Program of the Sessions New Orleans, Louisiana, January 5–8, 2007

2:00PM D’Alembert, Clairaut and Lagrange: Euler and the Wednesday, January 3 (6) French mathematical community. Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University AMS Short Course on Aspects of Statistical Learning, I 3:15PM Break. 3:30PM Enter, stage center: The early drama of hyperbolic 8:00 AM –4:45PM (7) functions in the age of Euler. Organizers: Cynthia Rudin, Courant Institute, New Janet Barnett, Colorado State University-Pueblo York University Miroslav Dud´ik, Princeton University 8:00AM Registration. 9:00AM Opening remarks by Cynthia Rudin and Miroslav Thursday, January 4 Dud´ik. 9:15AM Machine Learning Algorithms for Classification. MAA Board of Governors (1) Robert E. Schapire, Princeton University 10:30AM Break. 8:00 AM –5:00PM 11:00AM Occam’s Razor and Generalization Bounds. (2) Cynthia Rudin*, Center for Neural Science and AMS Short Course on Aspects of Statistical Learning, Courant Institute, New York University, and II Miroslav Dud´ik*, Princeton University 2:00PM Exact Learning of Boolean Functions and Finite 9:00 AM –1:00PM (3) Automata with Queries. Lisa Hellerstein, Polytechnic University Organizers: Cynthia Rudin, Courant Institute, New York University 3:15PM Break. Miroslav Dud´ik, Princeton University 3:45PM Panel Discussion. 9:00AM Online Learning. (8) Adam Tauman Kalai, Weizmann Institute of MAA Short Course on Leonhard Euler: Looking Back Science and Toyota Technological Institute after 300 Years, I 10:15AM Break. 10:45AM Spectral Methods for Visualization and Analysis of 8:00 AM –4:45PM (9) High Dimensional Data. Organizers: Ed Sandifer, Western Connecticut Lawrence Saul, University of California San Diego State University NOON Question and answer session. Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University 8:00AM Registration. MAA Short Course on Leonhard Euler: Looking Back 9:00AM Introductions. after 300 Years, II AM 9:15 A mathematical life in the enlightenment. 9:00 AM –5:00PM (4) Ronald S. Calinger, Catholic University of America 10:30AM Break. Organizers: Ed Sandifer, Western Connecticut State University 10:45AM Euler and number theory: A study in mathematical (5) invention. Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University Jeff Suzuki, Brooklyn College 9:00AM Questions and answers.

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102 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 54, NUMBER 1 Friday, January 5 – Program of the Sessions

9:15AM Euler and classical physics. 10:00AM University of California, Davis’s Explore Math (10) Stacy G. Langton,UniversityofSanDiego
(17) Program: Graduate students bringing cutting-edge 10:30AM Break. research into the classroom to share with undergraduate and high school students. 10:45AM Elliptic intergrals, mechanics, and differential Preliminary report. (11) equations. Brandy S. Wiegers*, Yuan-Juang Yvonne Lai, Lawrence D. D’Antonio, Ramapo College Sarah A. Williams and Spyridon Michalakis, 2:00PM Euler’s great theorems. University of California, Davis (1023-97-1723) (12) Edward Sandifer, Western Connecticut State 10:30AM Discussion. University 3:15PM Break. 3:30PM Panel discussion. AMS-ASL Special Session on Logical Methods in Computational Mathematics, I AMS Council 8:00 AM –10:55AM 1:30 PM – 10:00 PM Organizers: Saugata Basu, Georgia Institute of Technology Joint Meetings Registration Charles N. Delzell, Louisiana State University 3:00 PM –8:00PM 8:00AM General logical metatheorems for functional Full registration will be conducted from 3:00 p.m. (18) analysis. to 7:00 p.m. Badge/program pickup for those Philipp Gerhardy, Department of Philosophy, registered in advance will be open until 8:00 p.m. Carnegie Mellon University (1023-03-1468) 8:30AM New effective uniformity results in fixed point (19) theory. Ulrich Kohlenbach, Darmstadt University of Technology (1023-03-361) Friday, January 5 9:00AM Proof mining in CAT(0)-spaces and R-trees. (20) Laurentiu Leustean, TU Darmstadt, Germany and Joint Meetings Registration Institute of Mathematics ”Simion Stoilow” of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania 7:30 AM –6:00PM (1023-03-1261) 9:30AM Model elimination and cut elimination. Preliminary Full registration will be conducted from 7:30 a.m. (21) report. to 4:00 p.m. Badge/program pickup for those Grigori Mints, Stanford University (1023-03-79) registered in advance will be open until 6:00 p.m. 10:00AM Phase transitions in logic and combinatorics.
(22) Andreas Weiermann, Ghent University Employment Center (1023-03-1102) 10:30AM Primitive Recursive Selection Functions for Provable 7:30 AM –6:00PM (23) Existential Assertions over Abstract Algebras. Preliminary report. AMS-MAA Special Session on Math Circles and Similar Jeffery Zucker, McMaster University, Hamilton, Programs for Students and Teachers, I Canada (1023-03-628)

8:00 AM –10:55AM AMS-AWM Special Session on Geometric Group Organizers: Morris Kalka, Tulane University Theory, I Kathleen O’Hara,Mathematical Sciences Research Institute 8:00 AM –10:55AM Hugo Rossi, Mathematical Sciences Organizers: Ruth M. Charney, Brandeis University Research Institute Karen Vogtmann, Cornell University Tatiana Shubin, San Jose State University 8:00AM Automorphisms of right-angled groups. (24) Adam Piggott*andMauricio Gutierrez,Tufts Zvezdelina E. Stankova, Mills College University (1023-20-237) Daniel H. Ullman, George Washington 8:30AM Quasi-isometric classification of graph manifolds. University (25) Jason A. Behrstock*, University of Utah, and Paul A. Zeitz,UniversityofSan Walter D. Neumann,BarnardCollege,Columbia Francisco University (1023-20-136) 8:00AM Backyard Mathematics. 9:00AM Dual presentations for Artin groups. Preliminary
(13) Mark Saul, Bronxville Schools (ret.) (1023-97-704)
(26) report. 8:30AM The Great Conversation. Jon McCammond, U C Santa Barbara (1023-20-476)
(14) Robert Kaplan*andEllen Kaplan,TheMathCircle 9:30AM Spaces with nonpositive immersions. Preliminary (1023-97-914) (27) report. 9:00AM The San Diego Math Circle. Robert W. Bell, Michigan State University (15) David Patrick, Art of Problem Solving (1023-20-1164) (1023-97-325) 10:00AM A geometric perspective on the conjugacy problem 9:30AM Mathematical Circles (Silicon Valley Experience). (28) in Thompson’s group F. Preliminary report.
(16) Tatiana Shubin, San Jose State University Kai-Uwe Bux*andDimitriy Sonkin,Universityof (1023-97-705) Virginia (1023-20-1088)

JANUARY 2007 NOTICES OF THE AMS 103 Program of the Sessions – Friday, January 5 (cont’d.)

10:30AM Hilbert space compression of groups. Preliminary 10:30AM Khovanov Homology & Reidemeister Torsion.
(29) report. (41) Juan Ariel Ortiz-Navarro*, University of Iowa, Mark Sapir, Vanderbilt University (1023-20-1372) and Chris Truman, University of Maryland (1023-55-1693) AMS Special Session on Fixed Point Theory, Dynamics, and Group Theory, I AMS Special Session on Arrangements and Related Topics, I 8:00 AM –10:55AM 8:00 AM –10:50AM Organizers: Michael R. Kelly, Loyola University Peter N. Wong, Bates College Organizers: Daniel C. Cohen, Louisiana State 8:00AM The Euler characteristic of the Whitehead University (30) automorphism group of a free product. Anne V. Shepler,UniversityofNorth Craig A Jensen*, University of New Orleans, Jon Texas McCammond, UC Santa Barbara, and John Meier, 8:00AM A spectral sequence stratification of cohomology Lafayette College (1023-20-253) (42) jump loci. Preliminary report. 8:30AM Strong monotonicity for filtered ends of pairs of Hal Schenck*, Texas A&M University, and (31) groups. Graham Denham, University of Western Ontario Tom Klein, Binghamton University (1023-20-1244) (1023-13-518) 9:00AM Some Topological Invariants of Groups and Actions. 8:30AM Upper bound on the number of split fibers in a (32) Nic Koban, University of Maine at Farmington (43) pencil of curves. (1023-20-616) Jorge V. Pereira,IMPA,andSergey Yuzvinsky*, 9:30AM Roots and symetries of pseudo-Anosov. University of Oregon (1023-14-796) (33) Jerome Los*, CNRS, University Aix-Marseille1, and 9:00AM Resonant weights and critical loci of rational Jerome Fehrenbach, University of Toulouse
(44) functions. Preliminary report. (1023-20-1027) Daniel C. Cohen, Lousiana State University, 10:00AM Fixed points of abelian group actions on surfaces. Graham Denham, University of Western Ontario, (34) John Franks*, Northwestern University, Michael Michael J. Falk*, Northern Arizona University, and Handel, Herbert H. Lehman College (CUNY), and Alexander N. Varchenko,UniversityofNorth Kamlesh Parwani, Univ. of Houston (1023-37-590) Carolina (1023-14-1410) 1 10:30AM From dynamical systems to surface braid groups. 9:30AM Resonance: getting past H . (35) Daciberg Lima Goncalves,UniversidadedeSao (45) Graham Denham*, University of Western Paulo, and John Guaschi*, Laboratoire de Ontario, and Hal Schenck,TexasA&MUniversity Mathematiques Emile Picard, UMR CNRS 5580, (1023-13-1583) Universite Toulouse III (1023-20-989) 10:00AM Non-finiteness properties of fundamental groups of (46) smooth projective varieties. Alexandru Dimca,Universit´edeNice AMS Special Session on Knots, 3-Manifolds, and Their Sophia-Antipolis, Stefan Papadima, Institute of Invariants, I Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, and Alexander I. Suciu*, Northeastern University 8:00 AM –10:55AM (1023-20-712) 10:30AM Topological invariants of singular complex Organizers: Oliver T. Dasbach, Louisiana State University (47) hypersurfaces. Preliminary report. Laurentiu G. Maxim, University of Illinois at Xiao-Song Lin, University of California Chicago (1023-55-1006) Riverside 8:00AM Quantum Teichmuller Theory. Preliminary report. (36) Charles D. Frohman*, The University of Iowa, and AMS Special Session on Coding Theory and Its Adam Sikora, The State University of New York at Applications, I Buffalo (1023-57-1745) 8:30AM Nonalternating knots and the Jones polynomial. 8:00 AM –10:55AM (37) Neil R. Nicholson,TheUniversityofIowa Organizers: Roxana N. Smarandache,Universityof (1023-54-31) Notre Dame and San Diego State 9:00AM Dessins d’enfant and Link Invariants. Preliminary University
(38) report. Pascal O. Vontobel, Hewlett-Packard Neal W. Stoltzfus*, Louisiana State University, Laboratories Xiao-Song Lin,UCRiverside,Oliver T. Dasbach, Louisiana State University, Efstratia Kalfagianni 8:00AM Pseudocodeword weights of codes from expander and David Futer, Michigan State University (48) graphs. (1023-57-1148) Christine A. Kelley, The Fields Institute (1023-94-1500) 9:30AM New Skein modules of three manifolds (with C.
(39) Frohman). 8:30AM LDPC Convolutional Codes: What Are They? How Do Marta Asaeda*, Univ. of California Riverside, (49) They Work? Are They Any Good? and Charlie Frohman,UniversityofIowa Daniel J. Costello*andAli Emre Pusane,Univ.of (1023-57-1591) Notre Dame (1023-94-1236) 10:00AM Turaev-Viro Invariants of 3-Manifolds and the 9:30AM Towards explaining decoding errors for LDPC codes. (40) Reidemeister torsion. (50) Lance C. P´erez and Judy L. Walker*, University of Charles D. Frohman,TheUniversityofIowa,and Nebraska (1023-94-1554) Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska*, National Science 10:00AM A code decomposition theory. Foundation (1023-57-1847) (51) Navin Kashyap, Queen’s University (1023-68-446)

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10:30AM On the Minimum Achievable Decoding Delay of 10:30AM Computer Algebra for Special Function Inequalities. (52) Maximum Rate Complex Orthogonal Space-Time (64) Manuel Kauers, RISC-Linz (1023-05-217) Block Codes. Sarah Spence Adams, Olin College of Engineering (1023-94-218) AMS Special Session on Financial Mathematics, I AMS Special Session on Cohomology and Representation Theory, I 8:00 AM –10:55AM Organizers: Jean-Pierre Fouque,Universityof 8:00 AM –10:50AM California Santa Barbara Organizers: Jon F. Carlson, University of Georgia Craig A. Nolder,FloridaState Daniel K. Nakano,Universityof University Georgia Knut Solna, University of California Julia Pevtsova,Universityof Irvine Washington Thaleia Zariphopoulou,Universityof 8:00AM The centralizer of a nilpotent section. Texas Austin (53) George J. McNinch, Tufts University 8:00AM Indifference prices and convex risk measures in (1023-22-1152) (65) Orlicz spaces. 8:30AM On Some Nilpotent Orbits and Desingularizations of Marco Frittelli,Universita` degli Studi di Milano, (54) Their Closures. Preliminary report. Italy (1023-60-614) Terrell L. Hodge*, Western Michigan University (on 9:00AM Stability of utility maximization. sabbatical leave 2006-2007 at the University of (66) Gordan Zitkovic*, University of Texas at Austin, Virginia), and David C. Murphy, Kalamazoo College and Kasper Larsen, Carnegie Mellon University (1023-20-884) (1023-91-659) 9:00AM Quiver representations with bilinear forms and 9:30AM Correspondence between Lifetime Minimum Wealth
(55) nilpotent orbits of graded classical Lie algebras.
(67) and Utility of Consumption. Preliminary report. Erhan Bayraktar, University of Michigan Zongzhu Lin*, Kansas State University, and (1023-60-1396) Bangming Deng, Beijing Normal University (1023-20-1656) 10:00AM Asymptotic analysis of utility-based hedging (68) strategies for small number of contingent claims. 9:30AM Quantum Group Cohomology. Dmitry Kramkov, Carnegie Mellon University, and (56) Christopher P. Bendel*, University of Mihai Sirbu*, Columbia University (1023-90-581) Wisconsin-Stout, Daniel K. Nakano,Universityof Georgia, Brian J. Parshall, University of Virginia, 10:30AM Dynamic monetary risk measures in discrete time. and Cornelius Pillen, University of South Alabama (69) Patrick Cheridito*, Princeton University, and (1023-20-627) Michael Kupper, Technical University Vienna (1023-91-828) 10:00AM Cohomology formulas, old and new. Preliminary (57) report. Brian Parshall*andLeonard Scott,Universityof Virginia (1023-20-904) AMS Session on Partial Differential Equations, I 10:30AM Character formulas, old and new. (58) Leonard Scott*andBrian Parshall,Universityof 8:00 AM –10:55AM Virginia (1023-20-905) 8:00AM On Fay Identity. AMS Special Session on Experimental Mathematics in (70) Iordan P. Michev, SUNY, Suffolk CC College Action, I (1023-35-1013) 8:15AM A simple direct approach for constructing single 8:00 AM –10:50AM (71) solitons of nonlinear wave equations. Preliminary report. Organizers: Victor H. Moll, Tulane University Guoping Zhang*andZhijun Qiao,Universityof Tewodros Amdeberhan,Tulane Texas-Pan American (1023-35-1316) University 8:30AM Mathematical Modeling of Frontal Polymerization 8:00AM Experimental discovery of Ap´ery-type identities for
(72) with Encapsulated Initiators. Preliminary report.
(59) even zeta values. Divya E. Vernerey*, Salisbury University (on leave Jonathan M. Borwein, Dalhousie University at Northwestern University), Esteban Urdiales and (1023-11-65) Vladimir A. Volpert,NorthwesternUniversity 8:30AM PSLQ Does Functions Too! Preliminary report. (1023-35-1329)
(60) Marc Chamberland, Grinnell College 8:45AM On complete rotationally invariant gradient Ricci (1023-11-222) (73) shrinking solitons. 9:00AM Isodiametric problems for polygons. Brett L Kotschwar, UC San Diego (1023-35-1330)
(61) Michael J. Mossinghoff, Davidson College 9:00AM The two-point boundary problem for the (1023-52-100) (74) Euler-Poisson system. 9:30AM Fixed Points of Maps on the Space of Rational Wilfrid Gangbo, Truyen Nguyen and Adrian
(62) Functions. Tudorascu*, Georgia Institute of Technology Edward C. Mosteig, Loyola Marymount University (1023-35-1333) (1023-33-963) 9:15AM Forced Two Layer Beta-Plane Quasi-Geostrophic 10:00AM Disturbing the Dyson Conjecture (in a ”GOOD” Way). (75) Flow, Part II: Time and Space Analyticity.
(63) Andrew V. Sills*andDoron Zeilberger,Rutgers Constantin Onica*, Indiana University, and Lee R. University (1023-05-207) Panetta, Texas A&M University (1023-35-1483)

JANUARY 2007 NOTICES OF THE AMS 105 Program of the Sessions – Friday, January 5 (cont’d.)

9:30AM Nematic liquid crystals and harmonic maps on 10:30AM On Selmer groups in a family of elliptic curves with (76) polyhedral domains: theory and applications. (92) reducible 2- and 3-torsion and 3-ranks of class A. Majumdar,UniversityofOxford,J. M. Robbins, groups of quadratic number fields. Preliminary University of Bristol, and Maxim Zyskin*, University report. of Oxford (1023-35-1517) James M. Mailhot, Columbus, Ohio (1023-11-1291) 9:45AM A continuous approach to the lightning discharge. 10:45AM A Knapsack Cryptosystem Secure Against Attacks (77) Preliminary report. (93) using Basis Reduction and Integer Programming. Beyza Caliskan Aslan*andWilliam W. Hager, Bala Krishnamoorthy*, William Webb and Nathan University of Florida (1023-35-1521) Moyer, Washington State University (1023-68-1853) 10:00AM Grid transformation numerical methods for laser (78) beam propagation in nonhomogeneous media. Preliminary report. AMS Session on Algebra and Group Theory, I James W. Rogers*andQin Sheng,Baylor 8:00 AM –10:40AM University (1023-35-1531) 10:15AM On the use of second order finite difference 8:00AM Eigenvalue Comparisons for a Class of Boundary
(79) approximations to determine plate deflections.
(94) Value Problems of Second Order Difference Dawn Alisha Lott*andPatrice Danielle Green, Equations. Preliminary report. Delaware State University (1023-35-1569) Jun Ji*andBo Yang, Kennesaw State University (1023-15-1060) 10:30AM An application of a critical points theorem. (80) Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Abti-American 8:15AM Algorithms for Inverting or LUP-Factoring Matrices University of Nigeria, Yola. (1023-35-713)
(95) over GF(2) in time O(n3/ log n). 10:45AM Motion of a Vortex Line in an Averaged Velocity Gregory V. Bard, University of Maryland at College (81) Field. Preliminary report. Park (1023-15-1667) James P. Peirce, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse 8:30AM The Minimum Rank Problem Over F2. Preliminary (1023-35-827)
(96) report. Jason Grout*, Wayne Barrett, Brigham Young University, and Raphael Loewy, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (1023-15-1710) AMS Session on Algebra and Number Theory, I 8:45AM The Rank of a Tensor. Preliminary report. (97) Carla D. Martin*, James Madison University, 8:00 AM –10:55AM and Charles F. Van Loan, Cornell University 8:00AM On Quantum Master Equation of Open-Closed (1023-15-224) (82) String Theory. Preliminary report. 9:00AM Estudio Sobre El Proceso De Ortogonalizacion De Eric Harrelson, Alexander Voronov and J. Javier
(98) Grschmidt. Zuniga*, University of Minnesota (1023-08-12) Rosa M. Almonte, Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo (1023-15-345) 8:15AM Addition Theorems of Fuzzy Integers of Linear (83) Triangular Types. Preliminary report. 9:15AM Extension and Acceleration of Diagonal Chuang Peng, Morehouse College (1023-08-1896) (99) Preconditioners. Russell L Carden*andPablo Tarazaga,Texas 8:30AM Interassociates of the Free Commutative Semigroup
(84) on n Generators. A&M University-Corpus Christi (1023-15-840) Berit Nilsen Givens*, Amber Rosin, Karen 9:30AM Noncommutative Vieta’s Theorem and Graph Linton, Cal Poly Pomona, and Laurie Dishman, (100) Associated Algebras. Cumberland University (1023-08-869) David Nacin, William Paterson University (1023-16-1274) 8:45AM A Class of Interassociates of the Bicyclic Semigroup.
(85) Preliminary report. 9:45AM Strongly Clean Rings and a Generalized Fitting’s Amber Rosin*, Berit Nilsen Givens and Karen (101) Lemma. Linton, Cal Poly Pomona (1023-08-872) Alexander J. Diesl, Vassar College (1023-16-1524) 9:00AM A New Key Exchange Primitive. Preliminary report. 10:00AM Rings generated by their units.
(86) Yesem Kurt, Pomona College (1023-08-928) (102) Thomas J. Dorsey, Vassar College (1023-16-1533) 9:15AM On novel ways to invert a matrix. Preliminary 10:15AM Stable endomorphisms in characteristic two for the
(87) report. (103) symmetric group S4. Aaron Lauve*andChristophe Reutenauer,LaCIM, Giovanna Llosent,UniversityofIowa University of Quebec at Montreal (1023-08-96) (1023-16-1708) 9:30AM Summing prime reciprocals in an arithmetic 10:30AM On pairs of matrices generating matrix rings and (88) progression. (104) their presentations. Dominic W. Klyve, Dartmouth College Bogdan Petrenko*, Texas A&M University, and Said (1023-11-1009) Sidki, University of Brasilia (1023-16-334) 9:45AM Zeta Functions on Cocompact Arithmetic Subgroups (89) of SL(3,R). Preliminary report. MAA Session on College Algebra: Concepts, Data, and Erik R. Tou, Dartmouth College (1023-11-1036) Models, I 10:00AM Partition Identities Arising from Ramanujan’s (90) Modular Equations and Theta Functions. 8:00 AM –10:55AM Nayandeep Deka Baruah*andBruce C. Berndt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Organizers: Florence S. Gordon,NewYork (1023-11-1143) Institute of Technology 10:15AM The Breuil Module of a p-Torsion Group Scheme Mary Robinson,UniversityofNew (91) Represented by a Monogenic Hopf Algebra. Mexico Valencia Campus Preliminary report. Norma Agras, Miami Dade Community Alan Koch, Agnes Scott College (1023-11-1186) College

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Laurette Foster, Prairie View A&M 9:20AM Making Sense: Developing the Mathematical University
(118) Understanding of Prospective Middle School 8:00AM Discrete Dynamical Systems as a College Algebra Teachers.
(105) Thread. Jennifer J. Kosiak, University of Wisconsin - La Rich West, Francis Marion University (1023-F1-781) Crosse (1023-G1-1413) 8:20AM An Active Classroom Using Modelng. 9:40AM A Problem Analysis Course for Middle Grades (106) John C. Maceli*andEric Robinson, Ithaca College (119) Teachers. (1023-F1-1607) Mary Garner, Kennesaw State University (1023-G1-1587) 8:40AM CRAFTY’s College Algebra: Guidelines for the (107) Nation. 10:00AM Four Content Courses and Activity-Based Materials Norma M. Agras, Miami Dade College (120) Designed for Preservice Middle School Teachers and (1023-F1-1537) Elementary Mathematics Specialists. Jen E. Szydlik, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh 9:00AM Modeling based College Algebra Pilot Study. (1023-G1-429)
(108) Preliminary report. Bill Haver, Virginia Commonwealth University 10:20AM Teaching Concepts and Problems Solving Skills
(1023-F1-1573) (121) through Mathematical Stories. Preliminary report. Ioana Mihaila*andPatricia Hale, Cal Poly Pomona 9:20AM Toward a Lean and Lively Algebra. Preliminary (1023-G1-684)
(109) report. Barry Brunson, Western Kentucky University 10:40AM Mathematics Materials for Middle School Teachers.
(1023-F1-1672) (122) Ira J. Papick, University of Missouri-Columbia (1023-G1-198) 9:40AM Learning About Algebraic Functions Using Data
(110) Models. Murray H. Siegel, SC GSSM (1023-F1-203) 10:00AM A Departure from College Algebra. MAA Session on Euler in the Classroom
(111) D. Scott Dillery, Lindsey Wilson College (1023-F1-786) 8:00 AM –10:55AM 10:20AM Integrating College Algebra and Statistics to Meet
(112) Students’ and Other Disciplines’ Needs. Organizers: Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University Sheldon P. Gordon, Farmingdale State University of Amy Shell-Gellasch, Grafenwoer, New York (1023-F1-450) Germany 10:40AM A Report on One College’s Efforts to re-structure 8:00AM Euler Enriches Summer High School Program.
(113) the mathematics courses below Calculus.
(123) Preliminary report. Preliminary report. Julia Darby Head*andG. Brock Williams,Texas Mercedes A. McGowen, William Rainey Harper Tech University (1023-H5-1721) College (1023-F1-1860) 8:15AM Mathematics of Euler—Euler Line and Euler’s
(124) Formula for Polyhedra. Jim Fulmer, University of Arkansas at Little Rock (1023-H5-1804) MAA Session on Content Courses for the 8:30AM Investigating Euler’s Polyhedral Formula Using Mathematical Education of Middle School Teachers, I
(125) Original Sources. Lee Stemkoski, Adelphi University (1023-H5-1275) 8:00 AM –10:55AM 8:45AM Euler and Honors Students. Preliminary report. Organizers: Laurie Burton, Western Oregon
(126) Homer S. White, Georgetown College, Kentucky University (1023-H5-877) Maria G. Fung, Western Oregon 9:00AM Jospeh Darbes’ 1778 portraits of Euler: their University
(127) provenance, the method of construction and reproduction. Preliminary report. Klay Kruczek, Western Oregon D. Florence Fasanelli, American Association for the University Advancment of Science (1023-H5-1888) 8:00AM What’s for Dessert? An Enrichment Course for 9:15AM Napier’s e. Preliminary report. (114) Prospective Middle School Mathematics Teachers.
(128) Amy E. Shell-Gellasch, Pacific Lutheran University Jerrold W. Grossman, Oakland University, (1023-H5-913) Rochester, Michigan (1023-G1-525) 9:30AM E29, or Pell’s equation in the number theory 8:20AM Meeting the Challenge for the Preparation of (129) classroom.
(115) Preservice Teachers of Middle School Mathematics – Daniel E. Otero, Xavier University (1023-H5-1343) The Fayetteville State University (FSU) Answer. Genevieve M. Knight and Kimberly Smith 9:45AM Euler and the Circular Functions in the Classroom.
Burton*, Fayetteville State University (1023-G1-576) (130) Preliminary report. Bruce S. Burdick, Roger Williams University 8:40AM An Upper Level Series of Mathematics Courses for (1023-H5-1760)
(116) Prospective Middle School Teachers. Herbert E. Kasube, Bradley University 10:00AM Functions vs. Equations in Euler’s Work.
(1023-G1-563) (131) Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University (1023-H5-1617) 9:00AM Aha! Now I Understand Why! - Creating
(117) Self-Reliance in Mathematical Content through a 10:15AM Euler Angles, Rotation Matrices, Euler’s Identity and
Problem-Centered Course Sequence. Preliminary (132) Quaternions. report. Paul R. Bouthellier,Universityof Tracie McLemore Salinas*andMary Elizabeth Pittsburgh-Titusville (1023-H5-406) Searcy, Appalachian State University 10:30AM Euler’s Method for Differential Equations. (1023-G1-1598)
(133) Dick Jardine, Keene State College (1023-H5-1084)

JANUARY 2007 NOTICES OF THE AMS 107 Program of the Sessions – Friday, January 5 (cont’d.)

10:45AM Dances between continuous and discrete: Euler’s 8:40AM Investigating Student Success in Virtual Business
(134) summation formula in his owns words. (146) Calculus: A Mostly Online Course. Preliminary David J. Pengelley,NewMexicoStateUniversity report. (1023-H5-282) Brian H. Felkel, Appalachian State University (1023-Q5-1215) MAA Session on Integrating Mathematics and Biology 9:00AM Evolution of a Long Distance Education Course for
(147) In-Service Middle School Math Teachers. Preliminary in Undergraduate Education, I report. Heidi A. Feller, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 8:00 AM –10:55AM (1023-Q5-656) Organizers: Glenn W. Ledder,Universityof 9:20AM Using Camtasia Studio to Teach Mathematics Nebraska-Lincoln (148) Online. Yajun Yang, Farmingdale State Jason A. Aubrey, University of Missouri - Columbia University of New York (1023-Q5-1881) Jack Bookman, Duke University 9:40AM Integrating Graphing Calculator Emulator Software
James P. Fulton, Suffolk County (149) into Live Webcasts. Community College Chris Oehrlein, Oklahoma City Community College (1023-Q5-1823) 8:00AM A Bridge Course to Prepare Students for a
(135) Biotechnology Program. Preliminary report. 10:00AM Online Class Experience in Mathematics at the
Mary R. Parker, Austin Community College (150) University of Mississippi. Preliminary report. (1023-K1-1657) Semail Ulgen Yildirim*, Grand Valley State University, and Robert Hunt,Universityof 8:20AM From Edge to Center: Retooling a Math/Bio Course. Mississippi (1023-Q5-1774)
(136) Meredith L. Greer, Bates College (1023-K1-1112) 10:20AM Teaching mathematics online: The Park University 8:40AM An Integrated Mathematics Course for Biology
(151) experience.
(137) Students. Preliminary report. Aldo R. Maldonado, Park University (1023-Q5-266) Patti Frazer Lock*, St. Lawrence University, Michael Caplan, Yale Medical School, Dan Flath, 10:40AM Full Speed Ahead with a Tablet PC. Preliminary
Macalaster College, and Jeff Tecosky-Feldman, (152) report. Haverford College (1023-K1-1365) Denise J. LeGrand, University of Arkansas at Little Rock (1023-Q5-183) 9:00AM Using the Scientific Method to Integrate Biology into
(138) a Precalculus Course. James P. Fulton*andLinda Sabatino, Suffolk Community College (1023-K1-1632) MAA Session on Use of Technology in Abstract Algebra and Number Theory 9:20AM Get Rhythm, If You Get to Choose!
(139) Mike Martin, Johnson County Community College 8:00 AM –10:55AM (1023-K1-629) 9:40AM Mathematical Models in Nature - a project-based Organizers: Byungchul Cha, Hendrix College
(140) course in mathematical biology. Bo-Hae Im, Chung-Ang University Jennifer Wilson,EugeneLangCollege,theNew 8:00AM Laboratory Experiences in Group Theory. School for Liberal Arts (1023-K1-1665)
(153) Ellen J. Maycock, American Mathematical Society 10:00AM An Undergraduate Course in Biomathematics with (1023-S1-1292) (141) an Accompanying Textbook. 8:15AM PascGalois JE: Visualizing Group Structures. Raina S. Robeva*, Sweet Briar College, and Michael
(154) Don Spickler, Salisbury University (1023-S1-1342) L. Johnson, University of Virginia School of Medicine (1023-K1-1575) 8:30AM Using Pascal’s Triangle modulo p to visualize the
(155) Lucas Correspondence Theorem. Preliminary report. 10:20AM Biology, Differential Equations, and Learning to Kurt E. Ludwick, Salisbury University (142) Read the Research. (1023-S1-1628) Thomas W. Judson,HarvardUniversity (1023-K1-175) 8:45AM Flash Tools for Finite Groups.
(156) James E. Hamblin, Shippensburg University 10:40AM Mathematical Biology in the Short Term: A Mini (1023-S1-669)
(143) Course for a Summer Program. Angela Gallegos, Occidental College, Los Angeles, 9:00AM Teaching Abstract Algebra Using the Software GAP. CA (1023-K1-1875) (157) Julianne G. Rainbolt, Saint Louis University (1023-S1-867) 9:15AM Using XGAP to explore the structure of groups. MAA Session on Teaching Mathematics Courses
(158) Russell D. Blyth, Saint Louis University Online (1023-S1-723) 9:30AM Visualizing Group Theory with Group Explorer. 8:00 AM –10:55AM
(159) Nathan C. Carter, Bentley College (1023-S1-668) Organizers: Cheryl Olsen, Shippensburg University 9:45AM Tell Me What You Can About A Group Of Order n. Kate McGivney, Shippensburg (160) Mike Krebs, Cal State LA (1023-S1-432) University 10:00AM An inquiry-based number theory course. 8:00AM Teaching developmental mathematics with (161) John Jones*, Arizona State University, and Jeff
(144) coursecompass.com. Preliminary report. Holt, University of Virginia (1023-S1-526) Katarzyna Potocka*andPangyen Weng, Ramapo 10:15AM Using PARI/GP in a Number Theory Class. College of New Jersey (1023-Q5-541)
(162) Benjamin L. Levitt, California State University, 8:20AM On-Line Calculus Courses at Valparaiso University. Chico (1023-S1-1620)
(145) Kenneth H. Luther, Valparaiso University 10:30AM Computational Group Theory and Symmetry. (1023-Q5-573)
(163) Jeffrey W. Clark, Elon University (1023-S1-211)

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10:45AM Teaching Discovery: Technology and Entrenchment. 8:30AM Mathematical models of likely mechanisms for
(164) Preliminary report. (177) phyllotaxis: Polarized auxin transport, cell growth, Chris K. Caldwell, University of Tennessee at and dynamic connectivity. Martin (1023-S1-1623) Eric Mjolsness*, Departments of Computer Science and Mathematics, University of California Irvine, Marcus Heisler, Division of Biology, California MAA General Contributed Paper Session, I Institute of Technology, Henrik Jonsson, Computational Biology & Biological Physics Group, 8:00 AM –10:55AM Lund University, Elliot Meyerowitz and Bruce Shapiro, Division of Biology, California Institute of Organizers: Eric S. Marland, Appalachian State Technology (1023-92-1820) University 9:00AM Modeling phyllotaxis: from molecules to patterns. Jay A. Malmstrom,OklahomaCity (178) Richard S. Smith, University of Calgary, Soazig Community College Guyomarc’h, Therese Mandel, Didier Reinhardt, 8:00AM Mathematical modeling of ferro-antiferromagnet University of Berne, Adam Runions,Universityof (165) (F-AF) exchange coupled systems. Calgary, Cris Kuhlemeier, University of Berne, and Congxiao Liu*, Min Sun,andHideo Fujiwara, Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz*, University of Calgary MINT Center, The University of Alabama (1023-92-1890) (1023-Z1-608) 9:30AM An Amplitude-Equation Approach to Phyllotaxis. 8:15AM Put-call parity in the classroom. (179) Alan C. Newell, University of Arizona, and
(166) Maryam Vulis, Forest Hills, New York Patrick D. Shipman*, University of Maryland (1023-Z1-1017) (1023-92-1563) 8:30AM Labs on Public Key Cryptograph and Subgroups of 10:00AM New Geometric concepts for Phyllotaxis.
(167) S4 using technologies. (180) Pau Atela*, Smith College, Jacques Dumais, Heakyung Lee, Winthrop University (1023-Z1-940) Harvard University, Christophe Gole,Smith College, and Scott Hotton,HarvardUniversity 8:45AM Using Mapping Software in the Mathematics
(168) Classroom. Preliminary report. (1023-92-1269) Manuel J. Sanders, University of South Carolina at 10:30AM A new characterization of irregular phyllotactic Beaufort (1023-Z1-831) (181) patterns. Stephane Douady, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris 9:00AM Some of My Favorite Calculus Homework Problems.
(169) Fred Worth, Henderson State University (1023-92-1644) (1023-Z1-370) 9:15AM Some Calculus 2 Students Seem to Prefer Procedural SIAM Minisymposium on Mathematics and Materials
(170) Approaches to Exercises over Conceptual Ones. Science Mary D. Shepherd, Northwest Missouri State University (1023-Z1-1320) 8:00 AM –10:55AM 9:30AM Break. Organizer: Robert P. Lipton, Louisiana State 9:45AM A Method for Generating Integer Solutions to Matrix University
(171) Equations. Preliminary report. 8:00AM Modeling the Self-Assembly of Quantum Dots in Raymond N. Greenwell*andStanley Kertzner, (182) Thin Solid Films. Hofstra University (1023-Z1-126) Margo S. Levine*, Alexander A. Golovin, Stephen 10:00AM Innovations in teaching a rings first abstract H. Davis,NorthwesternUniversity,andPeter W. (172) algebra course. Voorhees, Department of Materials Science, M. Chakrabarti, Grand Valley State University Northwestern University (1023-74-1257) (1023-Z1-1821) 8:30AM Phase of biaxial liquid crystal polymers and particle 10:15AM The review of relevant mathematical content for (183) suspensions in simple flows. Preliminary report.
(173) the teaching of middle and secondary mathematics Sarthok Sircar*andQi Wang,FloridaState via a methods course: An integrated approach. University (1023-82-1015) Preliminary report. 9:00AM Estimates for the principal Dirichlet eigenvalue of Dante A. Tawfeeq, Adelphi University (184) anisotropic elliptic operator on a ball and their (1023-Z1-634) applications. 10:30AM An Experimental Study on the Implementation of Steve Rosencrans*, Xuefeng Wang, Bill Winter,
(174) Online Resources in Pre-Calculus Algebra. Tulane University, and Shan Zhao,Universityof Tasha Thrower*, Jan Case, Audria White and Fred Alabama (1023-80-1276) Kelley, Jacksonville State University (1023-Z1-482) 9:30AM Solute tramsport in porous media. 10:45AM Mobile-Technology and the College Math Core (185) Guillermo H Goldsztein,GeorgiaTech (175) Curriculum. (1023-35-1376) Marilyn Reba, Clemson University (1023-Z1-358) 10:00AM Nano-rod composites: a flow strategy to control (186) anisotropic percolation. M. Gregory Forest*, University of North Carolina at SIAM Minisymposium on Phyllotaxis Chapel Hill, Xiaoyu Zheng, Kent State University, Richard Vaia, Air Force Research Laboratory, 8:00 AM –10:55AM Michael Arlen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ruhai Zhou, Old Dominion University, Organizers: Pau Atela, Smith College Qi Wang, Florida State University, and Robert Christope Gole, Smith College Lipton, Louisiana State University (1023-76-1794) 8:00AM Mathematical techniques in Phyllotaxis. 10:30AM Stability of the normal state of superconductors in (176) Scott G. Hotton, Harvard University - Department of (187) the presence of electric currents. Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Yaniv Almog, Louisiana State University (1023-92-1347) (1023-82-1288)

JANUARY 2007 NOTICES OF THE AMS 109 Program of the Sessions – Friday, January 5 (cont’d.)

AMS Special Session on Recent Developments in 9:00AM Optimizing Singular Values for Images. Preliminary Analysis and Numerics of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
(194) report. Problems, I Michael Huber, Muhlenberg College (1023-J1-180) 9:20AM Break. 8:30 AM –10:55AM 9:40AM Using DERIVE to Emphasize Understanding in Linear Organizers: Jie Shen, Purdue University (195) Algebra. Lisa Townsley, Benedictine University Shouhong Wang, Indiana University (1023-J1-389) 8:30AM Sediment Transport Models. Preliminary report. 10:00AM Using Maple to See the Solution to the Least Squares (188) Jerry L Bona, University of Illinois at Chicago
(196) Problem. Preliminary report. (1023-86-1827) Vicky Williams Klima, Appalachian State University 9:00AM The 2D surface quasi-geostrophic equation with (1023-J1-176) (189) supercritical dissipation. Preliminary report. Ming-Chih Lai, Yu-Hou Tseng, National Chiao 10:20AM Quantum Mechanics: A Different Spin on Linear Tung University, Taiwan, and Jiahong Wu*, (197) Algebra. Oklahoma State University (1023-76-639) Itai Seggev, University of Mississippi (1023-J1-162) 10:40AM Lowdin¨ Orthogonalization - A Natural Supplement 9:30AM Two-dimensional infinite Prandtl number
(190) convection: Structure of bifurcated solutions. (198) to Gram-Schmidt. Jungho Park, Indiana University, Bloomington Scott F. Beaver, Western Oregon University (1023-35-1585) (1023-J1-597) 10:00AM Modeling and simulation of multiphase (191) incompressible flows using an energetic variational phase field model. AMS Special Presentation Jie Shen, Purdue University (1023-76-1549) 10:30AM Discussion. 9:30 AM –10:55AM (192) Finite-Element-based Faedo-Galerkin weak solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations with Dirichlet Report on the findings of the 2005 CBMS survey of boundary conditions are suitable. undergraduate mathematical and statistical Jean-Luc Guermond,TexasA&MUniversity sciences in the U.S. (1023-65-1919) Moderator: James W. Maxwell,AMS Presenters: David Lutzer, College of William and MAA Minicourse #12: Part A Mary Ellen J. Kirkman,WakeForest 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM University Combinatorially thinking. Stephen B. Rodi, Austin Community College Organizers: Arthur T. Benjamin,HarveyMudd College Jennifer J. Quinn, Association for Women in Mathematics MAA-Project NExT-YMN Panel Discussion

MAA Minicourse #1: Part A 9:30 AM –10:50AM Keeping your research alive. 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Organizers: Brian Birgen, Wartburg College Introduction to the mathematics of modern William M. Higdon,Universityof cryptography. Indianapolis Organizers: Colm K. Mulcahy, Spelman College James E. Hamblin, Shippensburg Jeffrey Ehme, Spelman College University Panelists: Jean Bee Chan, Sonoma State MAA Minicourse #7: Part A University Michael J. Dorff, Brigham Young 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM University Directing undergraduate research. Asamoah Nkwanta, Morgan State Organizer: Aparna W. Higgins,Universityof University Dayton

MAA Session on Innovative and Effective Ways to MAA Special Presentation Teach Linear Algebra, I 9:30 AM –10:50AM 9:00 AM –10:55AM National Science Foundation programs supporting Organizers: David Strong, Pepperdine University learning and teaching in the mathematical sciences. Gilbert Strang, Massachusetts Organizers: Camille McKayle,NSF Institute of Technology Lloyd E. Douglas,NSF 8:40AM Using concept maps to look at linear algebra Elizabeth J. Teles,NSF
(193) understandings. David E. Meel, Bowling Green State University Lee L. Zia,NSF (1023-J1-850) David C. Royster,NSF

110 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 54, NUMBER 1 Friday, January 5 – Program of the Sessions

SIGMAA on the Teaching of Advanced High School 2:15PM Experience with Teaching Algorithmics in a Public Mathematics Panel Discussion (203) School Setting. Anna Charny, Advanced Math and Science 9:30 AM –10:50AM Academy Charter School (1023-97-706) 2:40PM The San Francisco Math Circle: A teacher-centered What mathematical content should future
mathematics majors learn while in high school? (204) math circle for underrepresented student populations. Organizer: Daniel J. Teague, North Carolina Paul A. Zeitz, University of San Francisco School of Science and Mathematics (1023-97-1222) Panelists: Benjamin G. Klein, Davidson College 3:05PM Seeking Points of Intersection: High-School Susan S. Wildstrom, Walt Whitman
(205) Curricula vs. Math Circle Goals. High School James S. Tanton,St.Mark’sInstituteof Daniel J. Teague Mathematics (1023-97-1007) 3:30PM How and Why the Hampshire College Summer AMS Special Presentation
(206) Studies in Mathematics Works. YP17. David C. Kelly, Hampshire College (1023-97-763) 10:00 AM –10:55AM 3:50PM Canada/USA Mathcamp: a summer math program Who wants to be a mathematician?
(207) for talented high-school students. Mira Bernstein, Wellesley College (1023-97-1178) Organizers: Michael A. Breen,AMS 4:10PM SEE-Math - Summer Educational Enrichment at William T. Butterworth,DePaul
University (208) Texas A&M for Middle School Students. Philip B. Yasskin,TexasA&MUniversity (1023-97-235) AMS Invited Address 4:30PM Circle in a Box. 10:05 AM –10:55AM (209) Sam Vandervelde, Stanford University (1023-97-49) (199) Diffraction by edges. 4:55PM A Math Circle sponsored by Brigham Young Andras Vasy, Stanford University (1023-35-05)
(210) University. Preliminary report. David G. Wright, Brigham Young University AMS-MAA Invited Address (1023-97-185) 5:20PM 10 years of the Berkeley Math Circle. 11:10 AM – NOON
(211) Zvezdelina Entcheva Stankova, Mills College and (200) Dynamics of integer sets. UC Berkeley (1023-97-711) Bryna R. Kra, Northwestern University (1023-37-13) 5:45PM Building and Supporting Extracurricular
(212) Mathematics in Chicago. Preliminary report. Exhibits and Book Sales Isaac L. Greenspan, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (1023-97-791) 12:15 PM –5:30PM 6:15PM Panel discussion moderated by Mark Saul.

AMS Colloquium Lecture: Lecture I

1:00 PM –2:00PM AMS-ASL Special Session on Logical Methods in (201) Limit shapes, real and imagined, I: Random Computational Mathematics, II surfaces around us. 2:15 PM –4:40PM Andrei Okounkov, Princeton University (1023-60-02) Organizers: Saugata Basu, Georgia Institute of Technology MAA Invited Address Charles N. Delzell, Louisiana State University 2:15 PM –3:05PM 2:15PM Managing an NP-Complete Problem. (202) Forming committees.
(213) Andrew G. Borden, St. Mary’;s University, San Penny Haxell, University of Waterloo (1023-A0-19) Antonio, Texas (1023-68-321) 2:45PM Computational power of bounded arithmetic from AMS-MAA Special Session on Math Circles and Similar
(214) the predicative viewpoint. Programs for Students and Teachers, II Sam Buss, University of California, San Diego (1023-03-604) 2:15 PM –7:00PM 3:15PM Mystery of Point Charges. Organizers: Morris Kalka, Tulane University (215) Andrei Gabrielov*, Purdue University, Dimitri Novikov, The Weizmann Institute of Science, and Hugo Rossi, Mathematical Sciences Boris Shapiro, Stockholm University (1023-14-756) Research Institute 3:45PM Constructing expansions of the real field by Tatiana Shubin, San Jose State (216) restricted transcendental analytic functions with University decidable theories. Preliminary report. Zvezdelina E. Stankova, Mills College Daniel J. Miller, Emporia State University Daniel H. Ullman, George Washington (1023-03-88) University 4:15PM Quantitative results in o-minimal topology. Paul A. Zeitz,UniversityofSan (217) Thierry Zell, Georgia State University Francisco (1023-03-153)

JANUARY 2007 NOTICES OF THE AMS 111 Program of the Sessions – Friday, January 5 (cont’d.)

AMS-AWM Special Session on Geometric Group 4:45PM Fixed point bundles of fiber-preserving maps. Theory, II (231) Preliminary report. Christina L. Soderlund*, California Lutheran 2:15 PM –6:10PM University, and Robert F. Brown,Universityof California, Los Angeles (1023-55-1311) Organizers: Ruth M. Charney, Brandeis University 5:15PM On explosion points and fixed points. Karen Vogtmann, Cornell University (232) Mohammad Abry, Jan J Dijkstra*andJan van 2:15PM Systolic spaces: Minimal surfaces, Flat Torus Mill, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (1023-54-30)
(218) Theorem and related results, according to Tomasz 5:45PM Antipodal-like theorems and symmetric continua in Elsner. (233) euclidean spaces. Tadeusz Januszkiewicz, Ohio State University Jan P. Boronski*, Auburn University, and Marian (1023-20-297) Turzanski, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University 2:45PM SL3(Z[t]) is not FP2. Preliminary report. (1023-26-484) (219) Kai-Uwe Bux, University of Virginia, and Kevin Wortman*, Yale University (1023-20-1678) 3:15PM Lattices in automorphism groups of polygonal (220) complexes with symmetric links. AMS Special Session on Knots, 3-Manifolds, and Their Anne Thomas, University of Chicago (1023-20-421) Invariants, II 3:45PM Algebraic finiteness for Kleinian and relatively 2:15 PM –6:10PM (221) hyperbolic groups. Preliminary report. Ilya Kapovich*, University of Illinois at Organizers: Oliver T. Dasbach, Louisiana State Urbana-Champaign, and Richard Weidmann, University Heriott-Watt University (1023-20-442) Xiao-Song Lin, University of California 4:15PM Relative hyperbolicity of countable groups. Riverside (222) Preliminary report. 2:15PM Generalizations of Gropes. Preliminary report. G. Christopher Hruska,Universityof (234) Tim D. Cochran*, Rice University, Carol Gee,St. Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1023-20-906) Edwards University, Shelly L. Harvey,Rice 4:45PM The Isomorphism Problem for toral relatively University, and Constance Leidy,Universityof (223) hyperbolic groups. Pennsylvania and Wesleyan University Daniel P. Groves*, California Institute of (1023-57-1010) Technology, and Francois Dahmani, Laboratoire 2:45PM Volume, twist number, and Jones polynomial of Emile Picard, University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse (235) hyperbolic links I. (1023-20-391) David Futer*, Efstratia Kalfagianni,Michigan 5:15PM High dimensional isoperimetric functions of groups. State University, and Jessica S. Purcell,University (224) Noel Brady*andMax Forester,Universityof of Texas at Austin (1023-57-1047) Oklahoma (1023-20-1530) 3:15PM Volume, twist number and Jones polynomial of 5:45PM High dimensional isoperimetric functions of groups. (236) hyperbolic links, II. Preliminary report. (225) Noel Brady and Max Forester*, University of D. Futer, E. Kalfagianni*, Michigan State University, Oklahoma (1023-20-1532) and J. Purcell,UniversityofTexas,Austin (1023-57-1044) 3:45PM Spanning tree filtration on the reduced Khovanov AMS Special Session on Fixed Point Theory, Dynamics,
(237) complex and the associated spectral sequence. and Group Theory, II Abhijit Champanerkar*, University of South Alabama, and Ilya Kofman, College of Staten 2:15 PM –6:10PM Island, CUNY (1023-57-966) Organizers: Michael R. Kelly, Loyola University 4:15PM Khovanov Homology, Twist Number and Surfaces. Peter N. Wong, Bates College (238) Robert G. Todd, University of Iowa (1023-57-494) 4:45PM SL(2,C)andPSL(2,C) Casson invariants and 2:15PM Self-coincidences of mappings between spheres. (226) Preliminary report. Preliminary report. (239) A-polynomials. Preliminary report. Duane Randall, Loyola University New Orleans Hans U. Boden, McMaster University, and (1023-55-1273) Cynthia L. Curtis*, The College of New Jersey (1023-57-1534) 2:45PM The uniqueness of the coincidence index on (227) orientable differentiable manifolds. 5:15PM Knot Concordance and Blanchfield Duality. P. Christopher Staecker, Messiah College (240) Shelly Harvey, Rice University (1023-57-1016) (1023-57-1220) 5:45PM Surgery of type-p and quantum invariants of 3:15PM Reidemeister classes for automorphisms of (241) 3-manifolds. (228) nilpotent groups and applictions for Fixed Point Patrick M. Gilmer, Louisiana State University Theory. Preliminary report. (1023-57-512) Daciberg Lima Goncalves*, University of S˜ao Paulo, and Peter Wong, Bates College (1023-55-179) AMS Special Session on Arrangements and Related 3:45PM Fixed points on model solvmanifold pairs. Topics, II (229) Aaron A. Reite, California State University Fresno (1023-55-870) 2:15 PM –6:05PM 4:15PM Estimating Nielsen numbers on wedge product (230) spaces. Organizers: Daniel C. Cohen, Louisiana State Nirattaya Khamsemanan*, University of University Connecticut, Storrs, and Seugwon Kim,University Anne V. Shepler,UniversityofNorth of California, Los Angeles (1023-14-594) Texas

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2:15PM Hyperbolic Deligne complexes and Artin groups. 5:15PM Stability and transitions for the double-diffusive (242) Ruth Charney*, Brandeis University, and (256) convections. John Crisp, Universite de Bourgogne, Dijon Chun-Hsiung Hsia, University of Illinois at Chicago, (1023-20-462) Tian Ma, Sichuan University, and Shouhong 2:45PM Relative Invariants : An Exterior Algebra. Wang*, Indiana University (1023-86-1510) (243) Vincent Beck, Institut Mathematiques de Jussieu - Universite Paris 7 (1023-20-503) 3:15PM A symmetric function generalization of the Tutte AMS Special Session on Coding Theory and Its (244) polynomial. Applications, II Harm Derksen, University of Michigan (1023-05-936) 2:15 PM –6:10PM 3:45PM Lattice theory of the poset of regions, with Organizers: Roxana N. Smarandache,Universityof (245) applications to W -Catalan combinatorics. Notre Dame and San Diego State Nathan Reading, North Carolina State University University (1023-05-1097) Pascal O. Vontobel, Hewlett-Packard 4:15PM A problem about tilings of squares. Preliminary Laboratories
(246) report. 2:15PM Discussion. Aaron D. Abrams,EmoryUniversity (1023-51-1571) 2:45PM Skew Hadamard Designs and Their Codes. (257) Preliminary report. 4:45PM The Rauzy tiling and associated algebras. Jon-Lark Kim, University of Louisville
(247) Alex Clark,UniversityofNorthTexas,Karin (1023-94-1037) Erdmann and Sibylle Schroll*, University of Oxford (1023-16-615) 3:15PM Rediscovering Our Roots: Coding Theory and (258) Reed-Solomon Codes. 5:15PM Logarithmic vector fields and truncated affine Weyl Henry D. Pfister,TexasA&MUniversity (248) arrangements. (1023-94-1868) Masahiko Yoshinaga, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics 3:45PM Algebraic Soft Decision Decoding of Reed Solomon (1023-05-931) (259) Codes Using Bit-level Soft Information. Jing Jiang and Krishna R Narayanan*, Texas A&M 5:45PM Rational maps with the symmetries of complex University (1023-94-1886) (249) reflection groups. Preliminary report. Scott Crass, CSU, Long Beach (1023-51-909) 4:15PM Break. 4:45PM On the generalized reversal distance.
(260) Olgica Milenkovic, University of Colorado, Boulder (1023-05-1849) AMS Special Session on Recent Developments in 5:15PM String Reconstruction: Putting right what once went Analysis and Numerics of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (261) wrong. Problems, II Sampath Kannan and Andrew McGregor*, University of Pennsylvania (1023-60-1375) 2:15 PM –5:40PM 5:45PM Discussion. Organizers: Jie Shen, Purdue University Shouhong Wang, Indiana University 2:15PM A Dyadic Model for the Inviscid Fluid Equations. AMS Special Session on Cohomology and (250) Preliminary report. Representation Theory, II Susan Friedlander, University of Illinois-Chicago (1023-35-342) 2:15 PM –6:05PM 2:45PM Exact solutions of a spherical model for the Organizers: Jon F. Carlson, University of Georgia
(251) energy-enstrophy theory of a barotropic fluid Daniel K. Nakano,Universityof coupled to rotating massive sphere. Georgia Chjan C. Lim, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1023-86-312) Julia Pevtsova,Universityof Washington 3:15PM Nonlinear local Lyapunov exponent and (252) predictability. 2:15PM Special bases via positive characteristic. Jianping Li*andRuiqiang Ding,LASG,Instituteof (262) Roman V. Bezrukavnikov, MIT (1023-20-1254) Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2:45PM Tensor categories attached to cells in finite Weyl (1023-37-202) (263) groups. 3:45PM A Finite volume implicit Euler scheme for the Victor Ostrik, University of Oregon (1023-20-990) (253) linearized shallow water equations: stability and 3:15PM Injective Modules and Cohomology of Lie Algebras. convergence. (264) Jorg Feldvoss, University of South Alabama Du X. Pham*, The Institute for Scientific Computing (1023-17-545) and Applied Mathematics, Indiana University, and 3:45PM Cohomology of Category O for the Virasoro Karine Adamy, Numerique, Universite Paris-Sud (265) algebra. (1023-65-346) Brian Boe, Daniel Nakano and Emilie Wiesner*, 4:15PM The Global Attractor for the Solutions to the 3D University of Georgia (1023-17-471) 2 (254) Viscous Primitive Equations in H space. 4:15PM Cohomology for Lie superalgebras. Ning Ju, Oklahoma State University (1023-35-1141) (266) Brian D. Boe*, Jonathan R. Kujawa and Daniel K 4:45PM Large Prandtl Number Behavior of the Boussinesq Nakano, University of Georgia (1023-17-1201) (255) System of Rayleigh-Benard Convection. 4:45PM Support Varieties for Lie Superalgebras. Xiaoming Wang, Florida State University (267) Jonathan R. Kujawa*, Brian Boe and Daniel K. (1023-76-360) Nakano, University of Georgia (1023-17-1166)

JANUARY 2007 NOTICES OF THE AMS 113 Program of the Sessions – Friday, January 5 (cont’d.)

5:15PM Varieties for modules of quantum elementary 3:50PM Mathematical Foundation for Technial Analysis of (268) abelian groups. (280) Stock price. Preliminary report. Julia Pevtsova, University of Washington, and Wei Liu, Department of Statistics, East China Sarah Witherspoon*, Texas A&M University Normal University, Shanghai, and Weian Zheng*, (1023-16-1310) University of California Irvine (1023-60-892) 5:45PM The exact category of modules of constant Jordan 4:45PM Unified Modeling of Corporate Debt, Credit (269) type. Preliminary report. (281) Derivatives, and Equity Derivatives. Jon F. Carlson, University of Georgia, Eric M. Vadim Linetsky,NorthwesternUniversity Friedlander*, Northwestern University, and Julia (1023-60-566) Pevtsova, University of Washington (1023-20-501) 5:45PM Pricing credit from the top down with affine point (282) processes. Kay Giesecke, Stanford University, Department AMS Special Session on Experimental Mathematics in of Management Science and Engineering Action, II (1023-60-569)

2:15 PM –6:05PM MAA Minicourse #13: Part A Organizers: Victor H. Moll, Tulane University Tewodros Amdeberhan,Tulane 2:15 PM –4:15PM University Teaching a course in the history of mathematics. 2:15PM Symbol-Crunching the Gambler’s Ruin Problem. Organizers: Victor J. Katz, University of the District
(270) Shalosh B. Ekhad and Doron Zeilberger*, Rutgers of Columbia University (1023-05-228) V. Frederick Rickey, U.S. Military 2:45PM GFUN: 15 years later. Academy
(271) Bruno Salvy, INRIA Rocquencourt, France (1023-40-227) 3:15PM Which Partial Sums of the Taylor Series for e Are MAA Minicourse #2: Part A
(272) Convergents to e? (with an Appendix by Kyle Schalm). 2:15 PM –4:15PM Jonathan Sondow, New York City (1023-11-115) Some deterministic models in mathematical biology 3:45PM Asymptotic analysis of differential-difference and their simulations.
(273) equations. Preliminary report. Organizers: James F. Selgrade, North Carolina Diego Ernesto Dominici, State University of New State University York at New Paltz (1023-41-319) Cammey E. Cole, Meredith College 4:15PM Experimental Mathematics and Radix
Huseyin¨ Koc¸ak, University of Miami, (274) Representations for Vectors. Coral Gables Eva Curry, Acadia University (1023-37-1903) 4:45PM Polyhedral theta functions - theorems and
(275) experiments. Preliminary report. MAA Minicourse #8: Part A Sinai Robins, Temple University (1023-11-305) 2:15 PM –4:15PM 5:15PM Hypergeometric Functions that Generate Series (276) Acceleration Formulae for Values of the Riemann Mathematics and geometry of voting. Zeta Function. Organizer: Donald G. Saari,Universityof David M. Bradley, University of Maine California Irvine (1023-33-903) 5:45PM Divisibility Properties of Integer Sequences. (277) Dante V. Manna*, Dalhousie University, AMS Session on Algebra and Group Theory, II Tewodoros Amdeberhan and Victor H. Moll, Tulane University (1023-11-67) 2:15 PM –6:10PM

2:15PM The Primeness of Just Infinite Algebras. (283) Cayley A. Pendergrass*, Albion College, and John AMS Special Session on Financial Mathematics, II Farina, University of California, San Diego (1023-16-490) 2:15 PM –6:10PM 2:30PM Tridiagonal pairs and the q-tetrahedron algebra. Organizers: Jean-Pierre Fouque,Universityof
(284) Preliminary report. California Santa Barbara Darren R. Funk-Neubauer,Universityof Craig A. Nolder,FloridaState Wisconsin-Madison (1023-16-527) University 2:45PM On distributive properties of operations with ideals Knut Solna, University of California (285) in an algebra. Preliminary report. Irvine Avraham Goldstein*andChokri Cherif,BMCC (1023-16-710) Thaleia Zariphopoulou,Universityof Texas Austin 3:00PM Break. 2:15PM Arbitrage Bounds for Volatility Derivatives and the 3:15PM E6:TheGroup.Preliminary report. (278) Skorokhod embedding Problem.
(286) Aaron Daniel Wangberg*andTevian Dray, Bruno Dupire, Bloomberg (1023-60-1703) Oregon State University (1023-17-1743) 3:15PM Small-time and tail asymptotics for diffusion and 3:30PM Maximal subalgebras of the octonions. (279) time-changed diffusion processes. Preliminary (287) Stephen Gagola III, Case Western Reserve report. University (1023-17-1894) Martin S. Forde, UCBS (1023-60-1404) 3:45PM Break.

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4:00PM Nilpotent Lie Algebras with Property L =0 and 4:15PM Existence of solutions to nonlinear hyperbolic (288) dim(L/L)=3. Preliminary report.
(305) equations arising in gas dynamics in pipe networks. Laurie M. Zack, North Carolina State University Michael Herty, TU Kaiserslautern (1023-35-278) (1023-17-232) 4:30PM Conservation laws for fourth order systems in four 4:15PM Cotorsion pairs of chain complexes and possible (306) dimensions. (289) Quillen model structures. Preliminary report. Tobias Lamm, Max-Planck-Institute for James R. Gillespie, Penn State McKeesport Gravitational Physics (1023-35-374) (1023-18-1300) 4:45PM Radial solutions for ∆pu + f (u)=0,with 4:30PM Categorical Morita Equivalence For
(307) lim u(x)=0. Preliminary report. (290) Group-Theoretical Categories. |x|→∞ Deepak Naidu, University of New Hampshire Sridevi Pudipeddi,UniversityofNorthTexas (1023-18-293) (1023-35-398) 4:45PM Symmetric Cohomology for Groups. 5:00PM Asymptotic behavior of the integrand for free (291) Mihai D. Staic, SUNY at Buffalo (1023-18-93) (308) surface elevation in axisymmetric water wave problem. 5:00PM Hochschild Cohomology and Derived Categories. , The University of Texas-Pan (292) Alin A. Stancu, Drexel University (1023-18-94) Dambaru D. Bhatta American, Edinburg, TX (1023-35-453) 5:15PM Deformation K-theory of surface groups via (293) Yang-Mills theory. 5:15PM Localized and Spatially Extended Waves in Daniel A. Ramras, Stanford University (309) Bose-Einstein Condensates in Periodic Potentials. (1023-19-1865) Mason A. Porter, California Institute of Technology (1023-35-46) 5:30PM The Automorphism Group of a Finite p-Group is
(294) Almost Always a p-Group. 5:30PM A system of delay partial differential equations for Geir T. Helleloid*, Stanford University, and Ursula (310) traffic flow. Martin, Queen Mary University of London Mostafa Ghandehari*andSia Ardekani,University (1023-20-1001) of Texas at Arlington (1023-35-53) 5:45PM On applications of Mackey imprimitivity for gerbes. 5:45PM On explosive solutions of a class of semilinear (295) Preliminary report. (311) elliptic equations. Calder Daenzer, University of Pennsylvania Peng Feng, Florida Gulf Coast University (1023-20-1424) (1023-35-314) 6:00PM Gassmann Equivalent Dessins.
(296) Mona Brigitta Merling, Bard College (1023-20-1442) AMS Session on Algebra and Number Theory, II

AMS Session on Partial Differential Equations, II 2:15 PM –5:55PM

2:15 PM –5:55PM 2:15PM Going Up of the u-Invariant over Formally Real (312) Fields. 2:15PM On the Painleve Property of certain Partial Claus Schubert, University of California, Los (297) Differential Equations. Angeles (1023-11-1313) A. Bathi Kasturiarachi, Kent State University, Stark Campus (1023-35-1661) 2:30PM Sequences of reducible 0, 1-polynomials with
(313) exponents in arithmetic progression. Preliminary 2:30PM Minimal action for Lagrangians in the Wasserstein report. (298) space of probability measures. Carrie E. Finch, University of South Carolina , *and Wilfrid Gangbo Truyen V. Nguyen Adrian (1023-11-1373) Tudorascu, Georgia Institute of Technology (1023-35-1725) 2:45PM Generalizations of Wild semigroups related to the (314) 3x +1problem. 2:45PM Convexity of Level Curves for solutions to Ana Caraiani, Princeton University (1023-11-1418)
(299) ∆u = f (u). Preliminary report. David L. Finn, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 3:00PM The Triviality and Nontriviality of (1023-35-1781) (315) Tate–Lichtenbaum Self–Pairings. Susan L. Schmoyer, University of Maryland 3:00PM Harmonic maps of polyhedra to a sphere with (1023-11-1490) (300) tangent boundary conditions on faces. Maxim Zyskin,UniversityofOxford 3:15PM The reducible case of Serre’s Conjecture. (1023-35-1782) (316) Spencer Hamblen*, Queen’s University, and Ravi Ramakrishna, Cornell University (1023-11-1558) 3:15PM Exponential attractors for the Allen-Cahn equation (301) with dynamic boundary conditions. Preliminary 3:30PM An improvement on the known bounds of report. (317) discriminants of number fields. Ciprian G. Gal, Morgan State University Jason Worth Martin,JamesMadisonUniversity (1023-35-1876) (1023-11-1580) 3:30PM Symmetry analysis of a two dimensional diffusion 3:45PM A Faster Algorithm for Random Dense Subset Sums.
(302) equation with a nonlinear source term. (318) Andrew Shallue, University of Wisconsin-Madison Danny Arrigo*, University of Central Arkansas, (1023-68-810) Luis Suazo and Olabode Sule (1023-35-1911) 4:00PM Atkinson’s formula for the mean square of the 3:45PM Hyperbolic Monge-Amp`ere Equation. (319) Riemann zeta function. Preliminary report. (303) Tamani M. Howard,UniversityOfNorthTexas Jennifer Beineke*, Western New England (1023-35-229) College, and Daniel Bump, Stanford University 4:00PM Saddle point characterization and computation for (1023-11-1595) (304) strongly indefinite functionals. Preliminary report. 4:15PM Buildings and Combinatorics: Preliminary Report. Xianjin Chen*andJianxin Zhou,TexasA&M (320) Preliminary report. University, College Station (1023-35-245) Alison Setyadi, Dartmouth College (1023-11-165)

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4:30PM Ruling out elliptic curves of prime conductor. 4:45PM An Adaptive Multiresolution Analysis for Image (321) Preliminary report. (337) Compression Using Compact CUPOLETS. Jeremiah K. Hower, University of Georgia Kourosh Zarringhalam*andKevin M. Short, (1023-11-1770) University of New Hampshire (1023-E5-290) 4:45PM On composite numbers that remain composite after 5:00PM Approximations of Continuous Newton’s Method &
(322) any insertion of a digit.
(338) Cayley’s Problem. Mark Kozek*andMichael Filaseta,Universityof Jon Jacobsen*, Harvey Mudd College, Brad Tennis, South Carolina (1023-11-1803) Stanford, and Owen Lewis, Harvey Mudd College 5:00PM On integer quadratic polynomials which are small (1023-E5-343) (323) at a given point. Preliminary report. 5:15PM Limit Sets in Graph Directed Constructions. Kiryl I. Tsishchanka,DePaulUniversity (339) Eugen Andrei Ghenciu, University of Alaska at (1023-11-1850) Fairbanks (1023-E5-1204) 5:15PM Appell Sequences and Hypergeometric Bernoulli 5:30PM Eigenvectors of recursively defined matrices and
(324) Polynomials.
(340) self-similar measures. Abdul Hassen and Hieu D. Nguyen*, Rowan Mark McClure, University of North Carolina at University (1023-11-256) Asheville (1023-E5-860) 5:30PM On the Number of Norm Subgroups of the 5:45PM Periodic and connecting orbits as source of chaos in (325) Multiplicative Group of an Algebraic Number Field.
(341) ODEs. Preliminary report. Brian A. Coomes, Huseyin¨ Koc¸ak*, University of Leonid Stern, Towson University (1023-11-265) Miami, and Kenneth J. Palmer, National Taiwan 5:45PM Cyclotomic Polynomials of Order Three and University (1023-E5-1242) n (326) Maximal Height of Divisors of x − 1. 6:00PM An elementary approach to a symplectic integration Nathan Kaplan, Princeton University (1023-11-348)
(342) algorithm. Daniel Hemberger and James A Walsh*, Oberlin College (1023-E5-255)

MAA Session on Chaos and Fractals

2:15 PM –3:45PM MAA Session on Content Courses for the Organizers: Denny Gulick, University of Maryland Mathematical Education of Middle School Teachers, II Jon W. Scott, Montgomery College 2:15 PM –5:10PM 2:15PM Finding Gold In The Forest: Fractal Trees and the
(327) Golden Ratio. Organizers: Laurie Burton, Western Oregon T. D. Taylor, St. Francis Xavier University, University Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada (1023-E5-78) Maria G. Fung, Western Oregon 2:30PM Fractal Forecasting Missing Image Data. University
(328) Ning Chen, Shenyang Jianzhu University, and Klay Kruczek, Western Oregon Clifford Reiter*, Lafayette College (1023-E5-164) University 2:45PM Describing Points in Sierpinski-Like Fractals. 2:15PM Mathematical Courses for Middle School Teachers:
(329) Sandra Fillebrown*andJoseph Pizzica,Saint (343) The CSUSB Approach. Joseph’s University (1023-E5-257) Robert G. Stein, California State University, San 3:00PM The Geometry of the Hausdorff Metric. Bernardino (1023-G1-199)
(330) Steven Schlicker, Grand Valley State University 2:35PM Mathematics Content for Middle School Teachers (1023-E5-269) (344) Design at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. 3:15PM From Sierpinski Triangle to Fractal Flowers. Lee E. Price, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
(331) Preliminary report. (1023-G1-1246) Anne M. Burns, Long Island University, C.W. Post 2:55PM A Problem-Solving Course for Pre-Service Middle Campus (1023-E5-270)
(345) School Teachers. 3:30PM Exploring Fractals from Cantor Dust to the Fractal Kathleen D. Lopez, University of Louisiana at
(332) Skewed Web. Lafayette (1023-G1-1378) Mary Ann Connors, Westfield State College 3:15PM Bluffton’s Explore and Explain Mathematics Courses (1023-E5-375)
(346) for Middle School Teachers. 3:45PM Why Include Fractal Geometry in a Non-Euclidean Donald E. Hooley, Bluffton University
(333) Geometry Course? (1023-G1-139) Elaine F. Magee, Shenandoah University 3:35PM Using LOGO to Teach Geometry and Problem (1023-E5-1692) (347) Solving To Future Middle School Teachers. 4:00PM Fractals Based on Iterative Structural Self-Cloning Jerry Dwyer, Gary Harris and G. Brock Williams*,
(334) Method. Preliminary report. Texas Tech University (1023-G1-1235) Mingjang Chen, Center for General Education, 3:55PM Constructivist Integrated Mathematics and Methods National Chiao Tung, Taiwan (1023-E5-1862)
(348) for Middle Grades Teachers. 4:15PM Billiards with Mixed Regular and Chaotic Dynamics. Rebecca K. Walker*, Grand Valley State University, (335) Mason A. Porter, California Institute of Technology and Charlene E. Beckmann, Grand Valley State (1023-E5-50) University (1023-G1-1450) 4:30PM An Amazing Bifurcation Diagram Arising from 4:15PM Western Oregon University’s Middle School
(336) Newton’s Method. (349) Mathematics Focus. Gareth E. Roberts*andTrevor M. O’Brien, College Laurie Burton, Maria Fung and Klay Kruczek*, of the Holy Cross (1023-E5-907) Western Oregon University (1023-G1-277)

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4:35PM A (Pre)Calculus and Discrete Math Course for 4:35PM Learning Groups via Object Manipulation.
(350) Pre-Service Middle School Teachers. Preliminary
(365) Preliminary report. report. Akihiro Matsuura, College of Science and Timothy W. Flood, Pittsburg State University Engineering, Tokyo Denki University (1023-G1-143) (1023-H1-1832) 4:55PM Reflections from a journey: Diary excerpts 4:55PM Mangum, P.I.
(351) highlighting the content preparation of a middle
(366) Colin C. Adams*, Williams College, and Mikhail school mathematics teacher. Chkhenkeli, Western New England College Mandi S. Maxwell*, David B. Klanderman and (1023-H1-279) Mary Webster Moore, Trinity Christian College 5:15PM Dancing with Mathematics. (1023-G1-883)
(367) Karl Schaffer, De Anza College / Dr. Schaffer and Mr. Stern Dance Ensemble (1023-H1-130) 5:35PM An Amazing Mathematical Card Trick. MAA Session on Getting Students to Discuss and to
(368) Arthur T. Benjamin, Harvey Mudd College Write about Mathematics, I (1023-H1-73)

2:15 PM –3:40PM Organizers: Martha Ellen (Murphy) Waggoner, Simpson College MAA Session on Research and Other Mathematical Charlotte Knotts-Zides, Wofford Experiences for Students Outside the Classroom College 2:15 PM –6:00PM Harrison W. Straley, Wheaton College 2:15PM Building Communication Skills - A Gradual Process. Organizers: Sarah Spence Adams, Franklin W. Olin (352) David D. Gebhard, Wisconsin Lutheran College College of Engineering (1023-I1-761) James A. Davis,Universityof 2:30PM On the Evening News. Richmond
(353) Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State College Susan E. Morey, Texas State (1023-I1-1844) University, San Marcos 2:45PM Projects that Encourage Students to Talk and Write 2:15PM Center for Mentoring Undergraduate Research in
(354) about Mathematics.
(369) Mathematics at BYU. Aihua Li, Montclair State University (1023-I1-1729) Michael Dorff, Brigham Young University 3:00PM Writing assessments in a college algebra course. (1023-P1-382)
(355) Brian P. Kelly, Roger Williams University 2:45PM Research Opportunities for Commuter Students. (1023-I1-1870)
(370) Diana M. Thomas*andMichael A. Jones, 3:15PM An Inter-disciplinary Writing Project in a Liberal Montclair State University (1023-P1-1682)
(356) Arts Mathematics Course. 3:00PM Significance of Using Principal Component Analysis Rehana Patel, St. John’s University (1023-I1-1864)
(371) on Large Data Sets. Preliminary report. 3:30PM Relations... Human Relations. Preliminary report. Reginald Dorcely*, Frantz Mackenzy Voltaire,
(357) Saburo Matsumoto, The Master’s College Karl C. Clarke, Umesh P. Nagarkatte and Wilbert (1023-I1-326) Hope, Medgar Evers College-CUNY (1023-P1-768) 3:15PM Student Research Projects: Success and Failure.
(372) Preliminary report. MAA Session on Entertaining with Math Nathaniel Dean, Texas State University University-San Marcos (1023-P1-1430) 2:15 PM –5:50PM 3:30PM An International REU Site in Mathematics: Hong
(373) Kong. Organizer: Timothy P. Chartier, Davidson College Graeme Fairweather*andBarbara Moskal, 2:15PM Concept Videos for Calculus: A Context that Colorado School of Mines (1023-P1-1438)
(358) Encapsulates a Lesson. 3:45PM Math Research in Brazil, I.R.E.S. 2006. Mike Martin, Johnson County Community College
(374) Tania M. Lopez, California State University, (1023-H1-635) Northridge (1023-P1-557) 2:35PM Better Poker Hands Guaranteed.
4:00PM Designing a ”Methods of Research” Course. (359) Card Colm Mulcahy, Spelman College
(375) Preliminary report. (1023-H1-1341) Jacqueline A. Jensen, Sam Houston State 2:55PM The value of entertainment in a mathematics University (1023-P1-1318)
(360) course. 4:15PM The Evolution of an Arts and Sciences Student Mark John Meyer*, Hilary C. Singer and Artur
(376) Symposium. Elezi, American University (1023-H1-1487) Jan O. Case, Jacksonville State University 3:15PM Mathematical Mentalism. (1023-P1-491)
(361) John M. Harris, Furman University (1023-H1-652) 4:30PM Undergraduate Teaching which Leads to 3:35PM Graphs and juggling.
(377) Undergraduate Research.
(362) Gregory S. Warrington,WakeForestUniversity Sarah-Marie Belcastro, Smith College and (1023-H1-1437) Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics 3:55PM Mathemagic. (1023-P1-1021) (363) J. Alfredo Jimenez, Penn State University Hazleton 4:45PM Initiating A. Sonya Kovelevsky Day. Preliminary (1023-H1-1351)
(378) report. 4:15PM Mathematics in Mime. Ramona Ranalli*andJennifer McLoud-Mann,The
(364) Tim Chartier, Davidson College (1023-H1-311) University of Texas at Tyler (1023-P1-776)

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5:00PM Pedagogical practice outside the traditional 5:30PM Mathematical Philosophies, and Computers in (379) mathematics classroom:Enriching teacher (394) Educational Trends. candidates experiences. Preliminary report. Mohammad R. Khadivi, Jackson State University Carol Klages*andBarba Patton,Universityof (1023-Z1-1646) Houston-Victoria (1023-P1-1813) 5:45PM Can Philosophers Learn How to Solve Problems from 5:15PM Mathematical Ideas: Tricks of the Trade.
(395) Mathematicians (Meno 86e-87c)? Preliminary report.
(380) Preliminary report. Carlos Bovell, Mercer County Community College Jesse W. Byrne*andCharlotte K. Simmons, (1023-Z1-923) University of Central Oklahoma (1023-P1-1639) 5:30PM Discussion. SIAM Minisymposium on Recent Advances in Computational Scattering

2:15 PM –6:10PM MAA General Contributed Paper Session, II Organizer: Jie Shen, Purdue University 2:15PM Boundary perturbation methods for high-frequency 2:15 PM –5:55PM (396) scattering. David P. Nicholls*, University of Illinois at Chicago, Organizers: Eric S. Marland, Appalachian State and , University of Minnesota University Fernando Reitich (1023-78-1279) Jay A. Malmstrom, Oklahoma State 2:45PM Discontinuous Galerkin Method for PDEs with Dirac Community College
(397) sources with applications in Optical Fiber Laser. 2:15PM Valuing and Evaluating Teaching in the Preliminary report. (381) Mathematics Faculty Hiring Process. Wei Cai, UNC Charlotte (1023-65-1594) Derek Bruff, Vanderbilt University (1023-Z1-1709) 3:15PM Exact Dirichlet-to-Neumann maps on general 2:30PM Faculty Development: Promoting a Collegiate and (398) geometries for elasticity. Preliminary report. (382) Cooperative Environment and Preparing New Nilima Nigam*, McGill University, and D.P. Faculty for Success in the Classroom. Preliminary Nicholls, U. Illinois Chicago (1023-65-1577) report. 3:45PM Scattering by Open Surfaces. Barbra S. Melendez*andGerald C. Kobylski, (399) Shidong Jiang, New Jersey Institute of Technology United States Military Academy (1023-Z1-1209) (1023-65-479) 2:45PM On the Transition in Mathematics from High School 4:15PM Numerical Solution of the Nonlinear Helmholtz
(383) to College. Preliminary report. (400) Equation. Richard O. Hill*andJon Star, Michigan State Guy Baruch, Gadi Fibich, Tel Aviv University, and University (1023-Z1-698) Semyon Tsynkov*, North Carolina State University 3:00PM Results of the 2005 AP Statistics Curriculum Survey. (1023-65-528)
(384) Tim Jacobbe, Educational Testing Service 4:45PM Dispersion analysis of nonconforming finite element (1023-Z1-47) (401) methods for the Helmholtz equation. 3:15PM Running a Mathematics Capstone Course in a Small Dongwoo Sheen*, Seoul National University
(385) Department. Preliminary report. and Purdue University, Taeyoung Ha,Seoul J. Alan Alewine, McKendree College (1023-Z1-331) National University, and Kitak Lee, Samsung SDS 3:30PM Exploring the similarities and differences in the use (1023-65-1154)
(386) of Computer Algebra Systems in teaching at 5:15PM Acceleration of an iterative method for the American and British universities. Preliminary (402) evaluation of high-frequency multiples scattering report. effects. Zsolt Lavicza, Cambridge University (1023-Z1-856) Yassine Boubendir*andFernando Reitich, University of Minnesota (1023-65-1734) 3:45PM Moving from objects to process; the case of
(387) representations. 5:45PM Efficient and Stable Spectral Methods for the May F. Hamdan, Lebanese American University (403) Helmholtz equation in exterior domains. (1023-Z1-819) Jie Shen, Purdue University (1023-65-564) 4:00PM Houston ... we have a bug problem.
(388) Michael R. Bacon, USC Sumter (1023-Z1-1551) SIAM Minisymposium on Environmental Modeling: 4:15PM Observations on Sir William Rowan Hamilton and Challenges in Practical Applications and in Teaching
(389) George Boole. Preliminary report. Charlotte Simmons,UniversityofCentral 2:15 PM –5:55PM Oklahoma (1023-Z1-1457) Organizer: William L. Briggs,Universityof 4:30PM Euler Converses Euclid. Colorado at Denver
(390) Charlie Smith, Park University (1023-Z1-1170) 2:15PM Hazardous materials modeling and other 4:45PM Everything you want to know about bridge courses
(404) opportunities for student applied mathematics
(391) – except whether they work. Preliminary report. projects. Michael B. Ward, Western Oregon University Charles R. Hadlock, Bentley College (1023-Z1-299) (1023-97-1670) 5:00PM Quantitative Literacy Topics: The Need for an 2:45PM Ecological Problems for Undergraduate Research.
(392) ”Industry Standard”?
(405) Glenn Ledder, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Eric Gaze, Alfred University (1023-Z1-770) (1023-92-1305) 5:15PM Quantitative Literacy (QL) in the major at a large 3:15PM Making Models Useful to Decision-Makers. (393) University.
(406) Holly D. Gaff*, University of Maryland, School of Kimberly M. Vincent, Washington State University Medicine, and Louis Gross,Universityof (1023-Z1-1684) Tennessee, Knovxille (1023-92-1207)

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3:45PM Undergraduate Mathematical Biology Research at Nagambal Shah, Spelman College (407) Appalachian State University. Suzanne L. Weekes,Worcester Rene A. Salinas, Appalachian State University Polytechnic Institute (1023-92-1203) 4:15PM Using integro-difference equations to model the
(408) effect of growing season length on the spread of the MAA Panel Discussion Eurasian collared dove in North America. Andrew Whittle*, Kennesaw State University, Erika 2:15 PM –3:35PM Asano, USF St. Petersburg, and Michael Fuller, University of Tennessee (1023-92-1155) The role of assessment in helping students learn. 4:45PM A Mathematical Biology Program at the University Organizers: Catherine M. Murphy,Purdue (409) of Louisiana: Curriculum Development and University Calumet Research. Daniel P. Maki, Indiana University Azmy S. Ackleh, University of Louisiana at Panelists: Bernard L. Madison,Universityof Lafayette (1023-92-767) Arkansas 5:15PM Hurricane modeling and Katrina. William A. Marion, Jr,Valparaiso (410) T. N. Krishnamurti, Department of Meteorology, University Florida State University (1023-92-1806) Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines Math on the Web, I

2:15 PM –4:50PM AWM Panel Discussion 2:15PM MathML 3: Where are we going from here? (411) Patrick Ion, American Mathematical Society 2:15 PM –3:40PM 2:45PM Creating mathematical documents for the Web with Women advancing to leadership: When and how. (412) Scientific WorkPlace. Organizer: Barbara L. Keyfitz, The Fields Institute Barry MacKichan, MacKichan Software, Inc. and University of Houston 3:30PM Writing questions with randomized parameters in Moderator: Barbara L. Keyfitz (413) proper mathematical notation for online homework assignments. Panelists: Lisa Fauci, Tulane University John Risley, WebAssign Cathy B. Kessel,Berkeley,CA 4:30PM Adventures in sustainability: Development, Johanna Levelt Sengers,NIST (414) direction, and lessons from PlanetMath. Joan R. Leitzel,UniversityofNew Aaron Krowne,EmoryUniversity Hampshire Carolyn R. Mahoney, Lincoln Project NExT-YMN Poster Session University

2:15 PM –4:15PM Organizers: Kevin E. Charlwood, Washburn MAA Session on Mathlets for Teaching and Learning University Mathematics Michael C. Axtell, Wabash College 2:20 PM –5:35PM MAA Committee on the Profession Panel Discussion Organizers: David Strong, Pepperdine University Thomas Leathrum, Jacksonville State 2:15 PM –3:35PM University Ethics in the mathematical sciences. Joe Yanik, Emporia State University Organizer: Susan C. Geller,TexasA&MUniversity 2:20PM Experiments with Matrices Showing How to
Panelists: Donald L. Bentley, Pomona College (415) Transform and Animate Computer Images to New Students. Preliminary report. John D. Fulton, Clemson University Charles A. Sulewski*andFrank Wattenberg, Linda Keen,HerbertH.Lehman United States Military Academy at West Point College of CUNY (1023-M5-746) Henry Walker, Grinnell University 2:40PM A Mathlet to Interactively Explore Ordinary
(416) Differential Equation Solvers. MAA Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Nicholas A. Dovidio, Davidson College Mathematics and the SIGMAA on Statistics Education (1023-M5-1637) Panel Discussion 3:00PM Modeling with Functions: A Student Centered,
(417) Discovery Approach. 2:15 PM –3:35PM Joseph M. Lindquist*andJames Dzwonchyk, United States Military Academy (1023-M5-1779) Preparing majors for the nonacademic workforce: Projects and internships in applied mathematics 3:20PM Parameter passing in Mathematical Java Toolkit
and statistics. (418) applets. Michael Mays, West Virginia University Organizers: Thomas L. Moore, Grinnell College (1023-M5-309) Harriet S. Pollatsek, Mount Holyoke 3:40PM Interactive Workbooks for Classifying Distributions College
(419) and Balancing Chemical Equations. Moderator: Thomas L. Moore Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State College Panelists: Matthew P. Richey, St. Olaf College (1023-M5-1856)

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4:00PM Using Maplets and Java to Teach Reed-Solomon Joseph W. Dauben,HerbertH.Lehman
(420) Codes. Preliminary report. College of CUNY Richard E. Klima*, Appalachian State University, and Neil P. Sigmon,RadfordUniversity MAA Study Abroad Tours Subcommittee Panel (1023-M5-117) Discussion 4:20PM An Applet-Based Presentation of the Chebyshev
(421) Equioscillation Theorem. 3:50 PM –5:40PM Robert A. Mayans, Fairleigh Dickinson University (1023-M5-44) Mathematics and mathematicians in emerging nations. 4:40PM The UW Praxis Project.
(422) Jennifer J. Kosiak*andBob Hoar,Universityof Organizers: M. Leigh Lunsford, Longwood Wisconsin - La Crosse (1023-M5-1810) University 5:00PM Multilingual Maplets for WebALT Calculus. Lisa Elaine Marano, West Chester
(423) Douglas B. Meade*, University of South Carolina, University of Pennsylvania Philip B. Yasskin, Texas A&M University, and Mika Panelists: Joel K. Haack,UniversityofNorthern Seppala, University of Helsinki (1023-M5-1567) Iowa 5:20PM Maplets for Calculus - Now with Proofs. Aihua Li, Montclair State University
(424) Philip B. Yasskin*, Texas A&M University, Douglas Kate McGivney, Shippensburg B. Meade, University of South Carolina, and Mika University of Pennsylvania Seppala, University of Helsinki (1023-M5-254) Claudio H. Morales,Universityof Alabama, Huntsville MAA Section Officers Miranda I. Teboh-Ewungkem, Lafayette College 2:30 PM –5:00PM

Project NExT Panel Discussion MAA Committee on Graduate Students-YMN Panel Discussion 3:00 PM –5:00PM 3:50 PM –5:10PM Becomingaleaderinyourdepartment. How to interview for a job in the mathematical Organizers: Edwin P. Herman,Universityof sciences. Wisconsin-Stevens Point Organizer: David C. Manderscheid,Universityof J. Lyn Miller, Slippery Rock University Iowa Panelists: Stuart Boersma,CentralWashington Panelists: Allen Butler,DanielH.Wagner University Associates, Inc. Linda Braddy, East Central University Sharon M. Clarke, Pepperdine Duff Campbell, Hendrix College University Jill E. Guerra, University of Arkansas, James H. Freeman, Cornell College Fort Smith David T. Kung, St. Mary’s College of Thomas C. Ratliff, Wheaton College Maryland Judy L. Walker,Universityof David C. Manderscheid Nebraska-Lincoln SIGMAA on Environmental Mathematics Annual MAA Invited Address Meeting and Guest Lecture

3:40 PM –4:30PM 4:00 PM –5:30PM (425) Baseball, Shakespeare, and modern statistical Organizer: Ben A. Fusaro, Florida State University theory. Bradley Efron, Stanford University (1023-A0-20) Welcome Reception for Undergraduate Students AWM Business Meeting 4:00 PM –5:00PM

3:45 PM –4:15PM AMS Committee on the Profession Presentation SIGMAA on the History of Mathematics Panel 4:30 PM –6:00PM Discussion Katrina and its aftermath: Institutional survival in 3:50 PM –5:40PM New Orelans since the storm. The practice of math history. Organizer: Jim E. Hoste, Pitzer College Organizers: William Branson, St. Cloud State Moderator: Jim E. Hoste University Panelists: Kenneth W. Holladay,Universityof Amy E. Shell-Gellasch,Pacific New Orleans Lutheran University Morris Kalka, Tulane University Panelists: V. Frederick Rickey, U.S. Military Vlajko L. Kocic, Xavier University of Academy Louisiana Karen H. Parshall,Universityof Katarzyna Saxton, Loyola University Virginia New Orleans

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MAA Minicourse #14: Part A AMS Josiah Willard Gibbs Lecture

4:45 PM –6:45PM 8:30 PM –9:30PM Contemporary college algebra: A refocused college (427) Mathematics and physics. algebra course. Peter D. Lax, New York University-Courant Institute Organizers: Donald B. Small, U. S. Military (1023-01-10) Academy Laurette Foster, Prairie View A&M University Saturday, January 6 MAA Minicourse #3: Part A MAA Department Liaisons Breakfast Meeting 4:45 PM –6:45PM 7:00 AM –8:30AM A tool to implement quantitative literacy (QL): Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum. Joint Meetings Registration Organizers: Semra Kilic¸-Bahi,Colby-Sawyer College 7:30 AM –4:00PM Gary T. Franchy, Davenport University Cheryl Coolidge,Colby-Sawyer AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in College Mathematics by Undergraduates, I William A. Thomas,Colby-Sawyer College 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM Organizers: Darren A. Narayan,Rochester MAA Minicourse #9: Part A Institute of Technology Carl V. Lutzer, Rochester Institute of 4:45 PM –6:45PM Technology Bernard Brooks, Rochester Institute of Evaluating student presentations in mathematics. Technology Organizers: Suzanne Dor´ee, Augsburg College Tamas I. Wiandt, Rochester Institute Richard J. Jardine, Keene State College of Technology Thomas J. Linton, Central College Michael J. Fisher, California State University, Fresno 8:00AM Automorphisms and Lattices of the Heisenberg MAA Information Session
(428) Group. Preliminary report. Lisa M. Lackney*, University of Akron, and 4:45 PM –6:45PM Rebecca Black, Swarthmore College (1023-20-112) Current issues in actuarial science education. 8:30AM The Steiner problem on the cone.
Organizers: Robert E. Buck, Slippery Rock (429) Jamie L. Burwood*, Bowdoin College, and Caroline University Nielson, University of Southern Utah (1023-51-146) Bettye Anne Case,FloridaState 9:00AM The 3-point Steiner problem on the projective plane
University (430) of constant Gaussian curvature. Timothy Luke Muggy*, University of Nebraska - Matthew J. Hassett,ArizonaState Lincoln, and Daniel Murphree, Berry College, University Georgia (1023-51-151) , Florida State University Steve Paris 9:30AM Delay differential equations modeling vertically
(431) transmitted diseases. Preliminary report. Jonathan Adler, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Reception for Graduate Students and First-Time Lynne Erickson, Ursinus College, L. Thomas Hill, Participants Kristen Mazur*, Lafayette College, and Thomas Tyrrell, Boston University (1023-34-209) 5:30 PM –6:30PM 10:00AM A Mathematical Model for the Progression of
The AMS and MAA warmly invite these special (432) Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and its Potential groups to meet the leadership of your sponsoring Treatments. organizations. Rahul Bansal, The University of Texas at Austin (1023-92-280) 10:30AM On Singular and Nonsingular Magic Squares. SIGMAA on the History of Mathematics Annual
(433) Elizabeth L. Love*, Howard University, Elizabeth A. Meeting and Guest Lecture Wascher and Michael Z. Lee, Central Michigan University (1023-15-366) 6:00 PM –7:00PM 11:00AM On the Parameterized Complexity of Independent
(434) Set. Preliminary report. Organizer: Amy E. Shell-Gellasch,Pacific Teruhisha Haruguchi, Lafayette College, Janine Lutheran University LoBue*, Loyola College in Maryland, James Pierce,
(426) Hardy’s Oxford Years. Illinois Institute of Technology, and David Robin J. Wilson, The Open University, UK Roberson, North Carolina State University (1023-A0-204) (1023-00-332)

JANUARY 2007 NOTICES OF THE AMS 121 Program of the Sessions – Saturday, January 6 (cont’d.)

11:30AM The Honeycomb Conjecture on the Sphere. 10:00AM Rings of Invariants Satisfying the Weak Splitting
(435) Conor B. Quinn, Williams College (1023-51-679)
(446) Principle. Mara D. Neusel, Texas Tech University (1023-13-443) AMS Special Session on Initial- and Boundary-Value 10:30AM A generalization of the Chevalley-Mitchell theorem. Problems, Solvability, and Stability for some (447) Victor Reiner*, University of Minnesota, Larry Nonlinear PDEs: Theorem, Computation, and Smith, Universitat Gottingen, and Peter Webb, Application, I University of Minnesota (1023-05-367) 11:00AM Invariant Theory, Hochschild Cohomology, and 8:00 AM –10:55AM (448) Graded Hecke Algebras. Anne V. Shepler*, University of North Texas, and Organizers: Jerry L. Bona, University of Illinois at Sarah Witherspoon,TexasA&MUniversity Chicago (1023-16-1195) Laihan Luo,NewYorkInstituteof 11:30AM Apolarity. Preliminary report. Technology
(449) Joseph P. Brennan*, North Dakota State University 8:00AM Remarks on the singular set of the Navier - Stokes and University of Central Florida, and Robert M. (436) equations. Fossum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Andrei Biryuk, Walter Craig*, McMaster University, (1023-14-1495) and Slim Ibrahim, Arizona State University (1023-35-613) AMS Special Session on Mathematical Techniques in 8:30AM Numerical investigation of three-dimensional water Musical Analysis, I
(437) waves. Preliminary report. Min Chen, Purdue University (1023-76-487) 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM 9:00AM Global Existence of Stagnation-Point Class Solutions Organizers: Robert W. Peck, Louisiana State (438) for a Perfect Incompressible Fluid. University Ralph Saxton*andFeride Tiglay,Universityof Julian Hook, Indiana New Orleans (1023-35-402) University-Bloomington 9:30AM Two point boundary value problems: the BBM and Rachel W. Hall,SaintJoseph’s (439) KdV equations. University Jerry L. Bona, University of Illinois at Chicago, Hongqiu Chen*, University of Memphis, Shuming 8:00AM Introduction to Musical Spaces and
Sun, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State (450) Transformations. Preliminary report. University, and Bingyu Zhang,Universityof Julian Hook, Indiana University (1023-00-181) Cincinnati (1023-35-661) 8:30AM Mathematical Aspects of Pairwise Well-formed (451) Scales. 10:00AM Local Ill-posedness of the 1D Zakharov system. (440) Preliminary report. David Clampitt, Yale University (1023-05-516) Justin Holmer*, University of California, Berkeley, 9:00AM Musical Intervals and Special Linear and Nikolaos Tzirakis, University of Toronto (452) Transformations. (1023-35-1730) Thomas Noll, Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya (1023-11-1349) 10:30AM Analysis of a system of PDEs arising in the (441) homogenisation of chemical degradation 9:30AM Elementary Proofs of the Hexachordal Theorem. mechanisms of porous media inducing an evolution
(453) Preliminary report. of the microstructure. Godfried T. Toussaint, School of Computer Peter A. Malte, Centre for Industrial Mathematics, Science, McGill University (1023-00-252) FB 3, University of Bremen, Germany (1023-35-142) 10:00AM Homometric sets and Z-related chords.
(454) Clifton Callender*, Florida State University, and Rachel Hall, St. Joseph’s University (1023-00-1264) AMS Special Session on Invariant Theory, I 10:30AM Orbifolds and musical scales. (455) Dmitri Tymoczko, Princeton University 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM (1023-51-1118) 11:00AM Voice leading, submajorization, and the distribution Organizers: Mara D. Neusel, Texas Tech University (456) constraint. Frank D. Grosshans, West Chester Rachel Hall*, Saint Joseph’s University, and Dmitri University Tymoczko, Princeton University (1023-00-1634) 8:00AM Modular Invariants of Cyclic 2-groups. 11:30AM Chord Quality and Callender-Quinn-Tymoczko (442) H. E. A. Eddy Campbell*, Memorial University, R. J. (457) Spaces. Preliminary report. Shank, University of Kent, Canterbury, and D. L. Ian Quinn, Yale University (1023-00-1791) Wehlau, Royal Military College and Queen’s University (1023-13-649) AMS Special Session on Radon Transforms, Convex 8:30AM Conformal symmetries of the wave equation and Geometry, and Geometric Analysis, I (443) the ladder representation of SO(2,n+1). Preliminary report. 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM Markus Hunziker*, Mark R. Sepanski and Ronald J. Stanke, Baylor University (1023-22-1259) Organizers: Eric L. Grinberg,UniversityofNew Hampshire 9:00AM Linearisation of Multiplicative Group Actions. (444) Preliminary report. Peter Kuchment,TexasA&M Nicole Lemire, University of Western Ontario University (1023-20-951) Gestur Olafsson, Louisiana State 9:30AM Multiplicative invariant theory. University
(445) Martin Lorenz, Temple University (1023-13-356) Eric Todd Quinto, Tufts University

122 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 54, NUMBER 1 Saturday, January 6 – Program of the Sessions

Boris S. Rubin, Louisiana State 11:00AM Analysis on the Lawrence-Doniach Energy for University (470) Layered Superconductors. 8:00AM An Inversion Formula for the X-ray Transform on a Patricia Bauman, Purdue University (1023-35-1528) (458) Compact Symmetric Space. Sigurdur Helgason, MIT (1023-81-268) 8:30AM An injectivity theorem for Radon transforms AMS Special Session on Microlocal Analysis and (459) restricted to isotropic functions. Preliminary report. Singular Spaces, I Paul Goodey, University of Oklahoma, and Ralph Howard*, University of South Carolina 8:00 AM – 11:40 AM (1023-44-350) 9:00AM Integral geometric problems arising in Organizers: Paul A. Loya, Binghamton University (460) thermoacoustic tomography. Andras Vasy, Massachusetts Institute David V. Finch*, Oregon State University, Rakesh, of Technology U. Delaware, and Markus Haltmeier,Deptof 8:00AM Patterson-Sullivan distributions are asymptotic to Computer Science, U. Innsbruck (1023-35-858) (471) Wigner distributions on hyperbolic manifolds: An 9:30AM On reconstruction in limited view tomography. exact conjugacy between classical and quantum (461) Preliminary report. mechanics. Preliminary report. Gaik Ambartsoumian,TheUniversityofTexasat Steve Zelditch*, Johns Hopkins University, and Arlington (1023-44-699) Nalini Anantharaman, Ecole Normale Superieure 10:00AM A 1PI algorithm for helical trajectories that violate de Lyon (1023-37-41) (462) the convexity condition. 9:00AM Quantum decay rates in chaotic scattering. Michael Kapralov*andAlexander Katsevich, (472) Maciej Zworski*, University of California, Berkeley, University of Central Florida (1023-44-934) and Stephane Nonnenmacher, CEA, Saclay 10:30AM Semyanistyi’s integrals and Radon transforms on (1023-81-1732) (463) matrix spaces. 10:00AM Spreading of regularity for quasimodes. Elena Ournycheva*, Kent State University, (473) Jared Wunsch,NorthwesternUniversity and Boris Rubin, Louisiana State University (1023-35-543) (1023-42-547) 11:00AM On multilinear eigenfunction estimates for compact 11:00AM Microlocal analysis of the linearized attenuated (474) manifolds with boundary. (464) Radon transform. Preliminary report. Matthew D. Blair*, Johns Hopkins University, Allan Greenleaf*, University of Rochester, Hart F. Smith, University of Washington, and and Karthik Ramaseshan,Vancouver,B.C. Christopher D. Sogge, Johns Hopkins University (1023-44-449) (1023-42-383) 11:30AM Analytic, number theoretic and combinatorial (465) aspects of incidence theory. Alex Iosevich, University of Missouri-Columbia AMS Special Session on Cohomology and (1023-42-853) Representation Theory, III

8:00 AM – 11:50 AM AMS Special Session on Calculus of Variations and Nonlinear PDEs: Theory and Applications, I Organizers: Jon F. Carlson, University of Georgia Daniel K. Nakano,Universityof 8:00 AM – 11:45 AM Georgia Organizers: Marian Bocea, North Dakota State Julia Pevtsova,Universityof University Washington Cristina M. Popovici, North Dakota 8:00AM Cohomology and Extensions for Finite Groups of Lie State University (475) Type and Small Primes. Christopher P. Bendel,Universityof 8:00AM Sufficient conditions for smooth strong local Wisconsin-Stout, Daniel K. Nakano,Universityof (466) minimizers. Georgia, and Cornelius Pillen*, University of South *and ,Temple Tadele Mengesha Yury Grabovsky Alabama (1023-20-667) University (1023-49-205) 8:30AM On the kernel of the Gassner representation. 8:30AM Boundary layers in the study of the error estimates (476) Kevin Knudson, Mississippi State University (467) for the classical problem of homogenization. (1023-20-1325) Improvement of the existing results and applications. 9:00AM Decomposition numbers and Alvis-Curtis duality. Daniel T. Onofrei*andBogdan Vernescu, (477) Bernd Ackermann,Universita¨t Stuttgart, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1023-35-1156) and Sibylle Schroll*, University of Oxford (1023-16-650) 9:00AM Capacity of a Multiply-connected Domain and (468) Nonexistence of Ginzburg-Landau Minimizers with 9:30AM A supercharacter theory for unipotent groups. Prescribed Degrees on the Boundary. (478) P. Diaconis and N. Thiem*, Stanford University Dmitry Golovaty*, The University of Akron, Leonid (1023-20-1026) Berlyand, Penn State University, and Volodymyr 10:00AM Galois module structure of square classes in Klein Rybalko, Institute for Lower Temperature Physics
(479) 4-group extensions. and Engineering (1023-49-1415) F. Chemotti, University of Wisconsin, J. Min´aˇc, 10:00AM Finite time singularity of Landan-Lifshitz-Gilbert University of Western Ontario, and J. Swallow*, (469) equation. Preliminary report. Davidson College (1023-12-60) Shijin Ding, South China Normal University, and 10:30AM Control of Fusion and Normal Fusion Subsystems. Changyou Wang*, University of Kentucky
(480) Radu Stancu, The Ohio State University (1023-35-1165) (1023-20-1104)

JANUARY 2007 NOTICES OF THE AMS 123 Program of the Sessions – Saturday, January 6 (cont’d.)

11:00AM Cohomology of Specht Modules. 10:30AM Continuity corrections for certain perpetual (481) David J. Hemmer*, University of Toledo, (491) American and Bermudan options on multiple assets. and Daniel K. Nakano, University of Georgia Frederik S. Herzberg,UniversitaetBonn (1023-20-1101) (1023-91-37) 11:30AM Endo-trivial modules and finite p-groups. 11:00AM Pricing credit default swaps under a (482) Preliminary report. (492) Markov-modulated structural model. Preliminary J. L. Alperin, University of Chicago (1023-20-15) report. Tak Kuen Siu, Heriot-Watt University, Rogemar AMS Special Session on Dynamic Programming, I Mamon*, University of Western Ontario, and Christina Erlwein, Brunel University (1023-91-660) 8:00 AM – 11:45 AM 11:30AM The Non-Markovian Approach to the Valuation and (493) Hedging of European Contingent Claims on Power Organizers: Gerald C. Kobylski, United States with Scaling Spikes. Military Academy Valery A. Kholodnyi, Middle Tennessee State Randal Hickman, United States University (1023-90-933) Military Academy 8:00AM Population-Based Evolutionary Approaches for (483) Solving Markov Decision Processes. MAA Minicourse #4: Part A Michael C. Fu*, University of Maryland, Hyeong ,SogangUniversity, ,SUNY Soo Chang Jiaqiao Hu 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM Stonybrook, and Steven Marcus,Universityof Maryland (1023-49-1187) Creating visual mathematics applets using flash 9:00AM Optimality Equations and Inequalities for Markov programming. (484) Decision Processes with Applications to Inventory Organizers: Douglas E. Ensley, Shippensburg Control. Preliminary report. University Mark Lewis, Cornell University (1023-49-1202) Barbara Kaskosz, University of Rhode 10:00AM Dynamic Decision Networks, an Efficient Approach Island (485) to Automated Decision Support in Complex, Uncertain, and Evolving Decision Situations. Preliminary report. Dan Maxwell*, Innovative Decisions Inc., Gerald AMS Session on Analysis and Ordinary Differential Kobylski, United States Military Academy, Dennis Equations, I Buede, Gary Smith, Innovative Decisions Inc., and Brian E. Souhan, United States Military Academy 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM (1023-49-1247) 8:00AM Functional equations associated with some mean 11:00AM Approximate Dynamic Programming for Military
(494) value theorems of differential calculus. Preliminary (486) Applications. Preliminary report. report. Warren Powell, Princeton University Nasser Dastrange, Buena Vista University (1023-49-1196) (1023-26-1018) 8:15AM A Tale of Two Integrals on Graphs and Manifolds. AMS Special Session on Financial Mathematics, III
(495) Preliminary report. Mohammad Javaheri, University of Oregon 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM (1023-28-1390) Organizers: Jean-Pierre Fouque,Universityof 8:30AM A Generalized Wallis Formula. Preliminary report. California Santa Barbara
(496) Javad Namazi, Fairleigh Dickinson University Craig A. Nolder,FloridaState (1023-28-859) University 8:45AM Boundary interpolation problems for finite Blaschke Knut Solna, University of California (497) products. Irvine Gunter Semmler, Munich University of Technology (1023-30-1198) Thaleia Zariphopoulou,Universityof 9:00AM A Hellerstein-Williamson type theorem for functions Texas Austin ∗ (498) in U . Preliminary report. 8:00AM Pricing and Trading Credit Default Swaps. 2p (487) Tomasz R. Bielecki*, Illinois Institute of Stephanie Edwards,UniversityofDayton Technology, Monique Jeanblanc, Universite d’Evry (1023-30-1474) Val d’Essonne, and Marek Rutkowski,Universityof 9:15AM Counterexamples: Limiting Generalizations of New South Wales (1023-60-1045)
(499) Schwarz’s Lemma. 9:00AM Markovian Projection in the Problems of Credit Dov N. Chelst*andDoug Cahl, DeVry University (488) Basket Modeling. (1023-30-1722) Timur Misirpashaev*andAndrei Lopatin, 9:30AM The Dual of a Space OF Cauchy Transforms. NumeriX LLC (1023-60-426) (500) Preliminary report. 9:30AM Optimal stopping in regime switching L´evy models, Yusuf A. Muhanna, American University of Sharjah (489) with applications to American options and real (1023-30-248) options. 9:45AM Unexpected local extrema for the Sendov Svetlana Boyarchenko and Sergei Levendorskiˇi*, (501) conjecture, part 2. The University of Texas at Austin (1023-60-630) Michael J. Miller, Le Moyne College (1023-30-537) 10:00AM Option Pricing with Parsimonious 10:00AM Functional equations of meromorphic functions (490) Time-inhomogeneous Additive Models. (502) with small function coefficients. Mack L. Galloway*andCraig Nolder,FloridaState Chung-Chun Yang, Hong Kong Univ. of Sci.&Tech. University (1023-60-1051) (1023-30-552)

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10:15AM Fuchsian Differential Equations with Regular 10:15AM How the Fed Chaotically Distorts the Relationship (503) Singularities. (518) Between Risk and Return. David J. Pinchbeck, St. Joseph’s College James Michael Haley,PointParkUniversity (1023-30-583) (1023-37-1871) 10:30AM A Characterization of p-Hyperbolicty/ p-Parabolicity 10:30AM Algorithms for Rigorous Symbolic Dynamics and (504) and Decomposition of p-Dirichlet Spaces on Infinite
(519) Topological Entropy. Graphs. Preliminary report. Rodrigo Trevino*, University of Texas at Lucio Prado,BMCC-TheCityUniversityofNew Austin, and Rafael Frongillo, Cornell University York (1023-31-1574) (1023-37-1889) 10:45AM Geometric sufficient conditions for compactness of 10:45AM On ergodic transformations that are (505) the ∂-Neumann operator. Preliminary report. (520) simultaneously weakly mixing and uniformly rigid. Samangi Munasinghe*, College of the Holy Cross, Thomas M. Koberda*, University of Chicago, and Emil J. Straube,TexasA&MUniversity Jennifer James, Kathryn Lindsey, Williams (1023-32-1043) College, Peter Speh, Princeton University, and 11:00AM On the growth of vector functions of several Cesar E. Silva, Williams College (1023-37-294) (506) complex variables. Preliminary report. 11:00AM Strong Extimate for Lebesgue Derivatives and Faruk F. Abi Khuzam, American University of (521) Ergodic Averages. Preliminary report. Beirut (1023-32-1078) Chaoyuan Liu, Eastern Kentucky University 11:15AM A Class of Loewner Chain Preserving Extension (1023-37-542) (507) Operators. Preliminary report. 11:15AM Lie Symmetries for a Model of Growth-death Jerry R. Muir, Jr.,UniversityofScranton (522) Kinetics. (1023-32-1193) Rachelle C. DeCoste, United States Military 11:30AM Strong q-Convexity in Uniform Neighborhoods of Academy, West Point (1023-37-686) (508) Subvarieties in Coverings of Complex Spaces. 11:30AM A Rodent-Hantavirus Model Structured by Disease, Preliminary report. (523) Developmental Stage, and Sex. Michael Fraboni*, Moravian College, and Terrence Curtis Lawrence Wesley*andLinda J. S. Allen, Napier, Lehigh University (1023-32-1701) Texas Tech University (1023-37-806) 11:45AM Solution of Delay Systems by Orthogonal Functions 11:45AM Mathematical analysis of an integro-differential (509) and Taylor Series. (524) equation arising in neuroscience. Mohsen Razzaghi, Mississippi State University Marina Bevzushenko,BostonUniversity (1023-49-234) (1023-37-814)

AMS Session on Dynamical Systems

8:00 AM – 11:55 AM AMS Session on Geometry and Topology, I

8:00AM Recurrence and chain-recurrence dimension. 8:00 AM – 11:40 AM (510) Jim Wiseman, Agnes Scott College (1023-37-1034) 8:15AM Dynamics of the p-adic Shift and Applications. 8:00AM The Three-Point Problem of Chinese Checker
(511) Alex Levin, Harvard University (1023-37-1071) (525) Circles. Preliminary report. Phoebe H. McLaughlin*andShing So,University 8:30AM Pulse Solutions of Multi-Parameter Oscillatory of Central Missouri (1023-51-1240) (512) Coupling Functions in Neural Networks. Preliminary report. 8:15AM Approximating short maps by PL-isometries and J. Angela Hart Murdock, Rhodes College (526) Arnold’s ”Can you make your dollar bigger” (1023-37-1136) problem. Dmitri Burago, Pennsylvania State University, 8:45AM Pre-bifurcation Amplification and Nonlinear Svetlana Krat*, Georgia Institute of Technology, (513) Saturation of Noise Correlation Time. and Anton Petrunin, Pennsylvania State University Elena D. Surovyatkina*, Space Research Institute (1023-51-1302) of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia and Delaware State University, and Mazen Shahin, 8:30AM An Analysis of Convex Shapes Using Tridrafters. Delaware State University (1023-37-1157)
(527) Preliminary report. Nathan H. Reff, Rochester Institute of Technology 9:00AM A Denjoy-Wolff Theorem for Hilbert Metric (1023-51-1819) (514) Nonexpansive Maps on Polyhedral Domains. Brian C. Lins, Rutgers University - New Brunswick 8:45AM Algorithmic Search for Flexibility Using Resultants (1023-37-116)
(528) of Polynomial Systems. Preliminary report. Robert H. Lewis, Fordham University 9:15AM Homoclinic Tangencies, Periodic Orbits and (515) Connecting Orbits: An Investigation of the H´enon (1023-51-1906) Map. 9:00AM Toledo invariants of Higgs bundles on elliptic Brian A. Coomes*, Huseyin¨ Koc¸ak,Universityof (529) surfaces associated to base orbifolds of Miami, and Kenneth J. Palmer, National Taiwan Seifert-fibered homology 3-spheres. University (1023-37-1253) Mike Krebs, California State University, Los Angeles (1023-51-71) 9:30AM Return tims of polynomials as meta-Fibonacci (516) numbers. 9:15AM Break. Nathaniel D. Emerson,UniversityofSouthern 9:45AM An algorithm to measure symmetry of n points. California (1023-37-1550)
(530) Preliminary report. 9:45AM A universal model for Borel semiflows. Preliminary Dennis Glenn Collins,Univ.ofPuertoRico, (517) report. Mayaguez (1023-52-1900) David M. McClendon,NorthwesternUniversity 10:00AM A Decomposition Theorem in Cyclic Element Theory. (1023-37-1750) (531) Shing S. So, University of Central Missouri 10:00AM Break. (1023-54-821)

JANUARY 2007 NOTICES OF THE AMS 125 Program of the Sessions – Saturday, January 6 (cont’d.)

10:15AM Minimal Knotting Numbers. 10:00AM On the Stability of KdV equation with a forcing
(532) Casey Mann*, The University of Texas at Tyler, (546) term. Benjamin McCarty, Louisiana State University, Jeongwhan Choi*, Korea University, and Shuming Jennifer McLoud-Mann, Ramona Ranalli and Sun, Virginia Polytech (1023-76-969) Nathan Smith, The University of Texas at Tyler 10:15AM An efficient algorithm for the solution of (1023-52-260)
(547) high-frequency scattering by infinite rough 10:30AM Distance in Three-Dimensional Lattices. surfaces.
(533) Jennifer McLoud-Mann*, Casey Mann,The Harun Kurkcu*andFernando Reitich,University University of Texas at Tyler, Benjamin McCarty, of Minnesota (1023-78-1773) Louisiana State University, Ramona Ranalli and 10:30AM Lp estimates of Maxwell’s Equations in a bounded Nathan Smith, The University of Texas at Tyler (548) domain. (1023-52-261) Gang Bao, Ying Li*andZhengfang Zhou, 10:45AM Local/Global Phenomena in Geometric Random Michigan State University (1023-78-1790)
(534) Graphs. Preliminary report. Ross M. Richardson, University of California, San Diego (1023-52-956) AMS Session on Algebra and Number Theory, III 11:00AM Timelike minimal submanifolds in Robertson-Walker 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM (535) spacetimes. Preliminary report. Paul T. Allen, University of Oregon (1023-53-1181) 8:00AM Arf equivalence classes of quadratic number fields. 11:15AM Cohomogeneity One Manifolds and Non-negative (549) Jeonghun Kim, Louisiana State University (536) Curvature. (1023-11-352) Corey Hoelscher, University of Pennsylvania 8:15AM A lower bound on the Weil height in terms of an (1023-53-1384) (550) auxiliary polynomial. 11:30AM On Enriched Quantum Yang-Baxter Principal Fiber Charles L. Samuels,TheUniversityofTexasat (537) Bundles. Preliminary report. Austin (1023-11-447) Molobe Mohlala*andS. M. Einstein-Matthews, 8:30AM Improving The Erdos-Ginzburg-Ziv˝ Theorem For Howard University (1023-53-1507) (551) Some Non-Abelian Groups. Jared Alexander Bass,HarvardUniversity (1023-11-467) 8:45AM The Lucas-Pratt primality tree. Preliminary report. (552) Jonathan W. Bayless, Dartmouth College AMS Session on Applications of Mathematics, I (1023-11-483) 9:00AM Fundamental Units of Norm One in Real Quadratic 8:00 AM –10:40AM (553) Number Fields. Preliminary report. 8:00AM Rigid Body Multiple Impact With the Ground. Thomas C. Palfrey, University of New Orleans
(538) Florin V. Badiu*, Jianzhong Su and Shan Hua, (1023-11-496) University of Texas at Arlington (1023-70-1706) 9:15AM Polynomial Variations on a Theme of Sierpinski.´
8:15AM Saari’s Conjecture for the Restricted Three-body (554) Preliminary report.
(539) Problem. Lenny Jones, Shippensburg University Gareth E. Roberts*, College of the Holy Cross, (1023-11-591) and Lisa Melanson,NorthwesternUniversity 9:30AM Martinet Searches and Some Nonexistence (1023-70-902) (555) Theorems. Preliminary report. 8:30AM Further results on the critical Rayleigh number R∗ Sharon Brueggeman, University of Tennessee at (540) and wave number k∗ for the planar B´enard Chattanooga (1023-11-664) problem with asymmetric boundary conditions. 9:45AM Zero-free Region for a Hypergeometric zeta Preliminary report. (556) function. Preliminary report. Matthew J. Glomski, University at Buffalo Abdulkadir Hassen*, Rowan University, and (1023-76-1072) Nguyen D Hieu, Rowan Univeristy (1023-11-675) 8:45AM Analysis of a Simple sheared Ferro-fluid. 10:00AM An Identity for Period k Second Order Linear (541) Arup Mukherjee*, Mark Korlie, Bogdan Nita, John (557) Recurrence Systems. Stevens and Philip Yecko, Montclair State Curtis N. Cooper, University of Central Missouri University (1023-76-1107) (1023-11-825) 9:00AM Symplectic Approximation of Euler Flow on a 10:15AM Roots of Fibonacci-Coefficient Polynomials. (542) Riemannian Manifold. Preliminary report.
(558) Donald D Mills, Rose-Hulman Institute of Steven Benzel, Berry College (1023-76-1162) Technology (1023-11-861) 9:15AM The inviscid limit of incompressible fluid flow in an 10:30AM Systems of diagonal forms over p-adic fields.
(543) annulus. (559) Preliminary report. Sara E. Frietze*, California State University, Michael P. Knapp, Loyola College (1023-11-890) Northridge, Robert Gerrity, Pomona College, and 10:45AM Annihilation of Class Groups in Abelian Number Tiago Picon, Universidade Federal de Sa˜o Carlos (560) Field Extensions of Degree 2p. Preliminary report. (1023-76-1299) Barry R. Smith, University of California, San Diego 9:30AM Numerical Simulations of Vortex Sheets and (1023-11-949) (544) Electron Sheets Using Boundary Integral Methods. 11:00AM Prime Divisibility in the Lucas Numbers. Lyudmyla Barannyk, University of Michigan
(561) Stefan Erickson, Colorado College (1023-11-983) (1023-76-1616) 11:15AM Monomial orders on certain ring of invariants. 9:45AM Stability of geophysical two-phase flow in two (562) Preliminary report.
(545) dimensions. Preliminary report. Mohammed Tesemma*, Spelman College, and Long H. Le, University of Central Arkansas Haohao Wang, South East Missouri State University (1023-76-640) (1023-13-1309)

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11:30AM A combinatorial approach to tetrahedral curves. 11:40AM Integrating students from mathematics and (563) Christopher A. Francisco, University of Missouri
(575) biology. Preliminary report. (1023-13-822) Marshall E. Hampton, University of Minnesota, 11:45AM Bounding Orders in Rosenfeld-Grobner¨ algorithm. Duluth (1023-K5-505) (564) Oleg Golubitsky, University of Western Ontario, Marina Kondratieva, Moscow State University, Marc Moreno Maza, University of Western Ontario, MAA Session on Getting Students to Discuss and to and Alexey Ovchinnikov*, North Carolina State Write about Mathematics, II University (1023-13-887) 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM Organizers: Martha Ellen (Murphy) Waggoner, Simpson College MAA Session on Mathematics and Biology 2010: Charlotte Knotts-Zides, Wofford Building Connections College Harrison W. Straley, Wheaton College 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM 8:00AM Writing, Learning, and Mathematics. Organizers: G. Elton Graves,Rose-Hulman
(576) Ward E. Canfield, National-Louis University Institute of Technology (1023-I1-1114) Catherine M. Murphy,Purdue 8:15AM Concepts in Context: Writing and Reasoning about University
(577) Quantitative Issues. Tanya Cofer*, Northeastern Illinois University, and 8:00AM A Course in DNA Chemistry for Mathematicians at
(565) the State University of New York at Geneseo. David C. Jabon, DePaul University, Chicago Wendy K. Pogozelski*andAnthony J. Macula, (1023-I1-1124) SUNY Geneseo (1023-K5-1624) 8:30AM Reading and Discussing Mathematics with Peers.
(578) Penelope H Dunham, Muhlenberg College 8:20AM Mathematics in Genomic Analysis—A Module for (1023-I1-1192)
(566) Biology Students. Vera Cherepinsky, Fairfield University 8:45AM Converting Calculus Students from Showing Work (1023-K5-1690)
(579) to Explaining. Preliminary report. Feryal Alayont, Grand Valley State University 8:40AM Designing an Introductory course in Mathematical (1023-I1-1280) (567) Biology with Team Teaching. Krishan M. Agrawal, Virginia State University 9:00AM Getting Math Students to Take Writing Seriously. (1023-K5-1458)
(580) Preliminary report. Stephen B. Maurer, Swarthmore College 9:00AM A course in computational biology—Reaching out (1023-I1-173) (568) and reaching within. M. Chakrabarti, Grand Valley State University 9:15AM What Is an Assignment Like You Doing in a Class
(1023-K5-1834) (581) Like This?! Paula R. Stickles, Millikin University (1023-I1-1338) 9:20AM Introductory Bioinformatics Interdisciplinary
(569) Course. Preliminary report. 9:30AM Group Consulting Projects Using Matrices and
Yana Kortsarts*, Widener University, Computer (582) Linear Programming. Science Department, and Robert W. Morris, Katharine F. Gurski, George Washington University Widener University, Biology Department (1023-I1-140) (1023-K5-264) 9:45AM Using Research Projects to Develop Mathematical (583) Knowledge While Expanding Communication Skills. 9:40AM A Story of Developing a Course and a Textbook in
(570) Mathematical Biology. Elizabeth C. Rogers, Piedmont College Raina Robeva*andRobin Davies, Sweet Briar (1023-I1-1409) College (1023-K5-1796) 10:00AM Transitions: Using a Variety of Writing Assignments
(584) in a Bridge Course. Preliminary report. 10:00AM The Mother of Invention: From Desperation to
(571) Collaboration. Christopher Goff, University of the Pacific Christopher C. Leary*, Colin Kremer, Rachel (1023-I1-1423) VanCott and Gregg Hartvigsen, SUNY Geneseo 10:15AM Writing projects and rubrics in foundational (1023-K5-1747)
(585) mathematics courses. Joshua Brandon Holden, Rose-Hulman Institute of 10:20AM Biocalculus at Benedictine University and College of
(572) DuPage: A Collaboration Between Mathematicians Technology (1023-I1-1439) and Biologists and Between Four-Year and Two-Year 10:30AM A Problem-Solving Project for a General Education Institutions.
(586) Course. Timothy D. Comar, Benedictine University Mike Pinter, Belmont University (1023-I1-1497) (1023-K5-158) 10:45AM Using Mythbusters Episodes to Prompt Discussion in
11:00AM Building an Interdisciplinary Institute: The Institute (587) a Mathematical Modeling Course. (573) for Quantitative Biology at ETSU. Jennifer Wightman, Coastal Carolina University Istvan Karsai*, Dept. of Biological Sciences, The (1023-I1-1315) Institute for Quantitative Biology, East Tennessee 11:00AM Implementing Problem-Based Learning in State University, and Jeff R. Knisley, The Institute
(588) Introductory Statistics Courses, a Preliminary for Quantitative Biology, East Tennessee State Report. Preliminary report. University (1023-K5-1441) Catherine A. Matos, Clayton State University 11:20AM Collaborations between the ETSU Math and Biology (1023-I1-1780)
(574) Departments. Preliminary report. 11:15AM Using Group Homework in Calculus to Develop Anant P. Godbole, East Tennessee State University
(589) Written and Verbal Communication Skills. (1023-K5-418) Brian J. Birgen, Wartburg College (1023-I1-201)

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11:30AM Wiki in the mathematics classroom. Preliminary 10:00AM Visually Illustrating Rotations, Reflections and (590) report.
(604) Translations in Flash. P. Christopher Staecker, Messiah College Paul R. Bouthellier,Universityof (1023-I1-238) Pittsburgh-Titusville (1023-J1-405) 11:45AM A Course with a Focus on the Other Two R’s. 10:20AM Pedagogy and Visualization: Two Aspects of the Use
(591) John F. Putz, Alma College (1023-I1-300)
(605) of a CAS in Linear Algebra. Russell D. Blyth*andMike May, S. J., Saint Louis University (1023-J1-170) MAA Session on Philosophy of Mathematics, I 10:40AM Using gimbal lock in 3d programs to illustrate
(606) linear algebra Concepts. Preliminary report. 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM Helmer Aslaksen, National University of Singapore Organizers: Bonnie Gold, Monmouth University (1023-J1-1918) Charles R. Hampton, The College of 11:00AM Using a Markov Matrix Model as a Thread Wooster (607) Throughout the First Linear Algebra Course. Preliminary report. 8:00AM What Place Does Philosophy Have in Teaching Stephen Hilbert, Ithaca College, Ithaca NY
(592) Mathematics? Preliminary report. (1023-J1-1600) Martin E. Flashman, Humboldt State University (1023-N1-1867) 11:20AM Using the discovery learning method in linear (608) algebra. 8:40AM Mathematics as Representational Art. Preliminary Petre Ion Ghenciu, University of Wisconsin-Stout
(593) report. (1023-J1-1535) Sam Stueckle, Trevecca Nazarene University (1023-N1-1392) 11:40AM An Honors First-year Seminar in Linear Algebra. (609) Stephen B. Maurer, Swarthmore College 9:20AM From an analysis of definitions to a view of (1023-J1-174) (594) mathematics. Ruggero Ferro, University of Verona, Italy (1023-N1-637) 10:00AM Searle’s Metaphysics of Computation and MAA Session on Research on the Teaching and (595) Alternative Logics: A Surprising Connection. Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics Jeff Buechner, Rutgers University/Newark (1023-N1-973) 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM 10:40AM Why do we all get the same answers? Kitcher’s Organizers: David E. Meel, Bowling Green State
(596) anti-apriorism and the problems of social University constructivism. Carl E. Behrens, Alexandria, VA (1023-N1-882) Michael Oehrtman,ArizonaState University 11:20AM In Praise of Cranks: Are You Thinking What I’m
(597) Thinking? Preliminary report. Chris Rasmussen, San Diego State Andy D. Martin,UniversityofKentucky University (1023-N1-292) 8:00AM How your students use their textbook: A
(610) preliminary report. Preliminary report. Bret Benesh*, Harvard University, Tim Boester, MAA Session on Innovative and Effective Ways to University of Wisconsin-Madison, Aaron Weinberg, Teach Linear Algebra, II Ithaca College, and Emilie Wiesner,Universityof Georgia-Athens (1023-P5-92) 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM 8:20AM Making Sense of the Infinite: A Study Investigating
(611) the Learning and Teaching of Infinite Series. Organizers: David Strong, Pepperdine University Brian J. Lindaman,UniversityofKansas Gilbert Strang, Massachusetts (1023-P5-1763) Institute of Technology 8:40AM Examining the Effectiveness of Reading Questions in 8:00AM Introducing Eigenvalues by way of the Resolvent.
(612) Introductory University Mathematics Courses. (598) Elaine T. Hale*andSteven Cox, Rice University M. Axtell*andW. Turner, Wabash College (1023-J1-1663) (1023-P5-168) 8:20AM Cross Stitching, Graph Theory and a Least Path 9:00AM Controlling the work in Solving Initial Value
(599) Problem. (613) Problems: Contrasting Introductory Calculus Barbara A. Ashton*, Borough of Manhattan Textbooks. Community College, CUNY, and Kevin L. Dove, Vilma Mesa, University of Michigan (1023-P5-863) Lander University (1023-J1-1758) 9:20AM Diagrammatic Reasoning. 8:40AM A matrix route to Snell’s law. (614) H. A. Dye, U.S. Military Academy (1023-P5-878)
(600) Andrew J. Simoson, King College (1023-J1-259) 9:40AM An analysis of equation solving strategies of 9:00AM Linear Algebra For Everyone: The Arithmetic Portal
(615) mathematics professors versus undergraduate (601) Into Vector-Spaces. mathematics majors and secondary mathematics Clyde L. Greeno, The MALEI Mathematics Institute teachers while using graphing calulators. (1023-J1-1805) James R. Hersberger, Indiana University Purdue 9:20AM Vector spaces and linear functionals in elementary University Fort Wayne (1023-P5-1241)
(602) probabiliy. 10:00AM Study of the Cognitive Relation Between an Infinite Arnold Lebow, Yeshiva University (1023-J1-987) (616) Decimal and the Real Number It Represents: How 9:40AM Approximate Contour Image Generation: A Project Does an Individual Understand the Truth or Falsity
(603) in Linear Algebra. of the Relation 0.999 ...=1? Mohamed Allali, Chapman University Kirk Weller, University of Michigan Flint (1023-J1-1306) (1023-P5-1287)

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10:20AM A Framework for Characterizing Understanding of 10:00AM Using Handheld Technology in Teaching Geometry.
(617) the Riemann Integral.
(630) Constance C. Edwards, Western Kentucky Vicki L. Sealey, Arizona State University University (1023-Z1-1486) (1023-P5-1557) 10:15AM Using non-Euclidean geometry to teach Euclidean 10:40AM Mathematics Anxiety: A Multivariate Examination of
(631) geometry to K–12 teachers. Preliminary report.
(618) Gender Differences between Moberly Area David Damcke, University of Portland, Tevian Community College and Truman State University Dray*, Oregon State University, Maria Fung, Students. WesternOregonUniversity,Dianne Hart and Carolyn M. Dixon, Truman State University Lyn Riverstone, Oregon State University (1023-P5-1660) (1023-Z1-1828) 11:00AM A Classroom Study of Undergraduates’ 10:30AM The Integrated Laboratory Program – Guided (619) Understandings of Limits. Preliminary report.
(632) Discovery in the Education of Teachers. Timothy C. Boester,Universityof Jerome S. Epstein, Polytechnic University, Wisconsin-Madison (1023-P5-1699) Brooklyn, NY (1023-Z1-396) 11:20AM Students’ Intuitive and Formal Solutions of Calculus 10:45AM Fraction Sets for Basic Digit Sets. Preliminary report.
(620) Optimization Problems.
(633) Darren Wick, Ashland University (1023-Z1-584) Matthew E. DeLong*, Taylor University, and Dale J. Winter, University of Michigan (1023-P5-147) 11:00AM Factoring (16,6,2) difference sets.
(634) C. Bhattacharya*, Randolph-Macon College, 11:40AM The Effect of Different College Algebra Courses on and Ken Smith, Central Michigan University (621) Students’ Understanding of Linear and Exponential (1023-Z1-1417) Function Concepts. Erick Brian Hofacker, University of Wisconsin - 11:15AM The Extended Euclidean Algorithm. Preliminary River Falls (1023-P5-1852)
(635) report. William P. Wardlaw*, Richard F. Maruszewski,U. S. Naval Academy, and Allen J. Schwenk,Western Michigan University (1023-Z1-691) MAA General Contributed Paper Session, III 11:30AM Identifying when computed PageRank scores are 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM
(636) accurately ranked. Preliminary report. Rebecca S. Wills, North Carolina State University Organizers: Eric S. Marland, Appalachian State (1023-Z1-1484) University 11:45AM Planarizing Non-Planar Polygons. Jay A. Malmstrom, Oklahoma State
(637) Douglas G. Burkholder, Lenoir-Rhyne College Community College (1023-Z1-524) 8:00AM The Gilbreath Principle in Mathematical Magic.
(622) Card Colm Mulcahy, Spelman College (1023-Z1-1348) 8:15AM Uniqueness and Existence for Unbounded Boundary (623) Value Problems. Aprillya Lanz*, Clayton State University, and Jeffrey Ehme, Spelman College (1023-Z1-1772) SIAM Minisymposium on Mathematical Modeling of 8:30AM Incorporating Technology into Mathematics Courses Complex Systems in Biology, I
(624) for Secondary Education Mathematics Majors. Preliminary report. 8:00 AM –10:50AM John W. Thompson, U. of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ) (1023-Z1-106) Organizer: Lisa J. Fauci, Tulane University 8:45AM Discrete Mathematics for Middle Level Teachers. 8:00AM Modeling Biofilm Disinfection: How much is enough? (625) Preliminary report. (638) Nick G. Cogan, Florida State University Cheryl L. Olsen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1023-92-216) (1023-Z1-1752) 8:30AM A Multiscale Model of Biofilm as a 9:00AM Developing Middle School Teachers’ Content (639) Senescence-Structured Fluid. (626) Knowledge Through Inquiry In and About Bruce P. Ayati*, Southern Methodist University, Mathematics. and Isaac Klapper, Montana State University Eden M. Badertscher, University of Maryland, (1023-92-657) College Park (1023-Z1-347) 9:00AM Voices from the fringe - How distal synapses make 9:15AM Enhancing Middle School Teachers’ Knowledge of

(640) themselves heard. (627) Mathematics. Steven J. Cox*, Rice University, and Kresimir Josic, Gulden Karakok*, Tina L. Johnston, Maggie Niess University of Houston (1023-35-836) and Tevian Dray, Oregon State University (1023-Z1-1799) 9:30AM Alcohol’s Effect on Neuron Firing. (641) Erika T. Camacho, Loyola Marymount University 9:30AM Balancing Mathematical Content with Classroom (1023-92-1421) (628) Applications: Experiences from Our Third Year. Preliminary report. 10:00AM The Method of Regularized Stokeslets for Biological Kimberly J. Presser, Shippensburg University
(642) Flows. (1023-Z1-474) Ricardo Cortez, Tulane University (1023-76-1874) 9:45AM Comparing the K-8 Mathematical Content 10:30AM On the Stability of Periodic Solutions in the
(629) Knowledge of Future Teachers to College Algebra (643) Perturbed Chemostat. and Calculus Students: Results of a Pretest-Posttest Frederic Mazenc, Projet MERE, INRIA-INRA, France, Study. Michael Malisoff*, Louisiana State University, Betsy Darken, University of Tennessee at Baton Rouge, and Patrick De Leenheer,University Chattanooga (1023-Z1-349) of Florida (1023-92-57)

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SIAM Minisymposium on Structure and Topology in 11:00AM Fracture energies as limit of non-local damage Graph Theory, I (655) energies. Matteo Negri, Universita’ di Pavia (1023-49-715) 8:00 AM –10:55AM 11:30AM Numerical implementation of variational brittle (656) fracture. Organizers: Mark N. Ellingham, Vanderbilt Blaise A. Bourdin, Louisiana State University University (1023-49-1229) Chris Stephens, Middle Tennessee State University MAA Panel Discussion Xiaoya Zha, Middle Tennessee State University 8:30 AM –9:50AM 8:00AM Infinite 2-walks in 3-connected planar graphs. Euler’s continuing influence. (644) Daniel P. Biebighauser*, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, and M. N. Ellingham, Organizer: Ed Sandifer, Western Connecticut Vanderbilt University (1023-05-771) State University Panelists: William W. Dunham, Muhlenberg 8:30AM Circumferences of 3-connected graphs with
(645) bounded degrees. Preliminary report. College Guantao Chen*, Georgia State University, Zhicheng Charles R. Hampton, College of Gao, Carleton University, Xingxing Yu,Georgia Wooster Institute of Technology, and Wenan Zang, June E. Barrow-Green,TheOpen University of Hong Kong (1023-05-554) University 9:00AM Packing of Sparse Graphs. Preliminary report.
(646) Alexandr V. Kostochka and Gexin Yu*, University Project NExT Panel Discussion of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1023-05-167) 8:30 AM –9:50AM 9:30AM On the Reconstruction of Planar Graphs. (647) Mark Bilinski, Young Soo Kwon and Xingxing Getting your first book published. Yu*, Georgia Institute of Technology (1023-05-824) Organizers: T. Christine Stevens,St.Louis 10:00AM Spanning subsets of toroidal and Klein bottle University (648) embeddings. Aparna W. Higgins,Universityof D. Christopher Stephens and Xiaoya Zha*, Middle Dayton Tennessee State University (1023-05-848) Joseph A. Gallian,Universityof 10:30AM Excluding induced subgraphs by degree sequence. Minnesota Duluth (649) Neil Robertson, Ohio State University (1023-05-1838) Panelists: Thomas C. Hull, Merrimack College Donald J. Albers,MAA Laura A. Taalman,JamesMadison SIGMAA Officers Meeting University Ruth Baruth,W.H.Freeman 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM AWM Emmy Noether Lecture

AMS Special Session on Free Discontinuity Problems: 9:00 AM –9:50AM From Image Processing to Materials Science (657) Automorphisms of free groups, outer space, and beyond. 8:30 AM – 11:55 AM Karen Vogtmann, Cornell University (1023-20-27) Organizers: Blaise Bourdin, Louisiana State University MAA Minicourse #10: Part A Christopher J. Larsen,Worcester 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Polytechnic Institute 8:30AM Variational Fracture and Minimality. A beginner’s guide to the scholarship of teaching (650) Gilles A. Francfort,Universite´ Paris 13, France and learning in mathematics. (1023-49-992) Organizers: Curtis D. Bennett, Loyola Marymount 9:00AM Quasistatic evolution in brittle fracture based on a University (651) type of strict local energy minimization. Jacqueline M. Dewar, Loyola Chris Larsen, WPI (1023-49-1614) Marymount University 9:30AM Quasi static evolution for damage. (652) Adriana Garroni*, Universita’ di Roma ”La MAA Minicourse #16: Part A Sapienza”, Italy, and Christopher Larsen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1023-49-1317) 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM 10:00AM Existence for a model of fracture evolution based on More music and mathematics. (653) crack fronts. Organizer: Leon Harkleroad,Wilton,ME Christopher J. Larsen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Michael Ortiz, California Institute of Technology, and Casey L. Richardson*, Worcester MAA Session on Reconceptualizing Content Courses Polytechnic Institute (1023-49-1640) for Prospective High School Mathematics Teachers, I AM 10:30 Heat Flows of Linear Growth Maps and Color Image 9:00 AM – 11:55 AM (654) Denoising. Xiaobing Feng, The University of Tennessee Organizers: Jean McGivney-Burelle,Universityof (1023-35-1613) Hartford

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Neil Portnoy, Stony Brook University Penelope Kirby,FloridaState 9:00AM Effective Mathematics Course Experiences for University
(658) Prospective High School Mathematics Teachers. Fred Peskoff, Borough of Manhattan Mary Ann Connors, Westfield State College Community College/CUNY (1023-N5-1485) 9:20AM Mathematical Explorations as a Gateway to Exhibits and Book Sales
(659) High-school Content Mastery: a Number Theory Approach. Preliminary report. 9:30 AM –5:30PM Maria G. Fung, Western Oregon University (1023-N5-1422) Math on the Web, II 9:40AM A Multi-Angled Approach to Geometry for Secondary
(660) Mathematics Teachers. Preliminary report. 10:00 AM –3:35PM Diane Barrett, St. John Fisher College (1023-N5-54) 10:00AM Interactive math on the Web by Maplesoft. 10:00AM Developing Mathematics: A Mathematics Content (667) Mohamed Bendame,Maplesoft (661) Course for Teachers Resulting In a Proof of the 10:45AM The Math Gateway: A NSDL portal for Fundamental Theorem of Algebra. (668) undergraduate math. Benjamin J. Sinwell, Montgomery County Public Lang Moore, Duke University Schools and Park City Mathematics Institute, and 11:30AM Math for the visually disabled: What you can do to Bowen Kerins*, Education Development Center, Inc. (1023-N5-1366) (669) help. Neil Soiffer, Design Science, Inc. 10:20AM Famous Mathematical Constants. 12:15PM MathML everywhere: Web pages, blogs, Wikis,
(662) Jill Shahverdian, Quinnipiac University (670) computation and more. (1023-N5-1358) Neil Soiffer, Design Science, Inc. 10:40AM Methods, Math, and Madness. 1:00PM Math support for instant messaging, chat rooms,
(663) Tom Evitts, Shippensburg University (671) and other collaboration environments. (1023-N5-1278) Don DeLand, Integre Technical Publishing Co. 11:00AM Merging Mathematics, Pedagogy, and Technology: 1:45PM Creating mathematical documents for the Web with
(664) A New Design for Preparing Secondary Mathematics (672) Scientific WorkPlace. Teachers. Preliminary report. Barry MacKichan, MacKichan Software, Inc. Douglas A. Lapp, Central Michigan University (1023-N5-1238) 2:30PM Student answers to math homework on the Web (673) using proper mathematical notation: A scalable, 11:20AM The History of Mathematics: An Investigation of universal approach. (665) Particular Course Assignments on Student John Risley, WebAssign Conceptions of Its Use in Teaching. Preliminary report. 3:15PM Maplets for calculus. Kathleen M. Clark, Florida State University (674) Philip Yasskin*, Texas A&M University, and Doug (1023-N5-523) Meade*, University of South Carolina 11:40AM Learning and Learning to Teach Modern Geometry.
(666) Preliminary report. MAA Panel Discussion Teresa E. Moore*, Ithaca College, and L. Christine 10:00 AM – 11:20 AM Kinsey, Canisius College (1023-N5-1150) Using student portfolios for assessment. MAA Poster Session on MAA/Tensor Foundation Organizers: Alex J. Heidenberg, U.S. Military Projects which Increase the Participation of Women in Academy Mathematics Michael D. Phillips, U.S. Military Academy 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Panelists: Connie S. Schrock,EmporiaState University Organizers: Elizabeth G. Yanik,EmporiaState University Dennis Kern,TexasA&MUniversityat Texarkana Jennifer Hontz, Meredith College Cathy Liebars, College of New Jersey Kathleen A. Sullivan, Seattle University Archie Willmer, III, U.S. Military Academy Joint AMS-MAA Committee on Teaching Assistants and Part-Time Instructors Panel Discussion MAA Committee on Technologies in Mathematics Education and WEBSIGMAA Panel Discussion 9:00 AM –10:20AM Strategic thinking about nonladder faculty. 10:00 AM – 11:20 AM Organizers: Judith L. Baxter, University of Illinois Best practices for expository mathematics in the at Chicago digital age. Kevin E. Charlwood, Washburn Organizer: Kyle T. Siegrist,Universityof University Alabama, Huntsville Natasha M. Speer, Michigan State Panelists: Thomas E. Leathrum, Jacksonville University State University Panelists: Charles Hale, California State Douglas E. Ensley, Shippensburg State University, Pomona University Diane L. Herrmann,Universityof Franklin A. Wattenberg, U.S. Military Chicago Academy

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David Smith, Duke University Bernard Brooks, Rochester Institute of Kyle T. Siegrist Technology Tamas I. Wiandt, Rochester Institute MAA Invited Address of Technology Michael J. Fisher, California State 10:05 AM –10:55AM University, Fresno (675) The Bernoulli brothers in the arena of the early 1:00PM Modeling the Spread of Smallpox in the Mayan calculus.
(681) Population with Excel. Preliminary report. Jan van Maanen, Utrecht University (1023-A0-21) Hye Yon Yi, Rochester Institute of Technology (1023-00-1100) MAA Minicourse #5: Part A 1:30PM Colorability of Knots and the Kauffman-Harary
(682) Conjecture. 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Nicholas E. Dowdall*, Sonoma State University, California, Thomas Mattman,ChicoState Wavelets and applications: A multidisciplinary University, Kevin Meek, Florida State University, undergraduate course with emphasis on scientific and Pablo Solis, MIT (1023-54-805) computing. 2:00PM Turk’s Head Knots and the Kauffman-Harary Organizer: Patrick J. Van Fleet,UniversityofSt.
(683) Conjecture. Thomas Pablo R. Solis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1023-54-807) MAA Special Presentation 2:30PM The Kauffman-Harary Conjecture, Turk’s Head
(684) Knots and Pell Primes. 10:30 AM – 11:50 AM Nick Dowdall, Sonoma State University, Kevin Proposal writing workshop for grant applications to Meek*, Florida State University, and Pablo the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education. Solis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1023-51-1058) Organizers: Elizabeth J. Teles, NSF Division of Undergraduate Education 3:00PM A Compartmental Model for an Activity-Dependent (685) Perforated Synapse. Lee L. Zia, NSF Division of Olga Yuliana Noris*andDiana W. Verzi,San Undergraduate Education Diego State University-Imperial Valley Campus (1023-92-1119) SIAM Invited Address 3:30PM Normal Subgroups of a Wreath p-Group and
(686) Corresponding Doubly-Invariant Vector Subspaces: 11:10 AM – NOON Preliminary Report. Preliminary report.
(676) Geometry in the movies. Sam P. Ruth*, Northwestern University, Arran Tony DeRose, Pixar Animation Studios Christopher Hamm, Wake Forest University, and (1023-00-14) Sarah Renee Bockting, University of Evansville (1023-20-64) AMS Session on Logic 4:00PM Pricing Convertible Bonds. Preliminary report.
(687) Jinjin Qian*andLindsay Bryant, Lafayette College 11:15 AM – 11:55 AM (1023-90-1553)

11:15AM Coding a new countable-length sequence. (677) Natasha Dobrinen, Kurt Goedel Research Center for Mathematical Logic (1023-03-1479) AMS-AWM Special Session on Geometric Group 11:30AM On the Free Left Distributive Algebra on κ-many Theory, III (678) Generators. Preliminary report. Sheila K. Miller, University of Colorado, Boulder 1:00 PM –3:55PM (1023-03-1545) Organizers: Ruth M. Charney, Brandeis University 11:45AM On Non-Standard Set Theory Models and the (679) Relativity of Real Numbers. Karen Vogtmann, Cornell University L. Luo, Beijing Normal University (1023-03-89) 1:00PM Wicket groups and ring groups. (688) Tara E. Brendle*, Louisiana State University, and AMS Colloquium Lecture: Lecture II Allen Hatcher, Cornell University (1023-57-1754) 1:30PM Brownstein-Lee Conjecture. 1:00 PM –2:00PM (689) Craig Jensen*, University of New Orleans, Jon McCammond, UC - Santa Barbara, and John Meier, (680) Limit shapes, real and imagined, II: Algebraic Lafayette College (1023-20-69) geometry of random surfaces. Andrei Okounkov, Princeton University 2:00PM Core and intersection number in compactified outer (1023-60-03) (690) space, Part I. Preliminary report. Michael Handel,LehmanCollege,CUNY,andLee Mosher*, Rutgers University, Newark (1023-20-838) AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates, II 2:30PM Core and intersection number in compactified outer (691) space, Part II. Preliminary report. Michael Handel*, Lehman College, CUNY, and Lee 1:00 PM –4:25PM Mosher, Rutgers University, Newark (1023-20-839) Organizers: Darren A. Narayan,Rochester 3:00PM Unstable Morita Classes in the Homology of the Institute of Technology (692) Mapping Class Group. Preliminary report. Carl V. Lutzer, Rochester Institute of James R. Conant, University of Tennessee Technology (1023-20-258)

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3:30PM Cohomology of some subgroups of the AMS Special Session on Knots, 3-Manifolds, and Their (693) automorphism group of a free group. Invariants, III Alexandra R. Pettet, Stanford University (1023-20-1070) 1:00 PM –3:55PM Organizers: Oliver T. Dasbach, Louisiana State University Xiao-Song Lin, University of California AMS Special Session on Initial- and Boundary-Value Riverside Problems, Solvability, and Stability for some 1:00PM Some applications of the cosine law to surface Nonlinear PDEs: Theorem, Computation, and
(703) geometry and 3-manifolds. Application, II Feng Luo, Rutgers University (1023-57-1527) 1:30PM Virtual Homotopy. Preliminary report. 1:00 PM –3:55PM (704) H. A. Dye*, U.S. Military Academy, and Louis H. Organizers: Jerry L. Bona, University of Illinois at Kauffman, University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago (1023-55-529) Laihan Luo,NewYorkInstituteof 2:00PM Hochschild homology, cones, and combinatorial Technology (705) patterns in Khovanov type graph homology. Jozef H. Przytycki*, George Washington University, 1:00PM Initial-boundary-value Problems for a Milena D. Pabiniak and Radmila Sazdanovic,GWU (694) Three-dimensional Model for Surface Water Waves. (1023-57-1406) Preliminary report. 2:30PM Analyzing torsion in Khovanov-type graph Jerry L. Bona, University of Illinois at Chicago m (1023-76-1022) (706) cohomology over algebra Z[x]/(x ). Radmila Sazdanovic*, George Washington 1:30PM Time Periodic Solution of the Korteweg-de Vries University, Milena Pabiniak and Jozef H. (695) Equation on a Bounded Domain and Its Stability. Przytycki, GWU (1023-57-846) Preliminary report. 3:00PM Mahler measures of twisted Alexander polynomials. Muhammad Usman and Bing-Yu Zhang*, University of Cincinnati (1023-35-1362) (707) Daniel S. Silver and Susan G. Williams*, University of South Alabama (1023-57-1561) 2:00PM Stability of incompressible viscous fluid flows. 3:30PM The Mahler measure of Jones polynomials and the
(696) Dmitry Pelinovsky,McMasterUniversity
(708) twist-bracket polynomial. (1023-34-422) Abhijit Champanerkar, Univ. of South Alabama, 2:30PM Fifth-order Korteweg-de Vries type equations in and Ilya Kofman*, College of Staten Island, CUNY (697) Sobolev spaces with negative indices. Preliminary (1023-57-1262) report. Jiahong Wu*, Oklahoma State University, Jie Shen, Purdue University, and Juan-Ming Yuan,Providence University, Taiwan (1023-35-641) 3:00PM Approximate and Numerical Solutions of the Initial- AMS Special Session on Arrangements and Related
(698) and Boundary-Value Problems for fKdV Equation, Topics, III Mass Postulate, and Satellite Observations. Samuel S. Shen, San Diego State University 1:00 PM –3:50PM (1023-76-400) Organizers: Daniel C. Cohen, Louisiana State 3:30PM Asymptotic Linearization of Some Nonlinear Partial University (699) Differential Equations. Preliminary report. Anne V. Shepler,UniversityofNorth Thanasis Fokas, Department of Applied Texas Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, and Laihan Luo*, New York Institute of 1:00PM On the Heavyside functions of arrangements and Technology (1023-35-813)
(709) the impossibility theorem by Kenneth Arrow. Hiroaki Terao, Hokkaido University (1023-32-1880) 1:30PM The 1modk partition poset and graph connectivity. (710) Preliminary report. John Shareshian, Washington University, AMS Special Session on Invariant Theory, II and Michelle L. Wachs*, University of Miami (1023-05-1742) PM PM 1:00 –3:55 2:00PM Degeneration varieties and Macaulay inverse Organizers: Mara D. Neusel, Texas Tech University (711) systems. Preliminary report. Max D. Wakefield, Hokkaido University Frank D. Grosshans, West Chester (1023-13-1073) University 2:30PM Break. 1:00PM On the invariant theory of the orthogonal group. (700) Matyas Domokos, Renyi Institute of Mathematics, 3:00PM The space of n ordered points on the line is cut out Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1023-13-1081) (712) by simple quadrics if n is not six. Benjamin J. Howard*, Institute for Mathematics 2:00PM Problem session on Invariant Theory. and its Applications, John Millson,Universityof 3:00PM Black Box Algebras. Maryland College Park, Andrew Snowden, (701) Harm Derksen, University of Michigan Princeton University, and Ravi Vakil,Stanford (1023-17-935) University (1023-14-1068) 3:30PM Symmetry in SL(3,C)-Character Varieties. 3:30PM Freeness of Line-Conic Arrangements in P2. (702) Sean D. Lawton, Kansas State University (713) Stefan O. Tohaneanu*andHal Schenck,Texas (1023-14-97) A&M University (1023-52-1402)

JANUARY 2007 NOTICES OF THE AMS 133 Program of the Sessions – Saturday, January 6 (cont’d.)

AMS Special Session on Mathematical Techniques in 2:00PM Lp Intersection Bodies. Musical Analysis, II (722) Monika Ludwig*andChristoph Haberl, Technische Universit¨at Wien (1023-52-609) PM PM 1:00 –3:55 2:30PM The geometry of L0. (723) Nigel Kalton, Alexander Koldobsky,Universityof Organizers: Robert W. Peck, Louisiana State Missouri, Vladyslav Yaskin and Maryna Yaskina*, University University of Oklahoma (1023-52-750) Julian Hook, Indiana 3:00PM A solution to the lower dimensional Busemann-Petty University-Bloomington (724) problem in the hyperbolic space. Rachel W. Hall,SaintJoseph’s Vladyslav Yaskin,UniversityofOklahoma University (1023-52-745) 1:00PM Yea, Why Try Her Raw Wet Hat? 3:30PM Determination of convex bodies from derivatives of
(714) Robin J. Wilson, The Open University, UK (725) section functions. (1023-00-289) Alexander Koldobsky*andChris Shane, 1:30PM An order 1152 group of triadic transformations University of Missouri-Columbia (1023-52-169)
(715) and its relevance to music-theoretical structures. Preliminary report. Robert Peck*, Louisiana State University, and Jack Douthett, Albuquerque, New Mexico AMS Special Session on Calculus of Variations and (1023-20-1231) Nonlinear PDEs: Theory and Applications, II 2:00PM Consistent Fingerings for a Continuum of Syntonic (716) Tunings. 1:00 PM –3:45PM William A. Sethares*, University of Wisconsin, Andrew Milne,London,UK,andPlamondon Jim, Organizers: Marian Bocea, North Dakota State Thumbtronics Ltd, Busselton, Western Australia University (1023-51-689) Cristina M. Popovici, North Dakota 2:30PM A multi-pronged approach to the creating of an State University
(717) interdisciplinary research program in mathematics 1:00PM New exact bounds for effective properties of and computation in music. (726) multicomponent conducting composites and Elaine Chew, University of Southern California Localized polyconvexity. Preliminary report. (1023-00-1757) Andrej Cherkaev, University of Utah (1023-51-559) 3:00PM A Dynamic Programming Approach to the 2:00PM Dynamics of steps along a martensitic phase (718) Extraction of Phrase Boundaries from Tempo (727) boundary. Preliminary report. Variations in Expressive Performances. Preliminary Anna Vainchtein*, University of Pittsburgh, and report. Yubao Zhen, Harbin Institute of Technology Ching-Hua Chuan*, Computer Science, University (1023-74-455) of Southern California, and Elaine Chew, Industrial 3:00PM ε-stable Γ -convergence. Preliminary report. and Systems Engineering, University of Southern (728) Andrea Braides,UniversityofRome,andChris California (1023-68-1756) Larsen*, WPI (1023-49-1631) 3:30PM Information Theory and Melody: Zero and First
(719) Order Markov Models. Kathryn R. Elder, New York, NY (1023-62-551) AMS Special Session on Dynamic Programming, II

1:00 PM –3:45PM AMS Special Session on Radon Transforms, Convex Geometry, and Geometric Analysis, II Organizers: Gerald C. Kobylski, United States Military Academy 1:00 PM –3:55PM Randal Hickman, United States Military Academy Organizers: Eric L. Grinberg,UniversityofNew Hampshire 1:00PM Dynamic Programming and the Dragonfly Guided (729) Airdrop System. Preliminary report. Peter Kuchment,TexasA&M David W. Carter*, Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, University MA, and Steve Tavan,U.S.Army,RDECOM,Natick, Gestur Olafsson, Louisiana State MA (1023-49-1182) University 1:30PM Applications of Dynamic Programming in a Eric Todd Quinto, Tufts University (730) Network of Autonomous Vehicles and Sensors. Boris S. Rubin, Louisiana State Preliminary report. University Randal E. Hickman, United States Military Academy 1:00PM Isospectral metrics on balls, spheres, and other (1023-49-1371)
(720) manifolds with different local geometries. 2:00PM Stochastic UAV Route Planning Using Adaptive Zoltan I. Szabo, Lehman College and Graduate (731) Dynamic Programming. Preliminary report. Center of the City University of New York Darryl K. Ahner,U.S.ArmyTRADOCAnalysis (1023-58-510) Center, Monterey, CA (1023-49-1227) 1:30PM Some applications of integral geometry to Finsler 3:00PM Assignment Scheduling Capability for UAVs—an (721) geometry. Preliminary report. (732) Approximate Dynamic Programming Simulation Juan-Carlos Alvarez Paiva*, Universite des Implementation to a Combinatorial Scheduling Sciences et Technologies de Lille, and Gautier Problem. Preliminary report. Berck, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa Arnold Buss, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, (1023-44-511) CA (1023-49-1232)

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MAA Minicourse #11: Part A 3:00PM Impulsive hybrid set valued integro-differential (741) equations and the monotone iterative technique. 1:00 PM –3:00PM Seenith Sivasundaram, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (1023-34-323) Origami in undergraduate mathematics courses. 3:15PM Positive Solutions of an nth Order Boundary Value Organizer: Thomas C. Hull, Merrimack College (742) Problem: A Functional Approach. John E. Ehrke, Baylor University (1023-34-477) MAA Minicourse #13: Part B 3:30PM Analysis of a family of model quasilinear (743) boundary-value problems. Preliminary report. 1:00 PM –3:00PM Matthew Rudd, University of Idaho (1023-34-485) 3:45PM Existence Results for Nonautonomous Evolution Teaching a course in the history of mathematics. (744) Equations with Nonlocal Initial Conditions. Organizers: Victor J. Katz, University of the District Preliminary report. of Columbia Sergiu Aizicovici, Ohio University, and Haewon V. Frederick Rickey, U. S. Military Lee*, Dillard University (1023-34-880) Academy

AMS Session on Geometry and Topology, II MAA Minicourse #6: Part A 1:00 PM –4:10PM 1:00 PM –3:00PM 1:00PM Cheeger Constants of Certain Arithmetic Hyperbolic WeBWorK 2: An Internet-based system for (745) Three-Manifolds. Preliminary report. generating and delivering homework. Dominic Lanphier, Western Kentucky University, Organizers: Arnold K. Pizer,Universityof and Jason Rosenhouse*, James Madison University Rochester (1023-53-1726) Michael E. Gage,Universityof 1:15PM On Conformal Invariant First Order Symmetry Rochester (746) Operators of Powers of the Laplacian. Preliminary Vicki Roth, University of Rochester report. Alfredo Villanueva,TheUniversityofIowa (1023-53-1808) AMS Session on Analysis and Ordinary Differential 1:30PM Deformations of the gyroid and Lidinoid minimal Equations, II (747) surfaces. Adam G. Weyhaupt, Southern Illinois University 1:00 PM –3:55PM Edwardsville (1023-53-1839) 1:45PM A Family of Minimal Tori in the Sphere S5. 1:00PM Heat kernel estimates with applications to several (733) complex variables. (748) Rodrigo Ristow Montes, Washington University in Andrew S. Raich,TexasA&MUniversity St Louis (1023-53-330) (1023-32-397) 2:00PM Techniques for classifying nonnegatively curved (749) left-invariant metrics on compact Lie groups. 1:15PM Zeros of Generalized Rogers Ramanujan Series. (734) Preliminary report. Jack Huizenga, University of Chicago Tim Huber, University of Illinois at (1023-53-401) Urbana-Champaign (1023-33-1177) 2:15PM Energy and Riemannian Flows. Preliminary report. 1:30PM On Some Inverse Problem Leading to a (750) Amine Fawaz, The University of Texas of the
(735) Second-Order Linear Functional. Permian Basin (1023-53-588) Ridha Sfaxi, Institut Superieur de Gestion de 2:30PM Lie Groups of Automorphisms on Almost Gabes, Tunisia (1023-33-1556) (751) r -Paracontact Riemannian Manifolds. Preliminary 1:45PM Monotone Solutions of Nonlinear Differential report.
(736) Equations. Andrew Bucki, Langston University (1023-53-917) Bryce Holthouse*, University of Central Missouri, 2:45PM Tessellation of Klein Bottle by Congruence (mod 6) and Lianwen Wang, Department of Mathematics
(752) and Theorems of Fermat (1640) and Joncourt and Computer Science, University of Central (1762). Preliminary report. Missouri (1023-34-1331) Okan Gurel*, New York, NY, and Demet Gurel, 2:00PM Stability of Invariant Sets for Functional Differential Touro College (1023-54-1293) (737) Equations. 3:00PM Topological Model of Melodic Clustering of a Music Zhivko S. Athanassov, Bulgarian Academy of (753) Score: Theory and Application to Schumann’s Sciences (1023-34-1433) Traumerei.¨ 2:15PM Blending Mechanical Engineering With Mathematics Chantal Buteau, Brock University (1023-54-1605)
(738) to Create Interdisciplinary Lively Application 3:15PM Onˆ-Baire e andˆ-Shanin e spaces. Preliminary report. Projects (ILAPs). Preliminary report. (754) Andrzej A. Szymanski, Slippery Rock University of Michael R. Huber*, Muhlenberg College, Jonathan Pennsylvania (1023-54-1650) L. Paynter and Zachary W. Seidel, United States 3:30PM A weighted quasimetric for digital topology. Military Academy (1023-34-154)
(755) Preliminary report. 2:30PM Uniqueness implies existence for nth order Ralph Kopperman, The City College of CUNY (739) boundary value problems. (1023-54-1785) Jeffrey A. Ehme, Spelman College (1023-34-1635) 3:45PM Uniqueness of Polish group topologies. Preliminary 2:45PM Minimal Periods of Closed Curves in Rn. (756) report.
(740) George R. Grover*andDiana M. Thomas, Bojana Pejic*andPaul Gartside,Universityof Montclair State University (1023-34-1676) Pittsburgh (1023-54-1836)

JANUARY 2007 NOTICES OF THE AMS 135 Program of the Sessions – Saturday, January 6 (cont’d.)

4:00PM On results from convexity related to the phase 1:15PM Some Results on Jonsson´ Modules over
(757) retrieval problem. (772) Commutative Rings with Identity. Gennadiy Averkov, University of Magdeburg Greg G. Oman, The Ohio State University (1023-52-1922) (1023-13-959) 1:30PM Instability of projective reconstruction from 1-view (773) in higher dimension. Preliminary report. AMS Session on Applications of Mathematics, II Marina Bertolini, Universita’ degli Studi di Milano, GianMario Besana*, DePaul Univeristy - CTI, and 1:00 PM –4:10PM Cristina Turrini, Universita’ degli Studi di Milano (1023-14-118) 1:00PM Numerical simulations of resonant optics in 1:45PM Optimal fewnomial bounds from Gale dual
(758) meta-materials with negative refractive index. (774) polynomial systems. Preliminary report. Frank Sottile*, Texas A&M University, and Frederic Kathryn E. Rasmussen, Rensselaer Polytechnic Bihan, Universite de Savoie (1023-14-1560) Institute (1023-78-826) 2:00PM Equivalence of Mirror Families Constructed from 1:15PM Strongly Universal Quantum Turing Machines and (775) Toric Degenerations of Flag Varieties. Preliminary (759) Invariance of Kolmogorov Complexity. report. Markus Muller¨ , Technische Universitaet Berlin, Joseph P. Rusinko, University of Georgia Germany (1023-81-1132) (1023-14-1649) 1:30PM Wave-functions of Sebaˇ billiards. 2:15PM Algebraic Geometric Codes on Anticanonical (760) B. Winn, Texas A&M University (1023-81-1748) (776) Surfaces. 1:45PM The spectral form factor for quantum graphs with Jennifer A. Everson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (761) spin-orbit coupling. (1023-14-1712) Jonathan Harrison,TexasA&MUniversity 2:30PM A generalized Euler integral formula for ε-factors (1023-81-1884) (777) of irregular singular connections. 2:00PM Mathematical modeling and simulation of texture Christopher L. Bremer, University of Chicago (762) evolution. (1023-14-1744) Maria Emelianenko*, David Kinderlehrer, Shlomo 2:45PM A mirror conjecture for projective bundles. Ta’asan, Carnegie Mellon University, and Dmitry (778) Artur Elezi, American University (1023-14-1872) Golovaty, University of Akron (1023-82-1901) 3:00PM Break. 2:15PM Statistical Equilibrium of Slender Vortex Filaments. (763) Timothy D. Andersen*andChjan C. Lim, 3:15PM Vanishing theta nulls of algebraic curves with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1023-82-601) (779) automorphisms. Preliminary report. Sujeeva Wijesiri, Oakland University (1023-14-797) 2:30PM Well-Posed Initial-Boundary Value Constrained
(764) Evolution Problems. 3:30PM Numerical deflation of multiple solution Alexander Alekseenko, California State University (780) components of systems of polynomial equations. Northridge (1023-83-1833) Anton Leykin*, University of Minnesota, Jan Verschelde and Ailing Zhao, University of Illinois 2:45PM Imaging conditions in geophysical depth migration at Chicago (1023-14-798)
(765) algorithms. Bogdan G. Nita, Montclair State University 3:45PM Surfaces of general type with zero geometric genus. (1023-86-295) (781) Preliminary report. Caryn Werner, Allegheny College (1023-14-876) 3:00PM Global Optimization in Model-Based Clustering.
(766) Jeffrey Heath*, Michael Fu and Wolfgang Jank, Univ. of Maryland, College Park (1023-90-1158) 3:15PM Discrete OR and continuous vintage capital models. MAA Session on Teaching Innovations in Real (767) Natali Hritonenko, Prairie View A&M University, Analysis, I and Yuri Yatsenko*, Houston Baptist University (1023-90-1174) 1:00 PM –3:55PM 3:30PM A Hybrid Sampling Algorithm for Stochastic (768) Optimization. Preliminary report. Organizers: Robert W. Vallin, Slippery Rock Shane Drew*andTito Homem-de-Mello, University Northwestern University (1023-90-1283) Erik O. Talvila, University College of 3:45PM General option exercise rules for regime-switching the Fraser Valley (769) models. 1:00PM A Spoonful of Sugar: Using Just Enough Innovation Svetlana Boyarchenko and Sergei Levendorskii*,
(782) For Success. Department of Economics, The University of Texas Karl-Dieter Crisman, Gordon College at Austin (1023-90-131) (1023-Q1-1539) 4:00PM Portfolio Selection as a Nash Bargaining Game. 1:20PM Enticing the Reluctant Analyst.
(770) Youngna Choi and Michael A. Jones*, Montclair
(783) M. Jean McKemie, St. Edward’s University State University (1023-90-1414) (1023-Q1-1425) 1:40PM To Cantor and Beyond.
(784) Ioana Mihaila, Cal Poly Pomona (1023-Q1-662) AMS Session on Algebra and Number Theory, IV 2:00PM A Constructive Approach to Real Analysis.
(785) Mark Bridger, Northeastern University 1:00 PM –3:55PM (1023-Q1-1776)

1:00PM Z2 Homology of Singular Real Toric Varieties. 2:20PM A More Student Friendly Definition of Limit. (771) Preliminary report.
(786) Preliminary report. Valerie M. Hower, University of Georgia David Scott, University of Puget Sound (1023-14-961) (1023-Q1-381)

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2:40PM Making it “Real”. Preliminary report. 1:15PM Student Problem Writing Exercises Used to Enhance
(787) Sarah V. Cook, Washburn University
(800) and Develop Mathematical Exposition. Preliminary (1023-Q1-1599) report. 3:00PM Using the discovery learning method in Real Linda McGuire, Muhlenberg College (1023-I1-393) (788) Analysis. 1:30PM Can You Understand Me Now? Mathematics as Petre Ion Ghenciu, University of Wisconsin-Stout
(801) Another Language. (1023-Q1-1529) Jean M. Horn*, NVCC - Woodbridge, and Toni T. 3:20PM How Logical Thinking Can Be Enhanced in Learning Robertson, NVCC-Woodbridge (1023-I1-486)
(789) Real Analysis. Preliminary report. 1:45PM Using Groups and Peer Reviews in a Proof Course. Long Wang, Southern Polytechnic State University
(802) Preliminary report. (1023-Q1-638) Sharon S. Emerson-Stonnell, Longwood University 3:40PM Guided Discovery of “Big Picture” Results in (1023-I1-506) (790) Analysis. 2:00PM “Writing-Intensive” Linear Algebra. Clark Wells, Grand Valley State University
(803) Patrick Bahls, University of North Carolina, (1023-Q1-948) Asheville (1023-I1-611) 2:15PM The Best Bluffer Contest: Rewarding Students for MAA Session on Communication Theory in
(804) Creating Invalid Proofs. Preliminary report. Undergraduate Courses Pam Miltenberger Wovchko,WestVirginia Wesleyan College (1023-I1-620) 1:00 PM –3:35PM 2:30PM Are you a Mathematical Maoist? Writing Exercises Organizer: Tim McDevitt, Elizabethtown College
(805) to Explore the Mathematical Self. Judith L. Gieger*andJohn C. Nardo,Oglethorpe 1:00PM Simple Signal Processing in the Engineering University (1023-I1-674)
(791) Mathematics Classroom. Jong Chung*, Joseph D. Myers and Sebastien P. 2:45PM Involving Students in Their Own Learning: Follow up Joly, U.S. Military Academy (1023-F5-1213)
(806) After the First Implementation. Rodney X. Sturdivant, Robert E. Burks and Brian 1:20PM Fourier Analysis in a Calculus Course Using
(792) Student-Generated Sound Waves. Preliminary E. Souhan*, United States Military Academy report. (1023-I1-769) Phil Gustafson, Mesa State College (1023-F5-1094) 3:00PM Writing in a Number Sense Course for Future
1:40PM Using Frames to Provide Repetitiously Repetitive (807) Elementary Teachers. (793) Redundancy in Signal Processing. Judith Covington, Louisiana State University Troy Henderson, United States Military Academy Shreveport (1023-I1-855) (1023-F5-1582) 3:15PM The Mathematics of Politics & Power as an 2:00PM Using the Complex Spectral Theorem to Introduce (808) Alternative to Trigonometry.
(794) theDiscreteFourierTransform. Carl Lutzer*andBernard Brooks,Rochester Michael E. Orrison, Harvey Mudd College Institute of Technology (1023-I1-894) (1023-F5-1080) 3:30PM Teaching Writing in a General Education Geometry 2:20PM Edge Detection. (809) Course. Preliminary report.
(795) Yu-Ju Kuo, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Teresa D. Magnus, Rivier College (1023-I1-900) (1023-F5-1662) 3:45PM Let’s Talk Mathematics. 2:40PM A Motivational Course in Cryptology and Coding
(810) Melinda Schulteis, Concordia University, Irvine (796) Theory. (1023-I1-916) Sarah Spence Adams*, Olin College of Engineering, and Gordon Prichett, Babson College (1023-F5-152) 3:00PM A Matlab GUI for teaching Cryptography and
(797) Cryptanalysis. MAA Session on Philosophy of Mathematics, II Robert J. McDevitt, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (1023-F5-1008) 1:00 PM –3:45PM 3:20PM Toward Making Elliptic Curves Accessible to Organizers: Bonnie Gold, Monmouth University
(798) Undergraduates. Preliminary report. Charles R. Hampton, The College of Tim McDevitt, Elizabethtown College Wooster (1023-F5-1581) 1:00PM Why the Universe MUST be Complicated. Preliminary
(811) report. MAA Session on Getting Students to Discuss and to G. Edgar Parker*, James S. Sochacki and Write about Mathematics, III David C. Carothers,JamesMadisonUniversity (1023-N1-243) 1:00 PM –3:55PM 1:40PM Catching the Tortoise: A Case Study in the Rules of Organizers: Martha Ellen (Murphy) Waggoner,
(812) Mathematical Engagement. Simpson College James R. Henderson,Universityof Charlotte Knotts-Zides, Wofford Pittsburgh-Titusville (1023-N1-133) College 2:20PM The Philosophical Status of Diagrams in Euclidean Harrison W. Straley, Wheaton College
(813) Geometry. 1:00PM Service Learning Projects for Discussing and Nathaniel Miller, University of Northern Colorado
(799) Writing about Mathematics and Computer (1023-N1-459) Technology: Implementation and Assessments. 3:00PM Representations in Knot Classification. Morteza Shafii-Mousavi*andPaul Kochanowski,
(814) Kenneth Manders, University of Pittsburgh Indiana University South Bend (1023-I1-39) (1023-N1-1387)

JANUARY 2007 NOTICES OF THE AMS 137 Program of the Sessions – Saturday, January 6 (cont’d.)

MAA Session on Reconceptualizing Content Courses 1:00PM Choices, Representations, and Strategies Used in for Prospective High School Mathematics Teachers, II
(824) Posing and Solving Problems by Elementary Education Students in the First Math Content 1:00 PM –3:55PM Course. Preliminary report. Kathryn T. Ernie, University of Wisconsin - River Organizers: Jean McGivney-Burelle,Universityof Falls (1023-R5-1814) Hartford 1:20PM Using Clinical Interviewing to Inform Teaching: The Neil Portnoy, Stony Brook University
(825) Experiences of Three Prospective K-8 Teachers. 1:00PM Connecting Postsecondary and Secondary Preliminary report. (815) Mathematics: Prospective Teachers’ Understanding Cindia D. Stewart, Shenandoah University of Transformational Geometry. (1023-R5-1546) Karen J. Graham*, University of New Hampshire, 1:40PM Using Reading Questions in an Introductory Todd Grundmeier, California Polytechnic State
(826) Statistics Course to Enhance Understanding of University, San Luis Obispo, and Neil Portnoy, Concepts. Preliminary report. University of New Hampshire (1023-N5-1515) Edwin P. Herman, University of Wisconsin, Stevens 1:20PM Connecting Postsecondary and Secondary Point (1023-R5-599) (816) Mathematics: Content for Preservice Teacher 2:00PM What Are Students Likely to Learn by Reading Their Courses. (827) Textbooks Before Class? Steven R. Benson*, Education Development Center, Bruff Derek, Vanderbilt University (1023-R5-1728) Karen J. Graham, University of New Hampshire, 2:20PM How to Engage and Challenge Students in Learning Todd Grundmeier, California Polytechnic State
(828) Calculus. Preliminary report. University, San Luis Obispo, and Neil Portnoy, Simei Tong, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire University of New Hampshire (1023-N5-1494) (1023-R5-368) 1:40PM The role of professional development resources in 2:40PM Partial Notes: A tool for understanding calculus.
(817) generating mathematical discourse.
(829) Preliminary report. Karen A. Marrongelle*andSean Larsen,Portland Larissa B. Schroeder*, University of Connecticut, State University (1023-N5-1822) Nicholas Gorgievski, Nichols College, and 2:00PM Connections in Abstract Algebra for Teachers: Thomas C. DeFranco, University of Connecticut
(818) Bridging Theory and Practice. (1023-R5-1248) Tanya Cofer*, Northeastern Illinois University, and 3:00PM Curve Sketching Difficulties of Students in Upper Bradford R. Findell, University of Georgia (830) Level Courses. (1023-N5-1360) Ronald E. Mickens, Clark Atlanta University 2:20PM A Senior Capstone Course for Future Secondary (1023-R5-34) (819) Mathematics Teachers. 3:20PM Student Engagement in History of Mathematics. Mary Garner*andJosip Derado, Kennesaw State
(831) Preliminary report. University (1023-N5-1536) Pam Crawford, Jacksonville University 2:40PM A “reconceptualized” university calculus (1023-R5-1915)
(820) course—with hands-on applications—designed for 3:40PM Discussion. prospective and practicing high school teachers. Patricia Baggett*, New Mexico State University, and Andrzej Ehrenfeucht, University of Colorado at Boulder (1023-N5-141) MAA General Contributed Paper Session, IV 3:00PM Facilitating genuine discovery experiences for
(821) future high-school mathematics teachers. 1:00 PM –3:40PM Preliminary report. Organizers: Eric S. Marland, Appalachian State Greisy Winicki-Landman, Calif. State Polytechnic University University Pomona (1023-N5-72) Jay A. Malmstrom, Oklahoma State 3:20PM Changing Math Education Students’ Perceptions of Community College
(822) the Role of Graphs in Understanding Functions. Preliminary report. 1:00PM Understanding Protein-DNA Binding via Fox
Christopher J. Yakes*andJorgen Berglund, (832) Coloring. Preliminary report. California State University, Chico (1023-N5-1379) Junalyn P. Navarra-Madsen*andAngela McMichael, Texas Woman’s University 3:40PM Psychology, pedagogy and epistemiology in context (1023-Z1-129)
(823) of secondary mathematics: A content course for secondary mathematics teachers. 1:15PM Modeling Cell Division in Escherichia coli.
Debasree Raychaudhuri, California State (833) Preliminary report. University at Los Angeles (1023-N5-1891) Gretchen A. Koch*, Goucher College, and Donald A. Drew, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1023-Z1-1654) 1:30PM Geometric Measures as Brain Shape Descriptors.
(834) Preliminary report. MAA Session on The Scholarship of Teaching and Christian Laing*andJuan B. Gutierrez,Florida Learning in Mathematics State University (1023-Z1-1817) 1:45PM A Second Course in Biostatistics at a Liberal Arts 1:00 PM –4:00PM (835) College? Preliminary report. John D. Kloke, Pomona College (1023-Z1-1411) Organizers: Curtis D. Bennett, Loyola Marymount 2:00PM A Model for the Peopling of the Americas Using University
(836) Logistic-Diffusion Simulations. Preliminary report. Jacqueline M. Dewar, Loyola Elizabeth L. Martin*andCharles Collins,The Marymount University University of Tennessee (1023-Z1-1403)

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2:15PM Surface segregation and solute trapping during Xiaoya Zha, Middle Tennessee State (837) planar film growth. University Xiaoying Han*andBrain Spencer,Universityat 1:00PM 1-embedded minors of 1-embedded graphs. Buffalo, The State University of New York (849) Preliminary report. (1023-Z1-1381) Bojan Mohar, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby 2:30PM Curricula Models for Undergraduate Computational (1023-05-1353) (838) Science Education. 1:30PM An extension of Kuratowski Theorem. Preliminary Ignatios E. Vakalis, Computer Science, Cal Poly
(850) report. State Univ. (1023-Z1-373) Guoli Ding, LSU (1023-05-1377) 2:45PM Louisiana Tech University’s STEM Talent Expansion 2:00PM Representativity of Cayley maps.
(839) Program. (851) D. Christopher Stephens*, Middle Tennessee State Kelly Crittenden*, James D. Nelson and University, Thomas W. Tucker, Colgate University, Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech University and Xiaoya Zha, Middle Tennessee State University (1023-Z1-1596) (1023-05-1454) 3:00PM Undergraduate Research Projects using Artificial 2:30PM Progress on Lovasz’´ Path Removal Conjecture.
(840) Neural Networks. (852) Ken-ichi Kawarabayashi, Natoinal Institute of John C. Merkel, Morehouse College (1023-Z1-1892) Informatics (1023-05-1075) 3:15PM Hybrid Multiscale Landmark and Deformable Image 3:00PM Some Remarks on ∆-critical Graphs. (841) Registration.
(853) Zixia Song, University of Central Florida Dana C. Paquin*, Doron Levy, Stanford University, (1023-05-1221) and Lei Xing, Stanford University Department of 3:30PM Orientable strong embeddings for cubic Radiation Oncology (1023-Z1-818) (854) projective-planar graphs. 3:30PM Normal Functions of the First Category and the Mark Ellingham*, Vanderbilt University, and (842) Interaction Between Coefficient Conditions and Xiaoya Zha, Middle Tennessee State University Solution Conditions of Differential Equations in the (1023-05-578) Unit Disk. Preliminary report. 3:55PM Degree-Splittability of k-regular graphs. Kari E. Fowler, University of Tampa (1023-Z1-138) (855) Jeong Ok Choi*, Lale Ozkahya and Douglas B. West, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign SIAM Minisymposium on Mathematical Modeling of (1023-05-1658) Complex Systems in Biology, II AMS-ASL-MAA Panel Discussion 1:00 PM –3:50PM 1:00 PM –2:30PM Organizer: Lisa J. Fauci, Tulane University 1:00PM Mathematical Models for Estimating the Number of Contemporary perspectives on Hilbert’s Second (843) People Infected with HIV. Problem and the Godel¨ Incompleteness Theorems. J. Mac Hyman*andGerardo Chowell, Los Alamos Moderator: Akihiro Kanamori,BostonUniversity National Laboratory (1023-92-1167) Panelists: Harvey M. Friedman, Ohio State 1:30PM Fluid dynamics and computer simulations of University
(844) mucociliary transport. Preliminary report. David E. Marker, University of Illinois *, Center for Computational Xingzhou Yang at Chicago Science, Tulane University, Lisa J. Fauci,Tulane University, and Robert H. Dillon, Washington State Michael Rathjen, University of Leeds University (1023-92-1133) 2:00PM Parametric inference of biochemical network MAA CUPM Subcommittee on Curriculum Renewal
(845) models. Preliminary report. Across the First Two Years Panel Discussion Abdul S. Jarrah, Reinhard Laubenbacher*, Paola M. Vera-Licona, Virginia Tech, and Bernd 1:00 PM –2:20PM Sturmfels, University of California, Berkeley Reshaping undergraduate mathematics for (1023-92-651) biology-related disciplines: Ideas and innovations. 2:30PM Towards the Human Genotope. Preliminary report. Organizer: Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech (846) Peter M. Huggins*, Lior Pachter and Bernd University Sturmfels, UC Berkeley (1023-92-1429) Panelists: Eric S. Marland, Appalachian State 3:00PM Modeling Cancer, the Immune System and University
(847) Treatment. L. G. de Pillis, Harvey Mudd College (1023-92-362) Debra L. Hydorn,UniversityofMary Washington 3:30PM Modeling the Shape and Structure of the Human
(848) Brain. Ami Radunskaya, Pomona College Monica K. Hurdal, Florida State University Kathy Taylor, Duquesne University (1023-92-673) MAA Committee on Two-Year Colleges and Committee SIAM Minisymposium on Structure and Topology in on Articulation and Placement Panel Discussion Graph Theory, II 1:00 PM –2:20PM 1:00 PM –4:15PM Placement: Friend or foe? Organizers: Mark N. Ellingham, Vanderbilt Organizers: Susan L. Forman, Bronx Community University College Chris Stephens, Middle Tennessee Reginald K. U. Luke, Middlesex State University County College

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Stephen B. Rodi, Austin Community 2:00PM Renewal of College Algebra at South Dakota State College (865) University. Panelists: Geoffrey Akst, Borough of Manhattan Donna Flint*, Becky Hunter and Dan Kemp,South Community College Dakota State University Steve Newman, Northern Kentucky 2:00PM A motivational course in cryptology and coding University (866) theory. Gordon S. Woodward,Universityof Sarah Spence Adams*, Franklin W. Olin College of Nebraska-Lincoln Engineering, and Gordon Prichett, Babson College

2:00PM Bridging the Vector Calculus Gap: Episode II. (867) Tevian Dray*andCorinne Manogue, Oregon State MAA Committee on Undergraduate Student Activities University and Chapters Panel Discussion 2:00PM Paradigms in Physics: Multiple Entry Points. 1:00 PM –2:20PM (868) Corinne Manogue, Tevian Dray*, Barbara Edwards, David McIntyre and Emily van Zee, Engaging students in research, clubs, student Oregon State University chapters, and internships. Organizers: Kay B. Somers, Moravian University 2:00PM Statistics Online Computational Resource for (869) Education (SOCRE). Jody Sorenson, Augsburg College Annie Che*, Ivo Dinov and Juana Sanchez, Panelists: Gary Gordon, Lafayette College University of California at Los Angeles Deanna B. Haunsperger,Carleton College 2:00PM WeBWorK, a Web-based Interactive Homework (870) System. Angela Spalsbury, Youngstown State Arnold Pizer*, Michael Gage and Vicki Roth, University University of Rochester Richard A. Zang,UniversityofNew Hampshire, Manchester 2:00PM A Comprehensive WeBWorK Problem Library. (871) John Jones*, Arizona State University, Jeff Holt, University of Virginia, and William Ziemer, AMS Session on Analysis and Functional Analysis, I California State University, Long Beach 2:00PM Adapting and Implementing Guided Discovery Notes 1:15 PM –3:40PM (872) in Combinatorics for Large Classes. 1:15PM Singular Discrete Third Order Boundary Value Mary Flahive, Oregon State University
(856) Problems. 2:00PM College Algebra in Southeast Louisiana Post Curtis J. Kunkel, Baylor University (1023-39-445) (873) Katrina. 1:30PM Total regularity revisited. Preliminary report. Randall Wills*, Sarah Clifton and Ana Wills, (857) B. E. Rhoades, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Southeastern Louisiana University (1023-40-188) 2:00PM Adapting K-8 Mathematics Curricular Materials for 1:45PM Euler’s little summation formula and special values (874) Pre-Service Teacher Education.
(858) of the zeta function. Donna Diaz*andWilliam Moss,Clemson Thomas J. Osler, Rowan University (1023-40-696) University 2:00PM Energy and Discrepancy Are Equivalent.
(859) Fred J. Hickernell, Illinois Institute of Technology 2:00PM Transforming Science and Mathematics Teacher (1023-41-1281) (875) Preparation. James Curry*, Richard McCray, Carl Wieman, 2:15PM On Bernstein’s Inequality for Entire Functions of (860) Exponential Type. Valerie Otero and William Wood,Universityof Tariq Qazi, Virginia State University (1023-41-562) Colorado at Boulder 2:30PM On The Existence of Haar Sets. Preliminary report. 2:00PM Proof, Functions & Computations (A web-based (861) Martin W. Bartelt*, Christopher Newport University, (876) course as a laboratory for enhanced teaching and and John Swetits, Old Dominion University learning in logic, mathematics, and computer (1023-41-982) science). 2:45PM Break. Wilfried Sieg*, Joseph Ramsey and Klaus Sutner,
 Carnegie Mellon University 3:00PM A halfspace is a multiplier on Lp Td . (862) J. Marshall Ash, DePaul University (1023-42-1149) 2:00PM Math Across the Community College Curriculum. 3:15PM Non-uniform sampling and reconstruction from (877) Rebecca Hartzler*, Seattle Central Community (863) sampling sets with unknown jitter. College, Christie Gilliland, Green River Community Akram Aldroubi and Casey C. Leonetti*, College, Deann Leoni, Edmonds Community Vanderbilt University (1023-42-1369) College, Patrick Bibby, Miami Dade College, and Ruth Collins, Delaware Technical and Community 3:30PM Ordered OLPS and CF Nth Numerators. College (864) Brian A. Hagler, University of Texas of the Permian Basin (1023-42-534) 2:00PM RUTE: Research for Undergraduates in Theoretical (878) Ecology. Glenn Ledder*, Bo Deng, Robert Gibson, MAA Poster Session on Projects Supported by the NSF Irakli Loladze and Svata Louda,Universityof Division of Undergraduate Education Nebraska-Lincoln

2:00 PM –4:00PM 2:00PM Phaser: A universal simulator for dynamical (879) systems. Organizer: Jon W. Scott, Montgomery Community Huseyin Kocak*, Brian Coomes and Burton College Rosenberg, University of Miami

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2:00PM Mathematicians and Mathematics Educators 2:00PM The Next STEP: Integrating STEM Learning (880) Collaborating on Capstone Courses for Secondary (898) Communities. Mathematics Teachers. Jason Miller*, Maria Nagan and Jennifer Richard Hill*, Sharon Senk and Natasha Speer, Thompson, Truman State University Michigan State University 2:00PM Embedding Chemistry Problems in Calculus 2:00PM Mathematical Methods for Biology and Medicine. (899) Courses. (881) Michael Martin*, Johnson County Community George Rublein*andRobert Orwoll, College of College, and Glenn Ledder,Universityof William and Mary Nebraska-Lincoln 2:00PM Real World STEM Application Modules. 2:00PM MathematicsModels.org Expansion Project. (900) Darren Narayan*, Moises Sudit, Paul Tymann, (882) Solomon Garfunkel*, Consortium For Mathematics William Basener and Matthew Coppenbarger, & Its Applications, and John Stroyls,Georgia Rochester Institute of Technology Southwestern State University 2:00PM A Biomathematical Learning Enhancement Network 2:00PM WorkMAP: Students’ Mathematical Preparation for (901) for Diversity (BLEND). (883) Work. Dominic Clemence*, Mingxiang Chen, Gregory Solomon Garfunkel*, Consortium For Mathematics Goins, Mary Smith, Vinaya Kelkar, Catherine & Its Applications, and Susan Forman,Bronx White, Venkateswarlu Divi, Yohang Li and Community College Gelonia Dent, North Carolina A&T State University 2:00PM Dynamic Algebra for Technical Students. 2:00PM UBM: Foundation in mathematical biology through (884) Solomon Garfunkel*, Consortium For Mathematics (902) interdisciplinary research, training, and curriculum & Its Applications, and Susan Forman,Bronx development. Community College Bala Krishnamoorthy*, Richard Gomulkiewicz, 2:00PM Collaborative Development of Java Laboratories for Robert Dillon, Judith McDonald, Martin Morgan (885) College Algebra and Trigonometry. and Charlotte Omoto, Washington State University Michael Mays*andLaura Pyzdrowski,West Virginia University 2:00PM History Across the Mathematics Curriculum for (903) Preservice Teachers. 2:00PM College Algebra Reform at HACC. Gabriela Sanchis, Elizabethtown College (886) Chris Yarrish*andDan Fahringer, Harrisburg Area Community College 2:00PM Interdisciplinary Training of Undergraduates in (904) Biological and Mathematical Sciences with 2:00PM Enhancing the Mathematical Foundation of Emphasis on Marine/Coastal Science. (887) Students through Online Course Modules. Tor Kwembe*, Hyung Cho and Zhenbu Zhang, Beth Klingner,PaceUniversity Jackson State University 2:00PM Refocusing College Algebra. (888) Laurette Foster*, Prairie View A&M University, and 2:00PM CAUSEweb: An Undergraduate Statistics Education Don Small, U.S. Military Academy (905) Digital Library. Ginger Holmes Rowell*, Middle Tennessee State 2:00PM Center for Data Analysis and Statistics. University, Dennis Pearl, The Ohio State University, (889) Rod Sturdivant*andKrista Watts, U.S. Military and Roger Woodard, North Carolina State Academy University 2:00PM Core Mathematics. 2:00PM Inquiry Based Learning in Mathematics. (890) Alex Heidenberg*, Jerry Kobylski and Don Small, (906) Michael Starbird*, Edward Odell, Sarah Simmons U.S. Military Academy and Jennifer Smith,TheUniversityofTexasat 2:00PM UBM: Training Undergraduate Students in Austin (891) Mathematics and Biology at UL Lafayette. Azmy Ackleh*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2:00PM The National Curve Bank Project - A MATH Archive. Jacoby Carter, USGS-National Wetlands Research (907) Shirley Gray*, California State University Los Center, and Susan Mopper, University of Louisiana Angeles, Bill Austin, University of Tennessee at at Lafayette Martin, Phillip Johnson, Appalachian State University, and Lou Talman, Metropolitan State 2:00PM Enhancing the Teaching of Linear Algebra with College of Denver (892) Digital Image Processing. Mohamed Allali, Chapman University 2:00PM Research Experiences in Mathematical Biology. (908) Leslie Wilson*, Ann Castlefranco, Steven 2:00PM Math Questions to Engage Students (Math QUEST). Robinow and Andrew Taylor, University of Hawaii (893) Mark Parker*, Holly Zullo and Kelly Cline, Carroll College 2:00PM Science Learning Community. (909) Mary Kay Abbey, Montgomery College 2:00PM The PascGalois Project: Visualization in Abstract (894) Mathematics. 2:00PM Renewal of College Algebra. Michael Bardzell*, Kathleen Shannon, Salisbury (910) Norma Agras*, Miami Dade College, and J. Michael University, and Eirini Poimenidou, New College of Pearson, Mathematical Association of America Florida 2:00PM PRofessional Enhancement Program (PREP). 2:00PM Classroom Response Systems in Statistics Courses. (911) J. Michael Pearson, Mathematical Association of (895) Teri J. Murphy*, Curtis McKnight, Michael America, William Haver, Virginia Commonwealth Richman and Robert Terry,UniversityofOklahoma University, Nancy Baxter Hastings,Dickinson 2:00PM An Accessible Online Resource for Mathematics College, Nathaniel Dean, Texas State (896) Students and Instructors. University-San Marcos, and Jon Scott*, Montgomery Lila Roberts*, Georgia College & State University, College and Gloria Reece, Southern College of Optometry 2:00PM Equipment and Modules for a Capstone Course in 2:00PM UBM, RUI: Research-Focused Learning Communities (912) Applied Mathematics. (897) in Mathematical Biology. Dan Goldman, Michael Booty, Bruce Bukiet, Lou Jason Miller*, Jon Beck, Michael Kelrick and Kondic and Michael Siegel*, New Jersey Institute of Laura Fielden-Rechav, Truman State University Technology

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2:00PM Analysis of Stress in Biological Systems. Summer Program for Women in Mathematics (SPWM) (913) Ben Fitzpatrick*, Erika Camacho, Wendy Binder, Reunion Kam Dahlquist and Gary Kuleck, Loyola Marymount University 2:00 PM –4:00PM 2:00PM ESP: Enhancing Secondary Mathematics Teacher Participants will describe their experiences from (914) Preparation. past programs. Beverly K. Michael*, Margaret Smith, Ellen Ansel and Paul Gartside, University of Pittsburgh Organizer: Murli M. Gupta, George Washington University 2:00PM Preparing Computational Biologists by Encouraging (915) an Academic Minor. Angelean Hendrix*, David Senseman, Dmitry AMS Invited Address Gokhman, Kay Robbins, James Bower and Nandini Kannan, University of Texas at San 2:15 PM –3:05PM Antonio (924) Gauss composition and generalizations. 2:00PM Teaching College Algebra from a Modeling Manjul Bhargava, Princeton University (916) Perspective. (1023-11-25) Tracii Friedman*andCathy Bonan-Hamada,Mesa State College MAA Committee on Technologies in Mathematics 2:00PM UBM:Quantitative Systems Biology. Education Panel Discussion (917) Guillermo Goldsztein*, Mark Borodovsky, Leonid Bunimovich and Jung Choi, Georgia Institute of 2:30 PM –3:50PM Technology Electronic student assessment systems. 2:00PM Revitalizing College Algebra at UND. (918) Richard Millspaugh*, Michele Iiams and Katrina Organizers: Michael D. Hvidsten,Gustavus Nagel, University of North Dakota Adolphus College 2:00PM Florida Southern College: Experiences with Modeling Bruce W. Yoshiwara,LosAngeles (919) in College Algebra. Pierce College Susan Serrano*, Daniel Jelsovsky and Kenneth Panelists: David P. Bell, Florida Community Henderson, Jr, Florida Southern College College 2:00PM College Algebra with Data Analysis. Michael E. Gage,Universityof (920) Tina Deemer*, Elias Toubassi and Ted Laetsch, Rochester The University of Arizona Jolene Rhodes, Valencia Community 2:00PM Native American-based Materials for Integration College (921) into Undergraduate Mathematics Courses. Phoebe B. Rouse, Louisiana State Charles Funkhouser*, University of Montana University Missoula, A. Duane Porter, University of Wyoming, Armando Martinez-Cruz, California State SIGMAA on Quantitative Literacy Panel Discussion University-Fullerton, and Miles Pfahl,Turtle Mountain Community College 2:30 PM –3:50PM 2:00PM Undergraduate Biomathematical Research Career (922) Initiative at SUNY-Geneseo. Current practices in quantitative literacy: An Anthony Macula*, Christopher Leary, Gregg interdisciplinary perspective. Hartvigsen and Wendy Pogozelski, SUNY College Organizer: Maura B. Mast,Universityof at Geneseo Massachusetts, Boston 2:00PM UBM: Undergraduate Training in Quantitative Panelists: John A. Winn, Jr,SUNYFarmingdale (923) Environmental Biology. William O. Martin, North Dakota State David Meredith*andEdward Connor,San University Francisco State University Dogan Comez, North Dakota State University Robert Kantrowitz, Hamilton College Mary O’Neill, Hamilton College

SIGMAA on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Project NExT Panel Discussion Education Panel Discussion

2:00 PM –3:30PM 2:30 PM –4:10PM Updating the undergraduate mathematics major. Featured presentations from the Ninth Conference Organizers: Timothy R. Ray, Southeast Missouri on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics State University Education. John W. Thompson,Universityof Organizers: Chris Rasmussen, San Diego State Pittsburgh, Johnstown University Panelists: William H. Barker, Bowdoin College David E. Meel, Bowling Green State University Laurette B. Foster, Prairie View A&M Panelists: Michael Oehrtman,ArizonaState University University David O. Lomen, University of Arizona Susan Nickerson, San Diego State Paul Zorn, St. Olaf College University

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Kyeong Hah Roh,ArizonaState SIGMAA on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics University Education Business Meeting and Presentation of the 2006 RUME Best Paper Award

AMS Session on History 5:45 PM –8:15PM

3:00 PM –3:45PM Organizers: Chris Rasmussen, San Diego State University 3:00PM Did Fermat inspire Euler to discover the Quadratic
(925) Reciprocity Law for prime numbers? David E. Meel, Bowling Green State David J. Pengelley,NewMexicoStateUniversity University (1023-01-119) Michael Oehrtman,ArizonaState University 3:15PM Irrationality, Incommensurability, and the
(926) Euclidean Algorithm. David A. Steele, University of North Carolina at SIGMAA on Mathematical and Computational Biology Asheville (1023-01-1307) Business Meeting and Reception 3:30PM Myths of Hypatia. Preliminary report.
(927) William Roger Fuller, Ohio Northern University 5:45 PM –7:00PM (1023-01-1370) Organizer: Eric S. Marland, Appalachian State University AMS Invited Address SIGMAA on Statistics Education Business Meeting 3:20 PM –4:10PM 5:45 PM –7:00PM
(928) A Tale of Three Complexities: the Worst of Times, Organizer: , Middle the Best of Times, the Spring of Hope. Ginger Holmes Rowell Tennessee State University Margaret H. Wright, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University (1023-68-07) MAA Two-Year College Reception

5:45 PM –7:00PM Joint Prize Session Mathematics in Art Presentation 4:25 PM –5:25PM 6:00 PM –6:45PM Joint Prize Session Reception Tetrahedral variations. Presenter: Arthur Silverman,NewOrleans 5:25 PM –6:25PM sculptor

The Institute in the History of Mathematics and Its SIGMAA on the History of Mathematics Guest Lecture Use in Teaching (IHMT) Reunion 5:45 PM –6:30PM 6:30 PM –8:30PM
(929) The Story of the Euler Story. All former participants of this MAA project C. Edward Sandifer, Western Connecticut State (including those from the Historical Modules University (1023-A0-492) Project) are invited.

SIGMAA on the Philosophy of Mathematics Annual Young Mathematicians Network Town Meeting Meeting and Guest Lecture 7:30 PM –8:30PM 5:45 PM –6:15PM Organizers: Bonnie Gold, Monmouth University Kevin M. Iga, Pepperdine University
(930) Does a proof exist if nobody has read it? Sunday, January 7 Klaus Peters, A K Peters Publishers (1023-A0-1399) MAA Student Chapter Advisors’ Breakfast

7:00 AM –8:00AM SIGMAA on Business, Industry, and Government Reception Joint Meetings Registration 5:45 PM –6:45PM 7:30 AM –4:00PM

SIGMAA on Quantitative Literacy Annual Business AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Meeting and Reception Mathematics by Undergraduates, III

5:45 PM –6:30PM 8:00 AM –10:55AM Organizer: Maura B. Mast,Universityof Organizers: Darren A. Narayan,Rochester Massachusetts Boston Institute of Technology

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Carl V. Lutzer, Rochester Institute of AMS Special Session on Frames and Wavelets in Technology Harmonic Analysis, Geometry, and Applications, I Bernard Brooks, Rochester Institute of Technology 8:00 AM –10:50AM Tamas I. Wiandt, Rochester Institute Organizers: Palle E. T. Jorgensen,Universityof of Technology Iowa Michael J. Fisher, California State David R. Larson,TexasA&MUniversity University, Fresno Peter R. Massopust, Institute of 8:00AM The Nonexistence of Cyclic Difference Sets. Biomathematics and Biometry,
(931) Bridget D. Franklin*, University of Kansas, and Neuherberg, and Technical University Steven Sam, University of California, Berkeley of Munich (1023-05-84) Gestur Olafsson, Louisiana State 8:30AM On the Minimum Vector Rank of a Multigraph. University
(932) Preliminary report. 8:00AM Bases and frames in L2-spaces in affine iterated Ian A. Rogers, Rose-Hulman Institute of (943) function systems (IFS). Technology (1023-05-85) Palle E. T. Jorgensen*, University of Iowa, and 9:00AM Combinatorial symmetry of the 24-cell via Dorin E. Dutkay, Rutgers University (1023-42-08) (933) matroids. 8:30AM Uncertainty principle for fractals, graphs and Stephanie Fried*, Grinnell College, Aydin Gerek,
(944) metric measure spaces. Preliminary report. , Lafayette College, and Gary Gordon Andrija Kasso A. Okoudjou*, University of Maryland, Perunicic, Bard College (1023-05-318) Laurent Saloff-Coste, Cornell University, and 9:30AM Universal Cycles of Multisets. Preliminary report. Alexander Teplyaev, University of Connecticut
(934) Tobias L. Johnson*, Yale University, and (1023-42-1115) Joshua Zahl, California Institute of Technology 9:00AM Isometries arising from filter functions and (1023-05-448) (945) wavelets. Preliminary report. 10:00AM Counting Lower Hessenberg Matrices. Preliminary Judith A. Packer, University of Colorado, Boulder
(935) report. (1023-42-964) Katherine Victoria Field*, Hakan Seyalioglu and 9:30AM Smooth, well-localized frame wavelets based on Charles R. Johnson, The College of William and (946) 2 Mary (1023-05-815) new simple wavelet sets in R . Preliminary report. Kathy D. Merrill, Colorado College (1023-43-550) 10:30AM Combinatorial Formulas for an Involution Poset. (936) Chelsey A. Cooley*, North Carolina State 10:00AM The Dimension Function of a Rationally Dilated University, and Nathan Williams, Carleton College (947) Wavelet Associated With a GMRA. (1023-05-1041) Kenneth R. Hoover, University of Oregon (1023-42-1615) 10:30AM The Kadison-Singer Problem in Frame Theory and AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, I (948) Harmonic Analysis. Peter G. Casazza, University of Missouri 8:00 AM –10:55AM (1023-42-75) Organizers: Joseph W. Dauben, Lehman College Patti Hunter, Westmont College AMS Special Session on Group Representations, Victor J. Katz, University of the District Ergodic Theory, and Mathematical Physics: Honoring of Columbia the Memory of George W. Mackey, I Karen H. Parshall,Universityof 8:00 AM –10:45AM Virginia 8:00AM Mathematical Concepts of Infinity in Ancient China. Organizers: Robert S. Doran,TexasChristian
(937) Yibao Xu, Borough of Manhattan Community University College of the City University of New York Calvin C. Moore,Universityof (1023-01-603) California Berkeley 8:30AM An Exploration of Indian Upapatti (Proof) in Robert J. Zimmer,TheUniversityof
(938) N¯ilakan. .tha Somayajin.¯ Preliminary report. Chicago Homer S. White, Georgetown College, Kentucky 8:00AM Virtual Groups 45 Years Later. (1023-01-244) (949) Calvin C. Moore, University of California Berkeley 9:00AM Is addition a fundamental operation in arithmetic? (1023-22-310)
(939) and other foundational issues in Indian 9:00AM Induced representations, intertwining operators mathematics. (950) and transfer. Kim Plofker, Providence, RI (1023-01-874) James Arthur, University of Toronto (1023-22-847) 9:30AM Diagrams — sources hitherto ignored.
10:00AM Some thoughts about George Mackey and his (940) Ken Saito, Department of Human Sciences, School
(951) Imprimitivity theorem. of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osaka Prefecture Alexandre Kirillov, University of Pennsylvania, University, Japan (1023-01-404) Philadelphia, PA (1023-22-376) 10:00AM Mirrors of the Sea and Jade: Chinese Mathematics
(941) in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Preliminary report. Joseph W. Dauben, Herbert H. Lehman College, AMS Special Session on Infinite Dimensional Analysis City University of New York (1023-01-619) Honoring H.-H. Kuo, I

10:30AM Geometry and Islamic Art in Tenth-Century 8:00 AM –10:50AM
(942) Baghdad. J. Lennart Berggren, Simon Fraser University Organizers: Ambar N. Sengupta, Louisiana State (1023-01-944) University

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P. Sundar, Louisiana State University 10:30AM Linearized Stability of the Schwarzschild Black Hole. 8:00AM Complex white noise and infinite dimensional (964) Joel A. Smoller, University of Michigam (952) unitary group. (1023-83-830) Takeyuki Hida, Meijo University (1023-60-1652) 8:30AM Discussion. AMS Special Session on Arithmetic of Function Fields, I 9:00AM The Segal-Bargmann transform for symmetric (953) spaces. Preliminary report. 8:00 AM –10:45AM Brian C. Hall*,Univ.ofNotreDame,andJeffrey J. Mitchell, Robert Morris University (1023-22-1609) Organizers: Allison M. Pacelli, Williams College 9:30AM A new explicit formula for the solution of the Michael J. Rosen,BrownUniversity (954) Black-Merton-Scholes equation. Preliminary report. 8:00AM Heegner points and the rank of elliptic curves over Jerome A. Goldstein*, University of Memphis, Rosa (965) large extensions of global fields. Maria Mininni and Silvia Romanelli,Universitadi Bo-Hae Im*, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea, Bari (1023-35-1260) and Florian Breuer, University of Stellenbosch 10:00AM Kuo’s Fourier-Mehler transform and the L´evy (1023-11-1030) (955) Laplacian. 8:30AM Ranks of abelian varieties in towers of function Kimiaki Saito, Meijo University (1023-60-967) (966) fields. 10:30AM Derivation and Applications of Dynamic Boundary Douglas Ulmer, University of Arizona (956) Conditions to Nonlinear Partial Differential (1023-11-1368) Equations. 9:00AM Families of Twists and Inverse Galois. Preliminary Gisele Ruiz Goldstein, University of Memphis (967) report. (1023-35-1840) Chris Hall, University of Texas at Austin (1023-11-600) AMS Special Session on Nonlinear Variational 9:30AM Euler systems in algebraic function fields over a Inclusion Problems and Optimization Theory, I (968) finite field. David R. Hayes, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (1023-12-719) 8:00 AM –10:45AM 10:00AM Galois groups of difference equations and algebraic Organizer: Ram U. Verma, University of Toledo, (969) relations among periods of Drinfeld modules. and International Publications Preliminary report. 8:00AM Differential Inclusions Driven by Vector Measures Chieh-Yu Chang, National Tsing-Hua University, (957) and their Optimal Control. and Matthew Papanikolas*, Texas A&M University N. U. Ahmed, SITE and Department of Mathematics, (1023-11-1542) University of Ottawa (1023-49-135) 9:00AM Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Isolated AMS Special Session on Universal Algebra and Order, (958) Local Minima of Nonsmooth Functions. I Elena Constantin, University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown (1023-49-783) 8:00 AM –10:40AM 10:00AM Multivariate Euler Type Identity and Optimal Organizers: John W. Snow, Sam Houston State (959) Multivariate Ostrowski Type Inequalities. University Preliminary report. Japheth Wood, Bard College George A. Anastassiou, University of Memphis (1023-26-184) 8:00AM Characterizing Lattice Terms. Preliminary report. (970) John W. Snow*, Sam Houston State University, and Eric J. Martin, University of Waterloo (1023-06-408) AMS Special Session on Numerical Relativity, I 8:30AM Eliminating Eve’s Eavesdropping (or How to Stop a
(971) Snoop). 8:00 AM –10:55AM Kristen Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College (1023-94-192) Organizers: Alexander M. Alekseenko, California State University Northridge 9:00AM Density and Ordered Algebraic Structures. (972) George Metcalfe, Vanderbilt University Arup Mukherjee, Montclair State (1023-06-324) University 9:30AM On the automorphisms of the congruence lattice of 8:00AM Generalized Harmonic Evolutions of Binary Black
(973) the semilattice 2n. Preliminary report. (960) Hole Spacetimes. John W. Snow, Sam Houston State University, Lee Lindblom, Caltech (1023-83-985) and Eric J. Martin*, University of Waterloo 9:00AM On the uniqueness of asymptotically AdS (1023-06-399) (961) space-times. Preliminary report. 10:00AM Existence theorems for weakly symmetric Mingliang Cai, University of Miami, and Jie Qing*, (974) operations. UC Santa Cruz (1023-53-912) Ralph McKenzie, Vanderbilt University 9:30AM Quantum mechanical healing of classical spacetime (1023-08-186) (962) singularities. Deborah A. Konkowski*, U.S. Naval Academy, and AMS Special Session on Microlocal Analysis and Thomas M. Helliwell, Harvey Mudd College Singular Spaces, II (1023-83-666) 10:00AM Blowup of smooth solutions for relativistic Euler 8:00 AM –10:40AM (963) equations. Ronghua Pan*, Georgia Institute of Technology, Organizers: Paul A. Loya, Binghamton University and Joel A. Smoller, The University of Michigan Andras Vasy, Massachusetts Institute (1023-35-1197) of Technology

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8:00AM Invisibility and singular metrics. 8:30AM Alliance Partitions in Graphs. Preliminary report. (975) Allan Greenleaf, University of Rochester, Matti
(986) Ralucca M. Gera*, Naval Postgraduate School, and Lassas, Helsinki University of Technology, and Linda Eroh, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Gunther Uhlmann*, University of Washington (1023-05-1067) (1023-35-454) 8:45AM Counting Isomorphic (16,6,2) Configurations to a 9:00AM Tensor Tomography and Boundary and Lens
(987) particular (16,6,2) Design. (976) Rigidity of Riemannian manifolds. Preliminary Sharon L. Sullivan, Catawba College report. (1023-05-1151) Plamen Stefanov, Purdue University (1023-35-977) 9:00AM Generalized correlation matrices and their relation 10:00AM Reduction of artifacts for two sided folds. (988) to the de Bruijn Graph. (977) Raluca Felea, Rochester Institute of Technology Irina Gheorghiciuc, University of Delaware (1023-42-548) (1023-05-1173) 9:15AM Local Properties of Colored Trees.
(989) Rachel Esselstein, Dartmouth College AMS Special Session on Continuous and Discrete (1023-05-1183) Integrable Systems and Their Applications, I 9:30AM From a Banquet Seating Problem to a Graph
(990) Coloring Problem. 8:00 AM –10:55AM Ping Zhang, Futaba Okamoto*andMary Radcliffe, Western Michigan University Organizers: Wen-Xiu Ma,UniversityofSouth (1023-05-1206) Florida 9:45AM A Study of Code Switching in Coding Theory. Taixi Xu, Southern Polytechnic State
(991) Chen-Han Sung, Texas A&M International University University (1023-05-122) Bao-Feng Feng,Universityof 10:00AM Disjunctive Rado Numbers for some Linear Texas-Pan American (992) Equations. Zhijun Qiao, University of Texas-Pan Carl D. Mueller*, Georgia Southwestern State American University, and Daniel Schaal, South Dakota State 8:00AM Long time bounds on higher derivatives of nearly University (1023-05-1228) (978) integrable equations. Preliminary report. 10:15AM Forcing hexagons in a hexagonal system. Jerry L. Bona, University of Illinois at Chicago
(993) Preliminary report. (1023-35-1019) Zhongyuan Che*, Penn State University, Beaver 8:30AM On solitonless semiclassical solutions for the Campus, and Zhibo Chen, Penn State University, (979) focusing Nonlinear Schroedinger Equation. McKeesport Campus (1023-05-1252) Preliminary report. 10:30AM Distance Graphs on the Integers. Alexander Tovbis, University of Central Florida
(994) Tristan Denley and Joshua Hanes*, University of (1023-35-775) Mississippi (1023-05-1340) 9:00AM New integrable hierachies from vertex operators 10:45AM 2-Regular Leaves of Partial 10-cycle Systems. (980) representations of polynomial Lie algebras.
(995) Preliminary report. Paolo Casati, Universita’ Milano Bicocca D. J. Ashe, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (1023-58-841) (1023-05-271) 9:30AM Integrable Couplings and Semi-Direct Sums of Lie (981) Algebras. Wen-Xiu Ma, University of South Florida AMS Session on Analysis and Ordinary Differential (1023-58-1005) Equations, III 10:00AM Stability analysis of persisting periodic solutions to 8:00 AM –8:40AM (982) a Complex Ginzburg Landeau perturbation of the nonlinear Shrodinger equation. 8:00AM Impact of Travel Between Patches for Spatial Stephane Lafortune, College of Charleston (996) Spread of Disease. (1023-35-1135) Lin Wang, University of British Columbia 10:30AM On an integrable symmetric (2 + 1)-dimensional (1023-34-489) (983) Lotka-Volterra equation and the corresponding 8:15AM Regularization of Simultaneous Binary Collisions modified (2 + 1)-dimensional Lotka-Volterra
(997) and Periodic Solutions with Singularity in the equation. Collinear Four-Body Problem. H. B. Hu, Institute of Computational Mathematics Tiancheng Ouyang, Brigham Young University, and and Scientific Engineering Computing, AMSS, Zhifu Xie*, College of William & Mary (1023-34-531) Chinese Academy of Sciences, C. X. Li*, Tsinghua 8:30AM Pattern Formation on Growing Square Domains. University, and J. J. C. Nimmo,Universityof (998) Adela Nicoleta Comanici*, Rice University, and Glasgow (1023-35-1063) Martin Golubitsky, University of Houston (1023-34-549)

AMS Session on Combinatorics, I AMS General Session 8:00 AM –10:55AM 8:00 AM –8:55AM 8:00AM Asymptotic Bounds for Permutations Containing (984) Many Different Patterns. 8:00AM Computing local L-factors for principal series Alison B. Miller, Harvard University (1023-05-1057) (999) representations of Sp4(F) and Sp4(F) over p-adic 8:15AM The Metric Dimension of the Cayley Digraphs of fields. Preliminary report. (985) Finite Abelian Groups. Christian A. Zorn, University of Maryland, College Angela S. Hicks, Furman University (1023-05-1062) Park (1023-00-1200)

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8:15AM Critical Mathematics: Enhancing the equity 8:30AM Dynamics of Closely Coupled Nephrons.
(1000) principle in mathematics methods courses.
(1015) Saziye Bayram, SUNY-Buffalo State College Elizabeth M. de Freitas, Adelphi University, NY (1023-92-1295) (1023-00-1499) 8:45AM Purinergic Receptor Signaling in the RAW 8:30AM The Generalized Extension Principle in Fuzzy Set
(1016) 264.7 Macrophage: Modeling Species-Specific (1001) Theory and Its Applications. Preliminary report. Diacylglycerol Dynamics Following Receptor Zengxiang Tong, Otterbein College Activation by Uridine 5’-Diphosphate. (1023-00-1677) Hannah L. Callender, Vanderbilt University 8:45AM Neo-Riemannian Permutations. (1023-92-1324) (1002) Franck Jedrzejewski, French Atomic Energy 9:00AM Asymptotic Profiles of the Steady States for an SIS Commission (CEA) (1023-00-560) (1017) Epidemic Patch Model. L. J. S. Allen, Texas Tech University, B. M. Bolker, AMS Session on Geometry and Topology, III Department of Biology, University of Florida, Y. Lou, The Ohio State University, and A. L. Nevai*, 8:00 AM –10:40AM Mathematical Biosciences Institute, The Ohio State University (1023-92-1364) 8:00AM Some results on shifts on o-dimensional compacta. (1003) Preliminary report. 9:15AM Analytically tractable approximation of a forest Minaksundaram Rajagopalan,TennesseeState (1018) individual-based simulator. University (1023-54-246) Nikolay S. Strigul*, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Denis 8:15AM On the Spectrum of Operators on Banach Spaces. Pristinski, Stevens Institute of Technology, and (1004) Preliminary report. Stephen Pacala, Department of Ecology and Mohammed Yahdi, Ursinus College (1023-54-473) Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University. 8:30AM An Interesting Map on the Hilbert Cube. Preliminary (1023-92-1427) (1005) report. 9:30AM Application of Matrix Tree Theorem in Chinese Kailash C. Ghimire, Oregon State University
(1019) Medicine. (1023-54-502) Najia Bao, University of Georgia (1023-92-148) 8:45AM Preimages Under f (z)=zn of Continua in the 9:45AM Competitive Exclusion and Coexistence in a (1006) Complex Plane. Preliminary report. (1020) Nonlinear Refuge-Mediated Selection Model. R. Patrick Vernon, Tulane University (1023-54-521) Youssef M. Dib, University of Louisiana Lafayette 9:00AM Any Hausdorff compactification of X obtained by a (1023-92-1516) (1007) semi-Wallman base for X. Preliminary report. 10:00AM A Dynamical Model of Influenza A Virus Infection Hueytzen J. Wu*, Texas A&M University - Kingsville, (1021) and Its Clinical and Epidemiological Relevance. and Wan-Hong Wu, Institute for Drug Development, Baris Hancioglu*, David Swigon and Gilles Cancer Therapy & Research Center (1023-54-700) Clermont, University of Pittsburgh (1023-92-1523) 9:15AM Break. 10:15AM A discrete competition model using a numbercal 9:30AM Colie algebras and orbit configuration spaces of (1022) method. Preliminary report. (1008) lens spaces. Preliminary report. Wendy Jacqueline Hernandez-Padilla*andLih-Ing Matthew Sean Miller, University of Oregon Wu Roeger, Texas Tech University (1023-92-1544) (1023-55-1225) 10:30AM Markov process modeling of biochemical reaction 9:45AM Canonical genus and the Whitehead doubles of
(1023) kinetics. (1009) pretzel knots. Preliminary report. Dmitry A. Kondrashov*, Department of Mark Brittenham, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin - Madison, and Jacqueline A. Jensen*, Sam Houston State George N. Phillips, Deparment of Biochemistry and University (1023-55-1256) Computer Science, University of Wisconsin - 10:00AM Homotopy classification of a bilinear map related to Madison, and Joseph C. Watkins,Universityof (1010) octonion polynomial multiplications. Arizona (1023-92-1576) Hugo Rodr´ıguez Ordo´nez˜ , Colorado State 10:45AM The Effect of Static and Dynamic Spatially University-Pueblo (1023-55-1314) (1024) Structured Disturbances on a Locally Dispersing 10:15AM Polynomial quandle cocycles and obstructions to Population Model. (1011) embedding disjoint union of tangles. David E. Hiebeler, University of Maine, and Kheira Ameur, University of South Florida Benjamin R. Morin*, Oregon State University (1023-55-1407) (1023-92-642) 10:30AM Solving Deligne’s Conjecture via Polytopes. (1012) Preliminary report. Rachel Schwell, University of Connecticut (1023-55-1445) AMS Session on Education

AMS Session on Applications of Mathematics, III 8:00 AM –10:25AM 8:00AM Making Physiology Significant and Statistics 8:00 AM –10:55AM
(1025) Meaningful. 8:00AM Stochastic Metapopulation Models for Patch Mary F. Majerus*andApril Collins-Potterfield, (1013) Occupancy. Westminster College (1023-97-1012) Amy J. Drew*andLinda J. S. Allen,TexasTech 8:15AM Teaching to succeed. University (1023-92-1055) (1026) Natali Hritonenko*andEdward Mason, Prairie 8:15AM Uniqueness of an equilibrium for a discrete View A&M University (1023-97-1169) (1014) selection-migration model in population genetics. 8:30AM Conceptions of infinitesimals in undergraduate James F. Selgrade*, North Carolina State
(1027) calculus students and in history. University, and James H. Roberds,USDAForest Robert E. Ely, University of Wisconsin-Madison Service (1023-92-1230) (1023-97-1301)

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8:45AM An Overview of Ohio Northern University’s 9:40AM Vertically Integrated Workshop for Women in
(1028) Mathematical Assessments being used to Satisfy
(1040) Mathematics. Preliminary report. NCATE’s New Guidelines. Preliminary report. Sarah J. Greenwald*andKatherine Mawhinney*, Sandy Schroeder, Ohio Northern Universtiy Appalachian State University (1023-E1-390) (1023-97-1389) 10:00AM Center for Women in Mathematics at Smith College. 9:00AM Engaging Students in College Algebra. (1041) Ruth Haas*andJames Henle, Smith College
(1029) Juli D’Ann Ratheal, West Texas A & M University (1023-E1-764) (1023-97-313) 10:20AM Advance Program at NMSU: A Formalized 9:15AM A Fertile Ground for Undergraduate Research:
(1042) Mentoring for STEM faculty.
(1030) Cryptography. Preliminary report. Tiziana Giorgi,NewMexicoStateUniversity Manmohan Kaur, Benedictine University (1023-E1-1217) (1023-97-465) 10:40AM The Importance of Community in Supporting 9:30AM Japanese High School Mathematics Teacher
(1043) Diverse Learners in Mathematics. (1031) Competence in Real World Problem Solving and its Abbe H. Herzig, University at Albany, State Implication for the Use of Modeling to Improve University of New York (1023-E1-481) Japanese Mathematics Education. Kazuko Ito West, Keio Academy of New York (1023-97-56) MAA Session on Countering ”I Can’t Do Math”: 9:45AM The Reasoning of Bayesian and Empirical Bayes Strategies For Teaching Under-Prepared,
(1032) Analysis in Undergraduate Statistics Education. Math-Anxious Students, I Zhao Chen, Florida Gulf Coast University (1023-97-677) 8:00 AM –10:55AM 10:00AM The process and impact of implementing Organizers: Winston Crawley, Shippensburg (1033) performance standards in mathematics. University Samuel Obara, Texas State University, San Marcos (1023-97-823) Kim Presser, Shippensburg University 10:15AM Girls Can Do Math, But Most Don’t Due to Cultural 8:00AM Games and Hands-on Activities in Introductory

(1034) Factors. (1044) Mathematics Course for Non-Majors. Janet E. Mertz, University of Wisconsin – Madison Annela R. Kelly, Roger Williams University (1023-97-971) (1023-G5-1869) 8:20AM Thinking of Using Software? Why it Works for Us!
(1045) Sue R. Beck, Morehead State University (1023-G5-242) 8:40AM ICanProveIt! MAA Session on Building Diversity in Advanced
(1046) J. A. Hall, Longwood University; Farmville, VA Mathematics: Models that Work, I (1023-G5-958) 9:00AM Engaging Students in Quantitative Reasoning: 8:00 AM –10:55AM (1047) Activities, Real Data, and Relevant Issues. Organizers: Patricia Hale, California State Kay Somers*andAlicia Sevilla, Moravian College Polytechnic University, Pomona (1023-G5-678) Abbe H. Herzig, University of Albany, 9:20AM Breaking student math anxiety by doing something SUNY (1048) different. Ed D. Laughbaum, The Ohio State University 8:00AM Case Study: My Experience Teaching Mathematics (1023-G5-799) (1035) to a Student Who is Blind. 9:40AM Reading, Writing, and How Not to be a Fat Head. Richard P. Spindler, Bemidji State University
(1023-E1-231) (1049) Preliminary report. Trisha Moller, DeSales University (1023-G5-766) 8:20AM Improving engineering student retention by 10:00AM Break.
(1036) enhancing their mathematical preparation in a case study at the University of Michigan. 10:20AM So They Don’t Want to Hear About Math? Tell a Zsolt Lavicza, University of Cambridge, Darryl M.
(1050) Story Instead. Preliminary report. Koch and Helen Siedel*, University of Michigan Carlos R. Bovell, Mercer County Community (1023-E1-1111) College (1023-G5-150) 8:40AM Summer Undergraduate Research Program at 10:40AM Overcoming Students’ Anxiety With Translation (1037) Clayton State University.
(1051) Problems via Polya. Aprillya Lanz, Clayton State University Tim Jacobbe, Clemson University (1023-G5-45) (1023-E1-1797) 9:00AM Bifurcation and Chaos in One-dimensional Discrete
(1038) Dynamical Systems (BaC): A National Research MAA Session on Teaching Operations Research in the Experience for Undergraduates Program Attracting Undergraduate Classroom a Diverse Group of Mathematics Students. Preliminary report. 8:00 AM –10:50AM Mazen Shahin*, Delaware State University, and Organizers: Gerald Kobylski, United States Military Elena Surovyatkina, Space Research Institute, Academy Russian Academy of Science, and Delaware State University (1023-E1-565) Steve Horton, United States Military Academy 9:20AM Coloring Groups in Jersey City and Park City.
(1039) Preliminary report. Christopher J. Lacke,Rowan Brian Hopkins*andStephanie Charles,Saint University Peter’s College (1023-E1-1428) William Fox, Francis Marion University

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8:00AM A Freshman Introduction to Operations Research. MAA General Contributed Paper Session, V
(1052) Preliminary report. Heather Stevenson, United States Military Academy 8:00 AM –10:55AM (1023-R1-1775) Organizers: Eric S. Marland, Appalachian State 8:25AM Redesign of Undergraduate Mathematical University
(1053) Optimization. Preliminary report. Jay A. Malmstrom, Oklahoma State A. Bathi Kasturiarachi, Kent State University, Stark Community College Campus (1023-R1-1679) 8:00AM A Closer Look at the Crease Length Problem. 8:50AM So, You Think That You Have Problems?
(1068) S. F. Ellermeyer, Kennesaw State University (1054) Christopher J. Lacke,RowanUniversity (1023-Z1-213) (1023-R1-1522) 8:15AM Visualizing Elastic Wave Interactions with Multiple 9:15AM Project MathWORKS! Introducing Systems
(1069) Interfaces.
(1055) Engineering to High Schools. Preliminary report. Richard J. Marchand, Slippery Rock University Jason C. McKay*andErnest Y. Wong,United (1023-Z1-1448) States Military Academy (1023-R1-1447) 8:30AM Double Layers, Solid Angles and Cubic Splines: Fun 9:40AM Linear Optimization: The Simplex Workbook.
(1070) With a Well in a Stratified Aquifer. Preliminary (1056) Preliminary report. report. Glenn Hurlbert, Arizona State University Kenneth H. Luther, Valparaiso University (1023-R1-938) (1023-Z1-575) 10:05AM Applications of Computer Technology in an 8:45AM Particle Tracking in Three-Dimensional Flows:
(1057) Undergraduate Probability Curriculum. Preliminary
(1071) Evolution and Refinement of a Smooth Surface. report. Paul von Dohlen*, William Paterson University, and Randal E. Hickman, United States Military Patrick Miller, Stevens Institute of Technology Academy, West Point, NY (1023-R1-1393) (1023-Z1-1339) 10:30AM Teaching Mathematical Modeling/ Quantitative 9:00AM A Glimpse of Infinite-dimensional Tensegrities. (1058) Analysis as part of a core sequence to Students
(1072) Preliminary report. without a Calculus. Ted Ashton, University of Georgia (1023-Z1-1680) William P. Fox, Naval Postgraduate School (1023-R1-623) 9:15AM Mathematical modelling of rumor transmission
(1073) during a dialogue. Bernard P. Brooks*, Nicholas DiFonzo and David MAA Session on The Mathematics of Sudoku and S. Ross, Rochester Institute of Technology Other Puzzles, I (1023-Z1-1659) 9:30AM Seeing sums of single digit numbers. 8:00 AM –10:55AM
(1074) Cynthia A. Crumb, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL (1023-Z1-1334) Organizer: Laura A. Taalman,JamesMadison 9:45AM A Comparison of Online Homework Systems. University
(1075) Preliminary report. 8:00AM Cayley-Sudoku tables: An undergraduate research Jessica K. Sklar*andMei Zhu, Pacific Lutheran
(1059) project. Preliminary report. University (1023-Z1-127) Jennifer Carmichael and Michael B. Ward*, 10:00AM The Birthday Problem: The Making of a Classic. Western Oregon University (1023-M1-298)
(1076) Dale K. Hathaway, Olivet Nazarene University 8:20AM Row-Filled Completion Problem for Sudoku Latin (1023-Z1-250)
(1060) Squares. 10:15AM π to (hundreds of) thousands of digits, from Vieta’s *, Sonoma State University, and Izabela Kanaana
(1077) formula. , Department of Computer Science, Bala Ravikumar Rick Kreminski, Texas A&M University - Commerce Sonoma State University (1023-M1-1559) (1023-Z1-585) 8:40AM A Computer Alogrithm for Solving Sudoku. 10:30AM Amazing Explorations. Preliminary report. (1061) Philip A. Cobb, Queensborough Community
(1078) Dennis P. Walsh, Middle Tennessee State University College (1023-M1-275) (1023-Z1-1830) 9:00AM Sudoku Studio.
10:45AM Early Nineteenth Century Elementary Algebra (1062) Jonathan M. Kane, University of Wisconsin –
(1079) Textbooks. Whitewater (1023-M1-532) Andrew B. Perry, Springfield College (1023-Z1-287) 9:20AM A Java Program to Solve Kakuro Puzzles.
(1063) Charles Ashbacher, Mount Mercy College PME Council (1023-M1-493) 9:40AM A Hard Day’s Knight. 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
(1064) Joe DeMaio, Kennesaw State University (1023-M1-182) MAA Invited Address 10:00AM Classroom Uses for the Game of ”Dots”: A Simple
(1065) Bridge to Advanced Ideas. 9:00 AM –9:50AM Carrie Muir, University of Colorado - Boulder (1023-M1-1766) (1080) The Genome Project for Three-Manifolds. Jeffrey F. Brock, Brown University (1023-A0-23) 10:20AM SET and Combinatorics.
(1066) Anna Bickel and Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo*, Valparaiso University (1023-M1-281) ASL Invited Address AM 10:40 Using SET to Visualize Higher Mathematics. 9:00 AM –9:50AM
(1067) Preliminary report. Ben Coleman and Kevin Hartshorn*, Moravian (1081) Reducts of Omega-Categorical Theories. College (1023-M1-1917) Carol S. Wood, Wesleyan University (1023-03-414)

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MAA Minicourse #12: Part B Panelists: William E. Briggs,Universityof Colorado, Denver 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Deborah Hughes-Hallett,Universityof Combinatorially thinking. Arizona Organizers: Arthur T. Benjamin,HarveyMudd Michael Starbird,UniversityofTexas College at Austin Jennifer J. Quinn, Association for Richard A. Gillman Women in Mathematics Project NExT Panel Discussion MAA Minicourse #1: Part B 9:00 AM –10:30AM 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Publishing undergraduate research and expository Introduction to the mathematics of modern articles. cryptography. Organizers: Chawne M. Kimber, Lafayette College Organizers: Colm K. Mulcahy, Spelman College Kimberly A. Roth, Wheeling Jesuit Jeffrey Ehme, Spelman College University Panelists: Ezra A. Brown, Virginia Polytechnic MAA Minicourse #8: Part B Institute & State University Paul J. Campbell, Beloit College 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Clifford A. Reiter, Lafayette College Mathematics and geometry of voting. Jody Sorensen, Augsburg College Organizer: Donald G. Saari,Universityof California Irvine AMS Special Presentation on Congressional Fellowships MAA Session on How to Start and Develop 9:30 AM –10:55AM Undergraduate Level Financial Mathematics Programs Learn about this program and speak with former Fellows. 9:00 AM –10:20AM Organizer: Samuel M. Rankin, III,AMS Organizer: Youngna Choi, Montclair State Presenters: David Weinreich, AMS Congressional University Fellow 2005-06 9:00AM Financial Mathematics in a Mathematically Dan Ullman, AMS Congressional
(1082) Accurate but Accessible Way. Fellow 2006-07 Morteza Shafii-Mousavi, Indiana University South Bend (1023-I5-28) Exhibits and Book Sales 9:30AM Starting a B.S. in Mathematics-Mathematics of
(1083) Finance Concentration Track: case of Montclair 9:30 AM –5:30PM State University. Preliminary report. Youngna Choi, Montclair State University (1023-I5-1354) ASL Invited Address

10:00AM The Mathematics of Refinancing. Preliminary report. 10:00 AM –10:50AM
(1084) Youngna Choi and Crystal K Dahlhaus*, Montclair State University (1023-I5-1356) (1085) Almost everywhere domination. Reed Solomon, University of Connecticut, Storrs MAA Panel Discussion (1023-03-413)

9:00 AM –10:20AM Math on the Web, III The top ten things you should know if you intend to 10:00 AM –5:05PM implement the standards of Beyond Crossroads. Organizer: Richelle Blair, Lakeland Community 0:30PM The MathFind search engine. College (1086) Robert Miner, Design Science, Inc. Panelists: Kathy Mowers,Owensboro 10:00PM Project CALC on the Web. Community and Technical College (1087) David Smith, Duke University Robert L. Kimball, Jr, Wake Technical 1:15PM Interactive math on the Web by Maplesoft. Community College (1088) Mohamed Bendame,Maplesoft Brad Chin, West Valley College 2:00PM Online assessment and problem-solving Richelle Blair (1089) environments: The advantages of using content MathML. Don DeLand, Integre Technical Publishing Co. MAA Panel Discussion 2:45PM PlanetMath and free mathematics. (1090) Aaron Krowne,EmoryUniversity 9:00 AM –10:20AM 3:15PM Using MathML with Blackboard and WebCT. Calculus, liberal arts, and quantitative literacy. (1091) Bob Mathews, Design Science, Inc. Organizer: Richard A. Gillman,Valparaiso 4:00PM WebALT online courses. University (1092) Mika Sepp¨al¨a,WebALT

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4:45PM Techniques for using the equation editor in Carl V. Lutzer, Rochester Institute of (1093) Blackboard and WebCT. Technology Bob Mathews, Design Science, Inc. Bernard Brooks, Rochester Institute of Technology AMS Invited Address Tamas I. Wiandt, Rochester Institute of Technology 10:05 AM –10:55AM Michael J. Fisher, California State (1094) Extensions of Hilbert’s Tenth Problem. University, Fresno Bjorn Poonen, University of California, Berkeley 1:00PM Computational Efficiency in Weyl Groups. (1023-03-06)
(1103) Preliminary report. Patricia R. Cahn*, Juan Li, Smith College, AMS-MAA Invited Address and Jeremy Schwartz, Brandeis University (1023-08-1056) 11:10 AM – NOON 1:30PM An equivalent characterization of half-factorial
Z (1095) Statistics for smart people who don’t know (1104) restricted block monoids over and torsion groups, anything about statistics. with applications to factorization in Dedekind domains. Preliminary report. Persi W. Diaconis, Stanford University (1023-62-32) R. D. Kravitz, Williams College (1023-13-132) AMS Colloquium Lecture: Lecture III 2:00PM Matrix Generation of the Diophantine Solutions to
(1105) Sums of 3 ≤ n ≤ 9 Squares that are Square. Jordan O. Tirrell*andClifford A. Reiter, Lafayette 1:00 PM –2:00PM College (1023-11-626) (1096) Limit shapes, real and imagined, III: Instantons, and 2:30PM Looking for Patterns in Multinomial Coefficients. how random surfaces count them.
(1106) Preliminary report. Andrei Okounkov, Princeton University Igor Konfisakher*, Washington University in St. (1023-60-04) Louis, and Michael Wijaya, University of Rochester (1023-11-472) ASL Invited Address 3:00PM Number Base Representations in the Gaussian
(1107) Integers. Preliminary report. 1:00 PM –1:50PM Heather J. Langdon, St. Mary’s College of Maryland (1097) Independence and equiconsistency results in (1023-11-854) intuitionistic set theory. 3:30PM Orders at Infinity of Modular Forms with Heegner Michael Rathjen, Ohio State University and
(1108) Divisors. University of Leeds (1023-03-412) Carl Erickson*, Stanford University, Alison Miller, Harvard University, and Aaron Pixton,Princeton MAA Student Lecture University (1023-11-80) 4:00PM The number of ways of expressing t as a binomial 1:00 PM –1:50PM
(1109) coefficient. Daniel Mertz Kane, Massachusetts Institute of
(1098) Mathematics: A Question of History. Technology (1023-11-1083) Della D. Fenster, University of Richmond 4:30PM Realizations of subspaces of L , p>2,withnorm (1023-A0-24) p
(1110) given by partitions and weights. Brandon P. Barrette*andSimei Tong,Universityof AMS Current Events Bulletin Wisconsin-Eau Claire (1023-46-86) 5:00PM Surfaces with Density and their Isoperimetric 1:00 PM –4:45PM
(1111) Regions. Organizer: David Eisenbud,Mathematical Robin S. Walters, Harvard University (1023-53-898) Sciences Research Institute 5:30PM Self-similar periodic tilings of nilpotent Lie groups.
(1099) Barcodes: The Persistent Topology of Data.
(1112) Preliminary report. Robert Ghrist, University of Illinois, James J. Rohal*, College of Wooster, and William P. Urbana-Champaign (1023-55-1038) Hudelson, University of Notre Dame (1023-22-808)
(1100) Flows on the space of lattices: Work of Einsiedler, Katok and Lindenstrauss. Akshay Venkatesh, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (1023-37-778) AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, II (1101) From harmonic analysis to arithmetic combinatorics. 1:00 PM –5:55PM Izabella Laba, UBC (1023-42-1431) (1102) The structure of error terms in number theory and Organizers: Joseph W. Dauben, Lehman College an introduction to the Sato-Tate Conjecture. Patti Hunter, Westmont College Barry Mazur, Harvard University (1023-11-1245) Victor J. Katz, University of the District of Columbia AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Karen H. Parshall,Universityof Mathematics by Undergraduates, IV Virginia

1:00 PM –5:55PM 1:00PM The ellipse seen from China. Preliminary report.
(1113) Andrea Breard,Universite´ des Sciences et Organizers: Darren A. Narayan,Rochester Technologies de Lille; Laboratoire Paul Painleve´ Institute of Technology (1023-01-930)

JANUARY 2007 NOTICES OF THE AMS 151 Program of the Sessions – Sunday, January 7 (cont’d.)

1:30PM The Other Book Nobody Read: Georg Rheticus and 2:30PM Orthogonal wavelets centered on an arbitrary knot
(1114) the Opus Palatinum. (1126) sequence. Glen R. Van Brummelen, Quest University Derek Bruff, Vanderbilt University, Jeffrey (1023-01-749) Geronimo, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2:00PM Communicating Mathematics in the Journal des and Doug Hardin*, Vanderbilt University (1115) savants (1675-1737). (1023-41-1503) Jeanne Peiffer, CNRS Paris (1023-01-1077) 3:00PM Texture Identification of Tissues Using Directional 2:30PM Problems of Infinitesimals: Descartes, Leibniz, and (1127) Wavelet, Ridgelet and Curvelet Transforms.
(1116) Peirce. Ahmed I. Zayed*andLucia Dettori,DePaul Maria Sol de Mora, University of Basque Country University (1023-42-320) (1023-01-610) 3:30PM A characteristic equation of semiorthogonal (1128) Parseval wavelets. Preliminary report. 3:00PM Motivation and Context for B. Peirce’s Linear
(1117) Associative Algebra. Preliminary report. Veronika Furst, University of Arizona Deborah A. Kent, Simon Fraser University (1023-43-1566) (1023-01-683) 4:00PM Wavelet Sets with Nonexpanding Dilation Matrices. (1129) Yang Wang*, Georgia Institute of Technology, and 3:30PM Robert Leslie Ellis on the misuse of the principle of
(1118) insufficient reason. Eugene Ionascu, Columbus State University (1023-42-468) Byron E. Wall, York University, Toronto, Canada (1023-01-946) 4:30PM Surgery and push-outs on frames. Preliminary (1130) report. 4:00PM The Mittag-Leffler Theorem: Interpretation and David R. Larson and Nga Q. Nguyen*, Texas A&M
(1119) Reception of a Mathematical Result, 1876-1884. University (1023-46-695) Preliminary report. Laura E. Turner*andThomas Archibald,Simon 5:00PM Isotropic Multiresolution Analysis. Fraser University (1023-01-291) (1131) Simon K. Alexander, Shika Baid, Saurabh Jain, Juan R. Romero and Manos Papadakis*, University 4:30PM A Political and Mathematical Unification: The Case of Houston (1023-42-885) (1120) of Nineteenth-Century Italy. Laura Martini, Siena, Italy (1023-01-296) 5:30PM Gelfand triples and time frequency analysis. (1132) Preliminary report. 5:00PM Mathematics in Brazil during the first half of Jens Gerlach Christensen*andGestur Olafsson, (1121) the 20th century: institutionalization and Louisiana State University (1023-43-1762) professionalization. Sergio Nobre, UNESP - Rio Claro - Brazil (1023-01-722) AMS Special Session on Group Representations, 5:30PM Mathematics and pacifism in Cambridge
(1122) 1915-1916: a student perspective. Ergodic Theory, and Mathematical Physics: Honoring June Barrow-Green, The Open University, Milton the Memory of George W. Mackey, II Keynes, UK (1023-01-226) 1:00 PM –5:45PM Organizers: Robert S. Doran,TexasChristian University Calvin C. Moore,Universityof AMS Special Session on Frames and Wavelets in California Berkeley Harmonic Analysis, Geometry, and Applications, II Robert J. Zimmer,TheUniversityof Chicago 1:00 PM –5:50PM 1:00PM Induced Actions. Organizers: Palle E. T. Jorgensen,Universityof (1133) Robert J. Zimmer, University of Chicago Iowa (1023-22-68) David R. Larson,TexasA&MUniversity 2:00PM From Lorentzian dynamics to the decay of matrix Peter R. Massopust, Institute of (1134) coefficients. Biomathematics and Biometry, Scot Adams, University of Minnesota (1023-37-241) Neuherberg, and Technical University 2:30PM Cohomology of measurable cocycles. Preliminary of Munich (1135) report. Gestur Olafsson, Louisiana State Alex Furman, University of Illinois at Chicago University (1023-37-780) 3:00PM The Work of G. W. Mackey on Unitary 1:00PM Pointwise comparison of pulse code and (1123) Sigma-Delta modulation. (1136) Representations of Group Extensions. John J. Benedetto*, Norbert Wiener Center, Arlan Ramsay, University of Colorado, Boulder University of Maryland, College Park, and Onur (1023-46-580) Oktay, University of Maryland, College Park 3:30PM The Mackey Dichotomy in Classification Problems. (1023-42-437) (1137) Edward G. Effros, UCLA (1023-46-233) 4:00PM MASA’s and certain type I closed faces of 1:30PM Maximally Equiangular Frames and Finite Wigner ∗ (1124) Distributions. (1138) C −algebras. Matthew Fickus, Air Force Institute of Technology Lawrence G. Brown, Purdue University (1023-42-843) (1023-46-760) 2:00PM Causal Relationships Between Frames. Preliminary 4:30PM Groupoid Methods in Wavelet Analysis. (1125) report. (1139) Marius Ionescu, Dartmouth College, and Paul S. Troy Henderson*, United States Military Academy, Muhly*, University of Iowa (1023-46-663) and David R Larson,TexasA&MUniversity 5:00PM Quantum Fields and George Mackey. (1023-47-978)
(1140) Arthur Jaffe, Harvard University (1023-00-225)

152 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 54, NUMBER 1 Sunday, January 7 – Program of the Sessions

AMS Special Session on Infinite Dimensional Analysis 1:00PM Variational problems for measure-valued Honoring H.-H. Kuo, II (1152) Lagrangeans. Umberto Mosco, Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1:00 PM –5:20PM (1023-35-984) Organizers: Ambar N. Sengupta, Louisiana State 1:30PM Travel Time Tomography and Lens Rigidity. University (1153) Gunther Uhlmann, University of Washington (1023-58-1401) P. Sundar, Louisiana State University 2:00PM Ultrasound Absorption vs. Causality & 1:00PM Nonlinear maps of Wiener processes. (1154) Hyperbolicity. (1141) Leonard Gross, Cornell University (1023-46-1511) Sarah K. Patch, Department of Physics, UW 1:30PM Examples of Stochastic Flows in Non-Commutative Milwaukee (1023-44-1239) (1142) Manifolds. 2:30PM Sparsity- and continuity-promoting seismic image Kalyan B. Sinha, J.N.Centre for Advanced Scientific (1155) recovery with curvelet frames. Research, Jakkur, Bangalore, India. (1023-60-1344) Felix J. Herrmann, EOS, UBC, Vancouver, Canada 2:00PM Invariant Measures and Kolmogorov Equations for (1023-86-555) (1143) Stochastic PDEs. Preliminary report. 3:00PM Multilayer segmentation and application to MRI Pao-Liu Chow, Wayne State University
(1156) brain imaging. Preliminary report. (1023-60-937) Ginmo Chung and Luminita Aura Vese*, UCLA 2:30PM Nonlinear Filtering Theory of Stochastic (1023-35-1914)
(1144) Navier-Stokes Equations. 3:30PM Parameter Identification in Elliptic Inverse Problems S. S. Sritharan, University of Wyoming (1157) and in Variational and Quasi-variational (1023-60-274) Inequalities. 3:00PM Empirical graph Laplacian approximation of Akhtar A. Khan, University of Wisconsin-Barron (1145) Laplace-Beltrami operators. County (1023-49-1885) Evarist - Gin´e*, University of Connecticut, and 4:00PM A segmentation algorithm based on convex duality. Vlaadimir Koltchinskii, Geeorgia Institute of (1158) Selim Esedoglu, University of Michigan Technology (1023-60-457) (1023-49-1898) 3:30PM Infinite dimensional heat equation of convolution 4:30PM Regularization of systems of nonlinear ill-posed (1146) type, solutions and probabilistic interpretation. (1159) equations. Habib Ouerdiane, University of Tunis El Manar, Antonio Leitao, Federal Univ of St Catarina Tunisia (1023-60-747) (1023-65-929) 4:00PM Best constants in norms of non-gaussian Wick 5:00PM Modified Back-Projection Methods for Synthetic
(1147) products. Preliminary report. (1160) Aperture Radar Imaging. Aurel Iulian Stan, The Ohio State University at *, Delaware State University, Marion (1023-60-926) Fengshan Liu Guoping Zhang, University of Texas at Pan American, 4:30PM White Noise Delta Function for an Affine Subspace. Jiguang Sun and Xiquan Shi, Delaware State (1148) Jeremy J. Becnel, Stephen F. Austin State University University (1023-86-1465) (1023-46-837) 5:30PM Electrical Impedance Tomography with Interior 5:00PM Discussion. (1161) Measurements. Alexandru Tamasan, University of Central Florida AMS Special Session on Nonlinear Variational (1023-35-1655) Inclusion Problems and Optimization Theory, II 6:00PM On Stability of a Class of Nonsmooth Dynamic
(1162) Systems. 1:00 PM –3:45PM Chao Zhu*, George Yin and Q. S. Song,Wayne Organizer: Ram U. Verma, University of Toledo, State University (1023-93-81) and International Publications 1:00PM The Minimax Inequality Inequality and Applications
(1149) to Fixed Points, Nash Equilibrium Points and Some AMS Special Session on Numerical Relativity, II Links for Problems of Financial Mathematics in the Practice. Preliminary report. 1:00 PM –5:55PM George X. Yuan, Management School, Chinese Organizers: Alexander M. Alekseenko, California Academy of Science , Beijing , China (1023-91-137) State University Northridge 2:00PM Senistivity Analysis for Cocoercively Monotone Arup Mukherjee, Montclair State (1150) Variational Inclusions. University R. N. Mohapatra*andRam U. Verma,Universityof Central Florida (1023-49-972) 1:00PM Binary Black Hole Simulations and the Hunt for
(1163) Gravitational Waves. 3:00PM Identification of Nonlinearities in Divergence Type Pablo Laguna*andDeirdre M. Shoemaker,Penn (1151) Elliptic Boundary Value Problems. State University (1023-83-1145) Mircea D. Voisei,TheUniversityofTexas-Pan American (1023-49-55) 2:00PM A Proposal to Numerically Simulate a Cosmic Shock
(1164) Wave by Use of a Locally Inertial Glimm Scheme. AMS Special Session on Nonsmooth Analysis in Preliminary report. Inverse and Variational Problems, I Blake Temple, University of California, Davis (1023-65-1882) 1:00 PM –6:25PM 2:30PM A minimization problem for the lapse and the (1165) initial-boundary value problem for Einstein’s field Organizers: M. Zuhair Nashed,Universityof equations. Central Florida Gabriel Nagy, University of California at San Diego, Otmar Scherzer,Universityof and Olivier Sarbach*, Universidad Michoacana de Innsbruck San Nicolas de Hidalgo (1023-83-372)

JANUARY 2007 NOTICES OF THE AMS 153 Program of the Sessions – Sunday, January 7 (cont’d.)

3:00PM Geometric discretisation of General Relativity. AMS Special Session on Universal Algebra and Order, (1166) Jorg¨ Frauendiener, Institut fur¨ Astronomie und II Astrophysik, Universit¨at Tubingen¨ (1023-83-1014) 3:30PM Towards absorbing outer boundaries in General 1:00 PM –5:50PM
(1167) Relativity. Organizers: John W. Snow, Sam Houston State Luisa T. Buchman*, Center for Relativity, University University of Texas at Austin, and Olivier C. A. Sarbach, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo Japheth Wood, Bard College (1023-83-1265) 1:00PM Can We Change the Paradigm for Reconstruction? (1181) , Louisiana Tech University 4:00PM Some Results on Constraints in GR. BerndS.W.Schroeder (1168) Michael J. Holst, UC San Diego (1023-83-1861) (1023-06-221) 1:30PM Free Complete Extension of Distributive Lattices. 4:30PM Simulations of Binary Black Hole Mergers. (1169) Dale Choi, Supercomputing Center, Korea (1182) Preliminary report. Institute of Science and Technology Information Aditya K. Nagrath, University of Denver (1023-83-832) (1023-06-200) 2:00PM The Coadunation of Generalized Crowns. 5:00PM Modifying the Einstein equations off the constraint (1183) Rebecca Garcia, Sam Houston State University (1170) hypersurface. (1023-06-428) J. David Brown, North Carolina State University (1023-83-1548) 2:30PM Minimal extensions of bounded distributive lattices. (1184) Preliminary report. 5:30PM A method for covariant discretization of space-time M. E. Adams*, State University of New York at New (1171) using Shannon sampling theory. Paltz, and Jurg¨ Schmid,UniversityofBern Achim Kempf*andRobert Martin,Universityof (1023-06-785) Waterloo, Canada (1023-83-1751) 3:00PM Lyndon’s algebras and the equational complexity of (1185) RRA. Preliminary report. Jeremy F. Alm, Department of Philosophy, Iowa State University (1023-03-495) 3:30PM A result on Complete Hausdorffness in topological (1186) algebras. AMS Special Session on Arithmetic of Function Fields, Wolfram Bentz, University of Northern British II Columbia (1023-08-434) 4:00PM Minimal generating band semigroups. Preliminary 1:00 PM –5:55PM (1187) report. Japheth Wood, Bard College (1023-08-380) Organizers: Allison M. Pacelli, Williams College 4:30PM The free spectrum of the Perkins semigroup is Michael J. Rosen,BrownUniversity (1188) sub-log-exponential. 1:00PM Isogenous elliptic factors in the Jacobians of curves. Steve Seif, University of Louisville (1023-08-385) (1172) Jennifer Paulhus, University of Illinois at 5:00PM There is no algorithm for deciding whether an Urbana-Champaign (1023-11-1216)
(1189) equation is compatible with the real line. 1:30PM Special values of equivariant p-adic and global Preliminary report. (1173) L-functions. Preliminary report. George F. McNulty, University of South Carolina Cristian D. Popescu, University of California at San (1023-08-671) Diego (1023-11-1065) 5:30PM Full natural dualities. (1190) David M. Clark,SUNYNewPaltz,Brian A. Davey, 2:00PM Hecke Operators and L-series in Characteristic p. (1174) Preliminary report. Jane G. Pitkethly, La Trobe University, and Ross D. David M. Goss, Ohio State University (1023-11-451) Willard*, University of Waterloo (1023-08-1355) 2:30PM Simultaneous Prime Values of Polynomials in (1175) Positive Characteristic. Paul Pollack, Dartmouth College (1023-11-1359) AMS Special Session on Microlocal Analysis and 3:00PM Variations of the Sato-Tate Conjecture. Preliminary Singular Spaces, III (1176) report. Ram Murty, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, 1:00 PM –4:40PM Canada (1023-11-794) 4:00PM Biquadratic Function Fields. Organizers: Paul A. Loya, Binghamton University (1177) Qingquan Wu, University of Illinois at Andras Vasy, Massachusetts Institute Urbana-Champaign, and Renate Scheidler*, of Technology University of Calgary (1023-11-1160) 1:00PM Elliptic boundary problems on a class of 4:30PM Approximatiing Euler Products and Computing the (1191) noncompact manifolds. (1178) Class Number of an Algebraic Function Field. Thomas Krainer, Penn State Altoona Andreas Stein, University of Wyoming (1023-35-1899) (1023-11-1039) 2:00PM On the heat trace for cone operators. Preliminary 5:00PM Galois Theory for the line over finite fields. (1192) report. (1179) Jing Long Hoelscher, University of Pennsylvania Juan B. Gil, Penn State Altoona (1023-58-1308) (1023-14-893) 3:00PM Hypoellipticity of b and vanishing of cohomology. 5:30PM The Euclidean Algorithm and Applications to (1193) Preliminary report. (1180) Hyperbolic Geometry. Gerardo A. Mendoza,TempleUniversity Kathleen Petersen, Queen’s University (1023-58-685) (1023-11-1584) 4:00PM Discussion.

154 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 54, NUMBER 1 Sunday, January 7 – Program of the Sessions

AMS Special Session on Continuous and Discrete MAA Minicourse #2: Part B Integrable Systems and Their Applications, II 1:00 PM –3:00PM 1:00 PM –6:15PM Some deterministic models in mathematical biology Organizers: Wen-Xiu Ma,UniversityofSouth and their simulations. Florida Organizers: James F. Selgrade, North Carolina Taixi Xu, Southern Polytechnic State State University University Cammey E. Cole, Meredith College Bao-Feng Feng,Universityof Huseyin¨ Koc¸ak, University of Miami, Texas-Pan American Coral Gables Zhijun Qiao, University of Texas-Pan American 1:00PM Chaotic and Periodic Asymptotics for q-Orthogonal MAA Minicourse #7: Part B
(1194) Polynomials. Mourad E. H. Ismail*, University of Central Florida, 1:00 PM –3:00PM and Ruiming Zhang, Guangxi Normal University, Directing undergraduate research. Guilin City (1023-41-1161) Organizer: Aparna W. Higgins,Universityof 1:30PM Green’s function for the second order Askey-Wilson Dayton (1195) operator. Preliminary report. Mizan Rahman, Carleton University (1023-33-386) 2:00PM A class of superintegrable systems of AMS Session on Algebra and Group Theory, III
(1196) Calogero-Moser type. Roman G. Smirnov*, Dalhousie University, and 1:00 PM –5:40PM Pavel Winternitz, University of Montreal and Centre de Recherches Mathematiques (CRM) 1:00PM Construction of the Irreducuble characters of the (1023-53-1024) (1205) Heisenberg group and a similar special group. Mohammad Reza Darafsheh, University of Tehran, 2:30PM Some Methods for Generating Explicit Solutions to Iran, and Manouchehr Misaghian*, Johnson C. (1197) the Generalized KDV Equation and an Associated Smith University (1023-20-1493) Hierarchy. Paul F. Bracken, University of Texas (1023-35-364) 1:15PM Graph Braid Groups. (1206) Daniel S. Farley*, Miami University of Ohio, and 3:00PM Peaked Solitons Equations. Preliminary report. Lucas Sabalka, University of California, Davis (1198) Zhijun Qiao, University of Texas - Pan American (1023-20-1518) (1023-35-910) 1:30PM On growth series of Coxeter groups. 3:30PM Nonlinearization of spectral problem with reality (1207) Patrick Bahls, University of North Carolina, (1199) condition. Asheville (1023-20-1778) Ruguang Zhou, Xuzhou Normal University (1023-37-267) 1:45PM Using Formations to Determine Factorizations. (1208) Preliminary report. 4:00PM Fractional derivatives of products of Airy functions Joseph Kirtland, Marist College (1023-20-219) (1200) and their applications. 2:00PM Almost pure subgroups of locally compact abelian Vladimir V. Varlamov, University of Texas - Pan (1209) groups. Preliminary report. American (1023-33-965) Peter Loth, Sacred Heart University (1023-20-263) 4:30PM New Finite-Dimensional Integrable Systems by 2:15PM The Strong Symmetric Genus of the Finite Coxeter (1201) Reduction. (1210) Groups. Taixi Xu, Southern Polytechnic State University Michael A. Jackson, King College (1023-20-371) (1023-35-1505) 2:30PM Capability of p-nilpotent products of cyclic 5:00PM A numerical method to Cammassa-Holm and (1211) p-groups.
(1202) Degasperis-Procesi equations. Preliminary report. Arturo Magidin, University of Louisiana at Bao-Feng Feng,Univ.ofTexas-PanAmerican Lafayette (1023-20-38) (1023-45-1480) 2:45PM Zassenhaus Rings of Finite Rank. 5:30PM Some properties of higher-order mappings and (1212) Joshua Buckner, Baylor University (1023-20-420) (1203) their ultra-discrete analogues. Kenichi Maruno, University of Texas-Pan American 3:00PM Central Extensions and Unramified Brauer Groups. (1023-39-1391) (1213) Fedor Bogomolov,CIMS-NewYorkUniversity,and Jorge Maciel*, BMCC-The City University of New 6:00PM Integrable systems. York (1023-20-519) (1204) Peter Lax, New York University, Courant Institute (1023-35-1920) 3:10PM Break. 3:30PM Local Characterization of LFS-Groups of p-Type. (1214) Preliminary report. Stefaan D. Delcroix, California State University, Fresno (1023-20-596) MAA Minicourse #15: Part A 3:45PM For a given prime p, what is the smallest nonabelian
(1215) simple group whose order is divisible by p? 1:00 PM –3:00PM Gabriela Mendoza, State University of New York at Binghamton (1023-20-680) Geometry with history for teaching teachers. 4:00PM Variations on a Theme by Desmond MacHale. Organizers: David W. Henderson,Cornell (1216) Luise-Charlotte Kappe*, Gabriela Mendoza, State University University of New York at Binghamton, and Michael Daina Taimina, Cornell University Ward, Western Oregon University (1023-20-682)

JANUARY 2007 NOTICES OF THE AMS 155 Program of the Sessions – Sunday, January 7 (cont’d.)

4:15PM Subgroups in a Direct Product that Satisfy the 3:30PM Intersection Graphs Generated By An Edge (1217) Strong Frattini Argument.
(1233) Decomposition. Joseph Evan, King’s College (1023-20-774) Robert A. Beeler, Clemson University 4:30PM On the Sources of Simple Modules in Certain Blocks. (1023-05-1651) (1218) Adam D. Salminen, University of Evansville 3:45PM G-Multiparking Functions and Dirichlet (1023-20-99) (1234) Configurations. 4:45PM Small spherical nilpotent orbits and K-types of Dimitrije N Kostic,TexasA&MUniversity (1219) Harish Chandra modules. Preliminary report. (1023-05-1705) Donald R. King, Northeastern University 4:00PM Interval Avoidance in the Symmetric Group. (1023-22-1597) (1235) Isaiah P. Lankham*andAlexander K. Woo,UC 5:00PM Completions of altered topological subgroups of Rn. Davis (1023-05-1711) (1220) Jon W. Short, Sam Houston State University 4:15PM The Jump Number of a Split Graph. (1023-22-1610)
(1236) Mike Fisher, California State University, Fresno 5:15PM Characterization of simplicity and cancellativity in (1023-05-1842) (1221) βS. 4:30PM On the Likelihood of Comparability in Bruhat Order. Neil Hindman*, Howard University, and Dona
(1237) Adam J. Hammett*andBoris G. Pittel,TheOhio Strauss, University of Hull (1023-22-357) State University (1023-05-189) 5:30PM The supremum of the set of pseudocompact group 4:45PM Properties of Permutation Tableaux. (1222) topologies.
(1238) Ariel R. Levavi, Carnegie Mellon University W. W. Comfort*, Wesleyan University, and Jan van (1023-05-236) Mill, Vrije Universiteit (1023-22-947) 5:00PM Break.
(1239) The Moebius transform of the triangular numbers. Steve Butler, University of California, San Diego AMS Session on Combinatorics, II (1023-05-435) 5:15PM Applications of hypergraph zeta functions. 1:00 PM –5:40PM (1240) Christopher K. Storm, Dartmouth College (1023-05-286) 1:00PM Constructing m-articulate collections of de Bruijn (1223) sequences. 5:30PM Combinatorial Sums via Finite Differences. Atoshi Chowdhury, Princeton University
(1241) Michael Z. Spivey, University of Puget Sound (1023-05-1383) (1023-05-304) 1:15PM Magic labelings of directed graphs. Preliminary
(1224) report. Alison M. Marr, Southern Illinois University (1023-05-1385) AMS Session on Analysis and Functional Analysis, II 1:30PM Helly and Radon Independence in Clone-Free (1225) Multipartite Tournaments. Preliminary report. 1:00 PM –5:25PM Darren B. Parker*, University of Dayton, Randy F. Westhoff and Marty J. Wolf, Bemidji State 1:00PM Rellich type inequality on Carnot Groups. University (1023-05-1469) (1242) Ismail Kombe, Oklahoma City University (1023-43-1180) 1:45PM Minimum cycle bases of direct products of bipartite (1226) graphs. 1:15PM Characterization Of bounded/compact composition Richard Hammack, Virginia Commonwealth (1243) operators on the ’Hardy–Simirnov’ spaces. University (1023-05-1472) Preliminary report. Abebaw Tadesse,LangstonUniversity 2:00PM Enumeration of Orientable Embeddings of Odd
(1227) Graphs. (1023-43-336) Brent N. Stephens*andXiaoya Zha, Middle 1:30PM Transference of Maximal Multiplier Operators on Tennessee State University (1023-05-1512) (1244) Local Hardy-Lorentz Spaces. Daning Chen, Jackson State University 2:15PM Extending the Freiman 3k − 3 Theorem to distinct
(1228) sets. Preliminary report. (1023-43-873) David J. Grynkiewicz*, Oriol Serra,Universitat 1:45PM A Discrepancy Principle for Local Regularization. Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain, and Yahya (1245) Cara D. Brooks*andPatricia K. Lamm,Michigan Hamidoune, Universite de Paris VI (1023-05-1526) State University (1023-45-1622) 2:30PM Density Relations in Simple Graphs. 2:00PM Local Regularization Methods for Nonlinear
(1229) Daniel Felix, University of California, San Diego (1246) Volterra Integral Equations of Hammerstein Type. (1023-05-1602) Xiaoyue Luo*andP. K. Lamm, Michigan State 2:45PM Generating tree isomorphisms for pattern-avoiding University (1023-45-1685) (1230) involutions. 2:15PM APoincar´e inequality on the complex sphere in CR Aaron D. Jaggard*, Tulane University, and Joseph (1247) setting. J. Marincel, Washington University (1023-05-1618) Lijing Sun, Wayne State University (1023-46-104) 3:00PM Combinatorial Methods in Coordinate Percolation. 2:30PM Almost Weakly Compact Operators.
(1231) Preliminary report. (1248) Ioana Ghenciu*, University of Wisconsin, River Elizabeth Moseman, Dartmouth College Falls, and Paul Lewis, University of North Texas, TX (1023-05-1619) (1023-46-1223) 3:15PM Geometric structure of sumsets within their convex 2:45PM A Dynamic Equation on a Time Scale.
(1232) hulls.
(1249) Allan C. Peterson*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Jaewoo Lee, Borough of Manhattan Community 68588-0130, Lynn Erbe, University of Nebraska, College, The City University of New York and Samir Saker, Mansoura University (1023-05-1412) (1023-39-748)

156 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 54, NUMBER 1 Sunday, January 7 – Program of the Sessions

3:00PM Topological Structure of the Unitary Group of 2:30PM Comparing self-avoiding walks and polygons on (1250) Certain C*-Algebras. (1266) hyperbolic Coxeter groups. Bogdan Costin Visinescu, University of Cincinnati Jason S. Bode, Cornell University (1023-55-795) (1023-46-1408) 2:45PM Break. PM 3:15 On the Rellich inequality. 3:00PM Kauffman-Harary Conjecture for Virtual Knots. (1251) Ritva M. Hurri-Syrjanen*, University of Helsinki, (1267) Mathew Williamson, University of South Florida and David E. Edmunds, Cardiff University (1023-55-911) (1023-46-1496) 3:15PM Polynomial knots. Preliminary report. 3:30PM On Ergodic type theorems for finite Jordan
(1268) Alan Durfee, Mount Holyoke College (1252) algebras. (1023-57-1159) Genady Ya. Grabarnik, T.J. Watson IBM Reserach Center, Alexander A. Katz*, St. John’s University, 3:30PM Menasco normal form and recognizing unknot
and Laura Shwartz, University of South Africa (1269) diagrams. (1023-46-1737) Chan-Ho Suh, University of California at Davis (1023-57-1335) 3:45PM Isometries on Aφ. Preliminary report. (1253) Nadia J Gal, University of Memphis (1023-46-1897) 3:45PM Coloring Random Knots. Preliminary report.
(1270) Enver Karadayi, University of South Florida 4:00PM On the ”Multiple of the Inclusion plus Compact” (1023-57-1386) (1254) Problem. G. Androulakis and F. Sanacory*, University of 4:00PM Stable Ribbon Graphs and Quantum Master South Carolina (1023-46-212) (1271) Equation. Preliminary report. J. Javier Zuniga, University of Minnesota 4:15PM On the existence of eigenvalues of Toeplitz (1255) operators associated with representing measures (1023-57-1698) on multiply connected planar regions. 4:15PM Turaev torsion and cohomology determinants for Cyrus P. Aryana, Saginaw Valley State University (1272) 3–manifolds with boundary. Preliminary report. (1023-46-540) Christopher B. Truman, University of Maryland 4:30PM On the properties of endogenous mortgage rates. (1023-57-1755) (1256) Preliminary report. 4:30PM Statistical methods for studying spatial properties Yevgeny Goncharov, Florida State University
(1273) of random polygonal knots. (1023-46-63) Eric J. Rawdon,UniversityofSt.Thomas 4:45PM Flows of weights associated with AFD real factors of (1023-57-939) (1257) type III. Preliminary report. 4:45PM Residue Formulation of the Chern Character on Shukhrat M. Usmanov, Ashford University (1274) Smooth Manifolds. (1023-46-812) Dmitry M. Gerenrot, Georgia Institute of 5:00PM The q-concavity and q-convexity constants in Technology (1023-58-1471) (1258) Lorentz spaces. 5:00PM Singularities of equivariant lagrangian mean Anna Kaminska´ and Anca M. Parrish*, University (1275) curvature flow. of Memphis (1023-46-895) Konrad Groh, Institut fuer Differentialgeometrie, 5:15PM On Gelfand-Naimark type theorems for Hannover (1023-58-339) (1259) representations of nuclear barelled real locally C*- 5:15PM Dehn surgery on singular knots. and locally JB-algebras. (1276) Simrat M. Ghuman, San Francisco, California, Larry Alexander A. Katz, St. John’s University, Oleg M. Granda*andChichen M. Tsau, Saint Louis Friedman*, University of South Africa, and Roman University (1023-57-74) Kushnir, St. John’s University (1023-46-980) 5:30PM Generalized Coloring and n-String Tangles.
(1277) Isabel K. Darcy, University of Iowa, and Junalyn P. AMS Session on Geometry and Topology, IV Navarra-Madsen*, Texas Woman’s University (1023-57-111) 1:00 PM –5:55PM 5:45PM Upper Bounds for Regular Stick Numbers of Torus
1:00PM The locally finite functor and the Steenrod algebra. (1278) Knots. Preliminary report. (1260) Preliminary report. Timothy D. Comar*andDebra Witczak, Hayden Harker, Vassar College (1023-55-1590) Benedictine University (1023-57-113) 1:15PM Khovanov Type Categorification for the Tutte (1261) Polynomial. Edna Fanny Jasso-Hernandez*andYongwu Rong, The George Washington University (1023-55-1604) MAA Session on Teaching Innovations in Real 1:30PM Local Conditions for a 2-dimensional Duality Group. Analysis, II (1262) Preliminary report. Risto Atanasov, Binghamton University 1:00 PM –3:35PM (1023-55-1696) Organizers: Robert W. Vallin, Slippery Rock 1:45PM Relative Homotopy Groups of Modules - from a (1263) Different Viewpoint. University C. Joanna Su, Providence College (1023-55-1787) Erik O. Talvila, University College of 2:00PM Periodic Dold Sequences. the Fraser Valley
(1264) Micah W. Chrisman, University of Hawaii at Manoa 1:00PM Getting students to prove theorems in analysis. (1023-55-344)
(1279) William S. Mahavier,EmoryUniversity 2:15PM Rank of the fundamental group of any component (1023-Q1-1572) (1265) of a function space. 1:20PM When I switched from lecturing to using the Moore Samuel B. Smith*, Saint Joseph’s University, and
(1280) Method... Gregory Lupton, Cleveland State University Bernd E. Rossa, Xavier University (Cincinnati) (1023-55-40) (1023-Q1-1127)

JANUARY 2007 NOTICES OF THE AMS 157 Program of the Sessions – Sunday, January 7 (cont’d.)

1:40PM Facilitating Student Understanding of Concepts in 4:15PM A Model of Randomized Drug Testing. Preliminary
(1281) Real Analysis. Preliminary report.
(1296) report. Michael L. Berry, West Virginia Wesleyan College Paul H. Schuette, Meredith College (1023-L1-1352) (1023-Q1-1296) 2:00PM Technical illustration for second semester real MAA Session on Building Diversity in Advanced (1282) analysis. Mathematics: Models that Work, II Mark McClure, University of North Carolina at Asheville (1023-Q1-844) 1:00 PM –3:55PM 2:20PM Using History to Understand How To Teach Real
(1283) Analysis. Organizers: Patricia Hale, California State David M. Bressoud, Macalester College Polytechnic University, Pomona (1023-Q1-618) Abbe H. Herzig, University of Albany, SUNY 2:40PM Introductory Real Analysis - Let Series be Your (1284) Guide. 1:00PM Successful Practices on Integrating Diversity into Robert Rogers, SUNY Fredonia (1023-Q1-758)
(1297) the Teaching of General Education Mathematics courses at Northern State University. 3:00PM Using Calculus to Motivate Compactness and A. S. Elkhader, Northern State University
(1285) Connectedness. (1023-E1-1211) Michael J. Schramm, Le Moyne College (1023-Q1-1272) 1:20PM Project SMART III - Characteristics of a Successful (1298) NREUP at a Two-Year Institution. 3:20PM Using a Laboratory Approach in the Teaching of John J. Morrell, Atlanta Metropolitan College
(1286) Real Analysis. (1023-E1-1636) Kirk Weller*, University of Michigan Flint, and Joanne Snow, Saint Mary’s College (1023-Q1-1130) 1:40PM A “DeVry-Style” REU: The Outcome of a Summer
(1299) Semester of Undergraduate Research in Probability and Networking at DeVry. Preliminary report. Dov. N Chelst, DeVry University (1023-E1-1835) MAA Session on Mathematics Experiences in Business, 2:00PM Strategies for Inclusion in the UC Davis Math Industry and Government
(1300) Modeling Experience for Undergraduates and High School Students. Preliminary report. 1:00 PM –4:30PM Sarah A. Williams, Graduate Group in Applied Organizers: Philip E. Gustafson, Mesa State Mathematics, University of California, Davis College (1023-E1-1739) Michael Monticino,Universityof 2:20PM Academic Excellence Workshops, Why They Work at North Texas
(1301) Cal Poly Pomona. Patricia Hale, California State Polytechnic 1:00PM Opening Remarks and BIG SIGMAA Announcements. University, Pomona (1023-E1-1176) 1:15PM Teller Staffing in Retail Banks. Preliminary report. 2:40PM Native American-based Materials for
(1287) Travis Cogdill*andMichael Monticino,University
(1302) Undergraduate Mathematics Courses. of North Texas (1023-L1-1405) Charles Peter Funkhouser*, University of Montana 1:35PM Statistics of the Peak Sidelobe Distribution for Missoula, and A. Duane Porter,Universityof
(1288) Binary Codes. Preliminary report. Wyoming (1023-E1-59) Matthew Ferrara, Michael Kupferschmid,RPI,and 3:00PM A Diversity Perspective. Gregory E. Coxson*, Technology Service
(1303) Satish C. Bhatnagar, University of Nevada Las Corporation (1023-L1-1812) Vegas (1023-E1-283) 1:55PM Fractal measures to quantify agent-based combat
3:20PM The Impact of Departmental Leadership on the (1289) with EINSTein. (1304) Success of Women in Doctoral Level Mathematical David S. Mazel*, Technology Service Corporation, Sciences. and Andy Ilachinski, The CNA Corporation Orpha K. Ongiti*andAbbe H. Herzig,Universityat (1023-L1-500) Albany (1023-E1-804) 2:15PM Characterizing internal stress states in advanced 3:40PM From the Perspective of Lee Lorch. (1290) ceramics using fractal analysis. Preliminary report.
(1305) Lee Lorch, York University (1023-E1-1552) Leigh L. Noble, United States Military Academy & Army Research Lab (1023-L1-1753) MAA Session on Countering ”I Can’t Do Math”: 2:35PM Number Theory and a New GPS Signal.
(1291) Joseph J. Rushanan, The MITRE Corporation Strategies For Teaching Under-Prepared, (1023-L1-976) Math-Anxious Students, II 2:55PM Norbert Wiener Center - mission and methods. 1:00 PM –5:15PM
(1292) John J. Benedetto*andIoannis Konstantinidis, Norbert Wiener Center, University of Maryland, Organizers: Winston Crawley, Shippensburg College Park (1023-L1-1455) University 3:15PM Statistics to Detect Danger Underground. Kim Presser, Shippensburg University
(1293) Preliminary report. 1:00PM How Can I Help My Students Enjoy Learning George W. Heine, Bureau of Land Management (1306) Mathematics Instead of Being Afraid of It? Fostering (1023-L1-1902) Positive Mathematics Experiences With Special 3:35PM Why Consulting Firms Need Mathematicians. Needs and English Language Learner Populations. (1294) Carla D. Martin,JamesMadisonUniversity Joyce F. Fischer, Texas State University-San Marcos (1023-L1-223) (1023-G5-1312) 3:55PM My Experiences as a Summer Contract Employee at 1:20PM Linking Polynomials to Whole Numbers to Ease the (1295) a Pharmaceutical Company.
(1307) Anxiety of the Under-Prepared Students. Paul R. Coe, Dominican University (1023-L1-1857) Murray H. Siegel, SC GSSM (1023-G5-210)

158 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 54, NUMBER 1 Sunday, January 7 – Program of the Sessions

1:40PM Engaging Developmental Mathematics Students 1:25PM Sampling + Simulation = Statistical Understanding:
(1308) with Activities: A First Look at Quadratics.
(1320) Graphical Simulations in Excel for Introductory Gary Simundza*, Wentworth Institute of Statistics. Technology, and Nancy Crisler, Washington Sheldon P. Gordon, Farmingdale State University of University (1023-G5-66) New York, and Florence S. Gordon*, New York 2:00PM How to improve student’s performance in Institute of Technolgy (Retired) (1023-J5-452) (1309) Developmental Mathematics course with the use of 1:50PM What is R2? Using Dynamic Graphs to Illustrate computer-aided instruction and a personal touch.
(1321) Ideas in Regression. Wendiann Sethi, Seton Hall University Robin H. Lock, St. Lawrence Uinversity (1023-G5-1168) (1023-J5-1451) 2:20PM Changing Paradigms: A department in a state of 2:15PM Using Boxplots and Histograms to Draw Inferences. (1310) flux leading to technology transitions which affect
(1322) Kris H. Green, St. John Fisher College (1023-J5-509) student learning. Preliminary report. 2:40PM Using Graphs To Assess Normality When Hassan Moore*andGerald Y. Agbegha, Johnson
(1323) Performing a t-Test for a Population Mean. C. Smith University (1023-G5-1638) Christopher J. Lacke,RowanUniversity 2:40PM The Math ”Journal” Assignment: Finding (1023-J5-1459) (1311) Applications, Seeing Connections, and Getting Over 3:05PM Using Dynamic, Interactive Models to Teach that Seventh Grade Algebra Class.
(1324) Statistical Concepts. Carrie Muir, University of Colorado - Boulder Michael T. Marsh, Shippensburg University of (1023-G5-1777) Pennsylvania (1023-J5-572) 3:00PM Improving Student Performance in a College Core 3:30PM Graphical Methods for Teaching and Assessing the (1312) Math Program by Emphasizing Fundamental
(1325) IID Assumption. Mathematical Skills. Preliminary report. Mark H. Inlow, Rose-Hulman Institute of Heather Stevenson*andGerald Kobylski,United Technology (1023-J5-1784) States Military Academy (1023-G5-1714) 3:55PM Creating Graphs for Better Analyses, Explanations,
3:20PM The Thrill of Victory: Conquering Anxiety with (1326) and Presentations.
(1313) Mastery Grading. John D. McKenzie*, Babson College, and Robert N. Penelope H. Dunham, Muhlenberg College Goldman, Simmons College (1023-J5-1746) (1023-G5-1113) 4:20PM Graphing Data Badly, or Things I Swear my
3:40PM Transitioning to College Mathematics - Creating a (1327) Statistics Teacher Never Told Me!
(1314) Program to Help Developmental Level Students Patricia B. Humphrey, Georgia Southern University Succeed in College Level Mathematics. Preliminary (1023-J5-1564) report. 4:45PM Examples of Misdisplaying Statistical Graphs in J. Winston Crawley*andKimberly J. Presser,
(1328) Presentations. Preliminary report. Shippensburg University (1023-G5-881) Jialing Dai, Dept. of Mathematics, University of the Pacific (1023-J5-1694) 4:00PM Strategies for Reaching Under-prepared Math (1315) Students. 5:10PM Graphs: Different Faces of Data. Ann C. Hanson, Columbia College (1023-G5-621) (1329) Madhuri S. Mulekar, University of South Alabama (1023-J5-1627) 4:20PM Learning Disabilities and the Post-Secondary Math
(1316) Student. Mary Rack, Johnson County Community College MAA Session on The Mathematics of Sudoku and (1023-G5-101) Other Puzzles, II 4:40PM Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions of the Nature of
(1317) Mathematics and Math Anxiety: Implications for 1:00 PM –3:35PM Teaching Mathematics. Teodora B. Cox, SUNY Fredonia (1023-G5-1759) Organizer: Laura A. Taalman,JamesMadison University 5:00PM For Victims of the Mathematics-Distress Syndrome:
(1318) A Radical Alternative Curriculum. Preliminary 1:00PM Some Observations on the Sudoku Puzzle. report.
(1330) Preliminary report. Clyde Greeno, The MALEI Mathematics Institute Louis M. Beaugris, Kean University (1023-M1-1824) (1023-G5-925) 1:20PM Proofs, Equivalence Classes and Groups
(1331) Sudoku-Style. Cynthia J. Woodburn, Pittsburg State University (1023-M1-1460) 1:40PM One-and-one-third orthogonal Latin squares.
(1332) Preliminary report. MAA Session on Innovative Examples of Using Graphs W. D. Wallis, Southern Illinois University, in Statistics Carbondale, IL (1023-M1-1905) 2:00PM Partial Latin Squares with the Sudoku Structure. 1:00 PM –5:30PM
(1333) Preliminary report. Rommel G. Regis, Cornell University Organizers: Christopher J. Lacke,Rowan (1023-M1-1795) University 2:20PM On Mutually Orthogonal Sudokus. Preliminary Ginger Holmes Rowell, Middle
(1334) report. Tennessee State University Michael Anthony Pohl, University of Richmond 1:00PM Statistics Before Your Eyes: Photographs of (1023-M1-886)
(1319) Statistical Concepts. 2:40PM Two methods for counting small sudoku puzzles. Robert W. Jernigan, American University
(1335) John Lorch*andCrystal Lorch, Ball State (1023-J5-834) University (1023-M1-1916)

JANUARY 2007 NOTICES OF THE AMS 159 Program of the Sessions – Sunday, January 7 (cont’d.)

3:00PM Beaucoup de Sudoku. 4:30PM Incorporating Software in College Algebra: Five
(1336) Carlos Arcos, Gary Brookfield and Mike
(1352) Years Later. Krebs*, California State University, Los Angeles Michelle R. DeDeo, Univ. of North Florida (1023-M1-70) (1023-Z1-208) 3:20PM Book Embeddings of Sudoku Graphs. Preliminary 4:45PM A π-less Buffon’s Needle Problem.
(1337) report.
(1353) David Richeson, Dickinson College (1023-Z1-1121) Joyce Maxine Music*andRobin Blankenship, Morehead State University (1023-M1-1267) NAM Granville-Brown-Haynes Session of MAA General Contributed Paper Session, VI Presentations by Recent Doctoral Recipients in the Mathematical Sciences 1:00 PM –4:55PM 1:00 PM –3:35PM Organizers: Eric S. Marland, Appalachian State University Organizer: Dawn A. Lott, University of Maryland Jay A. Malmstrom, Oklahoma State 1:00PM Elements belonging to 2-element cocircuits in Community College
(1354) connected matroids. 1:00PM A new proof of a theorem on the closure ordering Joe Anderson*, Mississippi Valley State University,
(1338) on nilpotent orbits of algebraic groups of Type A. and Haidong Wu, University of Mississippi Preliminary report. (1023-05-648) Joseph A. Fox*, Salem State College, Terrell L. 1:20PM Clones and Minors in Matroids. Hodge, Western Michigan University, and Brian J. (1355) Carla D. Cotwright,WakeForestUniversity Parshall, University of Virginia (1023-Z1-1286) (1023-05-690) 1:15PM Ideals in Dorroh Extensions of Rings. 1:40PM Finding Optimal Orbits on Chaotic Systems.
(1339) Kent M. Neuerburg*andG. Alan Cannon,
(1356) Angela E. Grant,NorthwesternUniversity Southeastern Louisiana University (1023-Z1-214) (1023-37-647) 1:30PM Primes and twin primes near some large numbers. 2:00PM The Semiparametric Exchangeable Model. (1340) Balakrishnan Variyath Uckath,EritreaInstituteof
(1357) Stephine L. Keeton*, U.S. Food and Drug Technology (1023-Z1-1586) Administration, and Hanxiang Peng,TheUniversity 1:45PM The Syllogism Needed to Negate the Definition of a of Mississippi (1023-00-1606) (1341) Converging Sequence. 2:20PM The Mathematics Coach and the Implementation of Chokri Cherif*andAvraham Goldstein, (1358) Performance Standards. BMCC-City University of New York (1023-Z1-587) Samuel Obara, Texas State University, San Marcos 2:00PM A Note on Weighted Identric and Logarithmic (1023-97-1179)
(1342) Means. 2:40PM Large Circuit Pairs in Matroids. Kendall C. Richards and Hilari Celeste (1359) Bryan L. Williams, Hampton University Tiedeman*, Southwestern University (1023-Z1-522) (1023-05-646) 2:15PM Inversion Cosets in Music Theory. 3:00PM Graph Groupoids and their topology.
(1343) Craig M. Johnson, Marywood University (1360) Adrian A. Wilson, The University of Mississippi (1023-Z1-58) (1023-54-568) 2:30PM Developing a successful undergraduate colloquium 3:20PM Knots With Infinitely Many Incompressible Seifert
(1344) course. (1361) Surfaces. Darren E. Mason*andDavid A. Reimann, Albion Robin Todd Wilson, UC Santa Barbara College (1023-Z1-1695) (1023-57-504) 2:45PM Success Stories from a First Semester Seminar for
(1345) Math Majors. Melvin G. Royer, Indiana Wesleyan University MAA Committee on the Undergraduate Program in (1023-Z1-1171) Mathematics Panel Discussion 3:00PM Redesigning the first course of differential 1:00 PM –2:20PM
(1346) equations. Preliminary report. Pangyen Ben Weng, Ramapo College of New Jersey The “bridge” course. (1023-Z1-1199) Organizer: George R. Exner, Bucknell University 3:15PM Writing in the Vector Calculus class. Moderator: George R. Exner
(1347) Constantin Dorin Dumitras¸cu,Universityof Arizona, Tucson AZ (1023-Z1-1363) Panelists: David M. Bressoud, Macalester College 3:30PM Some Determinants of Student Performance in the
(1348) Course of Introductory Statistics. Amy Cohen,RutgersUniversity Jen-Ting Wang*, SUNY-Oneonta, NY, and Shu-Yi Barbara E. Edwards, Oregon State Tu, University of Michigan – Flint (1023-Z1-1764) University 3:45PM Come on down! Learn about the probability of Annie Selden,NewMexicoState
(1349) winning a car on The Price is Right! University Joe A. Stickles, Jr., Millikin University (1023-Z1-1147) ASL Contributed Papers 4:00PM Developmental Mathematics Program at the (1350) University of Maryland: 5 years of Success. 2:00 PM –4:50PM Denny Gulick, MD (1023-Z1-974) 4:15PM A team-teaching (Math and CS) approach to a Organizer: Marcia Groszek, Dartmouth College
(1351) Discrete Mathematics course. 2:00PM On the failure of Craig interpolation in dynamic Rachelle C. DeCoste, United States Military (1362) logics. Academy, West Point (1023-Z1-470) Katalin Bimbo´, Indiana University

160 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 54, NUMBER 1 Sunday, January 7 – Program of the Sessions

2:25PM Proof theory for admissible rules. MAA Minicourse #14: Part B (1363) George Metcalfe*, Vanderbilt University, and Rosalie Iemhoff, Utrecht University 3:30 PM –5:30PM 2:50PM Symmetric propositions and logical quantifiers. Contemporary college algebra: A refocused college (1364) R. Gregory Taylor, Manhattan College algebra course. 3:15PM Hypersets with a universal set—two ∼ Organizers: Donald B. Small, U. S. Military (1365) axiomatizations for Bi-AFA set theories. Academy Stephen Harnish, Bluffton University Laurette Foster, Prairie View A&M 3:40PM The notion of 1-consistency and Godel¨ polynomials. University (1366) Yvon Gauthier,UniversityofMontreal 4:05PM On computer robots recognizing their own (1367) geometric self-consistency. MAA Minicourse #3: Part B Dan E. Willard,SUNYAlbany 3:30 PM –5:30PM 4:30PM A note on the definition of a multisubset. (1368) Dasharath Singh*, Ahmadu Bello University, and A tool to implement quantitative literacy (QL): J.N. Singh, Barry University Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum. Organizers: Semra Kilic¸-Bahi,Colby-Sawyer College RMMC Board of Directors Gary T. Franchy, Davenport University Cheryl Coolidge,Colby-Sawyer 2:15 PM –4:10PM College William A. Thomas,Colby-Sawyer College MAA Presentations by Teaching Award Recipients

2:30 PM –4:00PM MAA Minicourse #9: Part B

(1369) My practice of mathematics. 3:30 PM –5:30PM Jennifer J. Quinn, Association for Women in Mathematics (1023-A0-1188) Evaluating student presentations in mathematics. Organizers: Suzanne Dor´ee, Augsburg College (1370) Title to be announced. Michael Starbird, University of Texas at Austin Richard J. Jardine, Keene State College Thomas J. Linton, Central College

AMS Committee on Science Policy Panel Discussion MAA Undergraduate Poster Session

2:30 PM –4:00PM 3:30 PM –5:30PM NSF funding for mathematics. Organizer: Diana M. Thomas, Montclair State Organizer: De Witt L. Sumners,FloridaState University University Panelists: Tony Chan,NSF MAA Session on Integrating Mathematics and Biology Peter March,NSF in Undergraduate Education, II

4:15 PM –6:10PM MAA Panel Discussion Organizers: Glenn W. Ledder,Universityof Nebraska-Lincoln 2:30 PM –3:50PM Yajun Yang, Farmingdale State Attracting underrepresented students to graduate University of New York study through research. Jack Bookman, Duke University Organizers: William Hawkins, Jr,MAAandthe James P. Fulton, Suffolk County University of the District of Columbia Community College Robert E. Megginson,Universityof 4:15PM Balancing Selection and The Evolution of Color Michigan, Ann Arbor
(1371) Variation in Pacific Treefrogs (Hyla regilla) - An Panelists: Carlos Castillo-Chavez,ArizonaState Interactive Lively Activity Project (ILAP). University Timothy F. Englund*andR. Steven Wagner, Dennis Davenport, Miami University Central Washington University (1023-K1-1578) of Ohio 4:35PM Using Tic-Tacs to Freshen up Carbon Dating.
(1372) Preliminary report. Lloyd E. Douglas, National Science Foundation Shawnee McMurran, US Military Academy (1023-K1-1733) Herbert A. Medina, Loyola Marymount 4:55PM Leslie Matrices: A Biological Application to Matrices University
(1373) and Difference Equations. Ivelisse M. Rubio, University of Puerto Robert E. Burks*andJoseph Lindquist,United Rico States Military Academy (1023-K1-1153) Michelle D. Wagner, National Security 5:15PM Discrete Logistic Model in Calculus II. Agency
(1374) Talitha M. Washington, University of Evansville Robert E. Megginson (1023-K1-1713)

JANUARY 2007 NOTICES OF THE AMS 161 Program of the Sessions – Sunday, January 7 (cont’d.)

5:35PM Biological Applications Across the Mathematics 8:30AM Creating Math Learning Communities Locally and (1375) Curriculum at Appalachian State University.
(1380) using ITV. Katrina M. Palmer*andRene Salinas, Appalachian Max Warshauer*, Hiroko Warshauer, Alex White, State University (1023-K1-1218) Terry McCabe and Alejandra Sorto, Texas State 5:55PM CoMBiNe: Teaching modules to encourage University (1023-97-395)
(1376) cross-education in mathematics and biology 9:00AM Connecting Teacher Learning to Classroom classrooms. (1381) Practice: The Story of a Large-scale Professional Elsa Schaefer, Marymount University Community. (1023-K1-187) Tom Evitts*andKate McGivney, Shippensburg University (1023-97-625) AMS Mathematical Reviews Reception 9:30AM Building and Sustaining Communities of
(1382) Mathematicians and Teachers. 6:00 PM –7:00PM Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Michigan State University (1023-97-1641) NAM Cox-Talbot Address 10:00AM A Teacher’s Perspective on Communities of
(1383) Mathematicians and Teachers. 8:30 PM –9:15PM Benjamin J. Sinwell, Montgomery Country Public Schools and Park City Mathematics Institute (1377) Why “Mathematicians of the African Dispora”? (1023-97-1214) Scott Williams, University at Buffalo, SUNY (1023-01-417) 10:30AM A Project-Based Re-Engineering of Business Calculus
(1384) Focusing on Solving Real Problems Using Models and Technology: Change “Will I Ever Use This?” to MAA-Project NExT Reception “Wow! Math Can Really Help Me!”. Preliminary report. 8:30 PM –10:30PM Bruce Pollack-Johnson, Villanova University Organizers: T. Christine Stevens,St.Louis (1023-00-871) University Joseph A. Gallian,Universityof Minnesota Duluth Aparna W. Higgins,Universityof Dayton

AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, III Monday, January 8 8:00 AM –10:55AM

MAA Minority Chairs Breakfast Meeting Organizers: Joseph W. Dauben, Lehman College

7:00 AM –8:45AM Patti Hunter, Westmont College Victor J. Katz, University of the District Joint Meetings Registration of Columbia Karen H. Parshall,Universityof 7:30 AM –4:00PM Virginia 8:00AM Proof (without Words) in 17th-18th Century China. ASL Invited Address (1385) Jiang-Ping Jeff Chen, St. Cloud State University (1023-01-335) 8:00 AM –8:50AM 8:30AM Cramer’s Paradox from Euler to B´ezout.
(1386) Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University (1378) Countable group actions and hyperfinite (1023-01-694) equivalence relations. Su Gao, University of North Texas (1023-03-409) 9:00AM Publishing Mathematics in 18th-Century France.
(1387) Preliminary report. Robin E. Rider, University of Wisconsin-Madison AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and (1023-01-801) Education Reform, I 9:30AM An Exceedingly Beautiful Theorem: Halley’s 1706 8:00 AM –10:55AM
(1388) edition of Apollonius’ De Sectione Rationis and his discovery of the anharmonic tangent ratio property Organizers: William H. Barker, Bowdoin College for a parabola. Preliminary report. Dale R. Oliver, Humboldt State Eisso J. Atzema, University of Maine (1023-01-262) University 10:00AM Geometric constructions and algebra: Wanzel’s Bonnie S. Saunders,Universityof
(1389) impossibility proof. Preliminary report. Illinois at Chicago John McCleary, Vassar College (1023-01-762) Michael Starbird,UniversityofTexas, 10:30AM A Delicate Collaboration: A. Adrian Albert and Austin (1390) Helmut Hasse and the Principal Theorem in Division 8:00AM Building a Community of Mathematicians, Algebras in the Early 1930’s.
(1379) Teachers, and Educators. Della D. Fenster*, University of Richmond, and Al Cuoco, Center for Mathematics Educaiton, and Joachim Schwermer, University of Vienna Glenn Stevens*, Boston University (1023-97-665) (1023-01-922)

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AMS Special Session on Group Representations, Sophia Jang, University of Louisiana at Ergodic Theory, and Mathematical Physics: Honoring Lafayette the Memory of George W. Mackey, III 8:00AM Multiple attractors and non-equilibrium competitive (1402) coexistence. 8:00 AM –10:55AM J. M. Cushing*, University of Arizona, Shandelle M. Henson,AndrewsUniversity,Lih-Ing Roeger, Organizers: Robert S. Doran,TexasChristian Texas Tech University, and Chantel C. Blackburn, University University of Arizona (1023-92-908) Calvin C. Moore,Universityof 8:30AM Difference Approximation for Measure-Valued California Berkeley (1403) Solutions to a Hierarchically Size-Structured Robert J. Zimmer,TheUniversityof Population Model. Preliminary report. Chicago Azmy S. Ackleh*, University of Louisiana at 8:00AM Recent Applications of Induced Representations. Lafayette, and Kazufumi Ito, North Carolina State (1391) Roger Howe, Yale University (1023-22-62) University (1023-92-772) 9:00AM Broken symmetry. 9:00AM On a nonlocal reaction-diffusion population model. (1392) Palle E. T. Jorgensen,UniversityofIowa (1404) Keng Deng, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (1023-47-29) (1023-35-792) 9:30AM Complex methods in harmonic analysis on 9:30AM Attractors in nonautonomous systems and (1393) symmetric spaces.
(1405) Applications to population models. Preliminary Gestur Olafsson, Louisiana State University report. (1023-22-981) Saber N. Elaydi, Trinity University (1023-39-1704) 10:00AM Projective representations and the Mackey 10:00AM Numerical Integration of Population Models (1394) obstruction. Preliminary report. (1406) Satisfying Conservation Laws: NSFD Methods. Judith A. Packer, University of Colorado, Boulder Ronald E. Mickens, Clark Atlanta University (1023-22-918) (1023-92-329) 10:30AM Inducing Primitive Ideals. 10:30AM Multiple Attractors and Their Basins of Attraction in (1395) Siegfried Echterhoff,Westf¨alische (1407) a Periodically Forced Discrete-time SIS Epidemic Wilhelms-Universit¨at Munster,¨ and Dana P. Model. Preliminary report. Williams*, Dartmouth College (1023-46-338) John E. Franke*, North Carolina State University, and Abdul-Aziz Yakubu,HowardUniversity AMS Special Session on Mapping Class Groups and (1023-92-941) Handlebodies, I

8:00 AM –10:55AM Organizers: Tara E. Brendle, Louisiana State AMS Special Session on Recent Developments in Floer University Homology, I William R. Vautaw, Southeastern Louisiana University 8:00 AM –10:55AM 8:00AM Injective Simplicial Maps of the Arc Complex. Organizers: Scott J. Baldridge, Louisiana State (1396) Elmas Irmak, Bowling Green State University, and University John D. McCarthy*, Michigan State University Ronald A. Fintushel, Michigan State (1023-57-1146) University 8:30AM Automorphisms of the disk complex. (1397) Saul Schleimer, Rutgers - New Brunswick Thomas E. Mark, Southeastern (1023-57-997) Louisiana University 9:00AM Infinite Presentations of the Torelli Group. Brendan E. Owens, Louisiana State (1398) Andrew Putman, University of Chicago University (1023-57-1303) 8:00AM Singular Relative Gromov-Witten Invariants. 9:30AM Comparing bridge surfaces. (1408) Joshua R. Davis, Duke University (1023-53-1332) (1399) Martin Scharlemann, University of California, Santa 8:30AM Construction of new symplectic cohomolgy S2 × S2. Barbara, and Maggy Tomova*, University of Iowa
(1409) Preliminary report. (1023-57-1388) Anar Akhmedov, Georgia Institute of Technology 10:00AM Dimension of Torelli groups. (1023-57-943) (1400) Mladen Bestvina, University of Utah, Kai-Uwe Bux, 9:00AM Torsion in Heegaard Floer homology. University of Virginia, and Dan Margalit*, (1410) Stanislav Jabuka*, University of Nevada Reno, University of Utah (1023-20-533) and Thomas Mark, University of Virginia 10:30AM Applications of the disk complex of the genus-2 (1023-57-1205) (1401) handlebody to knot theory. Preliminary report. 9:30AM A combinatorial description to some Heegaard Floer Sangbum Cho and Darryl McCullough*, University (1411) homologies. of Oklahoma (1023-57-301) Jiajun Wang, UC Berkeley & Columbia Univ (1023-51-178) AMS Special Session on Recent Advances in 10:00AM Knot Floer homology detects fibred knots. Mathematical Biology, Ecology, and Epidemiology, I (1412) Yi Ni, Princeton University (1023-57-425) 10:30AM The SU(3) Casson invariant and spliced sums. 8:00 AM –10:55AM (1413) Preliminary report. Hans U. Boden*, McMaster University, and Organizers: Lih-Ing Roeger, Texas Tech University Benjamin Himpel,UniversityofBonn Linda J. Allen, Texas Tech University (1023-57-1249)

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AMS Special Session on Structure Theory for Bjorn Poonen, University of California Matroids and Graphs, I Berkeley 8:00AM Improvements on the Index of Cyclotomic Units. 8:00 AM –10:55AM (1425) Mairead Greene, University of Massachusetts (1023-11-109) Organizers: Joseph P. Kung,UniversityofNorth Texas 8:30AM Finding large Selmer groups over Galois extesions Bogdan S. Oporowski, Louisiana State (1426) of number fields. University Barry Mazur,HarvardUniversity,andKarl Rubin*, UC Irvine (1023-11-1011) James G. Oxley, Louisiana State University 9:00AM Bounds for torsion in class groups. (1427) Jordan S. Ellenberg*, University of Wisconsin, and 8:00AM Distinguishability of Locally Finite Trees. Akshay Venkatesh, New York University (1414) Xiangqian Zhou*, the University of Mississippi, and (1023-11-423) Mark Watkins, Syracuse University (1023-05-687) 9:30AM There exist infinitely many rational Diophantine 8:30AM Stabilizers for matroids over finite fields. (1428) 6-tuples – almost. Preliminary report. (1415) Sandra Kingan, Clayton State University Edray Herber Goins, Purdue University (1023-05-1090) (1023-11-456) 9:00AM Coloring graphs on surfaces with all faces even. 10:00AM Galois Covers of the Open -adic Disc. Preliminary
p (1416) Preliminary report. (1429) report. Daniel Kral, Charles University, Czech Republic, Scott Corry, University of Pennsylvania and Robin Thomas*, Georgia Institute of (1023-12-103) Technology (1023-05-1125) 10:30AM On uniqueness of p-adic period morphisms. 10:00AM Negative correlations for spanning forests of (1430) Wieslawa Niziol, University of Utah (1023-11-1789) (1417) graphs. David G. Wagner, University of Waterloo (1023-05-327) AMS Special Session on Computational Algebraic and 10:30AM Unavoidable Minors in Graphs. Preliminary report. Analytic Geometry for Low-Dimensional Varieties, I
(1418) Carolyn Chun*, Guoli Ding, Bogdan Oporowski and Dirk Vertigan, Louisiana State University 8:00 AM –10:55AM (1023-05-1321) Organizers: Mika K. Sepp¨al¨a,FloridaState University AMS Special Session on Time Scales: Dynamic Tanush T. Shaska, Oakland University Equations with Applications, I Emil J. Volcheck, Association for Computing Machinery 8:00 AM –10:55AM 8:00AM The p-torsion of hyperelliptic curves with extra Organizers: Martin J. Bohner,Universityof (1431) automorphisms. Missouri-Rolla Darren B. Glass, Gettysburg College Allan C. Peterson,Universityof (1023-14-1337) Nebraska-Lincoln 8:30AM Cantor Versus NUCOMP on Hyperelliptic Curves. 8:00AM Delay Dynamic Equations. Preliminary report. (1432) Michael J. Jacobson Jr., Renate Scheidler*, (1419) Lynn H. Erbe*andAllan C. Peterson,Universityof University of Calgary, and Andreas Stein, Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska (1023-39-888) University of Wyoming (1023-11-1191) 8:30AM Fractional q-calculus on a time scale. 9:00AM What is NUCOMP? Preliminary report. (1420) Ferhan M. Atici, Western Kentucky University, and
(1433) Andreas Stein*, University of Wyoming, Michael J. Paul W. Eloe*, University of Dayton (1023-39-441) Jacobson and Renate Scheidler,Universityof 9:00AM A generalized upper and lower solution method for Calgary (1023-11-1042)
(1421) singular boundary value problems for the 9:30AM Genus calculations for towers of function fields one-dimensional p-Laplacian on time scales. (1434) arising from equations of Cab curves. Preliminary report. Caleb M. Shor, Bates College (1023-14-953) Elvan Akin-Bohner*, University of Missouri-Rolla, 10:00AM Endomorphism algebras of hyperelliptic jacobians. and Ravi Agarwal, Florida Institute of Technology (1435) Arsen Elkin*, Colorado State University, and (1023-34-1234) Yuri Zarhin, Pennsylvania State University 9:30AM Solvability of some nonlinear boundary value (1023-14-1175)
(1422) problems. 10:30AM Bernstein Sato polynomial in low dimension. Christopher C. Tisdell,TheUniversityofNew (1436) Darren Salven Tapp, Purdue University South Wales (1023-34-433) (1023-14-942) 10:00AM Convergence of Solutions of Dynamic Equations on (1423) Time Scales. AMS Special Session on Commutative Algebra and Bonita A. Lawrence and Ralph W. Oberste-Vorth*, Marshall University (1023-34-1298) Algebraic Geometry, I

10:30AM Feasible Approximations of Hybrid Dynamic 8:00 AM –10:55AM (1424) Derivatives on Time Scales. Preliminary report. Qin Sheng, Baylor University (1023-39-979) Organizers: Paul C. Roberts,UniversityofUtah Anurag K. Singh,UniversityofUtah AMS Special Session on Arithmetic Geometry, I Oana Veliche,UniversityofUtah AM 8:00 AM –10:55AM 8:00 The Newton Polytope of the Implicit Equation. (1437) Bernd Sturmfels,UCBerkeley,Jenia Tevelev, Organizers: Matthew H. Baker, Georgia Institute of University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Technology Josephine Yu*, UC Berkeley (1023-14-285)

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8:30AM Resultant formula for the A− discriminant and dual 10:30AM Fractional Stability Of Functional CLT. (1438) defect toric varieties. (1453) Yuriy V. Kolomiets, Kent State University Raymond P. Curran, Metropolitan State College of (1023-60-1769) Denver (1023-14-1697) 10:45AM On the relationship between Spearman’s rho and 9:00AM Generalized Green’s Theorem.
(1454) Kendall’s tau for continuous random variables. (1439) Irena Peeva*, Cornell Univ., and Jeff Mermin,Univ. Gregory A. Fredricks and Roger B. Nelsen*, Lewis of Kansas (1023-13-302) & Clark College (1023-62-144) 9:30AM Resolutions of square-free monomial ideals.
(1440) Tai Huy Ha, Tulane University (1023-13-1144) 10:00AM The homogeneous coordinate rings of some Del (1441) Pezzo surfaces. AMS Session on Numerical Analysis and Computer Mike Stillman, Damiano Testa and Mauricio Science, I Velasco*, Cornell University (1023-13-1020) 8:00 AM –10:55AM 10:30AM Relative and Tate Cohomology for modules of fintie (1442) GC -dimension. Preliminary report. 8:00AM A W -Cycle Multigrid Algorithm for a New NIPG Diana M. White*, University of Nebraska, and Ryo (1455) Method. Takahashi, Meiji University (1023-13-957) Susanne C. Brenner, Louisiana State University and the Unversity of South Carolina, and Luke N. Owens*, University of South Carolina AMS Session on Probability and Statistics, I (1023-65-1049) 8:15AM Binomial tau-leap Spatial Stochastic Simulation 8:00 AM –10:55AM (1456) Algorithm. Tatiana T Marquez-Lago*andKevin Burrage, 8:00AM Convergence in Distribution of Random Compact Advanced Computational Modelling Centre, (1443) Sets in Polish Spaces. University of Queensland (1023-65-1066) Hussain Elalaoui-Talibi*, Tuskegee University, and Lisa D. Peterson, Auburn, Alabama (1023-60-1285) 8:30AM Is symplectic-energy-momentum integration (1457) well-posed? 8:15AM On the compact support property of solutions of , Rose-Hulman Institute of (1444) hyperbolic SPDE. Yosi Shibberu Technology (1023-65-1367) Hassan Allouba and Oleksiy Ignatyev*, Kent State University (1023-60-1319) 8:45AM Electromagnetic-Thermal Model of Microwave
(1458) Processing. Preliminary report. 8:30AM A New Look at Stopping Times Related to Trading (1445) Techniques. Erin M. Kiley*andDena Feldman,WPICenterfor Vilen Abramov*andKazim M. Khan, Kent State Industrial Mathematics and Statistics University (1023-60-1328) (1023-65-1513) 9:00AM Solving polynomial systems by parallel polyhedral 8:45AM On the Replicator Dynamics behavior under (1446) Stratonovich type random perturbations. (1459) homotopies. R. Khasminskii and N. Potsepun*, Wayne State Jan Verschelde, University of Illinois at Chicago, University (1023-60-1394) and Yan Zhuang*, UIC (1023-65-1520) 9:15AM High-order, compact difference schemes of 9:00AM Using the pmf of the time to reach a subset of
(1447) states in an irreducible finite Markov chain for (1460) heat-conducting problems. Preliminary report. clustering. Preliminary report. Jennifer Zhao*, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Maxim J. Goldberg*, Ramapo College of NJ, and Weizhong Dai and Suyang Zhang, Louisiana Tech. Seonja Kim, Fairleigh Dickinson University University (1023-65-1541) (1023-60-1400) 9:30AM Restarted Nonsymmetric Lanczos and Two-Sided (1461) Arnoldi. Preliminary report. 9:15AM From Random Matrices to Stochastic Operators. (1448) Brian D. Sutton*, Randolph-Macon College, and Dywayne A. Nicely, Baylor University Alan Edelman, Massachusetts Institute of (1023-65-1603) Technology (1023-60-149) 9:45AM The quality of approximation bases for the 9:30AM The Theory of Lumpness: A Geometric Approach to (1462) Helmholtz equation. Preliminary report.
(1449) the Expected Distance Between Two Points in a Timo Betcke, TU Braunschweig (1023-65-166) Probability Distribution Function in Rn. Preliminary 10:00AM Mathematical Modeling of Elastic Snap Through. report.
(1463) Preliminary report. George A. Khachatryan, University of Chicago Mark S. Korlie, Montclair State University (1023-60-1568) (1023-65-1669) 9:45AM Evaluation formulas for conditional functional 10:15AM Numerical Methods for the Stochastic (1450) space integrals II. (1464) Landau-Lifshitz Navier-Stokes Equations. Seung Jun Chang, Dankook University, Jae Gil John B. Bell, Center for Computational Science Choi, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea, and and Engineering, Lawrence Berkeley National David L. Skoug*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Laboratory, Sarah A. Williams*, Graduate Group in (1023-60-1674) Applied Mathematics, University of California, 10:00AM Maximum queue length for a Gaussian queueing Davis, and Alejandro L. Garcia, Department of (1451) model. Physics, San Jose State Univesity (1023-65-1702) Yasong Jin*andTyrone E. Duncan,Universityof 10:30AM Global multiscale finite element methods for elliptic Kansas (1023-60-171) (1465) equations. 10:15AM Asymptotic Decay of the Ruin Probability in a Lijian Jiang, Texas A&M University (1023-65-1893) (1452) Renewal Risk Process with Uncertain Investments. 10:45AM A Cayley transformed Lanczos-Schur algorithm for Preliminary report. (1466) large unitary eigenproblems. Corina D. Constantinescu*andEnrique A. Roden J. A. David, Washington State University Thomann, Oregon State University (1023-60-1765) (1023-65-784)

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MAA Session on Applications of Discrete 9:00AM Implementing Assessment Plans for Programs in Mathematics, I
(1480) Mathematics and Computer Science: What We Have Learned through Two Cycles. 8:00 AM –10:55AM Ken Luther*andBill Marion, Valparaiso University (1023-D5-51) Organizers: Thomas Koshy, Framingham State 9:15AM The Calculus Concept Inventory, Validation and College
(1481) Analysis of Results Correlated with Teaching Thomas Moore, Bridgewater State Methodology. College Jerome S. Epstein, Polytechnic University 8:00AM Community Structure in the United States Congress. (1023-D5-394)
(1467) Mason A. Porter, California Institute of Technology 9:30AM A Case Study of Assessment of the Academic Major (1023-D1-48)
(1482) and the Quantitative Reasoning Component of the 8:20AM Computer Science, Stong Induction and Liberal Learning Curriculum at The College of New
(1468) Pile-Splitting. Jersey and Its Possible Application Elsewhere. Bill Marion, Valparaiso University (1023-D1-52) Preliminary report. Edward J. Conjura*andCathy Liebars,The 8:40AM Matching Columns in a Cyclically Repeated Pattern College of New Jersey (1023-D5-701)
(1469) of 3 Colors. Ashish K. Srivastava*andSteve Szabo,Ohio 9:45AM The Mathematics Core: A Question of Fairness.
University (1023-D1-98) (1483) Barbara M. Moskal*, Scott Strong and Graeme Fairweather, Colorado School of Mines 9:00AM Network Flow Problems with Path Capacities. (1023-D5-717) (1470) Preliminary report. Maren Martens*andMartin Skutella, Dortmund 10:00AM Assessment of the Major Made Simple. University (1023-D1-128) (1484) Pamela B. Pierce*andJames L. Hartman,The College of Wooster (1023-D5-1519) 9:20AM A Real-World Scheduling Problem in the 10:15AM Teaching to the Test (or how I stopped worrying and
(1471) Undergraduate Algorithms Course. Preliminary
(1485) learned to love the Major Field Achievement Test). report. William P. Abrams*andJeffery Peden, Longwood Yana Kortsarts, Widener University, Computer University (1023-D5-354) Science Department (1023-D1-172) 10:30AM Undergraduate Assessment in Mathematics at a 9:40AM Discrete Approximation to a Steady-State (1486) Four-Year Comprehensive University. Preliminary
(1472) Temperature Distribution. report. Jenny Switkes*, Gordon Safely and Anh Tran,Cal Kevin E. Charlwood, Washburn University Poly Pomona (1023-D1-353) (1023-D5-415) 10:00AM Integrating Programming into Discrete
10:45AM A Follow-up on Using Portfolios in Mathematics (1473) Mathematics. Preliminary report.
(1487) Education Programs to Assess Content and Connect Keith E. Howard, Mercer University (1023-D1-439) to Future Practice. 10:20AM Jacobsthal Compositions. Janet A. White*andDorothee J. Blum, Millersville
(1474) Ralph P. Grimaldi, Rose-Hulman Institute of University of PA (1023-D5-427) Technology (1023-D1-488) 10:40AM The Spectral Radius of Submatrices of Laplacian MAA Session on College Algebra: Concepts, Data, and (1475) Matrices for Graphs. Preliminary report. Models, II Jason J. Molitierno, Sacred Heart University (1023-D1-561) 8:00 AM –10:55AM Organizers: Florence S. Gordon,NewYork Institute of Technology Mary Robinson,UniversityofNew MAA Session on Assessment of Student Learning in Mexico Valencia Campus Undergraduate Mathematics, I Norma Agras, Miami Dade Community College 8:00 AM –10:55AM Laurette Foster, Prairie View A&M Organizers: William Martin, North Dakota State University University 8:00AM Integrating Applications, Modeling, and Technology
(1488) in a College Algebra Course. Bernard L. Madison,Universityof Ronald J. Harshbarger*, University of South Arkansas Carolina Beaufort, and Lisa S. Yocco,Georgia 8:00AM Assessing Student Attitudes On the Value of Southern University (1023-F1-497)
(1476) Introductory Statistics. Preliminary report. 8:15AM “Search for Meaning” in a College Algebra Course. Milo Schield, Augsburg College (1023-D5-76)
(1489) Preliminary report. 8:15AM Assessment as a Vehicle for Change. Kyong-Hee M. Lee, Colby-Sawyer College
(1477) Jill Shahverdian, Quinnipiac University (1023-F1-120) (1023-D5-1361) 8:30AM Designing, Teaching, and Researching 8:30AM Building an Assessment Program for a Liberal Arts (1490) Contemporary Based College Algebra Courses. (1478) Math Major from Scratch. Erick Brian Hofacker, University of Wisconsin - Sarah Hutcheson Jahn and Robert J. Krueger*, River Falls (1023-F1-1855) Concordia University, St. Paul (1023-D5-592) 8:45AM Data Exploration and Modeling in a College Algebra 8:45AM Programmatic Assessment of Proof Writing.
(1491) Course: Use of Heart Rate Data to Investigate
(1479) Preliminary report. Recovery Time of Athletes. Karen Batt Stanish, Keene State College Erica Slate Young, United States Military Academy (1023-D5-1686) at West Point (1023-F1-1718)

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9:00AM Beginning with a 21st Century View: Mathematical 10:00AM Using mnemonic and Ausubelian concept mapping (1492) Modeling and Problem Solving Courses with
(1508) to teach ”and/or” probability problems. Preliminary Interdisciplinary Applications in College Algebra. report. William P. Fox, Naval Postgraduate School M. A. Hamid, Temple University (1023-Z1-1380) (1023-F1-624) 10:15AM Whad’Ya Know?: Classroom Voting in a Liberal Arts 9:15AM College Algebra across the City.
(1509) Mathematics Course. Preliminary report.
(1493) Elizabeth Jane Kreston, University of the Incarnate Jean M. McGivney-Burelle*andRaymond J. Word (1023-F1-388) McGivney, University of Hartford (1023-Z1-1184) 9:30AM An Excel-lent Approach to College Algebra. 10:30AM More than Just Math: A Study of Collaboration and (1494) Eric Gaze, Alfred University (1023-F1-754)
(1510) Community Building in the Undergraduate Math Classroom. Preliminary report. 9:45AM Mathematics, Geography, and Data: Introducing
(1495) Geographic Concepts in Mathematics Classes. Janet Thiel, Villa Julie College, Stevenson, MD & Towson University (1023-Z1-653) Robert J. Hickey*andStuart Boersma,Central Washington University (1023-F1-1271) 10:45AM Teaching Optimization at a Liberal Arts College to
(1511) Math and CS Majors. 10:00AM Understanding Algebra while Learning Calculus: A William P. Fox, Naval Postgraduate School (1496) successful integrated course. (1023-Z1-622) Alicia Sevilla*andKay Somers, Moravian College (1023-F1-688) AMS Session on Operator Theory and Optimal 10:15AM Steroids, Alcohol and Birth Control: Precalculus Control, I
(1497) Investigations of Current Health Issues. Theresa Laurent, St. Louis College of Pharmacy 8:15 AM –10:25AM (1023-F1-896) 10:30AM The Optimal Origami Box. 8:15AM On The Commutator Ideal of the Toeplitz Algebra Cn
(1498) Shelly Smith, Grand Valley State University (1512) on the Bergman Space of the Unit Ball in . (1023-F1-589) Trieu Le, University at Buffalo (1023-47-114) 8:30AM Composition operators on Banach spaces of 10:45AM The Traveling Salesman Solves a Meals on Wheels (1499) Problem: Utilizing Academic Service Learning in an (1513) analytic functions of the unit ball. Integrated Algebra and Computer Science Course. Matthew A. Pons, University of Virginia Joanne C. Caniglia*andKrish Narayanan,Eastern (1023-47-1185) Michigan University (1023-F1-18) 8:45AM Determining the Membership of Hankel Operators (1514) in the Symmetrically-Normed Ideals of the Segal-Bargmann Space. Preliminary report. D. K. Farnsworth, University at Buffalo (1023-47-1194) MAA General Contributed Paper Session, VII 9:00AM Compact quantum group actions on C*-algebras. (1515) Raluca Dumitru, University of Cincinnati 8:00 AM –10:55AM (1023-47-1397) Organizers: Eric S. Marland, Appalachian State 9:15AM Invariant subspaces of parabolic University (1516) non-automorphisms in the Hardy space. Preliminary report. Jay A. Malmstrom, Oklahoma State Alfonso Montes-Rodriguez, Manuel Community College Ponce-Escudero*andStanislav A. Shkarin, 8:00AM Perfect Matchings in Pruned Grid Graphs. Universidad de Sevilla (1023-47-1434)
(1500) David R. Guichard, Whitman College (1023-Z1-697) 9:30AM Basic sequencies, non-cyclicity and quasinilpotent 8:15AM Disjunctive Rado Numbers for a pair of Schur Like (1517) supercyclic operators. Preliminary report.
(1501) Equations. Alfonso Montes-Rodriguez, Alejandro Dusty E. Sabo*, Southern Oregon University, Daniel Rodriguez-Martinez*andStanislav Shkarin, Schaal, South Dakota State University, and Jacent Universidad de Sevilla (1023-47-1435) Tokaz, National Security Agency (1023-Z1-1336) 9:45AM Break. 8:30AM Cantor’s Set and the Continuum Hypothesis. 10:00AM Operator Means and its application in solving a
(1502) H. Vic Dannon, California (1023-Z1-17)
(1518) class of operator equation. 8:45AM Computational Exercises on Carmichael Numbers Mohammad Khadivi, Jackson State University
(1503) and Pollard Rho Factorization. (1023-47-1675) William R. Harris, Georgetown College 10:15AM Hyperinvariant Subspaces for some (1023-Z1-507) (1519) Operator-Weighted Bilateral Shifts. 9:00AM An Explicit Plancherel Formula for Certain Sami M. Hamid*, University of North Florida, and (1504) Completely Solvable Homogeneous Spaces. Carl Pearcy, Texas A&M University (1023-47-1883) Katrina Ashford Cunningham,SouthernUniversity and A&M College (1023-Z1-1040) AMS Session on Combinatorics, III 9:15AM Natural Parameterizations of a Region. 8:15 AM –10:40AM
(1505) William Freed, Concordia University College of Alberta (1023-Z1-387) 8:15AM On the expected height of t-ary trees under random 9:30AM An Introduction to Product Calculus.
(1520) edge compression. Preliminary report.
(1506) Michael Z. Spivey, University of Puget Sound Joshua Zahl, California Institute of Technology (1023-Z1-303) (1023-05-424) 9:45AM When Is the Derivative of a Composition the 8:30AM Splitter Theorems for 4-regular Planar Graphs.
(1507) Composition of the Derivatives? Preliminary report. (1521) Guoli Ding, Louisiana State University, and Jinko Marcus Pendergrass, Hampden-Sydney College Kanno*, Louisiana Tech University (1023-05-431) (1023-Z1-1783) 8:45AM Break.

JANUARY 2007 NOTICES OF THE AMS 167 Program of the Sessions – Monday, January 8 (cont’d.)

9:00AM Multi-restrained Stirling numbers. Preliminary AWM Workshop: Research Presentations by Recent (1522) report. Ph.D.’s, I Ji Young Choi, Shippensburg University of PA (1023-05-478) 8:30 AM –10:20AM 9:15AM An Analysis of Random Words of Fixed Length. 8:30AM Categorical Self-Distributivity.
(1523) Preliminary report.
(1534) Alissa S. Crans*, Loyola Marymount University, J. , Johnson C. Smith University Gerald Y. Agbegha Scott Carter, University of South Alabama, (1023-05-571) Mohamed Elhamdadi and Masahico Saito, 9:30AM A Variation on Binomial Coefficients and an University of South Florida (1023-81-1268)
(1524) Application to Probability. 9:00AM Optimal Harvesting of a Semilinear Elliptic Fishery Michael J. J. Barry, Allegheny College (1535) Model. (1023-05-598) Wandi Ding*andSuzanne Lenhart,Universityof 9:45AM Line graphs, average degree, and percolation Tennessee-Knoxville (1023-49-857)
(1525) threshold approximation formulas. Preliminary 9:30AM Thirteen ways of looking at a topological group. report. (1536) Julie Bergner, Kansas State University John C. Wierman, Johns Hopkins University (1023-55-753) (1023-05-602) 10:00AM Nonpositively curved decompositions of Coxeter 10:00AM Some results on graphs with non-surjective optimal (1537) groups. (1526) L(2, 1)-labelings. Angela Kubena Barnhill, The Ohio State University John P. Georges, David Mauro and Yan Wang*, (1023-20-1284) Trinity College (1023-05-655) 10:15AM Obtaining a uniformly dense graph from a (1527) non-uniformly dense graph. AMS Committee on Education Panel Discussion Lavanya Kannan*, Texas A&M University, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Hong-Jian Lai, West Virginia University, and Hongyuan Lai, School craft College (1023-05-709) A panel on the National Math Panel. 10:30AM On Fully Orientability of Graphs. Preliminary report. Organizer: William G. McCallum,Universityof
(1528) H. H. Lai, National Taiwan University, and K. W. Arizona Lih*, Academia Sinica (1023-05-721) Presenters: Francis Fennell, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Larry R. Faulkner,UniversityofTexas AWM Workshop at Austin

8:20 AM –4:30PM MAA Session on Integrating Mathematics and Biology This session has several parts listed separately in Undergraduate Education, III by time in the program. Listed Workshop presentations are open to all JMM participants. 8:40 AM –10:35AM Organizers: Glenn W. Ledder,Universityof AMS Special Session on Representation Theory and Nebraska-Lincoln the Theta Correspondence, I Yajun Yang, Farmingdale State University of New York 8:30 AM –10:55AM Jack Bookman, Duke University Organizers: Wee Teck Gan, University of California James P. Fulton, Suffolk County San Diego Community College Hongyu He, Louisiana State University 8:40AM Biology Content in Calculus Labs. Preliminary
(1538) report. Annegret Paul,WesternMichigan Joseph F. Kolacinski*, Elmira College, and John University E. Beam, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh 8:30AM Preservation principle of local theta correspondence (1023-K1-1826) (1529) and supercuspidal representations of p-adic 9:00AM Bringing Life to Biocalculus: Lab Projects and groups. Preliminary report. (1539) Seminar Series. Shu-Yen Pan, National Tsing Hua University Timothy D. Comar, Benedictine University (1023-22-1488) (1023-K1-161) 9:00AM Special cohomology classes arising from the Weil 9:20AM Computing with Bacteria: The New Wave of (1530) representation.
(1540) Synthetic Biology. Preliminary report. Jens P. Funke,NewMexicoStateUniversity Laurie J. Heyer*andA. Malcolm Campbell, (1023-22-1323) Davidson College (1023-K1-617) 9:30AM Transfer of unitary representations. 9:40AM An “Experimental” Interdisciplinary Course in (1531) Nolan Wallach, University of California at San
(1541) Mathematical Ecology. Diego, and Chen-Bo Zhu*, National University of Glenn Ledder*, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Singapore (1023-22-1350) Brigitte Tenhumberg, School of Biological 10:00AM Methods for studying complementary series of split Sciences, Univesity of Nebraska-Lincoln (1532) groups. Preliminary report. (1023-K1-272) Dan Barbasch and Alessandra Pantano*, Cornell 10:00AM Symbiosis: Integrating Mathematics and Statistics University (1023-22-612)
(1542) with an Introductory Biology Sequence. 10:30AM On the unitary dual of Iwahori-Hecke algebras. Jeff R. Knisley*, East Tennessee State University, (1533) Preliminary report. and Istvan Karsai, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Dan Ciubotaru, M.I.T. (1023-22-1579) East Tennessee State University (1023-K1-1462)

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10:20AM Integrating Mathematics into the Introductory 10:20AM Total Differential and Partial Derivatives - A (1543) Biology Laboratory Course.
(1549) Different Perspective for Chemistry Students. James D. White*andJenna P. Carpenter, Preliminary report. Louisiana Tech University (1023-K1-899) Lynn S. Bennethum, University of Colorado DHSC (1023-L5-773) AMS Invited Address 10:40AM Calculus of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics.
(1550) Youyu Phillips, Keystone College (1023-L5-703) 9:00 AM –9:50AM

(1544) New combinatorics from the invariant theory of MAA-YMN Panel Discussion reflection groups. Victor S. Reiner, School of Mathematics, University 9:00 AM –10:20AM of Minnesota (1023-05-09) Undergraduate career paths in mathematics. ASL Invited Address Organizers: Dov N. Chelst, DeVry University Vanessa Garcia, Texas State 9:00 AM –9:50AM University, San Marcos (1545) Recent Uses of Proof Theory in Nonlinear Analysis Panelists: Ellen Pierce, Casualty Actuarial and Geodesic Geometry. Consultants, Inc. Ulrich Kohlenbach, Darmstadt University of Robert J. Frey, Stony Brook University Technology (1023-03-411) Kathy Lange, SAS Institute Inc. MAA Minicourse #10: Part B MAA Panel Discussion 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM A beginner’s guide to the scholarship of teaching 9:00 AM –10:20AM and learning in mathematics. Teaching and learning mathematics in a Computer Organizers: Curtis D. Bennett, Loyola Marymount Algebra Systems (CAS) enriched environment: University College algebra to real analysis. Jacqueline M. Dewar, Loyola Organizer: Wade Ellis, Jr., West Valley College Marymount University Panelists: William C. Bauldry, Appalachian State University MAA Minicourse #16: Part B

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM MAA Special Report More music and mathematics. 9:00 AM –10:20AM Organizer: Leon Harkleroad, Wilton, ME Algebra: Gateway to a technological future. MAA Minicourse #4: Part B Organizer: Michael Pearson,MAA

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM NAM Panel Discussion Creating visual mathematics applets using flash programming. 9:00 AM –9:50AM Organizers: Douglas E. Ensley, Shippensburg University Barbara Kaskosz, University of Rhode Exhibits and Book Sales Island 9:00 AM –1:00PM MAA Session on Mathematics of Chemistry ASL Invited Address 9:00 AM –10:55AM Organizer: George Rublein, The College of 10:00 AM –10:50AM William and Mary (1551) Back and forth through computable model theory. 9:00AM A Combustion Model Exhibiting Metastability. Valentina S. Harizanov, George Washington (1546) Ronald E. Mickens, Clark Atlanta University University (1023-03-410) (1023-L5-33) 9:20AM Use of Singular Value Decomposition Theorem and
(1547) Principal Component Analysis in Environmental NAM Business Meeting Research—Research with Undergraduate Students. Preliminary report. 10:00 AM –10:50AM Umesh P. Nagarkatte*andWilbert W. Hope, Medgar Evers College, CUNY (1023-L5-1735) 9:40AM Inquiry-based Exercises for Physical Chemistry: MAA Invited Address
(1548) Hydrogenic Model. Preliminary report. 10:05 AM –10:55AM Katie White*, Megan Boyle, Toni L. O. Barstis, Joanne Snow and Jennifer Herdman,SaintMary’s (1552) Big waves on deep water. College, Notre Dame (1023-L5-1482) Jerry L. Bona, University of Illinois at Chicago 10:00AM Break. (1023-A0-22)

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AWM Workshop: Poster Session with Presentations NAM Claytor-Woodard Lecture from Women Recent Ph.D.s and Graduate Students 1:00 PM –1:50PM 10:30 AM –10:30AM (1565) Some mathematical models for modeling blood flow 10:30AM High Order Fully Coupled Discontinuous Finite in the kidney. (1553) Element Methods For Two-Phase Flow. Nathaniel Whitaker, University of Massachusetts, Yekaterina Epshteyn*andBeatrice Riviere, Amherst (1023-76-416) University of Pittsburgh (1023-65-765) 10:30AM Spectral averaging in von Neumann algebras. (1554) Preliminary report. Vadim Kostrykin, Technische Universit¨at Clausthal, ASL Invited Address Konstantin A. Makarov and Anna Skripka*, University of Missouri-Columbia (1023-47-800) 1:00 PM –1:50PM 10:30AM Modeling Wormlike Micellar Solutions. Preliminary (1566) Classifying Measure Preserving Transformations.
(1555) report. Matthew D. Foreman, University of California Irvine Paula A. Vasquez*andL. Pamela Cook,University (1023-03-407) of Delaware (1023-76-802) 10:30AM Representations of the Braid Group via the Yang
(1556) Baxter Equation. Preliminary report. Jennifer M. Franko, Indiana University, AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and Bloomington (1023-54-842) Education Reform, II 10:30AM Large scale Bayesian parameter estimation and (1557) sensitivity analysis for the cardiac metabolism 1:00 PM –5:55PM during ischemia. Organizers: William H. Barker, Bowdoin College Rachael S. Hageman*, Case Western Reserve Dale R. Oliver, Humboldt State University, Center for Modeling Integrated University Metabolic Systems, Erkki Somersalo,Helsinki University of Technology, and Daniela Calvetti, Bonnie S. Saunders,Universityof Case Western Reserve University, Center for Illinois at Chicago Modeling Integrated Metabolic Systems Michael Starbird,UniversityofTexas, (1023-92-950) Austin 10:30AM Transmission Boundary Value Problems in 1:00PM The Institute for Mathematics and Education at the (1558) Non-Smooth Domains.
(1567) University of Arizona. Preliminary report. Katharine Ott*andIrina Mitrea,Universityof William McCallum, University of Arizona Virginia (1023-35-1025) (1023-97-1687) 10:30AM Visibility of Point Clouds and Mapping of Unknown 1:30PM A National Conference on Doctoral Programs in
(1559) Environments.
(1568) Mathematics Education: What issues should be Yanina Landa, University of California Los Angeles addressed? Preliminary report. (1023-49-1069) Robert Reys, University of Missouri (1023-97-544) 10:30AM Semilinear Actions of Galois Groups and Descent in 2:00PM Enhancing the Teaching of Euclidean Geometry. (1560) Algebraic K-Theory.
(1569) Charlene E. Beckmann, Grand Valley State G. K. Lyo, University of California, Berkeley University (1023-97-1501) (1023-55-1076) 2:30PM Mathematicians and Teachers: From Summer 10:30AM Topological Properties of a DNA Computing Model.
(1570) Institutes to the School Year. (1561) Daniela Genova, University of South Florida, James R. King, University of Washington Tampa, Florida (1023-68-1128) (1023-97-1322) 10:30AM Universal abelian covers of normal surface 3:00PM Report on Calculus at Macalester College. { n } (1562) singularities of the form z = f (x,y) .
(1571) Preliminary report. Elizabeth A. Sell, University of North Carolina at David M. Bressoud, Macalester College Chapel Hill (1023-14-1374) (1023-97-777) 10:30AM Localized Operators and the Construction of 3:30PM Preparing Prospective Teachers to Teach AP (1563) Localized Frames. Preliminary report.
(1572) Calculus. Preliminary report. Akram Aldroubi and Fumiko Futamura*, Scott Baldridge, Louisiana State University Vanderbilt University (1023-42-1508) (1023-97-355) 10:30AM “Ramanujan’s very interesting functions”: mock 4:00PM Teaching Calculus with Future Middle School
(1564) theta functions and vector-valued Maass-Poincare
(1573) Teachers. series. Bonnie S. Saunders, University of Illinois at Sharon Anne Garthwaite, University of Wisconsin - Chicago (1023-97-1608) Madison (1023-11-1540) 4:30PM What is the effect of implementing a
(1574) content/methods Calculus I course into a university AMS Business Meeting science and mathematics secondary teacher preparation program? Preliminary report. 11:10 AM – 11:40 AM Mark L. Daniels, University of Texas (1023-97-11) MAA Business Meeting 5:00PM An Interactive Online Calculus Text.
(1575) David A. Smith*andLawrence C. Moore,Duke University (retired) (1023-97-1653) 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM 5:30PM Calculus for the Public. Organizer: Martha J. Siegel,TowsonUniversity
(1576) Michael Starbird, University of Texas at Austin Moderator: Carl C. Cowen, IUPUI (1023-97-833)

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AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, 2:00PM Induced representations, vector bundles, and IV (1588) projections. Marc A. Rieffel, University of California, Berkeley 1:00 PM –5:55PM (1023-46-177) 2:30PM Characters of tame supercuspidal representations. Organizers: Joseph W. Dauben, Lehman College (1589) Preliminary report. Patti Hunter, Westmont College Fiona Murnaghan, University of Toronto Victor J. Katz, University of the District (1023-22-1588) of Columbia 3:00PM Counting intertwining operators for real reductive Karen H. Parshall,Universityof (1590) groups. Virginia David A. Vogan, MIT (1023-22-654) 1:00PM Euler Incorporated in the United States: Textbooks,
(1577) Mathematical Instruments, and Telescopes. AMS Special Session on Mapping Class Groups and Preliminary report. Handlebodies, II Peggy Aldrich Kidwell, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution 1:00 PM –5:55PM (1023-01-351) Organizers: Tara E. Brendle, Louisiana State 1:30PM “The Acknowledged National Standard”: Charles University
(1578) Davies, A. S. Barnes, and Textbooks as Teaching Tools. William R. Vautaw, Southeastern Amy Ackerberg-Hastings, University of Maryland Louisiana University University College (1023-01-458) 1:00PM Straightening tube sums. (1591) Martin Scharlemann,U.C.SantaBarbara 2:00PM Janos Bolyai’s American supporter, G. B. Halsted.
(1579) Preliminary report. (1023-57-670) Albert C. Lewis, Indiana Univ. - Purdue Univ. 1:30PM Mapping class groups of Heegaard splittings. Indianapolis (1023-01-240) (1592) Preliminary report. Jesse E. Johnson*, Yale University, and Hyam 2:30PM Peirce’s Cantor. Preliminary report.
(1580) Matthew E. Moore, Brooklyn College of the City Rubinstein, University of Melbourne (1023-57-921) University of New York (1023-01-787) 2:00PM On some relations and homology of the Dehn twist (1593) quandle. 3:00PM The other American mathematical congress. Joel Zablow, Rochester Institute of Technology, (1581) David E. Zitarelli, Temple University (1023-01-378) Rochester N.Y. (1023-57-553) 3:30PM Volterra in America. 2:30PM Some homological properties on a handlebody
(1582) Judith R. Goodstein, California Institute of (1594) group. Technology (1023-01-645) Susumu Hirose, Saga University (1023-57-811) 4:00PM A punishment tour for “P” Echols. Preliminary 3:00PM Right-Veering Diffeomorphisms of Bordered
(1583) report. (1595) Surfaces and the Burau Representation of B . Shawnee McMurran, California State University, 3 Emille K. Davie, University of Georgia San Bernardino, and U. S. Military Academy, and V. (1023-57-1050) Frederick Rickey*, U. S. Military Academy (1023-01-868) 3:30PM Heegaard splitting and 3-manifold invariants from (1596) the Johnson-Morita homomorphims. Preliminary 4:30PM Frege’s Diary and Frege’s Politics.
report. (1584) Martin D. Davis,UCBerkeley(visitor);NYU-Courant Joan S. Birman, Columbia University, Tara E. (Emeritus) (1023-01-276) Brendle, Louisiana State University, and Nathan D. 5:00PM Applied Mathematics in Nazi Germany. Broaddus*, University of Chicago (1023-57-1243)
(1585) Sanford L. Segal, University of Rochester 4:00PM A Presentation For The Automorphisms of the (1023-01-444) (1597) 3-Sphere that Preserve a Genus Two Heegaard 5:30PM World War II and After: Impact on American Women Splitting. Preliminary report.
(1586) in Mathematics. Preliminary report. Erol Akbas, University of Arkansas (1023-57-1033) Judy Green, Marymount University, and Jeanne 4:30PM Surface homeomorphisms that do not extend to any LaDuke*, DePaul University (1023-01-586) (1598) handlebody. Preliminary report. Jamie Bradley Jorgensen, Rice University (1023-57-1172) 5:00PM From handlebodies to closed 3-manifolds: a AMS Special Session on Group Representations, (1599) geometric approach. Ergodic Theory, and Mathematical Physics: Honoring Hossein Namazi, Princeton University the Memory of George W. Mackey, IV (1023-57-945) 5:30PM A classification of automorphisms of 3–manifolds. 1:00 PM –3:45PM (1600) Preliminary report. Organizers: Robert S. Doran,TexasChristian Leonardo N. Carvalho*, Universidade Federal University Fluminense - Brazil, and Ulrich Oertel,Rutgers University - Newark (1023-57-1212) Calvin C. Moore,Universityof California Berkeley Robert J. Zimmer,TheUniversityof AMS Special Session on Nonsmooth Analysis in Chicago Inverse and Variational Problems, II

1:00PM George W. Mackey’s work on representation theory 1:00 PM –5:55PM (1587) and foundations of physics. V. S. Varadarajan, University of California, Los Organizers: M. Zuhair Nashed,Universityof Angeles, CA 90095-1555 (1023-22-273) Central Florida

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Otmar Scherzer,Universityof 2:30PM Disease extinction and persistence in spatially Innsbruck (1614) heterogeneous host-parasite models with 1:00PM Asymptotic Convergence Analysis of a New Class of inter-patch travel. Preliminary report. (1601) Proximal Point Methods. Thanate Dhirasakdanon, Horst R. Thieme*, William W. Hager*andHongchao Zhang, Arizona State University, and Pauline van den University of Florida (1023-49-530) Driessche, University of Victoria (1023-92-1282) 1:30PM Slant Differentiability of Nonlinear Operators with 3:00PM Modeling relapse in infectious diseases. (1602) Applications to Ill-Posed Inverse Problems. (1615) P. van den Driessche, Department of Mathematics M. Zuhair Nashed, University of Central Florida and Statistics, University of Victoria (1023-92-593) (1023-49-1664) 3:30PM Effect of the introduction of refractory vectors in a 2:00PM Generalized gradient methods for non-linear (1616) vector-borne disease. (1603) inverse problems with sparsity constraints. Julien Arino, University of Manitoba Kristian Bredies, University of Bremen (1023-92-1642) (1023-49-1117) 4:00PM The Final Size of a SARS Epidemic Model Without (1617) Quarantine. Preliminary report. 2:30PM TV Regularization versus Taut String for Density (1604) Estimation. Sze-Bi Hsu, National Tsing Hua University, and Otmar Scherzer, Computer Science (1023-35-1912) Lih-Ing W. Roeger*, Texas Tech University (1023-92-515) 3:00PM Convergence rates for non-quadratic regularization (1605) of nonlinear inverse problems. 4:30PM Comparative estimation of the reproduction Elena Resmerita*, Johann Radon Institute for (1618) number for pandemic influenza from daily case Computational and Applied Mathematics, and notification data. Otmar Scherzer, University of Innsbruck Gerardo Chowell*, Los Alamos National (1023-49-1688) Laboratory, Hiroshi Nishiura, Institut fuer Medizinische Biometrie, Universitaet Tuebingen, 3:30PM Nonlinear Generalized Functions as a tool for and Luis M. A. Bettencourt, Los Alamos National (1606) Nonsmooth Nonlinear Problems in Mathematics and Laboratory (1023-92-816) Physics. 5:00PM Optimal Flooding and Native-Invasive Plant J. F. Colombeau,Universit´edeGrenoble1 (1619) Population Dynamics. (1023-46-480) Daniel L. Kern*, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4:00PM Existence of multiple solutions of nonlinear elliptic and Suzanne M. Lenhart, University of Tennessee (1607) equations driven by the p-Laplacian. (1023-92-110) Nikolaos S. Papageorgiou, National Technical 5:30PM On a discrete West Nile epidemic model. University, Athens, Greece (1023-35-1921) (1620) Sophia R.-J. Jang, University of Louisiana at 4:30PM Dual settings for total variation regularization. Lafayette (1023-92-1140) (1608) Markus Grasmair, Department of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck, Austria AMS Special Session on Recent Developments in Floer (1023-49-1498) Homology, II 5:00PM Detecting Interfaces in a Parabolic-Elliptic Problem. (1609) Florian Fruhauf¨ , University of Innsbruck, Austria, 1:00 PM –5:55PM Bastian Gebauer*, Joh. Gutenberg-Universit¨at Mainz, Germany, and Otmar Scherzer,University Organizers: Scott J. Baldridge, Louisiana State of Innsbruck, Austria (1023-35-716) University 5:30PM On Nonsmooth Approximate Maximum Principle. Ronald A. Fintushel, Michigan State (1610) Ilya Shvartsman*, Miami University, and Boris University S. Mordukhovich, Wayne State University Thomas E. Mark, Southeastern (1023-49-782) Louisiana University Brendan E. Owens, Louisiana State University AMS Special Session on Recent Advances in 1:00PM Compactness for folded holomorphic maps. Mathematical Biology, Ecology, and Epidemiology, II (1621) Jens von Bergmann, University of Notre Dame (1023-58-1593) 1:00 PM –5:55PM 1:30PM Computations of Floer Homology for certain (1622) Lagrangian Tori in closed 4-manifolds. Organizers: Lih-Ing Roeger, Texas Tech University Adam C. Knapp, Michigan State University Linda J. Allen, Texas Tech University (1023-53-1691) Sophia Jang, University of Louisiana at 2:00PM On knot Floer homology. Lafayette (1623) Peter S. Ozsvath, Columbia University 1:00PM Dynamics of a Discontinuous Discrete Model of West (1023-57-1129)
(1611) Nile-Like Epidemics. 3:00PM Topological triviality of smoothly knotted surfaces Vlajko L. Kocic, Xavier University of Louisiana (1624) in 4-manifolds. (1023-39-365) Hee Jung Kim*, McMaster University, and Daniel 1:30PM Control of an Epidemic Model of Rabies in Raccoons. Ruberman, Brandeis University (1023-57-636)
(1612) Preliminary report. 3:30PM Open Book Decompositions of Torus Bundles over Suzanne Lenhart, University of Tennessee (1625) S1. (1023-92-249) Jeremy Van Horn-Morris, University of Texas at 2:00PM Dynamic Reduction, the Periodic Ricker Map and Austin (1023-54-1555) (1613) Genetically Altered Mosquitos. 4:00PM Thurston-Bennequin bounds for knots in more Robert J. Sacker*, University of Southern California, (1626) general contact manifolds. Preliminary report. and Hubertus F. von Bremen, California State Matthew E. Hedden, Massachusetts Institute of Polytechnic University (1023-92-1255) Technology (1023-51-558)

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4:30PM Heegaard Floer homology and Periodic Knots. 2:00PM Ore-Type and Dirac-Type Theorems for Matroids. (1627) Preliminary report. (1639) Sean McGuinness, Dartmouth College Sridhar Rajagopalan, Brandeis University (1023-05-752) (1023-55-1509) 2:30PM Transversal Lattices. 5:00PM Generalizations of symplectic structures and (1640) Joseph E. Bonin, The George Washington University (1628) Lefschetz fibrations on smooth 4-manifolds. (1023-05-220) R. Inanc Baykur, Michigan State University 3:00PM Non-separating cocircuits in 3-connected binary (1023-53-341) (1641) matroids. 5:30PM Floer homology and gluing three-manifolds along Haidong Wu, University of Mississippi (1629) torus boundary. (1023-05-788) E. Eftekhary, Harvard University (1023-55-1538) 3:25PM Break 4:00PM On Kung’s Growth-Rate Conjecture. AMS Special Session on Representation Theory and (1642) Jim Geelen, University of Waterloo (1023-05-1277) the Theta Correspondence, II 5:00PM Conjectures on clones, connectivity, and cycles in 1:00 PM –6:00PM (1643) matroids. Talmage J. Reid, The University of Mississippi Organizers: Wee Teck Gan, University of California (1023-05-520) San Diego 5:30PM Can anything general be said about minor-closed Hongyu He, Louisiana State University (1644) classes of matroids? Preliminary report. Annegret Paul,WesternMichigan Joseph P. Kung,UniversityofNorthTexas University (1023-05-333) 1:00PM An approach to the local theta correspondence (1630) through invariants? Roger Howe, Yale University (1023-22-307) 2:00PM Signatures of invariant Hermitian forms on AMS Special Session on Time Scales: Dynamic (1631) irreducible highest weight modules and signed Equations with Applications, II Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials. Wai Ling Yee, University of Windsor 1:00 PM –5:55PM (1023-22-1525) Organizers: Martin J. Bohner,Universityof 2:30PM Lifting of characters on p-adic orthogonal and Missouri-Rolla (1632) metaplectic groups. Tatiana K. Howard, University of Maryland College Allan C. Peterson,Universityof Park (1023-22-436) Nebraska-Lincoln 3:00PM Bernstein’s center for real groups. 1:00PM A Nonlinear Sturm-Picone Comparison Theorem for
(1633) Gordan Savin*, University of Utah, and Goran (1645) Dynamic Equations on Time Scales. Muic, University of Zagreb (1023-22-464) Boris Belinskiy, John R. Graef*, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and Sonja Petrovic, 3:30PM On the global non-vanishing of theta lifts from even University of Kentucky (1023-39-1131) (1634) orthogonal groups. Shuichiro Takeda, University of California, San 1:30PM Asymptotic Behavior of Solutions for Neutral Diego (1023-11-1289) (1646) Dynamic Equations on Time Scales. Douglas Anderson, Concordia College-Moorhead 4:00PM Minimal polynomials and elementary divisors for (1023-34-316) (1635) simple highest weight modules. Preliminary report. Victor Protsak,UniversityofOklahoma 2:00PM Oscillatory Criteria for a Three Dimensional System (1023-22-1432) (1647) on a Time Scale. Preliminary report. E. Akin-Bohner, University of Missouri Rolla, Z. 4:30PM Small principal series and representations of rank (1636) two. Dosla, Masarykova Univerzita, and B. Lawrence*, Marshall University (1023-34-1263) Hadi Salmasian, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada (1023-22-1108) 2:30PM Asymptotic stability for 2x2 dynamic systems on
(1648) time scales. Preliminary report. 5:00PM Topology of Siegel modular threefolds and theta (1637) lifting. Preliminary report. Gro Hovhannisyan, Kent State University Hongyu He and Jerome William Hoffman*, (1023-34-369) Louisiana State University (1023-14-692) 3:00PM Boundedness in Functional Dynamic Equations On 5:30PM Discussion. (1649) Time Scales. Elvan Bohner, University of Missouri-Rolla, and AMS Special Session on Structure Theory for Youssef Naim Raffoul*, University of Dayton (1023-34-475) Matroids and Graphs, II 3:30PM Oscillation and nonoscillation for impulsive 1:00 PM –5:55PM (1650) dynamic equations on certain time scales. Mouffak Benchohra, Samira Hamani,Universite Organizers: Joseph P. Kung,UniversityofNorth de Sidi Bel Abbes, and Johnny Henderson*, Baylor Texas University (1023-34-26) Bogdan S. Oporowski, Louisiana State 4:00PM On the number of positive periodic solutions of University (1651) functional dynamic equations on time scales and James G. Oxley, Louisiana State population models. University Jo Hoffacker*, Clemson University, and Doug 1:00PM Towards a structure theory for matroids. Anderson, Concordia College (1023-34-803) (1638) Bert Gerards, Centrum voor Wiskunde en 4:30PM A Fourier Transform on a Basic Adaptive Grid. Informatica, Amsterdam & Technische Universiteit (1652) Andreas L. Ruffing, Munich University of Eindhoven (1023-05-1266) Technology (1023-39-820)

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5:00PM The Time Scale Fourier Transform. Preliminary 1:00PM The 100th anniversary of the Uniformization (1653) report. (1665) theorem. John M. Davis*, Ian A. Gravagne, Billy J. Jackson, Peter Buser*, EPF Lausanne, and Mika Sepp¨al¨a, Robert J. Marks and Alice A. Ramos,Baylor Florida State University and University of Helsinki University (1023-42-1290) (1023-30-718) 5:30PM The Time Scale Fourier Transform. Preliminary 1:30PM Myrberg Numerical Uniformization of Elliptic and
(1654) report. (1666) Hyperelliptic Curves. John M. Davis, Ian Gravagne, Billy J. Jackson*, Robert S. Todd, Florida State University Robert J. Marks,andAlice Ramos,Baylor (1023-30-1570) University (1023-39-751) 2:00PM Special identities for cyclic covers of order 3 and
(1667) representation theory of symmetric group. Yaacov Kopeliovich, New York, NY (1023-32-247) AMS Special Session on Arithmetic Geometry, II 2:30PM Curves generated on surfaces by the G-M algorithm. (1668) Vidur Malik, Rutgers University, Newark 1:00 PM –5:55PM (1023-51-1382) Organizers: Matthew H. Baker, Georgia Institute of 3:00PM The Rees Algebra and the Moving Curve Ideal. Technology (1669) David A. Cox, Amherst College (1023-14-952) Bjorn Poonen, University of California 3:30PM Syzygies of toric varieties. Berkeley (1670) Milena S. Hering*, Institute of Mathematics and its 1:00PM Another n-point abc Conjecture. Applications, Henry Schenck, Texas A&M, and (1655) Robert L. Benedetto, Amherst College Gregory Smith, Queen’s University (1023-14-1673) (1023-11-720) 4:00PM Toric surface codes and Minkowski sums. 1:30PM Arithmetic of dynamical Green’s functions. (1671) H. Schenck*, Texas A&M University, and John (1656) Matthew H. Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology Little, College of the Holy Cross (1023-14-1123) (1023-11-631) 4:30PM Simultaneous Surface Resolution. n (1672) Nan Gu, Purdue University (1023-14-1029) 2:00PM Stable Reduction of X0(p ), a Progress Report. (1657) Ken McMurdy, Rose-Hulman Institute of 5:00PM Linear precision for parametric patches. Technology (1023-11-988)
(1673) Preliminary report. 2:30PM Multiplying Modular Forms. Luis D. Garcia-Puente*andFrank Sottile,Texas (1658) Martin H. Weissman, University of California, Santa A&M University (1023-14-1716) Cruz (1023-11-556) 5:30PM Equations for the space of rational curves on the 3:00PM A family of K3 surfaces associated to a series for (1674) Lagrangian Grassmannian. Preliminary report. (1659) 1/pi. Preliminary report. James Ruffo, Texas A&M University (1023-14-1589) H. A. Verrill*, Louisiana State University, and Heng Huat Chan, National University of Singapore (1023-11-1304) AMS Special Session on Commutative Algebra and 3:30PM A nef cone volume for generalized Del Pezzo Algebraic Geometry, II (1660) surfaces. Preliminary report. Michael O. Joyce*, Tulane University, and 1:00 PM –5:55PM Zachariah C. Teitler, Southeastern Louisiana University (1023-14-574) Organizers: Paul C. Roberts,UniversityofUtah 4:00PM Drinfeld modular varieties as varieties with many Anurag K. Singh,UniversityofUtah (1661) rational points over finite fields. Oana Veliche,UniversityofUtah Mihran Papikian, Stanford University (1023-11-337) 1:00PM Extended modules. Preliminary report. (1675) W. Hassler, Karl-Franzens-Universitaet Graz, R. 4:30PM Average twin prime conjecture for elliptic curves. Karr, L. Klingler, Florida Atlantic University, and R. (1662) Alina Carmen Cojocaru*, University of Illinois at Wiegand*, University of Nebraska (1023-13-1139) Chicago, Antal Balog, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and Chantal David, Concordia University 1:30PM A criterion for integral dependence of modules. (1023-11-1768) (1676) Javid Validashti*andBernd Ulrich,Purdue University (1023-13-466) 5:00PM Explicit computations of Hecke operators on (1663) automorphic forms. 2:00PM Asymptotic Castelnuovo-Mumford Regularity. Lloyd J. Kilford, University of Oxford (1023-11-693) (1677) Preliminary report. David Eisenbud, University of California, Berkeley, 5:30PM The abc conjecture implies Vojta’s height inequality and MSRI (1023-13-1456) (1664) for curves. Machiel van Frankenhuijsen, Utah Valley State 2:30PM Ideal Class Semigroups of Overrings. College (1023-11-889) (1678) Lucian F. Sega, West Lafayette, IN (1023-13-817) 3:00PM Failure of Tameness for Local Cohomology. (1679) Steven Dale Cutkosky*, University of Missouri, and AMS Special Session on Computational Algebraic and Juergen Herzog, University of Duisburg-Essen, Analytic Geometry for Low-Dimensional Varieties, II Campus Essen (1023-13-1224) 3:30PM A counterexample to an open problem concerning a 1:00 PM –5:55PM (1680) comparison between the quasicoherent and ´etale cohomological dimension of a scheme. Organizers: Mika K. Sepp¨al¨a,FloridaState Gennady Lyubeznik, University of Minnesota University (1023-14-681) Tanush T. Shaska, Oakland University 4:00PM Adams operations and New Intersection. Emil J. Volcheck, Association for (1681) Greg Piepmeyer*andMark E. Walker,University Computing Machinery of Nebraska, Lincoln (1023-19-1237)

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4:30PM Non-commutative desingularization of the generic 2:45PM Using the Leray-Schauder Degree for a Degree (1682) determinant. Preliminary report. (1692) Involving Maximal Monotone Perturbations of Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz, University of Toronto, (S+)-operators. Graham J. Leuschke*, Syracuse University, and Boubakari Ibrahimou*andAthanassios Michel Van den Bergh, Universiteit Hasselt G. Kartsatos, University of South Florida (1023-13-1297) (1023-47-932) 5:00PM On the intersection of the curves through a set of 3:00PM Position Registration from Voltage Samples. (1683) points in P2. (1693) Fadil Santosa and Carl Toews*, IMA (1023-49-757) Z. Teitler, Southeastern Louisiana University 3:15PM Break. (1023-14-42) 3:30PM Existence Theorems for Thin Inflated Wrinkled 5:30PM Cayley-Bacharach schemes and their cores. (1694) Membranes Subjected to a Hydrostatic Pressure (1684) Preliminary report. Load. Preliminary report. Claudia Polini, University of Notre Dame Frank Baginski, Michael Barg*, The George (1023-13-851) Washington University, and William Collier, Washington, DC (1023-49-308) MAA Minicourse #11: Part B 3:45PM Minimax Approach to Feedback Control of
(1695) Distributed-Parameter Systems. 1:00 PM –3:00PM Ilya Shvartsman*, Miami University, and Boris , Wayne State University Origami in undergraduate mathematics courses. S. Mordukhovich (1023-49-779) Organizer: Thomas C. Hull, Merrimack College 4:00PM Optimization of Traveling Wave Tubes using Large (1696) Signal Codes and Optical Beam Analysis. MAA Minicourse #15: Part B Adam R. Attarian*, North Carolina State University, Jeremy Zuckero, Wilkes University, Laura Tarko, 1:00 PM –3:00PM Mt. Holyoke University, John David, North Carolina Geometry with history for teaching teachers. State University, and Lawrence Ives, Calabazas Creek Research, Inc. (1023-49-1489) Organizers: David W. Henderson,Cornell University 4:15PM Break. Daina Taimina, Cornell University 4:30PM Exact subdifferential calculus and optimality (1697) conditions in nondifferentiable programming. Boris Mordukhovich and Mau Nam Nguyen*, MAA Minicourse #5: Part B Wayne State University (1023-49-134)

1:00 PM –3:00PM 4:45PM A regularity theory for multiple-valued Dirichlet
(1698) minimizing maps. Preliminary report. Wavelets and applications: A multidisciplinary Wei Zhu, Rice University (1023-49-897) undergraduate course with emphasis on scientific 5:00PM The onset problem for a thin superconducting loop computing. (1699) in a large magnetic field. Organizer: Patrick J. Van Fleet,UniversityofSt. Tien-Tsan Shieh*andPeter Sternberg, Indiana Thomas University (1023-49-1506) 5:15PM Convergence Rate of an Interior Point Gradient AMS Session on Operator Theory and Optimal
(1700) Method for the Totally Non-Negative Least Squares Control, II Problem. Preliminary report. Elaine T. Hale*andYin Zhang, Rice University 1:00 PM –5:25PM (1023-49-1647) ∗ 1:00PM Simplicity of C -algebras using unique eigenstates. (1685) Lon H. Mitchell, University of Kansas (1023-47-322) 1:15PM On a class of Integral Operators related to the Fock (1686) Spaces. AMS Session on Numerical Analysis and Computer Ovidiu Furdui, Western Michigan University Science, II (1023-47-36)

1:30PM Weighted shifts whose pth root shifts are 1:00 PM –4:25PM (1687) subnormal. Preliminary report. George R. Exner, Bucknell University (1023-47-498) 1:00PM Immersed Interface Method for wave equations.
1:45PM Monotone variational inequalities revisited. (1701) Preliminary report. (1688) Dan D. Pascali, Courant Institute, New York Miguel A. Dumett, University of Southern California University (1023-47-508) (1023-65-206) ∗ 2:00PM C -Algebras of Inverse Semigroups: Amenability 1:15PM Calculating Symmetric Modes of Motion in (1689) and Weak Containment. Preliminary report. (1702) Molecular Dynamics. David Milan, University of Nebraska (1023-47-582) Mili Shah*andDanny C. Sorensen, Rice University (1023-65-463) 2:15PM Topological Degree Theories and Nonlinear (1690) Operator Equations in Banach Spaces. 1:30PM On the Fixed Points of a Function and its Dhruba R. Adhikari*andAthanassios G.
(1703) Corresponding Composite Functions. Kartsatos, University of South Florida Mohammad K. Azarian, University of Evansville (1023-47-643) (1023-65-513) 2:30PM Rank Preserving Maps on CSL Algebras. 1:45PM A fast iterative numerical method for the free (1691) Jaedeok Kim*, Jacksonville State University, (1704) boundary Bernoulli problem. and Robert L. Moore, University of Alabama Christopher M. Kuster, North Carolina State (1023-47-793) University (1023-65-514)

JANUARY 2007 NOTICES OF THE AMS 175 Program of the Sessions – Monday, January 8 (cont’d.)

2:00PM Robustness of the Multivariate Spline Method for 2:30PM The influence of segregation from reproduction in (1705) numerical solution of partial differential equations. (1718) the long term dynamics of persistent sexually Preliminary report. transmitted diseases. Gerard Awanou, Northern Illinois University Daniel Maxin*andFabio A. Milner,Purdue (1023-65-538) University (1023-92-469) 2:15PM A New Wavelet Multigrid Method. 2:45PM A Situation in which a Local Nontoxic Refuge (1706) Doreen De Leon, California State University, Fresno (1719) Promotes Pest Resistance To Toxic Crops. (1023-65-644) Jemal Said Mohammed-Awel*, Valdosta State University, Karen Kopecky, University of Western 2:30PM Defect-correction methods for finite element (1707) computations of viscoelastic fluid flow. Ontario, and John Ringland, SUNY Buffalo Vincent J. Ervin, Jason S. Howell*andHyesuk (1023-92-702) Lee, Clemson University (1023-65-759) 3:00PM Break. 2:45PM Break. 3:15PM A computational model of tumor therapy. (1720) Jin Wang, Duke University (1023-92-707) 3:15PM Newton’s method with deflation for isolated (1708) singularities of polynomial systems. 3:30PM Do implicit measures for female associations with Anton Leykin, Jan Verschelde and Ailing Zhao*,
(1721) mathematics display cultural or regional biases? University of Illinois at Chicago (1023-65-849) Preliminary report. Rosa A. Del Angel*andDiana W. Verzi,San 3:30PM Break. Diego State University-Imperial Valley Campus 3:45PM A Linearization of a Backward Euler Scheme for the (1023-92-920)
(1709) Saturation Equation: A Regularity Result. 3:45PM Effect of Input Noise on a Magnetometer with Preliminary report. (1722) Quantum Feedback. Koffi B. Fadimba, University of South Carolina Zhigang Zhang,TexasA&MUniversity Aiken (1023-65-915) (1023-93-1645) 4:00PM Wavelet, Ridgelet, and Curvelet-Based Texture 4:00PM An ergodic control problem of a diffusion with
(1710) Classification of Normal Tissues in Computed (1723) jumps. Preliminary report. Tomography Images. Cristin Buescu*andMichael I. Taksar,University Lucia Dettori*andLindsay Semler,DePaul of Missouri-Columbia (1023-93-1740) University, School of Computer Science, Telecommunications, and Information Systems 4:15PM The Pivotal Role of Commutators in Action.
(1023-68-121) (1724) Preliminary report. Dov J. Rhodes*, Indiana University, Bloomington, 4:15PM Composition of comparison based algorithms as an and Nathan Olson,CalPoly,Pomona (1711) algebraic operation. (1023-93-1815) Homeira Pajoohesh, Georgia Southern University (1023-68-1736) 4:30PM Electromagnetic Analysis of a MEMS Integrated
(1725) Frequency Reconfigurable Antenna. Toby Ann Hale*andBedri A. Cetiner, Morehead State University (1023-94-1436) 4:45PM Resistor Networks with Finitely Many Solutions to
(1726) the Discrete Inverse Boundary Problem. Preliminary AMS Session on Applications of Mathematics, IV report. Ilya Grigoriev, University of Chicago 1:00 PM –5:25PM (1023-94-1846)

1:00PM A bifurcation analysis of pattern formation in the 5:00PM Agreement in Circular Societies. Preliminary report.
(1712) developing ear. Preliminary report.
(1727) Christopher S. Hardin, Smith College K. A. Montgomery,UniversityofUtah (1023-91-1629) (1023-92-1643) 5:15PM From RNA Molecules to Brain Structures: Geometric
1:15PM Control of synchronization in coupled oscillatory (1728) Measures as Shape Descriptors. Preliminary report. (1713) networks. Christian Laing, Florida State University Menaka Bandara Navaratna, Florida Gulf Coast (1023-92-125) University (1023-92-1738) 1:30PM Agent-based model of therapeutic intervention
(1714) following exposure to botulinum neurotoxin. AMS Session on Combinatorics, IV Preliminary report. Keith A. Erickson, United States Military Academy 1:00 PM –3:25PM (1023-92-1749) 1:00PM Incidence Matrices and Inequalities for 1:45PM A Monotone Approximation for a Size-Structured (1729) Combinatorial Designs. (1715) Population Model with a Generalized Environment. D. Raghavarao,TempleUniversity,S. Azmy S. Ackleh, Keng Deng and Jeremy J. S. Shrikhande,Mt.Pleasant,MI,andM. S. Thibodeaux*, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Shrikhande*, Central Michigan University (1023-92-1767) (1023-05-724) 2:00PM Generalized Trojan Gene Hypothesis. 1:15PM On Long Cycles in Triangle-Free Graphs.
(1716) Juan B. Gutierrez, Florida State University (1730) Doug Bauer, Stevens Institute of Technology, (1023-92-1788) Nathan Kahl*, Seton Hall University, Linda 2:15PM An Enzyme Kinetic Model of Tumor Dormancy; McGuire, Muhlenberg College, and Edward
(1717) Regulation and Control of Secondary Metastases by Schmeichel, San Jose State University (1023-05-77) Plasmin, Intratumoral Distance and Surgical 1:30PM Cycles in the Cartesian Product of Two Directed Removal of the Primary Tumor. Preliminary report. (1731) Cycles. Andrew Lewis Matteson,TexasA&MUniversity Sherry Xiaohua Wu, Cornell University (1023-92-1904) (1023-05-790)

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1:45PM A Relationship between the 3:40PM Dependence Among Random Binary Vectors. (1732) Robinson-Schenstead-Knuth Correspondence (RSK)
(1747) Preliminary report. and Permutation Containment. Neil J. Calkin and Shannon R. Lockard*, Clemson Yan Zhang, Harvard University (1023-05-919) University (1023-D1-1625) 2:00PM On the Minimum Number of Subsums of a 4:00PM Exploring Graph Theory Using a Comprehensive (1733) Zero-Sum-Free Sequence.
(1748) Database of Graphs. N. J. Ince, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jason Grout, Brigham Young University (1023-05-924) (1023-D1-1700) 2:15PM A New Ore-Condition for H-linked Graphs. 4:20PM The Hat Problem and Coding Theory. Preliminary
(1734) Preliminary report.
(1749) report. Ron J. Gould,EmoryUniversity,Jeffrey S. Powell*, Ann E. Moskol, Rhode Island College Samford University, and Thor Whalen,Methodic (1023-D1-1811) Solutions, Atlanta (1023-05-960) 4:40PM Designing the right mix for DNA self-assembly. 2:30PM The directed case of decompositions of edge-colored (1750) N. Jonoska, G. L. McColm and Ana Staninska*, (1735) complete digraphs. University of South Florida (1023-D1-1878) Anna Draganova*, University of California, Los Angeles, Yukiyasu Mutoh, Keio University, Japan, and Richard M. Wilson, California Institute of MAA Session on Assessment of Student Learning in Technology (1023-05-962) Undergraduate Mathematics, II 2:45PM Fall Coloring of Cartesian Products of Graphs. 1:00 PM –2:40PM (1736) Preliminary report. S. Jeremy Lyle*andRenu Laskar,Clemson Organizers: William Martin, North Dakota State University (1023-05-968) University 3:00PM DNA Codewords and De Bruijn Sequences. Bernard L. Madison,Universityof
(1737) Preliminary report. Arkansas Stephen G. Hartke, University of Illinois at 1:00PM Program Assessment - What Worked and What Did Urbana-Champaign (1023-05-975) (1751) Not Work. 3:15PM Restricted Symmetric Permutations. Jim Fulmer*, University of Arkansas at Little Rock,
(1738) Eric S. Egge, Carleton College (1023-05-986) and Tom McMillan, State University of New York at Utica (1023-D5-1793) 1:15PM Learning-focused Exam Construction. MAA Session on Applications of Discrete
(1752) James S. Rolf*, Michael A. Brilleslyper and R. Mathematics, II Scott Callihan, United States Air Force Academy (1023-D5-1837) 1:00 PM –4:55PM 1:30PM From Pre-tests to Capstones. Preliminary report. (1753) Therese Shelton,SouthwesternUniversity Organizers: Thomas Koshy, Framingham State (1023-D5-1633) College 1:45PM Students Assessing Other Students: Competition is Thomas Moore, Bridgewater State
(1754) the Great Motivator to Learn. Preliminary report. College Barbra S. Melendez*andTasha Williams,United 1:00PM Dynamic service scheduling on directed graphs. States Military Academy (1023-D5-438) (1739) Preliminary report. 2:00PM Assessing Student Performance in College Algebra D. Jacob Wildstrom, University of California, San (1755) with WeBWorK. Diego (1023-D1-633) Alberto Candel*, CSUN, and Juana Sanchez,UCLA 1:20PM Borderline Behavior for 2x2 Iterative Systems. (1023-D5-1420)
(1740) Samer Habre*, Lebanese American University, 2:15PM Using Cumulative Assessment to Enhance the Beirut, and Jean Marie McDill, California (1756) Mathematics Experience of College Students at the Polytechnic State University (1023-D1-879) Entry Level. 1:40PM Derangements, Probability, and Calculus. Blanche S. Presley*andBarry J. Monk,Macon
(1741) Thomas Koshy, Framingham State College State College (1023-D5-123) (1023-D1-1126) 2:30PM A Misadventure with a Web-based Assessment 2:00PM Approximative policies for Preemptive Stochastic (1757) Method. (1742) Online Scheduling. Louis M. Beaugris, Kean University (1023-D5-1816) Nicole Megow*, TU Berlin, and Tjark Vredeveld, Maastricht University (1023-D1-1226) MAA General Contributed Paper Session, VIII 2:20PM Generating Functions and the Prisoner’s Dilemma
(1743) on Graphs. 1:00 PM –4:25PM Stephen Devlin*andReza Dibadj,Universityof San Francisco (1023-D1-1327) Organizers: Eric S. Marland, Appalachian State 2:40PM Counting Point-Determining Graphs Using Joyal’s University
(1744) Theory of Species. Jay A. Malmstrom, Oklahoma State Ji Li, Brandeis University (1023-D1-1357) Community College 3:00PM The Geometry Behind Paradoxes of Voting Power. 1:00PM Primordial Black Holes and Large Scale Structure.
(1745) Michael A. Jones, Montclair State University
(1758) Preliminary report. (1023-D1-1419) Adam Drake, University of Houston-Downtown 3:20PM Visualizing Binomial Identities using PascGaloisJE. (1023-Z1-1096)
(1746) Preliminary report. 1:15PM The Aeroacoustics of Turbulent Coanda Jet Flows. Michael J. Bardzell, Salisbury University
(1759) Jason C. Fox*andCaroline P. Lubert,James (1023-D1-1601) Madison University (1023-Z1-317)

JANUARY 2007 NOTICES OF THE AMS 177 Program of the Sessions – Monday, January 8 (cont’d.)

1:30PM Three Dimensional Computational Model of Water 1:15PM WvEB Math: College Algebra and Trigonometry for
(1760) Movement in Plant Root Growth Zone. Preliminary
(1773) High School Students. report. Michael Mays*andLaura Pyzdrowski,West Brandy S. Wiegers*, Angela Y. Cheer,and Virginia University (1023-Z1-315) Wendy K. Silk, University of California, Davis 1:30PM ORICUT: Proposal of teaching in Basic Education (1023-Z1-1689)
(1774) (Level K4 and K5). 1:45PM Verifying hydraulic design of the water-conducting Alberto de Leon´ de Leon´ *andLineth Alejandra (1761) networks taking into account the maintenance of De Leon´ Torres, Instituto Tecnolo´gico de Cd. the reliability. Madero (1023-Z1-1611) Boli Yarkulov, Samarkand State Civil Engineering 1:45PM Using WeBWorK to foster reading. Preliminary and Architectural Institute (1023-Z1-230)
(1775) report. 2:00PM Keeping the Doors Open: A Summer Algebra Camp George R. Exner, Bucknell University (1023-Z1-499) (1762) for Underrepresented Minority Middle Schoolers. 2:00PM Pre-calculus ILAPs as a path to QL. Preliminary report.
(1776) Aaron Montgomery, Central Washington University John B. Fink, Kalamazoo College (1023-Z1-835) (1023-Z1-1398) 2:15PM Models in my head “How a blind student sees 2:15PM A Guideline for Students to Master the Skills of
(1763) graphs and their equations”. (1777) Writing Equations for Words Problems. Preliminary Aldo R. Maldonado, Park University (1023-Z1-517) report. 2:30PM What do business students need to know about Shumei C. Richman, Midlands Technical College
(1764) math? Preliminary report. (1023-Z1-1258) Julia Darby Head*, G. Brock Williams and Amanda 2:30PM Couple Interactive Computer Based Math Games. Michelle Wheeler, Texas Tech University
(1778) Hongbiao Zeng, Fort Hays State University (1023-Z1-1731) (1023-Z1-1233) 2:45PM Journeys in Mathematics: Courses in Problem 2:45PM Who Are the Best Sluggers in Baseball?
(1765) Solving, Number and Operation, Algebra, Geometry
(1779) Steve Alan Krevisky*, Middlesex Community and Measurement, Probability and Data Analysis, College, Randy Taylor, Las Positas College, and and Concepts of Trig and Calculus for K-8 teachers. Rodrigo Faria, University of Sao Paulo Western Cora Neal*, Sonoma State University, and (1023-Z1-1786) Deborah Narang, University of Alaska Anchorage 3:00PM Placement Made Personal. Preliminary report. (1023-Z1-306)
(1780) John C. Nardo and Judith L. Gieger*, Oglethorpe 3:00PM Mathematics Courses for Future Grade 1-6 University (1023-Z1-672)
(1766) Teachers at Louisiana State University Shreveport. 3:15PM Helping First-Semester Freshmen Mathematics Judith Covington, Louisiana State University
(1781) Majors Develop Proofs. Preliminary report. Shreveport (1023-Z1-852) Bonnie Gold, Monmouth University (1023-Z1-632) 3:15PM K-5 teachers explore the nature of rational 3:30PM Getting Students to Learn from their Mistakes.
(1767) numbers: A case for inquiry in a mathematics
(1782) Vera Cherepinsky, Fairfield University specialist program. (1023-Z1-1724) Aimee J. Ellington*andJoy W. Whitenack,Virginia 3:45PM Navigational Mathematics Instructology: A Scientific Commonwealth University (1023-Z1-359) (1783) Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning. Preliminary 3:30PM Professors in the Schools at Morehead State report.
(1768) University. Preliminary report. Clyde L. Greeno, The MALEI Mathematics Institute Mike Dobranski, Morehead State University (1023-Z1-927) (1023-Z1-1761) 4:00PM Mathematics and the TBR Teacher Preparation 3:45PM Inequalities Through Geometry.
(1784) Collaborative. Preliminary report.
(1769) Anand Kumar, Ramanujan School of Mathematics Anant P. Godbole, East Tennessee State University (1023-Z1-606) (1023-Z1-567) 4:00PM Sharing Triangles, Geometric Triangles, and 4:15PM Pre-service Teachers enhance their Mathematical
(1770) Pascal’s Triangle. Preliminary report. (1785) Understanding Through Journal writing. Charles J. Kicey*, Valdosta State University, Jun Ji, Preliminary report. Kennesaw State University, and Arsalan Wares, Barba Patton*andCarol Klages,Universityof Valdosta State University (1023-Z1-1091) Houston-Victoria (1023-Z1-1818) 4:15PM Circles, Diamonds, and Squares: A New
(1771) Trigonometry for a New π. Preliminary report. MAA Panel Discussion Robert D. Poodiack,NorwichUniversity (1023-Z1-1395) 1:00 PM –2:20PM Knowing mathematics for teaching: Issues in assessment and teacher preparation. Organizers: Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Michigan State MAA General Contributed Paper Session, IX University Raven McCrory, Michigan State 1:00 PM –4:25PM University Organizers: Eric S. Marland, Appalachian State Presenters: Michael Frasier,Universityof University Tennessee Jay A. Malmstrom,OklahomaCity Joan Ferrini-Mundy Community College Raven McCrory 1:00PM Enhancing student interest in mathematics with the Sharon Senk, Michigan State University
(1772) course related multimedia tools. William Schmidt, Michigan State Atul N. Roy, Montgomery College (1023-Z1-1210) University

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Gail Burrill, Michigan State University 2:45PM Pedagogical Utilization and Assessment of the
(1791) Statistic Online Computational Resource in Introductory Probability and Statistics Courses. MAA Panel Discussion Ivo D. Dinov*, Juana Sanchez and Nicolas Christou, UCLA Statistics (1023-62-01) 1:00 PM –2:20PM 3:00PM Statistical Modeling of Terrain Profiles.
(1792) Tze-Chien Sun and Jinfeng Wei*, Wayne State MathNerds, Moore Method, and mathematics University (1023-62-809) education: What do they have in common? 3:15PM Comparing Control Charts With Estimated Organizers: W. Ted Mahavier, Lamar University (1793) Parameters. Laurie O. Cavey,JamesMadison Maria E. Calzada*andStephen M. Scariano, University Loyola University New Orleans (1023-62-1326) Panelists: Terry McCabe, Texas State University 3:30PM Break. G. Edgar Parker,JamesMadison 3:45PM Linear Dimension Reduction of Images Using University (1794) Geometrical Tools. Preliminary report. Hiroko K. Warshauer, Texas State Evgenia Rubinshtein*, University of Central University Arkansas, and Anuj Srivastava,FloridaState University (1023-62-1492) Max L. Warshauer, Texas State University 4:00PM Impact of exogeneous factors on patients
(1795) expiratory volume. Preliminary report. Alexander White, Texas State Rachid Bekralas, BMCC City University University (1023-62-1681) Laurie O. Cavey 4:15PM Sample Size Issues in Resource Selection Studies.
(1796) Ashraf F. ELHoubi, Lamar University (1023-62-377) 4:30PM A Comparison of Data Mining Courses Taught AWM Workshop Panel Discussion
(1797) Across Disciplines. Preliminary report. Alan M. Safer, California State University, Long 1:00 PM –2:15PM Beach (1023-62-379) Critical career decision stages: Research and 4:45PM Smooth Inference for Survival Functions with funding opportunities. (1798) Arbitrarily Censored Data. Moderator: Claudia Polini, University of Notre Kirsten Doehler*, University of North Carolina Dame Greensboro, and Marie Davidian, North Carolina State University (1023-62-676) Panelists: Valentina S. Harizanov,TheGeorge Washington University Kathleen O’Hara,Mathematical ASL Contributed Papers Sciences Research Institute Barbara Lee Keyfitz, Fields Institute 2:00 PM –4:00PM and University of Houston Organizer: Marcia Groszek, Dartmouth College Michelle D. Wagner, National Security Agency 2:00PM Effective Souslin trees and degrees in α-recursion (1799) theory. Franc¸ois Dorais, Dartmouth College AMS Session on Probability and Statistics, II 2:25PM The strength of the rainbow Ramsey theorem. (1800) Joe Mileti*, University of Chicago, and Barbara 1:30 PM –4:55PM Csima, University of Waterloo 2:50PM Turing computable embeddings into equivalence 1:30PM Gambler’s Ruin with Catastrophes and Windfalls. (1801) structures.
(1786) Blake Hunter, University of California, Davis, Alan Sara Miller, University of Notre Dame Krinik*, Chau Nguyen, Jenny Switkes and 3:15PM Classification of a family of countably universal Hubertus von Bremen, California State Polytechnic (1802) -free graphs. University, Pomona (1023-60-1863) H Rehana Patel, St. John’s University 1:45PM A Single-server Poisson Queueing System with 3:40PM The Boltzmann principle and protein primary (1787) Delayed-Service. (1803) structure. Aliakbar Montazer Haghighi*, Dimitar P. Mishev, Dennis F. Cudia, Rockford, IL Prairie View A&M University, and Stefanka S. Chukova, Victoria University of Wellington (1023-60-239) AWM Workshop: Research Presentations by Recent 2:00PM Laws of Large Numbers in D[0, 1]. (1788) Paul H. Bezandry, Howard University (1023-60-658) Ph.D.’s, II

2:15PM The submartingale problem for a class of 2:30 PM –4:20PM (1789) degenerate elliptic operators. Richard F. Bass, University of Connecticut, and 2:30PM Nonvariational Methods for Semilinear Elliptic Alexander Lavrentiev*, University of Wisconsin - (1804) Equations of Critical Growth. Fox (1023-60-708) Sarah G. Raynor,WakeForestUniversity 2:30PM Mutual Information for a Multivariate (1023-35-755)
(1790) T-Distribution. Preliminary report. 3:00PM The Role of the Jacobson Radical in the Walfredo R. Javier*, Southern University-BR, and (1805) Baer-Kaplansky Theorem for Torsion-Free Modules Arjun K. Gupta, Bowling Green State University over a Complete Discrete Valuation Domain. (1023-60-970) Mary K. Flagg, University of Houston (1023-20-845)

JANUARY 2007 NOTICES OF THE AMS 179 Program of the Sessions – Monday, January 8 (cont’d.)

3:30PM Diffusion Flame Stability. (1806) Amy B. Moore*, Alma College, and Milan Miklavcic, Michigan State University (1023-35-1082) 4:00PM Petite K-types and Unitary Representations. (1807) Allessandra Pantano, Cornell University (1023-22-901)

MAA Minicourse #6: Part B

3:30 PM –5:30PM WeBWorK 2: An Internet-based system for generating and delivering homework. Organizers: Arnold K. Pizer,Universityof Rochester Michael E. Gage,Universityof Rochester Vicki Roth, University of Rochester

AMS Banquet Reception

6:30 PM –7:30PM

AMS Banquet

7:30 PM –10:30PM

Susan J. Friedlander James J. Tattersall AMS Associate Secretary MAA Associate Secretary Chicago, Illinois Providence, Rhode Island

180 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 54, NUMBER 1