, Muhlenberg College Framingham State University (1096-E3-96) 1:00PM Juggling as an Introduction to 3:40PM 40+ Years of the AWM (Association for (1177) Women in Mathematics): The History of (1186) Mathematical Thinking. AWM and the AWM Archives. Otis C. Wright, III, Cedarville University Sarah J Greenwald, Appalachian State (1096-J5-1214) University (1096-E3-221) 1:20PM The Stable Marriage Problem in the 4:00PM An incident in planning national (1187) Classroom. (1178) meetings for the mathematical Raymond N Greenwell*andDaniel community. Preliminary report. E Seabold, Hofstra University James J. Tattersall*, Providence College, (1096-J5-120) and Kenneth A. Ross,Universityof 1:40PM Walking the Line. Oregon (1096-E3-1586) (1188) Cathy W. Grilli, Christian Brothers University (1096-J5-2370) MAA Session on Is Mathematics the 2:00PM Adapting liberal arts mathematics Language of Science? (1189) hands-on activities to a large-lecture format. 1:00 PM –4:15PM Room 340, BCC Darci L. Kracht, Kent State University (1096-J5-2316) Organizers: Carl Behrens,Alexandria, VA 2:20PM Infographics Activities to Promote (1190) Graphical and Quantitative Literacy. Thomas Drucker,University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Preliminary report. Debra L. Hydorn,UniversityofMary Dan Sloughter,Furman Washington (1096-J5-2039) University 2:40PM Counting Melodies: A Musical 1:00PM Mathematics Is a Science in its Own (1191) Introduction to Recursion. Preliminary (1179) Right. report. Carl E. Behrens,Alexandria,VA Kurt Ludwick, Salisbury University (1096-G1-1195) (1096-J5-2237) PM 1:30 The Mathematics of Quantum Mechanics: 3:00PM Win, Lose, or Draw: An Analytical (1180) Making the Math Fit the Philosophy. (1192) Reasoning Course at Butler University. James R Henderson,Universityof Karen Holmes, Butler University Pittsburgh-Titusville (1096-G1-149) (1096-J5-52) 2:00PM A group theory perspective of 3:20PM Venn Diagram Bingo and other Games (1181) mathematical constructs in physics. (1193) for Liberal Arts Math Classes. Preliminary report. Teena Carroll, Emory & Henry College Horia I. Petrache, Department of (1096-J5-2490) Physics, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (1096-G1-2359) 3:40PM Puzzles + Games = Mathematical (1194) Thinking. 2:30PM The Roots Of Kalmar’s´ Empiricism. Edmund A Lamagna,Universityof (1182) Mate Szabo, Carnegie Mellon University, Rhode Island (1096-J5-576) Department of Philosophy (1096-G1-842) 3:00PM No surprise for the effectiveness of MAA Session on Research on the Teaching (1183) mathematics in the natural sciences. andLearningofUndergraduate Ruggero Ferro,UniversityofVerona, Mathematics, II Italy (1096-G1-2034)

3:30PM Mathematics as an Emergent Feature of 1:00 PM –4:15PM Room 341, BCC (1184) the Physical Universe. Ronald E. Mickens, Clark Atlanta Organizers: Kyeong Hah Roh,Arizona University (1096-G1-743) State University

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Michael Oehrtman, 1:00PM Hosting mathematics treasure hunts. University of Northern (1204) Preliminary report. Colorado Julie Barnes, Western Carolina University (1096-M1-1845) Timothy Fukawa-Connelly, Drexel University 1:20PM A Mathematical Scavenger Hunt. (1205) Janine E. Janoski, King’s College 1:00PM Calculus Instructors’ Resources, (1096-M1-2264) (1195) Orientations and Goals in Teaching Low 1:40PM Pi-Miler: An Irrational Race. Achieving Students. (1206) Brooke Buckley*andBethany Noblitt, Misun Lee,UniversityofOklahoma Northern Kentucky University (1096-L1-1650) (1096-M1-76) 1:20PM How can we (or should we) assess 2:00PM The Radical Dash: A Mathematical (1196) undergraduate students’ creativity? (1207) Amazing Race. Preliminary report. Preliminary report. Jennifer Bergner, Salisbury University Milos Savic*, University of Oklahoma, (1096-M1-2053) and Gulden Karakok,Universityof Northern Colorado (1096-L1-2538) MAA Session on the Intersection of 1:40PM Investigating the Links between Students’ Mathematics and the Arts, IV (1197) Knowledge of Rational Numbers and Algebraic Procedures and Students’ 1:00 PM –3:55PM Room 338, BCC Success in Undergraduate Mathematics. Jennifer Yantz, Middle Tennessee State Organizer: Douglas Norton, Villanova University (1096-L1-1413) University 1:00PM Symmetries of generalized Truchet tiles. 2:00PM Developing the Notion of Function (1208) David A Reimann, Albion College (1198) Between Sets of Equivalence Classes from (1096-C5-2682) the APOS Perspective. Preliminary report. 1:20PM Math, Art and GeoGebra. Preliminary Harrison E. Stalvey*, Draga Vidakovic and Mariana Montiel,GeorgiaState (1209) report. University (1096-L1-1096) Violeta Vasilevska, Utah Valley University (1096-C5-1213) 2:20PM The effectiveness of 5 minute preview 1:40PM Magic Squares and Their Magic Secrets. (1199) video lectures using Smart Board, (1210) Preliminary report. Camtasia Studio, and Podcasting Margaret E Kepner, Washington, DC on mathematical achievement and (1096-C5-2154) mathematics self-efﬁcacy. Minsu Kim, University of North Georgia 2:00PM Hyperbolic Fractal Tilings. (1096-L1-364) (1211) Robert W Fathauer, Tessellations Company (1096-C5-1922) 2:40PM An Evaluation of Argumentation and 2:20PM Applying an Historical Approach to (1200) Proof Opportunities in Transition-to-Proof (1212) Contemporary Pattern Design. Textbooks. Preliminary report. Elizabeth Whiteley, Washington DC Michael A. Smith*andKelly M. Bubp, (1096-C5-1405) Ohio University (1096-L1-2128) 2:40PM Artists and Their Use of Mathematics. 3:00PM Promoting Calculus Understanding (1213) Elizabeth C Rogers, Piedmont College (1201) Through Explanation and Reﬂection. (1096-C5-2758) Daniel Lee Reinholz,Universityof 3:00PM Interlocking Polygonal Tiling of Some California, Berkeley (1096-L1-913) (1214) Special Class of Star Polygons. 3:20PM The Emergence of Algebraic Structure: Reza Sarhangi,TowsonUniversity (1202) Students Come to Understand Units and (1096-C5-413) Zero-divisors. 3:20PM Extending the poetry of mathematics to John Paul Cook, University of Science (1215) non-mathematicians. and Arts of Oklahoma (1096-L1-2332) JoAnne Growney, 4:00PM Inverting the transition-to-proof course. http://poetrywithmathematics.blogspot.com (1203) Preliminary report. (1096-C5-1781) Robert Talbert, Grand Valley State 3:40PM Literary Mathematics and Mathematical University (1096-L1-1566) (1216) Literature. Rita A. Capezzi*andL. Christine MAA Session on Student Activities, II Kinsey, Canisius College (1096-C5-1522)

1:00 PM –2:15PM Room 349, BCC MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Interdisciplinary Topics Organizers: Lisa Marano, West Chester University of Pennsylvania 1:00 PM –1:55PM Room 348, BCC Jennifer Bergner, Salisbury Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western State University New England University

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Bem Cayco, San Jose State 2:15PM Some inequalities on Riemannian University (1226) submersion and isometric immersions. Kimberly Presser, Yun Myung Oh,AndrewsUniversity Shippensburge University (1096-VM-1784)

1:00PM Modeling the Reliability of a Hydrogen 2:30PM Determining Properties of Semiﬁelds by (1217) Gas Nanosensor. (1227) Investigating Their Cubical Arrays. Kristin McCullough*, Grand View Kelly Aman, University of Texas at University, Nader Ebrahimi and Zhili Arlington (1096-VM-1178) Xiao, Northern Illinois University (1096-VD-2425) 2:45PM On the Hausdorff dimension of p-adic 1:15PM Parameter Estimation of Tumor Growth (1228) Cantor sets. Preliminary report. (1218) Model. Preliminary report. William C Abram, Hillsdale College, and Breanne M Hatﬁeld*andNarayan Artem Bolshakov*, University of Texas Thapa, Minot State University at Dallas (1096-VM-1146) (1096-VD-1767) 3:00PM Hadwiger’s Theorem for Functions. 1:30PM Patients with Advanced Cancer and their (1229) Matthew L. Wright, Institute for (1219) Survival in a Rural Community: The Mathematics and its Applications, Impact of Hospice Services. Preliminary University of Minnesota (1096-VM-751) report. Veera Holdai*, Salisbury University, and 3:15PM Generalized Signed-Rank Estimation for David Eric Cowall, Coastal Hospice, Inc (1230) Nonlinear Models with Multidimensional (1096-VD-1164) Indices. Brice M. Nguelifack*, Auburn University, 1:45PM Modeling the Energy Level of Hydrogen (1220) Using the Schrodinger¨ Equation. Eddy A. Kwessi, Trinity University, and Johannah M Miller*andNarayan Thapa, Asheber Abebe, Auburn University Minot State University (1096-VD-533) (1096-VM-197) 3:30PM Spectrally Arbitrary Patterns and MAA General Contributed Paper Session on (1231) Algebraic Solutions. Research in Geometry and Linear Algebra Timothy C Melvin, Washington State University and Carroll College 1:00 PM –4:10PM Room 347, BCC (1096-VM-362)

Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western 3:45PM Classical Linear Optimization in an New England University (1232) Abstract Setting. Preliminary report. Bem Cayco, San Jose State Tien Chih, University of Montana University (1096-VM-2226) Kimberly Presser, 4:00PM Electronic Computation of Simple Perfect Shippensburge University (1233) Squared Squares. 1:00PM Uniform Edge-c-Colorings of the Joseph F DiNatale, Armstrong Atlantic (1221) Archimedean Tilings. Preliminary report. State University (1096-VM-2254) Casey Mann*, University of Washington Bothell, Laura Asaro, East Central MAA General Contributed Paper Session University, John Hyde,TheUniversityof on Research in Graph Theory and Texas at Tyler, Melanie Jensen,Tulane Combinatorics, III University, and Tyler Schroeder,North Central College (1096-VM-2714) PM PM 1:15PM On some 3-way transportation polytopes. 1:00 –4:10 Room 346, BCC (1222) Preliminary report. Bernd Sing, The University of the West Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western Indies, Barbados (1096-VM-2527) New England University 1:30PM Computer Models of Negatively-Curved Bem Cayco, San Jose State (1223) Surfaces. Preliminary report. University Benjamin H DeMeo*, Williams College, Chaim Goodman-Strauss,Universityof Kimberly Presser, Arkansas, Matthew Cole,Universityof Shippensburge University Notre Dame, and Diana Davis,Brown University (1096-VM-2386) 1:00PM On Distributive Cross Section Lattices of (1234) J-irreducible Reductive Monoids. 1:45PM The Construction of Faces of CP . 2 Preliminary report. (1224) Preliminary report. Stephen M. Adams, North Carolina State Andrew J. Klimas, Xavier University of University (1096-VN-1731) Louisiana (1096-VM-2134) 2:00PM Two old geometrical chestnuts revisited. 1:15PM Aperiodic Binary Strings. (1225) Preliminary report. (1235) Zachary George Pochiba*andSean Ivko M Dimitric, Pennsylvania State Leavor, Washington & Jefferson College University Fayette (1096-VM-1988) (1096-VN-1656)

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1:30PM Bounds on the Maximum Number of Konstantina Trivisa, (1236) Minimum Dominating Sets. University of Maryland Samuel Connolly*, University of 1:00PM Long Time Behavior of Periodic Solutions Pennsylvania, Zachary Gabor,Haverford (1247) to Scalar Conservation Laws In Several College, Anant Godbole, East Tennessee Space Dimensions. State University, and Bill Kay,Emory Constantine M. Dafermos,Brown University (1096-VN-1473) University (1096-35-1017) 1:45PM Odd-Neighbored Subsets. 1:30PM New development of the relative entropy (1237) Ralph P. Grimaldi, Rose-Hulman Institute (1248) method applied to shocks of conservation of Technology (1096-VN-1216) laws. 2:00PM The Flag Descent Algebra. Preliminary Alexis F Vasseur,TheUniversityof (1238) report. Texas at Austin (1096-35-908) Matthew Moynihan, The College of 2:00PM Non-uniqueness and boundary effects for Wooster (1096-VN-2613) (1249) the incompressible Euler equations. 2:15PM Finding mono-chromatic K3 shapes Emil Wiedemann, University of British (1239) within a complete, unweighted graph Columbia and Pacific Institute for the with variable c-edge-coloring. Preliminary Mathematical Sciences (1096-35-1221) report. 2:30PM Numerical schemes that converge to the Marilyn Titus, Bentonville, Arkansas (1250) entropy measure valued solutions of (1096-VN-32) systems of conservation laws. 2:30PM Enumeration of bipartite graphs and Siddhartha Mishra, ETH Zurich, (1240) blocks. Switzerland (1096-35-1172) Andrew R Gainer-Dewar,Carleton 3:00PM Singular limit of a nonlinear hyperbolic College (1096-VN-442) (1251) system with a two-scale relaxation 2:45PM Exploiting Connections Between Graph parameter at an interface. (1241) Theory and Finite Geometry. Jian-Guo Liu*, Duke University, Frederic Elizabeth Lane-Harvard*andTim Coquel, École Polytechnique, Shi Jin, Penttila, Colorado State University University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Li (1096-VN-445) Wang, UCLA (1096-35-1095) 3:00PM Universal and Overlap Cycles. 3:30PM Relaxation approximations to hyperbolic (1242) Kai Orans*, Pomona College, Adam D. (1252) balance laws. King, University of Louisville, and Alexey Miroshnikov,Universityof Amanda N. Laubmeier,Universityof Massachusetts at Amherst, and Arizona (1096-VN-962) Konstantina Trivisa*, University of Maryland (1096-35-1108) 3:15PM Enclosings of λ-fold 5-cycle systems. (1243) John Asplund*, C. A. Rodger, Auburn MAA Committee on Mutual Concerns-College University, and Melissa Keranen, Michigan Technological University Board Panel Discussion (1096-VN-799) 1:00 PM –2:20PM Room 316, BCC 3:30PM Some Consequences of a New Bijective (1244) Proof of the shape-Wilf-equivalence of AP calculus, computer science, and 231 and 312. statistics. Jonathan S Bloom, Dartmouth College Organizer: Roxy Peck,CalPolySanLuis (1096-VN-782) Obispo 3:45PM Dominating Sets in Panelists: Don King, Northeastern Z {± ± ± ± − } (1245) Cay( n, 1, 3, 5,..., (2k 1) ). University Jon Woltz*, Matthew Lee Force and Joe Paul Tymann,Rochester DeMaio, Kennesaw State University Institute of Technology (1096-VN-712) Allan Rossman, California 4:00PM Connections between Hamming codes Polytechnic State University, (1246) over q-element fields and Singer block San Luis Obispo designs. Bud Brown, Virginia Tech (1096-VN-628) Lien Diaz, College Board Serena Magrogan, College SIAM Minisymposium on New Developments Board with Entropic Solutions to Nonlinear Conservation Laws MAA-Young Mathematicians’ Network Panel Discussion 1:00 PM –3:55PM Room 325, BCC 1:00 PM –2:20PM Room 327, BCC Organizers: Pierre-Emmanuel Jabin, University of Maryland Finding the right grant. Eitan Tadmor,Universityof Organizers: Josh Laison, Willamette Maryland University

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Jacob White,TexasA&M 2:30PM Novel Properties of Deterministic and University (1255) Stochastic SIR Models. Jessica Ginepro, Western New England Panelists: Lloyd Douglas,University University, Emma Hartman,Wheaton of North Carolina at College, Ryo Kimura, Oberlin College, Greensboro Matthew McDermott, Harvey Mudd Florence Fasanelli, AAAS College, Colin Pawlowski*, Yale University, and Dylan Shepardson, Eric Gaze, Bowdoin College Mount Holyoke College (1096-VG-2688) Frank Sottile,TexasA&M 2:45PM Anti-tumor immune dynamics: using University (1256) ODEs to model a novel cancer therapy. Preliminary report. Joint Committee on Women in the Sean M. Laverty*andBryan Dawkins, Mathematical Sciences Panel Discussion University of Central Oklahoma (1096-VG-2674) 1:00 PM –2:30PM Room 326, BCC 3:00PM Action Potentials in Peripheral Auditory Negotiating in mathematical careers. (1257) Nervous System: A Novel PDE Distribution Model. Preliminary report. Organizers: Janet Best, Ohio State Rebecca E. Gasper,TheUniversityof University Iowa (1096-VG-2632)

Christine Guenther,Paciﬁc 3:15PM Descriptive analysis and modeling of University (1258) wave propagation during epileptic Amber Puha, California seizures. State University San Marcos Laura R. Gonzalez-Ramirez*, Boston University, Omar Ahmed, Sydney S. Panelists: Rachelle DeCoste,Wheaton Cash, Department of Neurology, College Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School, C. Eugene Wayne and Peter March, Ohio State Mark A. Kramer,BostonUniversity University (1096-VG-2537) Tanya Moore, Building Diversity in Science 3:30PM A mathematical model of human (1259) papillomavirus with application to Catherine Roberts, College cervical cancer in African women. of the Holy Cross Najat Ziyadi*, Morgan State University, and Avner Friedman,TheOhioState Summer Program for Women in Mathematics University (1096-VG-2231) (SPWM) Reunion 3:45PM Automated Estimation of Wound Size. (1260) James Brian Hall,Universityof 1:00 PM –4:00PM Room 336, BCC California, San Diego (1096-VG-2143) MAA General Contributed Paper Session on 4:00PM A Mathematical Model for a Modeling and Applications of Mathematics, I (1261) Self-Expanding Hemostatic Bandage. Keith Wojciechowski,Universityof Wisconsin Stout, and Kelsey Linnell*, 2:00 PM –4:10PM Room 348, BCC Bowdoin College (1096-VG-1980)

Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western AMS Invited Address New England University

Bem Cayco, San Jose State 2:15 PM –3:05PM Ballrooms I&II, 400 Level, BCC University Kimberly Presser, (1262) Random matrices and Dyson Brownian Shippensburge University Motion. Horng-Tzer Yau,HarvardUniversity 2:00PM An Enzymatic Model of Prion Aggregate (1096-60-2260) (1253) Dynamics. Jason Karl Davis*andSuzanne S Young Mathematicians’ Network-Project Sindi, University of California, Merced NExT Poster Session (1096-VG-2704)

2:15PM Risk factors in the spread of Visceral 2:15 PM –4:15PM Exhibit Hall G, 100 Level, BCC (1254) Leishmaniasis in two highly endemic but ecologically different regions. Preliminary Organizers: Kim Roth, Juniata College report. Kamal Kevin Barley,ArizonaState Mike Axtell,UniversityofSt. University (1096-VG-2698) Thomas

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MAA Committee on Two-Year Colleges Panel (1264) Hermann Minkowski: The quiet genius. Discussion Steve Gimbel, Gettysburg College (1096-A0-79) 2:35 PM –3:55PM Room 327, BCC MAA Two-Year College Reception Collaborations between two-year and four-year institutions that create 5:45 PM –7:00PM Holiday Ballroom pathways to a math major. 4, 2nd Floor, Hilton Organizers: Elizabeth Teles,National Science Foundation SIGMAA on Mathematical and Computational Judy Ackerman, Biology Reception, Business Meeting, and Montbomery College, Guest Lecture Rockville Campus Panelists: Debra Poese, Montgomery 6:00 PM –7:50PM Room 349, BCC College, Rockville Campus 6:00PM Reception and Business Meeting; lecture Nancy Sattler, Terra State to follow immediately at 7:00 p.m. Community College (1265) Explorations in phytoplankton fluid Eric Kostelich,Arizona dynamics. State University Lisa Fauci, Tulane University (1096-A0-59) MAA Subcommittee on Research by Undergraduates Panel Discussion SIGMAA on Quantitative Literacy Reception, Business Meeting, and Guest Lecture 2:35 PM –3:55PM Room 316, BCC Directing undergraduate research: How 6:00 PM –7:50PM Room 338, BCC to get started. 6:00PM Reception and Business Meeting; talk to Organizers: Herbert Medina, Loyola immediately follow at 7:00 p.m. Marymount University (1266) Sustainability + Serendipity = Math Rebecca Garcia,Sam Awareness Month 2013. Houston State University Victor Donnay, Bryn Mawr College Panelists: Michael Dorff,Brigham (1096-A0-2787) Young University AMS-MAA Special Film Presentation Joyati Debnath,Winona State University 6:00 PM –7:10PM Ballrooms I&II, 400 Level, BCC Angel Pineda, California State University, Fullerton The Genius of Srinivasa Ramanujan. Sandy Ganzell, St. Mary’s College of Maryland MAA Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics Discussion Session AMS Retiring Presidential Address 7:30 PM –9:00PM Room 347, BCC 3:20 PM –4:10PM Ballrooms I&II, 400 Level, BCC Course Area Reports (broad umbrella (1263) Reflections on a Mathematical World. definitions): Abstract Algebra; Geometry; Eric M. Friedlander, Uniiversity of Transitions to Proofs; Probability and Southern California (1096-00-1505) Statistics Presenters: Carol Schumacher,Kenyon Joint Prize Session College Martha Siegel,Towson 4:25 PM –5:25PM Ballrooms I&II, 400 Level, BCC University

Joint Prize Session Reception MAA Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics Discussion Session 5:30 PM –6:30PM Ballrooms I&II Lobby, 400 Level, BCC 7:30 PM –9:00PM Room 348, BCC Course Area Reports (broad umbrella SIGMAA on the Philosophy of Mathematics deﬁnitions): Linear Algebra; Differential Reception, Business Meeting, and Guest Equations; Real and Complex Analysis; Lecture Mathematical Modeling Presenters: Carol Schumacher,Kenyon 5:30 PM –7:20PM Room 340, BCC College 5:30PM Reception and Business Meeting; lecture Martha Siegel,Towson to follow immediately at 6:30 p.m. University

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MAA Committee on the Undergraduate 8:45AM Kernel Polynomials of Tile Digit Sets. Program in Mathematics Discussion Session (1271) Keenan Monks,HarvardUniversity (1096-12-1458) 7:30 PM –9:00PM Room 346, BCC 9:00AM A Class of Irreducible Polynomials. Program Area Reports (concentrations, (1272) Joshua Harrington and Lenny Jones*, double majors, minors, integrated Shippensburg University (1096-12-795) majors): Financial Math and Actuarial Science; Statistics; Computing; 9:15AM Constructing optimal ﬁnite frames with a Mathematical Programming; Applied (1273) given set of lengths. Math Justin Marks*, Bowdoin College, Matthew Fickus and Miriam J. Poteet, Organizers: Carol Schumacher,Kenyon Air Force Institute of Technology College (1096-15-2428) Martha Siegel,Towson University 9:30AM Real linear maps preserving some (1274) complex subspaces. MAA Committee on the Undergraduate Adam Coffman, Indiana University - Program in Mathematics Discussion Purdue University Fort Wayne (1096-15-1190) 7:30 PM –9:00PM Room 345, BCC 9:45AM The Jacobian method and structured Program Area Reports (concentrations, (1275) inverse eigenvalue problems. double majors, minors, integrated Keivan Hassani Monfared*andBryan majors): Teacher Education; LShader, University of Wyoming Biomathematics and Environmental (1096-15-2004) Science; Operations Research; 10:00AM The Koteljanskii Inequalities for Mixed Engineering (1276) Matrices. Organizers: Carol Schumacher,Kenyon Charles R. Johnson, College of College William and Mary, and Sivaram K. Martha Siegel,Towson Narayan*, Central Michigan University University (1096-15-1674)

10:15AM On Product of Companion Matrices. Young Mathematicians’ Network Open Forum (1277) Arthur Lim, University of Notre Dame, and Jialing Dai*, University of the Paciﬁc (1096-15-232) 7:30 PM –8:30PM Room 337, BCC 10:30AM Ordering maximal planar graphs by (1278) algebraic connectivity. Jason J Molitierno, Sacred Heart Friday, January 17 University (1096-15-2245) 10:45AM Almost all trees are normalized Joint Meetings Registration (1279) Laplacian cospectral. Steven Osborne, Iowa State University 7:30 AM –4:00PM Pratt Street (1096-15-319) Lobby, 300 Level, BCC AMS-AWM Special Session on Geometric AMS Session on Lattices, Polynomials, and Applications of Algebraic Combinatorics, I Linear Algebra 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 318, BCC 7:45 AM –10:55AM Room 311, BCC

7:45AM Closure Operators on a Subgroup Lattice. Organizers: Elizabeth Beazley, (1267) Preliminary report. Haverford College Martha Lee H Kilpack,SUNYOneonta Kristina Garrett,St.Olaf (1096-06-2055) College 8:00AM A Solution Formula for finite-dimensional (1268) systems. 8:00AM From combinatorics to motives: Cutting Berhanu Bekele Belayneh*, Addis Ababa (1280) and pasting in algebraic geometry. University, and Eva Zerz,RWTHAachen Melanie Matchett Wood,Universityof University (1096-08-2776) Wisconsin, and American Institute of Mathematics, and Ravi Vakil*, Stanford 8:15AM Packing Polynomials on Sectors of R2. University (1096-14-2376) (1269) Caitlin King Stanton,HarvardUniversity (1096-12-1013) 8:30AM Fiber bundle structures of Schubert 8:30AM Chebyshevactiononfinitefields. (1281) varieties. Preliminary report. (1270) T. Alden Gassert,Universityof Edward Richmond*, UBC, and William Massachusetts, Amherst (1096-12-1062) Slofstra, UC Davis (1096-05-2612)

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9:00AM Kazhdan–Lusztig elements for adjoint AMS Special Session on Complex Dynamics, (1282) Schuberts. Preliminary report. III (a Mathematics Research Communities Alexander K Woo*, University of Idaho, Session) and Alexander Yong,University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 322, BCC (1096-05-2319) Organizers: Scott Kaschner,University 9:30AM Young tableaux and subvarieties of the (1283) Grassmannian. of Arizona Kevin Purbhoo, University of Waterloo Holly Krieger, (1096-14-2466) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 10:00AM Schubert calculus on isotropic (1284) Grassmannians. Paul Reschke,Universityof Harry Tamvakis, University of Maryland Michigan (1096-14-1175) 8:00AM Torsion anomolous points and the Lattes (1291) family. 10:30AM The topology of toric origami manifolds. , University of Illinois at (1285) Tara S Holm*andAna Rita Pires, Laura DeMarco Chicago, , Zhejiang Cornell University (1096-53-2102) Xiaoguang Wang University, and Hexi Ye*, University of AMS Special Session on Accelerated Toronto (1096-37-1843) Advances in Higher Order 8:30AM Matings with the Basilica. Invexities/Univexities with Applications (1292) Jonguk Yang, University of Toronto to Optimization and Mathematical (1096-37-1972) Programming, I 9:00AM Matings of critically preprediodic (1293) quadratic polynomials: dynamics through tile subdivisions. Preliminary 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 332, BCC report. Mary E. Wilkerson, Coastal Carolina Organizers: Ram U. Verma, International University (1096-37-1925) Publications USA 9:30AM Thurston’s Theorem and Misiurewicz Alexander J. Zaslavski, (1294) points for polynomial maps. Technion-Israel Institute of Benjamin Hutz*, Florida Institute of Technology Technology, and Adam Towsley,CUNY Graduate Center (1096-11-1239) 8:00AM Concepts of Differentiability in Smooth (1286) and Non-smooth Analysis with 10:00AM When does an analytic map from Applications in Optimization Theory and (1295) Teichmueller space to itself have a fixed Algorithms. Preliminary report. point? M Zuhair Nashed,UniversityofCentral Stergios Antonakoudis,Harvard Florida (1096-49-2416) University (1096-32-2472) 10:30AM Eigenvalues and Thurston’s theorem. 9:00AM Common Solutions to Some Systems of (1296) Sarah C. Koch, University of Michigan (1287) Variational Inequalities and Fixed Point (1096-37-1327) Problems. Behzad Djafari Rouhani*, University of Texas at El Paso, Kaleem Raza Kazmi AMS Special Session on Ergodic Theory and and Mohd Farid, Aligarh Muslim Symbolic Dynamics, I University (1096-49-1209) 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 302, BCC 9:30AM Extension of Golden Section Search (1288) method to Higher Dimensional Organizers: Aimee Johnson, Optimization Problem. Swarthmore College Geetanjali Panda*andChakraborty Suvra Kanti, Indian Institute of Cesar Silva, Williams Technology, Kharagpur (1096-90-1823) College 8:00AM A characterization of topologically 10:00AM Linearly Connected Sequences and (1297) completely positive entropy for shifts of (1289) Spectrally Optimal Dual Frames for finite type. Erasures. Ronnie Pavlov, University of Denver Saliha Pehlivan,UniversityofCentral (1096-37-960) Florida (1096-00-1604) 8:30AM A sufficient condition for non-soficness of 10:30AM Dynamical Game Theory. Preliminary (1298) higher-dimensional subshifts. (1290) report. Steve Kass*, Drew University, and Aden O Ahmed,TexasA&MUniversity- Kathleen Madden, Drew University Kingsville (1096-49-738) (1096-37-1421)

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9:00AM Bijective substitutions without topological AMS Special Session on Geometric Group (1299) subshift factors isomorphic to their Theory, III (a Mathematics Research maximal equicontinuous factors. Communities Session) Joseph L Herning,TheGeorge Washington University (1096-37-1179) 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 321, BCC 9:30AM Symbolic Dynamics and the Infinite Organizers: ,Yale (1300) Staircase. Tariq Aougab University David Ralston, SUNY College at Old Westbury (1096-37-1135) Curtis Kent,Universityof Toronto 10:00AM Random Zd subshifts of finite type. (1301) Preliminary report. Sang Rae Lee, Technion Kevin McGoff*, Duke University, and Emily Stark, Tufts University Ronnie Pavlov, University of Denver 8:00AM Visual Boundaries for Diestel-Leader (1096-37-1749) (1308) Graphs. 10:30AM Extender sets and multidimensional Keith M Jones,SUNYOneonta (1302) subshifts. Preliminary report. (1096-20-1738) Nicholas Ormes*andRonnie Pavlov, 8:30AM Large-scale geometry of certain University of Denver (1096-37-1269) (1309) right-angled Coxeter groups. Pallavi Dani*, Louisiana State University, AMS Special Session on Fractal Geometry: and Anne Thomas,Universityof Mathematics of Fractals and Related Topics, Glasgow (1096-20-1477) II 9:00AM Asymptotic dimension with control. (1310) Alexander Dranishnikov,Universityof 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 315, BCC Florida (1096-51-1593) Organizers: Michel Lapidus,University 9:30AM Right-angled Artin groups and finite of California Riverside (1311) subgraphs of curve graphs. Preliminary report. Erin Pearse, California State Sang-hyun Kim,KAIST,Daejeon,Korea, Polytechnic University, San and Thomas Koberda*, Yale University Luis Obispo (1096-20-713) Robert Strichartz,Cornell 10:00AM Uniform hyperbolicity for arc and curve University (1312) graphs. Machiel Van Sebastian W. Hensel*, The University of Frankenhuijsen, Utah Valley Chicago, Piotr Przytycki, Institute of University Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and RichardC.H.Webb,The 8:00AM ”Bowen Formula in Generalized Iterated (1303) Constructions and Applications”. University of Warwick (1096-20-1511) Preliminary report. 10:30AM Stability phenomena for sequences of Eugen Andrei Ghenciu*, University of (1313) representations of the classical Weyl Wisconsin Stout, and Mario Roy, groups. York University, Toronto, Canada JenniferC.H.Wilson,Universityof (1096-37-521) Chicago (1096-20-2165) 8:30AM Billiard dynamics on the T -fractal billiard (1304) table. AMS Special Session on Highlighting Michel L. Lapidus,Universityof Achievements and Contributions of California, Riverside, Robyn L. Miller, Mathematicians of the African Diaspora, I Cornell University, and Robert G. Niemeyer*, University of New Mexico, 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 317, BCC Albuquerque (1096-37-292) Organizers: Asamoah Nkwanta,Morgan 9:00AM Zero Lyapunov exponent for State University ¨ (1305) quasi-periodic Schrodinger operators. Talitha M. Washington, Chris Marx, California Institute of Howard University Technology (1096-37-1230) 8:00AM The Adventures of Lee Lorch: What 9:30AM Transition in the Fractal Geometry of (1314) Two New Books by Barrett Brown, (1306) Arctic Melt Ponds. Edward Sebesta and Euan Hague Say Kenneth M. Golden,UniversityofUtah about Vanderbilt University and Black (1096-51-1426) Mathematicians. 10:00AM Constraints of space in plant Jonathan David Farley, Morgan State (1307) development: Where fractal forms come University (1096-01-1998) from? 8:30AM Enhancing the Achievements of Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz, Department (1315) African-American Mathematicians. of Computer Science, The University of Sylvia Bozeman, Spelman College, and Calgary (1096-51-2285) Ulrica Wilson*, Morehouse College 10:30AM Discussion (1096-00-92)

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9:00AM Albert Turner Bharucha-Reid. Mark W. Johnson,Penn (1316) Ronald E. Mickens, Clark Atlanta State University, Altoona University, Atlanta, GA 30314, USA (1096-01-741) Nitu Kitchloo, Johns Hopkins University 10:00AM The Life of David Harold Blackwell, (1317) Inspiration for Generations. James Turner,Calvin William A. Hawkins JR,Universityof College the District of Columbia and MAA Donald Yau, Ohio State (1096-01-2279) University at Newark 10:30AM Some of David Blackwell’s Reﬂections on (1318) the Work of David Blackwell (1919-2010). 8:00AM Topological Hochschild Homology and Preliminary report. (1325) Koszul Duality. William Alfred Massey,Princeton Jonathan A Campbell,Universityof University, Department of Operations Texas (1096-55-1741) Research and Financial Engineering 8:30AM TheKervaireinvariantoneproblem. (1096-01-1910) (1326) Mike Hill, University of Virginia (1096-55-2048) AMS Special Session on Homological and Characteristic p Methods in Commutative 9:00AM Moduli spaces of algebra structures. Algebra, II (1327) Preliminary report. Justin Noel, University of Regensburg (1096-55-2298) 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 303, BCC 9:30AM The adjoint action of a Organizers: ,GeorgeMason Neil Epstein (1328) homotopy-associative H-space on its loop University space. Preliminary report. Sean Sather-Wagstaff, Nicholas D Nguyen,Universityof North Dakota State Kentucky (1096-55-850) University 10:00AM Towards a resolution of the spectrum Karl Schwede, Penn State (1329) hS1 University E 2 at the prime 2. Irina Bobkova,NorthwesternUniversity 8:00AM Systems of parameters for complexes. (1096-55-2615) (1319) Kristen A Beck*, University of Arizona, and Sean Sather-Wagstaff, North Dakota 10:30AM The Adams-Novikov E2 term for Q(2) at State University (1096-13-1829) (1330) the prime 3. 8:30AM Gorenstein Dimensions, Amalgamated Donald M Larson, Penn State University, (1320) Duplication of a Ring, and Altoona (1096-55-1067) Pseudocanonical Covers. Pye Phyo Aung, North Dakota State AMS Special Session on Mathematics in University (1096-13-1663) Natural Resource Modeling, I 9:00AM Codualizing Complexes. Preliminary (1321) report. 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 326, BCC Sean Sather-Wagstaff, North Dakota State University, and Richard Wicklein*, Organizers: Shandelle Henson,Andrews Morningside College (1096-13-1711) University 9:30AM Syzygies and tensor product of modules. Catherine Roberts, College (1322) Olgur Celikbas*, University of Missouri - of the Holy Cross Columbia, and Greg Piepmeyer, Columbia Basin College (1096-13-1657) 8:00AM Cannibalism can allow survival of a (1331) population endangered by decreased 10:00AM Regular versus symbolic powers for environmental resource availability. (1323) ideals of points in positive characteristic. Preliminary report. Alexandra Seceleanu*and Jim M. Cushing*, Interdisciplinary Brian Harbourne,Universityof Program in Applied Mathematics, Nebraska-Lincoln (1096-14-1374) University of Arizona, Shandelle 10:30AM Koszul algebras and the Frobenius Henson,AndrewsUniversity,andJames (1324) endomorphism. Hayward, Department of Biology, Hop Dang Nguyen,Universit`adiGenova, Andrews University (1096-92-887) and Thanh Quang Vu*, University of California at Berkeley (1096-13-501) 8:30AM Reproductive synchrony in populations (1332) can ameliorate the effects of AMS Special Session on Homotopy Theory, II adult-on-juvenile cannibalism. Preliminary report. 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 329, BCC Shandelle M. Henson*, Andrews University, J. M. Cushing,Universityof Organizers: Niles Johnson, Ohio State Arizona, and James L. Hayward, University at Newark Andrews University (1096-92-880)

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9:00AM Synergy of Mathematical Modeling and Todd Kemp,Universityof (1333) Ecology in Native Oyster Restoration. California San Diego *, Virginia Institute Romuald N. Lipcius 8:00AM A Case for the Trace in Free Analysis. of Marine Science, College of William & (1343) Preliminary report. Mary, Leah B. Shaw, Department of Paul S. Muhly*, University of Iowa, and Applied Science, College of William & Baruch Solel, Technion (1096-46-1121) Mary, Junping Shi, College of William & Mary, Jian Shen and Allison M. 9:00AM New Examples of Exchangeable Colden, Virginia Institute of Marine (1344) Noncommutative Brownian Motion. Science, College of William & Mary Stephen Avsec, Texas A&M University (1096-92-1185) (1096-46-1769) 9:30AM A Bovine Babesiosis Epidemic Model With 9:30AM Analysis in Non-tracial Non-commutative (1334) Dispersion. Preliminary report. (1345) Probability Spaces. Abdul-Aziz Yakubu*, Howard University, Natasha Blitvic, Indiana University and Avner Friedman,TheOhioState Bloomington (1096-60-2142) University (1096-92-473) 10:00AM Reﬁnements of the Free Poincare 10:00AM Modeling water-borne diseases: (1346) Inequality. (1335) Environmental, ecological and climatic Ionel Popescu*, Georgia Institute of interaction. Preliminary report. Technology And Institute of Mathematics Jin Wang, Old Dominion University of the Romanian Academy, and Christian (1096-92-122) Houdre, Georgia Institute of Technology 10:30AM PDE Models in Measuring Global (1096-46-907) (1336) Sustainability. 10:30AM Lp-representations of free quantum Arni S.R. Srinivasa Rao,GeorgiaRegents (1347) groups. University (1096-35-151) Michael Brannan*andZhong-Jin Ruan, University of Illinois at AMS Special Session on My Favorite Graph Urbana-Champaign (1096-46-1376) Theory Conjectures, III AMS Special Session on Recent Progress in 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 314, BCC Multivariable Operator Theory, II Organizers: Craig Larson,Virginia 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 331, BCC Commonwealth University Ralucca Gera, Naval Organizers: Ron Douglas,TexasA&M Postgraduate School University 8:00AM Symmetry breaking in graphs. Michael Jury,Universityof (1337) Wilfried Imrich, Montanuniversitaet Florida Leoben, Austria (1096-05-1259) 8:00AM Axler-Zheng type theorem on domains in 8:30AM Forbidden Conjectures. (1348) C. (1338) David P Sumner,UniversityofSouth Zeljko Cuckovic*, University of Toledo, Carolina (1096-05-1869) Ohio, and Sonmez Sahutoglu,University 9:00AM Zarankiewicz’ crossing number of Toledo (1096-47-480) (1339) conjecture. 8:30AM Weighted composition operators on the Laszlo A. Szekely,UniversityofSouth (1349) Drury–Arveson space. Carolina (1096-05-250) Trieu L. Le,UniversityofToledo 9:30AM Two chromatic conjectures: one for (1096-47-342) (1340) vertices, one for edges. 9:00AM Schatten class Toeplitz operators on P. Mark Kayll, University of Montana (1096-05-1807) (1350) generalized Fock spaces. Preliminary report. 10:00AM Conjectures and questions in graph Joshua Isralowitz,SUNYAlbany (1341) reconﬁguration. (1096-47-1664) Ruth Haas, Smith College (1096-05-1292) 9:30AM On some basic operator theoretic (1351) questions in Bergman-type spaces. 10:30AM On the Conjecture of Erdos˝ and Gyarf´ as.´ Joshua Isralowitz,SUNYatAlbany, (1342) Preliminary report. Mishko Mitkovski*, Clemson University, , Indiana State University Geoffrey Exoo and Brett Wick,GeorgiaTech (1096-05-2392) (1096-32-1879) AMS Special Session on Progress in Free 10:00AM Cyclic functions in Dirichlet type spaces Analysis and Free Probability, II (1352) over the bidisk. Constanze Liaw*, Baylor University, 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 301, BCC Catherine Beneteau,UniversityofSouth Florida, Alberto A. Condori, Florida Gulf Organizers: Dmitry Coast University, Daniel Seco,University Kaliuzhnyi-Verbovetskyi, of Warwick, and Alan A. Sola,University Drexel University of Cambridge (1096-32-947)

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10:30AM Numerical invariants of commuting Carl Lutzer,Rochester (1353) isometric pairs. Preliminary report. Institute of Technology Wei He, Southeastern University, Darren Narayan,Rochester Nanjing, China, Yueshi Qin and Rongwei Institute of Technology Yang*, SUNY at Albany (1096-47-315) Tamas Wiandt,Rochester AMS Special Session on Regulatory Problems Institute of Technology for Nonlinear PDEs Modeling Fluids and 8:00AM Applying the Bracket Polynomial to Complex Fluids, III (a Mathematics Research (1360) Multi-Crossing Projections. Communities Session) Daniel Reid Irvine*, Notre Dame, and Samantha Nicole Petti, Williams College 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 324, BCC (1096-54-545)

Organizers: Jacob Bedrossian,New 8:30AM Avoiding monochromatic equations in York University (1361) groups. Preliminary report. Hao Jia,Universityof Ruth Haas, Karen Lovejoy, Loren Chicago Santana, Jennifer Tripp*andCloie Jared Whitehead,Los Webster, Smith College (1096-05-1288) Alamos National Laboratory 9:00AM Developing surfaces that are hulls of two Tak Kwong Wong, (1362) circles in space. University of Pennsylvania Caitlyn Hannum, Christine Hoffman, 8:00AM Regularizing Effect of the Forward Energy Katherine Koch*, Erin Linebarger, (1354) Cascade in the Inviscid Dyadic Model. Joseph O’Rourke and Judy Wang,Smith Alexey Cheskidov and Karen Zaya*, College (1096-05-1291) University of Illinois at Chicago 9:30AM New work on generalized splines. (1096-76-482) (1363) Nealy Bowden, Yue Cao, Sarah Hagen*, 8:30AM Anomalous diffusion of tracer particles in Melanie King, Stephanie Reinders and (1355) fast cellular ﬂows. Julianna Tymoczko, Smith College Gautam Iyer*, Carnegie Mellon (1096-14-1703) University, Alexei Novikov, Penn. State University, and Lenya Ryzhik,Stanford 10:00AM Combinatorial Structure of Finite University (1096-76-1904) (1364) Frames. Preliminary report. Alice Chan, Pomona College, Martin S. 9:00AM Global Regularity for Oldroyd-B type Copenhaver,MIT,Sivaram K. Narayan, (1356) models. Central Michigan University, Logan *, Courant Institute, and Tarek M Elgindi Stokols,UCBerkeley,andAllison ,IRMAR,Universitede Frederic Rousset Theobold*, Colorado Mesa University Rennes 1, (1096-35-994) (1096-15-129) 9:30AM Pressure formulas and regularity (1357) criteria. 10:30AM Fat Points on Grids and Hamming Peter Constantin, Princeton University (1365) Distance. Preliminary report. (1096-35-1975) Daniel R. Carmody, Indiana University, Susan M. Cooper, Central Michigan 10:00AM The Harnack inequality for second-order University, Nicholas A. Crispi*, Macaulay (1358) elliptic and parabolic equations with Honors College at Hunter College, The divergence-free drifts of low regularity. City University of New York, and Marie N. Mihaela Ignatova*, Stanford University, Ermete, Central Michigan University Igor Kukavica,UniversityofSouthern (1096-13-130) California, and Lenya Ryzhik,Stanford University (1096-35-491) AMS Special Session on Topological Graph 10:30AM On the second iterate for active scalar Theory: Structure and Symmetry, II (1359) equations. Susan Friedlander*, University of Southern California, and Walter Rusin, 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 330, BCC Oklahoma State University (1096-35-862) Organizers: Jonathan L. Gross, AMS Special Session on Research in Columbia University Mathematics by Undergraduates and Thomas W. Tucker,Colgate Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs, III University

8:00AM Skew morphisms and group 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 328, BCC (1366) factorizations. Preliminary report. Organizers: Bernard Brooks,Rochester Thomas W. Tucker, Colgate University Institute of Technology (1096-05-1318)

Jobby Jacob,Rochester 8:30AM Regular Cayley maps on some groups. Institute of Technology (1367) Young Soo Kwon*, Yeungnam Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin, University, and Istvan Kovacs,University Slippery Rock University of Primorska (1096-05-1061)

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9:00AM Bounding the order of a regular map Dan Margalit,Georgia (1368) with nilpotent automorphism group. Institute of Technology Shaofei Du, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China, Roman Nedela,MatejBel 8:00AM Introduction to the mapping class group. University, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, and (1378) Andrew Putman, Rice University Martin Skoviera*, Comenius University, (1096-AG-879) Bratislava, Slovakia (1096-05-2276) 9:00AM Finite generation of the mapping class 9:30AM Non-orientable regular maps of any (1379) group and the complex of curves. (1369) given type. Tara Brendle, University of Glasgow Jozef Siran, Open University, U.K. and (1096-AG-2084) Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia 10:00AM The Nielsen-Thurston Classiﬁcation of (1096-05-1553) (1380) Mapping Classes. 10:00AM Graph symmetry and regular covering. Johanna Mangahas,BrownUniversity (1370) Yan-Quan Feng, Beijing Jiaotong (1096-AG-910) University (1096-20-987) 10:30AM Enumeration of orientable coverings of a MAA Invited Paper Session on the Continuing (1371) non-orientable manifold. Inﬂuence of Paul Erdos˝ in Number Theory Jin Ho Kwak,BJTU-Chinaand POSTECH-Korea (1096-57-456) 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 307, BCC

AMS Special Session on Tropical and Organizers: Paul Pollack,Universityof Nonarchimedean Analytic Geometry, III (a Georgia Mathematics Research Communities Session) Carl Pomerance, Dartmouth 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 323, BCC College Organizers: Dustin Cartwright,Yale 8:00AM Problems and results in additive number University (1381) theory. Melvyn B. Nathanson, Lehman College Melody Chan,Harvard (CUNY) (1096-AC-1100) University Joseph D. Rabinoff,Georgia 8:30AM Applications of the prime factorization of Institute of Technology (1382) the product of consecutive integers to polynomials. 8:00AM Tropical Brill-Noether theory. Michael Filaseta,UniversityofSouth (1372) Sam Payne,YaleUniversity Carolina (1096-AC-1436) (1096-14-1561) 8:30AM Brill–Noether Theory of Maximally 9:00AM The pretentious approach to analytic (1373) Symmetric Graphs. (1383) number theory. Timothy Leake and Dhruv Andrew Granville,UniversityofMontreal Ranganathan*, Yale University (1096-AC-1614) (1096-14-736) 9:30AM Erdos˝ and the abundant numbers. 9:00AM Projective normality for tropical curves. (1384) Mits Kobayashi, Cal Poly Pomona (1374) Milena Hering, University of Edinburgh, (1096-AC-1698) and Josephine Yu*, Georgia Institute of Technology (1096-05-1456) 10:00AM Paul Erdos˝ and Egyptian Fractions. (1385) Preliminary report. 9:30AM Algebraic versus combinatorial rank of Ron Graham,UCSanDiego (1375) divisors on graphs. (1096-AC-823) Yoav Len,YaleUniversity (1096-14-1762) 10:30AM Counting integers with special properties. 10:00AM Linear systems of tropical curves: a (1386) Kevin B Ford, University of Illinois, (1376) geometric perspective. Urbana Champaign, Florian Luca*, Ye Luo, Georgia Institute of Technology Mathematical Institute, UNAM, and Carl (1096-52-2281) B Pomerance, Dartmouth College 1 (1096-AC-806) 10:30AM Smoothing of limit gdsonmetrized (1377) complexes. Preliminary report. Madhusudan Manjunath*andLuo AMS Session on Applied Mathematics, II Ye, Georgia Institute of Technology (1096-14-1486) 8:00 AM –10:55AM Room 305, BCC

MAA Invited Paper Session on Six Crash 8:00AM Multigrid Solution of Distributed Optimal Courses on Mapping Class Groups, I (1387) Control Problems Constrained by Semilinear Elliptic Pdes. 8:00 AM –10:45AM Room 308, BCC Jyoti Saraswat*, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Andrei Organizers: Benson Farb,Universityof Draganescu, University of Maryland Chicago Baltimore County (1096-35-1783)

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8:15AM Modeling Refugee Flow with the AMS Session on Complex and Geometric (1388) Continuum Mechanics of Porous Media. Analysis Preliminary report. Loren Cobb*, Lynn Bennethum and Mark Mueller, University of Colorado 8:00 AM –10:40AM Room 312, BCC Denver (1096-76-2641) 8:00AM Stein open subsets with Analytic 8:30AM Numerical Methods for Solving Cold-Fluid (1399) Complements in Compact Complex (1389) Maxwell’s Equations with Applications to Spaces. the Second Harmonic Generation from Jing Zhang, University at Albany, SUNY Metallic Nanoparticles. (1096-32-1391) Yingxue Zhao, Delaware State University (1096-78-1402) 8:15AM Towards Oka-Cartan theory for algebras 8:45AM Transformation optics based local mesh (1400) of holomorphic functions on coverings of (1390) reﬁnement for solving Maxwell’s Stein manifolds. equations. Alexander Brudnyi,Universityof Jinjie Liu*, Delaware State University, Calgary, and Damir Kinzebulatov*, The Moysey Brio and Jerome V Moloney, Fields Institute, Toronto (1096-32-2656) The University of Arizona (1096-78-1626) 8:30AM Holomorphic extensions in toric varieties 9:00AM Moving Window Finite-Difference (1401) with additional structures. (1391) Time-DomainMethodwithPerfectly Malgorzata Aneta Marciniak, Bowling Matched Layer Boundary Conditions. Green State University (1096-32-2657) Pengrui Hui, Delaware State University (1096-78-1298) 8:45AM Two-Point Distortion Bounds for (1402) Biholomorphic Mappings of the Ball in 9:15AM Numerical Simulation of the Space-Time Cn. Preliminary report. (1392) Cloak. Preliminary report. Jerry R. Muir, Jr.,UniversityofScranton Jason M. Cornelius*, Delaware State (1096-32-2492) University, and Jinjie Liu, Delaware State University (1096-78-2183) 9:00AM Weighted Bergman Kernel Functions (1403) Associated to Meromorphic Functions. 9:30AM A TD-DFT Approach to Second Harmonic (1393) Generation at Metal Surfaces. Preliminary Robert Jacobson, Roger Williams report. University (1096-32-2726) Justin Droba, Michigan State University (1096-78-1621) 9:15AM Boundary Values of Components of (1404) Monogenic Functions. 9:45AM Title: Numerical solution of Dyson Brendon Kerr Ballenger*andCraig (1394) Brownian motion and a sampling scheme ANolder, Florida State University for invariant matrix ensembles. (1096-32-1725) Xingjie Helen Li*andGovind Menon, Brown University (1096-82-1228) 9:30AM Regularity of Extremal Functions in (1405) Weighted Bergman and Fock Type 10:00AM Coal Bed Methane: Micro-scale Models Spaces. (1395) and Macro-scale Constraints. Timothy J Ferguson, Vanderbilt Mark P Mueller*andLynn Bennethum, University (1096-30-436) University of Colorado Denver (1096-82-1891) 9:45AM On Segal theorem about two-sided ideals (1406) for real C*- and real locally C*-algebras. 10:15AM Nonlinear Neutral Inclusions: Oleg Friedman*, UNISA, Pretoria, RSA & (1396) Assemblages of Confocal Coated Spheres Touro College/Lander College for Men, and Ellipsoids. and Alexander A. Katz, St. John’s *, Colgate Silvia Jimenez Bolanos University (1096-46-2487) University, and Bogdan Vernescu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute 10:00AM Expected Values of the Conformal Radius. (1096-35-1058) (1407) Preliminary report. 10:30AM Spectra of Functionalized Operators Brett Hafferkamp, Texas Tech University (1397) Arising from Hypersurfaces. (1096-30-2352) Gurgen Hayrapetyan*, Carnegie Mellon R1,1 University, and Keith Promislow, 10:15AM Projective Compactiﬁcation of and Michigan State University (1096-35-2293) (1408) its Mobius¨ Geometry. John A. Emanuello, The Florida State 10:45AM An Optimization Based Domain University (1096-30-186) (1398) Decomposition Method for PDEs with Random Inputs. 10:30AM The Effect of Symmetry on the Riemann Jangwoon Lee*, University of Mary (1409) Map. Washington, Jeehyun Lee and Yoongu Jeanine L. Myers,Universityof Hwang, Yonsei University (1096-65-776) Arkansas-Fort Smith (1096-30-306)

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AMS Session on Differential and Integral 10:30AM Criteria for the Existence of Principal Equations and Their Applications (1420) Eigenvalue of Time Periodic Nonlocal Dispersal Operators and Its Applications. 8:00 AM –10:55AM Room 304, BCC Nar S Rawal*andWenxian Shen, Auburn University (1096-45-407) 8:00AM Periodic Solutions of Ordinary 10:45AM Large-scale particle dynamics (1410) Differential Equations. Preliminary (1421) simulations for pulse propagation in report. broadband optical fiber communication Zhivko S. Athanassov, Institute of networks. Mathematics, Bulgarian Academy of Avner Peleg, State University of New Sciences (1096-34-559) York at Buffalo (1096-34-546) 8:15AM An iterative method for solving boundary (1411) value problems of fourth-order and MAA Session on Flipping the Classroom, I second-order differential equation systems. Preliminary report. 8:00 AM –10:55AM Room 337, BCC Omar Abed Elkareem Abu Arqub, Al-Balqa Applied University Organizers: Krista Maxson,Shawnee (1096-34-2169) State University 8:30AM The Implementation of Novel Kernel Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo, (1412) Functions. Preliminary report. Valparaiso University Diandra M. Ryan-Mas, Westminster 8:00AM A Flipped Class: The Challenges and College (1096-34-805) (1422) Benefits of Changing the Classroom 8:45AM Singularity Structure of the Leah-Sine Dynamic to be Consistent with Cognitive (1413) Function, Lsn(t), at t = 0. Learning Theories and Focus on Tre Wells*, Morehouse College, and Student-Centered Learning. Ronald E. Mickens, Clark Atlanta Michael A Posner, Villanova University University (1096-34-1031) (1096-E1-2159) 9:00AM Analytical solutions of fuzzy initial value 8:20AM Flipping the Classroom—Creating an (1414) problems by RKHS method. Preliminary (1423) Active Learning Environment. report. Jianfeng Zhang, Chattanooga State Mohammed Hamdi Al-smadi, Ajloun Community College (1096-E1-639) College, Al-Balqa Applied University 8:40AM Adventures in flipping my college algebra (1096-34-2341) (1424) classroom. 9:15AM Modeling and Qualitative Analysis of Jenna R Van Sickle, Fontbonne (1415) Immune Response to Tumor Growth. University (1096-E1-18) Qing Wang*, Zhijun Wang, Dept. of 9:00AM ‘Flipping’ the Pre-calculus classroom: Computer Sciences, Mathematics and (1425) From ideation to execution. Preliminary Engineering, Shepherd University, and report. David J. Klinke, Dept. of Chemical Priya Shilpa Boindala, D Natasha Engineering, and Dept. of Microbiology, Brewley*, Jennifer L Sinclair and Keith Immunology and Cell Biology, West AErickson, Georgia Gwinnett College Virginia University (1096-34-2491) (1096-E1-800) 9:30AM A Global Uncertainty and Sensitivity 9:20AM Flipping the Calculus Classroom. (1416) Analysis on a Simple Age-of-Infection SIR (1426) Joseph Petrillo, Alfred University, Alfred Model. Preliminary report. NY (1096-E1-623) Emmanuel J. Morales Butler*, Arizona 9:40AM Designing the classroom flip for State University, Juan P. Aparicio, (1427) learner-centered mathematics Universidad Nacional de Salta, and instruction. Carlos Castillo-Chavez,ArizonaState Jeremy F. Strayer, Middle Tennessee University (1096-45-2255) State University (1096-E1-2684) 9:45AM Mathematical Model for Drug Therapy in 10:00AM Flipping Calculus. (1417) Patients With Diabetes Mellitus. (1428) Jean M. McGivney-Burelle*, Larissa Boniface Otieno Kwach, School of Schroeder, Mako Haruta, Fei Xue, John Mathematics and Actuarial Science, Williams and Ben Pollina,Universityof Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Hartford (1096-E1-1563) Science and Technology, Bondo, Kenya 10:20AM “A different type of math”: Addressing (1096-34-58) (1429) student difficulties with proof by 10:00AM Delay induced oscillations in neural flipping the transition-to-proof course. (1418) networks. Preliminary report. Chuan Zhang*, Gerhard Dangelmayr Robert Talbert, Grand Valley State and Iuliana Oprea, Colorado State University (1096-E1-1597) University (1096-34-1334) 10:40AM Probing the Inverted Classroom: A 10:15AM A Wavelet Based Method for the Solution (1430) Multi-year Multi-department Controlled (1419) of Integral Equations. Study. Yousef Al-Jarrah, Central Michigan Rachel Levy*andDarryl Yong,Harvey University (1096-45-2328) Mudd College (1096-E1-1008)

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MAA Session on Innovative and Effective 8:40AM Open Textbooks and Solving the Textbook Ways to Teach Linear Algebra, I (1442) Cost Crisis. Nicole Allen, Scholarly Publishing 8:00 AM –10:55AM Room 340, BCC & Academic Resources Coalition (1096-H5-1557) Organizers: David Strong, Pepperdine University 9:00AM Experiences from Publishing Open Source (1443) Textbooks. Gilbert Strang,MIT Thomas W Judson*, Stephen F. Austin Megan Wawro,Virginia State University, and Robert Beezer, Tech University of Puget Sound (1096-H5-345) 8:00AM Using March Madness in the First Linear (1431) Algebra Course. Preliminary report. 9:20AM A do-it-yourself guide to print on demand Steve Hilbert, Ithaca College Ithaca,NY (1444) publishing. 14850 (1096-F1-2650) Richard Hammack,Virginia Commonwealth University (1096-H5-140) 8:20AM From March Madnesss to MATHness with (1432) linear algebra. 9:40AM A Collaborative Model for Open-Source Tim Chartier, Davidson College (1445) Textbook Writing. (1096-F1-783) Gregory Hartman*andTroy Siemers, 8:40AM Using Classical Cryptography and Virginia Military Institute (1096-H5-930) (1433) Cryptanalysis as an Enrichment Exercise 10:00AM Be a Socialist and a Bit of a Capitalist. in a First Course in Linear Algebra. (1446) Ted Sundstrom, Grand Valley State Don Spickler, Salisbury University University (1096-H5-780) (1096-F1-2035) 9:00AM Bilbo and the Last Moon of Autumn. 10:20AM Groups and Fields in Open Text (1434) Andrew J. Simoson, King University (1447) Authoring. (1096-F1-605) Jim Hefferon, Saint Michael’s College (1096-H5-684) 9:20AM On The Heliocentric Circular Mechanical (1435) Energy Curves of Galileo. 10:40AM Avoid “Imperial Entanglements” and Alexander Louis Garron,CEOSandBox (1448) Other Advice from two Open-source Geometry LLC (1096-F1-592) Authors. 9:40AM Student Projects to Visualize Iteration Jeff Zeager, Lorain County Community (1436) Patterns of Matrices with Complex College (1096-H5-1400) Eigenvalues. Rosemary Carroll Farley, Manhattan MAA Session on Trends in Undergraduate College (1096-F1-1192) Mathematical Biology Education, I 10:00AM “Where Am I?” A Change of Basis Project. (1437) Christina M. Selby,Rose-Hulman 8:00 AM –10:55AM Room 349, BCC Institute of Technology (1096-F1-2326) 10:20AM Frame Construction in Linear Algebra: Organizer: Timothy Comar, (1438) Frenet-Serret as Modiﬁed Gram-Schmidt. Benedictine University Itai Seggev, Wolfram Research (1096-F1-656) 8:00AM Can Furry Animals and Albedo Replace (1449) Epsilons and Deltas in Calculus? 10:40AM Analogies between matrix equations and (1439) linear differential equations. Carrie Diaz Eaton,UnityCollege,Unity, Gilbert Strang, MIT (1096-F1-1538) ME (1096-N5-859)

8:20AM Impacts of Introducing Projects to a MAA Session on Open Source Mathematics (1450) Calculus for Biology and Medicine Textbooks, I Course. Preliminary report. Melissa A Stoner, Salisbury University 8:00 AM –10:55AM Room 341, BCC (1096-N5-1262)

Organizers: Albert Schueller,Whitman 8:40AM Hands-on classroom demonstrations College (1451) for a life sciences calculus course. Kent Morrison,American Preliminary report. Institute of Mathematics Sean M. Laverty*andBrittany Bannish, University of Central Oklahoma 8:00AM To Make Free Or Not to Make Free—That (1096-N5-2433) (1440) is the Question. ,Universityof John Wesley Cain 9:00AM Formative assessment and classroom Richmond and Harvard University (1452) community in calculus for the life (1096-H5-392) sciences. Preliminary report. 8:20AM If you love something, (how to) set it free. Rebecca-Anne Dibbs and Brian (1441) Matt Boelkins, Grand Valley State Christopher*, University of Northern University (1096-H5-572) Colorado (1096-N5-1945)

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9:20AM Breathing life into mathematics for 9:40AM Creating and Using Online Community (1453) biologists: teaching quantitative (1463) Resources for Teaching Differential practices to undergraduate biology Equations with Modeling and Technology. students. Preliminary report. Rebecca Dibbs*, University of Northern Brian J. Winkel, US Military Academy Colorado, and Anne-Marie Hoskinson, (1096-P5-171) Michigan State University (1096-N5-2742) 10:00AM Maplets for Calculus: Expanding offerings 9:40AM QUBES Hub: A vision of online (1464) and opportunities in Precalculus, (1454) collaboration in teaching and learning in Calculus and Differential Equations. quantitative biology. Philip B. Yasskin*, Texas A&M M Drew LaMar*, College of William University, Douglas B. Meade,University and Mary, Carrie Diaz Eaton,Unity of South Carolina, and Matthew J. Barry, College, DorothyBelle Poli, Anil Texas A&M University (1096-P5-1996) Shende, Roanoke College, Robert Sheehy,RadfordUniversity,Eungchun 10:20AM Using Online Technology in the Cho, Kentucky State University, and (1465) Mathematics Classroom to Improve Eric Friedman, Roanoke College Student Learning. Preliminary report. (1096-N5-2187) Michael B. Scott, California State University, Monterey Bay (1096-P5-2511) 10:00AM An Undergraduate course on the (1455) Mathematics of Cancer. 10:40AM Creating Effective Online Homework Eric J Kostelich*, Arizona State (1466) Problems in Calculus (Using WeBWorK). University, and Yang Kuang,Arizona Preliminary report. State Univeristy (1096-N5-2675) Paul E. Seeburger,MonroeCommunity 10:20AM Biological Hacking by Stem Cells Derived College (1096-P5-2334) (1456) from Gompertz Function Modeling. Preliminary report. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Rhyzl Ayang-ang Guimbatan,ElCentro Research in Number Theory, II College (1096-N5-2323) 10:40AM A Mathematical Modeling for Alzheimer’s 8:00 AM –10:55AM Room 346, BCC (1457) disease and its Treatment Based on the Metal Hypothesis. Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western Shantia Yarahmadian*, Hadi Khani and New England University Eda Asili, Mississippi State University Bem Cayco, San Jose State (1096-N5-1777) University MAA Session on Using Online Resources to Kimberly Presser, Augment the Traditional Classroom, I Shippensburge University 8:00AM On decomposing complete multipartite 8:00 AM –10:55AM Room 350, BCC (1467) graphs into 2-regular graphs. Organizers: Mike May, Saint Louis Uthoomporn Jongthawonwuth*, University Chulalongkorn University, Saad I El-Zanati, Illinois State University, and Paul Seeburger,Monroe Chariya Uiyyasathian, Chulalongkorn Community College University (1096-VO-2605) 8:00AM Allowing Students and Educators to (1458) Create Their Own Web Based 8:15AM Applying a Galois Transformation to the Mathematical and Statistical Simulations. (1468) Roots of a Polynomial. Paul R Bouthellier,Universityof Ken McMurdy, Ramapo College of New Pittsburgh-Titusville (1096-P5-194) Jersey (1096-VO-2286) 8:20AM Essay Answers: Using Free Response 8:30AM On the Sum of Dilations of a Set. (1459) Questions in WeBWorK. (1469) George Shakan*, University of Wyoming, Geoff R Goehle, Western Carolina and Antal Balog, Alfred Renyi Institute of University (1096-P5-943) Mathematics (1096-VO-2009) 8:40AM Using WeBWorK, Geogebra and other 8:45AM A Collatz-Like Iteration. Preliminary (1460) online resources in a Linear (1470) report. Programming course. Preliminary report. Vincent J. Matsko,Princeton Michael E Gage, University of Rochester International School of Mathematics and (1096-P5-1960) Science (1096-VO-2240) 9:00AM Sage mathematics software in the (1461) classroom. 9:00AM Decent Polynomials. Preliminary report. Jason Grout,DrakeUniversity (1471) Edward Early, St. Edward’s University (1096-P5-2643) (1096-VO-2232) 9:20AM Thou Shalt Compute, in One Click: Using 9:15AM Sets of integers which contain no three (1462) (Embedded) Sage Cells Online. (1472) term in geometric progression. Karl-Dieter Crisman, Gordon College Nathan G McNew, Dartmouth College (1096-P5-2582) (1096-VO-2150)

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9:30AM Averaging Structure in the 3x +1 9:40AM Shape correspondence for biological (1473) Problem. Preliminary report. (1482) applications. Preliminary report. Marc Chamberland, Grinnell College Cindy Grimm*, Oregon State University, (1096-VO-1069) Sandra Rugonyi, Oregon Institute of Health, and Rolf Mueller,VirginiaTech 9:45AM A Generalization of Fibonacci (1096-51-957) (1474) Far-Difference Representations and Gaussian Behavior. 10:05AM A class of Riemannian metrics for shape Philippe Demontigny*, Williams College, (1483) deformation analysis. Thao T Do, Stony Brook University, and Mario Micheli, University of Washington Steven J. Miller, Williams College (1096-53-734) (1096-VO-1903) 10:30AM Topological measures of similarity for 10:00AM Newman’s Conjecture in Various (1484) curves on surfaces. (1475) Settings. Erin Wolf Chambers, Saint Louis Alan Chang*, Princeton University, University (1096-68-1000) Steven J Miller, Williams College, and Julio Andrade,Brown,IHES SIAM Minisymposium on Recent Advances in (1096-VO-1548) Financial Mathematics,III

10:15AM Generalizing Zeckendorf’s Theorem to 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 313, BCC (1476) f -decompositions. Umang Varma*, Kalamazoo College, Organizers: Maxim Bichuch, Worcester Philippe Demontigny, Williams College, Polytechnic Institute Thao Do, Stony Brook University, Archit Ronnie Sircar,Princeton Kulkarni, Carnegie Mellon University, University Steven J. Miller and David Moon, Williams College (1096-VO-255) Stephan Sturm, Worcester Polytechnic Institute 10:30AM A Delightful Interconnection (1477) Encompassing Pythagorean Triples, 8:00AM Filtered Likelihood for Point Processes. Algebra, Geometry and Modular (1485) Preliminary report. Arithmetic. Preliminary report. Kay Giesecke, Stanford University, and Jay L. Schiffman,RowanUniversity Gustavo Schwenkler*, Boston University (1096-VO-49) (1096-62-2733) 8:30AM Risk management of volatility controlled 10:45AM Generalized Locker Problem. (1486) variable annuity contracts. (1478) Keneth Adrian Precillas Dagal,Far Eoin J Elliffe, Lincoln Financial Group Eastern University-Manila (1096-VO-21) (1096-00-2762) SIAM Minisymposium on Applied and 9:00AM The state of High Frequency Trading Computational Geometry (1487) from the perspective of an institutional investor. Preliminary report. Ionut Florescu*, Khaldoun Khashanah 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 325, BCC and Steve Yang, Stevens Institute of Organizers: Erin Wolf Chambers,St Technology (1096-62-2108) Louis University 9:30AM Please see the JMM newsletter for details. Kathryn Leonard, California 10:00AM Please see the JMM newsletter for details. State University Channel 10:30AM Weak Convergence Analysis of Systemic Islands (1488) Risk in Interbanking Networks. Agostino Capponi*, Johns Hopkins 8:00AM Positional geometry of multi-object (1479) conﬁgurations from skeletal linking University, and Lijun Bo, Xidian structures. University (1096-60-2120) James N. Damon,UniversityofNorth Carolina at Chapel HIll, and Ellen PME Council Meeting K. Gasparovic*, Duke University (1096-53-1383) 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM Mencken, 2nd Floor, Hilton 8:25AM Scale, Scale-Invariance and Metrics MAA General Contributed Paper Session on on Spaces of Plane Curves. Matt Research in Applied Mathematics, I Feiszli,Stepping Stone Mobile.

8:50AM Extending Statistical Methods to 8:15 AM –10:55AM Room 347, BCC (1480) Computational Topology. Elizabeth Munch, IMA, University of Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western Minnesota (1096-55-1361) New England University

9:15AM Relative critical sets, medial axes, and Bem Cayco, San Jose State (1481) networks. University Jason E Miller, California State University Kimberly Presser, Channel Islands (1096-92-2716) Shippensburge University

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8:15AM Coexistence condition of two species of MAA General Contributed Paper Session on (1489) animals residing in an environment. Calculus Joon Hyuk Kang,AndrewsUniversity (1096-VL-2080) 8:30 AM –10:25AM Room 348, BCC 8:30AM Agent-Based Models for Analyzing (1490) Complex Disease Dynamics and Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western Tuberculosis Intervention Cost New England University Effectiveness in the US. Bem Cayco, San Jose State , Western New England Jessica Ginepro University University, Emma Hartman,Wheaton College, Ryo Kimura, Oberlin College, Kimberly Presser, Matthew McDermott*, Harvey Mudd Shippensburge University College, Colin Pawlowski,Yale 8:30AM From reddit to Calc III: How a picture led University, and Dylan Shepardson,Mt. (1500) to a collaborative class project. Holyoke College (1096-VL-2685) Jody Sorensen, Augsburg College 8:45AM Brain Waves. (1096-VB-2546) (1491) Christina H Lee, The College of New Jersey (1096-VL-2723) 8:45AM An Inquiry-Based Approach to Teaching (1501) Parameterization. 9:00AM Investigate the charactertics of blood Fabiana Cardetti*, University of (1492) flow in brain tumor using Finite Element Connecticut, Nicole DeMatteo, methods. Providence College, Jonathan Dollar, Ranadhir Roy*andDaniel N. Riahi, Emory University, and Gabriel Feinberg, University of Texas Pan American Haverford College (1096-VB-2379) (1096-VL-833) 9:00AM Faculty Learning Community Experience: 9:15AM Methodological Insights to Exploring the (1502) Using Multidisciplinary Applications in (1493) Stability of General and Photorealistic Calculus Teaching. Models of the Pupil Light Reflex (PLR). Stephen M. Walk, St. Cloud State Preliminary report. University (1096-VB-2290) ADClark*, K Chang, R S Gejji, University of Maryland/Laboratory for 9:15AM Adjusting Child Support Payments in Physical Sciences, S Chrihalmeanu,West (1503) Michigan. Virginia University, and AARoss, Michael A. Jones*, Mathematical Michigan State University (1096-VL-789) Reviews, and Jennifer Wilson,Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal 9:30AM Modeling the Cutaneous Rabbit Effect. (1494) Evan C Cresswell-Clay*andGBard Arts (1096-VB-2200) Ermentrout, University of Pittsburgh 9:30AM Identifying Concepts Critical for Success (1096-VL-2311) (1504) in Calculus at the University of Illinois. 9:45AM A fast ADI algorithm for geometric flow Preliminary report. (1495) equations in bio-molecular surface Alison Ahlgren Reddy*, University of generation. Illinois, and Marc A. Harper,UCLA Wufeng Tian*andShan Zhao,The (1096-VB-1134) University of Alabama (1096-VL-1406) 9:45AM Teaching Calculus through History, 10:00AM Analysis of Monte Carlo methods for (1505) Intuition, Exploration, and Development (1496) computing parametric sensitivities in (HIED). stochastic chemical kinetics. Preliminary Paul Sisson*andTibor Szarvas, report. Louisiana State University in Shreveport Ting Wang*andMuruhan Rathinam, (1096-VB-809) University of Maryland, Baltimore County 10:00AM Concept Modification: A Teaching (1096-VL-2168) (1506) Experiment. 10:15AM Generalized Fractional Kinetic equations: Girija S Nair-Hart, University of Cincinatti (1497) Solutions and applications. Preliminary Clermont College (1096-VB-176) report. 10:15AM Introducing a proof on Fibonacci Ismail T Ali, Kuwait University (1096-VL-16) (1507) numbers to Calculus I students. Jaewoo Lee, The City University of New 10:30AM Nonuniform and Adaptive Mesh York–Borough of Manhattan Community (1498) Refinement Finite-Difference College (1096-VB-961) Time-Domain method for Ground Penetrating Radar Simulations. AMS-MAA Grad School Fair Adonis O Ajayi, Delaware State University (1096-VL-2479) 8:30 AM –10:30AM Exhibit Hall G, 100 Level, BCC 10:45AM Large-scale Coordinated Platooning of (1499) Heavy-duty Vehicles. Undergrads! Take this opportunity to Jeffrey M Larson,KTH-RoyalInstitute meet representatives from mathematical of Technology (1096-VL-891) science graduate programs.

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MAA Invited Address MAA Committee on the Teaching of Undergraduate Mathematics Panel 9:00 AM –9:50AM Ballrooms I&II, 400 Level, BCC Discussion (1508) The mathematics of lattice-based 9:00 AM –10:20AM Room 316, BCC cryptography. Jill Pipher,BrownUniversity Maximizing your impact in the (1096-A0-11) classroom: Case studies in best practices for classroom teaching. ASL Invited Address Organizers: Martha Abell,Georgia 9:00 AM –9:50AM Room 319, BCC Southern University

(1509) New directions in reverse mathematics. Brigitte Lahme, Sonoma Damir D Dzhafarov,Universityof State University Connecticut (1096-03-390) Michael Oehrtman, University of Northern MAA Minicourse: #12: Part B Colorado Karen Rhea,Universityof 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Room 344, BCC Michigan A game theory path to quantitative Panelists: Lew Ludwig,Denison literacy. University Presenter: ,Goshen David Housman Stan Yoshinobu,CalPoly College San Luis Obispo MAA Minicourse #1: Part B Michelle Zandieh,Arizona State University 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Room 342, BCC MAA Committee on Undergraduate Student Humanistic mathematics. Activities and Chapters-SIGMAA on Presenters: Gizem Karaali, Pomona Mathematics in Business, Industry, and College Government Panel Discussion Eric Marland, Appalachian State University 9:00 AM –10:20AM Room 327, BCC

MAA Minicourse #4: Part B Nonacademic career paths for mathematicians. 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Room 343, BCC Organizers: Jennifer Bergner, Salisbury University Teaching introductory statistics (for instructors new to teaching intro stats). Lisa Marano, West Chester University Presenters: Michael Posner, Villanova University Phil Gustafson, Colorado Carolyn Cuff, Westminster Mesa Univfersity College Ben Galluzzo, Shippensbburg University MAA Workshop Panelists: Greg Coxson,U.S.Naval Reserach Laboratory 9:00 AM –10:55AM Peale B/C, 1st Floor, Hilton Jim Fife, Educational Advanced proposal writing for grant Testing Service applications to the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education. (advance Carla Martin,U.S. registration required) Government Presenters: John Haddock, Division of Katie Ford, NASA Wallops Undergraduate Education, NSF Student Hospitality/Information Center Michael Jacobson, Division of Undergraduate Education, 9:00 AM –5:00PM Swing Hall, 100 Level, BCC NSF Lee Zia, Division of Exhibits and Book Sales Undergraduate Education, NSF 9:30 AM –5:30PM Exhibit Hall F, 100 Level, BCC

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ASL Invited Address AMS-AWM Special Session on Geometric Applications of Algebraic Combinatorics, II 10:00 AM –10:50AM Room 319, BCC 1:00 PM –6:20PM Room 318, BCC (1510) A model theorist’s geometry: Lascar rank, (non)orthogonality, triviality. Organizers: Elizabeth Beazley, Alice Medvedev, City College of New Haverford College York, CUNY Kristina Garrett,St.Olaf AMS Invited Address College 1:00PM Polynomials for GLp × GLq orbit closures 10:05 AM –10:55AM Ballrooms (1519) in the ﬂag variety. I&II, 400 Level, BCC Benjamin J. Wyser and Alexander Yong*, University of Illinois at (1511) The effectiveness of convex programming Urbana-Champaign (1096-05-593) in the information and physical sciences. 1:30PM Generalized splines and Schubert Emmanuel Cand`es, Stanford University (1520) calculus. AMS-MAA Invited Address Julianna S Tymoczko, Smith College (1096-05-2581)

11:10 AM – NOON Ballrooms I&II, 400 Level, BCC 2:00PM A generalized GKM condition for (1521) p-compact flag varieties. (1512) Braids, homology, and polynomials: an Omar Ortiz,UniversityofWestern emerging pattern in algebra and Ontario (1096-05-2302) topology. 2:30PM Equivariant cohomology of two-step flag Benson Farb, University of Chicago (1522) varieties. (1096-55-2588) Anders S. Buch,RutgersUniversity (1096-05-2124) AMS Colloquium Lectures, Lecture III 3:00PM An equivariant rim-hook rule for 1:00 PM –1:50PM Ballrooms I&II, 400 Level, BCC (1523) quantum cohomology of Grassmannians. Preliminary report. (1513) Symplectic Topology Today: Embedding Elizabeth Beazley, Haverford College, ellipsoids and Fibonacci numbers. Anna Bertiger, University of Waterloo, Dusa McDuff,BarnardCollege,Columbia and Kaisa Taipale*, University of University (1096-53-2198) Minnesota, Minneapolis (1096-05-2399) 3:30PM A quantum Chevalley rule for affine flag MAA Lecture for Students (1524) manifolds. Preliminary report. Liviu Mare, University of Regina, Canada, 1:00 PM –1:50PM Holiday Ballrooms and Leonardo C Mihalcea*, Virginia 1–3, 2nd Floor, Hilton Tech University (1096-05-2189) (1514) An unexpected group. 4:00PM Flag Gromov-Witten invariants and Carl Cowen, IUPUI (1096-A0-43) (1525) Macdonald polynomials. Jennifer Morse, Drexel University AMS Current Events Bulletin (1096-05-2408) 4:30PM A Constant Term Expression for the 1:00 PM –4:45PM Room 310, BCC (1526) Character of Diagonal Harmonics. Preliminary report. Organizer: David Eisenbud,University Jim Haglund*, University of of California, Berkeley Pennsylvania, and Adriano Garsia, 1:00PM Earth’s Carbon Cycle: A mathematical University of California at San Diego (1515) perspective. (1096-05-2060) Daniel H Rothman, Massachusetts 5:00PM Macdonald polynomials with shifted Institute of Technology (1096-86-2438) (1527) parameters. Preliminary report. 2:00PM The geometry of outer space. Arun Ram, University of Melbourne, (1516) Karen Vogtmann,UniversityofWarwick Martha Yip*, University of Pennsylvania, and Cornell University (1096-20-2543) and Meesue Yoo, KIAS (1096-05-2394) 3:00PM Recent advances in symplectic flexibility. 5:30PM Specializations of nonsymmetric (1517) Yakov Eliashberg, Stanford University (1528) Macdonald-Koornwinder polynomials. (1096-53-744) Daniel Orr and Mark Shimozono*, Virginia Tech (1096-05-448) 4:00PM Infinitely many pairs of primes differ by (1518) no more than 70 million (and the bound’s 6:00PM A Signed Little Map and Coxeter-Knuth getting smaller every day). (1529) Graphs. Andrew Granville,UniversityofMontreal Sara C. Billey, University of Washington (1096-11-2337) (1096-05-2510)

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AMS Special Session on Accelerated 1:30PM 8925840. Advances in Higher Order (1537) Morgan Cole, Scott M. Dunn*and Invexities/Univexities with Applications Michael Filaseta,UniversityofSouth to Optimization and Mathematical Carolina (1096-11-1489) Programming, II 2:00PM Bounded gaps between products of (1538) special primes. Preliminary report. 1:00 PM –5:20PM Room 332, BCC Ping Ngai Chung*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Shiyu Li, Organizers: Ram U. Verma, International University of California, Berkeley Publications USA (1096-11-1107) Alexander J. Zaslavski, Technion-Israel Institute of 2:30PM Squarefree values of trinomial Technology (1539) discriminants. Preliminary report. Greg Martin, University of British 1:00PM Exponential Type A − (b,phi,eta,p,r) Columbia (1096-11-338) (1530) Univexities and Minimax Fractional Integral Programming. AMS Special Session on Computability in Ram N Mohapatra*, University of Central Geometry and Topology, II Florida, and Ram U Verma, Texas State University (1096-90-204) 1:00 PM –5:50PM Room 320, BCC 2:00PM Regularized Gap Function for (1531) Optimization Problems in Banach Spaces. Organizers: Mieczyslaw Dabkowski, C. Nahak, Indian Institute of Technology University of Texas at Dallas Kharagpur (1096-49-2502)

3:00PM The Reduction Method in Fractional Rumen D. Dimitrov, (1532) Calculus and Fractional Ostrowski type Western Illinois University inequalities. 1:00PM The Many Lives of Lattice Theory: An George A Anastassiou,Universityof Memphis (1096-26-24) (1540) Expository Talk about Geometry, Topology, and Stanley. 4:00PM General Efﬁciency Conditions for Jonathan David Farley, Morgan State (1533) Multiobjective Fractional Programming University (1096-06-1984) Problems on Higher Order Invexity Frameworks. Preliminary report. 2:00PM Polynomial time complexity from Jones Ram U Verma, Texas State University (1541) polynomial to Khovanov homology. (1096-90-205) Jozef H. Przytycki,GeorgeWashington U., UMCP, and GU (1096-57-671) 4:30PM Structure of solutions of discrete-time (1534) optimal control systems. 3:00PM Taut foliations. Preliminary report. Alexander J Zaslavski,The (1542) Rachel Roberts, Washington University Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in St Louis (1096-57-1578) (1096-49-227) 3:30PM Seifert ﬁbered homology spheres and the 5:00PM Generalized Vector Variational Type (1543) Heegaard Floer homology botany (1535) Inequalities. Preliminary report. problem. R. U. Verma*, Texas State University, S. Cagri Karakurt and Tye Lidman*, Salahuddin, Aligarh Muslim University, University of Texas at Austin and A. P. Farajzadeh,RajiUniversity (1096-57-584) (1096-49-594) 4:00PM Computational topology via Discrete AMS Special Session on Analytic Number (1544) Morse Theory. Theory, III Pawel Dlotko, University of Pennsylvania (1096-55-348) 1:00 PM –2:50PM Room 320, BCC 4:30PM Kauffman States of Generalized Crossing. Organizers: Angel Kumchev,Towson (1545) Preliminary report. University Changsong Li*andMieczyslaw K. Dabkowski, University of Texas at Dallas Scott Parsell, West Chester (1096-57-1245) University Gang Yu, Kent State 5:00PM Degree spectra of rack. Preliminary University (1546) report. Kai Maeda, Okinawa Institute of Science 1:00PM The genus behind Hilbert’s Irreducibility and Technology (1096-03-765) (1536) Theorem and/or a connection of this theorem to Linnik’s result on the smallest 5:30PM Ultrahomogeneous Computable prime in an arithmetic progression. (1547) Structures. Michael Filaseta,UniversityofSouth Francis Adams, University of Florida Carolina (1096-11-1440) (1096-03-1847)

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AMS Special Session on Deformation Spaces 6:00PM The classification of radial ends of of Geometric Structures on Low-Dimensional (1558) properly convex real projective orbifolds. Manifolds, I Preliminary report. Suhyoung Choi, KAIST (1096-57-555) 1:00 PM –6:20PM Room 328, BCC AMS Special Session on Fractal Geometry: Organizers: Caleb Ashley,Howard Mathematics of Fractals and Related Topics, University III Michelle Lee,Universityof Maryland 1:00 PM –5:50PM Room 315, BCC Melissa Macasieb, University of Maryland Organizers: Michel Lapidus,University of California Riverside Andy Sanders,Universityof Illinois at Chicago Erin Pearse, California State Polytechnic University, San 1:00PM The Hyperbolic Geometry of H3 Hexagons Luis Obispo (1548) and PSL(2, C) Discreteness Sequences. Preliminary report. Robert Strichartz,Cornell Jane Gilman*, Rutgers-Newark, and University Linda Keen, Lehman College and the Graduate Center, CUNY (1096-51-689) Machiel Van Frankenhuijsen, Utah Valley 1:30PM Toward a discreteness algorithm for University (1549) rank 3 non-elementary subgroups of PSL(2,R). 1:00PM Dimension of fractional Brownian motion Caleb J. Ashley,HowardUniversity (1559) with variable drift. (1096-51-2644) Yuval Peres, Microsoft Research (1096-26-2340) 2:00PM Minimal length, minimally intersecting (1550) filling pairs over Moduli space. 1:30PM The Minkowski content of the Tarik Aougab,YaleUniversity (1560) Schramm-Loewner evolution (SLE). (1096-51-607) Gregory F. Lawler, University of Chicago 2:30PM Symbolic coding of Weil-Petersson (1096-60-175) (1551) geodesic flow. 2:00PM Multifractality of Whole-Plane SLE. Babak Modami, University of Illinois at (1561) Bertrand Duplantier, Institute for Urbana-Champaign (1096-51-816) Theoretical Physics, CEA/Saclay, France 3:00PM Uniqueness of Bidisk Bisectors. (1096-60-1712) (1552) Todd A. Drumm*, Howard University, 2:30PM Localization of eigenfunctions. and Virginie Charette,Universityof (1562) *, University of Sherbrooke (1096-51-1056) Svitlana Mayboroda Minnesota, and Marcel Filoche,Ecole 3:30PM Ideal polyhedra in anti-de Sitter space. Polytechnique (1096-35-1874) (1553) Preliminary report. Jeffrey Danciger, University of Texas at 3:00PM Entropic repulsion of Gaussian free field Austin, Sara Maloni*, Brown University, (1563) on high-dimensional Sierpinski carpet and Jean-Marc Schlenker,Universitédu graphs. Luxembourg (1096-53-502) Joe P. Chen and Baris Evren Ugurcan*, Cornell University (1096-60-206) 4:00PM A family of non-injective skinning maps (1554) with critical points. 3:30PM Some Very Rough Differential Equations. Jonah B Gaster, University of Illinois - (1564) Davar Khoshnevisan*, University of Chicago (1096-51-1839) Utah, Jason Swanson,Universityof Central Florida, Yimin Xiao and Liang 4:30PM Twist-bulge derivatives and deformations (1555) of convex real projective structures on Zhang, Michigan State University surfaces. (1096-60-528) Terence D Long, University of Maryland - 4:00PM Removable sets for homogeneous linear College Park (1096-51-1509) (1565) PDE in Carnot groups. 5:00PM Degeneration of convex projective Vasilis Chousionis, University of Illinois (1556) structures on surfaces. Preliminary at Urbana-Champaign, Valentino report. Magnani, University of Pisa, Italy, and Tengren Zhang, University of Michigan Jeremy T Tyson*, University of Illinois at (1096-51-324) Urbana-Champaign (1096-35-541) 5:30PM WZNW action and Kahler¨ potentials on 4:30PM On the well-posedness of first order (1557) the moduli space of parabolic bundles (1566) variable exponent Cauchy problems with over P1. Preliminary report. Wentzell-Robin boundary conditions on Claudio Meneses-Torres*andLeon A. arbitrary domains. Takhtajan, Stony Brook University Alejandro Vélez-Santiago,Universityof (1096-30-327) California at Riverside (1096-35-71)

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5:00PM Boundary Value Problems on a Half AMS Special Session on Heavy Tailed (1567) Sierpinski Gasket. Probability Distributions and Their Weilin Li*, University of Maryland, and Applications, I Robert S Strichartz, Cornell University (1096-35-72) 1:00 PM –3:50PM Room 301, BCC

5:30PM Extensions and their Minimizations on Organizers: Tuncay Alparslan, (1568) the Sierpinski Gasket. American University Nicholas Ryder*, Rice University, Pak Hin Li, Chinese University of Hong John P. Nolan,American Kong, Baris Evren Ugurcan and University Robert S. Strichartz, Cornell University 1:00PM Zolotarev type integral representations (1096-49-295) (1575) for multivariate stable laws. John P Nolan, American University AMS Special Session on Fractional, (1096-60-2040) Stochastic, and Hybrid Dynamic Systems 1:30PM Maxima of long memory stationary with Applications, III (1576) symmetric α-stable processes, and self-similar processes with stationary 1:00 PM –3:50PM Room 324, BCC max-increments. Takashi Owada,Technion,Haifa,Israel, and Gennady Samorodnitsky*, Cornell Organizers: John Graef,Universityof University (1096-60-117) Tennessee at Chattanooga 2:00PM A Sum Characterization of Hidden Gangaram S. Ladde, (1577) Regular Variation in Multivariate University of South Florida Extremes. Grant B Weller*, Carnegie Mellon Aghalaya S. Vatsala, University, and Daniel Cooley, Colorado University of Louisiana at State University (1096-62-867) Lafayette 2:30PM Limit laws of maximal normalized 1:00PM Stability Analysis of Stochastic (1578) set-indexed sum of heavy-tailed random (1569) Large-Scale Approximation Scheme. variables. Preliminary report. Preliminary report. Yizao Wang*, Cincinnati, and Zakhar M. Sambandham*, Morehouse College, Kabluchko, Ulm University, Germany and G. S. Ladde,UniversityofSouth (1096-60-959) Florida, Tampa, FL (1096-34-2173) 3:00PM Fully Bayesian inference for spatial (1579) extremes using hierarchical extreme 1:30PM Computational Aspects of the Estimation value processes. (1570) of Distributed Delays. Benjamin A Shaby*, Penn State Karyn L Sutton, University of Louisiana University, and Brian J Reich,North at Lafayette (1096-39-1662) Carolina State University (1096-62-1653) 2:00PM Superlinear Convergence via Iterative 3:30PM Extreme value theory with operator (1571) Methods for Scalar Caputo fractional (1580) norming. differential equations with applications. Mark M. Meerschaert, Michigan State Preliminary report. University, Hans-Peter Schefﬂer, Sowmya Muniswamy*andAghalaya S. University of Siegen, and Stilian Vatsala, University of Louisiana at A. Stoev*, University of Michigan Lafayette (1096-34-1660) (1096-62-2066)

2:30PM Positive solutions for nonlinear stochastic AMS Special Session on Homological and (1572) differential equations. Preliminary report. Characteristic p Methods in Commutative J Santanilla, University Of New Orleans (1096-37-2700) Algebra, III

3:00PM Super Hyperbolic Linear Partial 1:00 PM –5:50PM Room 303, BCC (1573) Fractional Differential Equations in One Dimensional Space. Organizers: Neil Epstein,GeorgeMason DSStutson*, Xavier University of University Louisiana, and ASVatsala,Universityof Sean Sather-Wagstaff, Louisiana at Lafayette (1096-35-2439) North Dakota State University 3:30PM Sub and Super Hyperbolic Linear Partial (1574) Fractional Differential Equations with Karl Schwede, Penn State Numerical Results. Preliminary report. University Aghalaya S. Vatsala*, University of 1:00PM Powers of ideals and Golod rings. Louisiana at Lafayette, and Donna Sue (1581) Juergen Herzog, Univ. Essen, and Stutson, Xavier University of Louisiana Craig Huneke*, University of Virginia (1096-35-1328) (1096-13-389)

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1:30PM A Charaterization of F-jumping Numbers. 1:30PM An equivariant infinite loop space (1582) Juan Felipe Perez,Universityof (1592) machine. Michigan (1096-13-1500) Anna Marie Bohmann*, Northwestern University, and Angelica M. Osorno, 2:00PM A finiteness theorem in local cohomology. Reed College (1096-55-1776) (1583) Bhargav Bhatt, Institute for Advanced Study (1096-13-1744) 2:00PM Equivariant algebraic K-theory. (1593) Preliminary report. 2:30PM Toward an efficient algorithm for Mona Merling, University of Chicago (1584) deciding the vanishing of local (1096-55-2069) cohomology modules in prime characteristic. 2:30PM Higher Chromatic Analogues of Twisted Yi Zhang, University of Illinois at (1594) K-theory. Urbana-Champaign (1096-13-981) Mehdi Khorami, ECSU (1096-55-1558)

3:00PM F-injectivity and Buchsbaum 3:00PM Equivariantly Twisted Cohomology (1585) singularities. Preliminary report. (1595) Theories. Linquan Ma, University of Michigan John Lind, Johns Hopkins University (1096-13-1763) (1096-55-2049)

3:30PM A generalization of Hilbert-Kunz 3:30PM Completed power operations for Morava (1586) multiplicity. (1596) E-theory. Hailong Dao, University of Kansas, and Tobias Barthel,HarvardUniversity,and Ilya Smirnov*, University of Virginia Martin Frankland*, University of Western (1096-13-1866) Ontario (1096-55-1526)

4:00PM Generalized cover ideals and the 4:00PM Power Operations and Commutative Ring (1587) persistence property. (1597) Spectra. Ashwini Bhat, Oklahoma State Sean M Tilson,RoyalInstituteof University, Jennifer Biermann*, Mt Technology of Sweden (KTH) Holyoke College, and Adam Van Tuyl, (1096-55-2141) Lakehead University (1096-13-2724) 4:30PM Power operation calculations in elliptic 4:30PM A Construction for Homogeneous (1598) cohomology. (1588) Gorenstein Ideals. Preliminary report. Yifei Zhu,NorthwesternUniversity Sema Gunturkun*andUwe Nagel, (1096-55-1271) University of Kentucky (1096-13-1439) 5:00PM The Slice Tower and Suspensions. 5:00PM Connected sums of k-algebras. (1599) Preliminary report. (1589) H. Ananthnarayan, I.I.T. Bombay, Carolyn M. Yarnall, Wabash College Ela Celikbas*, University of (1096-55-2067) Missouri-Columbia, and Zheng Yang, 5:30PM tmf cooperations. Preliminary report. University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1600) Mark Behrens*, Kyle Ormsby, (1096-13-1378) Nathanial Stapleton and Vesna 5:30PM Multiplicity Sequence of Graded Algebras. Stojanoska, MIT (1096-55-2365) (1590) Preliminary report. Javid Validashti, University of Illinois at AMS Special Session on Mathematics in Urbana-Champaign (1096-13-604) Natural Resource Modeling, II

AMS Special Session on Homotopy Theory, III 1:00 PM –5:50PM Room 322, BCC

1:00 PM –5:50PM Room 329, BCC Organizers: Shandelle Henson,Andrews University Organizers: Niles Johnson, Ohio State Catherine Roberts, College University at Newark of the Holy Cross

Mark W. Johnson,Penn 1:00PM Adaptation of complex traits in biological State University, Altoona (1601) invasions. Preliminary report. Nitu Kitchloo, Johns Judith R Miller, Georgetown University Hopkins University (1096-92-416) 1:30PM The Forest Rotations Problem Under Risk James Turner,Calvin College (1602) and Uncertainty: Is There Anything Left To Study? Donald Yau, Ohio State Gregory Scott Amacher,VirginiaTech University at Newark (1096-49-1261)

1:00PM Gorenstein homological algebra. 2:00PM Optimal control in models of (1591) Daniel Bravo, Universidad Austral de (1603) management of forest resources. Chile, James Gillespie, Ramapo College Preliminary report. of New Jersey, and Mark Hovey*, Suzanne Lenhart,Universityof Wesleyan University (1096-18-1005) Tennessee and NIMBioS (1096-92-975)

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2:30PM Valuing a timber harvest contract as a 2:00PM The launch of invariant theory: seeking (1604) high-dimensional Amercian call option (1613) and finding. via least-squares Monte Carlo simulation. Anthony J. Crilly,London,England Bin Mei, University of Georgia (1096-01-591) (1096-91-73) 2:30PM Transvectants and finiteness: Gordan’s 3:00PM Plant toxins and trophic cascades alter (1614) way of doing invariant theory:. (1605) fire regime and succession on a boreal Preliminary report. forest landscape. Joseph P Kung,UniversityofNorth Zhilan Feng, Purdue University Texas (1096-01-95) (1096-92-22) 3:00PM Abel’s Version of Abel’s Theorem. 3:30PM Applications of graph theory to optimize (1615) Harold M. Edwards,NYU-Courant (1606) wildlife corridor systems for multiple (1096-01-1003) species: Grizzly bear and wolverines in the northern Rockies. Preliminary report. 3:30PM Visual Representation in the Theory of Bistra Dilkina*, Georgia Institute of (1616) Algebraic Functions and their Integrals in Technology, and Claire A Montgomery, the late 19th Century. Oregon State University (1096-90-1441) William Thomas Archibald,Simon Fraser University (1096-01-965) 4:00PM Competition of Two Species for Two (1607) Limited Resources with One Species 4:00PM The irreducibility of the cyclotomic Mediated by Parasites. Preliminary (1617) polynomials. report. Steven H. Weintraub, Lehigh University Lih-Ing W. Roeger*, Texas Tech (1096-01-19) University, and Sze-Bi Hsu,National 4:30PM Group Theory and the Bumpy Road to Tsing-Hua University (1096-92-1251) (1618) Abstraction. Preliminary report. 4:30PM A simple model of foraging activity in Victor J. Katz, University of the District (1608) colonies of seed harvester ants. of Columbia (1096-01-919) Oyita Udiani, Applied Mathematics for 5:00PM Mechanics and Mathematical Physics in the Life & Social Sciences, College of (1619) Nineteenth-Century Britain: An Overview. Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State Sloan Evans Despeaux,Western University, , Noa Pinter-Wollman Carolina University (1096-01-1125) BioCircuits Institute, University of California, San Diego, and Yun Kang*, 5:30PM The three-body problem. Arizona State University (1096-34-479) (1620) June E. Barrow-Green,TheOpen University, UK (1096-01-1528) 5:00PM Modeling the Impact of Food Availability (1609) on Disease Spread in Feral Hogs. Preliminary report. AMS Special Session on Outreach for Rene A. Salinas, Appalachian State Mathematically Talented Youth, I University (1096-92-2059) 1:00 PM –5:50PM Room 314, BCC 5:30PM Modeling and Analysis of Fungus-Infected (1610) American Chestnut Populations. Organizers: Christina Eubanks-Turner, Eric Alan Eager*, Anita Davelos Baines, Loyola Marymount University University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, and Andrew M. Jarosz, Michigan State Virginia Watson, Kennesaw University (1096-92-2458) State University Daniel Zaharopol,Artof AMS Special Session on Nineteenth Century Problem Solving Foundation Algebra and Analysis 1:00PM MATHCOUNTS - 3 unique approaches to (1621) extracurricular math. 1:00 PM –5:50PM Room 317, BCC Lou DiGioia, MATHCOUNTS Foundation Organizers: Frank D. Grosshans,West (1096-97-2149) Chester University 1:30PM MAA’s American Mathematics Karen H. Parshall, (1622) Competitions. University of Virginia Steven R Dunbar,Mathematical Paul R. Wolfson,West Association of America (1096-97-2129) Chester University 2:00PM Ten Years Of Working Online With 1:00PM Infinitesimals in Analysis 1780-1830. (1623) High-Performing Students. (1611) Preliminary report. David Patrick, Art of Problem Solving Craig G Fraser, University of Toronto (1096-97-373) (1096-01-791) 2:30PM Navajo Nation Math Circles Project 1:30PM The Actual Infinite and Infinitesimals in (1624) (NNMCP). (1612) the 19th Century—Boon or Bane? Tatiana Shubin*, San Jose State Joseph W Dauben,HerbertH.Lehman University, Henry Fowler,Diné College, College, The City University of New York and David Auckly, Kansas State (1096-01-1605) University (1096-97-982)

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3:00PM Calculus in the Mites Program. 3:00PM Fully inter-connected subgraph (1625) Michael Craig*andAlexander T. (1635) decomposition and continuous time Frumosu, Massachusetts Institute of quantum walks. Technology (1096-37-2079) Yusuke Ide, Kanagawa University (1096-60-1360) 3:30PM The kids don’t bite, but they never stop (1626) asking questions: Two new recruits teach 3:30PM A class of primitive quantum channels. at MathPath. (1636) Preliminary report. Jane Butterﬁeld*andDavid Clark, Chaobin Liu*andNelson Petulante, University of Minnesota (1096-97-523) Bowie State University (1096-81-1326)

4:00PM Why MathPath Works. 4:00PM Quantum walk as secured quantum (1627) Sam Vandervelde,St.Lawrence (1637) memory. University (1096-97-1176) Chandrashekar Channipura Madaiah* 4:30PM A viable pathway for underserved and Thomas Busch, Okinawa Institute of (1628) students to enter advanced mathematical Science and Technology (1096-81-587) study. 4:30PM Limit distributions of quantum walks Daniel Zaharopol,TheArtofProblem (1638) and open quantum random walks. Solving Foundation (1096-97-2732) Preliminary report. 5:00PM “Out of nothing I have created a Hyun Jae Yoo, Hankyong National (1629) strange new universe”: the role of University, Korea (1096-60-1234) summer mathematics programs in the 5:00PM The baker’s transformation and educational paths of talented students. (1639) quantum walk. Mira Bernstein, Canada/USA Mathcamp Takao Namiki, Hokkaido University (1096-97-2664) (1096-60-236) 5:30PM Exploration with PROMYS. (1630) Glenn Stevens,BostonUniversity AMS Special Session on Recent Progress in (1096-97-1987) Multivariable Operator Theory, III

AMS Special Session on Quantum Walks, 1:00 PM –5:50PM Room 331, BCC Quantum Computation, and Related Topics, I Organizers: Ron Douglas,TexasA&M 1:00 PM –5:20PM Room 323, BCC University Organizers: Chaobin Liu,BowieState Michael Jury,Universityof University Florida Takuya Machida,University 1:00PM A new approach to the sextic truncated of Tokyo (1640) moment problem. Raul E. Curto,UniversityofIowa Nelson Petulante,Bowie (1096-47-1429) State University 1:30PM Similarity of Cowen-Douglas Operators in Salvador E. Venegas-Andraca, (1641) the Multivariable Setting. Preliminary Tecnologico´ de Monterrey, report. Campus Estado de M´exico Hyun Kwon, The University of Alabama (1096-47-1981) 1:00PM Green’s function approach for quantum (1631) walks. 2:00PM Eigenvalues of Self-Adjoint Toeplitz Fabiano M. Andrade,Universidade (1642) Operators with respect to a Constrained Estadual de Ponta Grossa (1096-81-2227) Algebra. Adam E. Broschinski,Universityof 1:30PM Evolutionary quantum Prisoners Florida (1096-47-1140) (1632) Dilemma on the cycle graph Cn. Preliminary report. 2:30PM Perturbation of multivariable operator Michael Mc Gettrick*, Colm O’Riordan, (1643) functions. Preliminary report. Meng Li, National University of Ireland, Anna Skripka, University of New Mexico Galway, and Jaroslaw Miszczak, Polish (1096-47-1285) Academy of Sciences (1096-68-1625) 3:00PM Semicrossed Products of Operator 2:00PM Quantum walks with memory. (1644) Algebras by Semigroups. Preliminary (1633) Peter P Rohde*, Gavin Brennen and report. Alexei Gilchrist, Macquarie University, Kenneth R. Davidson,Universityof Australia (1096-81-1504) Waterloo, Adam H. Fuller*, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, and Evgenios T. A. 2:30PM A quantum-walk based clustering Kakariadis, Ben-Gurion University of the (1634) algorithm. Preliminary report. Negev (1096-47-1854) Salvador E. Venegas-Andraca, Disruptive Computer Technologies and 3:30PM Composition operators with closed range. Monterrey Institute of Technology (1645) Kristin Elizabeth Luery,Universityof (1096-81-1993) Cincinnati (1096-47-485)

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4:00PM Model spaces and thin interpolating 1:30PM Log-concavity of the genus polynomials (1646) sequences. (1656) of Ringel ladders. Pamela Gorkin*, Bucknell University, Jonathan L. Gross, Department of Sandra Pott, Lund University, and Brett Computer Science, Columbia University, D. Wick, Georgia Institute of Technology New York, NY 10027, USA., Toufik (1096-47-1358) Mansour, Department of Mathematics, 4:30PM Triangular algebras vs. Tensor algebras. University of Haifa, 3498838 Haifa, (1647) Christopher Ramsey,Universityof Israel, Thomas W. Tucker, Department Virginia (1096-47-1570) of Mathematics, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 13346, USA, and David 5:00PM Berezin Transforms on Noncommutative *, Department of Mathematics, (1648) Varieties. G.L. Wang University of Haifa, 3498838 Haifa, Israel Gelu F Popescu, University of Texas at (1096-05-670) San Antonio (1096-47-461) 5:30PM Generalized Corona Theorem and Wolff’s 2:00PM Log-Concavity of Combinations of (1649) Ideal Theorem on the Multiplier Algebra (1657) Sequences and Applications to Genus of Weighted Dirichlet Spaces, and on Qp Distributions. Spaces. Jonathan L Gross*, Columbia University, Debendra P. Banjade,TheUniversityof Toufik Mansour,UniversityofHaifa, Alabama (1096-47-2274) Thomas W Tucker, Colgate University, and David G.L. Wang,UniversityofHaifa AMS Special Session on The Ubiquity of (1096-05-269) Dynamical Systems, II 2:30PM Enumeration of Digraph Embeddings. (1658) Yichao Chen*, Hunan University, 1:00 PM –5:45PM Room 302, BCC Jonathan L. Gross, Department of Organizers: Edray H. Goins,Purdue Computer Science, Columbia University, University and Xiaodong Hu, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1096-05-687) Talitha M. Washington, Howard University 3:00PM Semicages and extremal problems for 1:00PM Foundations for the Thompson problem. (1659) maximum genus. (1650) Preliminary report. Michal Kotrbcik, Faculty of Informatics, Tepper L Gill,HowardUniversity Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (1096-35-119) (1096-05-2032) 2:00PM A dynamical systems and harmonic 3:30PM Embeddings of circulants. (1651) analysis based method for analyzing (1660) Marston D E Conder*, University of signals and fluid flows. Auckland, New Zealand, and Ricardo Sherry E Scott, Milwaukee Wisconsin Grande, University of the Basque (1096-37-2318) Country, Spain (1096-05-2270)

3:00PM Introduction to Canonical Kahler metrics 4:00PM Distinguishing coloring of 3-regular (1652) and Semistable Pairs. (1661) graphs on closed surfaces. Sean T Paul, University of Wisconsin at Seiya Negami, Yokohama National Madison (1096-14-2109) University (1096-05-1547) 4:00PM Introduction to the Euler-Poisson system. 4:30PM A variation on Heawood-list-coloring for (1653) Ryan Hynd, University of Pennsylvania (1662) graphs on surfaces. (1096-35-1995) Joan P Hutchinson, Macalester College, 5:00PM On the Poisson relation for compact emerita (1096-05-1685) (1654) symmetric spaces. Preliminary report. Craig J. Sutton, Dartmouth College 5:00PM Large odd order groups of ﬁxed (1096-53-2136) (1663) symmetric genus. Preliminary report. Jay Zimmerman*andCoy L. May, AMS Special Session on Topological Graph Towson University (1096-20-1710) Theory: Structure and Symmetry, III 5:30PM The strong symmetric genus of some (1664) D-type Generalized Symmetric Groups. 1:00 PM –5:50PM Room 330, BCC Preliminary report. Organizers: Jonathan L. Gross, Michael A. Jackson, Grove City College Columbia University (1096-20-1470) Thomas W. Tucker,Colgate MAA Invited Paper Session on Uniform University Distribution, Discrepancy, and Related Fields 1:00PM Log-Concavity of Genus Distributions of (1655) Ring-Like Families of Graphs. 1:00 PM –3:50PM Room 307, BCC Jonathan L. Gross, Department of Computer Science, Columbia University, Organizers: Dmitriy Bilyk,Universityof Touﬁk Mansour*, University of Haifa, Minnesota and Thomas W. Tucker,Colgate University (1096-05-669) Jill Pipher,BrownUniversity

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1:00PM Discrepancy estimates in continuous, AMS Session on Geometry and General (1665) discrete and arithmetic settings. Topology Preliminary report. Alex Iosevich, University of Rochester 1:00 PM –6:10PM Room 311, BCC (1096-AD-1599) 1:00PM Blaschke’s Rolling Ball Property and 1:30PM Geometric proof of the Central Limit (1671) Conformal Metric Ratios. (1666) Theorem for Kronecker sequences. David A. Herron,Universityof Artur Avila,IMPA,Dmitry Dolgopyat*, Cincinnati, and Poranee K. Julian*, University of Maryland, Eduard Duriev, University of Cincinnati - Blue Ash Harvard, and Omri Sarig,Weizmann College (1096-51-242) Institute (1096-AD-1924) 1:15PM Staircase metrics in space-time 2:00PM Monte Carlo, Quasi-Monte Carlo and (1672) geometries. (1667) randomized Quasi-Monte Carlo. JMealy*andKusha Mohammadi,Austin ArtB.Owen, Stanford University College (1096-51-254) (1096-AD-1219) 1:30PM An origami locked triangular mesh in R3. 2:30PM The Small Ball Inequality. Preliminary (1673) Zachary Abel,MIT,Thomas Hull*, (1668) report. Western New England University, and Michael T Lacey, Georgia Institute of Tomohiro Tachi,TheUniversityof Technology (1096-AD-223) Tokyo (1096-51-2282)

3:00PM Multivariate numerical integration. 1:45PM Bounding total curvature of random (1669) Vladimir N Temlyakov,Universityof (1674) planar polygons sampled under the South Carolina and Steklov Institute of symmetric measure. Mathematics (1096-AD-1173) Michael William Berglund,Universityof Georgia at Athens (1096-53-309) 3:30PM Discretizing Manifolds with Minimal 2:00PM Simplicial Isometric Embeddings of (1670) Energy. (1675) Indefinite Metric Polyhedra. EBSaff, Vanderbilt University Barry Minemyer, Alfred University (1096-AD-1032) (1096-53-251) Z − − R 3 R 3 MAA Minicourse #15: Part B 2:15PM 2 Systolic (1, 2) Freedom of P # P . (1676) Lizhi Chen, Oklahoma State University (1096-53-1965) 1:00 PM –3:00PM Room 342, BCC 2:30PM Fundamental Groups of Spaces with Developing strong mentoring (1677) Bakry-Emery Ricci Tensor Bounded Below. relationships. Maree Jaramillo, University of California, Santa Barbara (1096-53-1942) Presenter: Donna Joyce Dean, Association for Women in 2:45PM The Geometry of Curves and Surfaces in Science (1678) the Heisenberg Group. Preliminary report. T. H. Wears*andJoseph Gills, MAA Minicourse: #10: Part A Longwood University, Farmville, VA 23909 (1096-53-2423) 3:00PM Curve shortening flow and smooth 1:00 PM –3:00PM Room 344, BCC (1679) projective planes. Heavenly mathematics: The forgotten art Yu-Wen Hsu,YaleUniversity of spherical trigonometry. (1096-53-2597) 3:15PM Every totally umbilical GCR-lightlike Presenters: Glen Van Brummelen, (1680) submanifold of an indefinite nearly Quest University Kaehler manifold is totally geodesic. Joel Silverberg,Roger Rakesh Kumar, Department of Applied Williams University Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala, India. (1096-53-2710) MAA Minicourse #9: Part B 3:30PM Classification of Quadratic Harmonic (1681) Maps of S7 into S7. 1:00 PM –3:00PM Room 343, BCC Faen Wu*, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Yueshan Xiong, Chinese Academy of WeBWorK: An open-source alternative for Science, and Xinnuan zhao, Lushan generating and delivering online college,China (1096-53-2261) homework problems. 3:45PM Basic Differential Forms on Geometric Presenters: John Travis, Mississippi (1682) Stacks. College Jordan A. Watts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1096-53-2275) Jason Aubrey,Universityof 4:00PM Homogeneity properties of continua. Missouri (1683) FHSturm, Auburn University Paul Pearson, Hope College (1096-54-2711)

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4:15PM Inverse Limits with Irreducible Set-Valued 2:00PM Topological structure of the spaces of (1684) Functions. (1696) composition operators on Hilbert spaces James P. Kelly, Baylor University of Dirichlet series. (1096-54-1758) Bingyang Hu, Le Hai Khoi,Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 4:30PM Orbit Structures of Homeomorphisms on and Ruhan Zhao*, SUNY Brockport (1685) Cantor Sets. (1096-47-2017) Casey Lynn Sherman,St.Edward’s University (1096-54-2351) 2:15PM A range for quadratic hyponormality. (1697) Preliminary report. 4:45PM Nets and Upper and Lower George R Exner*, Bucknell University, Il (1686) Semi-Continuities. Bong Jung, Mi Ryeong Lee and Sun Shing S. So,UniversityofCentral Hyun Park, Kyungpook National Missouri (1096-54-903) University (1096-47-2488) 2:30PM Spectra of linear fractional composition 5:00PM The cardinality of βA SJ . 2 (1687) Arthur D. Grainger, Morgan State (1698) operators on H (BN ). University (1096-08-231) Liangying Jiang*, Shanghai Finance University, China, and Zhihua Chen, 5:15PM Supercoiled Tangles and Stick Numbers Tongji University, China (1096-47-2161) (1688) of 2-Bridge Links. Erik A Insko*, Florida Gulf Coast 2:45PM the spectrum of a hypercyclic operator. University, and Rolland Trapp, California (1699) Nathan P Clements,Universityof State University - San Bernardino Wyoming (1096-47-2639) (1096-54-1655) 3:00PM Scattering theory of a class of (1700) Schrodinger¨ operators with sparse 5:30PM Tetrahedron and Nets. Preliminary potentials. Preliminary report. (1689) report. Zhongwei Shen, Auburn University ,TexasA&M Derege H. Mussa (1096-47-979) University-Commerce (1096-51-703) 3:15PM Reﬁnement of the Yosida-Hewitt 5:45PM Computations on Parametrized Surfaces (1701) decomposition of singular functionals on (1690) with Chebfun2. operator rearrangement invariant Courtney M. Page-Bottorff,Arizona spaces. State University (1096-51-2010) Genady Ya. Grabarnik*, St John’s University, and Ben-Zion Rubshtein,Ben 6:00PM New Invariants of Virtual Rational Tangle Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel (1691) Moves. (1096-47-1518) Noureen Khan,UniversityofNorth Texas Dallas (1096-55-458) 3:30PM Cesaro Matrices: Where do they all come (1702) from. Preliminary report. AMS Session on Operator Theory and Gabriel T Prajitura, College at Banach Spaces Brockport, State University of New York (1096-47-2209)

1:00 PM –4:55PM Room 305, BCC 3:45PM An upper bound on the Kolmogorov (1703) widths of a certain family of integral 1:00PM Angle reserving linear ransformations. operators. Preliminary report. (1692) Preliminary report. Duaine S. Lewis*andBernd Sing,The Arsalan Chademan Shademan, University of the West Indies, Barbados University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran (1096-47-2550) (1096-47-728) 4:00PM A class of integral operators on spaces of (1704) analytic functions. 1:15PM Weighted Composition Operators Snehalatha Ballamoole*, Thomas (1693) between Weighted Bergman and p S Len Miller and Vivien Glass Miller, Spaces. Mississippi State University, Starkville Waleed K. Al-Rawashdeh,MontanaTech (1096-47-241) (1096-47-1745) 4:15PM Analysis of the truncated Hilbert 1:30PM Eigenfunctions of composition and (1705) transform arising in limited data (1694) weighted composition operators. tomography. Bhupendra Paudyal,Universityof Reema Al-Aifari*, Vrije Universiteit Toledo (1096-47-1385) Brussel, and Alexander Katsevich, University of Central Florida 1:45PM Resolvent algebras and Deddens (1096-47-2400) (1695) algebras for rank-one and ﬁnite rank perturbations operators. Preliminary 4:30PM An Inversion Procedure for the Gaussian report. (1706) Radon Transform for Banach Spaces. D Drissi, Kuwait university Irina Holmes, Louisiana State University (1096-47-1398) (1096-60-356)

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4:45PM Gaussian Left-Definite Variations of the 3:30PM Blow-up phenomena due to a (1707) Laguerre and Jacobi Differential (1718) concentrated nonlinear source in an Expressions and Their Applications to infinite strip. Learning Theory. C. Y. Chan, University of Louisiana at Alexandra V Pasi*andRichard Lafayette, and P. Tragoonsirisak*, Fort Wellman, Westminster College, Salt Lake Valley State University (1096-35-1923) City (1096-47-2522) 3:45PM Partial regularity of weak solutions to the AMS Session on Partial Differential (1719) imcompressible magnetohydrodynamic Equations equations. Hijun Choe, Yonsei University, and 1:00 PM –5:55PM Room 304, BCC Minsuk Yang*, Korea Institute for Advanced Study (1096-35-1097) 1:00PM Traveling wave solutions of (1708) Camassa-Holm equation. Preliminary 4:00PM On the global well-posedness of report. (1720) N-dimensional generalized MHD system , Morgan State University Guoping Zhang in anisotropic spaces. (1096-35-2580) Kazuo Yamazaki, Department of 1:15PM Travelling wave solutions for nonlinear Mathematics, Oklahoma State University (1709) Schrödinger and nonlinear Klein-Gordon (1096-35-2295) equations on Riemannian manifolds. Mayukh Mukherjee,UniversityofNorth 4:15PM A Study on the Global Regularity for Carolina at Chapel Hill (1096-35-492) (1721) Two-dimensional Magnetohydrodynamic 1:30PM Traveling-wave solutions to the half-wave Equations. (1710) equation. Preliminary report. Dipendra Regmi,UniversityofCentral Daniele Garrisi*, Inha University, and Oklahoma (1096-35-1035) Vladimir Georgiev,Universita’Degli Studi di Pisa (1096-35-1512) 4:30PM The Interior Transmission Problem for 1:45PM Higher Moments for a (1722) Regions on Conducting Surface. (1711) Markov-Schrodinger¨ Wave Equation on a Fan Yang*andPeter Monk,Universityof Lattice. Delaware (1096-35-2602) Clark Musselman*, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, and Jeffrey Schenker, 4:45PM A Harnack-Type Inequality for a Michigan State University (1096-35-1393) (1723) Prescribing Curvature Equation on a 2:00PM A Vector Field Method for Non-Trapping Domain with Boundary. (1712) Radiating Space-Times. Mathew R Gluck*, University of Florids, Jesus R Oliver, University of California, Ying Guo and Lei Zhang,Universityof San Diego (1096-35-2498) Florida (1096-35-1144) 2:15PM Multiplicity and regularity of large (1713) periodic solutions with rational frequency 5:00PM Energy decay of type III linear for a class of semilinear monotone wave (1724) thermoelastic plates with memory. equations. Michele Coti Zelati*, Indiana University, Jean Marcel Fokam, American University Filippo Dell’Oro and Vittorino Pata, of Nigeria (1096-35-1128) Politecnico di Milano (1096-35-2555) 2:30PM Symmetric rearrangement and the 5:15PM The Dirichlet and regularity problems in (1714) stability of NLS-KdV solitary waves. (1725) bounded Lipschitz domains for second John Albert, University of Oklahoma, order elliptic operators with bounded, and Santosh Bhattarai*, Trocaire College real, but not necessarily symmetric, (1096-35-234) coefficients. Preliminary report. 2:45PM A Hyperbolic Model from Plasma Physics: Nguyen T Nguyen, University of Chicago (1715) The Zakharov-Kuznetsov Equation. (1096-35-2121) Nathan Glatt-Holtz, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Roger Temam,The 5:30PM Dynamics of Ginzburg-Landau and Institute for Scientific Computing and (1726) Gross-Pitaevskii Vortices on Manifolds. Applied Mathematics, Indiana University, Ko-Shin Chen*andPeter Sternberg, and Chuntian Wang*, Indiana University, Indiana University, Bloomington Bloomington (1096-35-1641) (1096-35-154) 3:00PM Well-Posedness of a Boundary Controlled (1716) Generalized Burgers-Korteweg-de Vries 5:45PM Global existence of a weak solution of the Equation. (1727) Euler equations with helical symmetry Andras Balogh,TheUniversityof and Lp vorticity. Texas-Pan American (1096-35-2645) Anne Bronzi*, University of Illinois at 3:15PM Complex Valued Partial Differential Chicago, Milton Lopes Filho and Helena (1717) Equations. Nussenzveig Lopes,Universidade Netra P Khanal,TheUniversityofTampa Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1096-35-2701) (1096-35-2127)

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AMS Session on Undergraduate Research in 4:00PM Families of Plane Cubic Curves with Algebra, Combinatorics and Number Theory (1740) Nine-Pointic Contact at a Point. Taylor C. Brysiewicz*, Northern Illinois University, and Leah Balay-Wilson,Smith 1:00 PM –4:10PM Room 313, BCC College (1096-14-1422) 1:00PM Properties of Full-Flag Johnson Graphs. (1728) Irving Dai, Harvard College MAA Session on Data, Modeling, and (1096-05-1447) Computing in the Introductory Statistics Course 1:15PM Betweenness Centrality of Cycle Power (1729) Graphs. 1:00 PM –5:55PM Room 339, BCC Bryan Tyler Ek, Rochester Institute of Technology (1096-05-1840) Organizers: Andrew Ziefﬂer,University of Minnesota 1:30PM Chromatic Bounds for Orbital Chromatic Scott Alberts, Truman State (1730) Roots. Preliminary report. University Dae Hyun Kim, Alex Mun, California Institute of Technology, and Mohamed Randall Pruim,Calvin Omar*, Harvey Mudd College College (1096-05-2378) 1:00PM Data Visualization Using Minitab, Google (1741) Fusion Tables, and Tableau. Preliminary 1:45PM Subtraction Adds Nothing: The Minimum report. (1731) Sized h-fold Span of m-sized Subsets of Sue B Schou, Idaho State University Cyclic Groups. Preliminary report. (1096-D5-101) Ryan W Matzke, Gettysburg College (1096-05-2001) 1:20PM Visualizing the Central Limit Theorem (1742) through Simulation. 2:00PM Trees of Irreducible Numerical Eric Ruggieri, College of the Holy Cross (1732) Semigroups. (1096-D5-2335) Taryn Laird, Northern Arizona University 1:40PM P-Values Through Simulation. (1096-13-2611) (1743) Julie A. Belock, Salem State University 2:15PM Classifying degree 12 2-adic ﬁelds with (1096-D5-1612) (1733) automorphism group of order 4. 2:00PM Toward a Conceptual Understanding of Chad Awtrey, Elon University, Brett (1744) P-values: The Advantages and Challenges Barkley, University of Maryland, College of Randomization-Based Inference. Park, Nicole Miles*, Christopher Shill Catherine Case*, Melanie Battles and and Erin Strosnider, Elon University Tim Jacobbe, University of Florida (1096-11-1572) (1096-D5-849)

2:30PM Interpolating Legendre multiplier 2:20PM Playing and Getting “Messy” with Data. (1734) sequences. (1745) Rodney X. Sturdivant*, The Ohio State Fernando Quintino, California State University, Shonda Kuiper, Grinnell University of Fullerton (1096-00-1811) College, and Kevin Cummiskey,United States Military Academy, West Point 2:45PM Polygonal Numbers and Fermat’s Last (1096-D5-2305) (1735) Theorem. Preliminary report. 2:40PM Designing Simulated Experiments in the Aseem Mukund Bhagwat,Indian (1746) Introductory Statistics Course. Statistical Institute, Bangalore Center Shonda R Kuiper, Grinnell College (1096-11-225) (1096-D5-2230) 3:00PM On the Stability of Ring Structures in 3:00PM Using an Ever-Growing Data Set in an (1736) Direct Limits. Preliminary report. (1747) Introductory Statistics Course. Nicolas Allen Smoot, Armstrong Atlantic Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State State University (1096-13-2247) University (1096-D5-2627)

3:15PM A Classiﬁcation Theorem for Diophantine 3:20PM Big Data in the Intro Stats Class: Use of (1737) Monoids with Special Deﬁning Matrices. (1748) the Airline Delays Dataset to Expose Fulton L. Jackson II, Metropolitan State Students to a Real-World, Complex University of Denver (1096-13-834) Dataset. Preliminary report. Nicholas J. Horton*, Amherst College, 3:30PM Local Generic Formal Fibers of Excellent Benjamin S. Baumer,SmithCollege,and (1738) Rings. Hadley Wickham, Rice University and Sander Mack-Crane*, Case Western RStudio (1096-D5-1770) Reserve University, and Samuel Tripp, 3:40PM Statistical Crowd Counting. Williams College (1096-13-813) (1749) Grant L Innerst*andBen Galluzzo, 3:45PM K-potent Groebner bases and Sudoku. Shippensburg University (1096-D5-1671) (1739) Preliminary report. 4:00PM Using Genomics Data in Introduction to Lacey Johnson*andElizabeth (1750) Probability and Statistics. Arnold, James Madison University Kimberly A Roth, Juniata College (1096-13-1755) (1096-D5-894)

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4:20PM Predicting Drug Resistance: Probability 3:20PM Does Flipping a Calculus Class Really (1751) and Statistics Meet the Building Blocks of (1763) Work? Preliminary report. Proteins. Katrina Palmer, Appalachian State Majid Masso, George Mason University University (1096-E1-55) (1096-D5-402) 3:40PM Flipping for the ﬁrst time. Preliminary 4:40PM Modeling – It’s harder than you might (1764) report. (1752) think. Preliminary report. Cassie Williams,JamesMadison Patricia B Humphrey, Georgia Southern University (1096-E1-1977) University (1096-D5-2427) 4:00PM Flipping the Classroom in a Calculus I 5:00PM Against All Odds: Inside Statistics. (1765) Class via Online Learning Modules. (1753) Marsha J. Davis, Eastern Connecticut State University (1096-D5-2541) Preliminary report. J Alfredo Jimenez, Penn State Hazleton 5:20PM Using Faculty Research as a Teaching (1096-E1-2499) (1754) Tool In Statistics. Preliminary report. Phong Le, Niagara University 4:20PM Journey Into Flipping the Calculus I (1096-D5-1887) (1766) Classroom. Preliminary report. Nathan P Clements,Universityof 5:40PM A Semester Project for Introductory Wyoming (1096-E1-2670) (1755) Statistics. Murray H. Siegel,ArizonaState 4:40PM A Flipped Classroom Study in Second and University (1096-D5-85) (1767) Third Semester Calculus. Ellie Kennedy,NorthernArizona MAA Session on Flipping the Classroom, II University (1096-E1-2485)

PM 1:00 PM –5:55PM Room 337, BCC 5:00 A Hybrid Flipped Classroom to Better (1768) Serve the Under-Resourced Student. Organizers: Krista Maxson,Shawnee Preliminary report. State University Joseph Sheridan*andKerry M. Luse, Trinity Washington University Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo, (1096-E1-1682) Valparaiso University 5:20PM The Mathematics Laboratory and Student 1:00PM Group Work & Modiﬁed Moore Method in (1769) Presentations in Pre-Calculus. (1756) Flipping Calculus 1. Preliminary report. Randall E Cone, Virginia Military Karen M. Bliss, Quinnipiac University Institute (1096-E1-1149) (1096-E1-1238) − 1:20PM f 1(Calculus I):how and why I decided 5:40PM Engaging College Algebra Students via (1757) to ﬂip the Calculus classroom. (1770) the Flipped/Inquiry-Based Learning Preliminary report. Approach in a ’Large’ Classroom Setting. Peter L Staab, Fitchburg State University Perry Y.C. Lee, Kutztown University of (1096-E1-904) Pennsylvania (1096-E1-1041)

1:40PM Several Devices and Software for MAA Session on Innovative and Effective (1758) Creating Math Videos. Ways to Teach Linear Algebra, II Reza O. Abbasian*andJohn T. Sieben, Texas Lutheran University (1096-E1-333) 1:00 PM –2:55PM Room 340, BCC 2:00PM Implementing the ICE Framework in (1759) a Hybrid Mathematics Classroom. Preliminary report. Organizers: David Strong, Pepperdine James S Rolf*, Yu-Wen Hsu, Matthew University Croasmun and Jennifer Frederick,Yale Gilbert Strang,MIT University (1096-E1-2469)

2:20PM Flipped versus Traditional: Measuring Megan Wawro,Virginia (1760) Success through Performance and Tech Perceptions. 1:00PM Row rank equals column rank : Three Steven Pon*, Fabiana Cardetti and (1771) good proofs. Konstantina Christodoulopoulou, Gilbert Strang, MIT (1096-F1-1536) University of Connecticut (1096-E1-2178)

2:40PM Flipping Intermediate Algebra. 1:20PM Preparing students for linear algebra (1761) Jacqueline A Jensen-Vallin, Slippery (1772) concepts with pre-class work. Rock University (1096-E1-63) Feryal Alayont, Grand Valley State University (1096-F1-2586) 3:00PM More than just a video – ﬂipping the (1762) classroom to improve student learning. 1:40PM Peer instruction in linear algebra. Preliminary report. (1773) Preliminary report. Edwin P Herman,Universityof Robert Talbert, Grand Valley State Wisconsin-Stevens Point (1096-E1-2474) University (1096-F1-1579)

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2:00PM Teaching Linear Algebra with Clickers in 3:20PM Math in the City: connecting the (1774) three Worlds of Embodied, Symbolic and (1784) classroom to the local community Formal Mathematical Thinking. through mathematical modeling. John Hannah, University of Canterbury, Alexandra Seceleanu*andKathryn Christchurch, New Zealand, Sepideh (Katie) Haymaker,Universityof Stewart*, University of Oklahoma, Nebraska-Lincoln (1096-F5-1090) Norman, and Michael Thomas,The University of Auckland, New Zealand MAA Session on Mathematics Experiences in (1096-F1-2148) Business, Industry, and Government, I 2:20PM Putting Together the Puzzle: (1775) Understanding Linear Independence, 1:00 PM –4:15PM Room 345, BCC Spanning, and Bases via Group Exploration. Teresa D Magnus, Rivier University Organizers: Carla Martin,James (1096-F1-2267) Madison University 2:40PM Transforming Linear Algebra with Phil Gustafson, Mesa State (1776) GeoGebra. Preliminary report. University James D. Factor*andSusan Pustejovsky, Alverno College, Michael Monticino, Milwaukee, WI (1096-F1-2709) University of North Texas

MAA Session on Instructional Approaches to 1:00PM Optimal production- sales strategies for Increase Awareness of the Societal Value of (1785) a company at changing market price. Mathematics Ellina V Grigorieva*, Texas Woman’s University, and Evgenii N Khailov, 1:00 PM –3:35PM Room 341, BCC Moscow State University (1096-H1-857)

Organizers: Jessica Deshler,West 1:20PM Modeling to Help Government & Military Virginia University (1786) Decision Making. Preliminary report. Elizabeth Burroughs, William P. Fox, Naval Postgraduate Montana State University School (1096-H1-828)

1:00PM Graph clustering for the high school 1:40PM Applied and Industrial Mathematics (1777) classroom. Preliminary report. (1787) Program at the Virginia Military Emilie Hogan*, Paciﬁc Northwest Institute. Preliminary report. National Laboratory, and Gabriela Radu, John A. David, Virginia Military Institute STEM Teacher and Researcher Program (1096-H1-1177) (1096-F5-2545) 1:20PM Examples on using material from a 2:00PM Memory Efﬁcient Lagged Fibonacci (1778) standard college algebra course to (1788) Random Number Generators for GPU enhance students understanding of some Supercomputing. social issues. Tim Andersen*, C Allen Butler,Daniel A. S. Elkhader, Northern State University H. Wagner Associates, Inc., and Michael (1096-F5-1454) Mascagni,FloridaStateUniversity 1:40PM College Algebra or Economics of Being (1096-H1-468) (1779) Green. 2:20PM Modeling the Key and Keying the Model: Yevgeniy V. Galperin, East Stroudsburg (1789) Combining Automatic Item Generation University (1096-F5-453) with Automated Scoring. 2:00PM A Service-Learning Approach to James H. Fife, Educational Testing (1780) Mathematical Modeling. Service (1096-H1-1154) Olivia M. Carducci, East Stroudsburg University (1096-F5-817) 2:40PM Modeling the Diffusion of Manual 2:20PM Supporting Quantitative Literacy with (1790) Irrigation Pumps. Preliminary report. (1781) Service-Learning: The Pitfalls and the Carol Brown, Seattle, WA, Rachel R Promise. Preliminary report. Roe-Dale*, Skidmore College, and Mark Victor I Piercey, Ferris State University Staton, Western Washington University (1096-F5-1092) (1096-H1-1601) 2:40PM Using Service-Learning to Connect a 3:00PM A New Basis for Graph Partitioning: (1782) Quantitative Literacy Course to the (1791) Standardizing the Interactions Matrix. Community. Preliminary report. Genevieve Brown*andSean Lynch, Andrew J Miller, Belmont University Department of Defense (1096-H1-2363) (1096-F5-1813) 3:00PM Building a capstone course on the theme 3:20PM Data Stranglehold or: How the (1783) of the relevance of mathematics to (1792) Government Can Learn to Stop Worrying society. and Love Math. Maritza M. Branker, Niagara University Charles Tannouri, Government (1096-F5-662) (1096-H1-2687)

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3:40PM Application of Cluster Analysis to the 4:00PM Survival Analysis of the Athletic Records. (1793) MAA Member Database. Preliminary (1804) Reza D. Noubary, Bloomsburg University report. (1096-G5-1756) Gregory E Coxson*, Radar Division, 4:20PM How Math Can Lead You to Fantasy U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, and (1805) Football Glory. Grant Izmirlian, National Cancer Dave I. Kennedy*andBen Galluzzo, Institute, National Institutes of Health Shippensburg University (1096-G5-2172) (1096-H1-1247) 4:40PM Sports Analytics with Elementary Math. 4:00PM Clustering on the Power Grid. (1806) Andrew B. Perry, Springfield College (1794) Eduardo Cotilla-Sanchez, Oregon State (1096-G5-2526) University, Mahantesh Halappanavar 5:00PM American Football and an Unexpected and Emilie Hogan*, Pacific Northwest (1807) Introduction into Upper Level National Laboratory (1096-H1-2463) Mathematics. Eric B. Kahn*, Bloomsburg University, MAA Session on Mathematics and Sports, I and Tricia M. Brown, Armstrong Atlantic State University (1096-G5-414) 1:00 PM –5:55PM Room 338, BCC 5:20PM Ice Math: Related Rates and Pairs Figure Organizers: Drew Pasteur, College of (1808) Skating. Wooster Diana Cheng*, Towson University, and Tetyana Berezovski,SaintJoseph’s John David, Virginia Military University (1096-G5-82) Institute 5:40PM Predicting a Team’s Winning Percentage 1:00PM Are Umpires Racist? (1809) Using (Run Scored – Runs Allowed). (1795) Jeff Hamrick, University of San Francisco Stanley Rothman*andFaggella, (1096-G5-2719) Quinnipiac University (1096-G5-50) 1:20PM A Network Based Method for Ranking (1796) NBA Players. MAA Session on Trends in Undergraduate Milica Hadˇzi-Tanović*andStephen Mathematical Biology Education, II Devlin, University of San Francisco (1096-G5-2436) 1:00 PM –2:00PM Room 349, BCC 1:40PM Machine Learning in NBA and NCAA Organizer: Timothy Comar, (1797) Basketball. Preliminary report. Benedictine University James T Snyder*andJohn David, 1:00PM Locally-relevant biological projects as a Virginia Military Institute (1096-G5-2482) (1810) foundation for teaching an upper level 2:00PM A profitable adjustive rating system for undergraduate math course. (1798) NBA teams. Marilyn Brandt, Cener for Marine and Jonathan Sargent, RMIT University Environmental Science and College of (1096-G5-2023) Science and Mathematics, University 2:20PM openWAR: An Open Source System for of the Virgin Islands, and Robert (1799) Overall Player Performance in Major Stolz*, University of the Virgin Islands League Baseball. (1096-N5-1530) Ben S Baumer*, Smith College, Shane T 1:20PM Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Jensen, The Wharton School, University (1811) Mathematical Biology. of Pennsylvania, and Gregory J Timothy D Comar, Benedictine Matthews, University of Massachusetts University (1096-N5-426) (1096-G5-1199) 1:40PM Undergraduate Research in Gene 2:40PM Optimizing a Volleyball Serve. (1812) Regulatory Networks. (1800) Daniel J. Lithio, Indiana University, Dan Hrozencik*, Chicago State Timothy J. Pennings*, Davenport University, and Tim Comar, Benedictine University, and Eric M. Webb, Indiana University (1096-N5-1950) University (1096-G5-775) MAA Session on Using Online Resources to 3:00PM Effective Driving on the PGA Tour. (1801) Preliminary report. Augment the Traditional Classroom, II Roland Minton, Roanoke College (1096-G5-2112) 1:00 PM –4:30PM Room 350, BCC 3:20PM Moving On Up: Advancing Through the Organizers: Mike May, Saint Louis (1802) Ranks in Baseball and Medicine. University Rick Cleary*, Babson College, and Paul Seeburger,Monroe Fred Ledley, Bentley University Community College (1096-G5-1063) 1:00PM A College Readiness Math MOOC: Online 3:40PM A New Basketball Defensive Efficiency (1813) Resources for Remedial Mathematics. (1803) Metric. Jennifer Kosiak, Bob Hoar*, Robert Jeffrey W Heath*andAlexander L Allen and Jim Sobota,Universityof Cope, Centre College (1096-G5-2628) Wisconsin-La Crosse (1096-P5-2601)

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1:20PM How online teaching has made me a 1:45PM The Dynamics of Bone Turnover. (1814) better face to face instructor. (1824) Jason M Graham*, University of Amanda M Harsy Ramsay, IUPUI Scranton, Bruce P Ayati, Sarah A (Indiana University Purdue University Holstein and James A Martin,University Indianapolis) (1096-P5-652) of Iowa (1096-VG-1795)

1:40PM An Online Smorgasbord for Future 2:00PM Mathematical Modeling of Fetal (1815) Elementary Teachers. (1825) Electrocardiograms. J. Lyn Miller, Sllippery Rock University Kiersten Utsey*, Carroll College, Samuel (1096-P5-2587) Estes, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, , LeMoyne-Owen College, 2:00PM Using Videos to Enhance Preservice Erick Kalobwe (1816) Teachers’ Understanding of Heather Finotti and Xiaopeng Zhao, Mathematical Justiﬁcation and Proof. National Institute for Mathematical and Elizabeth B. Uptegrove, Felician College Biological Synthesis (1096-VG-1283) (1096-P5-2506) 2:15PM Multi-bond models of platelet adhesion. 2:20PM History Alive! Online Resources in a (1826) Tyler Skorczewski,UniversityofUtah (1817) History of Mathematics Course. (1096-VG-1227) Revathi Narasimhan,KeanUniversity 2:30PM The role of avian stage-structure in the (1096-P5-388) (1827) transmission of West Nile virus. 2:40PM Augmenting the Classroom with Suzanne Robertson*, Virginia (1818) Web-Based Interactive Demonstrations. Commonwealth University, and Kevin James P. Howard, II,University Caillouet, St. Tammany Mosquito of Maryland University College Abatement District (1096-VG-1218) (1096-P5-380) 2:45PM Elastic Network Model Extensions 3:00PM Solving Applications in Business, Life (1828) for Predicting Protein Residue-level (1819) Sciences, and Transportation using Excel Fluctuation. Preliminary report. and Java Applets. Junkoo Park, Houghton College Vesna Kilibarda, Indiana University (1096-VG-944) Northwest (1096-P5-570) 3:00PM The Tumors Cell Density and Immune 3:20PM Working in a Laptop Classroom: Wolfram (1829) Response System: A Mathematical Model. (1820) Alpha, WeBWorK Reading Quizzes, Google Sanjeev Kumar, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Help, and Modeling Data from the Web. University, Agra (1096-VG-44) Mike May, Saint Louis University 3:15PM Spatial Distribution of Calcium-Gated (1096-P5-579) (1830) Chloride Channels in Olfactory Cilia. 3:40PM Open discussion of using the internet to Dorjsuren Badamdorj, Tennessee State augment traditional classroom teaching. University (1096-VG-433) 3:30PM Modeling epidemics using differential MAA General Contributed Paper Session on (1831) equations. Preliminary report. Modeling and Applications of Mathematics, II Ghan S Bhatt*, Ross Beckley, Cametria Weatherspoon, Michael Alexander, 1:00 PM –5:55PM Room 348, BCC Tennessee State University, Anthony Johnson, Philander Smith College, and Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western Marissa Chandler, Tennessee State New England University University (1096-VG-942)

Bem Cayco, San Jose State 3:45PM The Schedule Effect: can recurrent peak University (1832) infections be reduced without vaccines, Kimberly Presser, quarantines or school closings? Shippensburge University Danilo R. Diedrichs*, Paul A. Isihara and Doeke D. Buursma,Wheaton 1:00PM A Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic College (1096-VG-1794) (1821) Model for Ertapenem. Whitney Leeann Forbes*andMichele 4:00PM Stochastic Models for Population Joyner, East Tennessee State University (1833) Dynamics. Preliminary report. (1096-VG-1974) Lochana Siriwardena, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (1096-VG-1888) 1:15PM A Mathematical Model of Laser-Initiated (1822) Immunotherapy of Cancer. 4:15PM Asymmetric population structure alters Bryan Alexander Dawkins*andSean (1834) the molecular clock. Preliminary report. Michael Laverty,UniversityofCentral Benjamin Allen, Yulia Dementieva, Oklahoma (1096-VG-1962) Ruben Medeiros, Christopher Paoletti and Christine Sample*, Emmanuel 1:30PM Effects of Synaptic Plasticity on Phase College (1096-VG-2308) (1823) and Period Locking of a Network of Two Oscillatory Neurons. 4:30PM Extensions to the Daley-Kendall model. Zeynep Akcay*, Amitabha Bose and (1835) Preliminary report. Farzan Nadim, New Jersey Institute of Ariel Cintron-Arias, East Tennessee Technology (1096-VG-1921) State University (1096-VG-2573)

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4:45PM A new application of the two-group 2:15PM On the Classiﬁcation of W-Measurably (1836) competition model. Preliminary report. (1846) Sensitive Actions. Preliminary report. Alyssa Miller and Haley A Yaple*, Francisc Bozgan,Universityof Carthage College (1096-VG-2583) California, Los Angeles, Anthony Sanchez*, Arizona State University, 5:00PM Stability and bifurcation of a three Cesar Silva, David Stevens, Williams (1837) dimensional Ricker model. College, and Jane Wang,Princeton Muna Khaled Khaleel Abu Alhalawa*, Univeristy (1096-VK-2006) Henrique Olivera, Technical university 2 of Lisbon, and Saber Elaydi,Trinity 2:30PM Multiplication Operators on S . University (1096-VG-2368) (1847) Preliminary report. Robert F. Allen*, University of 5:15PM Numerical analysis of delay equations. Wisconsin-La Crosse, Katherine C. Heller (1838) Preliminary report. and Matthew A. Pons,NorthCentral Felicia Maria G Magpantay,Universityof College (1096-VK-2523) Michigan (1096-VG-1658) MAA General Contributed Paper Session on 5:30PM A Stochastic Simulation Model for (1839) Anelosimus studiosus during Prey Research in Applied Mathematics, II Capture. Michele L Joyner*, Chelsea R Ross, 1:00 PM –5:40PM Room 347, BCC Colton Watts and Thomas C Jones, East Tennessee State University Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western (1096-VG-359) New England University Bem Cayco, San Jose State 5:45PM New Paradigms for Collaborative University (1840) Undergraduate Research in Biomathematics. Kimberly Presser, Erin Bodine,RhodesCollege,andAnne Shippensburge University Yust*, Birmingham-Southern College 1:00PM Effect of general conductivities in (1096-VG-2763) (1848) Magneto Rotational Instability. Preliminary report. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Pablo U Suarez, Delaware State Research in Analysis University (1096-VL-349)

1:15PM FOURFUN: a new system for automatic 1:00 PM –2:40PM Room 346, BCC (1849) computations using Fourier expansions. Preliminary report. Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western Kristyn N. McLeod*andRodrigo Platte, New England University Arizona State University (1096-VL-2636)

Bem Cayco, San Jose State 1:30PM Reconstruction of functions from University (1850) Fourier data using Gaussian based approximations. Preliminary report. Kimberly Presser, Ian D Neufer*andRodrigo B Platte, Shippensburge University Arizona State University (1096-VL-2542)

1:00PM A fresh look at some very old formulas 1:45PM Cluster computing to visualize sound and (1841) for pi. (1851) engineer effective metrics of space and Thomas J Osler,RowanUniversity time. (1096-VK-840) Stephen H. Harnish, Bluffton University (1096-VL-2445) 1:15PM Rates of Uniform Convergence for (1842) Riemann Integrals. 2:00PM A new method for Stability Analysis of J. Alan Alewine, McKendree University (1852) Discrete time Recurrent Neural Networks. (1096-VK-1022) Jayant Singh, North Dakota State University (1096-VL-475) 1:30PM ALeibnizTest. (1843) Gabriel T Prajitura, College at 2:15PM Graph Partitioning Algorithms for Brockport, State University of New York (1853) Load Balancing on Massively Parallel (1096-VK-2213) Computers. Kent William Ehrlich*andEric 1:45PM On a Geometric Power Series. Kostelich, Arizona State University (1844) Hong Biao Zeng*andMohammad (1096-VL-2713) Riazi-Kermani, Fort Hays State University (1096-VK-1229) 2:30PM Numerical Method for Optimization (1854) Problems Governed by Hyperbolic 2:00PM Connecting Orbits of Complex Analytic Systems of Conservation Laws. (1845) Maps. Michael Herty, RWTH Aachen University, Haripriya Chakraborty*, University of Alexander Kurganov and Dmitry Delaware., and Jason D. Mireles-James, Kurochkin*, Tulane University Rutgers University (1096-VK-1952) (1096-VL-2693)

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2:45PM The compatibility of slender bodies and SIAM Minisymposium on Frontiers in (1855) surface traction at low Reynolds number. Geomathematics Eva Marie Strawbridge*, James Madison University, and Charles Wolgemuth, 1:00 PM –6:25PM Room 325, BCC University of Arizona (1096-VL-1733) 3:00PM Double Wronskian Solutions for a Organizers: Willi Freeden,Universityof (1856) Generalized (2+1)-Dimensional Kaiserslauten Boussinesq System with Variable Coefﬁcients. Zuhair Nashed,University Alrazi M Abdeljabbar, Savannah State of Central Florida University (1096-VL-2635) 1:00PM Multiscale Regularization in Seismic 3:15PM Chimera states on periodic spaces. (1867) Tomography. (1857) Mark J Panaggio*andDaniel M Willi Freeden, Geomathematics Abrams,NorthwesternUniversity Group, University of Kaiserslautern (1096-VL-1634) (1096-31-1053)

3:30PM Sliding Singularity’s of Two-Dimensional 1:30PM Multiplicative frames for dimension (1858) Invertible Piecewise Isometries. (1868) reduction in reactive sensing. Preliminary Jonathan Sullivan*andMiguel report. Cuadros,UniversityofNorthTexasat John J Benedetto*andWojciech Czaja, Dallas (1096-VL-2396) Norbert Wiener Center/University of 3:45PM Elliptic solutions of a coupled nonlinear Maryland (1096-42-1006) (1859) Schrodinger¨ system. 2:00PM Planetary potential-field inversion from Otis C. Wright, III, Cedarville University (1869) vectorial data: Using Slepian functions (1096-VL-1215) for varying satellite altitude. 4:00PM Model-based Sketching and Recovery with Alain Plattner*andFrederik J. Simons, (1860) Expanders. Princeton University (1096-86-1401) Bubacarr Bah*, Luca Baldassarre and Cevher Volkan, Ecole Polytechnique 2:30PM A multiscale spline approach for the Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) (1870) tensorial satellite gravity gradiometry (1096-VL-2390) problem. Helga Nutz, University of Kaiserslautern 4:15PM Reduced uncertainty by targeting (1096-65-1114) (1861) observations with the Kalman filter. Thomas Bellsky,ArizonaState 3:00PM Moment Discretization of Ill-Posed University (1096-VL-1071) (1871) Problems. 4:30PM A Modified Weak Galerkin Finite Element M Zuhair Nashed,UniversityofCentral (1862) Method. Florida (1096-65-2426) Nolisa S. Malluwawadu*, Xiaoshen 3:30PM Fusion of spatial and spectral features in Wang, FGaoand Thomas C. McMillan, (1872) hyperspectral imagery. Preliminary University of Arkansas at Little Rock report. (1096-VL-2174) John J. Benedetto, University of Maryland 4:45PM Stability Analysis of Non-Newtonian College Park, Wojciech Czaja*, Timothy (1863) Rimming Flow. Doster, University of Maryland College Ravi Shankar*, Department of Park, and Martin Ehler,Universityof Chemistry, UC Davis, Peter Haine, Vienna, Austria (1096-43-1469) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Abigail Gartrell, University of Maryland, 4:00PM Convergence of the ensemble Kalman College Park, Alberto Mojica, Nathan (1873) filter in the large sample limit and in Loker and Sergei Fomin,CSUChico high and infinite dimension. (1096-VL-619) Jan Mandel*, University of Colorado Denver, Jonathan D. Beezley,CERFACS 5:00PM Peixoto’s Structural Stability Theorem: and Meteo France, Toulouse, France, (1864) The One-dimensional Version. Loren Cobb and Evan Kwiatkowski, Aminur Rahman, New Jersey Institute of University of Colorado Denver Technology (1096-VL-2135) (1096-62-2481) 5:15PM A Restarted Homotopy Method for the (1865) Nonsymmetric Eigenvalue Problem. 4:30PM Experimental evaluation of lattice Brandon J Hutchison*, University of (1874) reduction methods for discrete Arkansas Fort Smith, and Mark Arnold, tomography. University of Arkansas (1096-VL-387) Peiliang Xu, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University 5:30PM Applying the Eigendecomposition (1096-86-1116) (1866) Pseudospectral Method to Wave Propagation Problems. 5:00PM Mapping ice mass loss on Greenland and Daniel Patrick Howard*, University (1875) Antarctica, in space and time. of Wisconsin-Madison, and Keith J Christopher Harig*andFrederik J. Wojciechowski,Universityof Simons, Princeton University Wisconsin-Stout (1096-VL-2018) (1096-86-1399)

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5:30PM Fast Multipole Accelerated Multiscale William McCallum, (1876) Analysis on the Sphere. University of Arizona Martin Gutting, University of Siegen Christine Franklin, (1096-65-2297) University of Georgia 6:00PM Optimized kernels for the combination of (1877) global and local data on different AMS Session on Undergraduate Research in spheres. Applied Mathematics Christian Gerhards,Universityof Kaiserslautern (1096-41-1644) 1:15 PM –4:10PM Room 312, BCC

NAM Granville-Brown-Haynes Session of 1:15PM Agent-based Modeling of Pandemic Presentations by Recent Doctoral Recipients (1882) Inﬂuenza. Preliminary report. in the Mathematical Sciences Anna Mummert*, Roger Estep, Robert Hughes, Marshall University, and Jessica 1:00 PM –2:50PM Room 326, BCC Shiltz, Marshall University, Biological Sciences (1096-92-814) Organizer: Dawn Lott 1:00PM A Mixed Finite Element Method for 1:30PM De Bruijn Graph Analysis of (1878) Helmholtz Transmission Eigenvalues. (1883) Transposable Elements in DNA. Tiara D. Turner*, University of Maryland Neal Williams, Arizona State University Eastern Shore, Jiguang Sun,Michigan (1096-92-2320) Technological University, and Xia 1:45PM Identiﬁcation Problem in Ji, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1884) Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic (1096-65-1046) Model for Treatment of Type II Diabetes 1:30PM Mathematical Modeling of Adaptive Mellitus Using Metformin. (1879) Immune Regulation. Kowan T O’Keefe*andNarayan Thapa, Shelby N. Wilson, Morehouse College Minot State University (1096-34-999) (1096-92-2085) 2:00PM A perturbation approach to approximate 2:00PM Sparse Monge Matrices Arising from (1885) extinction time in ecological systems due (1880) Scheduling Problems. to harsh conditions. Preliminary report. Charles N Glover*, Booz Allen Hamilton, Matthew V. Cattivera*, Seth D. Haney and Michael O. Ball,Universityof and Adam Siepielski,UniversityofSan Maryland (1096-90-2242) Diego (1096-92-2525) PM 2:30 The Enumeration of Dumont Permutation 2:15PM Novel Approach for Evaluating Phases (1881) Containing Pattern 231 Exactly Once. (1886) and Orientations of Polycrystalline Chinenye Ofodile, Albany State Structures. Preliminary report. University (1096-05-2564) Bridget K Toomey*, University of Miami, Chen Dan Dong, Massachusetts MAA Panel Discussion Institute of Technology, Xuchen Han, Northwestern University, and 1:00 PM –2:20PM Room 316, BCC Verne Edward, University of Arkansas Interactive dynamic technology: Its role (1096-82-1331) in teaching and learning calculus. 2:30PM Bar Code Localization in Images Using Organizer: Gail Burrill, Michigan State (1887) Neural Network and Linear Discriminant University Analysis Frameworks. Panelists: Tom Dick, Oregon State Dung T. Nguyen*, Bard College, University Mikaela Cashman, Coe College, Keenan Hawekotte, Nebraska Wesleyan Wade Ellis, West Valley University, and Elizabeth Newman, Community College Haverford College (1096-90-2651) Steven Kokoska, Bloomsburg University 2:45PM Improving conditioning for the (1888) electrochemical impedance spectroscopy Gail Burrill inverse problem. Jakob Hansen, Arizona State University MAA Session for Chairs (1096-65-1870)

1:00 PM –2:20PM Room 327, BCC 3:00PM Dynamic models for the default risk of (1889) interbanking networks. Preliminary Planning for the future with new report. curriculum guides. Mihnea Stefan Andrei, Worcester Organizers: Catherine Murphy,Purdue Polytechnic Institute (1096-60-508) University Calumet 3:15PM Modeling and Analysis of Strategies in Daniel Maki, Indiana (1890) the Symmetric and Asymmtric El Farol University Bloomington Problem. Preliminary report. Presenters: Martha Siegel,Towson Weicheng Ye, Stony Brook University University (1096-91-1718)

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3:30PM Upset-downset. Preliminary report. Panelists: Darryl Young, Harvey Mudd (1891) Tim Hsu and Charles Petersen*, San College Jose State University (1096-91-2303) Bowen Kerins, Educational 3:45PM Music Genomics: Applying Seriation Devlopment Center (1892) Algorithms to Billboard #1 Hits. , Colorado Crista Arangala and Nakhila Mistry*, Mary Pilgrim Elon University (1096-15-815) State University 4:00PM Cancer Screening Using Biomimetic College Board-MAA Mutual Concerns (1893) Pattern Recognition with Committee Panel Discussion Hyper-Dimensional Planar Structures. Leonila Lagunes*andCharles H Lee, California State University-Fullerton 2:35 PM –3:55PM Room 327, BCC (1096-92-2706) The changing face of calculus at the university level. ASL Invited Address Organizer: David M. Bressoud, 2:00 PM –2:50PM Room 319, BCC Macalester College Panelists: Larissa Schroeder, (1894) Formal veriﬁcation, interactive theorem University of Hartford proving, and automated reasoning. Jeremy Avigad, Departments of Angela Kubena,University Philosophy and Mathematical of Michigan Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University Elgin Johnston, Iowa State (1096-03-110) University Presentations by MAA Teaching Award Mariah Birgen, Wartburg Recipients College

2:30 PM –3:50PM Room 308, BCC MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Assorted Topics, I 2:30PM Does Technology Help Students? (1895) Andrew G Bennett, Kansas State 2:45 PM –5:40PM Room 346, BCC University (1096-A0-2078) 3:00PM Teaching as Capacity Building. Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western (1896) Preliminary report. New England University Carl W. Lee,UniversityofKentucky Bem Cayco, San Jose State (1096-A0-2083) University 3:30PM Some thoughts about teaching in the Kimberly Presser, (1897) presence of technology and life. Shippensburge University Gavin LaRose, University of Michigan (1096-A0-956) 2:45PM Airport Simulation and Optimization of (1898) Passenger Flow using Arena. Preliminary AMS Committee on Science Policy-AMS report. Committee on Education Panel Discussion Scott A Rega, Indiana University of PA (1096-VR-2539) 2:30 PM –4:00PM Room 336, BCC 3:00PM Modifications of Watershed Segmentation (1899) in Digital Image Processing. The public face of mathematics. Jonathan R Wayland, Indiana University Moderator: Arthur Benjamin,Harvey of Pennsylvania (1096-VR-2536) Mudd College 3:15PM Image Enhancement Algorithm for Panelists: Keith Devlin,Stanford (1900) Under-Water Images. University Anthony F. Filiziani, Indiana University Cathy O’Neill, Johnson of Pennsylvania (1096-VR-2192) Research Labs 3:30PM Office Management: A Markov Model. Tom Siegfried, Freelance (1901) David S. Torain, II, Hampton University Journalist (1096-VR-1955) Steve Strogatz,Cornell 3:45PM Using Boundary Following Algorithms to University (1902) Identify User-Defined Mountain Bike Trails in Topographic Map Images. MAA Panel Discussion Jeremy J Yagle, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1096-VR-1552) 2:35 PM –3:50PM Room 316, BCC 4:00PM Connecting Pairwise and Multistage Designing and implementing a (1903) Election Outcomes. problem-based mathematics course. Mari Castle*, Kennesaw State University, Organizer: Gail Burrill, Michigan State and Victoria Powers,EmoryUniversity University (1096-VR-1434)

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4:15PM Proving Special Cases using Alternate ASL Contributed Paper Session, I (1904) Methods. Preliminary report. Robert M. Sulman, S.U.N.Y. College at 3:00 PM –4:50PM Room 319, BCC Oneonta (1096-VR-2177) 3:00PM The modal logic of Reverse Mathematics. 4:30PM Using Circuits to Teach Truth Tables: (1916) Preliminary report. (1905) Making the Math Real. Carl Mummert*, Alaeddine Saadaoui Jenna Price Carpenter, Louisiana Tech and Sean Sovine, Marshall University University (1096-VR-2098) (1096-03-1603) 3:30PM Forking in Abstract Elementary Classes. 4:45PM Integrating Calculus and Residence Life: (1917) Will Boney*andRami Grossberg, (1906) Does living with calculus help students Carnegie Mellon University (1096-03-963) learn calculus? Suraj Uttamchandani, SUNY Geneseo 4:00PM Combinatory inhabitants of R→ theorems (1096-VR-1796) (1918) extracted from sequent calculus proofs. Katalin Bimbo´*, University of Alberta, 5:00PM Turn Off Machines: Turn On Minds! Department of Philosophy, and J. (1907) Padraig M. McLoughlin,Kutztown Michael Dunn, School of Informatics University of Pennsylvania (1096-VR-839) and Computing, Indiana University (1096-03-1363) 5:15PM Arithmetic algorithms taught in schools. 4:30PM Tarski in Poland: new translations and (1908) Preliminary report. Patricia Baggett*, New Mexico State (1919) background. University, and Andrzej Ehrenfeucht, James T Smith, San Francisco State University of Colorado (1096-VR-252) University (1096-01-973)

5:30PM Flexible Option for Developmental MAA Minicourse #3: Part B (1909) Mathematics. Susan E Thompson, Otterbein University 3:30 PM –5:30PM Room 342, BCC (1096-VR-1204) Improvisation for the mathematics MAA Session on Open Source Mathematics classroom. Textbooks, II Presenter: Andrea Young,Ripon College

3:00 PM –4:55PM Room 349, BCC MAA Minicourse #7: Part B

Organizers: Albert Schueller,Whitman 3:30 PM –5:30PM Stadium Ballrooms 4 & 5, College 2nd Floor, Marriott Inner Harbor Kent Morrison,American Mathematics and dance. Institute of Mathematics Presenter: Karl Schaffer,DeAnza 3:00PM How to write LaTeX that can be converted College (1910) to various formats. Preliminary report. David W. Farmer, American Institute of MAA Minicourse: #11: Part B Mathematics (1096-H5-624) 3:30 PM –5:30PM Room 343, BCC 3:20PM You say tomato and I say tomato.... (1911) Joe Fields, Southern Connecticut State Public and private-key cryptography. University (1096-H5-2640) Presenters: Chris Christensen, Northern Kentucky 3:40PM Accessibility and Open Source. University (1912) D Scott Dillery, Lindsey Wilson College (1096-H5-2229) Jeffrey Ehme,Spelman College 4:00PM Open online homework and courses to (1913) support open textbooks. AMS-MAA-SIAM Joint Panel Discussion David Lippman, Pierce College Ft Steilacoom (1096-H5-350) 4:15 PM –6:00PM Room 336, BCC

4:20PM OER blended model. Transforming post-secondary (1914) Nathan Friess*, Lyryx Learning, Claude mathematics education. Laﬂamme and Robert Woodrow, Organizers: Eric M. Friedlander, University of Calgary (1096-H5-1155) University of Southern California 4:40PM What a Difference 30 Years Makes! - (1915) Adventures in Mathematics Textbook Mark L. Green,Universityof Publishing. California, Los Angeles Ken Levasseur,Universityof Phillip A. Grifﬁths, Institute Massachusetts Lowell (1096-H5-81) for Advanced Study

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Tara Holm,Cornell Robert Buck, Slippery Rock University University Uri Treisman,Universityof Steve Paris,FloridaState Texas at Austin University Moderator: Phillip A. Grifﬁths, Institute Panelists: Steven Armstrong, for Advanced Study Plymouth Rock Management Panelists: Michele Cahill,Carnegie Company Corporation of New York Patrick Brewer,Lebanon Joan Leitzel,Universityof Valley College New Hampshire Jim Daniel,Universityof William (Brit) E. Kirwan, Texas at Austin University System of Maryland Michelle Guan, Indaian University Northwest AMS Congressional Fellowship Session Stuart Klugman, Society of Actuaries 4:30 PM –6:00PM Room 324, BCC Organizer: Samuel M. Rankin III,AMS AWM Workshop Poster Presentations and Presenter: Karen Saxe,AMS Reception Congressional Fellow 2013-14 6:00 PM –7:15PM Pratt Street Lobby, 300 Level, BCC MAA Student Poster Session Organizers: Maria Basterra,University 4:30 PM –5:30PM Exhibit Hall G, 100 Level, BCC of New Hampshire Organizer: Joyati Debnath,Winona Erin Chambers, Saint Louis State University University Kathryn Leonard, California MAA Special Presentation: Poetry Reading State University Channel Islands 4:30 PM –6:30PM Room 308, BCC 6:00PM On decay properties of solutions to the Allmathematicalpoetsandthose (1921) IVP for the Benjamin-Ono equation. interested in mathematical poetry are Cynthia V. Flores,Universityof invited. California - Santa Barbara (1096-35-90) Organizers: Gizem Karaali, Pomona 6:00PM Stability of Eigenvalues of Quantum College (1922) Graphs. Mark Huber,Claremont Tracy Weyand*andGregory Berkolaiko, McKenna College Texas A&M University (1096-34-133) JoAnne Growney, 6:00PM Ginzburg-Landau Vortices on Manifolds. poetrywithmathemat- (1923) Ko-Shin Chen, Indiana University, ics.blogspot.com Bloomington (1096-35-155) 6:00PM Finite generation behaves differently in SIGMAA on Mathematics Instruction Using (1924) negative cohomology. the Web Business Meeting, Reception, and Van C. Nguyen, Texas A&M University, Guest Lecture College Station, Texas (1096-18-162)

5:00 PM –6:20PM Room 350, BCC 6:00PM Bilinear pseudodifferential operators (1925) with symbols in Besov spaces. Preliminary 5:00PM Business Meeting and Reception; talk to report. immediately follow at 5:30 p.m. Jodi Herbert*andVirginia Naibo, (1920) Mobile math apps. Kansas State University (1096-42-180) Doug Ensley, Shippensburg University 6:00PM Uncoupling Groundwater-Surface Water (1096-A0-61) (1926) Flow Using Partitioned Methods. Michaela J. Kubacki,Universityof MAA Panel Discussion Pittsburgh (1096-65-189)

5:00 PM –7:00PM Room 327, BCC 6:00PM Elliptic curve discriminant twins. (1927) Alyson Deines*andBen Lundell, Actuarial science education session for University of Washington (1096-11-193) faculty. 6:00PM The Design of Non-redundant Directional Organizers: Kevin Charlwood, (1928) Wavelet Filter Bank Using 1-D Neville Washburn University Filters. Preliminary report. Bettye Anne Case,Florida Youngmi Hur and Fang Zheng*, Johns State University Hopkins University (1096-14-247)

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6:00PM Uniqueness of extremizers for an AMS Mathematical Reviews Reception (1929) endpoint inequality of the k-plane transform. 6:00 PM –7:00PM Ruth, 1st Floor, Hilton Taryn C Flock,UCBerkeley (1096-44-262) SIGMAA on Business, Industry, and 6:00PM Positive-Definite√ Quaternary Quadratic Government and SIGMAA on the History of (1930) Q Forms Over ( 5). Mathematics Guest Lecture Katherine Thompson,Universityof Georgia (1096-11-264) 6:30 PM –7:30PM Room 307, BCC 6:00PM Heart Rate and EEG modeling during (1931) labor: predicting fetal distress. Preliminary report. 6:00PM Business Meeting; lecture to immediately AishaNajeraChesler*, Claremont follow at 6:30 p.m. Graduate University, and Ami (1941) Eureka! The Archimedes Palimpsest. E Radunskaya, Pomona College William Noel, University of Pennsylvania (1096-37-268) (1096-A0-60) 6:00PM Cyclic permutations realized by the (1932) signed shift. MAA Special Dramatic Presentation Kassie Archer*andSergi Elizalde, Dartmouth College (1096-05-280) 7:30 PM –8:30PM Holiday Ballrooms 6:00PM Well-posedness and decay of energy for 1–3, 2nd Floor, Hilton (1933) Mindlin-Timoshenko plate equations. Pei Pei, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1096-35-289) Mathematically Bent Theater. 6:00PM Corona and cluster value problem in Presenter: Colin Adams and the (1934) infinite-dimensional spaces. Mobiusbandaid Players Sofia Ortega Castillo*andWilliam B. Johnson,TexasA&MUniversity MAA Committee on the Undergraduate (1096-46-322) Program in Mathematics Discussion Session 6:00PM Pointwise asymptotic behavior of (1935) modulated periodic reaction-diffusion 7:30 PM –9:00PM Room 347, BCC waves. Soyeun Jung, Indiana University-Bloomington (1096-35-367) Course Area Reports (broad umbrella definitions): Abstract Algebra; Geometry; 6:00PM Spatio-temporal sampling schemes in Transitions to Proofs; Probability and (1936) evolutionary systems. Statistics Jacqueline Davis, Vanderbilt University (1096-42-543) MAA Committee on the Undergraduate 6:00PM Image estimation using optimal filters. Program in Mathematics Discussion Session (1937) Preliminary report. Viktoria Taroudaki*, AMSC Program, University of Maryland, and Dianne 7:30 PM –9:00PM Room 348, BCC P. O’Leary, University of Maryland (1096-15-915) Course Area Reports (broad umbrella definitions): Linear Algebra; Differential 6:00PM Structured LDPC codes for flash memory. Equations; Real and Complex Analysis; (1938) Kathryn A Haymaker,Universityof Mathematical Modeling Nebraska-Lincoln (1096-94-926) 6:00PM Genus 3 algebraic curves. MAA Committee on the Undergraduate (1939) Lubjana Beshaj, Oakland University Program in Mathematics Discussion Session (1096-14-927) 6:00PM User-Aided Space Transformation of 7:30 PM –9:00PM Room 346, BCC (1940) Color Images for Improved Edge Detection. Preliminary report. Brianna R Cash*, University of Maryland, Program Area Reports (concentrations, College Park, and Dianne O’Leary, double majors, minors, integrated Department of Computer Science and majors): Financial Math and Actuarial Institute for Advanced Computer Studies Science; Statistics; Computing; (UMIACS), University of Maryland, College Mathematical Programming; Applied Par (1096-65-1131) Math Organizers: Carol Schumacher,Kenyon SIGMAA on Quantitative Literacy Business College Meeting Martha Siegel,Towson 6:00 PM –7:30PM Room 339, BCC University

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MAA Committee on the Undergraduate AMS-AWM Special Session on Geometric Program in Mathematics Discussion Applications of Algebraic Combinatorics, III

7:30 PM –9:00PM Room 345, BCC 7:30 AM –10:50AM Room 318, BCC Program Area Reports (concentrations, Organizers: Elizabeth Beazley, double majors, minors, integrated Haverford College majors): Teacher Education; Kristina Garrett,St.Olaf Biomathematics and Environmental College Science; Operations Research; Engineering 7:30AM A q-analog of the partition algebra. (1943) Preliminary report. Organizers: Carol Schumacher,Kenyon Tom Halverson*, Macalester College, College Arun Ram, University of Melbourne, and Martha Siegel,Towson Nathaniel Thiem, University of Colorado, University Boulder (1096-05-1408) 8:00AM Crosshatch permutations. SIGMAA on Mathematics in Business, (1944) Gregory S. Warrington,Universityof Industry, and Government, and SIGMAA on Vermont (1096-05-2216) the History of Mathematics Joint Reception 8:30AM Enumeration of strong, standard, starred (1945) tableaux. 7:30 PM –8:00PM Room 310, BCC Susanna Fishel*, Arizona State University, and Matjaz Konvalinka, NAM Cox-Talbot Address University of Ljubljana (1096-05-1991) 9:00AM The immaculate basis of the 7:45 PM –8:35PM Holiday Ballroom (1946) non-commutative symmetric functions. 6, 2nd Floor, Hilton Chris Berg, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Nantel Bergeron,York (1942) Solving our human problems. University / Fields Institute, Franco Nathaniel Dean, Texas State University, Saliola, Luis Serrano*, Universite du San Marcos Quebec a Montreal, and Mike Zabrocki, York University / Fields Institute SIGMAA on Business, Industry, and (1096-05-1817) Government Business Meeting 9:30AM Product formulas for the volumes of ﬂow (1947) polytopes. 8:00 PM –9:00PM Room 310, BCC Karola Meszaros, Cornell University (1096-05-465) Project NExT Reception 10:00AM A geometric interpretation of the (1948) weighted games poset. Preliminary 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM Stadium Ballroom 1,2, report. & 3, 2nd Floor, Marriott Inner Harbor Sarah K Mason*andRobert Jason All Project NExT Fellows, consultants, and Parsley,WakeForestUniversity other friends of Project NExT are invited. (1096-05-1157) Organizers: Julia Barnes,Western 10:30AM Combinatorics of the tropical moduli Carolina University (1949) space of curves. Preliminary report. Melody Chan,HarvardUniversity , Louisiana Judith Covington (1096-05-1459) State University Shreveport Matthew DeLong,Taylor AMS Special Session on Banach Spaces, University Metric Embeddings, and Applications, I Aparna W. Higgins, University of Dayton 7:30 AM –10:50AM Room 331, BCC Organizers: Mikhail Ostrovskii,St. John’s University Beata Randrianantoanina, Miami University 7:30AM The Lower Dimensional Busemann-Petty (1950) Problem in the Complex Hyperbolic Space. Saturday, January 18 Susanna Dann, University of Missouri (1096-52-494) Joint Meetings Registration 8:00AM Uniform homeomorphisms of (1951) asymptotic-c0 spaces. 7:30 AM –2:00PM Pratt Street Bunyamin Sari,UniversityofNorth Lobby, 300 Level, BCC Texas (1096-46-1931)

154 Saturday, January 18 – Program of the Sessions

8:30AM Lipschitz p-convex and q-concave maps. 10:30AM Global existence for water waves in two (1952) J. Alejandro Chavez-Dominguez, (1962) dimensions. The University of Texas at Austin Fabio Pusateri, Princeton University (1096-46-1715) (1096-35-339)

9:00AM Embeddings of p(ℵ) into Lp spaces. (1953) Preliminary report. AMS Session on Commutative Algebra and William B. Johnson,TexasA&M Homological Methods University (1096-46-1381) 7:45 AM –10:55AM Room 304, BCC 10:00AM Almost transitive and maximal norms in (1954) classical Banach spaces. Preliminary 7:45AM A Sufficient Condition for Covering report. (1963) Ideals. Preliminary report. S J Dilworth*, University of South Furuzan Ozbek*, University of Kentucky, Carolina, and B Randrianantoanina, Pedro Guil Asensio and Sergio Estrada, Miami University (1096-46-977) Universidad de Murcia (1096-18-307) 10:30AM Geometry of layers of cubes: applications 8:00AM Totally Reflexive Modules and the (1955) in geometric group theory and nonlinear (1964) AR-translate. Preliminary report. geometry of Banach spaces. Denise Amanda Rangel,Universityof Florent P. Baudier,TexasA&MUniversity Texas at Arlington (1096-18-2430) (1096-46-1588) 8:15AM Combinatorial Algorithms for Generating AMS Special Session on Dispersive and (1965) Free Resolutions of Ideals with Binomials and Monomial Generators. Geometric Partial Differential Equations, I Trevor McGuire, Louisiana State University (1096-13-785) 7:30 AM –10:50AM Room 322, BCC 8:30AM Graphical Representations of Organizers: Shuanglin Shao,University (1966) Factorizations in Commutative Rings. of Kansas Michael Axtell,UniversityofSt.Thomas, Chongchun Zeng,Georgia Nicholas Baeth,UniversityofCentral Institute of Technology Missouri, and Joe Stickles*, Millikin University (1096-13-1085) Shijun Zheng,Georgia Southern University 8:45AM Projective Dimension of Hypergraphs. (1967) Preliminary report. 7:30AM On solvability of elastodynamic flows. Kuei-Nuan Lin*, Smith College, and (1956) Preliminary report. Paolo Mantero,UC,Riverside Xianpeng Hu, New York University (1096-13-1317) (1096-35-314) 9:15AM On the Intersection Algebra of Ideals. 8:00AM Uniqueness questions for the (1968) Sara L. C. Malec, University of the Pacific (1957) Navier-Stokes equation in the hyperbolic (1096-13-2388) setting. Chi Hin Chan, National Chiao Tung 9:30AM Length multiset-complete Krull monoids. University, and Magdalena Czubak*, (1969) Paul Baginski*, Fairfield University, and Binghamton University (SUNY) George T Schaeffer,Universityof (1096-35-1323) California, Los Angeles (1096-13-2532) 8:30AM The Gross-Pitaevskii hierarchy on the 9:45AM The Grobner¨ Basis Theory of Bracket (1958) three-dimensional torus. (1970) Polynomials. Philip T. Gressman, Vedran Sohinger*, Hongbo Li*, Chinese Academy of University of Pennsylvania, and Gigliola Sciences, Changpeng Shao, Chinese Staffilani, Massachusetts Institute of Academy of Sciences, and Lei Huang, Technology (1096-35-486) Chinese Academy of Sciences (1096-13-673) 9:00AM Out-of-equilibrium dynamics for the (1959) nonlinear Schrodinger equation. 10:00AM Extensions of Group Schemes in Preliminary report. (1971) Characteristic p. Zaher Hani, Courant Institute of Robert G. Underwood, Auburn Mathematical Sciences, NYU University Montgomery (1096-13-1694) (1096-35-524) 10:15AM The Unimodality of Pure O-Sequences of 9:30AM Non-linear effect in the periodic KdV (1972) Type Three in Three Variables. (1960) equation with rough initial data. Bernadette Boyle, Sacred Heart Seungly Oh, University of Missouri - University (1096-13-1935) Columbia (1096-35-1761) 10:30AM Computational investigation of star 10:00AM Global well-posedness and scattering for (1973) operations with Macaulay 2. (1961) focusing cubic NLS on the exterior Bryan C White, University of New Mexico of strictly convex obstacle in three (1096-13-2637) dimensions. 10:45AM On Local *-Completely Integrally Closed Xiaoyi Zhang*, University of Iowa, (1974) Domains. Monica Visan and Rowan Killip,UCLA Olivier A. Heubo-Kwegna, Saginaw (1096-35-1872) Valley State University (1096-13-202)

155 Program of the Sessions – Saturday, January 18 (cont’d.)

AMS Session on History of Mathematics 10:45AM History of Combinatorial Group Theory in (1987) the US, Mid-Twentieth Century, a preliminary report. Preliminary report. 7:45 AM –10:55AM Room 305, BCC Margaret H. Dean*, Margaret Karrass, BMCC/CUNY, and Marianna Bonanome, 7:45AM Sharaf al-Tusi (1135-1213): the NYC College of Technology/CUNY (1975) grandfather of Differential Calculus? (1096-01-2315) Preliminary report. Mustafa R.S. Kulenovic,Universityof AMS Session on Undergraduate Research in Rhode Island (1096-01-1544) Analysis and Topology 8:00AM AStudyofRisala¯ al-watar wa’l jaib (”The (1976) Treatise on the Chord and Sine”). 7:45 AM –10:55AM Room 312, BCC Preliminary report. 7:45AM Convex Region Isoperimetric Conjecture. Mohammad K. Azarian,Universityof (1988) Preliminary report. Evansville (1096-01-1419) Paul Gallagher,Universityof 8:15AM Nairizi: A Persian Mathematician For Pennsylvania, David Hu, Georgetown (1977) Consideration. University, Zane Martin, Williams Mohammad Moazzam, Salisbury College, Maggie Miller*, University of University (1096-01-1036) Texas at Austin, and Byron Perpetua, Williams College (1096-51-156) 8:30AM The Quaternion Wars: The 1890s and the 8:00AM Identification Problem in Parabolic (1978) Present. (1989) Partial Differential Equation. Paul R Bouthellier,Universityof Chloe L. Ondracek*andNarayan Thapa, Pittsburgh-Titusville (1096-01-196) Minot State University (1096-35-506) 8:15AM Geometric Mean Value Properties. 8:45AM Analogy in William Rowan Hamilton’s (1979) treatment of complex numbers. (1990) Preliminary report. Maritza M. Branker, Niagara University Gary DeClerk*, Jeremiah Bill and (1096-01-660) Quan Nguyen, Hendrix College (1096-35-2313) 9:00AM The transcendence of e in the 1870s. The 8:30AM Nucleation in a Two Component Metal (1980) story of a theorem. (1991) Alloy and the Corresponding Boundary Michel Pierre Serfati,IREM-Universite Conditions. Preliminary report. Paris Diderot (1096-01-797) Kalea A Sebesta, University of Nevada, Reno (1096-35-1165) 9:15AM Every math major should know this crazy 8:45AM Polarizations with Respect to Infinite (1981) theorem. Bruce Reznick, University of Illinois at (1992) Type Hypersurfaces. Urbana-Champaign (1096-34-1392) Victoria Mansfield,Universityof Wisconsin - Stout, and Michael 9:30AM Fourier’s Equations of Heat Motion in McLaughlin*, Ohio University (1982) Fluid and Boltzmann’s Transport (1096-32-1088) Equations. 9:00AM The Kauffman bracket for Singular Links. Shigeru Masuda,RIMS,KyotoUniversity (1993) Preliminary report. (1096-01-1503) Patrick Y Chu*, Rice University, and Alex D Chichester, SUNY Geneseo 9:45AM Florence Nightingale’s Statistical (1096-57-1492) (1983) Innovations. 9:15AM A Yang-Baxter model for specializations Eileen Magnello, University College (1994) of the Kauffman polynomial. Preliminary London (1096-01-2215) report. 10:00AM History of the Ideas that Led to Elaina K Aceves*andJennifer E Elder, (1984) Math-Based Currencies. California State University, Fresno Maryam Vulis, Norwalk Community (1096-57-1818) College (1096-01-2683) 9:30AM Three-Variable Bracket Polynomial for (1995) Two-Bridge Knots. Preliminary report. 10:15AM The Correspondence Between Cantor and Matthew D. Overduin, California (1985) Dedekind: the case for a surprising State University, San Bernardino dialogue between mathematicians, (1096-55-2450) historians, and philosophers. 9:45AM An invariant for spatial graphs. Adriana Monica Solomon,Historyand (1996) Preliminary report. Philosophy of Science, University of Notre Jennifer E Elder*andElaina K Aceves, Dame (1096-01-2746) California State University, Fresno 10:30AM Richard Courant: ”Gottingen is Here”. (1096-57-1814) (1986) Preliminary report. 10:00AM Bounds on the Ubercrossing¨ and Petal Charlotte K Simmons*andJesse W. (1997) Number of Knots. Byrne, University of Central Oklahoma Ashley Weber, University of Michigan (1096-01-2621) (1096-54-550)

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10:15AM The crossing spectrum of knots and the AMS Special Session on Analytic Number (1998) additivity of multi-crossing numbers Theory, IV under composition. Orsola A Capovilla-Seale*, Bryn Mawr 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 308, BCC College, and Sicong C Zhang,Columbia University (1096-54-1241) Organizers: Angel Kumchev,Towson University 10:30AM The Meaning Behind the Coefficients Scott Parsell, West Chester (1999) of the sl2 Weight System of Chord Diagrams. University Austin J. Mack, National Research Gang Yu, Kent State University – Higher School of Economics University (Moscow, Russia) (1096-55-1809) 8:00AM Squares and Primes. 10:45AM On the optimization of 1-cycle persistence (2007) John B. Friedlander,Universityof (2000) under the Vietoris-Rips complex. Toronto (1096-11-404) Walter Zhen Cai, Cornell University 8:30AM Estimates for the number of lattice points (1096-55-1028) (2008) close to a curve and applications. Ognian Trifonov,UniversityofSouth AMS Special Session on Algebraic and Carolina (1096-11-827) Analytic Aspects of Integrable Systems and 9:00AM Counting rational points near planar Painlev/’e Equations, I (2009) curves. Ayla R. Gafni, Pennsylvania State 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 320, BCC University (1096-11-726) 9:30AM Equidistribution of polynomial sequences Organizers: Anton Dzhamay,University (2010) in function fields. of Northern Colorado T. H. Le, University of Texas at Austin, and Y.-R. Liu*, University of Waterloo Kenichi Maruno,University (1096-11-681) of Texas-Pan America 10:00AM 2-Adic zeros of additive forms. Christopher Ormerod, (2011) Michael P. Knapp, Loyola University California Institute of Maryland (1096-11-243) Technology 10:30AM the general goldbach problem with 8:00AM On the geometry of difference Painlevé (2012) beatty primes. (2001) (1) Robert C Vaughan, Penn State University equations with symmetry group E6 . Preliminary report. & University of Michigan (1096-11-612) Anton Dzhamay,UniversityofNorthern Colorado (1096-34-2589) AMS Special Session on Categorical Topology, I 8:30AM Schlesinger transformation and discrete ∗ (2002) (1) 8:00 AM –10:45AM Room 330, BCC Painlevé equation of type A1 . Preliminary report. Anton Dzhamay,UniversityofNorthern Organizers: Frédéric Mynard,Georgia Colorado, and Tomoyuki Takenawa*, Southern University Tokyo University of Marine Science and Gavin Seal, École Technology (1096-39-997) Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne 9:00AM A q-analogue of the Drinfeld-Sokolov (2003) hierarchy of type A and q-Painlevé 8:00AM Dualizing closure operators. Preliminary system. (2013) report. Takao Suzuki, Kinki University Walter Tholen, York University, Toronto (1096-34-237) ON (1096-18-2114) 9:00AM Multiordered sets as topological spaces. 9:30AM Initial value space of integrable lattice (2004) systems and discrete Painlevé equations. (2014) Gavin J. Seal, Ecole Polytechnique ´ ´ Sarah B Lobb, University of Sydney Federale de Lausanne (1096-18-2123) (1096-14-1541) 9:30AM On L*-operators and around. Preliminary (2015) report. 10:00AM Geometric Asymptotics of q-difference Andrzej A Szymanski, Slippery (2005) Painlevé equations. Rock University of Pennsylvania Nalini Joshi, The University of Sydney (1096-54-2557) (1096-34-498) 10:00AM The limit closure of metric spaces in 10:30AM Classical integrability, quantum (2016) uniform spaces. (2006) integrability and Dyson beta ensembles Michael Barr*, McGill University, John of random matrices. Preliminary report. F. Kennison, Clark University, and Igor Rumanov, University of Colorado Robert Raphael, Concordia University Boulder (1096-60-1989) (1096-54-1565)

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AMS Special Session on De Bruijn Sequences 9:30AM 1-efﬁcient triangulations and the index of and Their Generalizations, I (2026) a cusped hyperbolic 3-manifold. Stavros Garoufalidis, Georgia Institute 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 303, BCC of Technology, Craig D. Hodgson, J. Hyam Rubinstein,Universityof Organizers: Abbas Alhakim,American Melbourne, and Henry Segerman*, University of Beirut Oklahoma State University (1096-57-952) 10:00AM Invariants of Character Varieties. Steven Butler, Iowa State (2027) Kate Petersen, Florida State University University (1096-57-2321) 8:00AM De Bruijn sequences with varying combs. 10:30AM Uniformly quasi-regular mappings on (2017) Abbas Alhakim, American University of (2028) sub-Riemannian manifolds. Beirut, Steve Butler*, Iowa State Anton Lukyanenko, University of Illinois University, and Ron Graham,UCSan Urbana-Champaign (1096-53-1822) Diego (1096-05-1264) AMS Special Session on Ergodic Theory and 8:30AM Gluing universal cycles and de Bruijn (2018) sequences. Symbolic Dynamics, II Dennis Wong, University of Guelph 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 302, BCC (1096-05-1591)

9:00AM The Discrepancy of de Bruijn Sequences. Organizers: Aimee Johnson, (2019) Joshua N. Cooper,UniversityofSouth Swarthmore College Carolina (1096-05-2317) Cesar Silva, Williams College 9:30AM Overlap Cycles. Preliminary report. 8:00AM Coboundaries and ergodic sums. (2020) Victoria E. Horan, Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, NY (1096-05-503) (2029) Preliminary report. Joseph Rosenblatt, University of Illinois 10:00AM Overlap Cycles for Steiner Systems. at Urbana-Champaign (1096-37-210) (2021) Glenn Hurlbert*, Arizona State 8:30AM Iterated Prisoners Dilemma: Dynamics of University, and Victoria Horan,AirForce (2030) Zero-Determinant Strategies. Research Laboratory (1096-05-1433) Ethan Akin, The City College of New 10:30AM Two Problems: Generation and York (1096-91-567) (2022) Presentation. 9:00AM Measuring complexity and Alfred W Hales,IDACenterfor (2031) interconnectivity in dynamical systems. Communications Research - La Jolla Preliminary report. (1096-05-923) Karl Petersen*andBenjamin Wilson, University of North Carolina at Chapel AMS Special Session on Deformation Spaces Hill (1096-37-435) of Geometric Structures on Low-Dimensional 9:30AM Partial difference equations over Manifolds, II (2032) compact Abelian groups. Tim Austin, Courant Institute, New York University (1096-39-554) 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 328, BCC 10:00AM Recent developments in directional Organizers: Caleb Ashley,Howard (2033) dynamics. Preliminary report. University E. Arthur Robinson, Jr.,George Washington University, Joseph Michelle Lee,Universityof Rosenblatt, University of Illinois, Maryland Urbana-Champaign, and Ays¸e A.¸ahin S *, Melissa Macasieb, DePaul University (1096-37-2417) University of Maryland 10:30AM A measure-theoretic version of the (2034) divergence theorem. Preliminary report. Andy Sanders,Universityof Andres del Junco, University of Toronto Illinois at Chicago (1096-28-964) 8:00AM On conformally ﬂat circle bundles over (2023) surfaces. AMS Special Session on Global Dynamics and Son Lam Ho, University of Maryland, Bifurcations of Difference Equations, I College Park (1096-51-1371) 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 329, BCC 8:30AM The Area of Projective Surfaces. (2024) Ilesanmi Adeboye, Wesleyan University Organizers: Mustafa Kulenovic, (1096-57-337) University of Rhode Island

9:00AM Towards coordinate systems on Orlando Merino,University (2025) G-character varieties of surfaces. of Rhode Island Preliminary report. 8:00AM Dynamics of a two patch gravity model. AdamSSikora, University at Buffalo, (2035) Emma Smith Zbarsky, Wentworth SUNY (1096-57-1475) Institute of Technology (1096-39-2584)

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8:30AM Local Qualitative Behavior of Discrete AMS Special Session on Progress in Free (2036) Dynamical Systems with Non-hyperbolic Analysis and Free Probability, III Equilibria: a Special Case. William T. Jamieson*andOrlando 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 301, BCC Merino, University of Rhode Island (1096-39-710) Organizers: Dmitry Kaliuzhnyi-Verbovetskyi, 9:00AM Multiple attractors in a Leslie-Gower (2037) competition system with Allee effects. Drexel University Yunshyong Chow, Academia Sinica, and Todd Kemp,Universityof Sophia Jang*, Texas Tech University California San Diego (1096-92-754) 8:00AM Noncommutative Inequalities. Preliminary 9:30AM Ordered Dynamics in Biased and (2046) report. (2038) Cooperative Boolean Networks. J. William Helton,UCSanDiego Winfried Just, Ohio University, and (1096-46-1970) German A. Enciso*, University of 9:00AM Noncommutative Inequalities. Preliminary California, Irvine (1096-39-1212) (2047) report. 10:00AM Advances in Asymptotic Periodicity of Scott A. Mccullough,Universityof (2039) Nonlinear Difference Equations. Florida (1096-47-1535) Raghib M. Abu-Saris, King Saud bin 9:30AM Asymptotic expansions of trace Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (2048) functionals. Preliminary report. (1096-39-573) Anna Skripka, University of New Mexico 10:30AM Global Dynamics and Bifurcation of (1096-47-1289) (2040) Difference Equations. 10:00AM Matricial Families and Weighted Shifts. Ronald E. Mickens, Clark Atlanta (2049) Paul S Muhly,UniversityofIowa,Iowa University (1096-39-772) City, USA, and Baruch Solel*, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, AMS Special Session on Outreach for ISRAEL (1096-46-496) Mathematically Talented Youth, II 10:30AM Approximate subordination and random (2050) matrices. 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 314, BCC Hari Bercovici, Indiana University (1096-46-1772) Organizers: Christina Eubanks-Turner, Loyola Marymount University AMS Special Session on Reaction Diffusion Virginia Watson, Kennesaw Equations and Applications, I State University Daniel Zaharopol,Artof 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 324, BCC Problem Solving Foundation Organizers: Jerome Goddard,II, Auburn 8:00AM Discussion University Montgomery 8:30AM The Junior Mathematical Congress series. Ratnasingham Shivaji, (2041) Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson,KTHRoyal University of North Carolina Institute of Technology (1096-97-297) Greensboro

9:00AM Math Beyond the Classroom. 8:00AM Existence Results for Classes of Inﬁnite (2042) Jenny McNulty, University of Montana (2051) Semipositone Problems. (1096-00-1734) Ratnasingham Shivaji,University 9:30AM Outreach without income: An approach of North Carolina at Greensboro (2043) to outreach without funding. Preliminary (1096-35-2166) report. 8:30AM Stabilizability of Differential Equations. Paulette N Willis, Reasoning Mind (2052) Mythily Ramaswamy*, T.I.F.R Center for (1096-97-500) Applicable Mathematics, Bangalore, Jean-Pierre Raymond,University 10:00AM SFSU (CM)2:CreatingMomentum (2044) Through Communicating Mathematics: of Toulouse, France, and Debayan Graduate students mentoring K-12 Maity, T.I.F.R Center for Applicable students in-school, after-school, and over Mathematics, Bangalore (1096-35-2194) the summer. 9:00AM Bifurcation of steady state solutions of Brandy S Wiegers, San Francisco State (2053) reaction-diffusion equations with University (1096-97-986) nonlinear boundary conditions. Junping Shi, College of William and Mary 10:30AM Math Circle Examples from Kansas and (2045) the Navajo Nation. (1096-35-872) David Auckly*, Kansas State University, 9:30AM MPE2013 and Reaction-Diffusion Tatiana Shubin, San Jose State (2054) Problems. University, and Henry Fowler,Dine Hans G. Kaper, Mathematics and Climate College (1096-97-831) Research Network (1096-35-1024)

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10:00AM Avoidance behavior in intraguild Mau Nam Nguyen,Portland (2055) predation communities: A cross-diffusion State University model. Miguel Sama, Universidad Robert Stephen Cantrell*, University of Nacional de Educacin e Miami, and Daniel Ryan,NIMBioS,The Distancia University of Tennessee (1096-92-1303) Christiane Tammer,Martin 10:30AM Diffusive logistic equation with constant Luther University of (2056) yield harvesting and negative density Halle-Wittenberg dependent emigration on the boundary. Jerome Goddard II*, Auburn University 8:00AM A unified approach for different Montgomery, and R. Shivaji,University (2063) concepts of robustness and stochastic of North Carolina Greensboro programming via nonlinear scalarizing (1096-35-1556) functionals. Christiane Tammer*, AMS Special Session on Recent Advances in Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Kathrin Klamroth, Homogenization and Model Reduction University Wuppertal, Elisabeth Methods for Multiscale Phenomena, I Koebis, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, and Anita Schoebel, 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 317, BCC University Goettingen (1096-90-2020) Organizers: Silvia Jiménez Bolanos˜ , 8:30AM Necessary nondomination conditions in Colgate University (2064) multiobjective optimization with variable Burt S. Tilley, Worcester ordering structures. Preliminary report. Polytechnic Institute Bao Q. Truong,NorthernMichigan University (1096-91-1507) 8:00AM Chemotactic adhesion is bacterial flocs: a (2057) multi-scale model. 9:00AM On Lipschitz Properties of Nonsmooth Sarthok Sircar, University of Colorado, (2065) Functions and Set-Valued Mappings Boulder (1096-76-698) via Generalized Differentiation and Applications. 8:30AM Γ-limit for inextensible, elastic ribbons , Portland State (2058) having centerlines with nonvanishing Mau Nam Nguyen University (1096-49-1411) curvature. Nicholas O. Kirby*, University of 9:30AM On the Modeling of Some Environmental Washington, and Eliot Fried, McGill (2066) Games with Uncertain Data. University (1096-49-1384) Baasansuren Jadamba*, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Fabio Raciti, 9:00AM Γ-convergence of inhomogeneous (2059) functionals in Orlicz-Sobolev spaces and University of Catania (1096-49-2505) applications. 10:00AM Full stability in second-order cone Marian Bocea, Loyola University Chicago (2067) programming. (1096-49-1362) Ebrahim Sarabi*, Boris Mordukhovich, 9:30AM Homogenization of composite vicinal wayne state university, and Jiri Outrata, (2060) surfaces in 1+1 dimensions. Institute of Information Theory and Dionisios Margetis*, University of Automation, Academy of Sciences of the Maryland, College Park, and Kanna Czech Republic (1096-49-802) Nakamura, University of Maryland, 10:30AM Solving generalized Nash games with College Park (1096-35-1086) (2068) shared constraints through evolutionary 10:00AM A mathematical homogenized model for variational inequalities. (2061) the mechanical behavior of the lungs’ Monica Gabriela Cojocaru,Universityof parenchyma. Guelph, Ontario, Canada (1096-49-2095) Paul Cazeaux*, UPMC, and Celine Grandmont, Inria (1096-35-1265) AMS Special Session on Trends in Graph Theory, I 10:30AM Biphasic Acoustic Behavior of a (2062) Non-periodic Porous Medium. Robert Pertsch Gilbert*, University of 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 315, BCC Delaware, Alexander Panchenko, Organizer: Ralucca Gera, Naval Washington State University, and Ana Postgraduate School Vasilic, United Arab Emirates University (1096-35-1428) 8:00AM Independence in Function Graphs. (2069) Ralucca Gera*, Naval Postgraduate AMS Special Session on Set-Valued School, Craig Larson,Virginia Commonwealth University, Ryan Pepper, Optimization and Variational Problems with University of Houston Downtown, and Applications, I Craig Rasmussen, Naval Postgraduate School (1096-05-246) 8:00 AM –10:50AM Room 332, BCC 8:30AM A Graph Theoretic Division Algorithm. Organizers: Akhtar Khan,Rochester (2070) Eric Andrews and Ping Zhang*, Western Institute of Technology Michigan University (1096-05-525)

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9:00AM On Irregular Eulerian Walks in Graphs. 9:45AM Hierarchical Representation for (2071) Eric S. Andrews,WesternMichigan (2082) High-Dimensional Data in Music University (1096-05-562) Structure Tasks. Preliminary report. Katherine M. Kinnaird, Dartmouth 9:30AM A Contribution to Irredundance and (2072) Distance-2 Domination in Graphs. College (1096-62-2288) Preliminary report. 10:00AM Information Theoretic Partition Stephen T. Hedetniemi*, Sandra M. (2083) Determination for Data Mining. Hedetniemi, School of Computing, Paul B Deignan, University of Texas at Clemson University, Renu C. Laskar, Dallas (1096-68-2441) Clemson University, and Gerd H. 10:15AM Exploration of Flocking Clustering Fricke, Morehead State University (2084) Algorithms for Information Display and (1096-05-1805) Derivation of Structures in Big Data. 10:00AM On Radio Labeling of Some Caterpillar Preliminary report. (2073) Graphs. Preliminary report. Ahlam E Tannouri*andSam F Katherine F. Benson, Westminster Tannouri, Morgan State University College (1096-05-2429) (1096-68-2717) 10:30AM The Newton’s Method Backpropagation 10:30AM Eigenvalues of Saturated Hydrocarbons. (2085) Algorithm for Holomorphic (2074) Craig E Larson, Virginia Commonwealth Complex-Valued Neural Networks. University (1096-05-422) Diana Thomson La Corte,Universityof Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1096-68-1973) AMS Session on Statistical Modeling, Big Data, and Computing 10:45AM Toric Geometry of Hypergraphs. (2086) Despina Stasi*, Pennsylvania State University, Sonja Petrovic, Illinois 8:00 AM –10:55AM Room 313, BCC Institute of Technology, and Elizabeth 8:00AM Effect of Sample Size on the Performance Gross, North Carolina State University (2075) of Ordinary Least Squares and (1096-68-284) Geographically Weighted Regression. Preliminary report. MAA Session on Flipping the Classroom, III Mitra Lal Devkota*, Gary D Hatfield and Rajesh Chintala, South Dakota State 8:00 AM –10:55AM Room 337, BCC University (1096-62-870) Organizers: Krista Maxson,Shawnee 8:15AM Anthropometric indicators of obesity in State University (2076) Native American Adolescents and Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo, Exploratory Data Analysis. Valparaiso University Margaret N. Barth, Melissa Wiggington, 8:00AM A First Attempt at Flipping. Preliminary Benjamin David Knisley*, Hanna (2087) report. Stipeak, Grace Crosby and Linn Melissa M. Tolley, Wingate University Carothers, California Baptist University (1096-E1-2170) (1096-62-1812) 8:20AM Idea of flipped classroom for Pre-calculus 8:30AM A Primary Study of Bisphosphonate (2088) students. (2077) Medications on Osteopathic Fractures for Joyati Debnath, Winona State University Male Patients in VA Healthcare System. (1096-E1-2003) Preliminary report. Mingfei Li, Bentley University 8:40AM “Social reading” in the mathematics (1096-62-2558) (2089) classroom. Albert Schueller, Whitman College 8:45AM To pool or not to pool. (1096-E1-328) (2078) Mouchumi Bhattacharyya,Universityof 9:00AM Sylvanus Thayer Flipped Out – Method the Pacific (1096-62-2393) (2090) Ahead of Its Time. Preliminary report. 9:00AM A Sequential Approach to Detecting Brian J. Winkel, US Military Academy (2079) Change Points. Preliminary report. (1096-E1-169) Eric Ruggieri, College of the Holy Cross 9:20AM Making Yourself the Lead Vocalist among (1096-62-2357) (2091) many Secondary Sources in Flipped and 9:15AM Verification techniques for Bayesian Blended Differential Equations Courses. (2080) model calibration. Preliminary report. Christopher Oehrlein,OklahomaCity Mami T Wentworth*andRalph C Community College (1096-E1-398) Smith, North Carolina State University 9:40AM Learning Math by Making Math. (1096-62-1051) (2092) Bruce Carpenter*, University of Illinois 9:30AM Dependence and Association Concepts at Urbana-Champaign, and Faisal (2081) through Copulas. Whelpley, Making Math (1096-E1-2115) Zheng Wei*, Las Cruces, Tonghui Wang, 10:00AM A Faculty Learning Community on Flipped New Mexico State University, and (2093) Classrooms at Valparaiso University. Wararit Panichkitkosolkul, Thammasat Alex Capaldi*andMelissa Desjarlais, University, Thailand (1096-62-372) Valparaiso University (1096-E1-2280)

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10:20AM The Best of Both Worlds: The Flipped MAA Session on Putting a Theme in a History (2094) Classroom with a Moore Method Flavor of Mathematics Course for Undergraduate Analysis. Bryan Dawson,UnionUniversity 8:00 AM –10:55AM Room 339, BCC (1096-E1-1025) Organizers: Eugene Boman, 10:40AM Lessons Learned: A First Attempt at Pennsylvanis State (2095) Using a Flipped Classroom Model. University, Harrisburg Marie P. Sheckels,UniversityofMary Robert Rogers,SUNY Washington (1096-E1-1735) Fredonia 8:00AM HoM Courses to Inspire Liberal Arts MAA Session on Mathematics and Sports, II (2105) Majors (and Others): A Menu of Eleven Organizing Themes. Preliminary report. 8:00 AM –10:55AM Room 338, BCC Emelie A. Kenney, Siena College (1096-K1-534) Organizers: Drew Pasteur, College of 8:20AM A History of Math Class Centered Around Wooster (2106) the Development of Number, Operation, John David, Virginia Military and Solving Equations. Institute Diana White, University of Colorado Denver (1096-K1-1884) 8:00AM The MLB All Star Challenge. 8:40AM Bringing together ”older” and ”newer” (2096) William Schellhorn, Simpson College (2107) mathematics. (1096-G5-1589) Dorothee Jane Blum, Millersville 8:20AM Markov Chain Applications to Baseball University of Pennsylvania (2097) Run Forecasting. (1096-K1-1932) Nicholas Taylor*andNarayan Thapa, 9:00AM A web journey through the history of Minot State University (1096-G5-1595) (2108) mathematics: two approaches Part I. Joseph P. Brennan,UniversityofCentral 8:40AM Discovering athlete treatment modalities Florida (1096-K1-2419) (2098) at the Pan-American Games. Preliminary report. 9:20AM A Web Journey Through the History of Charles Bergeron, Albany College (2109) Mathematics: Two Approaches Part II. of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Tammy Muhs,UniversityofCentral (1096-G5-2521) Florida (1096-K1-2500) 9:40AM Mathematical Impossibilities. 9:00AM Pitch Perfect? Analyzing the Passing (2110) Alex M McAllister,CentreCollege (2099) Networks of Manhattan College Women’s (1096-K1-2568) Soccer. Preliminary report. 10:00AM Return to Inﬁnity in the History of Alexandra Iovine*, Janie Schlauder and (2111) Mathematics Classroom. Helene R. Tyler, Manhattan College Thomas Drucker,Universityof (1096-G5-1349) Wisconsin–Whitewater (1096-K1-51) 9:20AM How to Rate Bridge Players and Other 10:20AM New approaches in History of (2100) Paired Competitors. (2112) Mathematics courses. T. S. Michael, U. S. Naval Academy Satish C Bhatnagar,Universityof (1096-G5-2271) Nevada Las Vegas (1096-K1-1254)

9:40AM The Minimum Number of Contests 10:40AM Giuseppe Peano and Writing in a History (2101) Needed for a Ranking Method to (2113) Course. Approach Optimal Performance. James T Smith, San Francisco State E. Cabral Balriera, Trinity University, and University (1096-K1-331) Charles D. Wessell*, Gettysburg College (1096-G5-2284) MAA Session on Teaching with Technology: Impact, Evaluation, and Reﬂection, I 10:00AM When Do We Know? Using Mathematics in (2102) NASCAR ranking. 8:00 AM –10:55AM Room 341, BCC Danielle Shepherd*, College of Wooster, Timothy Chartier, Davidson College, Organizer: Peter Gavin LaRose, and Kenneth Massey, Carson-Newman University of Michigan University (1096-G5-2503) 8:00AM A complete technological transformation: (2114) From chalk to clickers and PowerPoint. 10:20AM Estimating Goal Probabilities in the NHL. Preliminary report. (2103) Calla Glavin*andBrian Macdonald, Joe Latulippe,NorwichUniversity United States Military Academy, West (1096-M5-2501) Point, NY (1096-G5-2703) 8:20AM Taylor Turret Battle: An HTML5 video 10:40AM Predicting team and player performance (2115) game teaching students to understand (2104) in hockey. Taylor Approximation. Brian Macdonald, United States Military Jason Cantarella, University of Georgia Academy, West Point, NY (1096-G5-2707) (1096-M5-37)

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8:40AM Math Achievements: Gamiﬁcation and 9:20AM Is it ”Worth It” to Change Your Light (2116) Online Homework. (2127) Bulbs? Geoff R Goehle, Western Carolina Elizabeth Biernat*, Victor Donnay, University (1096-M5-945) Bryn Mawr College, and Hannah Weinstein, University of Pennsylvania 9:00AM Enhancing Student Writing with LaTeX, (2117) and MATLAB in Multivariable Calculus. (1096-P1-1868) Preliminary report. 9:40AM Should I Unplug? Preliminary report. Eric Sullivan, Carroll College (2128) Lori Carmack, Salisbury University (1096-M5-138) (1096-P1-1423)

9:20AM To What Extent Does Visualization 10:00AM Using Solar Panels to Teach Integration. (2118) Improve Conceptual Understanding in (2129) Preliminary report. Multivariable Calculus? Victor J. Donnay, Bryn Mawr College Paul E. Seeburger,MonroeCommunity (1096-P1-1137) College (1096-M5-2634) 10:20AM Multi-level Undergraduate Research in 9:40AM Maplets for Calculus: Impact on Learning (2130) Sustainable Water Use for Agriculture (2119) and Other Lessons Learned. Management. Douglas B Meade*, University of South Kathleen R Fowler, Clarkson University Carolina, and Philip B Yasskin,Texas (1096-P1-2518) A&M University (1096-M5-2668) 10:40AM Climate Models and Differential 10:00AM Student Blogging in Major Courses. (2131) Equations. (2120) Andrew Cooper, North Carolina State James A. Walsh, Oberlin College University (1096-M5-551) (1096-P1-147) 10:20AM WeBWorK Online Homework in an (2121) Introduction to Proofs course. Preliminary MAA General Contributed Paper Session on report. Probability and Statistics, II John Travis, Mississippi College (1096-M5-1678) 8:00 AM –10:55AM Room 348, BCC 10:40AM WeBWorK: Building the Next Generation (2122) to Make an Impact in the Classroom. Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western Preliminary report. New England University Peter L Staab, Fitchburg State University Bem Cayco, San Jose State (1096-M5-2073) University MAA Session on USE Math: Undergraduate Kimberly Presser, Sustainability Experiences in the Shippensburge University Introductory Mathematics Classroom 8:00AM On Liu-type estimators for the logistic (2132) regression. 8:00 AM –10:55AM Room 349, BCC Yasin Asar*, Necmettin Erbakan University, and Asir Genc,Selcuk Organizers: Ben Galluzzo, Shippensburg University (1096-VH-2720) University 8:15AM An M/G/1 Queue System with Feedback, Monika Kiss,SaintLeo (2133) Disasters and Repairs with Vacation. University George Mytalas, New Jersey Institute of Corrine Taylor, Wellesley Technology (1096-VH-1390) College 8:30AM Characterization of Tenable Polya´ Urns. 8:00AM Commuting: A Sustainability Activity in (2134) Allison Davidson*, Purdue University, (2123) an Intermediate Algebra Course. Hosam Mahmoud,TheGeorge Charles Buehrle, Harrisburg Area Washington University, and Mark Daniel Community College (1096-P1-2600) Ward, Purdue University (1096-VH-1026) 8:20AM USE Math in First-Year Seminar. 8:45AM Transition density of a Brownian (2124) Preliminary report. (2135) motion in upper-half space under Amanda I Beecher, Ramapo College of Brachistochrone-type metrics. New Jersey (1096-P1-1642) Pradip R Aryal,NewMexicoState University,Las Cruces,NM (1096-VH-697) 8:40AM To Mauna Loa and back again: bringing (2125) analysis of climate change data to life. 9:00AM Sensitivity in Experimental Design. Lily S Khadjavi, Loyola Marymount (2136) Preliminary report. University (1096-P1-2712) Adam F Childers, Roanoke College (1096-VH-428) 9:00AM Arctic Sea Ice Activities in Class. (2126) Bill Bauldry*, Appalachian State 9:15AM Benford Behavior of Dependent Random University, Victor Donnay, Bryn Mawr (2137) Variables. Preliminary report. College, and Lynn Reed,OfﬁceofPolar Taylor C Corcoran*, University of Programs, National Science Foundation Arizona, and Jirapat Samranvedhya, (1096-P1-1878) Williams College (1096-VH-211)

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9:30AM Benford’s Law of First Digits and the 10:30AM Intensity Non-uniformity Correction (2138) Mass of Exoplanets. (2149) Method in MR Imaing. Thomas W. Hair, Florida Gulf Coast Yunho Kim*, Dept. Diagnostic Radiology, University (1096-VH-47) Yale University, and Hemant Tagare, Dept. Diagnostic Radiology and Dept. 9:45AM A Markov Chain Approach to Baseball Biomedical Engineering, Yale University (2139) Run Forecasting. (1096-49-1596) Nicholas Taylor*andNarayan Thapa, Minot State University (1096-VH-511) AWM Workshop Presentations, I 10:00AM A Random Walk Theme for an (2140) Undergraduate Research Project. 8:00 AM –10:25AM Room 310, BCC Marina Skyers, SUNY Maritime College (1096-VH-589) Organizers: Erin Chambers, Saint Louis University 10:15AM Student involvement with the central limit Kathryn Leonard, California (2141) theorem through software using MIT’s State University Channel Imagination Toolbox. Preliminary report. Islands Ann E Moskol, Rhode Island College Luminita Vese,Universityof (1096-VH-2681) California, Los Angeles 10:30AM Should anyone ever “Pass” on Family 8:00AM Bayesian Abel Inversion with MCMC (2142) Feud? Preliminary report. (2150) Sampling in Quantitative X-ray Paul R. Coe, Dominican University Radiography. (1096-VH-2679) Marylesa Howard*, Michael Fowler, National Security Technologies, and 10:45AM Let’s Make a (New) Deal: Variations of (2143) the Monty Hall Problem. Aaron Luttman, Clarkson University Howard Troughton*, George Recck (1096-62-239) and William Rybolt, Babson College 8:30AM Computational Symmetry for Automatic (1096-VH-2435) (2151) Pattern Discovery. Yanxi Liu, Penn State University SIAM Minisymposium on Recent (1096-20-2223) Mathematical Developments in Imaging 9:00AM Partially blind deblurring of barcode (2152) from out-of-focus blur. Preliminary 8:00 AM –10:55AM Room 325, BCC report. Yifei Lou*, Ernie Esser, Hongkai Zhao Organizers: Weihong Guo,CaseWestern and Jack Xin, University of California Reserve University Irvine (1096-68-281) 9:30AM Open questions in user-guided manual Luminita Vese,Universityof (2153) 3D image segmentation. Preliminary California Los Angeles report. 8:00AM A New Detail-preserving Regularity Cindy Grimm*, Oregon State University, (2144) Scheme. Ruth West,UniversityofNorthTexas, Weihong Guo*, Case Western Reserve Tao Ju, Michelle Vaughan, Washington University, Jing Qin and Wotao Yin, University in St. Louis, and Ross Sowell, University of California, Los Angeles Cornell College (1096-51-2750) (1096-49-1967) 10:00AM Prior Information Guided Image (2154) Denoising and Reconstruction. 8:30AM Generalized shrinkage and penalty Jing Qin*, UCLA, and Weihong Guo, (2145) functions. Case Western Reserve University Rick Chartrand, Los Alamos National (1096-49-285) Laboratory (1096-90-1846)

9:00AM Riemannian Metrics on Spaces of AMS Session on Knots and Their Invariants (2146) Deformable Images and Measures: from Singular to Smooth. 8:15 AM –10:55AM Room 311, BCC Laurent Younes, Johns Hopkins University (1096-58-1529) 8:15AM Combinatorics of Link Diagrams and (2155) Volume. Preliminary report. 9:30AM Operator-based Data Fusion. Preliminary Adam Giambrone, Michigan State (2147) report. University (1096-57-1260) Alexander Cloninger, Wojciech Czaja* 8:30AM Patterns and Stability in the Coefﬁcients and Timothy Doster,Universityof (2156) of the Colored Jones Polynomial. Maryland College Park (1096-43-2606) Katherine P. Walsh,Universityof 10:00AM Numerical Approximation Methods for California, San Diego (1096-54-2457) (2148) Non-Uniform Fourier Data. 8:45AM The Wriggle Polynomial. Anne Gelb, Arizona State University, and (2157) Lena C Folwaczny*, Urbana, IL, and Aditya Viswanathan*, California Louis Kauffman, University of Illinois, Institute of Technology (1096-65-1946) Chicago (1096-54-2671)

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9:00AM The pop-switch planar algebra and the 9:00AM Differentiability at Inﬁnity: Wrapping (2158) Jones-Wenzl projections. Preliminary (2169) Curves Around the Sphere. Preliminary report. report. Ellie A Grano, Pepperdine University McKenzie R Lamb, Ripon College (1096-54-2743) (1096-VR-1865)

AM 9:15 Positive Links. 9:15AM Discussion. (2159) Tim D. Cochran and Eamonn Tweedy*, Rice University (1096-57-2509) 9:15AM How Low Can You Go? Estimating the 9:30AM The fractal nature of the knot (2170) Maximum of a Polynomial. (2160) concordance group. Hope K Snyder*, Washington & Jefferson Arunima Ray, Rice University College, Dorothy Klein, Kent State (1096-57-2294) University, Ryann Cartor, Bellarmine University, Rachel Carleton, Hollins 9:45AM Some Results Concerning Quantum University, and Andrew Tonge,Kent (2161) Invariants of Links and 3-manifolds. State University (1096-VR-2221) Matt Sequin,RutgersUniversity (1096-57-1569) 9:30AM Discovering Universal Connections in (2171) Mathematics Through Native American 10:00AM The Three Loop Invariant. Culture. (2162) Heather A Dye*, McKendree University, *, California and Micah Chrisman,Monmouth Charles Peter Funkhouser University (1096-57-2029) State University Fullerton, Miles R. Pfahl, Turtle Mountain Community College, and 10:15AM Ruling polynomials and augmentations Harriet C. Edwards, California State (2163) over finite fields. University Fullerton (1096-VR-522) Michael Brad Henry*, Siena College, and Dan Rutherford, University of Arkansas 9:45AM Matrices, Twin Pythagorean Triples, and (1096-57-1266) (2172) Pell Numbers. Jathan W. Austin, Salisbury University 10:30AM Satellites of Legendrian knots (1096-VR-366) (2164) and representations of the Chekanov-Eliashberg algebra. 10:00AM Transforming Sequences of Pythagorean Lenhard Ng, Duke University, and Dan (2173) Triples. Rutherford*, University of Arkansas Homer W. Austin, Salisbury University (1096-57-1929) (1096-VR-1049) 10:45AM Bridge numbers of knots in the page of 10:15AM Tiling m-Deficient Mutilated Chessboards (2165) an open book. Preliminary report. R Sean Bowman*andJesse (2174) with m-Polyominoes. Preliminary report. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Kimberly Phillips, Washington & (1096-57-1672) Jefferson College (1096-VR-1188) 10:30AM Properties of the (a, b)-Fibonacci MAA General Contributed Paper Session on (2175) Sequence, Modulo m. Assorted Topics, II Marc S. Renault, Shippensburg University (1096-VR-2125) 8:15 AM –10:55AM Room 346, BCC 10:45AM Algebraic Structure of Fuzzy Numbers. Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western (2176) Preliminary report. New England University Chuang Peng, Morehouse College (1096-VR-2356) Bem Cayco, San Jose State University MAA Session on Mathematics Experiences in Kimberly Presser, Business, Industry, and Government, II Shippensburge University

8:15AM Correspondence between geometric and 8:20 AM –10:35AM Room 345, BCC (2166) differential deﬁnitions of the sine and cosine. Organizers: Carla Martin,James Horia I. Petrache, Department of Madison University Physics, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (1096-VR-2577) Phil Gustafson, Mesa State 8:30AM Inﬁmal Convolution of Convex Set-Valued University (2167) Mappings. Qingxia Li and James Schrader*, Lincoln Michael Monticino, University (1096-VR-2403) University of North Texas

8:45AM Tiling properties of spectra of measures. 8:20AM A Starbucks Coffee in less than 5 (2168) Dorin Dutkay and John Haussermann*, (2177) minutes? Preliminary report. University of Central Florida Brandon R Theiss,RutgersUniversity (1096-VR-2222) (1096-H1-620)

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8:40AM Use Convexity, Not ’Compactness’, When 10:30AM An observation for the supercuspidal (2178) Measuring the Shape of Legislative (2188) representation of GL2 and its Districts. applications. James R. Bozeman*, Lyndon State Yueke Hu,Universityof College, Timothy Nicholson,University Wisconsin-Madison (1096-11-968) of Wyoming, Matthew Pilling,University of Rhode Island, and Melissa A. Rosato, AMS Session on C*-Algebras and Analysis Lyndon State College (1096-H1-1543) 8:30 AM –10:40AM Room 323, BCC 9:00AM A 3-D face imaging method with (2179) applications to biometric identification. 8:30AM Solvable Leibniz Algebras with Thomas Hoft¨ ,UniversityofSt.Thomas (2189) Heisenberg Nilradical. Preliminary report. (1096-H1-2116) Lindsey Bosko-Dunbar, Jonathan D 9:20AM Math in the City: Modeling ground water Dunbar, Spring Hill College, J.T. Hird, (2180) cycles based on local data. Preliminary West Virginia University, Institute of report. Technology, and Kristen Stagg*, Kathryn A Haymaker*and The University of Texas at Tyler Alexandra Seceleanu,Universityof (1096-17-2373) Nebraska-Lincoln (1096-H1-731) 8:45AM Classifiaction theorems for operators (2190) preserving zeros in a strip. 9:40AM Orderly Chaos (in the Stock Market). P. Brändén and M. Chasse*, KTH (Royal (2181) Andy Niedermaier, Jane Street Capital Institute of Technology), Stockholm (1096-H1-216) (1096-46-2045) 10:00AM An Application of Computational 9:00AM On Pedersen-Takahasi Theorem for (2182) Algebraic Geometry to Real-World Signal (2191) locally C*-algebras. Processing Problems in an Industrial Alexander A. Katz, St. John’s University, Organization. Preliminary report. NY, USA (1096-46-1301) John Sadowsky, Zeta Associates 9:15AM Finitely Aligned Semigroupoids and Tight Incorporated (1096-H1-316) ∗ (2192) C -algebras. Preliminary report. 10:20AM A New National Program: Preparing Allan P. Donsig,Universityof (2183) Students for Business, Industry, and Nebraska-Lincoln, and David Government. Milan*, University of Texas at Tyler Michael Dorff*, Brigham Young (1096-47-2745) University, Linda Braddy, MAA, Reza 9:30AM Orlicz spaces, Lorentz spaces, and Malek-Madani, U.S. Naval Academy, and (2193) self-improving Orlicz-Poincaré Suzanne Weekes, Worcester Polytechnic inequalities: Connections and Institute (1096-H1-2081) consequences. Noel Ramsey DeJarnette,Universityof AMS Special Session on Representation Illinois (1096-46-1060) ∗ Theory of p-adic Groups and Automorphic 9:45AM Continuous-trace graph C -algebras. Forms, I (2194) Preliminary report. Danny Wray Crytser, Dartmouth College 8:30 AM –10:50AM Room 321, BCC (1096-46-1704) 10:00AM Some Remarks on Positivity in Operator Organizers: Arsalan Chademan, (2195) Algebras. Preliminary report. University of Kurdistan Clifford A Bearden, David P Blecher, Manouchehr Misaghian, University of Houston, and Sonia Prairie View A&M University Sharma*, State University of New York at Cortland (1096-46-516) 8:30AM R–groups and reducibility for inner 10:15AM Proof of a conjecture of Andrew Gleason (2184) forms of classical groups. (2196) for uniform algebras on manifolds. , Oklahoma State Kwangho Choiy Preliminary report. University, and David Goldberg*, Purdue Swarup Narayan Ghosh, Bowling Green University (1096-22-1979) State University (1096-46-1833) 9:00AM Using types and lattice models to relate 10:30AM Ergodic Jacobi matrices and conformal (2185) theta-correspondences. (2197) maps. David C Manderscheid,TheOhioState Injo Hur,UniversityofOklahoma University (1096-22-2358) (1096-46-1897) 9:30AM Converse Theorems. Preliminary report. (2186) Muthu Krishnamurthy,Universityof MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Iowa (1096-11-2432) History and Philosophy of Mathematics

10:00AM Types and covers for some quaternionic 8:30 AM –10:55AM Room 347, BCC (2187) hermitian groups. Thomas L. Madsen,Universityof Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western Oklahoma (1096-22-1850) New England University

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Bem Cayco, San Jose State Martha Siegel,Towson University University Kimberly Presser, Panelists: Keith Devlin,Stanford Shippensburge University University 8:30AM History of Applications of Operations Robert Ghrist,Universityof (2198) Research (Yun Ch’ou Hsueh) Methods in Pennsylvania China (1958 - 1960). Michael Starbird,University Jean W Richard*andHong Yuan, of Texas at Austin Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York Marilyn Carlson,Arizona (CUNY) (1096-VC-2565) State University 8:45AM Contribution of the Muslim Scientists in (2199) the ﬁeld of mathematics. AMS Invited Address Salar Alsardary*, University of the 9:00 AM –9:50AM Ballrooms I&II, 400 Level, BCC Sciences, and Mohammad Haraaz,IT Consultant, IBM (1096-VC-2137) (2208) Which powers of a holomorphic function 9:00AM A Kin Relations Lesson in are integrable? (2200) Ethnomathematics: A Tribute to Marcia Christopher D. Hacon,Universityof Ascher. Utah (1096-14-955) Ximena Catepillan*andCynthia Taylor, Millersville University of Pennsylvania ASL Invited Address (1096-VC-1616) 9:15AM Thomas Leybourn and The Mathematical 9:00 AM –9:50AM Room 319, BCC (2201) Repository. Preliminary report. William Zachary Wallace,Western (2209) The asymptotic structure of unstable Carolina University (1096-VC-568) theories. Maryanthe Malliaris,Universityof 9:30AM And Cantor said to God: I come away Chicago (1096-03-1373) (2202) with You. Rosanna Iembo*, University of Calabria, MAA Minicourse: #8: Part B Italy, and Irene Iaccarino, School of Music, Crotone, Italy (1096-VC-1018) 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Room 343, BCC 9:45AM Techniques from the Ancients for (2203) Veriﬁcation of Right Angles. Directing undergraduate research. John C.D. Diamantopoulos*, Presenter: Aparna Higgins,University Northeastern State University, and of Dayton Cynthia Huffman Woodburn, Pittsburg State University (1096-VC-91) MAA Minicourse #6: Part B 10:00AM Methods of solving complex problems: (2204) history of mathematics approach. 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Room 342, BCC Ellina Grigorieva, Texas Woman’s University (1096-VC-696) Historical role-playing in the mathematics classroom. 10:15AM The Development of Algebraic Symbolism (2205) for Pre-service Teachers. Presenter: John P. Curran,Eastern Robert Rogers,SUNYFredonia Michigan University (1096-VC-1713) MAA Minicourse: #13: Part B 10:30AM On Proofs Without Words and Beyond. (2206) Tim Doyle, Lauren Kutler, Robin Miller and Albert Schueller*, Whitman College 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Room 344, BCC (1096-VC-329) Teaching an applied topology course. 10:45AM A Course to Address the Issue of Presenters: Colin Adams, Williams (2207) Diversity. College James F Kiernan, Brooklyn College (CUNY) (1096-VC-1896) Robert Franzosa,University of Maine MAA Committee on Technologies in Mathematics Education-MAA Committee SIGMAA on Math Circles Presentation on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics-WEBSIGMAA Panel Discussion 9:00 AM –9:50AM Room 327, BCC Demonstration for professional 8:30 AM –9:50AM Room 307, BCC mathematicians as participants. Two worlds collide: MOOCs and the ivory Organizers: Paul Zeitz,UniversityofSan tower. Francisco Organizers: John Travis, Misissippi Tatiana Shubin,SanJose College State University

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Student Hospitality/Information Center AMS Special Session on Algebraic and Analytic Aspects of Integrable Systems and 9:00 AM –3:00PM Swing Hall, 100 Level, BCC Painlev´e Equations, II

NAM Panel Discussion 1:00 PM –5:50PM Room 320, BCC Organizers: Anton Dzhamay,University 9:00 AM –9:50AM Room 326, BCC of Northern Colorado Title to be announced. Kenichi Maruno,University of Texas-Pan America Exhibits and Book Sales Christopher Ormerod, California Institute of 9:00 AM – NOON Exhibit Hall F, 100 Level, BCC Technology 1:00PM Pad´e interpolation and hypergeometric ASL Invited Address (2213) series. Preliminary report. Masatoshi Noumi, Kobe University, Japan (1096-33-875) 10:00 AM –10:50AM Room 319, BCC 2:00PM Schrodinger¨ systems from (2210) The complexity of isomorphism problems (2214) hypergeometric integrals of Euler type. in symbolic dynamics. Hajime Nagoya, Rikkyo University Su Gao,UniversityofNorthTexas (1096-33-770) 2:30PM Dispersionless limits of Hirota equations SIGMAA on Math Circles Workshop (2215) for map enumeration. Virgil U Pierce, University of Texas – Pan 10:00 AM –10:50AM Room 327, BCC American (1096-35-1747) 3:00PM The inverse scattering transform for the Weird ways to work with pi: An accessible (2216) focusing nonlinear Schrodinger¨ equation and interactive presentation for with fully asymmetric non-zero boundary middle-and high-school educators. conditions. Preliminary report. Presenter: James Tanton,St.Mark’s Barbara Prinari, University of Colorado School at Colorado Springs and University of Salento (1096-35-2156) NAM Business Meeting 3:30PM Nonlinear Schrodinger systems with (2217) non-zero boundary conditions. 10:00 AM –10:50AM Room 326, BCC Gino Biondini, State University of New York at Buffalo (1096-35-2421) MAA Invited Address 4:00PM An IST-like solution to the Cauchy (2218) problem for a soliton cellular automaton. 10:05 AM –10:55AM Ballrooms Ralph Willox*, the University of Tokyo, I&II, 400 Level, BCC Alfred Ramani, Ecole Polytechnique, Basil Grammaticos,ParisVII&XI (2211) Heron, Newton, Euler, and Barney. University, and Junkichi Satsuma, William Dunham, Muhlenberg College Aoyama Gakuin University (1096-39-556) (1096-A0-12) 4:30PM Twisted reductions of integrable lattice (2219) equations, and their Lax representations. MAA Business Meeting Christopher M Ormerod, California Institute of Technology (1096-39-1676) 11:10 AM – 11:40 AM Ballrooms 5:00PM The pentagram map and the discrete I&II, 400 Level, BCC (2220) Boussinesq equation. Preliminary report. Kenichi Maruno*, The University of Chair: Robert Devaney,Boston Texas - Pan American, and Jarmo University Hietarinta, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku AMS Business Meeting (1096-39-2268) 5:30PM Discussion 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM Ballrooms I&II, 400 Level, BCC AMS Special Session on Banach Spaces, Metric Embeddings, and Applications, II NAM Claytor-Woodard Lecture 1:00 PM –6:20PM Room 331, BCC 1:00 PM –1:50PM Room 326, BCC Organizers: Mikhail Ostrovskii,St. John’s University (2212) On the structure of βSJ . Arthur D. Grainger, Morgan State Beata Randrianantoanina, University (1096-20-2789) Miami University

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1:00PM Coarse differentiation of Lipschitz 5:00PM Convergence Space Actions. Preliminary (2221) functions. (2234) report. Sean Li, The University of Chicago Hatim Boustique*, Valencia College, (1096-46-1224) Bernd Losert, University of Central Florida, and ,University 1:30PM L1 embeddings of geometrically Gary Richardson (2222) restricted planar graphs. of Central Florida (1096-54-510) Anastasios Sidiropoulos,TheOhioState University (1096-68-2239) AMS Special Session on Communication of 2:00PM Markov type and threshold embeddings. Mathematics via Interactive Activities (2223) Yuval Peres, Microsoft Research (1096-46-2330) 1:00 PM –5:50PM Room 314, BCC 3:00PM Uniform embedding of groups into Organizers: Benjamin Levitt,National (2224) Banach spaces. Museum of Mathematics Mark Sapir, Vanderbilt University (1096-20-383) Glen Whitney,National 4:00PM Super-expanders. Museum of Mathematics (2225) Assaf Naor, New York University, 1:00PM The Meaning of the Mean. Preliminary Courant Institute (1096-51-440) (2235) report. 5:00PM Negative type properties of finite Bobson Wong, Bayside High School (2226) ultrametric spaces. Preliminary report. (1096-62-224) Anthony R Weston, Canisius College 1:30PM Shapes (and Rates) of Vases. (1096-46-642) (2236) Heidi Burgiel, Bridgewater State 5:30PM Expanders and K-theory. University (1096-97-1928) (2227) Rufus Willett, University of Hawaii at 2:00PM The effects of STEAM-centered modules Manoa (1096-19-384) (2237) on student learning. Preliminary report. 6:00PM Lipschitz p-nuclear operators from a Christina C Chestnut*, Anneliese E (2228) finite metric space into a Banach space. Haines and LENichols,Stokedon Dongyang Chen, Xiamen University, and STEAM (1096-97-2072) Bentuo Zheng*, University of Memphis (1096-46-606) 2:30PM Inquiry-based problem solving strategies (2238) through interactive approaches for AMS Special Session on Categorical engaging students in mathematics. Topology, II Preliminary report. Padmanabhan Seshaiyer*andJennifer Suh, George Mason University 1:00 PM –5:20PM Room 330, BCC (1096-97-294) Organizers: Frédéric Mynard,Georgia 3:00PM Permutation Playthings and Southern University (2239) Transformation Toys. Gavin Seal, École Thomas Q. Sibley, St. John’s University, Polytechnique Fédérale de College of St. Benedict (1096-20-341) Lausanne 3:30PM Using Technology Tools to Communicate 1:00PM The reflection of certain categories of (2240) Mathematics. (2229) domains in the category of commutative Sandra Richardson, Virginia State semiprime rings. Preliminary report. University (1096-97-1732) Robert Rapael, Concordia University, Montreal Canada (1096-13-746) 4:00PM iMPaCT-Math: Using Programming (2241) Activities to Motivate Exploration of 2:00PM Regularity, function spaces and Foundational Concepts in High-School (2230) contractive extensions in Convergence Algebra. Approach Spaces. Kien H Lim*andEric Freudenthal, Eva Colebunders, Vrije Universiteit University of Texas at El Paso Brussel, Belgium, Frederic Mynard*and (1096-97-664) William Trott, Georgia Southern University (1096-54-1542) 4:30PM Crafting activities which analyze QR (2242) codes. 2:30PM Duality of topological algebras and (2231) bornologies. Sarah E. Anderson*andGretchen Gábor Lukács,Halifax,NS L. Matthews, Clemson University (1096-18-1963) (1096-97-830) 3:30PM The Escardo-Lawson-Simpson´ 5:00PM How Calculators Calculate: The Good, The (2232) Construction. (2243) Bad, The Truly Ugly-A Hands-On Tour. Jean Goubault-Larrecq,ENSCachan Paul R Bouthellier,Universityof (1096-18-1118) Pittsburgh-Titusville (1096-65-195) 4:30PM Cauchy Continuous Actions. 5:30PM Chocolate covered pi. (2233) Bernd Losert and Gary Richardson*, (2244) Tim Chartier*, Davidson College, and University of Central Florida Austin Totty, Hammond School (1096-54-507) (1096-65-781)

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AMS Special Session on De Bruijn Sequences 2:30PM Derivation of the 1D focusing nonlinear and Their Generalizations, II (2254) Schrodinger¨ equation from quantum many-body dynamics. 1:00 PM –4:20PM Room 303, BCC Xuwen Chen and Justin Holmer*, Brown University (1096-35-1706) Organizers: Abbas Alhakim,American 3:00PM The nonlinear Schrodinger equation on University of Beirut (2255) quotients of the Euclidean space. Steven Butler, Iowa State Benoit Pausader, Princeton University University (1096-35-1912) 1:00PM A potpourri of generalized De Bruijn 3:30PM Stability of traveling waves of (2245) sequences. (2256) Gross-Pitaevskii equation. Anant P Godbole, East Tennessee State Zhiwu Lin*, Chongchun Zeng,Georgia University (1096-05-36) Institute of Technology, and Zhengping Wang, Wuhan Institute of Physics and 1:30PM A ’Hot Potato’ Gray code for (2246) Permutations. Preliminary report. Mathematics (1096-35-1915) Xi Sisi Shen*, Columbia University, and 4:00PM Gibbs measure evolution and Aaron Williams, McGill University (2257) probabilistic global well-posedness for (1096-05-378) radial nonlinear Schrodinger¨ and wave equations on the unit ball. 2:00PM Modiﬁed de Bruijn Sequences and (2247) m-Sequences. Preliminary report. Aynur Bulut, University of Michigan and Solomon W Golomb,Universityof IAS (1096-35-2728) Southern California (1096-05-1226) 4:30PM Invariant measures for the Benjamin-Ono (2258) equation. 3:00PM Greedy Constructions of de Bruijn (2248) Sequences and Gray Codes. Yu Deng, Princeton University Aaron Williams, University of Guelph (1096-35-2068) (1096-05-2515) 5:00PM Li-Yau type gradient estimates and new (2259) bound estimates for the parabolic kernel 3:30PM Generating and Compressing De Bruijn (2249) Sequences Using Preference Diagrams. of the Schrodinger¨ operator on manifolds Abbas M Alhakim, American University with negative curvature. Preliminary of Beirut (1096-05-601) report. Junfang Li, University of Alabama 4:00PM A Point of Tangency Between at Birmingham, and Xiangjin Xu*, (2250) Combinatorics and Differential Binghamton University-SUNY Geometry. (1096-35-273) Francis C. Motta*, Patrick D. Shipman, Colorado State University, and 5:30PM Wellposedness of the Bethany Springer, Regis University (2260) Chern-Simons-Schroedinger System. (1096-05-1750) Paul Smith*, UC Berkeley, and Baoping Liu, University of Chicago AMS Special Session on Dispersive and (1096-35-2008) Geometric Partial Differential Equations, II 6:00PM Recent development on sharp (2261) Moser-Trudinger-Adams type 1:00 PM –6:20PM Room 322, BCC inequalities. Nguyen H Lam, Wayne State University Organizers: Shuanglin Shao,University (1096-35-1248) of Kansas Chongchun Zeng,Georgia AMS Special Session on Ergodic Theory and Institute of Technology Symbolic Dynamics, III ,Georgia Shijun Zheng 1:00 PM –5:50PM Room 302, BCC Southern University 1:00PM Uniform estimates for Fourier restriction Organizers: Aimee Johnson, (2251) to polynomial curves in Rd. Swarthmore College Betsy Stovall, University of Wisconsin, Cesar Silva, Williams Madison (1096-42-1562) College 1:30PM Bochner-Riesz estimates for functions 1:00PM Optimally Topologically Transitive Orbits (2252) with vanishing Fourier transform. (2262) of the Bernoulli Shift Map. Preliminary report. Francis C. Motta*, Patrick D Shipman, Michael Goldberg,Universityof Colorado State University, and Bethany Cincinnati (1096-42-1403) Springer, Regis University (1096-37-841) 2:00PM Discrete Fourier restriction associated 1:30PM Topological mixing for residual sets of (2253) with Schrodinger¨ equations. (2263) interval exchange transformations. Yi Hu*, Georgia Southern University, and Jon Chaika*, University of Utah, and Jon Xiaochun Li, University of Illinois at Fickensher, Princeton University Urbana-Champaign (1096-42-178) (1096-37-916)

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2:00PM Weakly Mixing Vs. Rigid in the Inﬁnite 2:30PM Bifurcations In A Discrete-Time SIMS (2264) Setting. Preliminary report. (2275) Epidemic Model with Predator-Induced Kelly B Yancey*, University of Maryland, and Mating Limitation-Induced Allee and Rachel Bayless, Agnes Scott College Effects. (1096-37-1610) Abdul-Aziz Yakubu*, Howard University, and Najat Ziyadi, Morgan State 2:30PM Speedup equivalence of ergodic University (1096-92-470) (2265) Zd−actions. David M. McClendon*, Ferris State 3:00PM Nabla Fractional Difference Equations. University, and Aimee S.A. Johnson, (2276) Allan Peterson,Universityof Swarthmore College (1096-37-415) Nebraska-Lincoln (1096-39-439) 3:30PM Surprising Properties of Fractional 3:00PM The isomorphism problem for rank-1 (2277) Difference Operators. (2266) systems. Preliminary report. Christopher S. Goodrich,Universityof Su Gao and Aaron Hill*, University of Rhode Island (1096-39-2447) North Texas (1096-37-209) 4:00PM Reducibility of Planar Systems. 3:30PM Second Order Ergodic Theorem for (2278) Preliminary report. (2267) Substitution Tiling Systems. H. Sedaghat, Virginia Commonwealth Konstantin Medynets*, United States University (1096-39-1724) Naval Academy, and Boris Solomyak, University of Washington (1096-37-469) 4:30PM Generalised fractional (2279) Hermite-Hadamard Inequalities involving 4:00PM Orbit Equivalence Classes of p-adic m-convexity and (s,m)-convexity. (2268) Transformations. George A Anastassiou,Universityof Joanna Marie Furno, Dickinson College Memphis (1096-26-25) (1096-37-2090) 5:00PM Global Dynamics of Quadratic Second 4:30PM Weak Rational Ergodicity and Rank-One (2280) Order Difference Equation in the First (2269) Transformations. Preliminary report. Quadrant. Jane Wang*, Princeton University, Jasmin Bektesevic,Universityof Francisc Bozgan,UCLA,Anthony Sarajevo, MustafaR.S.Kulenovic*, Sanchez, Arizona State University, Cesar University of Rhode Island, and Esmir E Silva and David Stevens, Williams Pilav, University of Sarajevo College (1096-37-1919) (1096-39-1537) 5:00PM Parry’s topological transitivity and (2270) f -expansions. AMS Special Session on Heavy Tailed E. Arthur Robinson, Jr.,George Probability Distributions and Their Washington University (1096-37-427) Applications, II

5:30PM Bernoulli properties and Julia sets for 1:00 PM –3:50PM Room 301, BCC (2271) mapsoftherealprojectiveplane. Preliminary report. Organizers: Tuncay Alparslan, Jane M. Hawkins,NSF/UniversityofN. American University Carolina at Chapel Hill (1096-37-495) John P. Nolan,American University AMS Special Session on Global Dynamics and Bifurcations of Difference Equations, II 1:00PM Ruin with Single and Multiple Streams of (2281) Stable Claims. U. Tuncay Alparslan,American 1:00 PM –5:20PM Room 329, BCC University (1096-60-2331) Organizers: Mustafa Kulenovic, 1:30PM Tempered fractional stable motion. University of Rhode Island (2282) Farzad Sabzikar*andMark M Meerschaert, Michigan State University ,University Orlando Merino (1096-60-1074) of Rhode Island 2:00PM Properties of tempered stable 1:00PM Global Dynamics of Triangular maps. (2283) distributions. (2272) Saber N. Elaydi*, EBalreira,Trinity Michael Grabchak, UNC Charlotte University, and RLuis,Portugal (1096-60-958) (1096-39-663) 2:30PM Trace estimates for relativistic stable 1:30PM Pseudo-automorphisms of point blowups (2284) processes. (2273) of projective space. Preliminary report. Hyunchul Park*, The College of William Eric Bedford, Stony Brook University and Mary, and Renming Song,UIUC (1096-37-1127) (1096-60-179) 2:00PM Pseudo-automorphims with an invariant 3:00PM On a class of stable random processes (2274) elliptic curve. (2285) that are self-similar but do not have Eric Bedford, Indiana University, Jeffery stationary increments. Preliminary Diller, University of Notre Dame, report. and Kyounghee Kim*, Florida State Joshua Levy,Universityof University (1096-37-876) Massachusetts Lowell (1096-60-313)

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3:30PM Calibration of Stable Distributions to 5:30PM Understanding the Experiences African (2286) Option Prices. Preliminary report. (2296) American Mathematics Scholars: A Jeff Hamrick, University of San Francisco Success Based Framework to Promote (1096-60-2718) and Cultivates Success and Persistence in Mathematics. AMS Special Session on Highlighting Roni M Ellington, Morgan State Achievements and Contributions of University (1096-97-94) Mathematicians of the African Diaspora, II AMS Special Session on Quantum Walks, Quantum Computation, and Related Topics, 1:00 PM –5:50PM Room 317, BCC II Organizers: Asamoah Nkwanta,Morgan State University 1:00 PM –4:50PM Room 323, BCC Talitha M. Washington, Organizers: Chaobin Liu,BowieState Howard University University Takuya Machida,University 1:00PM Mathematics: A Foundation for of Tokyo (2287) Advancing Research in Graduate Engineering Education. Nelson Petulante,Bowie Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University State University (1096-00-767) Salvador E. Venegas-Andraca, 1:30PM Mathematicians of the African Diaspora (2288) on the Web. Preliminary report. Tecnologico´ de Monterrey, ´ Donald R. King, Northeastern University Campus Estado de Mexico (1096-01-131) 1:00PM Asymptotics of one-dimensional quantum (2297) walks. 2:00PM Conferences for African-American Tatsuya Tate, Graduate School of (2289) Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences Sciences, Tohoku University (CAARMS). Preliminary report. (1096-46-1885) William Alfred Massey,Princeton University, Department of Operations 1:30PM quantum walk and zeta function of a Research and Financial Engineering (2298) graph. (1096-01-1920) Iwao Sato*, Oyama National College of Technology, Norio Konno, Yokohama 2:30PM “Representing the Race”: Black National University, Yusuke Higuchi, (2290) Mathematicians and the Paths to Showa University, and Etsuo Segawa, Excellence. Tohoku University (1096-60-1524) Erica N Walker, Teachers College, 2:00PM Limit distribution of a 2-state quantum Columbia University (1096-01-332) (2299) walk on the line with a delocalized initial 3:00PM Benjamin Banneker’s Original state. (2291) Handwritten Document: Observations Takuya Machida, Research Fellow of and Study of the Cicada. Japan Society for the Promotion of Janet E Barber*, Central Michigan Science (1096-81-935) University and Prince George’s 2:30PM Limit behaviors of quantum walks and Community College, and Asamoah (2300) spectral measure on the unit circle. Nkwanta, Morgan State University Etsuo Segawa, Tohoku university (1096-01-100) (1096-60-1119)

3:30PM The Inﬂuence of John Robert Kline 3:00PM Results on the Holder¨ continuity of (2292) on African-American Mathematics. (2301) spectral measures of an extended CMV Preliminary report. matrix. Idris Stovall, University of Pennsylvania / Darren C. Ong*andPaul Munger,Rice The Franklin Institute (1096-01-1949) University (1096-47-276) 3:30PM Universal State Transfer. 4:00PM African Americans in Topology. (2302) *, The College (2293) Preliminary report. Stephen Philip Cameron of William & Mary, and Christino Tamon, Scott W. Williams, University at Buffalo, Clarkson University (1096-15-2184) SUNY (1096-01-104) 4:00PM A Characterization of Continuous-time 4:30PM Mathematics at Howard University: 1900 (2303) Quantum Walk with Phase Parameters. (2294) – 1960. Preliminary report. Preliminary report. James A. Donaldson,HowardUniversity Clement Boateng Ampadu, Boston, MA (1096-01-514) (1096-60-471) 5:00PM Learning Mathematics With Clarence 4:30PM Construction of a Functorial Euclidean (2295) Stephens. (2304) QFT. Preliminary report. Earl R Barnes,Madison,Georgia Santosh Kandel, University of Notre (1096-01-536) Dame (1096-81-2414)

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AMS Special Session on Reaction Diffusion 5:30PM Traveling wave solutions with mixed Equations and Applications, II (2314) dispersal for spatially periodic Fisher-KPP equations. Aijun Zhang, Drexel University 1:00 PM –5:50PM Room 324, BCC (1096-37-1268) Organizers: Jerome Goddard,II, Auburn University Montgomery AMS Special Session on Recent Advances in Homogenization and Model Reduction Ratnasingham Shivaji, Methods for Multiscale Phenomena, II University of North Carolina Greensboro 1:00 PM –5:50PM Room 318, BCC 1:00PM Evolutionary stability of ideal free Organizers: Silvia Jim´enez Bolanos˜ , (2305) dispersal in spatial population models Worcester Polytechnic with nonlocal dispersal. Institute Robert Stephen Cantrell, Chris Cosner*, University of Miami, Yuan Lou, Burt S. Tilley, Worcester Ohio State University, and Daniel Ryan, Polytechnic Institute NIMBioS (1096-92-1372) 1:00PM Double Negative Behavior in 1:30PM Diffusion-Driven Instability. (2315) Metamaterials. (2306) Georg Hetzer, Auburn University Yue Chen*, University of Kentucky, and (1096-35-1296) Robert Lipton, Louisiana State University (1096-35-334) 2:00PM Local behavior of Continua of Solutions (2307) for Asymptotically Linear Systems. 1:30PM Finite element simulation of laminar Maya Chhetri*, UNC Greensboro, and (2316) three-dimensional particulate ﬂows. Petr Girg, University of West Bohemia, Yuliya Gorb*, University of Houston, Czech Republic (1096-35-1409) Dmitri Kuzmin,University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, and 2:30PM Existence and nonexistence of positive Otto Mierka, Dortmund University of (2308) solutions to exterior domain superlinear Technology (1096-35-1815) semipositone system. 2:00PM Reduction in complexity in Multi-agents *, ,UniversityofNorth A Abebe M Chhetri (2317) models. Carolina at Greensboro, LSankar, Pierre-Emmanuel Jabin*, University of Mississippi State University, and R Maryland, and Denis Talay,Inria , University of North Carolina at Shivaji Sophia-Antipolis (1096-35-1692) Greensboro (1096-35-451) 2:30PM Homogenization of nonlinear elliptic 3:00PM Asymptotic Constancy for Solutions of (2318) operators and periodic approximations. (2309) Neutral Functional Partial Differential Alexander Pankov, Morgan State Equations. University (1096-35-582) M. N. Nkashama, University of Alabama at Birmingham (1096-35-2574) 3:00PM Up-scaling Reaction Rates from Pore to (2319) Core Scale. 3:30PM Resonance problems with respect to the W. Brent Lindquist*, Stony Brook (2310) Fucik Spectrum. University, and Daesang Kim,King Stephen Robinson*, Wake Forest Abdullah University of Science and University, and Pavel Drabek,University Technology (1096-76-1889) of West Bohemia (1096-35-1521) 3:30PM Soret effects in electrokinetically-driven 4:00PM Bifurcation and multiplicity for elliptic (2320) heat exchangers for electronics (2311) equations with nonlinear boundary applications. conditions. B. S. Tilley*, Worcester Polytechnic N. Mavinga*, Swarthmore College, and Institute, S. Jimenez, Colgate University, M. N. Nkashama, University of Alabama and B. Vernescu, Worcester Polytechnic at Birmingham (1096-35-2562) Institute (1096-35-478)

4:30PM Approximations of Random Dispersal 4:00PM Homogenization for a kinetic description (2312) Operators/Equations by Nonlocal (2321) of self-assembly of ﬁbrous materials. Dispersal Operators/Equations. Adrian Muntean, Eindhoven University Wenxian Shen and Xiaoxia Xie*, Auburn of Technology, The Netherlands University (1096-35-946) (1096-35-2019) 4:30PM Ideally plastic composites. 5:00PM Optimal ﬁshery harvesting on (2322) Guillermo H Goldsztein,GeorgiaTech (2313) a nonlinear parabolic PDE in (1096-74-912) a heterogeneous spatial domain. Preliminary report. 5:00PM Homogenization for Free Boundary Michael R. Kelly*andSuzanne Lenhart, (2323) Problems in Layered Porous Media. University of Tennessee, Knoxville Daniel M Anderson,GeorgeMason (1096-49-649) University (1096-76-1237)

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5:30PM On reconstruction of dynamic 2:00PM Basins of attraction of ECM solutions of (2324) permeability and tortuosity of poroelastic (2330) the Lang-Kobayashi system. materials. Robyn Ferg*, St. Olaf College, and Anna M. Yvonne Ou, University of Delaware Szczekutowicz,RutgersUniversity (1096-82-1666) (1096-37-108)

AMS Special Session on Representation 2:30PM Community detection in graphs based on (2331) a generalization of modularity. Theory of p-adic Groups and Automorphic David Mehrle*, Carnegie Mellon Forms, II University, and Amy Strosser, Mount St. Mary’s University (1096-05-109) 1:00 PM –2:20PM Room 321, BCC 3:00PM Numerical Analysis of Cardiac Organizers: Arsalan Chademan, (2332) Electrophysiology Models. University of Kurdistan Josh Jacobson*, St. Olaf College, and Peter Valdez, Hunter College Manouchehr Misaghian, (1096-37-128) Prairie View A&M University 3:30PM Failed zero forcing and failed skew zero 1:00PM Building Toward a “Twisted” Theta (2333) forcing on graphs. (2325) Correspondence. Preliminary report. Thomas Ansill, Rochester Institute of Christian Zorn,Laurel,MD Technology, Bonnie Jacob,National (1096-22-1244) Technical Institute for the Deaf at 1:30PM Test Vectors and Central L-values for Rochester Institute of Technology, Jaime (2326) GL(2). Penzellna and Daniel Saavedra*, Daniel W. File*, Muhlenberg College, Rochester Institute of Technology Kimball Martin and Ameya Pitale, (1096-05-2093) University of Oklahoma (1096-11-2107) 4:00PM Restricted Feedback Control of a Cardiac 2:00PM A constuction of rigid analytic (2334) Arrhythmia. (2327) cohomology classes for split reductive Kathryn G. Workman*, Shuang Zhao linear algebraic groups. and John W. Cain,Universityof Bonita Lynn Graham,Wesleyan Richmond (1096-92-566) University (1096-11-1580) 4:30PM Modeling the Human Tear Film during a (2335) Blink while Wearing a Contact Lens. AMS Special Session on Research in Preliminary report. Mathematics by Undergraduates and Maria A. Corsaro*, University of Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs, IV Notre Dame, Dan Anderson and Padmanabhan Seshaiyer,GeorgeMason 1:00 PM –5:50PM Room 328, BCC University (1096-92-1549)

Organizers: Bernard Brooks,Rochester 5:00PM Sandpile Models on Fractal Graphs. Institute of Technology (2336) Preliminary report. Ilse Haim, University of Maryland, Jobby Jacob,Rochester Robert Strichartz and Travis Westura*, Institute of Technology Cornell University (1096-00-270)

Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin, 5:30PM Maximal Rank for Sections of Curves. Slippery Rock University (2337) Eric Larson, Massachusetts Institute of Carl Lutzer,Rochester Technology (1096-14-2740) Institute of Technology AMS Special Session on Set-Valued Darren Narayan,Rochester Optimization and Variational Problems with Institute of Technology Applications, II Tamas Wiandt,Rochester Institute of Technology 1:00 PM –5:50PM Room 332, BCC

1:00PM A graph theoretic analysis of (2328) betweenness centrality in transportation Organizers: Akhtar Khan,Rochester and biological networks. Institute of Technology Emily Carter*andDanielle Gonzalez, Mau Nam Nguyen,Portland Rochester Institute of Technology State University (1096-05-106) Miguel Sama, Universidad 1:30PM New Bounds on the Bipartite Ramsey Nacional de Educacin e (2329) Number b(2,5). Distancia Alex Weinstock-Collins*, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Ethan Mark, Christiane Tammer,Martin University of California - Berkeley Luther University of (1096-05-107) Halle-Wittenberg

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1:00PM Stochastic Approximation Schemes for AMS Special Session on Trends in Graph (2338) Stochastic Variational Inequality Theory, II Problems. Uday V Shanbhag, Pennsylvania State 1:00 PM –5:50PM Room 315, BCC University (1096-90-1687) Organizer: Ralucca Gera, Naval 1:30PM Coderivative Characterizations of Local Postgraduate School (2339) Monotonicity with Applications to 1:00PM The minimum rank of the set of Variational Systems. (2348) symmetric zero-diagonal matrices Nghia T. A. Tran,IrvingK.Barber associated with a graph. School, University of British Columbia Cheryl Grood, Swarthmore College, (1096-49-1649) Johannes Harmse,AzusaPacific University, Leslie Hogben, Iowa State 2:00PM Error estimates for conical regularization University and American Institute of (2340) of abstract optimization problems. Mathematics, Thomas J. Hunter, Baasansuren Jadamba, Akhtar Khan, Swarthmore College, Bonnie Jacob*, Rochester Institute of Technology, and National Technical Institute for the Deaf Miguel Sama*, Universidad Nacional at Rochester Institute of Technology, de Educacion´ a Distancia (UNED) Andrew Klimas, Xavier University of (1096-49-1525) Louisiana, and Sharon McCathern, Azusa Pacific University (1096-05-1418) 2:30PM On the Density of Henig Efficeint Points in 1:30PM A Straight and Non-overlapping Walk on (2341) Locally Convex Topological Vector (2349) n × n Grid: Hamiltonian and Rectifiable Spaces. Paths. Joseph Newhall*, Zayed University, Arni S.R. Srinivasa Rao*, Georgia Dubai, UAE, and Robert K. Goodrich, Regents University, Damer Blake and University of Colorado, Boulder Fiona Tomley, Royal Vet College, (1096-46-1335) University of London (1096-05-165) 2:00PM A prime factor theorem for bipartite 3:00PM Method of Cyclic Relaxed Projections for (2350) graphs. (2342) Nonconvex Systems. Preliminary report. Richard Hammack,Virginia Heinz H Bauschke, Hung M Phan*and Commonwealth University (1096-05-121) Xianfu Wang, University of British Columbia Okanagan (1096-49-1759) 2:30PM New examples of strongly regular Cayley (2351) graphs. 3:30PM Vectorial Ekeland’s variational principle Eric A Swartz, The University of Western (2343) with respect to the variable order Australia (1096-05-2610) structure. 3:00PM Prime factorization in the generalized Behnam Soleimani*andChristiane (2352) hierarchical product. Tammer, Martin-Luther-University Kirsti Wash, Clemson University Halle-Wittenberg (1096-90-2021) (1096-05-752) 3:30PM On independent sets in Cayley graphs 4:00PM The Rogalski-Cornet-type Surjectivity (2353) over Z. Preliminary report. (2344) Theorem without Continuity James M. Carraher, Stephen G. Assumptions. Hartke, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Yingfan Liu, Nanjing University of Post David Galvin,NotreDameUniversity, and Telecommunications, and Qinghong A. J. Radcliffe,Universityof Zhang*, Northern Michigan University Nebraska-Lincoln, and Derrick Stolee*, (1096-46-694) Iowa State University (1096-05-2349) 4:00PM Graph isomorphisms via discrete Morse 4:30PM Optimal solutions to a root minimization (2354) theory. (2345) problem over a polynomial family with Nicholas A Scoville*, Ursinus College, two constraints. Preliminary report. Seth Aaronson,TempleUniversity, Julia Eaton*, University of Washington Mitch Smith, University of Tennessee at Tacoma, and Michael Overton,NewYork Knoxville, Marie Meyer,Universityof University (1096-49-2350) Kentucky, and Laura Stibich,Johnstown, PA (1096-05-2058) 5:00PM Optimality Conditions for Problems of (2346) Geometric Optimal Control. Preliminary 4:30PM Matchings and eigenvalues in regular report. (2355) graphs or multigraphs. Preliminary Robert J Kipka*andYuri S. Ledyaev, report. Western Michigan University Suil O, Georgia State University (1096-49-1101) (1096-05-134) 5:00PM Recent Development of Randic 5:30PM On Multi-valued Quasi Variational (2356) Connectivity Index and Applications in (2347) Inequalities. Preliminary report. Life Sciences. Akhtar A Khan, Rochester Institute of Aihua Li, Montclair State University Technology (1096-49-2551) (1096-05-2665)

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5:30PM On a connection between commutative Kari Lock Morgan,Duke (2357) rings and graphs. University Christopher Park Mooney,Viterbo University (1096-13-2385) Eric Frazer Lock,Duke University MAA Invited Paper Session on Six Crash Dennis Frazer Lock,Iowa Courses on Mapping Class Groups, II State University

1:00 PM –4:45PM Room 308, BCC AMS Session on Algebraic Geometry Organizers: Benson Farb,Universityof Chicago 1:00 PM –6:10PM Room 312, BCC Dan Margalit,Georgia Institute of Technology 1:00PM Rational Pairs: Motivation and Results. (2362) Preliminary report. 1:00PM Pseudo-Anosovs and the dynamics of Lindsay Erickson,Universityof (2358) surface homeomorphisms. Washington, Seattle (1096-14-370) Spencer Dowdall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1096-AG-1606) 1:15PM The primitive cohomology of the theta 2:00PM Hyperbolic geometry and surface (2363) divisor of an abelian fivefold. (2359) bundles. Elham Izadi, University of California, San Christopher J Leininger,University Diego, CS Tamás,N/A,andJie Wang*, of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign University of Georgia (1096-14-1449) (1096-AG-2694) 1:30PM Strong CM Lifting Problem. 3:00PM Characteristic classes for surface (2364) Taisong Jing, University of Pennsylvania (2360) bundles. (1096-14-1900) Dan Margalit, Georgia Institute of Techonology (1096-AG-2744) 1:45PM Kisin modules which correspond to (2365) monogenic Hopf algebras. Preliminary 4:00PM Open problems on mapping class groups report. (2361) and related topics. Alan Koch, Agnes Scott College Benson Farb, University of Chicago (1096-14-2096) (1096-AG-2754) 2:00PM Derived intersections and the Hodge MAA Minicourse #2: Part B (2366) theorem. Marton Hablicsek*, Andrei Caldararu 1:00 PM –3:00PM Room 342, BCC and Dima Arinkin,Universityof Wisconsin-Madison (1096-14-2516) CATALST: Introductory statistics using randomization and bootstrap methods. 2:15PM Bivariant Equivariant Cobordism. Presenters: Andrew Zieffler,University (2367) Jose Luis Gonzalez*andKalle Karu, of Minnesota University of British Columbia (1096-14-1523) Robert delMas,University of Minnesota 2:30PM Intersection theory on singular varieties. Nicola Parker,Universityof (2368) Preliminary report. Minnesota Joseph A Ross*andEric M Friedlander, University of Southern California MAA Minicourse: #10: Part B (1096-14-1961) 2:45PM The moduli stack of parabolic bundles 1:00 PM –3:00PM Room 344, BCC (2369) and the additive Deligne-Simpson Heavenly mathematics: The forgotten art problem. of spherical trigonometry. Alexander Soibelman,University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Presenters: Glen Van Brummelen, (1096-14-2405) Quest University Joel Silverberg,Roger 3:00PM Hitchin’s conjecture for simply-laced Lie Williams University (2370) algebras implies that for any simple Lie algebra. MAA Minicourse #5: Part B Nathaniel F. Bushek,UniversityofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill (1096-14-2412) 1:00 PM –3:00PM Room 343, BCC 3:15PM A Study of the Saturated Tensor Cone for Using randomization methods to build (2371) Symmetrizable Kac-Moody Algebras. conceptual understanding of statistical Merrick L Brown, Chapel Hill inference. (1096-14-2409)

Presenters: Robin H. Lock,St.Lawrence 3:30PM Normalized Berkovich spaces and surface University (2372) singularities. Preliminary report. Patti Frazer Lock,St. Lorenzo Fantini, University of Leuven Lawrence University (1096-14-2167)

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3:45PM Automorphisms of genus 2 Berkovich 1:30PM On the Stern sequence and a related (2373) analytic curves and their skeletons. (2385) sequence. Amy Ksir and Caroline Grant Melles*, Jennifer L. Lansing, University of Illinois United States Naval Academy at Urbana Champaign (1096-11-1220) (1096-14-2182) 1:45PM Arithmetic properties of generalized 4:00PM Mirror Symmetry on Toric Surfaces via (2386) Fibonacci sequences. (2374) Tropical Geometry. Soohyun Park, Massachusetts Institute M Brandon Meredith,Universityof of Technology (1096-11-375) California, San Diego (1096-14-2737) 2:00PM Recurrence relations and combinatorial 4:15PM Exceptional linear series on curves. (2387) identities. Preliminary report. (2375) Nathan Pflueger,HarvardUniversity George Grossman*, Central Michigan (1096-14-1835) University, Tomas Zdrahal, Palacky University in Olomouc, Aklilu Zeleke, 4:30PM On 2-Weierstrass points of genus Lyman Briggs College, and Xinyun Zhu, (2376) 3 hyperelliptic curves with extra Universiy of Texas of the Permian Basin automorphisms. (1096-11-1841) Caleb McKinley Shor,WesternNew England University (1096-14-1875) 2:15PM Cross Number Invariants of Finite (2388) Abelian Groups. 4:45PM The compactification of moduli space of Xiaoyu He, Harvard College (2377) Burniat surfaces with 2 ≤ K2 ≤ 5. (1096-11-856) Xiaoyan Hu, University of Georgia 2:30PM Representing Integers as the Sum of Two (1096-14-1466) (2389) Squares in the Ring Zn. Preliminary 5:00PM Bridgeland Stability of Line Bundles on report. (2378) Smooth Projective Surfaces. Preliminary Joshua Harrington, Lenny Jones and report. Alicia Lamarche*, Shippensburg Eric Miles*, Colorado State University, University (1096-11-798) and Daniele Arcara, Saint Vincent 2:45PM The Lind-Lehmer Constant for Cyclic College (1096-14-1828) (2390) Groups of Order Less Than 892,371,480. 5:15PM Information Theory and Moduli of Vincent J. Pigno, Kansas State University (2379) Riemann Surfaces. Preliminary report. (1096-11-692) James S. Wolper, Idaho State University 3:00PM Graph Theory Conjectures Triangular (1096-14-2342) (2391) Planes from Nash/Williams (hexagonal graphs) with Buckminster Fuller’s 5:30PM Applications of function fields arising Triangular Tetrahedral Planes forming a (2380) from certain linearized polynomials to Six Dimensional Triangular Coordinate. compressed sensing. Preliminary report. Preliminary report. Justin D Peachey, Davidson College James Garnett Sawyer, Six Dimension (1096-14-1844) Design (1096-00-2663) 5:45PM Dual numbers and invariant theory of 3:15PM Hypergeometric Solutions of Second (2381) the Euclidean group. (2392) Order Linear Differential Equations with Mohammed Daher*andPeter Donelan, Five Singularities. Victoria University of Wellington Vijay Jung Kunwar*andMark van (1096-14-1520) Hoeij, Florida State University 6:00PM Scheme of cyclic-9; A numerical-symbolic (1096-05-2228) (2382) approach. 3:30PM Binomial Irreducible Decomposition. Rostam Sabeti, Olivet College (2393) Christopher ONeill*, Ezra Miller,Duke (1096-14-686) University, and Thomas Kahle, Otto von Guericke Universitat Magdeburg AMS Session on Combinatorics and Number (1096-05-2617) Theory 3:45PM Competitive Tiling. (2394) Levi A Altringer, Linfield College 1:00 PM –4:55PM Room 313, BCC (1096-05-2191)

1:00PM Arithmetic Progressions in the Polygonal 4:00PM Two Mode Matrix of Urban Structure. (2383) Numbers. (2395) James R Gatewood, United States Kenneth Brown, Scott M. Dunn*and Military Academy, West Point Joshua Harrington,UniversityofSouth (1096-00-1329) Carolina (1096-11-1484) 4:15PM Blow-Ups and Injectivity of Quivers. (2396) Will Grilliette, University of Texas at 1:15PM Markov-Sierpinski´ numbers. Preliminary (2384) report. Tyler (1096-05-2201) Carrie E. Finch, Washington and Lee 4:30PM Logarithmic Potential on a Triangle. University, Lenny Jones, Shippensburg (2397) Preliminary report. University, and Dylan Sorge*, Stuart Hall James R. Valles, Jr., Prairie View A&M School (1096-11-2233) University (1096-00-2327)

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4:45PM Virtual Pascal’s Triangles, Poisson’s 3:30PM Boundaries of Lamplighter groups. (2398) Equation and the Method of Images. (2409) Gregory A. Kelsey*, Trinity College, Chris McCarthy*andJohannes and Keith Jones,SUNYOneonta Familton, BMCC, City University of New (1096-20-2593) York (1096-05-1632) 3:45PM Character Estimates for Adjoint Simple (2410) Lie Groups. AMS Session on Group Theory Corey M. Manack, Amherst College (1096-20-2406) 1:00 PM –5:40PM Room 311, BCC 4:00PM A proof that a 4-generated group of class 1:00PM VariationonaThemeofI.D.MacDonald. (2411) 2 and prime exponent is either cyclic, (2399) Preliminary report. extra-special, or capable, using algebraic Joseph P Brennan*, Luise-Charlotte geometry. Kappe, Binghamton University SUNY, and Arturo Magidin, University of Louisiana Gabriela Mendoza, Riverside City at Lafayette (1096-20-737) College (1096-20-1646) 4:15PM On maximal quasi R-split tori invariant 1:15PM On the covering number of some small (2412) under an involution. (2400) symmetric groups and some sporadic Catherine A Buell, Bates College simple groups. (1096-20-1691) Luise-Charlotte Kappe*, Binghamton 4:30PM Inner Involutions of SO(n, k, β), (n2). University, Daniela Nikolova-Popova, (2413) Robert W. Benim*, Aloysius Helminck, Florida Atlantic University, and Eric North Carolina State University, Chris Swartz, University of Western Australia Dometrius, Forsyth Technical (1096-20-1637) Community College, and Ling Wu, China 1:30PM Chermak-Delgado Chains in p-Groups of (1096-22-53) (2401) Small Order. 4:45PM The Amenable Actions of Locally Elizabeth Wilcox*, State University of (2414) Compact Groups. Preliminary report. New York at Oswego, Ben Brewster, Amanda Harsy Ramsay, IUPUI (Indiana Binghamton University, and Peter Hauck, University Purdue University Indianapolis) Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tubingen¨ (1096-22-1463) (1096-20-1437) 5:00PM Monotonicity in Higher Dimensions. 1:45PM Universal deformation rings and fusion. (2415) Heather A Van Dyke*, St. Mary’s College (2402) David C Meyer,UniversityofIowa of Maryland, Kevin R Vixie and Thomas (1096-20-1502) JAsaki, Washington State University 2:00PM A short proof of a theorem of Claas (1096-26-2360) (2403) Roever. Preliminary report. 5:15PM On partial algebras of full difunctional Nathan A Corwin,RutgersUniversity (1096-20-2420) (2416) relations and dual symmetry. Nathan E Bloomfield,Universityof 2:15PM Thompson-like groups acting on Julia Central Oklahoma (1096-20-837) (2404) sets. James Belk,BardCollege,andBradley 5:30PM Representing groups by permutation Forrest*, Richard Stockton College of (2417) polynomials. New Jersey (1096-20-646) Chris Castillo*andRobert S. Coulter, University of Delaware (1096-12-1659) 2:30PM Relative Subgroup Growth and Subgroup (2405) Distortion. AMS Session on Probability and Stochastic Tara C. Davis*, Hawaii Pacific University, Dynamical Systems and Alexander Yu. Olshanskii, Vanderbilt University (1096-20-1717) 1:00 PM –5:10PM Room 304, BCC 2:45PM The Bieri-Neumann-Strebel Invariant of (2406) the Pure Symmetric Automorphisms of a 1:00PM Slow Passage Problem via Markov and Itoˆ Right-angled Artin Group. (2418) Processes. Nic Koban, University of Maine Stephanie Taylor*andBruno Welfert, Farmington (1096-20-811) Arizona State University (1096-60-2655)

3:00PM Fuchsian Groups, Circularly Ordered 1:15PM On an almost sure functional central (2407) Groups, and Dense Invariant Laminations (2419) limit theorem for Semi-Markov processes. on the Circle. Adina Oprisan, Barry University Hyungryul Baik, Cornell University (1096-60-2296) (1096-20-932) 1:30PM Stability of Numerical Methods for Jump 3:15PM Every Non-Elementary Hyperbolic Group (2420) Diffusions and Markovian Switching (2408) Admits a Highly Transitive Action of Jump Diffusions. Maximal Growth. Zhixin Yang*, George Yin, Wayne State Vladimir V Chaynikov, Central Michigan University, and Haibo Li, Tsinghua University (1096-20-1951) University, China (1096-60-152)

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1:45PM Parameter Sensitivities for Discrete 4:45PM Predicting the Outcome of a Soccer (2421) Stochastic Models in Continuous Time. (2433) Championship. Elizabeth Skubak Wolf,Universityof Sajjad Z. Meymand*, Mittu Pannala Wisconsin – Madison (1096-60-537) and John B. Ferris, Mechanical Engineering Department, Virginia Tech. 2:00PM Kolmogorov Equations Applied to a (1096-60-2553) (2422) Metapopulation Epidemiological Model. Preliminary report. 5:00PM A Stochastic Approach of the Total Maytee Cruz-Aponte,ArizonaState (2434) Variation-Based Model for Image University (1096-60-2206) Reconstruction. Walid K Sharabati*, Purdue University, 2:15PM Dynamics and Control of an Invasive and Mohamed El-Gebeily,KFUPM (2423) Species: The Case of the Rasberry crazy (1096-60-1574) ant Colonies. Octavious Talbot*, Morehouse College, MAA Session on Flipping the Classroom, IV Valerie Cheathon,ArizonaState University, Agustin Flores,Northern 1:00 PM –2:35PM Room 337, BCC Illinois University, and Victor Suriel, SUNY-Stony Brook (1096-60-1231) Organizers: Krista Maxson,Shawnee 2:30PM Evolutionary Stability in Finite State University (2424) Populations. Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo, Marc Harper,UCLA,andDashiell Valparaiso University Fryer*, Pomona College (1096-60-614) 1:00PM Intro Stats - To Flip or Not to Flip? 2:45PM A bi-parameter New Quasi Lindley (2435) Preliminary report. (2425) Probability Distribution. Scott A. Stevens, Champlain College Rama Shanker, Statistics Unit, Eritrea (1096-E1-419) Institute of Technology, Asmara, Eritrea, 1:20PM Experiences and Experiments in and Amanuel Habte Ghebretsadik*, (2436) Implementing a Flipped Classroom Department of Statistics & Actuarial Design in an Introductory Statistics Sciences, Jomo Kenyatta University Course. of Agriculture & Technology William J Heuett, Marymount University (1096-60-2027) (1096-E1-1930) 3:00PM Large Deviations for a Stochastic 1:40PM Intermediate Algebra: A First Attempt at (2426) Burgers’ Equation. (2437) Flipping a Classroom, and the Lessons Leila Setayeshgar, University of Alabama Learned. Preliminary report. in Huntsville (UAH) (1096-60-158) Miriam Harris-Botzum,LehighCarbon 3:15PM Recent developments in Stochastic Community College (1096-E1-896) (2427) Dynamic Equations. 2:00PM A Flipped Course Version of Introductory S. Sanyal, Marshall University, (2438) Statistics - Part I. Preliminary report. Huntington, WV (1096-60-2181) Sarah Abramowitz and Kathleen Madden*, Drew University 3:30PM On the existence of almost automorphc (1096-E1-1207) (2428) solutions of nonlinear Volterra stochastic difference equation. 2:20PM A Flipped Course Version of Introductory Paul H Bezandry,HowardUniversity (2439) Statistics - Part II. (1096-60-2126) Sarah Abramowitz*andKathleen Madden, Drew University (1096-E1-1210) 3:45PM An algebraic framework for random (2429) satisﬁability. Preliminary report. MAA Session on Reinventing the Calculus Ted Theodosopoulos, Saint Ann’s school (1096-60-1906) Sequence

4:00PM Using l1 to deﬁne a natural diffusion 1:00 PM –3:35PM Room 340, BCC (2430) distance. Preliminary report. Seonja Kim*, New Jersey Institute of Organizers: David Dwyer,Universityof Technology, and Maxim J. Goldberg, Evansville Ramapo College of New Jersey Mark Gruenwald,University (1096-60-2654) of Evansville 4:15PM Parameter Estimation in Diffusion 1:00PM Making Sense of Series and Sequences in (2431) Processes on the Space of Shapes. (2440) The First Calculus Course. Preliminary Valentina Staneva*andLaurent report. Younes, Johns Hopkins University Martin E Flashman, Humboldt State (1096-60-2253) Universtiy (1096-K5-1742) 4:30PM A new, direct, and elementary proof of 1:20PM New Approaches to Some Topics in (2432) the Central Limit Theorem. (2441) Calculus. Preliminary report. Patricia Mehron Garmirian,Tufts Daniel J Velleman, Amherst College University (1096-60-843) (1096-K5-173)

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1:40PM Addressing the AP Calculus Problem at a 3:00PM Technology Permeated Teaching of (2442) SLAC: An Integrated Approach. (2454) Differential Equations Course with Matthew E Cathey*andJoseph A. Modeling at the Core. Preliminary report. Spivey, Wofford College (1096-K5-192) Brian J. Winkel, US Military Academy (1096-M5-170) 2:00PM How about a free set of IBL Calculus notes (2443) that covers all of Calculus I, II and III? 3:20PM Mathematical Investigations Using William T. Mahavier, Lamar University (2455) Interactive Graphing Tools in Precalculus. (1096-K5-1679) Preliminary report. 2:20PM Reshufﬂing Calculus. Lee Windsperger*andAaron (2444) Vincent J. Matsko,Princeton Wangberg, Winona State University International School of Mathematics and (1096-M5-2699) Science (1096-K5-2241) 3:40PM Technology as a tool for self-regulated 2:40PM Modeling Calculus. (2456) learning in an inverted calculus class. (2445) Daniel T Kaplan, Macalester College Preliminary report. (1096-K5-2616) Robert Talbert, Grand Valley State University (1096-M5-1584) 3:00PM Moving Multivariable topics to Calculus II: (2446) Does it work? Preliminary report. 4:00PM Mobile Delivery vs. Paper and Pencil: A Heather A. Lewis, Nazareth College (2457) Comparison of Student Learning. (1096-K5-647) Preliminary report. 3:20PM Resequencing Calculus — An early Barbara Kaskosz*, University of Rhode (2447) multivariate approach. Preliminary Island, and Doug Ensley, Shippensburg report. University (1096-M5-2283) Nicholas Baeth,UniversityofCentral 4:20PM Transforming the Calculus Classroom Missouri (1096-K5-1673) (2458) with WeBWorK CLASS. Aaron Wangberg*, Winona State MAA Session on Teaching with Technology: University, Gulden Karakok,University Impact, Evaluation, and Reﬂection, II of Northern Colorado, Nicole Engelke, West Virginia University, and Alees 1:00 PM –5:35PM Room 341, BCC Seehausen,UniversityofNorthern Colorado (1096-M5-672) Organizer: Peter Gavin LaRose, University of Michigan 4:40PM Preparing Secondary Math Teachers in a (2459) Tablet World. Preliminary report. 1:00PM Using Online Technology to Improve Hazel I. Coltharp*andDanielle J. Frey, (2448) Student Learning in Mathematics Pittsburg State University (1096-M5-489) Courses. Preliminary report. Michael B. Scott, California State 5:00PM The Impact of Technology in Teaching University, Monterey Bay (1096-M5-2354) (2460) College Mathematics to Nontraditional Students in Nontraditional Learning 1:20PM Teaching and Learning with Technology (2449) in a Community College: How far it has Environments. Preliminary report. come; How far could it go; What makes Michael D Miner, American Public it effective; How it might evolve? University System (1096-M5-2669) Preliminary report. 5:20PM Beyond Short Answers: Improving Verbal Michael Rene Kent, Borough of (2461) Problem Software. Preliminary report. Manhattan Community College John C Miller, The City College of (1096-M5-2749) The City University of New York 1:40PM Maximizing the Effectiveness of an (1096-M5-160) (2450) On-Line Homework System. Nell K. Rayburn*, Samuel Jator and MAA Session on Wavelets in Undergraduate Bonnie Hodge, Austin Peay State Education University (1096-M5-220)

2:00PM WEPS Online Math Courses vs. Traditional 1:00 PM –4:55PM Room 350, BCC (2451) Instruction. Mika K Seppala, Florida State University Organizers: Caroline Haddad,SUNY (1096-M5-1619) Geneseo 2:20PM Going State-Wide with MOOC-like Edward Aboufadel,Grand (2452) Precalculus in Coursera. Valley State University Lisa Townsley, University of Georgia (1096-M5-1321) John Merkel,Oglethorpe University 2:40PM College Readiness Math MOOC: A Fast (2453) Track Approach. 1:00PM 3D Printing and Wavelets. Preliminary Jennifer Kosiak*, Robert Hoar, Robert (2462) report. Allen and Jim Sobota,Universityof Edward F Aboufadel, Grand Valley State Wisconsin - La Crosse (1096-M5-2591) University (1096-Q1-261)

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1:20PM Making Waves in the Business Cycle: Kimberly Presser, (2463) Applying Wavelet Transforms to Shippensburge University Economics. 1:00PM Martin Gardner’s Outreach in his Ashley E. Orr, Youngstown State (2474) Centennial Year: Mathematics Awareness University (1096-Q1-1551) Month 2014. 1:40PM M-Band Wavelet-Based Audio Colm Mulcahy*, Spelman College & (2464) Watermarking Algorithm. American University, Bruce Torrence and Robert D Dolan, Western Connecticut Eve Torrence, Randolph-Macon College State University (1096-Q1-1087) (1096-VA-2608)

2:00PM Haarmony: Chord Recognition Using 1:15PM Girls in Science: 15 Years of STEM (2465) Wavelets and Other Methods. (2475) Outreach for Middle School Girls. Katherine Weber*, State University Susan E Kelly, University of Wisconsin - of New York at Geneseo, Chance La Crosse (1096-VA-1160) Rodriguez, Mississippi State University, Tiffany Reyes, Whittier College, Erlan 1:30PM An index to aid in the development of Wheeler,CarthageCollege,andAmber (2476) High School recruitment of future Emmell, Saint Michael’s College Engineering and Science students. (1096-Q1-1871) Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech University (1096-VA-2272) 2:20PM The Morphological Wavelet (2466) Transformation. Preliminary report. 1:45PM A Remediation Program for Calculus: Patrick J Van Fleet,UniversityofSt. (2477) Initial Findings. Preliminary report. Thomas (1096-Q1-245) Caitlin Phifer*andJessica Libertini, University of Rhode Island (1096-VA-462) 2:40PM Wavelet-Based Multilevel Methods for (2467) Eigenvalue Problems. 2:00PM Evaluating student understanding and Malena Ines Espanol,TheUniversityof (2478) role of the Student Response Systems: Akron (1096-Q1-1166) What pre-service teachers say? Tharanga Mahesh Kumara Wijetunge*, 3:00PM Incorporating Wavelets into a course (2468) ”Mathematics in Modern Technology”. Lyon College, and Dennis St. Yevgeniy V Galperin, East Stroudsburg John, Central Michigan University University of Pennsylvania (1096-Q1-454) (1096-VA-871) 3:20PM Forecasting with Wavelets Projects. 2:15PM Undergraduate Research Activities for (2469) Preliminary report. (2479) Two-year College Students. Bruce Atwood*andLingzhi Meng, Shenglan Yuan*, Yelena Baishanski, Beloit College (1096-Q1-1438) LaGuardia Community College, CUNY, and Reem Jaafar, LaGuardia Community 3:40PM Signature Authentication Using Wavelets College,CUNY (1096-VA-2760) (2470) and Fourier Analysis. Preliminary report. Beth Kate Matys*, Gettysburg College, MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Ayush Singhal, University of Maryland, Mathematics Education, III Sarah Coulson, University of Oklahoma, Karina Pena, Rio Hondo College, and Joel Venzke,DrakeUniversity 1:00 PM –4:55PM Room 347, BCC (1096-Q1-1895) Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western 4:00PM Orthogonal Parameterized Wavelets in New England University (2471) Undergraduate Research. David W. Roach, Murray State University Bem Cayco, San Jose State (1096-Q1-2652) University 4:20PM Image Fusion of Satellite Images. Kimberly Presser, (2472) Brenda T. Gonzalez, Jasmine Puente* Shippensburge University and Helmut Knaust,UTElPaso 1:00PM Precalculus Preparation Program for (1096-Q1-2633) (2480) Mathematically Underprepared STEM 4:40PM Whale Shark Identiﬁcation via Discrete Majors: A Tool for Increasing Retention. (2473) Wavelets. Brittany D. Smith*, Elaine Bouldin John C. Merkel, Oglethorpe University Tenpenny, Jennifer Yantz, Thomas (1096-Q1-2336) Cheatham, Donald Nelson, Ginger Holmes Rowell and Chris Stephens, MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Middle Tennessee State University Assessment and Outreach (1096-VE-2666) 1:15PM Lessons Learned from Students’ Views on 1:00 PM –2:25PM Room 346, BCC (2481) Algebraic Misconceptions for Precalculus Readiness. Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western Jesse C. Beck*, Jennifer Yantz, Andrea New England University R. Cline and Ginger Holmes Rowell, Bem Cayco, San Jose State Middle Tennessee State University University (1096-VE-2314)

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1:30PM Alternative Teaching Strategies in 4:30PM Mathematical Concept Construction (2482) Pre-Calculus. (2494) through the Interaction of Reﬂective and Qingxia Li, Lincoln University Structural Abstraction. Preliminary (1096-VE-288) report. Thorsten Scheiner,Universityof 1:45PM Creating a Dual-Credit/Dual Enrollment Hamburg, Germany (1096-VE-2534) (2483) ”OnRamps” Precalculus Course to Enhance the College Readiness of High 4:45PM Making Calculus Come Alive with School and Community College Students. (2495) Dynamic Visualization Tools. Preliminary report. Paul E. Seeburger,MonroeCommunity Mark L. Daniels, University of Texas at College (1096-VE-2673) Austin (1096-VE-46) MAA General Contributed Paper Session on 2:00PM Alternate Base Arithmetic as a Tool for Modeling and Applications of Mathematics, (2484) Preparing Future Elementary Teachers. III Murray H. Siegel,ArizonaState University (1096-VE-87) 1:00 PM –4:55PM Room 348, BCC 2:15PM Flipped model utilizing (2485) Effective Learner-Centered and Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western Performance-Based Instruction. New England University Hashim A Saber,UniversityofNorth Bem Cayco, San Jose State Georgia (1096-VE-2455) University

2:30PM Using smart-pen technology to study Kimberly Presser, (2486) problem solving. Shippensburge University Sarah Mall Hanusch, Texas State 1:00PM Traveling wave solutions of University (1096-VE-1939) (2496) reaction-diffusion ﬁre model with fuel depletion. 2:45PM Engaging student discussion outside the (2487) classroom using Twitter. Preliminary Minjeong Kim*andJan Mandel, report. University of Colorado, Denver Salvatore P Giunta, Adelphi University (1096-VG-2413) (1096-VE-1788) 1:15PM Time Optimal Control in General (2497) Relativity. Preliminary report. 3:00PM Resources to Aid the Transition into an Brandon J Wilson, Brigham Young (2488) IBL Mathematics Course. University, Provo (1096-VG-2218) Gabriel Feinberg*, Haverford College, Lily An, Williams College, Victoria 1:30PM Kepler Problems mathematically Lewis, California State University (2498) contributed to Quantum Mechanics. Sacramento, and Fabiana Cardetti, Shigeru Masuda,RIMS,KyotoUniversity University of Connecticut (1096-VE-2252) (1096-VG-1506) 1:45PM Verifying the Hanging Chain Model. 3:15PM Inquiry Based Learning and Hybrid (2499) Michael A. Karls, Ball State University (2489) Inquiry Based Learning in College (1096-VG-1297) Geometry. Ali S. Shaqlaih,UniversityofNorthTexas 2:00PM Algebraic topology in computational at Dallas (1096-VE-2076) (2500) electromagnetism. Pawel Dlotko, University of Pennsylvania 3:30PM What Role Does (or does not) the Content (1096-VG-374) (2490) Area Play in Proof Production Using Mathematical Deﬁnitions? 2:15PM Phase transitions in gels with two-phase Nermin Bayazit, Georgia State University (2501) model. Preliminary report. (1096-VE-2077) Longhua Zhao*, Case Western Reserve University, and Maria-Carme Calderer, 3:45PM Introducing Interesting Groups in an University of Minnesota (1096-VG-93) (2491) Introductory Abstract Algebra Course. 2:30PM Maps and Mirrors. Preliminary report. Marianna Bonanome*, NYC College of (2502) Dan Carroll, Nora Stack and Caroline Technology/CUNY, and Margaret H. VanBlargan*, St. Mary’s College of Dean, BMCC/CUNY (1096-VE-2572) Maryland (1096-VG-2398) 4:00PM An Early Course on Modeling and 2:45PM Regularization of languages by learners: (2492) Computation with Differential Equations. (2503) a mathematical framework. Jason Howell, College of Charleston Jacquelyn L. Rische*andNatalia L. (1096-VE-2203) Komarova, University of California, Irvine (1096-VG-1721) 4:15PM The Evolution of Teaching Mathematical (2493) Modeling in China. 3:00PM Correlation and Regression Between Hong Yuan*andJean W Richard, (2504) Habits and Dental Hygiene. Preliminary Borough of Manhattan Community report. College, City University of New York Kimberly A Carstens*andSalvatore (1096-VE-2594) Giunta, Adelphi University (1096-VG-928)

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3:15PM Gradient and Laplacian-Type Edge 2:30PM Turbulent transport in 3D incompressible (2505) Detection. (2515) plasma. Mohamed Allali, Chapman University Zachary Bradshaw and Zoran Grujic*, (1096-VG-1728) University of Virginia (1096-76-1983)

3:30PM A Probabilistic Exploration of Consistency 3:00PM Reduced order approximate (2506) in Positional Voting Procedures. (2516) deconvolution models for turbulent ﬂows: Preliminary report. analysis and benchmark computations. Mark A. Krines,UniversityofIowa Leo G Rebholz, Clemson University (1096-VG-1743) (1096-35-917) 3:30PM Break 3:45PM Mathematical Modeling for Empowering (2507) Decision Making. 4:00PM Lower bounds on the mix norm of passive William P. Fox, Naval Postgraduate (2517) scalars advected by incompressible School (1096-VG-829) enstrophy-constrained ﬂows. Gautam Iyer*, Carnegie Mellon 4:00PM Best policy implementation when there is University, Alexander Kiselev and (2508) parameter uncertainty; a Bayesian and Xiaoqian Xu, University of Wisconsin, adaptive control approach. Preliminary Madison (1096-76-1913) report. Romarie Morales*andJay Taylor, 4:30PM A Lagrangian and Eulerian Analysis of a Arizona State University (1096-VG-1496) (2518) Geophysical Fluid Flow arising in the Chesapeake Bay. 4:15PM Modeling Scenarios and Strategies Reza Malek-Madani*, Kevin McIlhany, (2509) in Differential Equations Course. United States Naval Academy, and Preliminary report. Kayo Ide, University of Maryland Brian J. Winkel, US Miltary Academy (1096-35-2759) (1096-VG-168) 5:00PM Time analyticity with higher norm 4:30PM A Mathematical Modeling Approach to (2519) estimates for the 2D Navier-Stokes (2510) Informing Student Retention equations. Programming. Ciprian Foias, Texas A&M University, Larry Wayne Lewis*, Ivy Tech Michael S Jolly*, Indiana University, Community College, and Rebecca Ruomeng Lan, Rishika Rupam, Yong Patterson, University of Louisville Yang and Bingsheng Zhang,TexasA&M (1096-VG-2575) University (1096-76-2044) 4:45PM Relationship between hitch-hiking and 5:30PM Filtered turbulence models - rough (2511) Mathematics. (2520) variants of nonlinear Galerkin and Youssef M Dib*, University of Louisiana, post-processing Galerkin methods. Monroe, and Anton Dudko,Kyiv Edriss S. Titi, Weizmann Institute of University (1096-VG-2727) Science & University of California Irvine (1096-65-2446) SIAM Minisymposium on Turbulence and Mixing in Fluids: Analysis and Applications AWM Workshop Presentations, II

1:00 PM –4:25PM Room 310, BCC 1:00 PM –5:55PM Room 325, BCC Organizers: Erin Chambers, Saint Louis Organizers: ,University Animikh Biswas University of Maryland Baltimore County Kathryn Leonard, California State University Channel Evelyn Lunasin, U.S. Naval Islands Academy Luminita Vese,Universityof 1:00PM Turbulence Modeling via Entropy California, Los Angeles (2512) Functionals. 1:00PM Skeletal linking structures for Jean-Luc Guemond, Adam Larios*, (2521) multiple-region analysis. Texas A&M University, and Travis James Damon,UniversityofNorth Thompson, Oakridge National Lab Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Ellen (1096-76-2309) Gasparovic*, Duke University 1:30PM Inertial manifolds and foliations via (1096-58-125) (2513) Newton’s method. 1:30PM A convex relaxation segmentation Yu-Min Chung*, University of Kansas, (2522) scheme based on shearlets. Preliminary and Ricardo Rosa, Universidade Federal report. do Rio de Janeiro (1096-65-2171) Weihong Guo, Case Western Reserve 2:00PM Vorticity concentration at the boundary University (1096-65-1953) (2514) for Taylor-Couette ﬂows in the zero 2:00PM The Intersection of Statistics and viscosity limit. (2523) Topology. Preliminary report. Anna L Mazzucato, Penn State University Brittany Terese Fasy,TulaneUniversity (1096-76-771) (1096-55-708)

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2:30PM Combinatorial Optimization for PDE 5:00PM Maximizing anti-tumor effects in (2524) based Approaches to Computer Vision. (2536) combination drug therapy. Noha El-Zehiry, Siemens Corporation, Shelby N. Wilson, Morehouse College Corporate Technology (1096-68-2188) (1096-92-2086)

3:00PM Output-Sensitive Well-Separated Pair 5:30PM A parameter-free framework for model (2525) Decompositions for Dynamic Point Sets. (2537) discrimination using algebraic geometry, Eunhui Park*andDavid Mount, differential algebra, statistics and data. University of Maryland (1096-68-1478) Heather A. Harrington*, University of 3:30PM On map construction and map Oxford, Kenneth L. Ho,Stanford (2526) comparison. University, Nicolette Meshkat,North Carola Wenk, Tulane University Carolina State University, Paul Kirk, (1096-68-2002) Imperial College London, Thomas 4:00PM A Quadratic Program to Stratify High Thorne, University of Edinburgh, and (2527) Dimensional Data Based on Proximity to Michael P.H. Stumpf, Imperial College the Convex Hull. London (1096-92-911) Lori Beth Ziegelmeier*, Macalester College, Michael Kirby and Chris SIGMAA on Math Circles Presentation Peterson, Colorado State University (1096-52-141) 1:00 PM –1:50PM Room 327, BCC

Pure and Applied Talks by Women Math Demonstration for precollege students Warriors presented by EDGE (Enhancing and teachers as participants. Diversity in Graduate Education) Organizers: Paul Zeitz,UniversityofSan Francisco 1:00 PM –5:55PM Room 336, BCC Tatiana Shubin,SanJose Organizers: Amy Buchmann,University State University of Notre Dame Candice Price, United States MAA Committee on the Mathematical Military Academy Education of Teachers Panel Discussion 1:00PM Women in Research, Professional Growth (2528) and Services. 1:00 PM –2:20PM Room 316, BCC Joyati Debnath, Winona State University (1096-00-1498) Mathematicians supporting 1:30PM The Forbidden Number. implementation of the Common Core (2529) Alissa S. Crans*, Loyola Marymount State Standards for mathematics. University, Sandy Ganzell, St. Mary’s Organizers: Elizabeth Burroughs, College of Maryland, and Blake Mellor, Montana State University Loyola Marymount University (1096-57-249) Pari Ford,Universityof 2:00PM Homology of the D-Neighborhood Nebraska at Kearney (2530) Complex of Graphs. Preliminary report. Debbie Gochenaur, Corrine Previte, Colorado State Shippensburg University University (1096-05-1310) Panelists: Sybilla Beckman,University 2:30PM Generalizing Group Boundaries. of Georgia (2531) Molly A. Moran,Universityof Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1096-54-1410) Jessica Deshler,West 3:00PM Successive Quotients of Filtrations of Virginia University (2532) the String Link Concordance Group. Alison Superﬁne,University Preliminary report. of Illinois at Chicago Carolyn Ann Otto,UniversityofWI-Eau Claire (1096-57-2061) Kristin Umland,University of New Mexico 3:30PM Students’ Understanding of the Limit of a (2533) Sequence: A Case Study of Three Rose Mary Zbiek, Pre-service Elementary Teachers. Pennsylvania State University Nadia Monrose Mills, North Carolina State University (1096-97-2140) AMS Session on Knots, Topological Graphs, 4:00PM Folic acid supplementation and recovery and Algebraic Topology (2534) from spinal cord injury: a mathematical model. Preliminary report. 1:15 PM –5:55PM Room 305, BCC Laurel A. Ohm, University of Washington (1096-92-279) 1:15PM On Braids and the Jones Polynomial. 4:30PM An Age-Based Stochastic Model of HPV. (2538) Preliminary report. (2535) Buffy Joy Lloyd and Omayra Ortega*, Johanna Stromberg, Royal Holloway, Arizona State University (1096-60-1395) University of London (1096-55-2082)

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1:30PM A new grading in HOMFLY-PT homology 4:45PM Deﬁning a graph theoretic analog to a (2539) via virtual crossings. Preliminary report. (2552) Riemannian orbifold. Preliminary report. Michael A Abel*, University of North Colin Gavin, Elizabeth Stanhope*and Carolina-Chapel Hill, and Lev Rozansky, Sam Stewart, Lewis & Clark College University of North Carolina at Chapel (1096-05-1446) Hill (1096-55-2535) 5:00PM Curvature-constrained path planning in 1:45PM Steenrod structures on quantum groups. (2553) nonpositively curved cube complexes. (2540) Preliminary report. Jason Thomson La Corte,Universityof Benjamin Cooper*, Anna Beliakova, Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1096-57-2788) University of Zurich, and Hoel Queffelec, 5:15PM Polyhedral nonagonal and decagonal Berkeley (1096-57-1838) (2554) fullerenes. Preliminary report. 2:00PM Heegaard Floer Homology and L-space Maryam Verdian-Rizi*, San Diego, CA, (2541) Knots. and Martin Knor, Slovak University of Faramarz Vafaee, Michigan State Technology (1096-05-2459) University (1096-57-2119) 5:30PM A survey of topological data analysis and 2:15PM Applications of knot Floer homology for (2555) available toolsets. (2542) singular knots. Preliminary report. Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson*, KTH Royal Allison L Gilmore,Universityof Institute of Technology, Stockholm, California Los Angeles (1096-57-2404) Sweden, and Primoz Skraba,Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2:30PM Stable equivalence of knotted spheres, (1096-55-298) (2543) smooth automorphisms, and positive scalar curvature metrics. 5:45PM A Homotopy Theory of Diffeological David Auckly*, Kansas State University, (2556) Spaces. Hee Jung Kim, Pohang Mathematics Enxin Wu, The University of Western Institute, Paul Melvin, Bryn Mawr, Ontario (1096-55-2057) and Danny Ruberman,Brandeis (1096-57-832) ASL Invited Address 2:45PM Big Homotopy Theory. (2544) Keith Penrod, Morehouse College 2:00 PM –2:50PM Room 319, BCC (1096-55-773) (2557) Embeddability amongst the countable 3:00PM Smoothly knotted surfaces in models of set theory. (2545) 4-manifolds. Joel David Hamkins, The City University Nathan Sunukjian, Stony Brook of New York, College of Staten Island & University (1096-57-1514) CUNY Graduate Center (1096-03-199) 3:15PM Non-contractibility of the Teichmuller¨ (2546) space of negatively curved metrics on SIGMAA on Math Circles Special Presentation certain non-locally symmetric negatively curved manifolds. Preliminary report. 2:00 PM –3:00PM Room 327, BCC Gangotryi Sorcar, Binghamton University A Math Wrangle! (1096-57-1976) Organizers: Steve Dunbar,American 3:30PM On the equivariant formal group law of Mathematics Competitions (2547) the equivariant complex cobordism ring ∗ Tatiana Shubin,SanJose MUG . William C. Abram, Hillsdale College State University (1096-55-38) MAA Workshop 3:45PM Intersection numbers on moduli spaces of (2548) curves through topological recursion. 2:00 PM –5:00PM Room 345, BCC Ayman Mohammad Almomany*, CMU, and Brad Safnuk, Central Michigan The environment, mathematics, and University (1096-55-1859) community engagement. 4:00PM Linking Nielsen Equivalence with Presenters: Ben Fusaro, Florida State (2549) Character Varieties. Preliminary report. University Emily R Landes, Technion – Israel Charlie Hadlock, Bentley Institute of Technology (1096-57-1342) University 4:15PM Systoles and Dehn surgery for hyperbolic Marty Walter,Universityof (2550) 3-manifolds. Colorado Boulder Grant S Lakeland*andChristopher J Leininger, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (1096-57-788) MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Mathematics and Technology 4:30PM Ordinary voltage graphs, (2551) pseudosurfaces, and derived graph 2:30 PM –4:40PM Room 346, BCC embeddings: lifting cellular homology. Steven Schluchter,TheGeorge Organizers: Jennifer Beineke,Western Washington University (1096-57-1124) New England University

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Bem Cayco, San Jose State 3:30PM The automorphism group of a just University saturated model of Peano Arithmetic. Kimberly Presser, Ermek Nurkhaidarov, Pennsylvania State Shippensburge University University Mont Alto. 4:00PM An Epistemological Summary of the 2:30PM Technology in Mathematics Education. (2558) Preliminary report. (2569) Signiﬁcance of Self-Justifying Axiom Ping Wang, Penn State University Systems. (1096-VF-80) Dan E. Willard,SUNYAlbany (1096-03-1129) 2:45PM Computer assisted instruction in 4:30PM Jump inversion, linear orderings, and (2559) mathematics. types. Wesley Calvert, Valentina Victor Kostyuk*, Nathaniel Rounds and Harizanov, Julia Knight, Charles Paulette N. Willis, Reasoning Mind McCoy*, Alexandra Soskova, and Stefan (1096-VF-1080) Vatev, University of Portland. 3:00PM A program of weekly activities for (2560) learning Calculus using the computer AMS Dinner Celebrating Connection & algebra system Maxima. Preliminary Collaboration Reception report. Charles Bergeron, Albany College 6:30 PM –7:30PM Key Ballrooms, South of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Foyer, 2nd Floor, Hilton (1096-VF-2508) 3:15PM Handheld calculators and mathematics AMS Dinner Celebrating Connection & (2561) thinking. Collaboration Sofokli Garo, ”Aleksander Moisiu” University (1096-VF-2022) 7:30 PM –10:30PM Key Ballrooms 3:30PM Modern Technology In The Classroom - 7–12, 2nd Floor, Hilton (2562) Calculators and Accessories for the applied math experiment. Georgia Benkart Gerard A. Venema Jeffrey C. Kallenbach*andTimothy H AMS Associate Secretary MAA Associate Secretary Husband, Siena Heights University Madison, Wisconsin Grand Rapids, Michigan (1096-VF-1909) 3:45PM Screencasting on the iPad to Enhance (2563) Student Engagement. Lea L Rosenberry, Kaplan University (1096-VF-1615) 4:00PM Strengthening Communication Skills (2564) Through Student Created Homework Videos. Pamela E Harris, United States Military Academy-West Point (1096-VF-1120) 4:15PM The Game Makers Toolshed - Tools for (2565) Creating Serious Games. Tamara Eyster, Kaplan University (1096-VF-1573) 4:30PM Constructing Complicated Spheres. (2566) Mimi Tsuruga*andFrank H. Lutz,TU Berlin (1096-VF-214)

MAA-AMS-SIAM Gerald and Judith Porter Public Lecture

3:00 PM –4:00PM Ballrooms I&II, 400 Level, BCC (2567) Movie magic: The mathematics behind Hollywood’s visual effects. Eitan Grinspun, Columbia University (1096-00-15)

ASL Contributed Paper Session, II

3:00 PM –4:50PM Room 319, BCC

3:00PM Partially computable functions and (2568) symbolic dynamics. Sebastian Wyman, Aurora University (1096-03-774)

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