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IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING MEETINGS PROGRAMS: AMS Sectional Meeting programs do not appear in the print version of the Notices. However, comprehensive and continually updated meeting and program information with links to the abstract for each talk can be found on e-MATH. See http://www.ams.org/meetings/. Programs and abstracts will continue to be displayed on e-MATH in the Meetings and Conferences section until about three weeks after the meeting is over. Final programs for Sectional Meetings will be archived on e-MATH in an electronic issue of the Notices as noted below for each meeting.

Carl Pomerance, Bell Laboratories - Lucent Technologies, Columbia, South Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Paul Erdo˝s, and me (Erdo˝s Memo- Carolina rial Lecture). Special Sessions University of South Carolina Algebraic Structures Associated with Lie Theory, Ben L. March 16–18, 2001 Cox, Elizabeth Jurisich, and Oleg Smirnov, College of Charleston. Meeting #963 Algebras, Lattices, Varieties, George F. McNulty, University Southeastern Section of South Carolina, and Ralph S. Freese and James B. Associate secretary: John L. Bryant Nation, University of Hawaii. Announcement issue of Notices: January 2001 Program first available on e-MATH: February 1, 2001 Analytic Number Theory, Michael A. Filaseta and Ognian Program issue of electronic Notices: April 2001 Trifonov, University of South Carolina, Columbia. Issue of Abstracts: Volume 22, Issue 2 Approximation and Wavelets, Konstantin Oskolkov, Pencho Petrushev, and Vladimir Temlyakov, University Deadlines of South Carolina, Columbia. For organizers: Expired For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- Banach Spaces, George Androulakis, Stephen Dilworth, and sions: Expired Maria K. Girardi, University of South Carolina, Columbia. For abstracts: Expired Combinatorics and Graph Theory, Jerrold R. Griggs, University of South Carolina, Columbia. Invited Addresses Discrete and Computational Geometry and Graph Drawing, David C. Brydges, University of Virginia, Analysis with Farhad Shahrokhi, University of North Texas, and Laszlo A. functional integrals. Szekely, University of South Carolina, Columbia. Albert A. Cohen, University of Paris VI, Harmonic analy- sis and image processing. Geometry of Curves and Surfaces, Mohammad Ghomi and Ralph E. Howard, University of South Carolina, Columbia. Herbert Edelsbrunner, Duke University and Raindrop Geomagic, Mathematics problems in the (re-)construction of Mathematical Biology, Douglas B. Meade, Matthew Miller, shape. and David Wethey, University of South Carolina, Columbia. Daniel J. Kleitman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Semigroups and Evolution Equations, Anton R. Schep, Title to be announced. University of South Carolina, Columbia.

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Progress in Numerical Linear Algebra, Ralph Byers, Lawrence, Kansas University of Kansas. University of Kansas Quantization and Operator Algebras, Albert Sheu, University of Kansas. March 30–31, 2001 Set Theoretic Topology and Boolean Algebra, William Fleissner, University of Kansas. Meeting #964 Central Section Associate secretary: Susan J. Friedlander Las Vegas, Nevada Announcement issue of Notices: January 2001 University of Nevada Program first available on e-MATH: February 15, 2001 Program issue of electronic Notices: May 2001 April 21–22, 2001 Issue of Abstracts: Volume 22, Issue 2 Meeting #965 Deadlines Western Section For organizers: Expired Associate secretary: Bernard Russo For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- Announcement issue of Notices: February 2001 sions: Expired Program first available on e-MATH: March 8, 2001 For abstracts: Expired Program issue of electronic Notices: May 2001 Issue of Abstracts: Volume 22, Issue 2 Invited Addresses S. Dale Cutkosky, University of Missouri, Title to be Deadlines announced. For organizers: Expired For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- Alexandre Eremenko, Purdue University, Title to be sions: Expired announced. For abstracts: February 27, 2001 Ken Ono, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Title to be announced. Invited Addresses Yongbin Ruan, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Title to Panagiota Daskalopoulos, University of California Irvine, be announced. Title to be announced. Randall J. LeVeque, University of Washington, Title to be Special Sessions announced. Algebraic Geometry, Christopher Peterson, Colorado State Vera Serganova, University of California Berkeley, Title to University, and B. P. Purnaprajna, University of Kansas. be announced. C*-Algebras and Crossed Products, Steve Kaliszewski, Lynne Walling, University of Colorado, Title to be Arizona State University, and May Nilsen, Texas A&M announced. University. Commutative Algebra, Craig Huneke and Daniel Katz, Special Sessions University of Kansas. Analysis and Applications of Nonlinear PDEs (Code: AMS SS Complex Variables, Pietro Poggi-Corradini, Kansas State G1), David G. Costa, Zhonghai Ding, and Hossein Tehrani, University. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Deformation Theory, Yan Soibelman and David Yetter, Finite Element Analysis and Applications (Code: AMS SS Kansas State University. B1), Jichun Li, Michael Marcozzi, George Miel, and Darrell W. Pepper, University of Nevada. Harmonic Analysis and Applications, Rodolfo Torres, University of Kansas. Geometric and Computational Group Theory (Code: AMS SS A1), Eric M. Freden, Southern Utah University, and Eric L. Number Theory, Ken Ono, University of Wisconsin- Swenson, Brigham Young University. Madison, Cristian Popescu, University of Texas at Austin, Graphs and Digraphs (Code: AMS SS C1), Michael Jacobson, and Tonghai Yang, Harvard University. University of Louisville, and K. Brooks Reid, California Optimal Control, Calculus of Variations, and Nonsmooth State University, San Marcos. Analysis, Michael Malisoff, Texas A&M University, Corpus History of Mathematics (Code: AMS SS J1), Shawnee L. Christi, and Peter R. Wolenski, Louisiana State University. McMurran, California State University, San Bernadino, PDEs and Geometry, Marianne Korten and Lev Kapitanski, Adrian Rice, Randolph-Macon College, and James Tattersall, Kansas State University. Providence College. Polytopes, Margaret Bayer and Carl Lee, University of Number Theory with a Geometric Flavor (Code: AMS SS K1), Kansas. Arthur Baragar, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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PDEs from Fluid Mechanics: Applied Analysis and Numerical Computational Group Theory (Code: AMS SS C1), Robert Methods (Code: AMS SS H1), L. Steven Hou, York University Gilman, Stevens Institute of Technology, and Alexei and Iowa University, and Xiaoming Wang, Iowa State Myasnikov, Vladimir Shpilrain, and Sean Cleary, City University. College, New York. Physical Knotting and Unknotting (Code: AMS SS D1), Jorge Deformation Quantization and Its Applications (Code: AMS Alberto Calvo, North Dakota State University, Kenneth C. SS K1), Siddhartha Sahi, Rutgers University, and Martin J. Millett, University of California Santa Barbara, and Eric J. Andler, University of Versailles. Rawdon, Chatham College. Graph Theory (Dedicated to Frank Harary on His 80th Set Theory (Code: AMS SS E1), Douglas Burke and Derrick Birthday) (Code: AMS SS M1), Michael L. Gargano and Dubose, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Louis V. Quintas, Pace University, and Charles Suffel, Stevens Institute of Technology. Topology of Links (Code: AMS SS F1), Jeff Johannes, Univer- sity of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Swatee Naik, University of History of Mathematics (Code: AMS SS E1), Patricia R. Allaire, Nevada, Reno. Queensborough Community College, CUNY, and Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University. Waves in Heterogeneous Media (Code: AMS SS L1), Randall J. Matchings in Graphs and Hypergraphs (Code: AMS SS F1), LeVeque, University of Washington, and Knut Solna, Uni- Alexander Barvinok, University of Michigan, and Alex versity of California Irvine. Samorodnitsky, Institute for Advanced Study. Quantum Error Correction and Related Aspects of Coding Theory (Code: AMS SS J1), Harriet S. Pollatsek, Mount Hoboken, New Jersey Holyoke College, and M. Beth Ruskai, University of Mass- Stevens Institute of Technology achusetts, Lowell. Ricci Curvature and Related Topics (Code: AMS SS G1), April 28–29, 2001 George I. Kamberov, Stevens Institute of Technology, Christina Sormani, Lehman College, CUNY, and Megan M. Meeting #966 Kerr, Wellesley College. Eastern Section Singular and Degenerate Nonlinear Elliptic Boundary Value Associate secretary: Lesley M. Sibner Problems (Code: AMS SS D1), Joe McKenna, Changfeng Announcement issue of Notices: February 2001 Gui, and Yung Sze Choi, University of Connecticut. Program first available on e-MATH: March 15, 2001 Program issue of electronic Notices: May 2001 Stability of Nonlinear Dispersive Waves (Code: AMS SS H1), Yi Li, Stevens Institute of Technology, and Keith S. Issue of Abstracts: Volume 22, Issue 2 Promislow, Simon Fraser University. Deadlines Surface Geometry and Shape Perception (Code: AMS SS L1), For organizers: Expired Gary R. Jensen, Washington University, and George I. For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- Kamberov, Stevens Institute of Technology. sions: Expired Wavelets, Multiscale Analysis, and Applications (Code: AMS For abstracts: March 6, 2001 SS N1), Ivan Selesnick, Polytechnic University, and Gerald Schuller, Bell Laboratories. Invited Addresses Alexander Barvinok, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Title to be announced. Morelia, Mexico Robert Calderbank, AT&T Laboratories Research, Title to May 23–26, 2001 be announced. Alexei Miasnikov, City College, New York, Title to be Meeting #967 announced. Fifth International Joint Meeting of the AMS and the Sociedad Frank Sottile, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, A Matemática Mexicana (SMM). Gromov-Witten invariant in the real world. Associate secretary: John L. Bryant Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced Special Sessions Program first available on e-MATH: To be announced Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced Analytic Number Theory (Code: AMS SS A1), Milos A. Dostal, Issue of Abstracts: To be announced Stevens Institute of Technology, and Werner G. Nowak, Vienna, Austria. Deadlines Computational Algebraic Geometry and Its Applications For organizers: To be announced (Code: AMS SS B1), Serkan Hosten, San Francisco State For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- University, and Frank Sottile, University of Massachusetts, sions: To be announced Amherst. For abstracts: To be announced

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Invited Addresses Associate secretary: Lesley M. Sibner Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced Víctor Pérez Abreu, CIMAT, Title to be announced. Program first available on e-MATH: To be announced Eric M. Friedlander, Northwestern University, Between Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced algebraic and topological K-theory. Issue of Abstracts: To be announced Helmut H. W. Hofer, Courant Institute, New York Univer- sity, Periodic orbits, holomorphic curves, and algebraic Deadlines invariants. For organizers: To be announced Ernesto A. Lacomba, UAM-I, Title to be announced. For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- sions: To be announced Claude R. LeBrun, SUNY at Stony Brook, On the curvature For abstracts: To be announced of 4-manifolds. Antonmaría Minzoni, IIMAS-UNAM, Title to be announced. Invited Addresses

Special Sessions Sun-Yung Alice Chang, Princeton University, Title to be announced. Algebraic Geometry, Pedro Luis del Angel, CIMAT, and Jean-Pierre Demailly, Université de Grenoble, Title to be Javier Elizondo, IMATE-UNAM. announced. Algebraic Topology and K-Theory, Miguel Xicoténcatl, Persi Diaconis, Stanford University, Title to be announced. CINVESTAV. Robert Gardner, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Biomathematics, Jorge Velasco, UAM-I. Title to be announced. Combinatorics and Graph Theory, Ernesto Vallejo, IMATE- Claude Le Bris, Université de Paris IX-Dauphine, Title to be UNAM. announced. Complex Analysis, Enrique Ramírez de Arellano, Yves Meyer, École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, Title to CINVESTAV. be announced. Differential Geometry, Adolfo Sánchez Valenzuela, CIMAT, Michèle Vergne, École Polytechnique, Title to be announced. and Raúl Quiroga, CINVESTAV. Dynamical Systems with Emphasis on Holomorphic Dy- Special Sessions namics, Hamiltonian Systems and Variational Systems, Additive Number Theory, Melvyn B. Nathanson, Herbert H. Joaquín Delgado-Fernandez, UAM-I, and Héctor Sánchez- Lehman College (CUNY), and Jean-Marc Deshouillers, Morgado, IMATE-UNAM. Université de Bordeaux II. Functional and Harmonic Analysis, Lourdes Palacios, Commutative Algebra and Its Interactions with Algebraic UAM-I, and Salvador Pérez-Esteva, IMATE-UNAM. Geometry, Marc F. Chardin, Université Pierre et Marie General Topology, Alejandro Illanez, IMATE-UNAM. Curie-Paris VI, and Claudia Polini, University of Oregon. Nonlinear Analysis, Gustavo Cruz, IIMAS-UNAM, and Differential Geometric Methods in Mathematical Physics, Mónica Clapp, IMATE-UNAM. Johannes Huebschmann, Université Lille I, Yvette Kosmann- Numerical Methods in Differential Equations, Pablo Barrera, Schwarzbach, École Polytechnique, and Richard W. UNAM, and Francisco Solís, IIMAS-UNAM. Montgomery, University of California Santa Cruz. Quasigroups, J. D. Phyllips, and Lev V. Sabinin, University Dynamics of Nonlinear Waves, Christopher K. R. T. Jones, of Quintana Roo. Brown University, and Jean-Michel Roquejoffre, Université Toulouse III. Representation Theory of Algebras and Related Topics, Raymundo Bautista, IMATE-UNAM. Fractal Geometry, Number Theory, and Dynamical Systems, Michel Lapidus and Machiel van Frankenhuysen, University Ring Theory, Francisco Raggi, IMATE-UNAM, and Sergio R. of California Riverside, and Michel Mendes-France, Lopez-Permouth, Ohio University. Université de Bordeaux. Stochastical Analysis, Mogens Blatt, IIMAS-UNAM, and Gauge Theory, Jean-Claude Sikorav, École Normale María E. Caballero, IAMTE-UNAM. Supérieure de Lyon, and Ronald Fintushel, Michigan State There will be no sessions for contributed papers. University. Geometric Group Theory, Gilbert Levitt, Université Toulouse III, and Karen Vogtmann, Cornell University. Lyon, France Geometric Methods in Low Dimensional Topology, Hamish July 17–20, 2001 Short, and Daryl Cooper, University of California Santa Barbara. Meeting #968 Geometric Structures in Dynamics, M. Lyubich, SUNY at First Joint International Meeting between the AMS and the Stony Brook, Etienne Ghys, École Normale Supérieure de Société Mathématique de France. Lyon, and Xavier Buff, Université Toulouse III.

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Geometry and Representation Theory of Algebraic Groups, Algebraic Cycles, Algebraic Geometry (Code: AMS SS A1), Michel Brion, Université de Grenoble I, and Andrei Roy Joshua, Ohio State University. Zelevinsky, Northeastern University. Coding Theory (Code: AMS SS B1), Tom Dowling, Ohio History of Mathematics, Thomas W. Archibald, Acadia State University, and Dijen Ray-Chaudhuri. University, Christian Gilain, Université Pierre et Marie Commutative Algebra (Code: AMS SS C1), Evan Houston, Curie-Paris VI, and James J. Tattersall, Providence College. University of North Carolina, Charlotte, and Alan Loper, Logic and Interaction: From the Rules of Logic and the Logic Ohio State University. of Rules, Jean-Yves Girard, Université de Marseille, and Fractals (Code: AMS SS P1), Gerald Edgar, Ohio State Uni- Philip Scott, University of Ottawa. versity. Mathematical Fluid Dynamics, Yann Brenier, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris VI, Susan J. Friedlander, Group Theory (Code: AMS SS F1), Koichiro Harada, Surinder University of Illinois at Chicago, and Emmanuel Grenier, Seghal, and Ronald Solomon, Ohio State University. École Normale Supérieure de Lyon. Multivariate Generating Functions and Automatic Compu- Mathematical Methods in Financial Modelling, Marco tation (Code: AMS SS H1), Robin Pemantle, Ohio State Uni- Avellaneda, Courant Institute, New York University, and versity. Rama Cont, École Polytechnique. Number Theory (Code: AMS SS J1), David Goss, Ohio State Model Theory, Gregory L. Cherlin, Rutgers University, and University. Frank Wagner, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I. Proof Theory and the Foundations of Mathematics (Code: Partial Differential Equations and Geometry, Fabrice Bethuel, AMS SS K1), Timothy Carlson, Ohio State University. Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris VI, and Paul C. Yang. Quantum Topology (Code: AMS SS L1), Thomas Kerler, Probability, Gerard Benarous, École Normale Supérieure, Ohio State University. and George C. Papanicolaou, Stanford University. Rings and Modules (Code: AMS SS M1), S. K. Jain, Ohio University, and Tariq Rizvi, Ohio State University. Spectral Theory of Schrödinger Operators (Code: AMS SS Columbus, Ohio N1), Boris Mityagin, Ohio State University, and Sergei Ohio State University Novikov, University of Maryland. September 21–23, 2001

Meeting #969 Chattanooga, Central Section Associate secretary: Susan J. Friedlander Tennessee Announcement issue of Notices: June/July, 2001 University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Program first available on e-MATH: August 9, 2001 Program issue of electronic Notices: October 2001 October 5–6, 2001 Issue of Abstracts: Volume 22, Issue 3 Meeting #970 Deadlines Southeastern Section For organizers: February 21, 2001 Associate secretary: John L. Bryant For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- Announcement issue of Notices: August 2001 sions: June 5, 2001 Program first available on e-MATH: August 23, 2001 For abstracts: July 31, 2001 Program issue of electronic Notices: November 2001 Invited Addresses Issue of Abstracts: Volume 22, Issue 3 Alex Eskin, , Title to be announced. Deadlines Dennis Gaitsgory, Harvard University, Title to be announced. For organizers: March 5, 2001 Yakov B. Pesin, Pennsylvania State University, Title to be For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- announced. sions: June 19, 2001 Thaleia Zariphopoulou, University of Texas at Austin, Title For abstracts: August 14, 2001 to be announced. Special Sessions Special Sessions Asymptotic Behavior of Solutions of Differential and L2 Methods in Algebraic and Geometric Topology (Code: AMS Difference Equations (Code: AMS SS B1), John R. Graef, SS G1), Dan Burghelea and Michael Davis, Ohio State University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and Chuanxi Qian, University. Mississippi State University.

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Commutative Ring Theory (Code: AMS SS A1), David F. Ergodic Theory (Code: AMS SS H1), Cesar Silva, Williams Anderson and David E. Dobbs, University of Tennessee at College. Knoxville. Geometry and Topology of the Universe (Code: AMS SS E1), Mathematical and Numerical Aspects of Wave Propagation Colin C. Adams, Williams College, Glenn Starkmann, Case (Code: AMS SS F1), Boris P. Belinskiy and Yongzhi Xu, Western Reserve University, and Jeffrey R. Weeks, Canton, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. New York. New Directions in Combinatorics and Graph Theory (Code: Harmonic Analysis Since the Williamstown Conference of AMS SS C1), Teresa Haynes and Debra J. Knisley, East 1978 (Code: AMS SS G1), Janine E. Wittwer, Williams College, Tennessee State University. and David Cruz-Uribe, Trinity College. Real Analysis (Code: AMS SS D1), Paul D. Humke, Saint Olaf History of Mathematics (Code: AMS SS A1), Glen R. Van College, and Harry I. Miller, University of Tennessee at Brummelen, Bennington College, Della D. Fenster, Chattanooga. Richmond University, and James J. Tattersall, Providence College. Topics in Geometric Function Theory (Code: AMS SS E1), Lelia Miller-Van Wieren, Penn State Berks Campus, and Bruce P. Number Theory, Holomorphic Dynamics, and Algebraic Palka, University of Texas at Austin. Dynamics (Code: AMS SS B1), Robert L. Benedetto, University of Rochester, John W. Milnor, IMS and SUNY at Stony Brook, and Kevin M. Pilgrim, University of Missouri Williamstown, at Rolla. Massachusetts Irvine, California Williams College University of California Irvine October 13–14, 2001 November 10–11, 2001

Meeting #971 Meeting #972 Eastern Section Western Section Associate secretary: Lesley M. Sibner Associate secretary: Bernard Russo Announcement issue of Notices: August 2001 Announcement issue of Notices: September 2001 Program first available on e-MATH: August 30, 2001 Program first available on e-MATH: September 27, 2001 Program issue of electronic Notices: November 2001 Program issue of electronic Notices: December 2001 Issue of Abstracts: Volume 22, Issue 4 Issue of Abstracts: Volume 22, Issue 4

Deadlines Deadlines For organizers: March 13, 2001 For organizers: April 10, 2001 For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- sions: June 26, 2001 sions: July 24, 2001 For abstracts: August 21, 2001 For abstracts: September 18, 2001

Invited Addresses Invited Addresses Hubert Bray, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Title Gigliola Staffilani, Stanford University, Title to be an- to be announced. nounced. Robin Forman, Rice University, Title to be announced. Jonathan Weitsman, University of California Santa Cruz, Emma Previato, Boston University, Title to be announced. Title to be announced. Yisong Yang, Polytechnic University, Title to be announced. Special Sessions San Diego, California Algebraic and Topological Combinatorics (Code: AMS SS D1), Eva Maria Feichtner, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland, and San Diego Convention Center Dmitry N. Kozlov, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden. January 6–9, 2002 Commutative Algebra (Code: AMS SS C1), Susan R. Loepp, Joint Mathematics Meetings, including the 108th Annual Williams College, and Graham J. Leuschke, University of Meeting of the AMS, 85th Meeting of the Mathematical Kansas. Association of America (MAA), annual meetings of the Diophantine Problems (Code: AMS SS F1), Edward B. Burger, Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) and the Williams College, and Jeffrey D. Vaaler, University of Texas National Association of Mathematicians (NAM), and the at Austin. winter meeting of the Association for Symbolic Logic (ASL).

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Associate secretary: John L. Bryant Announcement issue of Notices: October 2001 Montréal, Québec, Program first available on e-MATH: November 1, 2001 Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced Canada Issue of Abstracts: Volume 23, Issue 1 Centre de Recherches Mathématiques, Deadlines Université de Montréal For organizers: April 4, 2001 For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- May 3–5, 2002 sions: August 7, 2001 Eastern Section For abstracts: October 2, 2001 Associate secretary: Lesley M. Sibner For summaries of papers to MAA organizers: To be an- Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced Program first available on e-MATH: To be announced nounced Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced Issue of Abstracts: To be announced Ann Arbor, Michigan Deadlines University of Michigan For organizers: October 3, 2001 For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- March 1–3, 2002 sions: To be announced Central Section For abstracts: To be announced Associate secretary: Susan J. Friedlander Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced Program first available on e-MATH: To be announced Pisa, Italy Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced June 12–16, 2002 Issue of Abstracts: To be announced First Joint International Meeting between the AMS and the Unione Matematica Italiana. Deadlines Associate secretary: Lesley M. Sibner For organizers: August 3, 2001 Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- Program first available on e-MATH: To be announced sions: To be announced Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced For abstracts: To be announced Issue of Abstracts: To be announced

Deadlines Atlanta, Georgia For organizers: To be announced For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- Georgia Institute of Technology sions: To be announced For abstracts: To be announced March 8–10, 2002 Southeastern Section Invited Addresses Associate secretary: John L. Bryant Luigi Ambrosio, Scuola Normale Superiore, Title to be Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced announced. Program first available on e-MATH: To be announced Luis A. Caffarelli, University of Texas at Austin, Title to be Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced announced. Issue of Abstracts: To be announced Claudio Canuto, University of Torino, Title to be announced. Deadlines L. Craig Evans, University of California Berkeley, Title to For organizers: October 8, 2001 be announced. For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- Giovanni Gallavotti, University of I, Title to be sions: To be announced announced. For abstracts: To be announced Sergiu Klainerman, Princeton University, Title to be For summaries of papers to MAA organizers: To be an- announced. nounced Claudio Procesi, University of Rome, Title to be announced.

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proposals for Special Sessions. Each Special Session must Deadlines have at least one organizer from each of the sponsoring For organizers: March 12, 2002 organizations (AMS and UMI). Proposals should include For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- names of the organizers, their mailing addresses, e-mail sions: To be announced addresses, session title, and a brief description. Proposals For abstracts: To be announced should be sent to Professor Lesley Sibner, Lsibner@ duke.poly.edu by March 1, 2001. Baltimore, Maryland Portland, Oregon Baltimore Convention Center Portland State University January 15–18, 2003 Joint Mathematics Meetings, including the 109th Annual June 20–22, 2002 Meeting of the AMS, 86th Annual Meeting of the Mathe- Western Section matical Association of America (MAA), annual meetings of Associate secretary: Bernard Russo the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) and the Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced National Association of Mathematicians (NAM), and the Program first available on e-MATH: To be announced winter meeting of the Association for Symbolic Logic (ASL). Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced Associate secretary: Susan J. Friedlander Issue of Abstracts: To be announced Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced Program first available on e-MATH: To be announced Deadlines Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced For organizers: November 20, 2001 Issue of Abstracts: To be announced For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- Deadlines sions: To be announced For abstracts: To be announced For organizers: April 15, 2002 For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- sions: To be announced For abstracts: To be announced Boston, For summaries of papers to MAA organizers: To be an- Massachusetts nounced Northeastern University Phoenix, Arizona October 5–6, 2002 Phoenix Civic Plaza Eastern Section Associate secretary: Lesley M. Sibner January 7–10, 2004 Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced Associate secretary: Bernard Russo Program first available on e-MATH: To be announced Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced Program first available on e-MATH: To be announced Issue of Abstracts: To be announced Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced Issue of Abstracts: To be announced Deadlines For organizers: March 6, 2002 Deadlines For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- For organizers: April 2, 2003 sions: To be announced For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- For abstracts: To be announced sions: To be announced For abstracts: To be announced For summaries of papers to MAA organizers: To be an- Madison, Wisconsin nounced University of Wisconsin-Madison October 12–13, 2002 Central Section Associate secretary: Susan J. Friedlander Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced Program first available on e-MATH: To be announced Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced Issue of Abstracts: To be announced

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