Program of the Sessions Washington, District of Columbia, January 5–8, 2009

1:00PM What does the math-based introductory course look Saturday, January 3 (7) like in 2009? How do we merge mathematical concepts into the introductory course for the math/science student? How does statistical AMS Short Course on Quantum Computation and programming fit in? Quantum Information (Part I) Richard D. De Veaux, Williams College 2:30PM Break. 8:00 AM –5:00PM 2:45PM Introduction to modeling. Regression and ANOVA. Organizer: Samuel J. Lomonaco,Universityof (8) Overview: How much to teach the first semester. Maryland Baltimore County Richard D. De Veaux, Williams College 8:00AM Registration. 9:00AM A Rosetta Stone for quantum computing. (1) Samuel Lomonaco, University of Maryland Baltimore County Sunday, January 4 10:15AM Break. 10:45AM Quantum algorithms. AMS Department Chairs Workshop (2) Peter Shor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 8:00 AM –6:30PM 2:00PM Concentration of measure effects in quantum (3) information. Patrick Hayden, McGill University MAA Board of Governors 3:15PM Break. 8:00 AM –6:00PM 3:45PM Quantum error correction and fault tolerance. (4) Daniel Gottesman, Perimeter Institute MAA Ancillary Workshop

8:30 AM –5:00PM MAA Short Course on Data Mining and New Trends in Teaching Statistics (Part I) Teaching introductory data analysis through modeling. 8:00 AM –4:00PM Presenter: Daniel Kaplan, Macalester College Organizer: Richard D. De Veaux, Williams College AMS Short Course on Quantum Computation and 8:00AM Registration Quantum Information (Part II) 9:00AM Math is music—statistics is literature. What are the (5) challenges of teaching statistics, and why is it 9:00 AM –5:00PM different from mathematics? Richard D. De Veaux, Williams College Organizer: Sanuel J. Lomonaco,Universityof Maryland Baltimore County 10:30AM Break. 9:00AM Riemannian geometry of quantum computation. 10:45AM What does the introductory course look like in (9) Howard Brandt,U.S.ArmyResearchLaboratory (6) 2009? How technology has changed what we do in introductory statistics for the non-math/science 10:15AM Break. student. 10:45AM Topology and quantum computing. Richard D. De Veaux, Williams College (10) Louis H. Kauffman, University of Illinois at Chicago

The time limit for each AMS contributed paper in the sessions is ten Papers flagged with a solid triangle (
) have been designated by the minutes. The time limit for each MAA contributed paper varies. In the author as being of possible interest to undergraduate students. Special Sessions the time limit varies from session to session and within Abstractsofpaperspresentedin the sessions at this meeting will be sessions. To maintain the schedule, time limits will be strictly enforced. found in Volume 30, Issue 1 of Abstracts of papers presented to the For papers with more than one author, an asterisk follows the name of American Mathematical Society, ordered according to the numbers in the author who plans to present the paper at the meeting. parentheses following the listings.

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 113 Program of the Sessions – Sunday, January 4 (cont’d.)

2:00PM Quantum knots and mosaics. 9:00AM A numerical and analytical study of modeling (11) Samuel Lomonaco, University of Maryland
(18) techniques for microstructure evolution. Baltimore County M. R. Atkins, George Mason University 3:15PM Break. (1046-35-103) 3:45PM Panel Discussion: The Grand Mathematical 9:30AM Understanding and predicting materials properties Challenge for Quantum Computation and Quantum
(19) from phase-field simulations. Preliminary report. Information. Thomas Dean Stephens, George Mason University (1046-35-101) MAA Short Course on Data Mining and New Trends in 10:00AM Vector invariants of elementary Abelian p-Groups. Teaching Statistics (Part II)
(20) Preliminary report. Aaron B. Adcock, Texas Tech University, Lubbock 9:00 AM –4:00PM TX (1046-13-22) 10:30AM Mathematical modeling, analysis and computation Organizer: Richard D. De Veaux, Williams College
(21) of a fluid-structure interaction problem with 9:00AM Introduction to data mining, Part I: What is data applications. Preliminary report. (12) mining? How does it differ from statistics? What are Sarah Minerva Venuti*, Kevin Kelbaugh and the problems and techniques in data mining? Padmanabhan Seshayer, George Mason University Richard D. De Veaux, Williams College (1046-65-66) 10:30AM Break. 10:45AM Introduction to data mining, Part II: Five lessons AMS Special Session on Recent Trends in Coding (13) learned from data mining. Theory, I Richard D. De Veaux, Williams College 1:00PM Introduction to data mining, Part III: The methods 8:00 AM –10:50AM (14) and algorithms of data mining. Richard D. De Veaux, Williams College Organizers: Gretchen L. Matthews,Clemson University 2:30PM Break. Judy L. Walker, University of Nebraska 2:45PM Introduction to data mining, Part IV: Practical data (15) mining: Case studies. 8:00AM Generalizing binary quadratic residue codes. Richard D. De Veaux, Williams College (22) P. Charters, University of Texas at Austin (1046-11-645) AMS Council 8:25AM Locally decodable codes. (23) Sergey Yekhanin, Microsoft Research 1:30 PM – 10:00 PM (1046-68-951) 8:50AM Iterative subspace pursuit decoding of weighted Joint Meetings Registration (24) euclidean superimposed codes. Wei Dai*andOlgica Milenkovic,Universityof 3:00 PM –7:00PM Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1046-68-1510) 9:15AM On algebraic constructions of codes for random
(25) linear network coding. Felice Manganiello*, Elisa Gorla and Joachim Monday, January 5 Rosenthal, Zurich University (1046-94-854) 9:40AM Further analysis of codes based on permutations. Joint Meetings Registration (26) Christine A. Kelley, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1046-94-1960) 7:30 AM –4:00PM 10:05AM Coding theory and Pseudorandomness. (27) Venkatesan Guruswami, University of Washington AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in & Carnegie Mellon University (1046-05-1085) Mathematics by Undergraduates, I

8:00 AM –10:50AM AMS Special Session on Representation Theory of Lie Algebras and Algebraic Groups, I Organizers: Darren A. Narayan,Rochester Institute of Technology 8:00 AM –10:50AM Jacqueline A. Jensen,SamHouston State University Organizers: David G. Taylor, Roanoke College Carl V. Lutzer, Rochester Institute of Terrell L. Hodge,WesternMichigan Technology University Vadim Ponomarenko, San Diego State Daniel K. Nakano,Universityof University Georgia Tamas Wiandt, Rochester Institute of 8:00AM Killing forms of Lie algebras. Technology (28) Audrey Malagon, Emory University (1046-17-72) 8:00AM Frames: Surgeries, dilation, and robustness. 8:30AM Freudenthal triple systems by root system methods.
(16) Preliminary report. (29) Fred W. Helenius, Emory University (1046-17-80) Jennifer L. Wolfe*, Rachael L. Tomasino, Eileen L. 9:00AM Filtrations of Weyl modules. Preliminary report. Radzwion and Sara P. Rimer, Central Michigan (30) Brian Parshall, University of Virginia University (1046-15-90) (1046-20-1137) 8:30AM The minimum semidefinite rank of a graph. 9:30AM Cohomology of algebraic, quantum, and finite
(17) Taiji Tsutsui*, Hiram College, Hiram OH, and (31) groups. Rachel Ellen Cranfill, Harvey Mudd College Leonard L. Scott, The University of Virginia (1046-15-91) (1046-20-1149)

114 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Monday, January 5 – Program of the Sessions

10:00AM Cohomology of finite-dimensional quantized 10:00AM Cooperative/competitive dynamics in social (32) enveloping algebras: The mixed case. (44) networks. Preliminary report. Christopher M. Drupieski, University of Virginia Jagdish Chandra*, The George Washington (1046-20-1224) University, and G. S. Ladde,UniversityofSouth 10:30AM Combinatorics of crystal bases for certain Florida (1046-34-472) (33) Demazure modules. 10:30AM Fractional differential and integral equations of Julie C. Beier, Mercer University (1046-17-445) (45) Riemann-Liouville versus Caputo type. Preliminary report. AMS Special Session on Nonlinear Partial Differential Aghalaya S. Vatsala, University of Louisiana at Equations and Applications, I Lafayette (1046-34-490)

8:00 AM –10:50AM AMS Special Session on Experimental Mathematics, I Organizers: Gui-Qiang G. Chen,Northwestern University 8:00 AM –10:50AM Cleopatra C. Christoforou,University of Houston Organizers: Tewodros Amdeberhan,Tulane 8:00AM Compensated compactness and the University (34) multi-dimensional Euler equations. Luis A. Medina, Tulane University James Glimm, State University of New York at Victor H. Moll, Tulane University Stony Brook (1046-35-257) 8:00AM Towards a classification of periodic orbits of 8:30AM On the dynamics of multicomponent reactive flows.
(46) particular fractal billiards. (35) Konstantina Trivisa, University of Maryland Michel L. Lapidus and Robert G. Niemeyer*, (1046-35-1186) University of California, Riverside (1046-37-945) 9:00AM Instantaneous boundary tangency and cusp 8:30AM Towards a proof of the q-TSPP conjecture.
(36) formation in two-dimensional fluid flows.
(47) Christoph Koutschan, RISC, Johannes Kepler Misha Perepelitsa*, Vanderbilt University, and University, Linz, Austria (1046-05-1749) David Hoff, Indiana University (1046-35-636) 9:00AM Some divisibility properties for Stirling numbers of 9:30AM On shock-free periodic solutions for the Euler
(48) the second kind. Preliminary report. (37) equations. O-Yeat Chan*, Dalhousie University, and Dante Robin C. Young*, University of Massachusetts, Manna, Virginia Wesleyan College (1046-11-1271) Amherst, and J. Blake Temple,Universityof 9:30AM Experimentation at the frontier of reality in California, Davis (1046-35-1619) (49) Schubert calculus. Preliminary report. 10:00AM Stability of Newtonian rotating white dwarf stars. Frank Sottile,TexasA&MUniversity (38) Tao Luo*, Georgetown University, and Joel (1046-14-1705) Smoller, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 10:00AM Enumeration schemes for barred permutation (1046-35-677) (50) patterns. Preliminary report. 10:30AM Local well-posedness of a dispersive Navier-Stokes Lara K. Pudwell, Valparaiso University (39) system. (1046-05-936) C. David Levermore*andWeiran Sun,University of Maryland, College Park (1046-35-1209) 10:30AM Grid graphs, Gorenstein polytopes, and domino
(51) stackings. Matthias Beck*, San Francisco State University, AMS Special Session on Stochastic, Large-Scale, and Christian Haase, Freie Universit¨at Berlin, and Hybrid Systems with Applications, I Steven Sam, MIT (1046-05-837)

8:00 AM –10:50AM Organizers: Aghalaya S. Vatsala,Universityof AMS Special Session on Heavy-Tailed Behavior: Louisiana at Lafayette Theory and Applications G. S. Ladde, University of South Florida K. Ramachandran,UniversityofSouth 8:00 AM –10:50AM Florida Organizers: Thomas B. Fowler, Noblis 8:00AM Numerical solution of hybrid fractional differential Incorporated (40) equations. Preliminary report. Marty Fischer, Noblis Incorporated S. Pederson and M. Sambandham*, Morehouse College (1046-65-435) Denise Masi, Noblis Incorporated 8:30AM On periodic solutions of quasilinear differential John F. Shortle,GeorgeMason (41) equations with piecewise constant argument of University generalized type in critical case. 8:00AM L´evy stable laws. Cemil Buyukadali*, Middle East Technical (52) John P. Nolan, American University (1046-60-1157) University, and Marat Akhmet, Middle East 8:35AM Approximations for the waiting time distribution in Technical University (1046-34-850) (53) an M/G/1 queue with heavy tails. 9:00AM Existence of solutions for systems of differential Mariana Olvera-Cravioto*, Columbia University, (42) equations with impulses with application to and Peter W. Glynn, Stanford University ecological models. (1046-60-587) Ianna H. West, Nicholls State University 9:10AM Emergence of heavy-tailed behavior and the (1046-34-1152)
(54) failure of the central limit theorem due to 9:30AM On random network dynamics. Preliminary report. hypercorrelation. (43) Andrzej Korzeniowski,TheUniversityofTexasat Thomas B. Fowler, Noblis, Incorporated Arlington (1046-60-1277) (1046-60-560)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 115 Program of the Sessions – Monday, January 5 (cont’d.)

9:45AM Simulation techniques and numerical methods for AMS Special Session on Difference Equations, I (55) analyzing systems with heavy-tailed distributions. John F. Shortle*, George Mason University, Martin 8:00 AM –10:50AM J. Fischer and Denise M. B. Masi, Noblis, Inc. (1046-90-819) Organizer: Michael Radin, Rochester Institute of Technology 10:20AM Constructing a risk map for pyroclastic flows: Using
(56) simulations and data to predict rare events. 8:00AM Open problems and conjectures in difference
Elaine T. Spiller, Marquette University (68) equations. Preliminary report. (1046-86-1659) Gerasimos E. Ladas, University of Rhode Island (1046-39-171) 8:30AM Local asymptotic stability and difference equations AMS Special Session on Von Neumann Algebras, I (69) of arbitrary finite order. John W. Cain, Virginia Commonwealth University 8:00 AM –10:45AM (1046-39-87) 9:00AM On Riccati difference equations with periodic Organizers: Pinhas Grossman, Vanderbilt
(70) coefficients. University E. A. Grove, Y. Kostrov*, G. Ladas,Universityof Remus Nicoara,Universityof Rhode Island, and S. Schlutz, Providence College Tennessee (1046-39-646) 8:00AM Ergodic subequivalence relations induced by a 9:30AM Analyzing and comparing the boundedness nature (57) Bernoulli action.
(71) of the positive solutions of two autonomous and two Ionut Chifan*, UCLA, and Adrian Ioana, California non-autonomous rational difference equations. Institute of Technology (1046-37-1285) Preliminary report. 8:30AM Non-existence of certain finite depth subfactors. Edward A. Grove, University of Rhode Island (58) Marta Asaeda*, Univ of California, Riverside, and (1046-39-640) Seidai Yasuda, RIMS, Kyoto (1046-47-1190) 10:00AM Dynamics of certain periodic nonlinear delay 9:00AM Automorphisms of planar algebras. Preliminary (72) difference equations. (59) report. V. L. Kocic, Xavier University of Louisisana Richard D. Burstein, University of Ottawa (1046-39-571) (1046-47-1763) 10:30AM On reduction of order of difference equations. 9:30AM Planar algebra of group-type subfactors. (73) H. Sedaghat, Virginia Commonwealth University (60) Shamindra Kumar Ghosh, Vanderbilt University (1046-39-153) (1046-47-2043) 10:00AM The free product of planar algebras. (61) Dietmar Bisch, Vanderbilt University (1046-46-243) AMS Special Session on Automorphic and Modular Forms in Number Theory, I

AMS Special Session on Mathematics of Computation, 8:00 AM –10:50AM I Organizers: Ken Ono,Universityof Wisconsin-Madison 8:00 AM –10:50AM Amanda Folsom,Universityof Organizers: Susanne C. Brenner, Louisiana State Wisconsin-Madison University Sharon A. Garthwaite,Bucknell Chi-Wang Shu,BrownUniversity University 8:00AM Analysis of a local discontinuous Galerkin method 8:00AM Rank-crank type PDE and non-holomorphic Jacobi (62) for fourth-order time-dependent problems. (74) forms. Preliminary report. Bo Dong*andChi-Wang Shu,BrownUniversity Kathrin Bringmann, Universitaet Koeln (1046-65-732) (1046-11-1251) 8:30AM Superconvergence of discontinuous Galerkin finite 8:30AM Overpartitions and class numbers of binary (63) element solutions for time-dependent problems. (75) quadratic forms. Yingda Cheng*, University of Texas at Austin, and Jeremy Lovejoy*,CNRS,LIAFA,UniversiteParis7, Chi-Wang Shu, Brown University (1046-65-1060) and Kathrin Bringmann, University of Cologne 9:00AM A C0 interior penalty approximation of the (1046-11-1196) (64) Cahn-Hilliard equation in phase separation. 9:00AM Recent work on Maass and modular forms. Susanne C. Brenner, Thirupathi Gudi*andLi-yeng (76) Matt Boylan, University of South Carolina Sung, Louisiana State University (1046-65-1861) (1046-11-1909) 9:30AM New finite element methods for fourth order curl 9:30AM The unbounded denominator property of (65) equations. (77) noncongruence modular forms. Qiya Hu, LSEC, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chris A. Kurth and Ling Long*, Iowa State Jinchao Xu and Bin Zheng*, Penn State University University (1046-11-391) (1046-65-1656) 10:00AM Jacobi forms over complex quadratic fields via the 10:00AM Multigrid solvers for a class of discontinuous (78) cubic Casimir operators. Preliminary report. (66) Galerkin methods on graded meshes. Olav K. Richter*, University of North Texas & RWTH Jintao Cui, Louisiana State University Aachen University (Germany), Kathrin Bringmann, (1046-35-815) University of Cologne (Germany), and Charles H. 10:30AM Evaluating options whose payoffs depend on Conley, University of North Texas (1046-11-423)
(67) continuously monitored asset prices. 10:30AM Gaussian hypergeometric functions. Fred J. Hickernell, Illinois Institute of Technology, (79) Robert Osburn, University College Dublin Chicago, IL (1046-65-83) (1046-11-1635)

116 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Monday, January 5 – Program of the Sessions

AMS Special Session on Topological Methods in AMS Session on Biology, I Applied Mathematics, I 8:00 AM –10:55AM 8:00 AM –10:50AM 8:00AM Mathematical model to quantify the impact of the
(90) recovery rate on the dynamics and transmission of Organizer: Yongwu Rong, George Washington malaria in a changing population: Case of University Cameroon. 8:00AM Dynamical systems over graphs: The relationship Miranda Ijang Teboh-Ewungkem, Lafayette (80) between graph topology and dynamics. College (1046-92-714) Reinhard C. Laubenbacher*, Abdul S. Jarrah, 8:15AM The effect of temperature on transient population Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, and Alan
(91) dynamics: A case study using the pea aphid Veliz-Cuba, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State (Acyrthosiphon pisum). Preliminary report. University (1046-37-1326) Joan P. Lubben*, Brigitte Tenhumberg,and 8:30AM Knot theoretical methods for RNA-template guided Richard Rebarber, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (81) DNA recombinations. (1046-92-1053) Angela Angeleska, Natasa Jonoska,andMasahico 8:30AM Circular splicing language and maximal prefix Saito*, University of South Florida (1046-57-521) (92) code. Preliminary report. 9:00AM Strategies for DNA recombination using assembly Tilahun Abay Muche, University of South Florida
(82) graphs. (1046-92-1100) A. Angeleska*, N. Jonoska and M. Saito,University 8:45AM The mating game: A game theoretic analysis of the of South Florida (1046-00-652) (93) mating sign behavior in the honeybee. *, , ,and 9:30AM A transition polynomial for signed Feynman M. Wilhelm J. Rychtar O. Rueppell M.
(83) diagrams. Preliminary report. Chhetri, UNCG (1046-92-1269) Kerry Luse*, Trinity (Washington) University, and 9:00AM Effect of the abiotic environment on preening in Yongwu Rong, The George Washington University (94) glaucous-winged gulls (Larus glaucescens), Part I. (1046-57-1385) Lynelle M. Weldon, Shandelle M. Henson, James L. Hayward, Libby C. Megna*, Andrews University, 10:00AM Computation of the Alexander-Conway polynomial and Joseph G. Galusha, Walla Walla University (84) on the chord diagrams of singular knots. (1046-92-821) Sana Raoof, Harvard College (1046-92-1145) 9:15AM Effect of the abiotic environment on preening in 10:30AM A fast algorithm for homology groups in 3D cubical (95) glaucous-winged gulls (Larus glaucescens), Part II. (85) space. Lynelle M. Weldon*, Shandelle M. Henson, James Li Chen*, University of the District of Columbia, L. Hayward, Libby C. Megna,AndrewsUniversity, and Yongwu Rong, George Washington University and Joseph G. Galusha, Walla Walla University (1046-57-1203) (1046-92-823) 9:30AM Break 9:45AM The modeling of retinal ganglion cell (RGC) axons (96) and its convexity properties. Preliminary report. Kai-Bin Fu, Texas A&M University (1046-92-1335) 10:00AM Dynamical behavior of a one-island,
(97) selection-migration model with partial dominance. Preliminary report. AMS Special Session on the Role of Generalized Jordan West Bostic*, North Carolina State Maximal Monotonicity Frameworks in Optimization University, James H. Roberds, USDA Forest Service, and Control Theory with Applications, I Southern Research Station, and James F. Selgrade, North Carolina State University (1046-92-1338)

8:00 AM –10:50AM 10:15AM Kullback-Leibler Markov Chain Monte Carlo – A new
(98) algorithm for finite mixture analysis and its Organizer: Ram U. Verma, International application to gene expression data. Publications Tatiana Valerievna Tatarinova*, Loyola Marymount University, and Alan Schumitzky, 8:00AM Kalman filtering of measure driven processes in University of Southern California (1046-92-1421) (86) Hilbert space. N. U. Ahmed, SITE, University of Ottawa 10:30AM Radio-telemetry under malfunctioning receivers. (1046-93-285) (99) Channa N. Navaratna*, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Menaka B. Navaratna,Florida 9:00AM Optimal impulse control in currency markets when Gulf Coast University (1046-92-1428) (87) interventions affect rates. 10:45AM Nonlinear dynamics of a simple microvascular Alec N. Kercheval*, Florida State University, and
Juan F. Moreno, State of Wisconsin Investment (100) network. Preliminary report. Board (1046-49-689) David Gardner, Yiyang Li and Benjamin Small*, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering 10:00AM Global stabilization of nonlinear switched (1046-00-1672)
(88) time-delay systems via matrix inequalities. Preliminary report. Vu Ngoc Phat, Institute of Mathematics, Hanoi, AMS Session on Operator Theory Vietnam (1046-93-463) 8:00 AM –10:55AM 10:30AM Subgradients of marginal functions in parametric (89) optimization. 8:00AM Group Bundle Duality. Boris Mordukhovich, Wayne State University, and (101) Geoff R. Goehle, Dartmouth College (1046-47-566) Nguyen Mau Nam*, University of Texas-Pan 8:15AM Vertex operator algebras and integrable system. American (1046-49-35) (102) Shr-Jing Chen, Rutgers University (1046-47-241)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 117 Program of the Sessions – Monday, January 5 (cont’d.)

8:30AM Uncertainty principles from representations of Lie 9:45AM Folded toric four-manifolds. Preliminary report. (103) groups. (118) Christopher R. Lee, University of Illinois at Jens Gerlach Christensen, Louisiana State Urbana-Champaign (1046-53-1802) University (1046-47-1643) 10:00AM Connections and parallel transport. Preliminary 8:45AM Lacunary orbits for multiplication operators in
(119) report. (104) C[0, 1] and Lp[0, 1], 1 ≤ p∞. Florin Dumitrescu, Pennsylvania State University Aderaw Workneh Fenta, Arkansas State University (1046-53-1117) (1046-46-1570) 10:15AM Connected components of strata of quadratic 9:00AM Hermitian weighted composition operators on (120) differentials over Teichmuller space. (105) weighted Hardy spaces. Katharine Walker, University of Michigan Carl C. Cowen, Indiana University – Purdue (1046-53-1827) University, Indianapolis, Gajath Gunatillake*, 10:30AM Some CR-submanifolds of low Chen-type in complex American university of Sharjah, and Eungil (121) space forms. Preliminary report. Ko, Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, Korea Ivko Dimitric, Pennsylvania State University Fayette (1046-47-207) (1046-53-2028) 9:15AM Irregularity of orbits of operators. Preliminary 10:45AM Screw-motion invariant minimal surfaces.
(106) report. (122) Michelle E. Hackman, Indiana University Gabriel T. Prajitura, SUNY Brockport (1046-53-217) (1046-47-1055) 9:30AM Break AMS Session on Quantum Theory and Fluid Mechanics 9:45AM n-contractivity and k-hyponormality of some (107) Bergman-like weighted shifts. Preliminary report. 8:00 AM –10:55AM Gregory Adams and George R. Exner*, Bucknell University (1046-47-1448) 8:00AM Linear instability criteria for Euler’s equation: Two (123) classes of perturbations. Preliminary report. 10:00AM On the numerical range of a class of composition Elizabeth Thoren,TheUniversityofTexasat (108) operators on H2. Preliminary report. Austin (1046-76-322) William M. Higdon, University of Indianapolis 8:15AM A hybrid particle-continuum (DSMC-SPDE) algorithm (1046-47-462) (124) for dense fluid flows. 10:15AM On the index solvability for variational inequalities Aleksandar Donev*, Lawrence Livermore National (109) with (S)-mappings. Laboratory, Alejandro L. Garcia, Dept. Physics & Dan D. Pascali, Courant Institute, New York Astronomy, San Jose State Univ., and Berni J. University (1046-47-846) Alder, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 10:30AM Inequalities and operator means. (1046-76-1402) (110) Mohammad Khadivi*andMokhtar Aouina, 8:30AM Human tear film dynamics with an overset grid Jackson State University (1046-47-922) (125) method. 10:45AM A refined Luecking’s theorem and finite-rank Kara L. Maki*, Richard J. Braun,Universityof (111) products of Toeplitz operators on the Bergman Delaware, William D. Henshaw,Lawrence space. Livermore National Laboratory, and P. Ewen Trieu L. Le, University of Waterloo (1046-47-1170) King-Smith, The Ohio State University (1046-76-1581) 8:45AM Dynamics of edge-flames in micro-channels.
(126) Preliminary report. AMS Session on Differential Geometry Joanna A. Bieri,NorthwesternUniversity (1046-76-1824) 8:00 AM –10:55AM 9:00AM Unstable internal waves. (127) Roxana Tiron*, Roberto Camassa,Universityof 8:00AM On the volume of meromorphic vector fields on North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ann Almgren,LBL (112) Riemann surfaces. Preliminary report. Laboratories, Berkeley, and Amber Sallerson, Amine Fawaz, The University of Texas of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Permian Basin (1046-53-201) (1046-76-1964) 8:15AM The topology of low-dimensional cohomogeneity one 9:15AM Falling spheres in stratified fluids. (113) manifolds. Preliminary report. (128) Roberto Camassa, Joyce T. Lin*andRichard M. Corey A. Hoelscher*, Rutgers University, and Shari McLaughlin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Ultman, Oregon State University (1046-53-673) Hill (1046-76-1597) 8:30AM On the classification of low-dimensional fixed point 9:30AM Break (114) homogeneous Riemannian manifolds with 9:45AM Vacuum and bound state calculations in point form nonnegative sectional curvature. Preliminary report.
(129) quantum field theory. Fernando Galaz-Garcia, University of Maryland, Kevin C. Murphy,TheUniversityofIowa College Park (1046-53-1098) (1046-81-1724) 8:45AM The higher flows of harmonic maps. 10:00AM Lieb-Robinson bound on the anharmonic lattice. (115) Michael S. Gagliardo, Jacksonville University (130) Hillel M. Raz, University of California Davis (1046-53-1315) (1046-81-1870) 9:00AM A convexity theorem for the real part of a Borel 10:15AM Differential geometry on a renormalization bundle. (116) invariant subvariety. (131) Susama Agarwala, Johns Hopkins University Timothy E. Goldberg, Cornell University (1046-81-270) (1046-53-1148) 10:30AM Quantum traces in quantum Teichmuller¨ Theory. 9:15AM Isoperimetric balls in cones over tori. (132) Preliminary report. (117) Frank Morgan, Williams College (1046-53-583) Christopher Scott Hiatt,TheUniversityofTexasof 9:30AM Break the Permian Basin (1046-81-556)

118 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Monday, January 5 – Program of the Sessions

10:45AM Multiparty quantum states with nearly maximal 8:30AM An interdisciplinary project for statistics and
(133) stabilizer.
(145) physics. Preliminary report. Stephanie A. Blanda, Lebanon Valley College Josh W. Helms*andRodney Sturdivant,United (1046-81-808) States Military Academy (1046-Z1-1356) 8:45AM Evaluating communication skills in a modern
(146) algebra course. Preliminary report. MAA Session on Mathematics and the Arts, I Jennifer D. Wagner, Washburn University (1046-Z1-228) 8:00 AM –10:55AM 9:00AM Discontinuous open maps from Rn onto Rn. Organizer: Douglas E. Norton, Villanova (147) William Goldbloom Bloch, Wheaton College University (1046-Z1-1218) 8:00AM How a medieval troubadour became a 9:15AM Apportioning seats in the U.S. House of
(134) mathematical figure. Preliminary report.
(148) Representatives. Michael P. Saclolo, St. Edward’s University Michael J. Caulfield, Gannon University (1046-J1-1997) (1046-Z1-347) 8:20AM Mathematics of salsa dancing. 9:30AM Development and analysis of a new course in
(135) Christine von Renesse and Volker Ecke*,
(149) computational mathematics with MATLAB at the Westfield State College (1046-J1-431) University of Houston-Downtown. 8:40AM Modeling voice-leading in music: The special role of Timothy A. Redl, University of Houston-Downtown
(136) the bass voice. Preliminary report. (1046-Z1-1083) James R. Hughes*andBrandon Metz, 9:45AM The power of five. Elizabethtown College (1046-J1-1754)
(150) Robert D. Poodiack,NorwichUniversity 9:00AM Using music to demonstrate group theory. (1046-Z1-1834)
(137) Preliminary report. 10:00AM Which is better: Homework or quizzes? Preliminary Vicky Williams Klima, Appalachian State University
(151) report. (1046-J1-818) Edwin P. Herman, University of Wisconsin, Stevens 9:20AM A mathematics & music course for liberal arts Point (1046-Z1-1370)
(138) majors. 10:15AM Loop decompositions of circulations in strongly Kurt E. Ludwick, Salisbury University
(152) connected digraphs. Preliminary report. (1046-J1-1926) Michael J. Adams*andJonathan D. Vollmer, 9:40AM The MAA Curriculum Foundations Project: A report Truman State University (1046-Z1-776)
(139) from the workshop on mathematics and the 10:30AM Universal cycles of classes of restricted words. arts and implications for the undergraduate
(153) Arielle M. Leitner*, California State University, mathematics curriculum. Chico, and Anant Godbole, East Tennessee State Susan L. Ganter*, Clemson University, Joanne University (1046-Z1-529) Caniglia, Kent State University, and William Haver, 10:45AM Discriminating graphs of third degree polynomial Virginia Commonwealth University (1046-J1-585)
(154) functions. 10:00AM Which Edgar Allan Poe story is his most Lucio M.G. Prado*, BMCC - The City University of
(140) quintessential? A word analysis using Galois lattices New York, and Abdramane Serme, BMCC- The City of formal concepts. University of New York (1046-Z1-1449) Roger Bilisoly, Central Connecticut State University (1046-J1-672) 10:20AM The calculus of the Quinto Acuto and gothic MAA General Contributed Paper Session, II
(141) architecture. Mike Huber, Muhlenberg College (1046-J1-194) 8:00 AM –10:40AM 10:40AM Art from the margins: Questions raised by artistic Organizer: Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State
(142) patterns illustrating FLT. College Stephen H. Harnish, Bluffton University Moderators: Rachel Schwell, Central Connecticut (1046-J1-2018) State University David Hammond, Ecole Polytechnique MAA General Contributed Paper Session, I Federale de Lausanne Thomas Lominac, Virginia Military 8:00 AM –10:55AM Institute Organizer: Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State 8:00AM Developing modern algebra and perspectives on the
College (155) nature of mathematics in Victorian England. Richard H. Stout, Gordon College (1046-Z1-1733) Moderators: Timothy Redl,Universityof Houston-Downtown 8:15AM Testing the effects of predictors data generated by (156) non-identity link functions of the singe-index model: Robert D. Poodiak,NorwichUniversity A Monte Carlo approach. Michael J. Caulfield, Gannon Rebecca S. Patterson, University of Louisville, and University Larry Wayne Lewis*, Spalding University Jennifer Wagner, Washburn University (1046-Z1-924) 8:00AM Lobb’s generalization of Catalan’s parenthesization 8:30AM Math mistakes that make the news. Preliminary
(143) problem.
(157) report. Thomas Koshy, Framingham State College Heather A. Lewis, Nazareth College (1046-Z1-620) (1046-Z1-1573) 2 2 8:15AM Verifying Huppert’s Conjecture for G2(q ). 8:45AM Foundations of mathematics, Survivor! (144) Thomas Philip Wakefield, Slippery Rock University
(158) Deborah A. Koslover, University of Texas at Tyler (1046-Z1-466) (1046-Z1-1775)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 119 Program of the Sessions – Monday, January 5 (cont’d.)

9:00AM Using online discussions in an AMS Session on Algebraic and Analytic Geometry
(159) introductory/intermediate algebra course. Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State College 8:15 AM –10:55AM (1046-Z1-2051) 8:15AM Algebraic density property of homogeneous spaces. 9:15AM Wavelets on graphs via spectral graph theory. (172) Fabrizio Donzelli*andShulim Kaliman,University (160) David K. Hammond*, Pierre Vanderghynst,Ecole of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida (1046-14-1121) Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, and Remi 8:30AM On 3-dimensional tiling. Preliminary report. Gribonval, IRISA-INRIA Rennes (1046-Z1-1237)
(173) Injun Song*, Eu Kyum Kim and Hum Kum,Korea 9:30AM Incorporating mathematics into a study abroad Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (161) experience. (1046-14-1617) Ellen Mir, Elon University (1046-Z1-335) 8:45AM Structure of Riemann-Roch G-modules for 9:45AM The modified Moore method versus the traditional (174) ym = xp − x over GF(p).
(162) one:Acasestudy.Preliminary report. Darren Glass, Gettysburg College, W. David Mahmoud Yousef*, Shing S. So and David Ewing, Joyner*andAmy Ksir, US Naval Academy University of Central Missouri (1046-Z1-1279) (1046-14-1756) 10:00AM A research project for a beginning mathematics 9:00AM Group operation on the Jacobian of singular
(163) student. (175) hyperelliptic curves. Preliminary report. Anthony D. Berard, Jr., King’s College Enver Ozdemir, University Of Maryland, College (1046-Z1-601) Park (1046-14-1494) 10:15AM Elementary central limit theorems via mathematical 9:15AM Prym varieties of trigonal curves.
(164) induction. (176) Yuri Zarhin, Pennsylvania State University Mark H. Inlow, Rose-Hulman Institute of (1046-14-1522) Technology (1046-Z1-1165) 9:30AM Break 10:30AM Bite-sized exams: A tale of two pre-calcs. 9:45AM A linear algebraic proof of Demailly and Skoda’s (165) Rachel Schwell, Central Connecticut State
(177) theorem. University (1046-Z1-1722) Yisha Peng, Zhejiang University (1046-14-1179) 10:00AM Theta functions for small genus curves with (178) automorphisms. SIAM Minisymposium on Mathematical Modeling of G. Sujeeva Wijesiri, Oakland University Natural Resources, I (1046-14-991) 10:15AM Degree even coverings of elliptic curves by genus 2 8:00 AM –10:50AM (179) curves. Nejme Gjika*, University of Vlora, Albania, and Organizer: Catherine A. Roberts, College of the Miftar Ramosaco, University of Vlora, Albania. Holy Cross (1046-14-695) 8:00AM A multi-species model for bacterial biofilms used in 10:30AM Determining equations of families of cyclic curves. (166) waste water treatment. (180) Rakinawasan Sanjeewa, Oakland University David L. Chopp,NorthwesternUniversity (1046-14-857) (1046-92-509) 10:45AM Computing fundamental units in bicyclic 8:30AM Metapopulation models in tick-borne disease (181) biquadratic global fields. (167) transmission modeling. Qingquan Wu, University of Calgary Holly D. Gaff*, Old Dominion University, and Elsa (1046-11-1030) Schaefer, Marymount University (1046-92-357) 9:00AM The persistence of ranavirus in salamanders with (168) ephemeral larval habitats. Preliminary report. AMS Session on History Horst R. Thieme*andThanate Dhirasakdanon, Arizona State University (1046-92-505) 8:15 AM –10:55AM 9:30AM Deterministic and stochastic juvenile-adult models 8:15AM How history of mathematics can help education of (169) with application to amphibians.
(182) mathematics. Preliminary report. Azmy S. Ackleh*, Keng Deng and Qihua Huang, Saeed Seyed Agha, I.H.University (1046-01-27) University of Louisiana at Lafayette (1046-92-554) 8:30AM Al-Risala al-Muhitiyya II (“The treatise on the 10:00AM Modeling “stay/flee” conflict situations in animal (183) circumference”).
(170) behavior: Poisson regression and differential Mohammad K. Azarian, University of Evansville equations. Preliminary report. (1046-01-649) Shandelle M. Henson*, Andrews University, 8:45AM Mathematician or physician? Preliminary report. and James L. Hayward,AndrewsUniversity
(184) Mohammad Moazzam, Salisbury University (1046-92-502) (1046-01-1270) 10:30AM Evolutionary reversals in competitive interactions: 9:00AM Ioannis Carandinos and the Ionian Academy.
(171) Experimental occurrences and model explanations
(185) Preliminary report. using Darwinian dynamics. Preliminary report. Christine Phili, National Technical University J. M. Cushing*, Rosalyn Rael,Universityof Athens (1046-01-1566) Arizona, Thomas L. Vincent, University of Arizona, 9:15AM Determining the determinant: The early years. and R. F. Costantino, University of Arizona (186) Daniel E. Otero, Xavier University (1046-01-1693) (1046-92-510) 9:30AM Connections between the genesis of mathematics
(187) and writing in ancient Mesopotamia in 3100 B.C. and the neuroscience of learning mathematics Employment Center today. Preliminary report. Alexander G. Atwood, SUNY Suffolk County 8:00 AM –7:00PM Community College (1046-01-2003)

120 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Monday, January 5 – Program of the Sessions

9:45AM Boole and Hamilton: An unanswered question. Rebecca Walker, Grand Valley State
(188) Preliminary report. University Charlotte K. Simmons,UniversityofCentral Oklahoma (1046-01-1574) MAA Minicourse #1: Part A 10:00AM A history of college algebra in the United States
(189) during the Nineteenth Century. 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Jeff A. Suzuki, Brooklyn College (1046-01-753) Discrete models in biology and simulations. 10:15AM Webster’s “Arithmetick in Epitome” and other
(190) eighteenth century English arithmetic books. Organizers: Saber N. Elaydi, Trinity University Andrew B. Perry, Springfield College Huseyin Kocak, University of Miami (1046-01-1750) David Ribble, Trinity University 10:30AM Landmarks and trails in the development of
(191) differential calculus in normed and function spaces. MAA Minicourse #6: Part A M. Zuhair Nashed, University of Central Florida (1046-01-1918) 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM 10:45AM A new look at the convergence of a famous
(192) sequence. Preliminary report. Teaching with clickers and classroom voting. Mihaela Dobrescu, Christopher Newport University Organizers: Derek Bruff, Vanderbilt University (1046-40-1825) Kelly Cline, Carroll College Mark Parker, Carroll College AMS Special Session on The Mathematics of Holly Zullo, Carroll College Information and Knowledge, I

9:00 AM –10:45AM AMS Session on Analysis

Organizers: Ronald R. Coifman,YaleUniversity 9:00 AM –10:55AM James G. Glimm, SUNY at Stony Brook 9:00AM A generalization of the mean value theorem for Peter W. Jones,YaleUniversity (197) integrals. Preliminary report. Stephen Smale, Toyota Institute Nasser Dastrange, Buena Vista University 9:00AM Scales and geometry in data sets. (1046-26-654) (193) Peter W. Jones, Yale University (1046-65-1292) 9:15AM Error terms for Steffensen’s, Young’s, and
10:00AM Homological methods for the study of data sets. (198) Chebychev’s Inequalities. (194) Shmuel Weinberger, University of Chicago Peter R. Mercer, Buffalo State College (1046-55-2129) (1046-26-1265) 9:30AM Iterations of Darboux Functions. AMS Special Session on Group Actions on (199) Kandasamy Muthuvel,Universityof Homogeneous Spaces and Applications, I Wisconsin-Oshkosh (1046-26-1499) 9:45AM A generalization of an unpublished theorem of 9:00 AM –10:40AM
(200) Wiener. J. Marshall Ash*, DePaul University, Sergey Organizers: Dmitry Y. Kleinbock,Brandeis Tikhonov, Scuola Normale Superiore, and James University Tung, DePaul University (1046-42-2118) Gregory A. Margulis,YaleUniversity 10:00AM Radon-Nikodym Theorem for hyper-measures. Hee Oh,BrownUniversity (201) Mark Burgin, University of California, Los Angeles, Dongxin (Tony) Chen*andAlan Krinik, 9:00AM The generic points for the horocycle flow on Zd (195) covers. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Omri Sarig*, The Pennsylvania State University, and (1046-28-1563) B. Schapira, Universite Picardie Jules Verne 10:15AM Large time heat kernel asymptotics for Riemannian (1046-37-245) (202) polytopal complexes and finitely generated groups of isometries. Preliminary report. 10:00AM Volume entropy and measure of maximal entropy (196) of hyperbolic buildings. Preliminary report. Melanie Anne Pivarski,TexasA&MUniversity Francois Ledrappier, University of Notre (1046-58-1804) Dame, and Seonhee Lim*, Cornell University 10:30AM Idempotent probability measures on a locally (1046-37-1544) (203) compact semihypergroups. Norbert N. Youmbi, Saint Francis University (1046-43-879) MAA Minicourse #11: Part A 10:45AM Extensions to the theory of local regularization for 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (204) solving linear Volterra inverse problems. Preliminary report. Planning and teaching mathematics capstone Cara D. Brooks*, Rose-Hulman Institute of courses for preservice secondary school teachers. Technology, and Patricia K. Lamm, Michigan State Organizers: Edward F. Aboufadel, Grand Valley University (1046-45-1484) State University Richard Hill, Michigan State University AMS Session on Topological Groups Bruce E. Sagan, Michigan State University 9:00 AM –10:40AM

Sharon Senk, Michigan State University 9:00AM Pro-p groups of rank 3 and the question of Natasha M. Speer, Michigan State (205) Iwasawa. University Ilir Snopce, Binghamton University (1046-22-1303)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 121 Program of the Sessions – Monday, January 5 (cont’d.)

9:15AM Caratheodory approch in Haar measure. MAA Special Presentation (206) Preliminary report. Amir A. Maleki, Howard University (1046-22-1343) 9:30 AM –10:30AM 9:30AM On maximal ideals of compact connected mobs. ICME-11 in retrospect. (207) Preliminary report. Organizers: ,TowsonUniversity Phoebe Ho McLaughlin*, Shing S. So,Universityof Martha J. Siegel Central Missouri, and Haohao Wang,Southeast William G. McCallum,Universityof Missouri State University (1046-22-1766) Arizona 9:45AM Infinite towers of cocompact lattices in Kac-Moody (208) groups. Preliminary report. MAA Department Liaisons Meeting Lisa Carbone and Leigh Cobbs*, Rutgers University (1046-22-1130) 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM 10:00AM Decompositions of various compact symmetric
(209) spaces. AMS Invited Address Robyn Brooks, Trinity University, Derek Habermas, State University of New York at 10:05 AM –10:55AM Potsdam, Karol Koziol*, New York University, and Kirsten Trickey, Clarkson University (212) Advances in advancing interfaces: Building (1046-22-1525) semiconductors, inkjet plotters, medical scanners, and robotic devices. 10:15AM Equivariant degenerations of spherical modules for James Sethian, University of California, Berkeley (210) groups of type A. Preliminary report. (1046-35-09) Stavros Papadakis, CAMGSD, Insituto Superior Tecnico, and Bart Van Steirteghem*, Medgar Evers College (CUNY) (1046-22-1865) AMS-MAA Invited Address 10:30AM Topologies that are defined by forcing sequences of (211) real numbers to converge to zero. Preliminary 11:10 AM – NOON report. (213) Stability, consistency, and convergence: Modern Jon W. Short*, Sam Houston State University, and T. variations on a classical theme. Christine Stevens, Saint Louis University Douglas N. Arnold, University of Minnesota, (1046-22-1994) Minneapolis (1046-65-14)

MAA Career Fair Exhibits and Book Sales

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM 12:15 PM –5:30PM All students in the process of earning Bachelor’s, Come to the Grand Opening at 12:15! Master’s, or Ph.D. degrees are invited to participate. AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture I Organizer: Robert W. Vallin,MAA 1:00 PM –2:00PM MAA-Young Mathematicians’ Network Panel (214) Homogeneous dynamics and number theory I. Discussion Gregory Margulis, Yale University (1046-37-02)

9:00 AM –10:20AM MAA Invited Address Finding your nth job (for n greater than or equal to 2). 2:15 PM –3:05PM Organizers: Joshua D. Laison, Willamette (215) Perfect graphs—Structure and recognition. University Maria Chudnovsky, Columbia University Aaron Luttman, Clarkson University (1046-A0-11) Raluca M. Gera, Naval Post Graduate School AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates, II MAA Special Presentation 2:15 PM –6:30PM 9:00 AM –10:20AM Organizers: Darren A. Narayan,Rochester National Science Foundation programs supporting Institute of Technology learning and teaching in the mathematical sciences. Jacqueline A. Jensen,SamHouston Organizers: Henry Warchall,NSF/DMS State University Karen A. Marrongelle,NSF/DRL Carl V. Lutzer, Rochester Institute of Technology Daniel P. Maki,NSF/DUE Vadim Ponomarenko, San Diego State Ginger H. Rowell,NSF/DUE University Elizabeth J. Teles,NSF/DUE Tamas Wiandt, Rochester Institute of Lee L. Zia,NSF/DUE Technology 2:15PM Spectrally accurate initial data for numerical Student Hospitality Center
(216) relativity. Nicholas Battista*andAnthony Harkin,Rochester 9:00 AM –5:00PM Institute of Technology (1046-35-944)

122 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Monday, January 5 – Program of the Sessions

2:45PM A network theoretic approach to hyperspectral 4:15PM Computable dynamics of real functions. Preliminary
(217) image classification.
(230) report. Ryan Lewis*andAnthony Harkin,Rochester S. Ali Dashti*andDouglas Cenzer,Universityof Institute of Technology (1046-91-1115) Florida (1046-03-786) 3:15PM Matrix number theory: Factorization in integral 4:35PM Bernoulli actions of property (τ) groups. Preliminary
(218) matrix semigroups. Preliminary report. (231) report. David Hannasch*, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Scott Schneider, Rutgers University (1046-03-976) Rene Ardila, City College of New York, Audra 4:55PM Matrix models for discrete and topological groups. Kosh, University of California, Santa Barbara, (232) Vladimir G. Pestov, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Hanah McCarthy, Lawrence University, Ryan Canada (1046-03-1104) Rosenbaum, Donald Adams and Vadim 5:15PM Computability in ergodic theory. Ponomarenko, San Diego State University (233) Jeremy Avigad, Carnegie Mellon University (1046-11-349) (1046-03-1123) 3:45PM Class number indivisibility in function fields. 5:35PM Proof mining in topological dynamics.
(219) Michael Daub,Berkeley,Jackie Lang*, Bryn Mawr, (234) Philipp Gerhardy, Universitetet i Oslo Mona Merling, Bard College, Natee Pitiwan, (1046-03-1219) Allison Pacelli, Williams College, and Michael 5:55PM The isomorphism problem for subshifts. Rosen, Brown University (1046-11-1092) (235) John D. Clemens, Penn State University 4:15PM The soap bubble problem on the sphere. Preliminary (1046-03-1523)
(220) report. Edward Souder Newkirk, Williams College (1046-51-826) AMS Special Session on Convex and Discrete Geometry, I 4:45PM The hitting time for a sequence pattern in a Markov
(221) chain. Preliminary report. 2:15 PM –6:05PM Shiliang Cui*andEvan Fisher, Lafayette College (1046-60-517) Organizers: Wlodzimierz Kuperberg, Auburn 5:15PM Classifying the simplices of the 4-dimensional cube. University
(222) Natalie Durgin*, Helen Highberger, Jacob Scott Valeriu Soltan,GeorgeMason and Francis Edward Su, Harvey Mudd College University (1046-52-157) 2:15PM General affine surface areas. 5:45PM The strong symmetric genus of small generalized (236) Monika Ludwig, Polytechnic Institute of New York
(223) symmetric groups. University (1046-52-1252) Michael A. Ginter, Susannah E. Johnson,and 2:45PM Finite sets as complements of finite unions of James E. McNamara*, Grove City College (237) convex sets. (1046-20-36) Jim Lawrence and Walter Morris*, George Mason 6:10PM Discussion. University (1046-52-643) 3:15PM Generalized averages of section and projection (238) functions. Preliminary report. Paul R. Goodey, University of Oklahoma, and Wolfgang Weil*, University of Karlsruhe AMS-ASL Special Session on Logic and Dynamical (1046-52-586) Systems, I 3:45PM On orthogonal chords in Minkowski spaces.
(239) Preliminary report. 2:15 PM –6:10PM Javier Alonso, University of Extremadura, Spain, Organizer: Stephen G. Simpson, Pennsylvania Horst Martini, University of Technology Chemnitz, State University Germany, and Zokhrab Mustafaev*, University of Houston-Clear Lake (1046-52-192) 2:15PM Symbolic dynamics and degrees of unsolvability. (224) Stephen G. Simpson, Pennsylvania State University 4:15PM Special convex sets in normed linear spaces. (1046-03-292) (240) Horst Martini, University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany (1046-52-151) 2:35PM Complex dynamics and Turing degrees. Preliminary 4:45PM Outer linear measure of connected sets via Steiner (225) report. (241) trees. C. T. Chong, National University of Singapore , Chemnitz University of (1046-03-1162) Konrad J. Swanepoel Technology (1046-28-119) 2:55PM Using orbit equivalence as a model for ergodic 5:15PM Convex polytopes with abelian vertex-transitive (226) systems.
(242) symmetry. Preliminary report. Daniel J. Rudolph, Colorado State University Jim Lawrence, George Mason University (1046-37-705) (1046-52-1257) 3:15PM Decidability of countable closed subshifts.
5:45PM Class preserving dissections of convex polygons. (227) Preliminary report.
(243) Preliminary report. Douglas Cenzer*andS. Ali Dashti,Universityof Dan Ismailescu, Hofstra University (1046-52-1692) Florida (1046-03-710) 3:35PM Generic isometries and measure-preserving AMS Special Session on Recent Trends in Coding (228) homeomorphisms are conjugate to their powers. Theory, II Christian Rosendal, University of Illinois at Chicago (1046-03-716) 2:15 PM –6:50PM 3:55PM The classification problem for separable von
(229) Neumann factors. Organizers: Gretchen L. Matthews,Clemson Asger Tornquist, University of Toronto University (1046-03-724) Judy L. Walker, University of Nebraska

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 123 Program of the Sessions – Monday, January 5 (cont’d.)

2:15PM On decoding multipoint algebraic geometry codes. 4:45PM On the structure of solutions of multidimensional (244) Nathan Drake, Clemson University (1046-14-1768) (259) systems of conservation laws. 2:40PM Efficient list decoding of explicit codes with optimal Monica Torres, Purdue University (1046-35-669) (245) redundancy. 5:15PM Large-data solution of the Cauchy problem for a Atri Rudra, University at Buffalo, The State (260) model system for singular shocks. University of New York (1046-68-464) Michael Sever, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 3:05PM Trellis pseudocodewords. (1046-35-174) (246) Deanna Dreher, University of Nebraska 5:45PM Shock reflection, free boundary problems, and (1046-94-1612) (261) degenerate elliptic equations. 3:30PM LDPC codes and Ramanujan graphs. Gui-Qiang Chen,NorthwesternUniversity,and
(247) Chenying Wang, Penn. State Univ. (1046-15-1807) Mikhail Feldman*, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1046-35-663) 3:55PM On right-regular graphs for cascaded LDPC codes. (248) Abigail G. Mitchell,UniversityofZurich¨ (1046-94-2012) AMS Special Session on Recent Advances in 4:20PM Golay, Heisenberg and Weyl. Preliminary report. Mathematical Modeling in Medicine (249) Robert Calderbank, Princeton University (1046-94-465) 2:15 PM –6:05PM 5:15PM On the growth rate of the weight distribution of (250) irregular doubly-generalized LDPC codes. Organizers: David Chan, Virginia Commonwealth Mark F. Flanagan*, University of Zurich, University Switzerland, Enrico Paolini, University of Bologna, John W. Cain, Virginia Commonwealth Italy, Marco Chiani, DEIS, University of Bologna, University Italy, and Marc P.C. Fossorier, ETIS ENSEA / UCP / Rebecca A. Segal,Virginia CNRS UMR-8051, Cergy Pontoise, France Commonwealth University (1046-94-841) 2:15PM Oscillations of calcium, metabolism, and insulin 5:40PM Enumerating pseudo-codewords in fundamental
(262) secretion in pancreatic beta-cells.
(251) cones. Arthur S. Sherman, National Institutes of Health Min Lu, University Park, PA (1046-94-1490) (1046-34-863) 6:05PM Extrinsic tree decoding of LDPC codes. 2:45PM Statistical geometry of pancreatic islets. (252) Eric Thomas Psota, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
(263) Harold M. Hastings*, Hofstra University, and Bruce (1046-94-1540) S. Schneider, Office of Cellular, Tissue, and Gene 6:30PM Polytope representations for linear-programming Therapies (1046-92-1728) (253) decoding of nonbinary linear codes. 3:15PM Tubuloglomerular feedback signal transduction in a Mark F. Flanagan, Universitat Zurich, Vitaly (264) compliant thick ascending limb. Skachek*, Claude Shannon Institute, University Anita T. Layton, Duke University (1046-92-438) College Dublin, Eimear Byrne and Marcus 3:45PM A methodology for performing global uncertainty Greferath, University College Dublin (1046-94-685) (265) and sensitivity analysis in systems biology. Simeone Marino*, Ian B. Hogue, Christian J. Ray and Denise E. Kirschner, University of Michigan AMS Special Session on Nonlinear Partial Differential Medical School (1046-34-1639) Equations and Applications, II 4:15PM Mathematical modeling in nasal drug delivery and
(266) surgery. Preliminary report. 2:15 PM –6:05PM J. S. Kimbell*, J. D. Schroeter and G. J. M. Garcia, Organizers: Gui-Qiang G. Chen,Northwestern The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences University (1046-92-1940) Cleopatra C. Christoforou,University 4:45PM Mathematical modeling of blood-flow interaction of Houston
(267) with deformable arterial wall with applications in 2:15PM Self-Similar multidimensional conservation laws: An medicine. Preliminary report. (254) excursion into linear equations. Javed I. Siddique*, Daniel M. Anderson and Nedyu I. Popivanov,SofiaUniversity,andBarbara Padmanabhan Seshaiyer, George Mason University Lee Keyfitz*, Fields Institute and the Ohio State (1046-65-76) University (1046-35-424) 5:15PM Optimal control model for cancer chemotherapy 2:45PM Transonic flows past wedges governed by full Euler (268) subject to drug resistance. (255) equations. Daniel L. Kern, University of Nevada, Las Vegas G.-Q. Chen,NorthwesternUniversity,J. Chen*, (1046-92-1815) University of Houston, and M. Feldman,University 5:45PM Optimal intervention strategies for a cholera of Wisconsin, Madison (1046-35-555) (269) outbreak. 3:15PM Mixed type problems and semi-hyperbolic waves in Rachael L. Miller*, Suzanne Lenhart,Universityof (256) two-dimensional compressible Euler systems. Tennessee, and Elsa Schaefer, Marymount Yuxi Zheng, Penn State (1046-35-516) University (1046-34-409) 3:45PM Transonic shocks of multi-dimensional compressible (257) flow through divergent nozzles with arbitrary AMS Special Session on Stochastic, Large-Scale, and cross-sections. Hybrid Systems with Applications, II Myoungjean Bae*andMikhail Feldman,University of Wisconsin-Madison (1046-35-411) 2:15 PM –5:35PM 4:15PM Optimal transport for the system of isentropic Euler (258) equations. Organizers: Aghalaya S. Vatsala,Universityof Michael Westdickenberg, Georgia Institute of Louisiana at Lafayette Technology (1046-35-641) G. S. Ladde, University of South Florida

124 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Monday, January 5 – Program of the Sessions

K. Ramachandran,UniversityofSouth AMS Special Session on Algebraic Structures in Knot Florida Theory 2:15PM Perturbation of a gradient temperature field due to
(270) the presence of two spheres. Preliminary report. 2:15 PM –5:55PM Abhinandan Chowdhury, University of Louisiana at Organizers: Sam Nelson, Claremont McKenna Lafayette (1046-35-1305) College 2:45PM Nonlinear stochastic modeling and statistic Alissa S. Crans, Loyola Marymount (271) analysis. Preliminary report. University Ling Wu*andGangaram S. Ladde,Universityof South Florida (1046-60-1254) 2:15PM Set-theoretic Yang-Baxter operators and their (283) deformations. 3:15PM Behrens Fisher’s distribution for selecting genes Michael Eisermann, Institut Fourier, Universit´e (272) and its application in cancer classification. Grenoble (1046-57-960) Nabin K. Shrestha*andK. M. Ramachandran, University of South Florida (1046-62-1572) 3:15PM Embedded Khovanov homology and skein modules (284) of three manifolds. 3:45PM Hybrid dynamic inequalities under random Charles Frohman,TheUniversityofIowa (273) perturbations and applications. Preliminary report. (1046-57-131) Gangaram S. Ladde, University of South Florida (1046-93-1307) 4:15PM Oriented state sums for the Jones polynomial. (285) Louis H. Kauffman, University of Illinois at Chicago 4:15PM Generalized quasilinearization for differential (1046-57-839) (274) equations with causal operators. Preliminary report. Farzana A. McRae*, The Catholic University of 5:15PM Twisted Blanchfield pairings. America, J. Vasundhara Devi,GVPInstitutefor (286) Jonathan A. Hillman, The University of Sydney, Advanced Studies, Visakhapatnam, India, and Zahia Daniel S. Silver*andSusan G. Williams,University Drici, Illinois Wesleyan University (1046-34-1853) of South Alabama (1046-57-626) 4:45PM Fixed-point theorems for differential equations with (275) causal operators. Preliminary report. Zahia Drici*, Illinois Wesleyan University, Farzana AMS Special Session on Nonsmooth Analysis in A. Mcrae, The Catholic University of America, and Vasundhara J. Devi, G.V.P. Institute for Advanced Inverse and Variational Problems, I Studies, Visakhapatnam, India (1046-34-1700) 2:15 PM –6:10PM 5:15PM A multi-time-scale analysis of biochemical reaction (276) networks. Organizers: M. Zuhair Nashed,Universityof Chang Hyeong Lee, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Central Florida (1046-92-1968) Otmar Scherzer,Universityof Innsbruck 2:15PM Missing data recovery by tight-frame algorithms (287) with flexible wavelet shrinkage. AMS Special Session on Experimental Mathematics, II Raymond H. Chan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (1046-65-959) 2:15 PM –5:35PM 2:45PM Finite volume scheme for the nonlinear tensor Organizers: Tewodros Amdeberhan,Tulane (288) anisotropic diffusion. University Olga Drblikova, Angela Handlovicova*, and Karol Luis A. Medina, Tulane University Mikula, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia (1046-65-987) Victor H. Moll, Tulane University 3:15PM On singularity reconstruction in thermoacoustic n − 2:15PM On the greatest common divisor of a 1 and (289) tomography. Preliminary report.
n − (277) b 1. Preliminary report. Yulia Hristova, Peter Kuchment*, and Linh Viet Joseph H. Silverman,BrownUniversity Nguyen, Texas A&M University (1046-35-926) (1046-11-361) 3:45PM Convergence rates in regularization when the 2:45PM Algorithmic proofs for special function identities. (290) solutions are nonsmooth with respect to forward
(278) Flavia Stan, RISC, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, operators. Austria (1046-33-1638) Bernd Hofmann, Chemnitz University of 3:15PM Isodiametric problems for equilateral polygons. Technology, Chemnitz/Germany (1046-47-154)
(279) Michael J. Mossinghoff,UniversityofSouth 4:15PM Minimum-variance pseudo-unbiased reduced-rank Carolina and Davidson College (1046-52-1511)
(291) estimator and its applications. 3:45PM Break Isao Yamada*andTomasz Piotrowski,Tokyo 4:15PM New formulas for Euler log-trigonometric integrals. Institute of Technology (1046-41-1541) (280) Preliminary report. 4:45PM On weakly bounded noise in ill-posed, non-quadratic Olivier Oloa, University of Versailles (292) minimization problems. Preliminary report. (1046-33-1183) P. P. B. Eggermont*, University of Delaware, and 4:45PM Asymptotics and zeros for polynomials from M. Z. Nashed, University of Central Florida (281) combinatorics. (1046-47-985) Robert P. Boyer*, Drexel University, and William M. 5:15PM Regularization of quasi variational inequalities. Y. Goh, University of Science and Technology of
(293) Akhtar A. Khan*andBaasansuren Jadamba, China (1046-05-276) Rochester Institute of Technology (1046-49-1066) 5:15PM Asymptotics of Bernoulli, Euler, and Strodt 5:45PM The derivation of a heterogeneous plate theory
(282) polynomials. (294) from nonlinear elasticity. Timothy B. Flowers*andNeil J. Calkin,Clemson Cristina Popovici, North Dakota State University University (1046-33-404) (1046-49-98)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 125 Program of the Sessions – Monday, January 5 (cont’d.)

AMS Special Session on Difference Equations, II 2:15PM Weakly commensurable arithmetic groups, with (306) applications to locally symmetric spaces. 2:15 PM –6:05PM Andrei Rapinchuk, University of Virginia (1046-22-148) Organizer: Michael Radin, Rochester Institute of Technology 4:15PM Locally symmetric subspaces of locally symmetric (307) spaces. α+βxn+γxn−1 2:15PM Global behavior of solutions to xn+1 = A+Bxn+Cxn−1 Vladimir Chernousov, University of Alberta, (295) with non-negative parameters when prime Canada, Lucy Lifschitz, University of Oklahoma, period-two solutions exist. and Dave Witte Morris*, University of Lethbridge, Sukanya Basu*andOrlando Merino,Universityof Canada (1046-22-1366) Rhode Island (1046-39-219) 5:15PM On compact Clifford-Klein forms of 2:45PM Positive solutions for systems of three-point (308) SLn−2(R)\SLn(R). Preliminary report. (296) nonlinear discrete boundary value problems. David Constantine, University of Michigan Johnny Henderson*, Baylor University, Sotiris K. (1046-37-704) Ntouyas and Ioannis K. Purnaras,Universityof Ioannina (1046-39-30) AMS Special Session on Tracking Moving Interfaces in 3:15PM Adiabatic invariants for 2D linear dynamic systems
(297) on time scales. Preliminary report. Complex Phenomena, I Gro Hovhannisyan, Kent State University 2:15 PM –6:00PM (1046-34-291) 3:45PM A bimodal system. Preliminary report. Organizer: James A. Sethian,Universityof (298) Candace Marie Kent*andHassan Sedaghat, California Berkeley Virginia Commonwealth University (1046-39-605) 2:15PM Simulating 3D fatigue crack growth. 4:15PM Trends and oscillations in the dynamics of linear vs. (309) David Chopp,NorthwesternUniversity
(299) non-linear difference equation models describing (1046-35-1097) populations. Preliminary report. 3:15PM Causality, dimensionality, efficiency. Tamara E. Awerbuch-Friedlander, Harvard School (310) Alex Vladimirsky, Cornell University of Public Health (1046-92-1551) (1046-35-1102) 4:45PM Modeling HIV outbreaks: The male to female 4:15PM Regularized Stokeslets and other elements with
(300) prevalence ratio in the core population. (311) applications to biological flows. James A. Yorke, Univ. of Maryland (1046-34-933) Ricardo Cortez, Tulane University (1046-35-1105) 5:15PM Dynamic classification of escape time Sierpinski 5:15PM Coupling cut cell methods and level set methods in (301) curve Julia sets. (312) cellular signaling. Robert L. Devaney,BostonUniversity David Adalsteinsson, Univ. North Carolina, Chapel (1046-37-324) Hill (1046-35-1106) 5:45PM The complex dynamics of singularly perturbed (302) rational maps. Elizabeth D. Russell,BostonUniversity MAA Minicourse #12: Part A (1046-37-631) 2:15 PM –4:15PM AMS Special Session on The Mathematics of SNAP Math Fairs in elementary education. Information and Knowledge, II Organizers: Andrew C.-F. Liu, University of Alberta

2:15 PM –6:15PM Tanya Thompson, ThinkFun, Inc. Organizers: Ronald R. Coifman,YaleUniversity James G. Glimm, SUNY at Stony Brook MAA Minicourse #2: Part A

Peter W. Jones,YaleUniversity 2:15 PM –4:15PM Stephen Smale, Toyota Institute Using GeoGebra to create activities and applets for 2:15PM Phase transition phenomenon in sparse visualization and exploration.
(303) approximation. Jared Tanner*, University of Edinburgh, and David Organizer: Michael K. May, Saint Louis University L. Donoho, Stanford University (1046-52-2082) 3:15PM Accelerated computational methods for fluid and MAA Minicourse #7: Part A (304) plasma dynamics. Russel E. Caflisch, IPAM, UCLA (1046-76-1789) 2:15 PM –4:15PM 4:15PM Structure determination through eigenvectors of (305) sparse operators. A Game Theory path to quantitative literacy. Amit Singer, Princeton University (1046-92-2130) Organizers: David L. Housman, Goshen College 5:00PM Discussion Richard A. Gillman,Valparaiso University AMS Special Session on Group Actions on Homogeneous Spaces and Applications, II AMS Session on Combinatorics, I

2:15 PM –5:55PM 2:15 PM –6:10PM Organizers: Dmitry Y. Kleinbock,Brandeis 2:15PM The Biplanar crossing number of University (313) Ck × Cl × C2m × Pn. Preliminary report. Gregory A. Margulis,YaleUniversity Joshua K. Lambert, North Dakota State University Hee Oh,BrownUniversity (1046-05-81)

126 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Monday, January 5 – Program of the Sessions

2:30PM Fully orientability of graphs with at most one 2:30PM The projective unitary group is algebraically
(314) dependent arc. (330) determined polish group. Hsin-Hao Lai, Ko-Wei Lih*, Academia Sinica, and Alexandru Gabriel Atim*, University of South Li-Da Tong, National Sun Yat-sen University Carolina Lancaster, and Robert R. Kallman, (1046-05-223) University of North Texas (1046-46-1678) ∗ 2:45PM Tiling bijections via finite automata. 2:45PM Proper actions of groupoids on C -algebras.
(315) Katherine P. Benedetto, Univ. of North Carolina, (331) Preliminary report. Chapel Hill, and Nicholas A. Loehr*, Virginia Tech Jonathan Henry Brown, Dartmouth College (1046-05-376) (1046-47-244) 3:00PM The r -reduced cutting numbers of cycles, sequences 3:00PM Quasi-multipliers and algebrizations of operator
(316) of cycles and graphs. Preliminary report. (332) spaces. Brad Bailey*, Dianna Spence,andJohn Holliday, Masayoshi Kaneda, The University of Mississippi North Georgia College & State University (1046-46-2044) (1046-05-446) 3:15PM On projective rigidity of Banach spaces. 3:15PM Progress on the skew Hadamard difference set (333) Matthew Neal, Denison University, and Bernard
(317) existence problem. Russo*, University of California Irvine Carlos Harold Salazar-Lazaro,Caltech (1046-46-1930) (1046-05-495) 3:30PM Non-commutative majorant ergodic theorem for 3:30PM Some combinatorial problems over finite Euclidean (334) sub-sequences. (318) and non-Euclidean graphs. Genady Ya Grabarnik*andLarisa Shwartz,IBMTJ AnhVinhLe, Harvard University (1046-05-532) Watson Research Center (1046-46-1611) 3:45PM Random difference graphs and their properties. 3:45PM Constructive representation of the Feynman
(319) Elizabeth Perez Reilly*andEdward R. (335) operator calculus in Banach spaces. Scheinerman, The Johns Hopkins University Woodford W. Zachary*andTepper L. Gill,Howard (1046-05-721) University (1046-46-437) 4:00PM Forcing faces in plane bipartite graphs. 4:00PM Break (320) Zhongyuan Che*, Penn State University, Beaver 4:15PM Shifts on product spaces E X F. Preliminary report. Campus, and Zhibo Chen, Penn State University, (336) Minakshisundaram Rajagopalan, Tennessee State McKeesport Campus (1046-05-1048) University (1046-46-307) 4:15PM Pattern avoidance in binary trees. 4:30PM Smooth and extreme points in Marcinkiewicz
(321) Eric S. Rowland, Rutgers University (1046-05-546) (337) function spaces. 4:30PM Other critical exponents in coordinate percolation. Anna Kaminska´ and Anca M. Parrish*, University (322) Preliminary report. of Memphis (1046-46-835) Elizabeth Moseman, US Military Academy, West 4:45PM The Corona Theorem for infinitely many functions Point (1046-05-588) (338) on the multiplier algebra of the weighted Dirichlet spaces. 4:45PM On sums of permutations and sequences with
(323) distinct terms. Preliminary report. Berhanu T. Kidane*andTavan T. Trent,The D. Jacob Wildstrom, University of Louisville University of Alabama (1046-46-149) (1046-05-593) 5:00PM Geometric properties inherited by ordered tensor (339) products. Preliminary report. 5:00PM Graph model for pattern recognition in text. (324) Qin Wu*, Cun-Quan Zhang and Eddie Fuller,West Michelle R. Craddock, University of Mississippi Virginia University (1046-05-734) (1046-46-1364) 5:15PM On the sum of superoptimal singular values. 5:15PM Minimum cycle bases of direct products of complete (340) Preliminary report.
(325) graphs. Alberto A. Condori, Michigan State University Zachary Bradshaw, Virginia Commonwealth (1046-46-1140) University (1046-05-737) 5:30PM Partial unconditionality on a regular array in a 5:30PM A forest formula for the antipode in incidence Hopf (341) Banach space. Preliminary report. (326) algebras. Frank Sanacory, SUNY - College at Old Westbury Hillary Einziger, The George Washington University (1046-46-1988) (1046-05-746) 5:45PM Norm-linear operators between uniform algebras. 5:45PM The clique number of Γ (Z n (α)). p (342) Rebekah B. Yates, University of Montana
(327) Omar A. AbuGhneim*, Jordan University, Emad E. (1046-46-294) AbdAlJawad, Al-Zaytoonah Private University, and Hasan Al-Ezeh, Jordan University (1046-05-763) 6:00PM Paley partial difference sets in groups with order AMS Session on Associative and Non-Associative (328) not a prime power. Rings and Algebras John Bowen Polhill, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (1046-05-794) 2:15 PM –5:40PM

2:15PM A domain test for Lie color algebras. (343) Kenneth L. Price, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (1046-16-943) AMS Session on Functional Analysis and Operator 2:30PM Nonsplit module extensions over a non-noetherian Algebras (344) ring. Preliminary report. Linhong Wang, Southeastern Louisiana University 2:15 PM –5:55PM (1046-16-1084) 2:15PM Generalizations of triangular algebras. 2:45PM Square-free rings and their automorphism group. (329) Mohan Ravichandran,UniversityofNew (345) Martin W. Montgomery, Piedmont College Hampshire (1046-47-1917) (1046-16-1091)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 127 Program of the Sessions – Monday, January 5 (cont’d.)

+ 3:00PM An isomorphism between the fusion algebras of VL 3:45PM Explicit constructions of infinite families of MSTD (346) and type D(1) level 2.
(362) sets. Michael Cuntz,Universit¨at Kaiserslautern, and Daniel C. Scheinerman*, Brown University, and Christopher Goff*, University of the Pacific Steven J. Miller, Williams College (1046-11-761) (1046-16-1202) 4:00PM Hilbert 90 for finite Abelian extensions. 3:15PM A characterization of certain morphic trivial (363) Andrew Schultz, University of Illinois at (347) extensions. Urbana-Champaign (1046-12-623) Alexander J. Diesl*, Bowling Green State University, 4:15PM Convergence of singular series for a pair of Thomas J. Dorsey, Center for Communications (364) quadratic forms. Research, and Warren Wm. McGovern, Bowling Thomas J. Wright, Johns Hopkins University Green State University (1046-16-1602) (1046-11-725) 3:30PM Break 4:30PM On uniform bounds for rational points on rational (365) curves and thin sets. Preliminary report. 3:45PM The Yoneda algebra of a monomial K2 algebra. (348) Christopher Phan*, University of Oregon, Thomas Patrick X. Rault, SUNY Geneseo (1046-11-624) Cassidy, Bucknell University, and Brad Shelton, 4:45PM Orthogonal polynomials and ranks of abelian University of Oregon (1046-16-1855) (366) varieties. Preliminary report. 4:00PM Representation theory of finite W -algebras and John Cullinan*, Bard College, and Farshid Hajir, (349) twisted Yangians. Preliminary report. University of Massachusetts (1046-11-707) Jonathan Scott Brown, University of Oregon 5:00PM On the cyclotomic Littlewood polynomials. (1046-16-1877) (367) Yi Sun, Harvard University (1046-11-762) 4:15PM Strongly clean matrix rings. 5:15PM On integers n that divide φ(n)+σ (n). (350) Thomas J. Dorsey*, Center for Communications (368) Kelley Harris, Harvard University (1046-11-811) Research - La Jolla, and Alexander J. Diesl, Bowling 5:30PM Happy numbers and semihappy numbers. Green State University (1046-16-2001)
(369) Helen G. Grundman, Bryn Mawr College 4:30PM Seven dimensional Lie algebras with a (1046-11-980) (351) four-dimensional nilradical. Preliminary report. 5:45PM Stable reduction of X0(625), with implications. Firas Y. Hindeleh*, Grand Valley State University, (370) Ken McMurdy, Ramapo College of New Jersey and Gerard Thompson, The University of Toledo (1046-11-974) (1046-22-334) 4:45PM Noncommutative linear algebra and primitive MAA Session on Building Diversity in Advanced (352) ideals. Mathematics: Models that Work Victor Protsak, Cornell University (1046-17-70) 5:00PM Simple and nearly simple deep matrix algebras. 2:15 PM –4:15PM (353) Chris Kennedy, Christopher Newport University Organizers: Patricia L. Hale, California State (1046-17-871) Polytechnic University Pomona 5:15PM 4-Dimensional non-associative division algebras. Abbe Herzig, University at Albany (354) John Massman, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (1046-17-1334) 2:15PM Evaluating STEM intervention programs.
(371) Debbie Gochenaur, Elizabethtown College 5:30PM Intersection matrix algebras. Preliminary report. (1046-B1-1108) (355) Sandeep Bhargava, University of Windsor (1046-17-1546) 2:40PM Factors impacting the pursuit of mathematics for
(372) female Ph.D. students. Y. Kathy Lin, Rutgers University (1046-B1-957) 3:05PM Effecting systemic change in the university: AMS Session on Number Theory, I (373) Five-year results from the NSF Houston-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation. 2:15 PM –5:55PM Martin V. Bonsangue*, California State University, Fullerton, and David E. Drew,TheClaremont 2:15PM p-adic properties of Stirling numbers. (356) Ana Berrizbeitia*, University of Texas at Austin, Graduate University (1046-B1-1708) Alexander Moll, Columbia University, and Laine 3:30PM Modular delivery and peer-led team-learning for Noble, Tulane University (1046-11-60)
(374) precalculus. Preliminary report. Helmut Knaust*andEmil D. Schwab,The 2:30PM The non-Archimedean metric Mahler measure. (357) Paul Fili, University of Texas at Austin, and Charles University of Texas at El Paso (1046-B1-1913) L. Samuels*, Max-Planck-Institut¨ fur¨ Mathematik 3:55PM The implementation and impact of an ADVANCE IT (1046-11-216)
(375) grant at a primarily undergraduate institution. Preliminary report. 2:45PM Rational points and hypergeometric functions. , California State Polytechnic (358) Adriana Julia Salerno, University of Texas at Patricia L. Hale University, Pomona (1046-B1-1787) Austin (1046-11-311) 3:00PM Mahler’s order functions and p-adic algebraic MAA Session on Cryptology for Undergraduates (359) approximation. Brian C. Dietel, Oregon State University 2:15 PM –6:10PM (1046-11-453) 3:15PM On the iteration of a function related to Euler’s Organizers: Chris Christensen, Northern Kentucky
(360) φ-function. Preliminary report. University Joshua Harrington*andLenny Jones, Robert E. Lewand, Goucher College Shippensburg University (1046-11-573) 2:15PM Teaching the group theory of permutation ciphers. 3:30PM Polynomials built using Lucas sequence pairs.
(376) Preliminary report.
(361) Preliminary report. Joshua Brandon Holden, Rose-Hulman Institute of Donald Mills, Wittenberg University (1046-11-579) Technology (1046-D1-1479)

128 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Monday, January 5 – Program of the Sessions

2:35PM Finding irreducible polynomials using Miller Rabin 4:00PM Modelphobia - How does it arise; What can we do (377) type tests.
(393) about it? Jeffrey A. Ehme, Spelman College (1046-D1-1613) Ben Fusaro, Florida State University 2:55PM The Vigenere Cipher: A historical cipher with a (1046-G1-2058)
(378) modern day application. Preliminary report. Tamara B. Veenstra, University of Redlands MAA Session on Operations Research in the (1046-D1-1127) Undergraduate Classroom 3:15PM The ElGamal Cryptosystem on the TI-83. Preliminary
(379) report. 2:15 PM –5:00PM Blake Rice,N/A,Neil Sigmon,RadfordUniversity, and Bill Yankosky*, North Carolina Wesleyan Organizers: Gerald Kobylski, U.S. Military College (1046-D1-41) Academy 3:35PM Quantum computing for undergraduates. Josh Helms, U.S. Military Academy
(380) Thomas R. Hagedorn, The College of New Jersey William Fox, Naval Post Graduate (1046-D1-1645) School 3:55PM The Venona Project. 2:15PM Using interactive pedagogies to teach operations
(381) Maryam Vulis, Fordham University (1046-D1-2016)
(394) research. Preliminary report. 4:15PM An introduction to algebraic cryptanalysis. Ronald M. Brzenk, Hartwick College, Oneonta NY
(382) Amber M. Rogers, Northern Kentucky University 13820 (1046-P1-401) (1046-D1-717) 2:45PM Mathematical methods of operations research.
(395) Morteza Shafii-Mousavi, Indiana University South 4:35PM Arithmetic in the field F28 as used in the Advanced
(383) Encryption Standard. Bend (1046-P1-63) Eric West, Benedictine College (1046-D1-2060) 3:20PM Recursive formulae for steady state distribution of
(396) a certain class of Markov process. 4:55PM An interactive demonstration of the Navajo Code of
(384) World War II. Preliminary report. Mark Evans, Lilinoe Harbottle, Ken Shun,and *, California State Polytechnic Neil P. Sigmon*andJonathan D. Dixon,Radford Alan Krinik University (1046-D1-1363) University, Pomona (1046-P1-1562) 3:55PM Data envelopment analysis in operations research. 5:15PM Cryptology as first-year seminar: Challenges and
(397) William C. Bauldry, Appalachian State University
(385) rewards. (1046-P1-21) Alan Koch, Agnes Scott College (1046-D1-170) 4:25PM The “Artist Guild” Strike: An example of game 5:35PM Explorations of elliptic curves in undergraduate
(398) theory.
(386) cryptography with minimal student background William P. Fox, Naval Postgraduate School through the use of Maple worksheets. (1046-P1-1225) Mike May, Saint Louis University (1046-D1-230) 5:55PM Investigations with private-key ciphers. Preliminary
(387) report. MAA Session on Performing Mathematics Annela R Kelly, Roger Williams University (1046-D1-1859) 2:15 PM –5:40PM Organizers: Timothy P. Chartier, Davidson College Karl Schaffer, De Anza College MAA Session on Environmental Mathematics 2:15PM Mobius¨ and Grassmann on musical tuning systems.
(399) Leon Harkleroad, Wilton, ME (1046-Q1-849) 2:15 PM –4:15PM 2:45PM Juggling sequences with number theory–“A tale of
(400) two kingdoms”. Organizers: Karen Bolinger, Clarion University Stephen H. Harnish, Bluffton University Ben A. Fusaro, Florida State University (1046-Q1-2009) 2:20PM A curriculum module for modeling 3:15PM Laban’s choreutics and polyhedra.
(388) bioaccumulation, biomagnification, and elimination (401) Sarah-Marie Belcastro, Sarah Lawrence College / of toxins. Preliminary report. HCSSiM (1046-Q1-1627) Frederick A. Adkins, Indiana University of 3:45PM Dance and mathematics: A survey. Preliminary Pennsylvania (1046-G1-1881)
(402) report. 2:40PM Starting in your own backyard: Looking at local Karl Schaffer,DeAnzaCollegeandDr.Schaffer
(389) enviromental risks in a mathematical modeling and Mr. Stern Dance Ensemble (1046-Q1-1515) class. 4:15PM Using mime to see the remainder. Jennifer A. Gorman, Gannon University
(403) Tim Chartier, Davidson College (1046-Q1-885) (1046-G1-1537) 4:45PM Magic from a distance. 3:00PM Teaching applied calculus through environmental
(404) John M. Harris, Furman University (1046-Q1-864)
(390) modeling. 5:15PM Six fibs and videotape. Rachel M. Dunwell*andChristopher W. Seaton,
(405) Colm Mulcahy*, Spelman College, and Tim Rhodes College (1046-G1-1423) Chartier, Davidson College (1046-Q1-2034) 3:20PM Quantitative and citizen literacy through key
(391) environmental issues of our time. Preliminary report. MAA Session on Productive Roles for Math Faculty in Harel Barzilai, Salisbury University (1046-G1-958) the Professional Development of K–12 Teachers, I

3:40PM Weatherquakes, earthquakes, mathematics and 2:15 PM –6:10PM
(392) climate change. Martin E. Walter, University of Colorado, Boulder Organizers: Dale R. Oliver, Humboldt State (1046-G1-432) University

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 129 Program of the Sessions – Monday, January 5 (cont’d.)

Elizabeth Burroughs,MontanaState 2:45PM Network implications of social exchange: An University (419) overview. 2:15PM Mathematics content knowledge and classroom Phillip Bonacich, University of California, Los
(406) practice in middle school. Preliminary report. Angeles (1046-A1-887) Julie A. Belock, Salem State College (1046-R1-754) 3:15PM Exploring polarization: The effects of general 2:35PM An update of a professional development project (420) inequality and subgroup relative size on distance
(407) focused on preparing students for algebra. between subgroups and dispersion within Preliminary report. subgroups. Matthew J. Haines*, Tracy Bibelnieks,andLinda Guillermina Jasso, New York University Stevens, Augsburg College (1046-R1-2076) (1046-A1-893) PM 2:55PM Math faculty as partners in team teaching a 3:45 Mathematical models of talking in discussion
(408) non-Euclidean geometry course for K-12 teachers. (421) groups. Maria G. Fung*, Worcester State College, Barbara F. Meeker, University of Maryland College Tevian Dray, Oregon State University, Dave Park (1046-A1-895) Damcke, University of Portland, Dianne Hart and Dianne Riverstone, Oregon State University SIAM Minisymposium on Mathematical Modeling of (1046-R1-1559) Natural Resources, II 3:15PM In-service teachers’ proof schemes in transition. (409) Evan Fuller*, Osvaldo Soto, Guershon Harel,and 2:15 PM –5:35PM Alfred Manaster, UC San Diego (1046-R1-950) Organizer: Catherine A. Roberts, College of the 3:35PM Brazos Valley Math Teachers’ Circle: Formation and Holy Cross
(410) activities. Preliminary report. 2:15PM Spatial optimal control in fishery models. Philip B. Yasskin,TexasA&MUniversity
(422) Suzanne Lenhart, University of Tennessee (1046-R1-589) (1046-92-485) 3:55PM Supporting mathematics teachers to increase 2:45PM Liapunov exponents and persistence in some (411) retention through professional development: (423) discrete dynamical systems. Preliminary report. Overview, models and research. Paul Leonard Salceanu*andHal L. Smith,Arizona Davida Fischman, California State University, San State University (1046-37-460) Bernardino (1046-R1-550) 3:15PM Economics of harvesting age-structured fish 4:15PM Contributing to the professional development of (424) populations.
(412) K-12 mathematics teachers. Olli Ilari Tahvonen, Finnish Forest Research Katherine J. Mawhinney, Appalachian State Institute (1046-92-344) University (1046-R1-1295) 3:45PM Fish biomass structure at pristine coral reefs and 4:35PM Creating active learning environments with (425) degradation by fishing. Preliminary report.
(413) improved student/teacher relationships and state Howard Weiss, Georgia Tech (1046-92-614) assessement scores. 4:15PM A comparison of the distributions of two stochastic Juli D’Ann Ratheal, The University of Texas of the (426) models for metapopulation models. Permian Basin (1046-R1-621) Amy J. Ekanayake*andLinda J.S. Allen,Texas 4:55PM Teaching for understanding through a professional Tech University (1046-92-625)
(414) development partnership. 4:45PM Models of disease dispersal for populations with Jennifer J. Kosiak*andJon Hasenbank,University
(427) overlapping and non-overlapping discrete of Wisconsin - La Crosse (1046-R1-1310) populations. Preliminary report. 5:15PM Mathematicians vs. future K-8 teachers: Is real Carlos Castillo-Chavez*, Arizona State University,
(415) communication possible? Is deep learning Karen Rios-Soto, Universidad de Puerto Rico, achievable? Mayaguez, and Kailash Patidar,ArizonaState Betsy Darken, University of Tennessee at University (1046-92-1942) Chattanooga (1046-R1-812) 5:15PM Decentralized multinational management of a 5:35PM “If only I had known then what I know now” : A look
(428) highly migratory marine fish stock.
(416) back at six years of professional development Robert W. McKelvey, University of Montana programs. (1046-91-630) Linda Braddy, East Central University (1046-R1-486) MAA-Young Mathematicians’ Network Panel 5:55PM The Kentucky Center for Mathematics. Discussion
(417) Kirsten Fleming, Kentucky Center for Mathematics at Northern Kentucky University (1046-R1-181) 2:15 PM –3:35PM Graduate school: Choosing one, getting in, staying in. MAA Invited Paper Session on Mathematical Sociology Organizers: Kirsti Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College 2:15 PM –4:10PM Vanessa Garcia, Texas State University-San Marcos Organizer: Barbara F. Meeker,Universityof Maryland, College Park Alan Alewine, McKendree University Moderator: Joseph Auslander,Universityof MAA-Project NExT Panel Discussion Maryland, College Park 2:15PM A particle system that mimics empirical income 2:15 PM –3:30PM (418) dynamics. John Angle, Inequality Process Institute The art of test-making and alternative assessments. (1046-A1-892) Organizers: Suzanne Caulk, Regis University

130 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Monday, January 5 – Program of the Sessions

Gertrud L. Kraut,SouthernVirginia 4:15PM Calculating the void fraction of carbon foam using University
(432) a tetrahedron model. Preliminary report. Laurie Lenz, Marymount University Rika Paul*, Rohini Mankee, G. Dale Wesson and Desmond Stephens, Florida A&M University Beth Schaubroeck,U.S.AirForce (1046-Z1-2116) Academy 4:30PM Statistical significance of ranking paradoxes. Panelists: David M. Bressoud, Macalester
College (433) Preliminary report. Raymond N. Greenwell, Hofstra University Richard J. Cleary, Bentley College (1046-Z1-111) Gary Hagerty, Black Hills State 4:45PM Historical resources for multivariable calculus and University (434) differential geometry. Barbara E. Reynolds, Cardinal Stritch Sarah J. Greenwald*andGregory Rhoads, University Appalachian State University (1046-Z1-150) 5:00PM Posing and pursuing one’s own questions: MAA Project NExT-Young Mathematicians’ Network
(435) Comparing experiences of graduate students in Poster Session math education and mathematics. Preliminary report. 2:15 PM –4:15PM Juliana V. Belding*, Harvard University, and Eden M. Badertscher, Institute For Learning, University Organizers: Michael C. Axtell, Wabash College of Pittsburgh (1046-Z1-1776) Kevin E. Charlwood, Washburn 5:15PM Methods of estimating inbreeding coefficients by University
(436) jointly estimating allele frequencies and accounting for the presence of null alleles. AWM Panel Discussion Daisy L. Phillips*, Nathan W. Hall,Western Washington University, Laina Mercer,Universityof 2:15 PM –3:40PM Washington, and Amy D. Anderson,Western Washington University (1046-Z1-1415) What and where will the jobs be? Trends in mathematics and in employment. 5:30PM A simulation study comparing methods of
(437) estimating inbreeding coefficients. Moderator: Cathy B. Kessel,Mathematics Nathan W. Hall*, Daisy L. Phillips,Western Education Consultant Washington University, Laina Mercer,Universityof Panelists: Deanna Egelston, National Security Washington, and Amy D. Anderson,Western Agency Washington University (1046-Z1-1411) Ellen E. Kirkman,WakeForest 5:45PM Mathematics immersion for freshman engineers University
(438) (MIFE). Sandy Landsberg, U. S. Department of Pascal Bedrossian and Cathy W. Carter*, Christian Energy Brothers University (1046-Z1-1324) Mary E. Morley, Ocean County College 6:00PM Continual compounding of a conventional
(439) mortgage. MAA Section Officers William M. Wagner, Wagner Machine Works (1046-Z1-167) 2:30 PM –5:00PM

MAA Invited Address AWM Business Meeting

PM PM 3:20 PM –4:10PM 3:45 –4:15 (429) Integral Appollonian packings and thin orbits. Peter Sarnak, Princeton University (1046-A0-12) MAA CUPM Subcommittee on Research by Undergraduates Panel Discussion MAA General Contributed Paper Session, III 3:50 PM –5:10PM 3:45 PM –6:10PM Starting and maintaining an academic year Organizer: Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State undergraduate research program. College Organizers: Michael J. Dorff, Brigham Young Moderators: Cathy W. Carter, Christian Brothers University University Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo,Valparaiso Heather Lewis, Nazareth College University , Virginia Military Vonda K. Walsh Panelists: Sarah Spence Adams, Franklin W. Olin Institute College of Engineering 3:45PM Solution matching for a second order boundary Rebecca Garcia, Sam Houston State
(430) value problem on a time scale. University Aprillya Lanz*, Virginia Military Institute, and Ana Tameru, Alabama State University (1046-Z1-1852) Richard A. Gillman,Valparaiso University 4:00PM How precise is your calibration? Multiple linear
(431) regression and prediction error in Excel. Preliminary Darren A. Narayan,Rochester report. Institute of Technology Terje Hoim*, Eugene Belogay and Eugene T. Daniel J. Schaal, South Dakota State Smith, Wilkes Honors College, FAU (1046-Z1-2109) University

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 131 Program of the Sessions – Monday, January 5 (cont’d.)

Reception for Undergraduate Students and Math Club AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and Advisors Education Reform, I

4:00 PM –5:00PM 8:00 AM – 11:50 AM Organizers: William H. Barker, Bowdoin College MAA Committee on Graduate Students-Young Mathematicians’ Network Panel Discussion William G. McCallum,Universityof Arizona 4:30 PM –5:40PM Bonnie S. Saunders,Universityof Illinois at Chicago How to apply for jobs. 8:00AM Understanding, abstracting, and building upon Organizer: David C. Manderscheid,Universityof
(442) students’ mathematical reasoning: A new course Nebraska for prospective elementary and middle school Panelists: Sharon M. Clarke, Pepperdine teachers. Preliminary report. University Guadalupe I. Lozano,UniversityofNewMexico James H. Freeman, Cornell College (1046-97-1846) David C. Manderscheid 8:30AM Creating regional networks of elementary and (443) middle school teachers through professional SIGMAA on Environmental Mathematics Guest Lecture development. Jonathan Rogness*andHarvey B. Keynes, and Business Meeting University of Minnesota (1046-97-701)

5:30 PM –7:30PM 9:00AM The impact of challenging mathematics courses on
(444) middle school teachers. Preliminary report. Bernadette Mullins*, Birmingham-Southern SIGMAA on the History of Mathematics Business College, John Mayer, Tommy Smith,Universityof Meeting and Reception Alabama at Birmingham, and Rachel Cochran, Center for Educational Accountability 5:30 PM –6:30PM (1046-97-1481) 9:30AM Changing K-16 Classroom Practice. Preliminary SIGMAA on the Philosophy of Mathematics Business
(445) report. Meeting and Reception Rachel Cochran, John Mayer*, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Bernadette Mullins, 5:30 PM –6:30PM Birmingham Southern College (1046-97-594) 10:00AM Math in the Middle Institute Partnership. Reception for Graduate Students and First-Time
(446) Preliminary report. Participants W. James Lewis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1046-97-990) 5:30 PM –6:30PM 10:30AM The work of the Institute for Mathematics and (447) Education in developing partnerships between MAA Special Dramatic Presentation mathematicians, educators, and teachers. William G. McCallum, The University of Arizona 6:00 PM –7:00PM (1046-97-2077) The CNN United States of Mathematics Presidential 11:00AM MIME at IM&E: Professional development for Debate. (448) mathematicians in mathematics education. Deborah Loewenberg Ball*andHyman Bass, Presenters: Colin C. Adams, Williams College University of Michigan (1046-97-2075) Thomas Garrity, Williams College 11:30AM A review of NSF-supported research and (449) development on instructional innovations in SIGMAA on the History of Mathematics and SIGMAA undergraduate mathematics education. Preliminary on the Philosophy of Mathematics Guest Lecture report. Karen A. Marrongelle*andLarry Suter,National 6:30 PM –7:30PM Science Foundation (1046-97-1401) (440) The role of the untrue in mathematics. Chandler Davis, University of Toronto

AMS Josiah Willard Gibbs Lecture AMS-SIAM Special Session on Asymptotic Methods in Analysis with Applications, I 8:30 PM –9:30PM 8:00 AM – 11:20 AM
(441) Integrable systems: A modern view. Percy Deift, Courant Institute-New York University Organizers: Diego Dominici,SUNYNewPaltz (1046-00-01) Peter A. McCoy, U.S. Naval Academy 8:00AM Asymptotic formulae for eigenvalues and (450) eigenfunctions of q-Sturm-Liouville problems. Mahmoud H. Annaby*andZeinab S. Mansour, Tuesday, January 6 Cairo University (1046-41-1887) 8:30AM A finite family of q-orthogonal polynomials. Joint Meetings Registration (451) Jemal E. Gishe*, Western Kentucky University, and Mourad Ismail, University of Central Florida 7:30 AM –4:00PM (1046-33-140)

132 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Tuesday, January 6 – Program of the Sessions

9:00AM Characterizations of continuous and discrete 11:40AM A Ramsey theorem and dynamics. (452) q-ultraspherical polynomials. (468) Slawomir Solecki, University of Illinois Mourad E. H. Ismail*, University of Central Florida, (1046-05-2024) and Josef Obermaier, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen¨ (1046-33-658) 9:30AM A quick distributional way to the prime number (453) theorem. AMS Special Session on Mathematical Models of Jasson Vindas*andRicardo Estrada, Louisiana Biological Structures and Function State University (1046-11-992) 8:00 AM – 11:50 AM 10:00AM Another look at the Stirling series.
(454) Valerio De Angelis, Xavier University of Louisiana Organizers: Chandrajit Bajaj,UniversityofTexas (1046-41-1679) at Austin 10:30AM Some linear statistics of random Hermitean Andrew K. Gillette,Universityof (455) matrices that are Painlev´e functions. Texas at Austin , Imperial College London (1046-41-971) Yang Chen 8:00AM Applications of the Hodge decomposition to 11:00AM Global asymptotic analysis of the Painlev´e (469) biological structure and function modeling. (456) transcendents. The Riemann-Hilbert approach. Preliminary report. Alexander Its, Indiana University-Purdue University Andrew Gillette*andChandrajit Bajaj,University Indianapolis (1046-41-1304) of Texas at Austin (1046-92-1079) 8:30AM Hidden symmetries in virus architecture and their
(470) implications on virus assembly. AMS-ASL Special Session on Logic and Dynamical Thomas Keef*andReidun Twarock,Universityof Systems, II York (1046-92-317) 9:00AM Molecular solvation models and minimal surfaces. 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM (471) Chandrajit Bajaj*, University of Texas at Austin, Guoliang Xu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Organizer: Stephen G. Simpson, Pennsylvania Qin Zhang, University of Texas at Austin State University (1046-92-1080) 8:00AM Models for measure preserving transformations. 9:30AM Fast protein dynamics simulations: Dominant (457) Matthew D. Foreman, UC Irvine (1046-28-414) (472) pathways for protein conformational transitions. 8:20AM A coloring property for countable groups. Patrice Koehl*, University of California, Davis, Joel
(458) Su Gao*, Steve Jackson,andBrandon Seward, Franklin, Reed College, Seb Doniach,Stanford University of North Texas (1046-37-454) University, and Marc Delarue, Institut Pasteur, 8:40AM Fixed-point aperiodic tilings. Paris, France (1046-65-948) (459) Bruno Durand, LIF Marseille, CNRS, University 10:00AM Multi-scale Morse theory for scientific data analysis. Aix-Marseille (France), Andrei Romashchenko,LIF
(473) Preliminary report. Marseille, CNRS, University Aix-Marseille (France) Valerio Pascucci, University of Utah (1046-68-474) and IITP RAS, Moscow (Russia), and Alexander 10:30AM A model of cellular motility: Focusing on the “feet” Shen*, LIF Marseille, CNRS, University Aix-Marseille
(474) of the cell. (France) (1046-03-498) Hannah L. Callender*, Institute for Mathematics 9:00AM Zd-actions on the Cantor set: Approximation, Rohlin and its Applications, and Hans G. Othmer, (460) properties and recursion theory. University of Minnesota (1046-92-919) Michael Hochman, Princeton University 11:00AM Numerical simulation of fluid membranes in (1046-37-656) (475) Stokesian flow. 9:20AM Recursive and algorithmic aspects of growth Veerapaneni Shravan, Denis Gueyffier,Courant (461) complexity for multidimensional SFTs. Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York Tom Meyerovitch, Tel Aviv University University, George Biros, Georgia Institute of (1046-37-764) Technology, and Denis Zorin*, Courant Institute of 9:40AM Random closed sets viewed as random recursions. Mathematical Sciences, New York University (462) R. Daniel Mauldin*andAlexander P. McLinden, (1046-74-1857) University of North Texas (1046-37-785) 11:30AM Multiscale modeling of rare events with applications 10:00AM A compactness theorem for markers and group (476) in biology. (463) colorings. Preliminary report. Bjorn Engquist, University of Texas at Austin Steve C. Jackson*, Su Gao and Brandon Seward, (1046-65-1904) University of North Texas (1046-03-1348) 10:20AM Two notes on subshifts. (464) Joseph S. Miller, University of Wisconsin–Madison AMS Special Session on Noncommutative Algebra, I (1046-03-1128) 10:40AM Mortality and periodicity of dynamical systems. 8:00 AM – 11:50 AM (465) Jarkko Kari, University of Turku, Finland (1046-37-1568) Organizers: Greg Marks, St. Louis University 11:00AM Computability and complexity of Julia sets. Ashish K. Srivastava,St.Louis (466) Mark Braverman, Microsoft Research, New England University (1046-37-637) 8:00AM Essential dimension of central simple algebras. 11:20AM Equivalence relations with infinitely many ends and (477) Zinovy Reichstein, University of British Columbia
(467) percolation. (1046-16-1359) Inessa Epstein*, California Institute of Technology, 8:30AM Quaternion algebras and their subfields. and Greg Hjorth, University of Melbourne, Australia (478) David J. Saltman, Center for Communications (1046-03-1669) Research, Princeton NJ (1046-16-1863)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 133 Program of the Sessions – Tuesday, January 6 (cont’d.)

9:00AM Properties of injective hulls of a ring having a 11:30AM Generalized prolate spheroidal wave functions and (479) compatible ring structure. Preliminary report. (492) spectral methods on quasi-uniform grids. Gary F. Birkenmeier, University of Louisiana at Li-Lian Wang, Nanyang Technological University, Lafayette, Barbara L. Osofsky*, Rutgers, The State Singapore (1046-65-1206) University of New Jersey, Jae Keol Park,Busan National University, Korea, and S. Tariq Rizvi,Ohio State University, Lima (1046-16-420) 9:30AM On Σ-q rings. AMS Special Session on Infinite Dimensional Analysis, (480) S. K. Jain*, Ohio University, Athens Surjeet Singh, Path Integrals and Related Fields Panjab University, India, and Ashish K. Srivastava, St. Louis University (1046-16-419) 8:00 AM – 11:50 AM 10:00AM Skew generalized power series rings. Organizers: Tepper L. Gill,HowardUniversity (481) Ryszard Mazurek, Bialystok Technical University, Lance W. Nielsen, Creighton University (1046-16-1192) Woodford W. Zachary,Howard 10:30AM Quasi-duo skew polynomial rings and graded rings. University (482) Andre G. Leroy,Universit´e d’Artois (1046-17-1045) 8:00AM Disentangling in Feynman’s operational calculi for 11:00AM On Noetherian skew power series rings. Preliminary (493) non-commuting operators. (483) report. Gerald W. Johnson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Edward S. Letzter,TempleUniversity (1046-46-782) (1046-16-1021) 8:30AM Convolution products, integral transforms and 11:30AM An inner automorphism is only an inner (494) inverse integral transforms of functionals in (484) automorphism, but an inner endomorphism can be L2(C0[0,T]). something strange. Seung Jun Chang, Hyun Soo Chung, Dankook George M. Bergman, University of California, University, Korea, and David Skoug*, University of Berkeley (1046-16-259) Nebraska-Lincoln (1046-28-670) 9:00AM Stochastic Feynman integral: Perspectives from (495) fractional stochastic calculus. Preliminary report. Anna Amirdjanova, University of Michigan AMS Special Session on Mathematics of Computation, (1046-44-1497) II 9:30AM Phase space Feynman path integrals via piecewise (496) bicharacteristic paths and their semiclassical 8:00 AM – 11:50 AM approximations. Naoto Kumano-go, Kogakuin University Organizers: Susanne C. Brenner, Louisiana State (1046-46-468) University 10:00AM On the holonomy of the Coulomb Connection over Chi-Wang Shu,BrownUniversity (497) manifolds with boundary. 8:00AM Dynamic defect morphology of sheared nematic William E. Gryc, Morehouse College (1046-58-827) (485) polymers. 10:30AM A weak Hilbert space not isomorphic its subspaces. X. Yang*, University of North Carolina at Chapel (498) Kevin James Beanland*, Virginia Commonwealth Hill, Gregory M Forest, University of North Carolina University, Spiros Argyros and Haris Raikoftsalis, at Chapel Hill, William M. Mullins,Universityof National Technical University of Athens, Greece North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Qi Wang, (1046-46-599) University of South Carolina (1046-65-1662) 11:00AM Nonrenormalizability tamed! 8:30AM Computation of spatial dynamics in systems (499) John R. Klauder, University of Florida (486) biology. (1046-81-255) Ching-Shan Chou, UC Irvine (1046-65-1956) 11:30AM The power of functional integration. 9:00AM Application of inexact and truncated Krylov (500) Cecile M. DeWitt-Morette, University of Texas at (487) subspace methods to the solution of parabolic Austin (1046-46-178) control problems. Preliminary report. Daniel B. Szyld, Temple University (1046-65-767) 9:30AM New efficient sparse space-time algorithms for (488) superparameterization on mesoscales. AMS Special Session on Computational Algebraic and Yulong Xing*, Andrew J. Majda, Courant Institute Analytic Geometry for Low-dimensional Varieties, I of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, and Wojciech W. Grabowski,NationalCenterfor 8:00 AM – 11:50 AM Atmospheric Research (NCAR) (1046-65-1531) Organizers: Mika K. Sepp¨al¨a,FloridaState 10:00AM Finite element approximations of fully nonlinear University (489) second order PDEs. Michael Neilan, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tanush Shaska, Oakland University (1046-65-402) Emil J. Volcheck, Association for 10:30AM A new spectral-Galerkin method for Computing Machinery (490) high-dimensional PDEs. 8:00AM Generators of the ideal of an algebraic space curve. Jie Shen, Purdue University (1046-65-1047)
(501) Elisabetta Fortuna, Patrizia Gianni,Universitadi 11:00AM Computational methods for fluid-structure Pisa, and Barry Trager*, IBM Resarch (491) interaction problems. (1046-14-1921) Padmanabhan Seshaiyer*, George Mason 8:30AM Khovanskii-Rolle continuation for real solutions. University, Eugenio Aulisa, Texas Tech University, (502) Preliminary report. and Sandro Manservisi, Univeristy of Bologna, Italy Dan Bates, Colorado State University, and Frank (1046-65-97) Sottile*, Texas A&M University (1046-14-1272)

134 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Tuesday, January 6 – Program of the Sessions

9:00AM Polyhedral methods to find common factors of AMS Special Session on Categorification and Link
(503) algebraic plane curves. Preliminary report. Homology, I Danko Adrovic, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Jan Verschelde*, University of Illinois at 8:00 AM – 11:50 AM Chicago (1046-65-1885) Organizers: Aaron Lauda, Columbia University 9:30AM OpenMath library for computing on Riemann
(504) Surfaces. Mikhail Khovanov,Columbia Yuri Lebedev*andMika Seppala,FloridaState University University (1046-14-633) 8:00AM Construction of H-thick knots in Khovanov 10:00AM Explicit models for Siegel modular varieties. (517) homology. Preliminary report. (505) Reinier Broker*andKristin Lauter,Microsoft Andrew W. Elliott, Rice University (1046-55-617) Research (1046-14-429) 8:25AM Functoriality for the su 3 Khovanov homology. 10:30AM Arithmetic aspects of a cubic function field in (518) Preliminary report. (506) characteristic three. David A. Clark, Randolph-Macon College Jonathan Webster, University of Calgary (1046-57-602) (1046-11-1720) 8:50AM Twin TQFTs and Frobenius algebras. 11:00AM Tabulation of cubic function fields via reduction. (519) Carmen L. Caprau, California State University, (507) Pieter Rozenhart*andRenate Scheidler, Fresno (1046-57-1025) University of Calgary (1046-11-1642) 9:15AM Equivariant sl(n)-link homology. 11:30AM Abelian manifolds of arbitrary genus with complex (520) Daniel Krasner, Columbia University (1046-81-615) (508) multiplication. Preliminary report. 9:40AM The 2-point and 4-point Khovanov categories. Harvey Cohn, IDA, Center for Communications (521) Scott Morrison*, Microsoft Station Q, Clark David, Research (1046-14-889) Randolph-Macon College, and Kevin Walker, Microsoft Station Q (1046-54-955) 10:00AM Break AMS Special Session on Automorphic and Modular 10:15AM Transverse knots and knot homologies. Forms in Number Theory, II (522) Lenny Ng, Duke University (1046-57-622) 10:40AM Involutions on 3-manifolds and Khovanov homology. 8:00 AM – 11:50 AM (523) Liam Watson, Universite du Quebec a Montreal Organizers: Ken Ono,Universityof (1046-57-969) Wisconsin-Madison 11:05AM Patterns in odd Khovanov homology. Preliminary Amanda Folsom,Universityof (524) report. Wisconsin-Madison Alexander N. Shumakovitch,TheGeorge Sharon A. Garthwaite,Bucknell Washington University (1046-57-2050) University 11:30AM Link homologies via instanton counting. 8:00AM Indefinite theta functions. (525) S. Gukov, Cal Tech (1046-54-2085) (509) Sander Zwegers, University College Dublin (1046-11-501) AMS Special Session on Tracking Moving Interfaces in 8:30AM Number theoretic properties of generating Complex Phenomena, II (510) functions related to Dyson’s rank for partitions into distinct parts. 8:00 AM – 11:45 AM Maria J. Monks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1046-11-398) Organizer: James A. Sethian,Universityof California Berkeley 9:00AM On singular values of Maass forms. (511) Paul Jenkins, Brigham Young University 8:00AM Exact subgrid interface correction (ESIC) schemes (1046-11-1778) (526) for elliptic interface problems. Jae-Seok Huh, California Institute of Technology 9:30AM Mock Jacobi forms and the 1ψ1 summation (512) formula. (1046-35-1284) Soon-Yi Kang, Korea Advanced Institute for Science 9:00AM Howtomakethemostoutoflevelsetsfor and Technology (1046-11-777) (527) geodynamical modeling. Jenny Suckale*, Massachusetts Institute of 10:00AM Explicit computations of Hecke operators on (513) automorphic forms. Technology, J. C. Nave, Massachusetts Insitute of Lloyd J. Kilford, University of Bristol (1046-11-28) Technology, and B. H. Hager, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1046-35-1296) 10:30AM Congruences for level four cusp forms. (514) Scott Ahlgren, University of Illinois at 10:00AM Front propagation in three scale media. Urbana-Champaign, Dohoon Choi,Korea (528) Adam Oberman, Simon Fraser University Aerospace University, and Jeremy Rouse*, (1046-35-1306) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 11:00AM A finite element method for implicit interface (1046-11-1223) (529) problems. August Johansson,UmeaUniversity 11:00AM Value distribution of automorphic L-functions. (515) Qiao Zhang, Texas Christian University (1046-35-1374) (1046-11-1323) 11:30AM Experiments with Siegel modular forms. AMS Special Session on Teichmuller¨ Theory and (516) Nathan C. Ryan*, Lauren Grainer, Kevin Low-Dimensional Topology, I McGoldrick, Sharon Anne Garthwaite,Bucknell University, Cris Poor, Fordham University, David W. 8:00 AM – 11:20 AM Farmer, American Institute of Mathematics, David S. Yuen, Lake Forest College, and Ralf Schmidt, Organizers: Richard P. Kent,BrownUniversity University of Oklahoma (1046-11-265) Madlena Tomova,UniversityofIowa

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 135 Program of the Sessions – Tuesday, January 6 (cont’d.)

8:00AM Surface subgroups of doubles of free groups. 9:00AM An index formula related to a conjecture of (530) Cameron McA. Gordon*andHenry Wilton,
(541) Loewner. University of Texas at Austin (1046-57-675) Steven E. Broad, University of Notre Dame 8:30AM Finiteness theorems for hyperbolic 3-manifolds. (1046-51-856) (531) Ian Biringer*, University of Chicago, and Juan 9:15AM Tiling the plane with squares. Souto, University of Michigan (1046-51-310)
(542) Alison McDonough*, Amanda Cangelosi, Alethea 9:00AM Natural volumes on character varieties of Tschetterwood, Alexandra Berkoff,andAmy (532) three-manifolds. Wesolowski, Smith College (1046-51-998) Charles Frohman*, The University of Iowa, and 9:30AM Flat flocks and generalized j-planes. Kania-Bartoszynska, Naitonal Science Foundation (543) Oscar Vega, California State University, Fresno (1046-57-130) (1046-51-1013) 9:30AM The local topology of deformation spaces of 9:45AM Break (533) Kleinian surface groups. 10:00AM Which sets are resilient to erosion? Aaron D. Magid, University of Michigan (544) Wesley Pegden, Rutgers University (New (1046-51-281) Brunswick) (1046-52-77) 10:00AM Reducible and toroidal Dehn filling with distance 3. 10:15AM Ellipses inscribed in, and circumscribed about, (534) Sungmo Kang, The University of Texas at Austin
(545) convex quadrilaterals. (1046-57-56) Alan Horwitz, Penn State University/Brandywine 10:30AM Complex projective structures with Schottky Campus (1046-51-1709) (535) holonomy. 10:30AM 7-Point bundle forms in Laguerre planes. Shinpei Baba, UC Davis (1046-51-368) (546) Robert D. Knight, Ohio University-Chillicothe 11:00AM Heegaard surfaces and the distance of (1046-51-2014) (536) amalgamation. 10:45AM Squaring and not squaring one or more planes. Tao Li, Boston College (1046-57-202) (547) James M. Henle*, Clark Science Center, Smith College, and Frederick V. Henle, athenahealth, Inc. (1046-52-838) MAA Minicourse #3: Part A 11:00AM Unfolding convex polyhedra.
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM (548) Emma Schlatter*, Jessica Peterson, Sarah Rathnam,andEmily Gunawan, Smith College Educating about the state of the planet and (1046-52-999) sustainability while enhancing calculus. 11:15AM Nonconvex polygons and deformations of Organizer: Thomas J. Pfaff, Ithaca College
(549) associahedra. Satyan Devadoss, Rahul Shah, Williams College, Xuancheng Shao,MIT,andEzra M. Winston*, Bard MAA Minicourse #8: Part A College (1046-52-1955) 11:30AM Supergaussian directions and the Hyperplane 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM (550) Conjecture. Taking symbols seriously: Teaching form and Grigorios Paouris,TexasA&MUniversity function in college algebra. (1046-52-2073) Organizers: Deborah Hughes Hallett,Universityof Arizona and Harvard University Patti Frazer Lock,St.Lawrence AMS Session on Probability University William G. McCallum,Universityof 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM Arizona 8:00AM A strictly stationary, N-tuplewise independent Patricia D. Shure,Universityof (551) counterexample to the central limit theorem. Michigan Richard C. Bradley*, Indiana University, and Alexander R. Pruss, Baylor University (1046-60-146) AMS Session on Geometry 8:15AM Stationary solutions for one-dimensional stochastic (552) delay differential equations with reflection. 8:00 AM – 11:40 AM Michael S. Kinnally*andRuth J. Williams, 8:00AM Upper bound for the length of an nth-shortest University of California San Diego (1046-60-455)
(537) closed geodesic in a hyperbolic knot complement in 8:30AM Large deviations for ergodic processes in split S3. (553) spaces. Sreekrishna Palaparthi, SUNY University at Buffalo Adina Oprisan*andAndrzej Korzeniowski,The (1046-51-231) University of Texas at Arlington (1046-60-545) 8:15AM A categorification of the Burau representation 8:45AM Complex Itoformulas.ˆ (538) using contact geometry. Preliminary report. (554) Mylan Redfern, Valdosta State University Sandra E. Ritz, University of Southern California (1046-60-584) (1046-51-290) 9:00AM Transforming renewal processes for simulation of 8:30AM Integer sequences from polygonal chains in the (555) nonstationary point processes.
(539) geometry of compact sets. Ira Gerhardt*andBarry L. Nelson,Northwestern Schlicker Steven, Grand Valley State University University, (1046-60-604) (1046-51-321) 9:15AM Is the distribution exponential when the record 8:45AM Two neat results in elementary geometry. (556) median equals the record midrange, on average? (540) R. KillGrove*, Vista, CA, L. Taylor,CSUB,andD. George P. Yanev,TheUniversityofTexas-Pan Koster, UWLC (1046-51-756) American (1046-60-745)

136 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Tuesday, January 6 – Program of the Sessions

9:30AM A single-server poison queueing system with 9:45AM A 32 dimensional manifold which is a rational (557) splitting and delayed batched feedback (Case k = N (573) analog of the projective plane. Preliminary report. =1). Zhixu Su, Indiana University (1046-57-309) Aliakbar Montazer Haghighi*, Prairie View A&M 10:00AM A new cardinality bound on homogeneous University, Stefanka S. Chukova, Victoria University (574) topological spaces via the Erdos-Rado¨ theorem. of Wellington, and Dimitar P. Mishev, Prairie View Nathan A. Carlson*, University of Arizona, A&M University (1046-60-833) and Guit-Jan Ridderbos, Vrije Universiteit 9:45AM Expected time to see flat path of α stable process. (1046-54-215) (558) Sarah Bryant, Purdue University (1046-60-1171) 10:15AM Non-uniform thickness of smooth knots. 10:00AM Break (575) Kim J. Huerter, University of Iowa (1046-54-305) 10:15AM Coalescence time for a nonuniform allocation 10:30AM An open C*(D)-filter process of compactifications
(559) process with applications to biology and computer (576) and generalized Stone-Weierstrass theorems. science. Hueytzen J. Wu*, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, John K. McSweeney, Ohio State University and Wan-Hong Wu, University of Texas-Health (1046-60-1330) Science Center (1046-54-575) 10:30AM Existence of almost periodic solutions to some 10:45AM Finite image braid group representations from the (560) functional integro-differential stochastic evolution
(577) Yang Baxter Equation. equations. Jennifer M. Franko, The University of Scranton Paul H. Bezandry,HowardUniversity (1046-54-1247) (1046-60-1293) 11:00AM Some extensions of semi-closure spaces. Preliminary 10:45AM Intersection exponents for biased random walks on
(578) report. (561) discrete cylinders. Shing S. So, University of Central Missouri Brigitta K. Vermesi, University of Rochester (1046-54-1273) (1046-60-1317) 11:15AM Fixed point theorems for n-continuous L*-operators. 11:00AM Stochastic limiting averages of zero-one sequences. (579) Preliminary report. (562) Ryan S. Gantner, Saint John Fisher College Wladyslaw Kulpa, Card. S. Wyszynski University, (1046-60-1325) and Andrzej Szymanski*, Slippery Rock University 11:15AM On certain sequences of dependent random (1046-54-1444)
(563) variables. 11:30AM The lattice of locally convex topologies on an Stephanie Sapp*, Johns Hopkins University, and (580) ordered set. Preliminary report. Amol Kapila, Brown University (1046-60-1367) Frederic Mynard, Georgia Southern University, and 11:30AM No feedback card guessing for top to random Tom Richmond*, Western Kentucky University (564) shuffles. Preliminary report. (1046-54-1528) Lerna Pehlivan, University of Southern California 11:45AM A math classic: The tale of three links. (1046-60-1469)
(581) Samuel Jacob Behrend, Denison University 11:45AM Generalized spaces of random variables. (1046-54-1711) (565) Mark Burgin, University of California, Los Angeles, and Alan Krinik*, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (1046-60-1501) AMS Session on Analytic Function Theory

AMS Session on Algebraic and General Topology 8:00 AM – 11:40 AM 8:00AM On analytic multivalent functions. Preliminary 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM
(582) report. 8:00AM Gorenstein model structures and generalized Rosihan M. Ali, Universiti Sains Malaysia (566) derived categories. (1046-30-133) James R. Gillespie, Penn State Greater Allegheny 8:15AM Chracterizing compact composition operators on (1046-55-160) (583) the Hardy-Simirnov spaces. Preliminary report. 8:15AM Recovering topology of a camera network coverage. Abebaw Tadesse,LangstonUniversity
(567) Preliminary report. (1046-30-145) Edgar J. Lobaton, UC Berkeley (1046-55-1008) 8:30AM An identical function theorem for functions of slow 8:30AM Homotopy invariants for one-dimensional and (584) growth in the disk. Preliminary report.
(568) planar spaces. Paul A. Gunsul, Northern Illinois University Mark H. Meilstrup*andGregory R. Conner, (1046-30-494) Brigham Young University (1046-55-1697) 8:45AM Weak subordination for convex univalent harmonic 8:45AM The cohomology of PSL(3,p), p an odd prime. (585) functions. (569) Preliminary report. Stacey Muir, University of Scranton (1046-30-912) Jane H. Long, Stephen F. Austin State University 9:00AM The MacLane class and complex differential (1046-55-1734) (586) equations in the unit disk. Preliminary report. 9:00AM A (co-)homology invariant of topological manifolds Kari Fowler*, The University of Tampa, and Linda (570) and its interface with boundary value problems in Sons, Northern Illinois University (1046-30-946) Riemannian geometry. Preliminary report. 9:15AM Continuity of extremal elements in uniformly Adeniran Adeboye,HowardUniversity (587) convex spaces and Ryabykh’s theorem. (1046-55-2033) Tim Ferguson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 9:15AM A projective version of the Poincar´epolyhedron (1046-30-968) (571) theorem. Preliminary report. 9:30AM Lp-bounded point evaluations and uniform rational Benjamin J. Benoy, University of Redlands (588) approximation. Preliminary report. (1046-54-93) Erin Rita Militzer,UniversityofKentucky 9:30AM Categorified bundles and classifying spaces. (1046-30-187) (572) Weiwei Pan, Wesleyan University (1046-55-177) 9:45AM Break

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 137 Program of the Sessions – Tuesday, January 6 (cont’d.)

10:00AM Clunie type theorems for annuli. 10:15AM Generalized dice: An investigation of dice families. (589) Mark E. Lund, Northern Illinois University
(604) Preliminary report. (1046-30-1442) William M. Ella*, University of Mary Washington, 10:15AM An effective proof of the fundamental theorem of Michael L. Follett, Lafayette College, Chelsey A.
(590) algebra via Sturm chains. Cooley, North Carolina State University, Eric A. Michael Eisermann, Institut Fourier, Universite Gilson, University of Rochester, and Lorenzo Grenoble (1046-30-981) Traldi, Lafayette College (1046-05-1506) 10:30AM A value distribution result for functions of small 10:30AM On decomposing complete graphs of odd order into (591) growth in the unit disk. Preliminary report. (605) Hamilton cycles and fixed length cycles. Jonathan Meshes, Northern Illinois University Jeffrey A. Mudrock*, University of Illinois at (1046-30-1309) Urbana-Champaign, Saad El-Zanati, Illinois State University, Kyle King, University of Illinois at 10:45AM A sufficient condition for equality of hyperbolic Urbana-Champaign, and Josephine Witkowski, (592) metric and generalized Kobayashi metric. Illinois State University (1046-05-1558) Kourosh Tavakoli, Fordham University (1046-30-1691) 10:45AM Fulkerson coloring of some families of snarks.
(606) Xiaofeng Wang, West Virginia University 11:00AM Extension of convex mappings of order α of the unit (593) disk in C to convex mappings of the unit ball in Cn. (1046-05-1658) Preliminary report. 11:00AM An injective proof of strong q-Log-convexity for Bell Jerry R. Muir Jr.,UniversityofScranton
(607) polynomials. (1046-32-901) Sebastian H. Moore*, Sonia Gilbukh and Lynne M. Butler, Haverford College (1046-05-1723) 11:15AM Sums of products of real globally subanalytic (594) functions and their logarithms are stable under 11:15AM Minimal triangulations of contractible spaces and integration.
(608) random collapsing of n-simplices. Preliminary Daniel J. Miller*, Emporia State University, and Raf report. Cluckers, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Katherine D. Crowley, Washington and Lee (1046-32-1809) University, Abigail Ebin, Yale University, and Bena n M. Tshishiku*, Washington and Lee University 11:30AM p-Capacity formulas for Z and Td. (595) Lucio M. G. Prado, BMCC - The City University of (1046-05-1842) New York (1046-31-1467) 11:30AM Dominating cartesian products of Petersen and (609) Grotzsch¨ graphs. Robert R. Rubalcaba*, United States Department of Defense, and Peter J. Slater, University of Alabama AMS Session on Combinatorics, II in Huntsville (1046-05-2000) 11:45AM On an exact formula for the coefficients of Han’s 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM
(610) generating function. 8:00AM Matching extendability in the hypercube. Ameya A. Velingker,HarvardUniversity (596) Preliminary report. (1046-05-2002) Jennifer R. Vandenbussche*, Southern Polytechnic State University, and Douglas B. West (1046-05-333) 8:15AM Bounded number of components of 2-factors in line (597) graphs. AMS Session on Partial Differential Equations, I Hong-Jian Lai, West Virginia University, Liming Xiong, Beijing Institute of Technology, and Huiya 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM Yan*, West Virginia University (1046-05-481) 8:30AM Combinatorics on border correlations of partial 8:00AM Classes of infinite semipositone systems.
(598) words. (611) Eun Kyoung Lee, Pusan National University, F. Blanchet-Sadri, University of North Carolina, Ratnasingham Shivaji and Jinglong Ye*, Greensboro, M. Cordier, Kent State University, and Mississippi State University (1046-35-54) R. Kirsch*, University of Maryland (1046-05-831) 8:15AM Poroelasticity. 8:45AM R-parametric chains. (612) Chadia Affane Aji*, Tuskegee University, and A. J. (599) Anne C. Sinko, Oberlin College (1046-05-979) Meir, Auburn University (1046-35-206) 9:00AM Elementary techniques for Erdos-Ko-Rado-like 8:30AM Existence of solutions to semi-linear elliptic
(600) theorems. (613) differential equations: Approximation and Bill Kay*, University of South Carolina, and Greg verification. Brockman, Harvard University (1046-05-1065) Lisa Termine Hollman, Trinity College 9:15AM Error-correction coding using combinatorial (1046-35-226)
(601) representation matrices. 8:45AM Loss of compactness for nonlinear elliptic PDE’s. Li Chen, University of the District of Columbia (614) Florin Catrina, St. John’s University (1046-35-491) (1046-05-1212) 9:00AM A study on the solution of complex KdV-Burgers 9:30AM Semantic paradoxes and graph dynamical systems.
(615) equation. Preliminary report.
(602) Preliminary report. Netra P. Khanal*, Jiahong Wu, Oklahoma State Matthew Macauley*, Clemson University, Brian University, Bingyu Zhang, University of Cincinnati, Rabern, Australian National University, and Landon and Juan-Ming Yuan, Providence University in Rabern, Boulder, CO (1046-05-1069) Taiwan (1046-35-537) 9:45AM Break 9:15AM The physical model of a variational nonlinear wave 10:00AM Growth of sumsets and polytopes. (616) equation.
(603) Jaewoo Lee, Borough of Manhattan Community Taewan Park, Millersville University College (CUNY) (1046-05-1521) (1046-35-1851)

138 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Tuesday, January 6 – Program of the Sessions

9:30AM Critical exponents for semilinear wave equations 10:20AM G. H. Hardy’s golfing adventure. Preliminary report. (617) with space-time dependent potential. Preliminary
(633) Roland Minton, Roanoke College (1046-N1-1236) report. 10:40AM Mission impossible - Hitting .400 for a season. Maisa M. Khader, University of Tennessee
(634) Stanley Rothman, Quinnipiac University (1046-35-269) (1046-N1-53) 9:45AM Break 11:00AM Major League Baseball meets Facebook: Modeling 10:00AM Observation based PDE models for stochastic
(635) trades using social network theory.
(618) production systems. Preliminary report. David J. Hunter, Westmont College (1046-N1-1548) Ali Kemal Unver, Arizona State University 11:20AM A Markov chain model of baseball. (1046-35-1699)
(636) Eric W. Kuennen, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh 10:15AM An accurate Riemann solver for Euler equation with (1046-N1-1731) (619) phase change. 11:40AM Modeling cumulative home run frequencies and the Chunguang Chen*andHarumi Hattori,West
(637) recent home run explosion. Virginia University (1046-35-709) Mike Huber*, Muhlenberg College, Gabriel Costa, 10:30AM Dafermos regularization of a modified kdV Burgers United States Military Academy, John Saccoman,
(620) equation. Preliminary report. Seton Hall University, and Brandon Stern-Charles, Monique R. Taylor, North Carolina State University Muhlenberg College (1046-N1-210) (1046-35-733) 10:45AM A new vaiational principle for Hamiltonian PDEs (621) with nonlinear boundary conditions. MAA Session on Teaching Calculus in High School: Abbas Momeni, Queen’s University (1046-35-783) Ideas that Work 11:00AM Traveling wave solutions for a nonlinear equation
(622) which appears in fluid dynamics. Preliminary report. 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM Sridevi Pudipeddi, Augsburg College Organizers: Dan Teague, North Carolina School of (1046-35-908) Science and Mathematics 11:15AM Soliton solutions to the nonlinear Schrodinger¨ John F. Mahoney, Benjamin Banneker
(623) equation. Academic High School Samuel Rivera, University of Texas at Arlington (1046-35-970) 8:00AM Developing an interest in the conceptual meaning of
(638) calculus. Preliminary report. 11:30AM Elliptic equations with BMO coefficients with Carlos R. Bovell, Northern Burlington County (624) singularity in Reifenberg flat domains. Preliminary Regional High School (1046-X1-69) report. Ko Woon Um, University of Iowa (1046-35-1096) 8:20AM The Aha! experience in AP calculus: Projects
(639) designed for a stimulating journey on a road of 11:45AM Non-Fickian delay reaction-diffusion equations: discovery. Preliminary report.
(625) Theoretical and numerical study. Gail Kaplan, Towson University (1046-X1-359) Joao Ricardo Branco*, Coimbra Institute of Engineering, Jose Augusto Ferreira,Universityof 8:40AM Numerical integration before antidifferentiation. Coimbra, and Pascoal Martins Silva,Coimbra (640) Doug Kuhlmann, Phillips Academy Andover, MA Institute of Engineering (1046-35-1703) (1046-X1-1927) 9:00AM Teaching calculus course using creative hands-on
(641) activities. Preliminary report. Ryo Ohashi, King’s College (1046-X1-544) MAA Session on Mathematics and Sports, I 9:20AM A substitute for the U-substitution.
8:00 AM – 11:55 AM (642) Queen W. Harris, Georgia Perimeter College (1046-X1-915) Organizer: Howard L. Penn, U.S. Naval Academy 9:40AM The Clemson Calculus Challenge: A calculus 8:00AM Jump shot mathematics. Preliminary report.
(643) competition for high school students. Preliminary
(626) Howard Penn, U.S. Naval Academy (1046-N1-1582) report. 8:20AM Fixed points and free throws. P. M. Dearing and Shari Prevost*, Clemson
(627) C. W. Groetsch, The Citadel (1046-N1-128) University (1046-X1-1214) 8:40AM Take a good look, using mathematics. Preliminary 10:00AM Let them eat cake: An introduction to volumes by
(628) report.
(644) cross section. Jacqueline Brannon Giles, HCC Central College, H. Smith Risser, Montana Tech (1046-X1-476) Houston, Texas (1046-N1-39) 10:20AM Metaphors that work, calculus and the real world. 9:00AM How fair are BCS ratings? Analysis of Colley (645) Aldo Maldonado, Park University (1046-X1-1333) (629) methods for sports ranking. 10:40AM Modeling the spread of a disease. Erich Kreutzer, Davidson College (1046-N1-1217)
(646) Mary Ann Connors, Westfield State College 9:20AM Football rankings using linear algebra. Preliminary (1046-X1-1235)
(630) report. 11:00AM Written papers and oral examinations to deepen R. Drew Pasteur, The College of Wooster (647) students understanding of calculus. (1046-N1-1477) Christine M. Malone*andMarie B. Copeland, 9:40AM The Superbowl box pool. Macomb Mathematics Science Technology Center
(631) Michael A. Jones,MathematicalReviews (1046-X1-1590) (1046-N1-1991) 11:20AM Introducing series using error.
10:00AM Hitting golf balls and tee balls as far as possible. (648) Mark Howell, Gonzaga College High School,
(632) Preliminary report. Washington, DC (1046-X1-967) Robert Kantrowitz*, Hamilton College, and 11:40AM Teaching series convergence effectively. Michael M. Neumann, Mississippi State University
(649) Robert Sachs, George Mason University (1046-N1-702) (1046-X1-1883)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 139 Program of the Sessions – Tuesday, January 6 (cont’d.)

MAA Session on Undergraduate Mathematical 9:00AM Enhance rigor in college geometry with technologies Biology, I
(663) of Sketchpad, Cabri, or Cinderella. Subhash C. Saxena, Coastal Carolina University 8:00 AM – 11:45 AM (1046-Z1-1770) 9:15AM The advanced mathematics program at the United Organizers: Timothy D. Comar, Benedictine
(664) States Military Academy: Exposing students to University technology through a rigorous mathematics Raina Robeva, Sweet Briar College curriculum. Preliminary report. Eric S. Marland, Appalachian State Randy Boucher*, Janet Braunstein,andDonald University Outing, U.S. Military Academy (1046-Z1-1729) 8:00AM Modeling logistic growth and extinction. 9:30AM Strategies for effective use of online homework in (650) Sheldon P. Gordon, Farmingdale State College (665) calculus. (1046-Y1-176) Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University 8:25AM BioCalculus: First steps at a small liberal arts (1046-Z1-806) (651) college. 9:45AM Using personal response systems (clickers) for Margaret M. Sullivan, College of Notre Dame of
(666) pre-service teacher candidates in elementary Maryland, Baltimore (1046-Y1-1275) content and secondary methods courses. 8:55AM Activities designed to prepare undergraduates for Preliminary report. (652) research in mathematical biology. Janet A. White*andTravis K. Miller, Millersville Timothy D. Comar, Benedictine University University of PA (1046-Z1-703) (1046-Y1-1234) 10:00AM A data gathering demo using Three Stooges films.
9:20AM Translating the principles of BIO2010 into practice. (667) Robert L. Davidson and Robert B. Gardner*, East (653) Kelly E. Matthews*, Merrilyn Goos and Peter Tennessee State University (1046-Z1-484) Adams, University of Queensland (1046-Y1-1567) 10:15AM Using a personal response system. preliminary
9:45AM Active learning in the symbiosis project. (668) report.
(654) Jeff R. Knisley, East Tennessee State University John Hawkins and T. Bruce McLean*, Georgia (1046-Y1-1606) Southern University (1046-Z1-449) 10:10AM UBM-research and education program in biology 10:30AM Illustrating algorithms for computing computer

(655) and ecology. Preliminary report. (669) graphics. Preliminary report. S. Koksal, Florida Institute of Technology Paul Raymond Bouthellier,Universityof (1046-Y1-2010) Pittsburgh-Titusville (1046-Z1-236) AM 10:35AM Training undergraduates in mathematical biology 10:45 Discovering the derivative and its meaning with the
(656) using research with faculty. (670) graphing calculator. E. Miller Jason, Truman State University Murray H. Siegel, Central Arizona College (1046-Y1-1987) (1046-Z1-165) 11:00AM Integrating college algebra with modularity and 11:00AM The standard genetic code and equivalence classes.

(657) Brian Hopkins, Saint Peter’s College (1046-Y1-548) (671) technology (iCAM&T): A first year follow-up. Preliminary report. 11:25AM Bioinformatics on the cheap. A. Dale Magoun*, A. Serpil Saydam, Charlotte H. (658) Jennifer R. Galovich, St. John’s University/College Owens, Elizabeth T. Smith and Stephen Richters, of St. Benedict (1046-Y1-289) The University of Louisiana at Monroe, LA (1046-Z1-112) 11:15AM Incorporating software into college algebra: Who MAA General Contributed Paper Session, IV
(672) wins? We all do, if... Michelle R. DeDeo, Univ. of North Florida 8:00 AM – 11:55 AM (1046-Z1-79) Organizer: Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State 11:30AM Spreadsheet modeling and applications. College
(673) Morteza Shafii-Mousavi, Indiana University South Moderators: Anthony D. Berard Jr., King’s College Bend (1046-Z1-67) Louise M. Berard, Wilkes University 11:45AM Fluid-structure interaction mathematical models for
(674) studying biological systems. Preliminary report. Mahmoud Yousef,Universityof Kevin Yorke Kelbaugh*, Minerva Venuti,and Central Missouri Padmanabhan Seshaiyer, George Mason University Richard Stout, Gordon College (1046-Z1-65) 8:00AM Teaching calculus through experimentation and
(659) empiricism. Preliminary report. SIAM Minisymposium on Mathematical and Travis Kowalski, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (1046-Z1-2107) Computational Challenges in Global Climate and Energy Processes 8:15AM Online homework delivery in an introductory
(660) statistics course. Preliminary report. 8:00 AM –10:55AM Leyla Batakci*andKeri A. Speicher, Elizabethtown College (1046-Z1-1969) Organizer: Margot Gerritsen, Stanford University 8:30AM A simple geometer’s Sketchpad sketch for exploring 8:00AM Performance prediction of thermal recovery
(661) ideas of function.
(675) processes, or how we can produce heavy oil in an Ian Whitacre, San Diego State University environmentally friendly way. (1046-Z1-1958) Margot Gerritsen*, J. V. lambers and Z. Zhu, 8:45AM Mathematica laboratory assignments inspired by Stanford University (1046-35-2013)
(662) the history of mathematics. Preliminary report. 9:00AM Marine energy technology: Riding the current. Gabriela R. Sanchis, Elizabethtown College (676) Yin Lu Young*, Princeton University, and Margot (1046-Z1-1892) Gerritsen, Stanford University (1046-65-2115)

140 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Tuesday, January 6 – Program of the Sessions

9:30AM Climate response through fluctuation-dissipation: A MAA Invited Address (677) new algorithm for low-frequency dynamics. Rafail V. Abramov*, University of Illinois at 9:00 AM –9:50AM Chicago, and Andrew J. Majda, Courant Institute of
Mathematical Sciences (1046-86-2111) (689) Stacking bricks and stoning crows. Peter Winkler, Dartmouth College (1046-A0-15) 10:30AM Detection and correction of forecast bias due to (678) parameter and initial condition errors. AMS Special Session on The Mathematics of S. Lakshmivarahan, University of Oklahoma, and S. Crowell*, University of Oklahoma (1046-37-2102) Information and Knowledge, III

9:00 AM – 11:45 AM Organizers: Ronald R. Coifman,YaleUniversity Employment Center James G. Glimm, SUNY at Stony Brook Peter W. Jones,YaleUniversity 8:00 AM –7:00PM Stephen Smale, Toyota Institute 9:00AM Topological sensing: Doing more with less in sensor (690) networks via topological data. Robert Ghrist*, University of Pennsylvania, and MAA Session on Demos and Strategies with Yuliy Baryshnikov, Bell Labs (1046-94-1796) Technology that Enhance Teaching and Learning 10:00AM Google and the Vapnik-Chervonenkis dimension. Mathematics, I (691) Stuart Geman, Brown University (1046-60-2126) 11:00AM Internet topology inference. 8:20 AM – 11:35 AM (692) Paul Barford, University of Wisconson-Madison (1046-68-2132) Organizers: David R. Hill,TempleUniversity Scott Greenleaf,UniversityofNew AMS Special Session on Group Actions on England Homogeneous Spaces and Applications, III Mary L. Platt, Salem State College Lila F. Roberts, Georgia College & 9:00 AM – 11:40 AM State University Organizers: Dmitry Y. Kleinbock,Brandeis 8:20AM Pen-technology and evolving Web-based instruction University (679) toolsinfreshmancalculus. Gregory A. Margulis,YaleUniversity Marilyn Reba, Clemson University (1046-E1-1169) Hee Oh,BrownUniversity AM 8:40 All you add is Webassign and Maple. Preliminary 9:00AM Orbital counting for thin groups and the affine
(680) report. (693) linear sieve. Denise J. LeGrand, University of Arkansas at Little Alex V. Kontorovich*andHee Oh,Brown Rock (1046-E1-897) University (1046-11-252) 9:00AM Auditory graphs in Excel for calculus. 10:00AM Invariant subsets and stationary probabilities on
(681) Steven Hetzler*andRobert Tardiff, Salisbury (694) homogeneous spaces. University (1046-E1-793) Yves Benoist*, Universite Paris-Sud, and 9:20AM Interactive, data-driven and technology-enhanced Jean-Francois Quint, Universite Paris-Nord
(682) approach for probability and statistics education. (1046-37-770) Ivo D. Dinov, University of California, Los Angeles 11:00AM Higher rank Anosov actions on tori. (1046-E1-26) (695) David M. Fisher, Indiana University, Boris V. 9:40AM Dynamic visualization tools for multivariable Kalinin, University of South Alabama, and Ralf J.
(683) calculus. Preliminary report. Spatzier*, University of Michigan (1046-37-792) Paul Seeburger, Monroe Community College (1046-E1-911) MAA Minicourse #13: Part A 10:00AM Developing a video tutorial library to service upper
(684) level MSE courses. Preliminary report. 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Christopher M. Smith*, Frank Wattenberg, Josh Directing undergraduate research. W. Helms and Rodney Sturdivant, United States Military Academy (1046-E1-1354) Organizer: Aparna W. Higgins,Universityof Dayton 10:20AM ProofBuilder, a tool for showing students how to
(685) construct basic proofs. Preliminary report. MAA Session on Innovative and Effective Ways to Hugh W. McGuire, Grand Valley State University (1046-E1-1399) Teach Linear Algebra

10:40AM Using 3-dimensional bifurcation diagrams to 9:00 AM – 11:55 AM
(686) enhance student learning. Itai Seggev, Knox College (1046-E1-1695) Organizers: David M. Strong, Pepperdine University 11:00AM On the combined use of algebra and technology in
(687) the study of a family of sequences. Preliminary Gil Strang, Massachusetts Institute of report. Technology Sandra Schroeder*andMihai Caragiu,Ohio David C. Lay, University of Maryland Northern University (1046-E1-1715) 9:00AM Using linear algebra for image processing. 11:20AM Conjecturing the sum of an infinite series: CAS Lab
(696) Preliminary report.
(688) exercise in calculus I. Paul Raymond Bouthellier,Universityof Bill Marion, Valparaiso University (1046-E1-24) Pittsburgh-Titusville (1046-I1-233)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 141 Program of the Sessions – Tuesday, January 6 (cont’d.)

9:20AM Geometric representations of a 4x4 determinant. MAA-Young Mathematicians’ Network Panel
(697) Preliminary report. Discussion Dean J. Caffentzis, New Port Richey, FL (1046-I1-751) 9:00 AM –10:20AM 9:40AM Using the discrete wavelet transform to illustrate
Career options for undergraduate mathematics (698) concepts from linear algebra. majors. Patrick J. Van Fleet,UniversityofSt.Thomas (1046-I1-450) Organizers: Vanessa Garcia, Texas State University-San Marcos 10:00AM Algorithms for multivariable polynomial
(699) interpolation. Dov N. Chelst,ICMA Richard D. Neidinger, Davidson College (1046-I1-1637) MAA Panel Discussion 10:20AM The Moore-Penrose inverse of a vector: Coping with 9:00 AM –10:20AM
(700) a sometimes tricky case differentiation. Karsten K. Schmidt, Schmalkalden University of Multidisciplinary projects that hook those not Applied Sciences, Germany (1046-I1-497) usually interested in mathematics. 10:40AM Teach ill-conditioning to introductory linear algebra Organizers: Alex J. Heidenberg, U.S. Military
(701) students in a single lecture! Academy Jeffrey Stuart, Pacific Lutheran University Gerald C. Kobylski, U.S. Military (1046-I1-2078) Academy 11:00AM The linear package and its integration into an Panelists: Laurie J. Heyer, Davidson College
(702) undergraduate linear algebra course. Shawnee L. McMurran, California Don Spickler, Salisbury University (1046-I1-1430) State University , San Bernardino 11:20AM Getting your hands dirty in linear algebra. Michael Huber, Muhlenberg College (703) Murphy Waggoner, Simpson College (1046-I1-1440) Barbra S. Melendez, U. S. Military Academy 11:40AM Using projects and oral reports in the first linear
(704) algebra course. Preliminary report. Stephen Hilbert,IthacaCollege,IthacaNY MAA Committee on the Profession Special (1046-I1-2023) Presentation

9:00 AM –10:20AM MAA Session on Mathematics of Games and Puzzles, I Session for chairs.

9:00 AM – 11:55 AM Organizers: Daniel P. Maki, Indiana University Cahterine M. Murphy,Purdue Organizer: Laura A. Taalman,JamesMadison University Calumet University Presenter: Susan C. Geller,TexasA&MUniversity 9:00AM La Loubere magic squares.
(705) James Z. Klingensmith*andRoman Wong, MAA Committee on the Participation of Washington and Jefferson College (1046-L1-801) Women/Women and Mathematics Network Poster 9:20AM Magic tortoise puzzles. Preliminary report. Session
(706) Heakyung Lee, Winthrop University (1046-L1-374) 9:40AM Leapin’ lizards! It’s mathematics! 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (707) Doug Ensley, Shippensburg University (1046-L1-1993) Mathematical outreach programs for underrepresented populations. 10:00AM On determining paint by numbers puzzles with (708) non-unique solutions. Preliminary report. Organizer: Elizabeth G. Yanik,EmporiaState Ryan Mullen, Sacred Heart University University (1046-L1-507) Student Hospitality Center 10:20AM The alarm-off puzzle.
(709) Roman Wong*, Shunika Hamilton and Sarah 9:00 AM –5:00PM Charley, Washington and Jefferson College (1046-L1-619) Exhibits and Book Sales 10:40AM Should you take the bet? A problem from Marilyn
(710) Vos Savant. 9:30 AM –5:30PM Daniel Schaal, South Dakota State University (1046-L1-1840) SIGMAA Officers Meeting 11:00AM Using game theory to get a date: Strategy selection
(711) for two (or more) suitors. 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Darryl K. Nester, Bluffton University (1046-L1-1836) Chair: Amy Shell-Gellasch, Pacific Lutheran University 11:20AM Be rational! An examination of player motives and
(712) utility. Preliminary report. Charles Andrew Tannouri, Johns Hopkins AWM Emmy Noether Lecture University (1046-L1-2049) 10:05 AM –10:55AM 11:40AM Elementary Farkle strategy: Have you farkled
(713) lately? (714) The geometry of graphs. Donald E. Hooley, Bluffton University Fan Chung Graham, University of California San (1046-L1-891) Diego

142 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Tuesday, January 6 – Program of the Sessions

MAA Minicourse #4: Part A SIAM Invited Address

10:30 AM – 12:30 PM 11:10 AM – NOON An introduction to the mathematics of modern (715) Mathematics of sea ice to help predict climate cryptography. change. Organizers: Jeffrey Ehme, Spelman College Kenneth M. Golden,UniversityofUtah (1046-86-122) Colm A. Mulcahy, Spelman College

AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture II MAA Minicourse #9: Part A 1:00 PM –2:00PM 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM (716) Homogeneous dynamics and number theory II. Beyond formulas and algorithms: Teaching a Gregory Margulis, Yale University (1046-37-03) conceptual/thematic single variable calculus course. Organizer: Shahriar Shahriari, Pomona College AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates, III

SIGMAA on the History of Mathematics and SIGMAA 1:00 PM –4:20PM on the Philosophy of Mathematics Panel Discussion Organizers: Darren A. Narayan,Rochester Institute of Technology 10:45 AM – 12:05 PM Jacqueline A. Jensen,SamHouston The intersection of the history and philosophy of State University mathematics. Carl V. Lutzer, Rochester Institute of Organizers: Bonnie Gold, Monmouth University Technology Amy Shell-Gellasch, Pacific Lutheran Vadim Ponomarenko, San Diego State University University Panelists: Thomas L. Drucker,Universityof Tamas Wiandt, Rochester Institute of Wisconsin-Whitewater Technology Kenneth L. Manders,Universityof 1:00PM Morgan Prize talk. Pittsburgh 1:30PM On the realizability of certain graphs as Delaunay Daniel C. Sloughter,Furman
(717) Tessellations. University Nicholas L Michaud*, Liz Anet, Adam Chodoff and Viriya Ratanasangpunth, Bard College (1046-51-527) MAA Workshop 2:00PM Local edge detection with wavelet coefficients.
(718) Taylor Edward Burmeister, Haverford College 10:45 AM – 12:05 PM (1046-43-86) 2:30PM Modeling the dynamics of feed-forward biological Proposal writing for grant applications to the NSF
(719) networks. Division of Undergraduate Education. Lauren E. Pace*, John W. Cain and Dewey T. Organizers: Daniel P. Maki,NSF Taylor, Virginia Commonwealth University Ginger H. Rowell,NSF (1046-92-89) Elizabeth J. Teles,NSF 3:00PM Examining the evolution of molecular gas in the
Lee L. Zia,NSF (720) interstellar medium: The case of the singular ordinary differential equations. Preliminary report. Benjamin Baxter*andLisa J. Holden,Northern Kentucky University (1046-34-104) MAA Committee on Technology in Mathematics 3:30PM Numerical evidence on the uniform distribution of Education Panel Discussion
(721) power residues for elliptic curves. Jeffrey Hatley*, The College of New Jersey, and 10:45 AM – 12:05 PM Amanda Hittson, Bryn Mawr College (1046-11-115) Picture this! Geometry software. 4:00PM An upper bound for the number of graceful
Organizers: Mary L. Platt, Salem State College (722) labelings of a path with n edges. Sylvia R. Naples, Bard College (1046-00-301) Marina Vulis, University of New Haven Lawrence Moore, Duke University Moderators: Mary L. Platt AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and Marina Vulis Education Reform, II Panelists: Michael D. Hvidsten,Gustavus Adolphus College 1:00 PM –4:10PM David Fowler,Universityof Organizers: William H. Barker, Bowdoin College Nebraska-Lincoln William G. McCallum,Universityof Jon Choate, Groton School Arizona David Austin, Grand Valley State Bonnie S. Saunders,Universityof University Illinois at Chicago

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 143 Program of the Sessions – Tuesday, January 6 (cont’d.)

1:00PM Undesirable habits of mind of pre-service teachers: AMS-SIAM Special Session on Asymptotic Methods in (723) Strategies for addressing them. Analysis with Applications, II Kien H. Lim, University of Texas at El Paso (1046-97-1675) 1:00 PM –4:20PM 1:30PM Mathematical habits of mind and the Organizers: Diego Dominici,SUNYNewPaltz (724) language-learning brain: Mathematics as a second language. Peter A. McCoy, U.S. Naval Academy Paul Goldenberg, Educational Development Center 1:00PM Asymptotic behavior of solutions of a class of (1046-97-2113)
(736) non-linear difference equations. Preliminary report. Faruk F. Abi-Khuzam, American University of 2:00PM Algebraic reasoning in 3D, using principles of Beirut (1046-39-975) (725) linearity and symmetry. Hyman Bass, University of Michigan 1:30PM Asymptotics of the p-adic valuations of solutions of (1046-97-1906) (737) linear recurrences. Tewodros Amdeberhan, Tulane University, Luis A. 2:30PM Habits of mind for proving. Medina, Rutgers University, and Victor H. Moll*,
(726) Annie Selden*andJohn Selden,NewMexicoState Tulane University (1046-11-1158) University (1046-97-684) 2:00PM Stochastic epidemic model reduction: A normal 3:00PM Classroom norms and habits of mind. (738) form approach. Preliminary report.
(727) Chris Rasmussen, San Diego State University Eric Forgoston*, Naval Research Laboratory, (1046-97-1774) Lora Billings, Montclair State University, and 3:30PM Panel: Helping students develop mathematical Ira B. Schwartz, Naval Research Laboratory
(728) habits of mind. (1046-37-612) Kristin A. Camenga*, Houghton College, and 2:30PM Fluid limits, diffusion limits, and event horizons for Kien H. Lim, University of Texas at El Paso (739) the response times of processor sharing queues (1046-97-1111) with time varying rates. William A. Massey, Princeton University (1046-41-747) 3:00PM Mathematical analysis of double-walled carbon (740) nanotube model. Marianna A. Shubov*andMiriam Rojas-Arenaza, University of New Hampshire (1046-35-1118) AMS-MAA Special Session on The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, I 3:30PM Pulse propagation in a debye material with static (741) conductivity: The search for a uniform expansion. Preliminary report. 1:00 PM –4:20PM Natalie A. Cartwright*, State University of New Organizers: Curtis D. Bennett, Loyola Marymount York at New Paltz, and Kurt E. Oughstun, University University of Vermont (1046-78-852) Jacqueline M. Dewar, Loyola 4:00PM The Riesz energy of the N-th roots of unity: An Marymount University (742) asymptotic expansion for large N. Edward B. Saff*, Vanderbilt University, Johann S. 1:00PM Using video case-studies to enhance both teaching Brauchart, Graz University of Technology,
(729) and learning in a transition course. Preliminary and Douglas Hardin, Vanderbilt University report. (1046-41-2128) James Sandefur*, Georgetown University, Connie M. Campbell, Millsaps College, Kay Somers, Moravian College, Manya Raman,Ume˚aUniversity, AMS-ASL Special Session on Model Theoretic Methods and Geoffrey D. Birky, Georgetown University in Finite Combinatorics, I (1046-97-853) 1:00 PM –4:20PM 1:30PM Making the most of pre-class reading assignments
(730) in statistics. Organizers: Martin Grohe, Humboldt University Derek Bruff, Vanderbilt University (1046-97-1657) Johann A. Makowsky, Technion Israel 2:00PM Questions you might want answered using data Institute of Technology
(731) from the registrar. 1:00PM Discussion Jack Bookman, Duke University (1046-97-1739) 1:30PM Symmetrized Ramsey theorems for graphs and for 2:30PM Collaborative concept mapping in calculus. (743) countably categorical structures. Preliminary
(732) David E. Meel, Bowling Green State University report. (1046-97-847) Menachem Kojman, Ben Gurion University, 3:00PM Paperless Internet-based calculus across all levels, Bersheva, Israel (1046-05-342)
(733) updated. 2:00PM Universal graphs with forbidden subgraphs. Thomas F. Banchoff,BrownUniversity (744) Preliminary report. (1046-00-972) Gregory L. Cherlin, Rutgers University, New 3:30PM What makes effective online feedback in college Brunswick, NJ (1046-03-366)
(734) algebra? Preliminary report. 2:30PM Partition theorems and permutation groups. Andrew G. Bennett, Kansas State University (745) Preliminary report. (1046-97-1758) Andreas Blass, University of Michigan 4:00PM Comparing methods of instruction in intermediate (1046-03-471)
(735) algebra for college students, round 2. Preliminary 3:00PM A geometric zero-One law. report.
(746) Robert Gilman, Stevens Institute of Technology, Susan Elaine Thompson, Otterbein College Yuri Gurevich, Microsoft Research, and Alexei (1046-97-664) Myasnikov*, McGill University (1046-05-373)

144 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Tuesday, January 6 – Program of the Sessions

3:30PM Laplace transforms and zero-one laws. Preliminary 3:30PM A modified version of free orbit-dimension of von (747) report. (760) Neumann algebras. Jason P. Bell, Simon Fraser University Weihua Li*andDon Hadwin,UniversityofNew (1046-05-448) Hampshire (1046-46-370)

4:00PM The Specker-Blatter theorem revisited. Preliminary 4:00PM Structure results for normalizers of II1 factors.
(748) report. (761) Jan Cameron,TexasA&MUniversity Eldar Fischer*andJohann A. Makowsky, (1046-47-1313) Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel (1046-05-343) AMS Special Session on Noncommutative Algebra, II AMS Special Session on Convex and Discrete Geometry, II 1:00 PM –3:50PM Organizers: Greg Marks, St. Louis University 1:00 PM –4:20PM Ashish K. Srivastava,St.Louis Organizers: Wlodzimierz Kuperberg, Auburn University University 1:00PM Hopf algebras of low GK-dimension. Valeriu Soltan,GeorgeMason (762) James J. Zhang, University of Washington University (1046-16-204) 1:00PM Blocking numbers for lp balls in three dimensions. 1:30PM Centralizers in domains of low Gelfand-Kirillov (749) Preliminary report. (763) dimension. Preliminary report. David G. Larman, University College London Jason P. Bell, Simon Fraser University (1046-52-576) (1046-16-451) 1:30PM On the Hadwiger numbers of topological disks. 2:00PM Homology of a ring.
(750) Zsolt Langi, Budapest University of Technology, (764) Ivo Herzog, Yonsei University (Seoul, South Korea) Budapest, Hungary (1046-52-608) and Ohio State University at Lima (1046-16-1418) 2:00PM On partial coverings of convex bodies by planks. 2:30PM Nichols algebras in positive characteristic. (751) Karoly Bezdek, University of Calgary (765) Aaron Lauve and Sarah Witherspoon*, Texas A&M (1046-52-1527) University (1046-16-2035) 2:30PM Extremal coin graphs in the Euclidean plane. 3:00PM Von-Neumann-algebra-like rings and the answer to (752) Preliminary report. (766) a S. K. Berberian’s question. Geir Agnarsson and Jill Bigley Dunham*, George Lia Vaˇs, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia Mason University (1046-05-371) (1046-16-994) 3:00PM Shortest path among circles. Preliminary report. 3:30PM Big projective modules over Noetherian semilocal
(753) G´abor Fejes Toth´ ,R´enyi Institute, Budapest (767) rings. (1046-52-1143) Dolors Herbera*, Universitat Autonoma de 3:30PM On covering a convex set with its smaller copies. Barcelona, and Pavel Prihoda, Charles University, (754) Marton Naszodi, University of Alberta Prague (1046-16-1580) (1046-52-1767) 4:00PM On a new proof of the Malfatti’s problem.
(755) Preliminary report. AMS Special Session on Computational Algebraic and Andras Bezdek*, Auburn Univ and Renyi Inst. of Analytic Geometry for Low-dimensional Varieties, II the Hungarian Acad. of Sci., Budapest, Hungary, Jan P. Boronski, Auburn University, Wesley Brown, 1:00 PM –4:20PM Braxton Carrigan and Matt Noble, Auburn Organizers: Mika K. Sepp¨al¨a,FloridaState University, Auburn, AL (1046-52-1395) University Tanush Shaska, Oakland University AMS Special Session on Von Neumann Algebras, II Emil J. Volcheck, Association for Computing Machinery 1:00 PM –4:20PM 1:00PM Palindromes and discreteness algorithms. Organizers: Pinhas Grossman, Vanderbilt (768) Jane Gilman*, Rutgers University, Newark, and University Linda Keen, Lehman College, CUNY (1046-20-682) Remus Nicoara,Universityof 1:30PM On the maximal order of an automorphism of a Tennessee (769) trigonal Riemann surface. 1:00PM Discussion Milagros Izquierdo*, Linkoping¨ University, and 1:30PM On the conditionally free analogue of the Antonio F. Costa, UNED (1046-14-405) (756) S-transform. 2:00PM WIT: A structured and comprehensive package for Mihai Popa, Indiana University at Bloomington (770) computations in intersection theory. (1046-47-336) Sebastian Xambo-Descamps´ ,Universitat 2:00PM Binary shifts of higher commutant index. Polit`ecnica de Catalunya (1046-14-1435) (757) Preliminary report. 2:30PM Riemann surfaces via circle packing. Geoffrey L. Price, United States Naval Academy (771) G. Brock Williams, Texas Tech University (1046-46-467) (1046-30-1803) 2:30PM Multipliers and extreme points of operator spaces. 3:00PM Hyperbolic polygons, Fuchsian groups and Helling (758) Masayoshi Kaneda, The University of Mississippi (772) Matricies. (1046-46-1388) K.-D. Semmler, EPF Lausanne (1046-53-1585) 3:00PM Normalizers of subalgebras of II1 factors. 3:30PM Thetanulls of curves with automorphisms. (759) Alan D. Wiggins, Vanderbilt University (773) Emma Previato*, Boston University, and T. Shaska, (1046-46-1280) Oakland University (1046-14-800)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 145 Program of the Sessions – Tuesday, January 6 (cont’d.)

4:00PM Graphical representation of the Birman-Series set 1:00PM Topology and data. (774) on hyperbolic surfaces. Preliminary report. (785) Gunnar Carlsson, Stanford University Peter Buser*andHugo Parlier, ´Ecole Polytechnique (1046-68-1631) F´ed´erale Lausanne (EPFL) (1046-53-1093) 1:30PM Estimating the topology of functions on manifolds (786) from noisy samples. Peter Bubenik*, Cleveland State University, Gunnar AMS Special Session on Harmonic Analysis, I Carlsson, Stanford University, Peter T. Kim and Zhiming Luo, University of Guelph (1046-55-916) 1:00 PM –4:20PM 2:00PM Homology computations for random nodal domains. Organizers: Paul A. Hagelstein, Baylor University (787) Thomas Wanner, George Mason University Alexander M. Stokolos,DePaul (1046-55-459) University 2:30PM Euler characteristic, integration, and definable 1:00PM Bellman function in non-local settings. Preliminary (788) functions. Preliminary report. (775) report. Yuliy Baryshnikov, Bell Labs, and Robert Ghrist*, Leonid Slavin, University of MIssouri-Columbia University of Pennsylvania (1046-55-479) (1046-42-1177) 3:00PM Counting objects in dense sensor networks: A
1:30PM Smooth functions associated with wavelet sets on (789) topological integral transform. Preliminary report. (776) Rd, d ≥ 1, and frame bound gaps. Yuliy Baryshnikov, Bell Laboratories John J. Benedetto and Emily J. King*, University of (1046-55-1554) Maryland, College Park (1046-43-1532) 3:30PM Discrete curvature flows and their applications, I. (790) Feng Luo*, Rutgers University, and David Gu,SUNY 2:00PM Growth properties of Fourier transforms via moduli (777) of continuity. at Stony Brook (1046-52-1939) William O. Bray, University of Maine (1046-42-68) 4:00PM Discrete curvature flows and their applications, II.
(791) Preliminary report. 2:30PM Weighted inequalities for multilinear fractional (778) integral operators. David Gu*, SUNY at Stony Brook, and Feng Luo, Kabe A. Moen, University of Kansas (1046-42-1064) Rutgers University (1046-97-2091) 3:00PM A sharp inequality for the Stricharz norm. (779) Preliminary report. Emanuel Carneiro, University of Texas at Austin AMS Special Session on Teichmuller¨ Theory and (1046-42-743) Low-Dimensional Topology, II 3:30PM Besov-Lebesgue mapping properties for bilinear (780) operators. Preliminary report. 1:00 PM –4:20PM Diego Maldonado and Virginia Naibo*, Kansas Organizers: Richard P. Kent,BrownUniversity State University (1046-42-511) Madlena Tomova, Rice University 4:00PM Pointwise convergence of Fourier series of the (781) indicator of a ball in Euclidean space, following 1:00PM A normal surface calculus for Heegaard splittings. Kuratsubo. (792) Jesse E. Johnson, Yale University (1046-57-825) Mark A. Pinsky,NorthwesternUniversity 1:30PM Asymptotics of Weil-Petersson geodesics. (1046-42-163) (793) J. Brock*, Brown University, H. Masur,University of Chicago, and Y. Minsky,YaleUniversity (1046-51-1311) AMS Special Session on the Mathematics of 2:00PM Uniform uniform exponential growth of subgroups Information and Knowledge, IV (794) of the mapping class group. Johanna Mangahas, University of Michigan 1:00 PM –4:20PM (1046-51-362) Organizers: Ronald R. Coifman,YaleUniversity 2:30PM Topological index theory for isotopy classes of James G. Glimm, SUNY at Stony Brook (795) surfaces. David C. Bachman, Pitzer College (1046-57-139) Peter W. Jones,YaleUniversity 3:00PM A compactification for the space of singular Stephen Smale, Toyota Institute (796) Euclidean metrics on a surface. 1:00PM Hodge theory for singular spaces. Kasra Rafi*, University of Oklahoma, Moon (782) Steve Smale*, Toyoto Technological Institute, and Duchin, University of Michigan, and Christopher Nat Smale, University of Utah (1046-60-1222) Leininger, UIUC (1046-51-188) 2:00PM Harmonic and multiscale analysis on 3:30PM Surgery on a knot in (surface)x(I). (783) low-dimensional data sets in high-dimensions. (797) Martin Scharlemann,UCSB,andAbigail Mauro Maggioni, Duke University (1046-60-1685) Thompson*, UC Davis (1046-57-932) 3:00PM Fast matrix computations via randomized 4:00PM Geometry of splittings and models. (784) sampling. (798) Hossein Namazi, University of Texas at Austin Gunnar Martinsson, University of Colorado at (1046-57-390) Boulder (1046-60-2131) 3:45PM Discussion MAA Minicourse #10: Part A AMS Special Session on Topological Methods in Applied Mathematics, II 1:00 PM –3:00PM The ubiquitous Catalan numbers and their 1:00 PM –4:20PM applications. Organizer: Yongwu Rong, George Washington Organizer: Thomas Koshy, Framingham State University College

146 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Tuesday, January 6 – Program of the Sessions

MAA Minicourse #14: Part A 3:30PM Homogenization of time-harmonic acoustics of (809) bone: The diphasic case. 1:00 PM –3:00PM Ana Vasilic*, University of Delaware, Ming Fang, Norfolk State University, and Robert P. Gilbert, Teaching a course in the history of mathematics. University of Delaware (1046-35-1828) Organizers: V. Frederick Rickey, U.S. Military Academy 3:45PM An optimal order error estimate of a linear finite (810) element method for smooth solutions of 2D systems Victor J. Katz, University of the District of conservation laws. of Columbia Xiaomei Ji, Stony Brook University. (1046-00-1650)

MAA Minicourse #5: Part A

1:00 PM –3:00PM Developing departmental self-studies. Organizers: Donna L. Beers, Simmons College AMS Session on Biology, II Richard A. Gillman,Valparaiso University 1:00 PM –3:25PM

AMS Session on Partial Differential Equations, II 1:00PM Gene dispersal in an insect pollinated tree species.
(811) Preliminary report. David M. Chan*, Rodney J. Dyer, Erich Foster, 1:00 PM –3:55PM Alex Feild and April McFarland, VCU (1046-92-74) 1:00PM Thermal blow-up in a subdiffusive medium. 1:15PM The estimation of the effective reproductive number (799) W. E. Olmstead,NorthwesternUniversity,and
(812) from disease outbreak data. Catherine A. Roberts*, College of the Holy Cross Ariel Cintron-Arias, North Carolina State University (1046-35-706) (1046-92-162) 1:15PM Accurate resolution of a nonlinear PDE with corner
1:30PM 3D In vivo MRI-Based FSI models for human carotid (800) singularities. Preliminary report. (813) atherosclerotic plaques and patient-specific plaque Qingshan Chen*, Indiana University at progression growth functions with validation. Bloomington, and Roger Temam, Indiana Zijie Liao, Xueying Huang*, Worcester Polytechnic University (1046-35-1492) Institute, Chun Yang, Beijing Normal University, 1:30PM A model for particle size segregation in granular and Dalin Tang, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (801) flow under nonuniform shear. (1046-92-253) Karen Daniels, Lindsay B.H. May*, North Carolina 1:45PM Linkage analysis for categorical traits on complex State University, Kasey Phillips,Universityof (814) pedigrees. Cambridge, and Michael Shearer, North Carolina Abra Brisbin*, Center for Applied Mathematics, State University (1046-35-1694) Cornell University, Jason Mezey and Carlos 1:45PM Minimizers of the Lawrence-Doniach model for Bustamante, Cornell University (1046-92-264) (802) superconductors under weak coupling and a parallel or slightly tilted field. Preliminary report. 2:00PM Computational mutagenesis for analysis of protein
Patricia E. Bauman and Zhenqiu Xie*, Purdue (815) functional changes upon mutation. Preliminary University (1046-35-1850) report. Majid Masso, George Mason University 2:00PM The unique determination of an acoustic speed (1046-92-78) (803) from thermoacoustic tomography data. Kyle S. Hickmann, Oregon State University 2:15PM The analysis of a nonlinear adaptive elastic plate (1046-35-1925) (816) under loading with numerical simulations of its displacement and growth under various boundary 2:15PM Propagation of solitons under colored noise. conditions. (804) Preliminary report. Robert J. Ronkese, United States Military Academy Russell L. Herman, University of North Carolina (1046-92-389) Wilmington (1046-35-1966) 2:30PM A general method to derive a Boolean model from a 2:30PM Complete integrability in Burgers turbulence.
(805) Preliminary report. (817) continuous model for gene regulatory networks. Ravi Srinivasan, Brown University (1046-35-2065) Franziska B. Hinkelmann,VirginiaTech (1046-92-306) 2:45PM Using distinguish-ability criteria to optimally design (806) sources in optical tomography. 2:45PM Study on critical stress in atherosclerotic carotid Taufiquar Khan, Clemson University, Peter Maass, (818) artery using In vivo MRI-based 3D multi-physics University of Bremen, Germany, and Bonnie models with fluid-structure interactions. McAdoo*, Clemson University (1046-35-1979) Zhongzhao Teng*, Xueying Huang, Zijie Liao and Dalin Tang, Worcester Polytechnic Institute 3:00PM Nodal and multiple constant sign solutions for the (1046-92-417) (807) p-Laplacian. Preliminary report. Michael E. Filippakis*, National Technical 3:00PM A gender structured model with single-biased University of Athens, Ravi P. Agarwal,Florida
(819) separation rate. Preliminary report. Institute of Technology, Donal O’Regan, Daniel Maxin, Valparaiso University (1046-92-469) National University of Ireland, and Nikolaos S. 3:15PM A modified Mitchell-Schaeffer model of Papageorgiou, National Technical University of
(820) cardiac action potential which incorporates Athens (1046-35-2127) caveolae-associated ionic currents. Preliminary 3:15PM Immiscible two-phase flow through porous media: A report.
(808) case of uniqueness of a solution. Preliminary report. Ian Besse*, Colleen Mitchell,Universityof Koffi B. Fadimba, University of South Carolina Iowa, and Erwin Shibata,UniversityofIowa Aiken (1046-35-1453) (1046-92-518)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 147 Program of the Sessions – Tuesday, January 6 (cont’d.)

AMS Session on Dynamical Systems and Ergodic 1:30PM More results on ”sum of cubes equal to square of Theory, I
(835) sums”. Paul A. Loomis, Bloomsburg University 1:00 PM –3:55PM (1046-11-1382) 1:45PM Finding square roots of p-adic numbers. 1:00PM Decay of correlations of nonuniform geodesic flows.
(836) William D. Taylor, University of Nevada, Reno (821) Preliminary report. (1046-11-1446) Hongkun Zhang,Universityof Massachusetts-Amherst (1046-37-52) 2:00PM Composites with large sets of strong liars. (837) Preliminary report. 1:15PM All bounded type Siegel disks of rational maps are Andrew Shallue*, University of Calgary, and (822) quasi-disks. Eric Bach, University of Wisconsin-Madison Gaofei Zhang, Nanjing University (1046-37-136) (1046-11-1459) 1:30PM Endomorphisms of various substitution systems.
2:15PM On a conjecture regarding the coefficients of (823) Preliminary report. (838) cyclotomic polynomials. Jeanette Olli, University of North Carolina at Sherry Gong, Harvard University (1046-11-1518) Chapel Hill (1046-37-280) 2:30PM Modular forms for some noncongruence subgroups 1:45PM A dynamical study of a cellular automata model of
(839) of SL2(Z). (824) the spread of HIV in a lymph node. Chris A. Kurth, Iowa State University Emily G. Burkhead*, Meredith College, Jane M. (1046-11-1817) Hawkins, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Donna K. Molinek, Davidson College 2:45PM Groups of linear functions on Zn.
(1046-37-314) (840) Tue Ngoc Ly, University of South Florida (1046-11-1530) 2:00PM Measurable time-restricted sensitivity. Preliminary
(825) report. 3:00PM Computation of Jacobsthal’s Function h(n) for
Domenico Aiello, Williams College, Hansheng (841) n < 50. Diao, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Zhou Thomas R. Hagedorn, The College of New Jersey Fan, Harvard College, Daniel O. King, Williams (1046-11-1633) College, Jessica Lin*, Courant Institute of 3:15PM Distribution of integers with smooth square free Mathematical Sciences, and Cesar E. Silva, Williams (842) parts. College (1046-37-953) Chaogui Zhang, Marywood University (1046-11-1794) 2:15PM Pinching deformations of rational maps. (826) Robert W. O’Connell, Indiana 3:30PM Waring’s number in a finite field. Preliminary report. University-Bloomington (1046-37-428) (843) James Arthur Cipra, Kansas State University (1046-11-1944) 2:30PM Minimal measures for Lagrangian systems on (827) 2-manifold. Preliminary report. 3:45PM On prime factors of An ± 1. Preliminary report. Fang Wang,NorthwesternUniversity
(844) John H. Jaroma, Ave Maria University (1046-37-1099) (1046-11-873) 2:45PM A cellular model for spatial population dynamics.
(828) James T. Long*, Moravian College, Chu Yue (Stella) Dong, Polytechnic Institute of New York MAA Session on Demos and Strategies with University, Corey Staten, Ohio State University, Technology that Enhance Teaching and Learning Rytis Umbrasas and Clifford A. Reiter, Lafayette Mathematics, II College (1046-37-1001) 3:00PM An approach at the binomial transformation 1:00 PM –3:15PM
(829) problem. Preliminary report. Organizers: David R. Hill,TempleUniversity Andy Q. Yingst*, University of South Carolina Lancaster, and R. Daniel Mauldin,Universityof Scott Greenleaf,UniversityofNew North Texas (1046-37-1094) England 3:15PM Reducibility of skew-product systems with Brjuno Mary L. Platt, Salem State College (830) base flows. Lila F. Roberts, Georgia College & Sasa Kocic, University of Toronto (1046-37-1132) State University 3:30PM The dynamics of nonlinear tent-like maps. 1:00PM Math in your hands: The use of tablet PCs and
(831) Oumarou Njoya*andZach Flres, Michigan State
(845) computer algebra systems in a calculus classroom. University (1046-37-1141) Joshua Brandon Holden, Rose-Hulman Institute of 3:45PM On the road to a classification of attractors of Technology (1046-E1-1480)
(832) injective iterated function systems in R1. 1:20PM Using tablet PCs and the ubiquitous presenter to Jason E. Snyder*andMariusz Urbanski,University
(846) engage students and enhance the learning of North Texas (1046-37-1316) experience in service courses. Preliminary report. Shemsi I. Alhaddad*, University of South Carolina Lancaster, and Greg Thomas, Waldorf College (1046-E1-1439) AMS Session on Number Theory, II 1:40PM My first semester using ‘clickers’ for rapid
(847) feedback: The good, the bad, and the ugly. 1:00 PM –3:55PM Dexter C. Whittinghill,RowanUniversity, Glassboro, NJ (1046-E1-1673) Φ 1:00PM Bounding the coefficients of pqr (x). 2:00PM Turning point technology: Using personal response (833) Brian Lawrence, California Institute of Technology
(848) systems to stimulate class participation. Preliminary (1046-11-1150) report. 1:15PM Membership in an ideal in the group ring, Z[GL3(Z)]. Kimberly J. Presser, Shippensburg University (834) Becky E. Hall, Wesleyan University (1046-11-1349) (1046-E1-422)

148 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Tuesday, January 6 – Program of the Sessions

2:20PM Effective teaching and learning with the right 2:00PM An investigation of students’ problem solving
(849) web-based resources.
(861) abilities: Where’s the quantity? Douglas B. Meade*, University of South Carolina, Kevin C. Moore, Arizona State University and Philip B. Yasskin,TexasA&MUniversity (1046-U1-1471) (1046-E1-650) 2:25PM Expert vs. novice understanding of convergence of 2:40PM A powerful, easy-to-use computer algebra
(862) Taylor series. Preliminary report.
(850) alternative that students love, but (most) teachers Jason Howard Martin,UniversityofOklahoma have not yet discovered! (1046-U1-1716) Anand L. Pardhanani, Earlham College 2:50PM Measuring Mathematical Sophistication. (1046-E1-600)
(863) Eric W. Kuennen*, Jennifer E. Szydlik,University 3:00PM Integrating engineering technology into the of Wisconsin Oshkosh, and Carol E. Seaman,
(851) teaching of mathematics. University of North Carolina Greensboro Mary Ann Connors, Westfield State College (1046-U1-1760) (1046-E1-198) 3:20PM Students’ mental models and success on a calculus (864) word problem. Dale J. Winter*, Carnegie Mellon University, MAA Session on Mathematics and Sports, II and Matthew E. DeLong, Taylor University (1046-U1-564) 1:00 PM –3:15PM 3:45PM A two semester study of interactions in Organizer: Howard L. Penn, U.S. Naval Academy
(865) multi-section undergraduate mathematics classes. 1:00PM SiSSYS: A senior capstone course based on statistics Preliminary report.
(852) in sports. Jessica M. Deshler, West Virginia University Robin H. Lock*, Michael E. Schuckers,and Travis (1046-U1-1414) Atkinson, St. Lawrence University (1046-N1-2020) 1:20PM Traditional introductory statistics restricted to MAA Session on Undergraduate Mathematical
(853) sports. Biology, II Andrew B. Perry, Springfield College (1046-N1-1773) 1:00 PM –2:40PM 1:40PM The effects of wind and altitude on 400-m sprint Organizers: Timothy D. Comar, Benedictine
(854) performances with various IAAF track geometries. University Michael Frantz*, University of La Verne, and Raina Robeva, Sweet Briar College Vanessa Alday, California State University, Fullerton (1046-N1-1882) Eric S. Marland, Appalachian State University 2:00PM Walking or running in the rain: Myth busted?
(855) Preliminary report. 1:00PM Sensitivity analysis and parameter identification in
Eugene Belogay, Wilkes Honors College, Florida (866) undergraduate mathematical modeling. Atlantic University (1046-N1-1931) Steven M. Deckelman,Universityof Wisconsin-Stout (1046-Y1-1014) 2:20PM Mathematics of the Olympics: From the ancient
1:25PM Materials for analyzing sensitivity using the partial (856) Greeks to the present.
Elizabeth C. Rogers, Piedmont College (867) rank correlation coefficient. Preliminary report. (1046-N1-2062) J. K. Denny, Mercer University (1046-Y1-2041) 1:55PM Secret diffusion lessons of the sea monkeys and 2:40PM How expert swing dancers exploit physics.
(857) Preliminary report. (868) other math bio projects for undergraduates. Megan Elise Selbach-Allen*, Sommer E. Gentry Brynja R. Kohler*, Rebecca J. Atkins, James and Kevin L. McIlhany, United States Naval Haefner,andJames Powell, Utah State University Academy (1046-N1-1894) (1046-Y1-993) 2:20PM What’s math have to do with history: A biological 3:00PM Mathematics and collegiate wrestling tournaments.

(858) T. S. Michael, United States Naval Academy (869) application to matrices and difference equations. (1046-N1-613) Robert E. Burks Jr., United States Military Academy (1046-Y1-1742)

MAA Session on Research on the Teaching and MAA Session on Wavelets for Undergraduates Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics, I 1:00 PM –4:15PM 1:00 PM –4:05PM Organizers: Catherine Beneteau,Universityof Organizers: Keith H. Weber,RutgersUniversity South Florida Michelle J. Zandieh,ArizonaState Caroline Haddad, SUNY Geneseo University David Ruch, Metropolitan State Karen A. Marrongelle, Portland State College of Denver University Patrick Van Fleet,UniversityofSt. 1:00PM A multiage examination of students’ approaches to Thomas (859) mathematical induction tasks. 1:00PM An image compression introduction to wavelets. Stacy A. Brown, Pitzer College (1046-U1-1771)
(870) Colm Mulcahy, Spelman College (1046-YY-1962) 1:35PM Bringing a formative approach to definitions in 1:25PM Zooming in on a transformed image: A project for
(860) undergraduate real analysis: Theoretical (871) students. considerations and preliminary results. Preliminary Caroline N. Haddad*, State University of NY report. College at Geneseo, Dawit Haile, Virginia State Paul C. Dawkins, University of Texas at Arlington University, and Helmut Knaust,TheUniversityof (1046-U1-1871) Texas at El Paso (1046-YY-1365)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 149 Program of the Sessions – Tuesday, January 6 (cont’d.)

1:50PM Wavelet packets and applications. Preliminary 2:15PM Basic mathematical skills and success in
(872) report.
(883) introductory level statistics. Bruce Atwood, Beloit College, Raouf Boules, M. Leigh Lunsford and Phillip Poplin*, Longwood Towson University, and Patrick Van Fleet*, University (1046-Z1-1740) University of St. Thomas (1046-YY-1920) 2:30PM Effect of WeBWorK on student performance in 2:15PM A student project on lifting algorithms for wavelet
(884) calculus II. Preliminary report.
(873) transformations. Christopher C. Leary*andAaron Heap,SUNY Catherine Beneteau*, University of South Florida, Geneseo (1046-Z1-1683) Kristin Pfabe, Nebraska Wesleyan University, and 2:45PM The role of an inquiry-based classroom in Karen Shuman, Grinnell College (1046-YY-1698)
(885) undergraduate mathematics. Preliminary report. 2:40PM A student project on matrix completion for discrete Nancy Donaldson, Mairead Greene, Rockhurst
(874) wavelet transformations. Preliminary report. University, Volker Ecke and Christine Roger Zarnowski*, San Angelo State University, VonRenesse*, Westfield State College Tatyana Sorokina, Towson State University, and (1046-Z1-1660) David K. Ruch, Metropolitan State College of Denver (1046-YY-1690) 3:00PM A comparative study of online and traditional
(886) classroom learning of college algebra for 3:05PM A student summer research project on image non-traditional students in non-traditional higher
(875) segmentation using wavelet methods and matrix education programs. Preliminary report. completion. Michael Miner*, American Public University System, David K. Ruch, Metropolitan State College of and Darcel Ford, Strayer University (1046-Z1-1465) Denver (1046-YY-1696) 3:15PM A summary of research about perspectives on 3:30PM Wavelets in vocal identification of great horned (887) knowledge with implications for undergraduate
(876) owls (Part I). Preliminary report. mathematics education. Katherine L. McCaffrey*, University of St. Katherine Safford-Ramus, Saint Peter’s College Thomas, and Nicole F. Kingsley, SUNY Geneseo (1046-Z1-1267) (1046-YY-1362) 3:30PM Project based distance delivered elementary 3:55PM Wavelets in vocal identification of great horned

(877) owls (Part II). Preliminary report. (888) statistics. Preliminary report. Nicole F. Kingsley*, State University of New York at Joseph B. Liddle, Colleen Ianuzzi*andChris Geneseo, and Katherine L. McCaffrey,Universityof Hay-Jahans, University of Alaska Southeast St. Thomas (1046-YY-1441) (1046-Z1-1070) 3:45PM Extended Newton-Leibnitz Theorem. (889) Zengxiang Tong, Otterbein College MAA General Contributed Paper Session, V (1046-Z1-1004)

1:00 PM –3:55PM Organizer: Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State College Moderators: Edwin Herman,Universityof Wisconsin Ana M. Tameru,AlabamaState SIAM Minisymposium on Graph Theory, I University 1:00 PM –3:55PM Aprillya Lanz, Virginia Military Institute Organizer: Stephen G. Hartke,Universityof Deborah Koslover,Universityof Nebraska-Lincoln Texas at Tyler 1:00PM Random threshold graphs. 1:00PM The promises of clinical instructological research. (890) Elizabeth Reilly and Edward R. Scheinerman*,
(878) Clyde L. Greeno, MALEI Mathematics Institute Johns Hopkins University (1046-05-354) (1046-Z1-1174) 1:30PM Large induced trees in Kr -free graphs. 1:15PM Teaching infinite series: A study on students’ (891) Jacob Fox*, Po-Shen Loh, Princeton University, and
(879) conceptual and procedural understanding of Benny Sudakov, UCLA (1046-05-533) infinite series in calculus. Brian J. Lindaman, University of Minnesota, IT 2:00PM Some observations on sorting pairs in bins.
Center for Educational Programs (1046-Z1-2053) (892) Preliminary report. Andre E. Kezdy*andAdam Jobson,Universityof 1:30PM How was that picture helpful? Using online Louisville (1046-05-1250)
(880) tablet-PC software and corrective self-explanation to increase student conceptual understanding in 2:30PM An approximate version of Hadwiger’s conjecture applied pre-calculus. Preliminary report. (893) for claw-free graphs. Aaron Wangberg, Winona State University Alexandra Ovetsky Fradkin*, Princeton University, (1046-Z1-2011) and Maria Chudnovsky, Columbia University (1046-05-530) 1:45PM Evaluating the success of a calculus placement test:
(881) Aligning the basis for placement and the basis for 3:00PM The distinguishing chromatic number. assessment. Preliminary report.
(894) Karen L. Collins, Wesleyan University Carrie Muir, University of Colorado, Boulder (1046-05-1539) (1046-Z1-1933) 3:30PM Entire (∆ +4)-choosability of planar graphs with 2:00PM Role of mathematical definitions in proof: A case of
(895) ∆ ≥ 8. (882) prospective mathematics teachers. Preliminary Daniel W. Cranston*, Center for Discrete report. Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, Nermin Bayazit, Florida State University Rutgers, and David Lapayowker,HarveyMudd (1046-Z1-1952) College (1046-05-514)

150 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Tuesday, January 6 – Program of the Sessions

MAA Panel Discussion Judy L. Walker,Universityof Nebraska-Lincoln 1:00 PM –2:20PM Using open-source software for undergraduate Summer Program for Women in Mathematics (SPWM) courses. Reunion Organizers: Karl-Dieter Crisman, Gordon College Marshall E. Hampton,Universityof 1:00 PM –4:00PM Minnesota, Duluth Organizer: Murli M. Gupta David Joyner, U. S. Naval Academy Panelists: John A. Verzani,CUNY Michael E. Gage,Universityof MAA Session on Mathematics of Games and Puzzles, II Rochester 1:40 PM –4:15PM David Joyner Robert Miller,Universityof Organizer: Laura A. Taalman,JamesMadison Washington University 1:40PM Meet Colonel Blotto. MAA Committee on Graduate Students Panel
(896) Andrew G. Niedermaier, University of California - Discussion San Diego (1046-L1-330) 2:00PM Two-dimensional abstract games. 1:00 PM –2:20PM
(897) Matthew M. Burke, George Washington University (1046-L1-1135) Teaching postdocs: A journey from graduate school to a position in the world of mathematics. 2:20PM Rubik’s Cubes in the classroom: How a puzzle of
(898) logic, patterns, and algorithms can build confidence Organizers: Stephen M. Gagola,III,Universityof in mathematics. Arizona Eric W. Drake*andRobert E. Burks Jr,TheUnited Feryal Alayont, Grand Valley State States Military Academy (1046-L1-740) University 2:40PM Using the pile splitting puzzle to enhance student Panelists: Taliesin Sutton, University of Arizona
(899) learning of mathematics. Andrew G. Bennett, Kansas State Bill Marion, Valparaiso University (1046-L1-23) University 3:00PM Discussion Nathan A. Carlson,Universityof 3:20PM Chomp, chomp, bechewy chomp: Research with Arizona
(900) undergraduates. Preliminary report. Steven J. Schlicker, Grand Valley State Alex Meadows, St. Mary’s College of Maryland University (1046-L1-1989) Matt Salomone, Bates College 3:40PM Counting the mathematical faces of all regular
(901) flexagons. Preliminary report. MAA CUPM Subcommittee on Research by Homeira Pajoohesh, City University of New York, Undergraduates-Project NExT Panel Discussion T. Bruce McLean*, Georgia Southern University, Thomas Anderson,EmoryUniversity,Chasen 1:00 PM –2:20PM Smith, Emil Iacob,andJohn Nelson,Georgia Southern University (1046-L1-412) Preparing students to communicate mathematics. 4:00PM You gotta know how to fold ’em. Organizer: Lewis D. Ludwig, Denison University
(902) Thomas C. Hull, Western New England College Panelists: Joseph A. Gallian,Universityof (1046-L1-1378) Minnesota-Duluth Darren A. Narayan,Rochester Institute of Technology AMS Special Session on Group Actions on Homogeneous Spaces and Applications, IV Michael E. Orrison,HarveyMudd College 2:00 PM –4:10PM MAA-Project NExT Panel Discussion Organizers: Dmitry Y. Kleinbock,Brandeis University 1:00 PM –2:15PM Gregory A. Margulis,YaleUniversity Establishing your identity as a post-tenure Hee Oh,BrownUniversity professor. 2:00PM Expanding translates of curves and Organizers: Linda Braddy, East Central University (903) Dirichlet-Minkowski theorem on linear forms. Sharon M. Frechette, College of the Nimish A. Shah, Yale University and Tata Institute Holy Cross (1046-11-1526) Jennifer McLoud-Mann,Universityof 3:00PM Metric Diophantine approximation for systems of Texas at Tyler (904) linear forms via homogeneous dynamics. Preliminary report. Panelists: , Williams College Colin L. Adams Dmitry Kleinbock*, Brandeis University, Gregory Jaimie Hebert, Sam Houston State Margulis, Yale University, and Junbo Wang, University Brandeis University (1046-11-1867) Catherine A. Roberts, College of the 3:30PM Logarithm laws for horocycles and diophantine Holy Cross (905) approximation. Charlotte K. Simmons,Universityof Jayadev Siddhanta Athreya*andGrigory Central Oklahoma Margulis, Yale University (1046-37-254)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 151 Program of the Sessions – Tuesday, January 6 (cont’d.)

MAA Poster Session on Projects Supported by the NSF 2:00PM Experimental mathematics. Division of Undergraduate Education (920) Marc Chamberland, Grinnell College 2:00PM The PascGalois Project: Visualizing abstract 2:00 PM –4:00PM (921) mathematics. Organizer: Jon W. Scott, Montgomery Community Michael Bardzell*, Kathleen Shannon,andDonald College Spickler, Salisbury University 2:00PM Undergraduate research projects in complex 2:00PM WeBWorK, a Web-based interactive homework (906) system. (922) analysis with accompanying applets. Arnold Pitzer*, Michael Gage,andVicki Roth, Michael Dorff*, Brigham Young University, Jim University of Rochester Rolf,U.S.AirForceAcademy,Rich Stankewitz,Ball State University, Ken Stephenson,Universityof 2:00PM Quantitative reasoning in the contemporary world. Tennessee, Mike Brilleslyper,U.S.AirForce (907) Bernie Madison*, University of Arkansas, Caren Academy, Dov Chelst,ICMA,Jane McDougall, Diefenderfer, Hollins University, Stuart Boersma, Colorado College, and Beth Schaubroeck,U.S.Air Central Washington University, and Shannon Force Academy Dingman, University of Arkansas 2:00PM Renewal of college algebra. 2:00PM Mathematics across the curriculum. (923) Norma Agras*, Miami Dade College, and J. Michael (908) *and , Middlesex Carol Hay Jessie Klein Pearson, Mathematical Association of America Community College 2:00PM Maplets for calculus, tutoring without the tutor. 2:00PM A Phase II expansion of the development of a (924) Philip Yasskin*, Texas A&M University, and (909) multidisciplinary course on wavelets and Douglas Meade, University of South Carolina applications. Caroline Haddad*, State University of New York 2:00PM Integrating field trips into calculus courses. College at Geneseo, Catherine Beneteau, (925) Despina Prapavessi*, Karen Edwards,andSam University of South Florida, David Ruch, Needham, Diablo Valley College Metropolitan State College of Denver, and Patrick 2:00PM Center for Women in Mathematics at Smith College. Van Fleet,UniversityofSt.Thomas (926) Ruth Haas*andJames Henle, Smith College 2:00PM Biocalculus: Text development, dialog, and 2:00PM Long Beach Project in Geometry and Symmetry. (910) assessment. (927) Scott Crass, California State University, Long Beach Timothy Comar*, Lisa Townsley and Brenda 2:00PM Dynamic visualization tools for multivariable Alberico, Benedictine University (928) calculus. 2:00PM Real world STEM application modules. Paul Seeburger, Monroe Community College (911) Darren Narayan*, William Basener and Moises 2:00PM Proofs, functions, & computations: A web-based Sudit, Rochester Institute of Technology (929) course as a laboratory for enhanced teaching and 2:00PM Math images. learning in logic, mathematics and computer (912) Gene Klotz*, Swarthmore College and the Math science. Forum, and Stephen Maurer, Swarthmore College Wilfried Sieg*andAlex Smith, Carnegie Mellon 2:00PM The National Curve Bank. University (913) Shirley Gray*, California State University, Los 2:00PM Contemporary college algebra & the HBCU retreat Angeles, Mary Kay Abbey, Montgomery College, (930) and follow-on program. and Chris Caldwell, University of Tennessee at Don Small*, U.S. Military Academy, and Laurette Martin Foster, Prairie View A&M University 2:00PM A biomathematical learning enhancement network 2:00PM Sonification for calculus instruction. (914) for diversity (BLEND). (931) Steven Hetzler*andRobert Tardiff, Salisbury Gregory Goins*, Mingxiang Chen, Dinitra White, University Thomas Redd, Dominic Clemence, Mary Smith, and Vinaya Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State 2:00PM Classroom response systems in statistics courses. University (932) Teri Murphy*, Curtis McKnight, Michael Richman, and Robert Terry,UniversityofOklahoma 2:00PM Research-based video for teaching undergraduate (915) proof. 2:00PM Elementary mathematics for teachers. James Sandefur*, Geoffrey Birky, Georgetown (933) Scott Baldridge, Louisiana State University, and University, Connie Campbell, Millsaps College, Kay Thomas Parker*, Michigan State University Somers, Moravian College, and Manya Sundstrom, 2:00PM PREP: Professional Enhancement Program. Umea University (934) J. Michael Pearson, Mathematical Association of 2:00PM Learning discrete mathematics and computer America, Nancy Baxter Hastings,Dickinson (916) science via primary historical sources. College, Nathaniel Dean, Texas State University, Jerry Lodder*andDavid Pengelley,NewMexico San Marcos, Virginia Buchanan, Hiram College, State University and Jon Scott*, Montgomery College 2:00PM The MAA Online Book Project. 2:00PM MathQuest: Math questions to engage students. (917) Lawrence Moore*andDavid Smith,Duke (935) Holly Zullo*, Kelly Cline,andMark Parker, Carroll University College 2:00PM MathDL: The MAA Mathematical Sciences Digital 2:00PM Beyond Crossroads Workshops. (918) Library. (936) Rikki Blair, American Mathematical Association of Lawrence Moore*, Duke University, and Roseanne Two-Year Colleges, and Robert Farinelli*, College Brown, Mathematical Association of America of Southern Maryland 2:00PM Biology and mathematics in population studies 2:00PM Paradigms in physics: Multiple entry points. (919) (BioMaPS). (937) Corinne Manogue, Tevian Dray, Barbara K. Renee Fister, Maeve McCarthy*, Terry Derting, Edwards, David McIntyre, Emily van Zee,Oregon Christopher Mecklin and, Howard Whiteman, State University, and Aaron Wangberg*, Winona Murray State University State University

152 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Tuesday, January 6 – Program of the Sessions

2:00PM Preparing at-risk students for CS1 and calculus. AMS Invited Address (938) John Lusth, University of Alabama Tuscaloosa 2:15 PM –3:05PM 2:00PM College algebra in context: A learner-centered (939) approach incorporating data-driven activities (953) Unearthing the visions of a master: The web of related to social issues. Ramanujan’s mock theta functions. Michael Catalano, Dakota Wesleyan University Ken Ono, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1046-11-07) 2:00PM SyBR-U: Synthetic biology research for (940) undergraduates. Laurie Heyer*, Davidson College, Jeffrey Poet, Missouri Western State University, A. Malcolm AMS Committee on the Profession Panel Discussion Campbell, Davidson College, and Todd Eckdahl, Missouri Western State University 2:30 PM –4:00PM 2:00PM Mathematics across the community college What I wish I had known or studied before going to (941) curriculum: A national quantitative literacy graduate school. initiative. Moderator: Craig L. Huneke,UniversityofKansas Jim Roznowski*, Delta College, and Christie Gilliland, Green River Community College Panelists: Raegen Higgins,TexasTech University 2:00PM Math biology research at UNCG. Manoj Kummini, Purdue University (942) Jan Rychtar*, M. Chhetri, S. Gupta, D. Remington, O. Rueppell,andM. Crowe,UniversityofNorth Aaron D. Magid,Universityof Carolina Greensboro Michigan Marion Moore, University of California 2:00PM Supplying undergraduate biology and mathematics Davis (943) education and research group experiences to students at the University of Michigan. Andrew Niedermaier,Universityof Patrick Nelson*, John Schiefelbein,andTrachette California San Diego Jackson, University of Michigan Roger A. Wiegand,Universityof Nebraska-Lincoln 2:00PM Understanding the formation of the arabidopsis (944) root epidermis through an intimate collaboration between modeling and experiment. Luay Almassalha, Asha Radhamohan, Andrew SIGMAA on Statistics Education and ASA-MAA Joint Cheng, David Gammack, Stephen Gao, Patrick Committee on Statistics Panel Discussion Nelson, Yana Panciera,andJohn Schiefelbein*, University of Michigan 2:30 PM –3:50PM 2:00PM Dynamic analysis of bactericidal activity in patients Hiring, tenuring, and promoting statisticians in a (945) with severe sepsis. mathematics or mathematical sciences department. Moli Yin, Alex Jacobsen, Nick Streicher, Patrick Organizers: Patricia B. Humphrey,Georgia Nelson,andJohn Younger*, University of Michigan Southern University 2:00PM The next step: Integrating STEM learning Chris J. Lacke,RowanUniversity (946) communities. Michael A. Posner, Villanova University Jason Miller, Truman State University Robin H. Lock, St. Lawrence University 2:00PM Research-focused Learning Communities in Moderator: Carolyn K. Cuff, Westminster College (947) Mathematical Biology. Jason Miller*, Jon Beck, Michael Kelrick,and Panelists: Patti Frazer Lock,St.Lawrence Laura Rechav-Fielden, Truman State University University Douglas E. Norton, Villanova 2:00PM Discrete mathematics in computing education. University (948) David Klappholz, Stevens Institute of Technology Lila F. Roberts, Georgia College & 2:00PM Appropriately using WeBWorK, WebAssign and State University and Clayton State (949) Maple in calculus I and II. Preliminary report. University Jeffrey Stuart*, Bryan Dorner, Daniel Heath,and Jessica Sklar, Pacific Lutheran University

2:00PM Research and education program in biology and MAA Committee on the Teaching of Undergraduate (950) ecology. Mathematics Panel Discussion Semen Koksal*, Jan Varada, Adam Hernandez, Robert van Woesik, David Carroll, Richard 2:30 PM –3:50PM Sinden,andJewgeni Dshalalow, Florida Institute of Technology Online homework systems: A pedagogical prospective. 2:00PM A model teacher-scholar program in secondary Organizers: Ellen E. Kirkman,WakeForest (951) mathematics. University Saad El-Zanati, David Barker, Cynthia Langrall, Sharon McCrone,andWendy O’Hanlon*, Illinois Cheryl Miner, Nebraska Wesleyan State University University Panelists: Andrew G. Bennett, Kansas State 2:00PM REU Site: Mathematics research experience for University (952) pre-service and for in-service teachers. Saad El-Zanati, David Barker*, Cynthia Langrall, Ellen E. Kirkman Sharon McCrone,andWendy O’Hanlon, Illinois P. Gavin LaRose,Universityof State University Michigan

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 153 Program of the Sessions – Tuesday, January 6 (cont’d.)

MAA Special Film Presentation Young Mathematicians’ Network Town Meeting

3:00 PM –4:00PM 7:30 PM –8:30PM The story of maths (Part I). Organizer: Sarah Ann Stewart, Belmont University Presenter: Robin Wilson, The Open University Moderator: Joshua D. Laison, Willamette University AMS Invited Address

3:20 PM –4:10PM (954) Categorification of quantum groups and link Wednesday, January 7 invariants. Mikhail Khovanov, Columbia University Joint Meetings Registration (1046-81-08) 7:30 AM –4:00PM Joint Prize Session AMS Special Session on Continued Fractions, I 4:25 PM –5:25PM 7:30 AM –10:50AM Joint Prize Session Reception Organizers: James G. McLaughlin, West Chester 5:30 PM –6:30PM University Nancy J. Wyshinski, Trinity College SIGMAA on Quantitative Literacy Business Meeting 7:30AM Some of Ramanujan’s continued fraction identities -
(955) How and why. 5:45 PM –7:15PM Lisa Lorentzen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (1046-40-1049) SIGMAA on Statistics Education Business Meeting 8:00AM Vertical symmetries in continued fraction periods.
(956) Preliminary report. 5:45 PM –7:15PM Richard K. Guy*, The University of Calgary, Kell Cheng, Hong Kong Institute of Education, and Renate Scheidler, The University of Calgary Web SIGMAA Business Meeting and Reception (1046-11-1264)

5:45 PM –7:15PM 8:30AM Some relations between orthogonal L-polynomials (957) and orthogonal polynomials. A. Sri Ranga*, Regina da Silva Lambl´em,and MAA Two-Year College Reception Heron Martins Felix, Universidade Estadual Paulista (1046-33-1328) 5:45 PM –7:30PM 9:00AM On a thermodynamic classification for real
(958) numbers. Preliminary report. MAA Reunion of College Algebra Workshops Thomas Garrity, Williams College (1046-11-858) Participants 9:30AM Polynomials that take small values at an algebraic
(959) integer. Preliminary report. 6:00 PM –8:00PM Doug Hensley,TexasA&MUniversity Organizers: Donald B. Small, U. S. Military (1046-11-1738) Academy 10:00AM Quadratics, continued fractions and divided cells. William E. Haver,Virginia (960) Preliminary report. Commonwealth University Richard T. Bumby*, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and Mary E. Flahive, Oregon State SIGMAA on Mathematical and Computational Biology University (1046-11-832) Business Meeting and Reception 10:30AM Applying the divided cell algorithm. Preliminary (961) report. 6:00 PM –7:00PM Mary E. Flahive*, Oregon State University, and Richard T. Bumby, Rutgers, the State University of SIGMAA on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics New Jersey (1046-11-750) Education Business Meeting ASL Invited Address 6:00 PM –7:30PM 8:00 AM –8:50AM MAA Special Dramatic Presentation (962) Jet spaces and the Zilber dichotomy. Rahim Moosa, University of Waterloo 6:00 PM –7:30PM (1046-03-107) Lewis Carroll in Numberland AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Presenter: Robin Wilson, The Open University Mathematics by Undergraduates, IV

SIGMAA on Mathematics and the Arts Business 8:00 AM –10:50AM Meeting Organizers: Darren A. Narayan,Rochester 7:00 PM –8:00PM Institute of Technology

154 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Wednesday, January 7 – Program of the Sessions

Jacqueline A. Jensen,SamHouston Karen H. Parshall,Universityof State University Virginia Carl V. Lutzer, Rochester Institute of Patti Hunter, Westmont College Technology Deborah Kent, Hillsdale College Vadim Ponomarenko, San Diego State 8:00AM Mathematics in medieval India: The B¯ıjagan. ita of University
(976) Jn˜anar¯ aja.¯ Tamas Wiandt, Rochester Institute of Toke Lindegaard Knudsen,SUNYOneonta Technology (1046-01-739) 8:00AM Least perimeter partitions of the sphere into equal 8:30AM Trigonometry on the edge: Interpolation in ancient
(963) areas.
(977) and medieval astronomy. Max D. Engelstein, Yale University (1046-51-611) Glen R. Van Brummelen, Quest University 8:25AM Coloring graphs. Preliminary report. (1046-01-299)
(964) Nora Youngs*, Carolyn Gardner, Marissa Neal, 9:00AM A medieval Muslim mathematician looks at Indian Yoshi Merrybird,andAgnieszka Rec,Smith
(978) arithmetic: Al-Biruni’s treatise on Sanskrit rules of College (1046-05-997) proportion. 8:50AM Maximally non-matching covered graphs. Kim Plofker, Union College (1046-01-690)
(965) Timothy B. Muller*andKimberly Jordan Burch, 9:30AM The early years of Gresham College, London. Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1046-05-475)
(979) Robin Wilson, The Open University, UK 9:15AM Vector coloring. (1046-01-609)
(966) Gerald S. Haynes, Central Michigan University 10:00AM Leibniz and the two problems of M´er´e. (1046-05-84)
(980) Maria Sol de Mora, University of the Basque 9:40AM The relaxed coloring game on certain classes of Country UPV/EHU (1046-01-345)
(967) trees. Preliminary report. 10:30AM The prehistory of the Cauchy-Riemann equations. Lynnette Snyder, Simpson College (1046-05-159)
(981) Preliminary report. 10:05AM A tree with maximum degree three and game Craig Fraser, University of Toronto (1046-01-367)
(968) chromatic number four. Preliminary report. Victor O. Larsen, Middlebury College AMS-MAA Special Session on The Scholarship of (1046-05-155) Teaching and Learning, II 10:30AM Multilevel and multidimensional Hadamard
(969) matrices. 8:00 AM –10:50AM Matthew Crawford*, Caitlin Greeley, Bryce Lee, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Mathav Organizers: Curtis D. Bennett, Loyola Marymount Kishore Murugan, Indian Institute of Technology University Kharagpur, and Sarah Spence Adams, Franklin W. Jacqueline M. Dewar, Loyola Olin College of Engineering (1046-05-859) Marymount University 8:00AM Teaching math majors how to teach. AMS-MAA-MER Special Session on Mathematics and (982) Yvonne Lai*, University of Michigan, Ann Harbor, Education Reform, III Hillel M. Raz and Marion Moore,Universityof California Davis (1046-97-1880) 8:00 AM –10:50AM 8:30AM Teacher-scholars: Research experiences for Organizers: William H. Barker, Bowdoin College
(983) pre-service and in-service secondary mathematics William G. McCallum,Universityof teachers. Preliminary report. Arizona David Barker and Saad I. El-Zanati*, Illinois State University (1046-97-1553) Bonnie S. Saunders,Universityof Illinois at Chicago 9:00AM Teaching students to be life-long learners of
(984) mathematics: Algebra I and Mathematics for 8:00AM Math as exploration. Preliminary report. Mathematics Education doctoral students.
(970) Scott Crass, CSU, Long Beach (1046-97-876) Daniel I. Chazan, University of Maryland, Center for 8:30AM Geometry is natural. Preliminary report. Mathematics Education (1046-97-1249)
(971) David W. Henderson, Cornell University 9:30AM Mathematics + SENCER = Student Learning. (1046-51-963) (985) Mariah Birgen, Wartburg College (1046-97-938) 9:00AM Discrete, combinatorial, and computational 10:00AM Teaching introductory statistics with community
(972) geometry for undergraduates.
(986) based group projects and assessing with the Joseph Malkevitch, York College (CUNY) SENCER-SALG. (1046-97-848) Cindy C. Kaus, Metropolitan State University, Saint 9:30AM A course in axiomatic geometry. Paul, MN (1046-97-789)
(973) Gerard A. Venema,CalvinCollege,MAA 10:30AM Mathematical and statistical reasoning in (1046-97-1598) (987) compelling contexts. 10:00AM Teaching the Erlanger Program. David L. Ferguson, Stony Brook University (974) Roger Howe*, Yale University, and William Barker, (1046-97-1431) Bowdoin College (1046-51-1534) 10:30AM Panel on teaching undergraduate geometry:
(975) Choices in philosophy, content, and pedagogy. AMS Special Session on Representation Theory of Lie William Barker, Bowdoin College (1046-97-1874) Algebras and Algebraic Groups, II

AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, I 8:00 AM –10:50AM Organizers: David G. Taylor, Roanoke College 8:00 AM –10:55AM Terrell L. Hodge,WesternMichigan Organizers: Joseph W. Dauben, Lehman College University

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 155 Program of the Sessions – Wednesday, January 7 (cont’d.)

Daniel K. Nakano,Universityof AMS Special Session on Financial Mathematics, I Georgia 8:00 AM –10:50AM 8:00AM Induced modules for Affine Kac-Moody algebras. (988) Preliminary report. Organizers: Erhan Bayraktar,Universityof Vyacheslav Futorny*andIryna Kashuba, Michigan University of Sao Paulo (1046-17-523) Tim Siu-Tang Leung, Johns Hopkins 8:30AM Type Q Lie superalgebras and degenerate affine University (989) Sergeev algebras. Birgit Rudloff, Princeton University David Hill*, University of California, Berkeley, Jon Kujawa, University of Oklahoma, and Josh Sussan, 8:00AM Portfolio choice under space-time monotone University of California, Berkeley (1046-20-92) (1000) performance criteria. Thaleia Zariphopoulou*, The University of Texas 9:00AM Representations of Lie superalgebras in prime at Austin, and Marek Musiela,BNPParibas,London (990) characteristic. (1046-35-2087) Lei Zhao*andWeiqiang Wang,Universityof Virginia (1046-17-798) 9:00AM Utility maximization under risk constraints. (1001) Birgit Rudloff*, Princeton University, Joern Sass, 9:30AM Motzkin algebras and sl(2). RICAM, and Ralf Wunderlich,ZwickauUniversityof (991) Georgia Benkart*, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Applied Sciences (1046-60-1743) and Tom Halverson, Macalester College 9:30AM A note on the existence of the power investor’s (1046-05-820) (1002) optimizer. 10:00AM Normality of enhanced nilpotent orbit closures. Kasper Larsen, Carnegie Mellon University (992) Preliminary report. (1046-91-512) Benjamin F. Jones, University of Georgia 10:00AM Incorporating risk aversion and model uncertainty (1046-22-1233) (1003) into structural models of default. 10:30AM Cohomology and support varieties for Cartan Lie Sebastian Jaimungal*andGeorg Sigloch, (993) superalgebras. University of Toronto (1046-60-1210) Irfan Bagci, The University of Georgia 10:30AM Discussion (1046-17-952) AMS Special Session on Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations: Theory and Applications, I

8:00 AM –10:50AM AMS Special Session on Homotopy Theory and Higher Categories, I Organizers: Annalisa Crannell, Franklin & Marshall College 8:00 AM –10:50AM Suzanne Sindi,BrownUniversity 8:00AM Quasicontinuous functions in dynamical systems. Organizers: Thomas M. Fiore,Universityof (1004) Annalisa Crannell, Franklin & Marshall College Chicago (1046-37-116) Mark W. Johnson, Penn State Altoona 8:30AM Some results in metric trees. James M. Turner, Calvin College (1005) Asuman G. Aksoy, Claremont McKenna College W. Stephen Wilson, Johns Hopkins (1046-47-37) University 9:00AM Global stability with Dulac functions.
Donald Yau, Ohio State University at (1006) Marc Chamberland, Grinnell College Newark (1046-34-713) 9:30AM On the dynamics and control of drinking: The role 8:00AM Stable splitting of generalized moment-angle (994) complexes. (1007) of control theory in combating relapse and other A. Bahri, Rider University, M. Bendersky*, Hunter factors. College, F. Cohen, University of Rochester, and S. Carlos Castillo-Chavez*, Arizona State University, Gitler, Cinvestav (1046-55-655) Eunok Jung and Sunmi Lee,KonkukUniversity (1046-92-1934) 8:30AM Connective K-theory of certain symmetric groups. 10:00AM Solution sets for differential equations. (995) Son P. Nguyen, Wayne State University (1008) , University of Colorado-Boulder (1046-55-158) Jerrold Bebernes (1046-35-872) 9:00AM The RO(G)-graded Serre spectral sequence. 10:30AM Periodic difference equations with Allee effects: (996) William C. Kronholm, Swarthmore College
(1009) Applications to economics and biology. Preliminary (1046-55-563) report. 9:30AM Some properties of the v1-periodic spectra Saber N. Elaydi, Trinity University (1046-39-1864) (997) associated to exceptional Lie groups. Xiaoxue H. Li, Emory & Henry College (1046-55-135) AMS Special Session on Harmonic Analysis, II

10:00AM New developments in the topology of representation 8:00 AM –10:50AM (998) spaces. Daniel A. Ramras, Vanderbilt University Organizers: Paul A. Hagelstein, Baylor University (1046-55-807) Alexander M. Stokolos,DePaul 10:30AM Differentials in homotopy fixed point spectral University (999) sequences. 8:00AM Almost everywhere convergence of a case of Michael A. Hill*, University of Virginia, Michael J. (1010) weighted averages. Preliminary report. Hopkins,HarvardUniversity,andDouglas C. Anna K. Savvopoulou*andKarin Reinhold,SUNY Ravenel, University of Rochester (1046-55-1595) Albany (1046-37-526)

156 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Wednesday, January 7 – Program of the Sessions

8:30AM The regularity problem for the Lame system of 8:00AM How to draw tropical planes. (1011) elastostatics on curvilinear polygons in two (1021) Sven Hermann, TU Darmstadt, Anders Jensen,U dimensions. Preliminary report. Gottingen,¨ Michael Joswig, TU Darmstadt, and Katharine Ott*, University of Kentucky, Irinia Bernd Sturmfels*, UC Berkeley (1046-05-394) Mitrea, University of Virginia, and Warwick Tucker, 8:30AM Tropical implicitization and mixed fiber polytopes. University of Bergen (1046-35-773) (1022) Bernd Sturmfels, University of California, Berkeley, 9:00AM Geometric configurations in Euclidean space and and Josephine Yu*, Massachusetts Institute of
(1012) restriction theory. Technology (1046-13-1502) Alex Iosevich, University of Missouri 9:00AM A tropical approach to rational curves on general (1046-42-2096) (1023) hypersurfaces in P3. p 9:30AM Maximal multipliers in L . Tristram C. Bogart, Queen’s University (1013) Ciprian Demeter, Indiana University, Bloomington (1046-14-1410) (1046-42-1290) 9:30AM Experimentation at the frontier of reality in 10:00AM Critical integrability exponent associated to
(1024) Schubert calculus. Preliminary report. (1014) multivariate polynomials. Frank Sottile, Texas A&M University (1046-14-578) Tristan Collins and Malabika Pramanik*, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 10:00AM Geometrical aspects of control points for toric (1046-42-1120) (1025) patches. Preliminary report. Luis D. Garcia-Puente*, Sam Houston State 10:30AM Sharp weighted bounds for fractional operators. University, and Frank Sottile,TexasA&MUniversity (1015) Kabe Moen, University of Kansas, Lawrence, (1046-14-332) Kansas, Carlos P´erez, University of Seville, Spain, and Rodolfo H. Torres*, University of Kansas, 10:30AM Asymptotic regularity: Are we almost at infinity Lawrence (1046-42-934) (1026) yet? Preliminary report. David Eisenbud*, University of California, Berkeley, and Bernd Ulrich, Purdue University (1046-14-524) AMS Special Session on Automorphic and Modular Forms in Number Theory, III

8:00 AM –10:50AM AMS Session on Numerical Analysis, I Organizers: Ken Ono,Universityof 8:00 AM –10:55AM Wisconsin-Madison Amanda Folsom,Universityof 8:00AM Constraint preconditioning for nonsymmetric Wisconsin-Madison (1027) indefinite linear systems. Sharon A. Garthwaite,Bucknell Liying Sun, Guangdong Education Institute University (1046-65-32) 8:00AM Discussion 8:15AM A numerical method for fast integration.
(1028) Preliminary report. 8:30AM Holomorphic parts of weak harmonic Maass forms Natasha A. Cayco Gajic*, Caltech, Nathan Kallus, (1016) and Eichler cohomology. UC Berkeley, and Jessica L. Stigile, Washington Pavel Guerzhoy, University of Hawaii at Manoa University (1046-65-57) (1046-11-1175) 8:30AM Numerical solutions of boundary inverse problems 9:00AM Traces of Hecke operators in level 1 and Gaussian (1029) for the Laplace equation. (1017) hypergeometric functions. Weifu Fang, Wright State University, and Suxing Jenny G. Fuselier, United States Military Academy Zeng*, West Virginia University (1046-65-132) (1046-11-878) 8:45AM Application of splitting techniques in numerical 9:30AM Non-harmonic weak Maass forms and arithmetic (1018) geometry. Preliminary report. (1030) models for a hydrostatic atmosphere. *and , Riad Masri*andAmanda Folsom,Universityof Andrei Bourchtein Ludmila Bourchtein Wisconsin-Madison (1046-11-804) Pelotas State University (1046-65-189) 9:00AM Adaptive quad-tree surface representation for 3-D 10:00AM A p-adic supercongruence conjecture of Van
(1019) Hamme. (1031) vortex rings motion and collision. Eric Mortenson, Pennsylvania State University Leon Kaganovskiy*, New College of Florida, (1046-11-2030) Robert Krasny, University of Michigan, and Feng Hualong, Huaihai Institute of Technology, 10:30AM The second moment of quadratic twists of a Lianyungang, China (1046-65-73) (1020) modular L-function. Matthew P. Young*, Texas A&M University, and K. 9:15AM Break Soundararajan, Stanford University (1046-11-781) 9:30AM Optimal kernel via an estimate to the eigenvalues (1032) of kernel matrices. Guohui Song, Syracuse University (1046-65-896) AMS Special Session on Computational Algebra and 9:45AM A system of bilinear immersed finite elements. Convexity, I (1033) Xiaoming He*, Tao Lin, Virginia Tech, and Yanping Lin, University of Alberta (1046-65-795) 8:00 AM –10:50AM 10:00AM GMRES algorithm in the meshless generalized Organizers: Dan Bates, Colorado State University (1034) finite difference method for human carotid atherosclerotic plaque progression simulation. Tsung-Lin Lee, Michigan State Preliminary report. University Peng Ni*, Homer Walker, Worcester Polytechnic Sonja Petrovic, University of Illinois at Institute, Chun Yang, Beijing Normal University, Chicago and Dalin Tang, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Zach Teitler,TexasA&MUniversity (1046-65-352)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 157 Program of the Sessions – Wednesday, January 7 (cont’d.)

10:15AM Convergence analysis of mixed LDG methods 8:15AM The skew spectrum of an oriented tree. Preliminary (1035) applied to 2-D singularly perturbed problems.
(1051) report. Zhimin Zhang and Huiqing Zhu*, Wayne State Wasin So, San Jose State University (1046-15-200) University (1046-65-353) 8:30AM GCD and LCM matrices on factor closed sets defined 10:30AM Spline wavelets, finite element wavelets, and
(1052) over principal ideal domains. (1036) wavelets with composite dilation. Preliminary Abdel Nasser El-Kassar*, Samer S. Habre, report. Lebanese American University, and Yehia Awad, Tian-Xiao He, Illinois Wesleyan University Lebanese International University (1046-15-440) (1046-65-1000) 8:45AM Minimum rank of looped graphs with cut vertices. 10:45AM Mathematical modeling and numerical simulations (1053) Rana Mikkelson, Iowa State University (1037) of cell signaling pathways. (1046-15-1403) Xinfeng Liu*, Nie Qing, University of California at 9:00AM Traces of matrix products. Preliminary report. Irvine, and Lee Bardwell, UC Irvine (1046-65-1320)
(1054) John R. Greene, University of Minnesota Duluth (1046-15-1404) AMS Session on Commutative Rings and Algebras 9:15AM An associative multiplication for multidimensional
8:00 AM –10:55AM (1055) matrices. Preliminary report. Paul A. Sundheim, University of Wisconsin 8:00AM The core of points and the Cayley-Bacharach (1046-15-141) (1038) Property. 9:30AM A higher-order generalization of the matrix SVD as Louiza Fouli*, University of Texas, Austin, Claudia
(1056) a product of higher-order tensors. Preliminary Polini, Univeristy of Notre Dame, and Bernd Ulrich, report. Purdue University (1046-13-271) Carla D. Martin*, James Madison University, Misha 8:15AM The local case sub-algorithm for Suslin’s stability E. Kilmer, Tufts University, and Lisa Perrone, (1039) theorem. Preliminary report. Hawaii Pacific University (1046-15-1520) Cynthia J. Woodburn, Pittsburg State University 9:45AM Complex spectrally arbitrary zero-nonzero patterns (1046-13-1075) (1057) whose Jacobian is zero at every nilpotent 8:30AM The Gorenstein property for coherent rings. realization. (1040) Livia Hummel*, University of Indianapolis, and Amy Ann Yielding*andJudith J. McDonald, Thomas Marley, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Washington State University (1046-15-1409) (1046-13-1197) 10:00AM Diagonal and D convergence of matrices. 8:45AM Uniqueness of minimal acyclic complexes. (1058) Olga Pryporova, Iowa State University (1041) Preliminary report. (1046-15-1455) Meri T. Florence, TX (1046-13-1319) 10:15AM Roots of polynomials and linear programming. 9:00AM Negligibility of automorphisms of polynomial rings (1059) Preliminary report. (1042) and other mathematical structures. Preliminary Carla Fidalgo*, Coimbra Institute of Engineering, report. Portugal, and Alexander Kovacec,Universityof Mowaffaq Hajja,YarmoukUniversity Coimbra (1046-15-1746) (1046-13-1327) 10:30AM Linear maps preserving diagonalizability on the 9:15AM The core of monomial ideals in K[x, y].
(1060) space of upper triangular matrices. Preliminary (1043) Bonnie B. Smith, University of Notre Dame report. (1046-13-297) A. A. Jafarian, University of New Haven 9:30AM Zero-sum sequence designs. Preliminary report. (1046-15-1831) (1044) Michael A. Freeze, University of North Carolina 10:45AM On the structure of some classes of invariant Wilmington (1046-13-1914) (1061) kernels. Preliminary report. 9:45AM Generalized Grobner¨ basis method for computing Troy Banks, Salisbury University (1046-15-1998) (1045) multivariate Hilbert polynomials. Alexander B. Levin, The Catholic University of America (1046-13-787) 10:00AM Square-free monomial ideals associated to Ferrers (1046) graphs. AMS Session on Partial Differential Equations, III Rachelle Renee Bouchat, Slippery Rock University (1046-13-1493) 8:00 AM –10:55AM 10:15AM Goto numbers in a numerical semigroup ring. 8:00AM Local fields in nonlinear power law materials. (1047) Lance Bryant, Purdue University (1046-13-1557) (1062) Silvia Jimenez*andRobert Lipton, Louisiana State 10:30AM Initial algebra of multiplicative invariants. University (1046-35-203) (1048) Mohammed S. Tesemma, Spelman College 8:15AM Differential forms with mixed boundary conditions. (1046-13-1810) (1063) Tunde Jakab*, Irina Mitrea, University of Virginia, 10:45AM Existence of totally reflexive modules. Preliminary and Marius Mitrea, University of Missouri-Columbia (1049) report. (1046-35-209) Kristen A. Beck,TheUniversityofTexasat 8:30AM Modeling and computation of buoyant flow during Arlington (1046-13-1829) (1064) alloy solidification. Preliminary report. Dambaru Bhatta*, The University of Texas-Pan AMS Session on Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory American, M. Mallikarjunaiah and Daniel Riahi, The University of Texas-Pan American 8:00 AM –10:55AM (1046-35-581) 8:00AM Chordal supergraphs and minimum semidefinite 8:45AM On the uniqueness of invariant measures for the (1050) rank. (1065) stochastic infinite Darcy-Prandtl number model. Lon H. Mitchell, Virginia Commonwealth University Rana Durga Parshad*andXiaoming Wang,Florida (1046-15-85) State University (1046-35-693)

158 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Wednesday, January 7 – Program of the Sessions

9:00AM A global existence theorem for the Navier-Stokes 10:15AM On the dynamics of non-linear tent-maps. (1066) equations.
(1082) Preliminary report. Guy Bernard, Midwestern State University Zachary Flores*andOumarou Njoya,Michigan (1046-35-729) State University (1046-37-1992) 9:15AM Precise estimates for the subelliptic heat kernel on 10:30AM Scaling law for a global bifurcation. (1067) H-type groups. (1083) Cecilia I. Gonzalez Tokman*andBrian R. Hunt, Nathaniel Eldredge, University of California, San University of Maryland (1046-37-2029) Diego (1046-35-439) 10:45AM Nonsmoothable locally indicable group actions on 9:30AM Break (1084) the interval. 9:45AM A uniqueness result for equations modeling the flow Danny Calegari, California Institute of Technology (1068) of a viscous, barotropic fluid under periodic (1046-37-2080) boundary conditions. Preliminary report. Diane Denny, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi MAA Session on Mathematics Experiences in Business, (1046-35-1129) Industry, and Government 10:00AM Nonlinear boundary value problem of the meniscus (1069) for the terrestrial dewetted Bridgman crystal 8:00 AM –10:55AM growth technique. Organizers: Philip Gustafson, Mesa State College Liliana Braescu, West University of Timisoara, Romania (1046-35-771) Michael Monticino,Universityof North Texas 10:15AM A lower bound for principal eigenvalues in 8:00AM The Doppler Effect in radar as a source of (1070) parabola-shaped regions. (1085) mathematics. Zhiren Jin, Wichita State University (1046-35-828) John E. Gray, U. S. Navy (1046-M1-1671) 10:30AM Explicit construction of a robust family of compact 8:15AM Mathematical surface modeling problems in (1071) inertial manifolds.
(1086) industry. Joseph L. Shomberg, Providence College Edmond Nadler, Eastern Michigan University (1046-35-1005) (1046-M1-1556) 10:45AM First order compatibility of the cubic Schrodinger 8:30AM Dynamical systems modeling for Iraq. Preliminary
(1072) equation.
(1087) report. Daniel J. Arrigo*, David A. Ekrut and Jackson R. William P. Fox, Naval Postgraduate School Fliss, University of Central Arkansas (1046-M1-1230) (1046-35-1109) 8:45AM Automated torpedo classification and alerting using
(1088) Bayesian methods. Joni E. Baker*, C. Allen Butler, W. Reynolds AMS Session on Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Monach,andThomas R. McSherry,DanielH. Theory, II Wagner Associates (1046-M1-1805) 9:00AM Least cost check routing. Preliminary report. 8:00 AM –10:55AM
(1089) Michael G. Monticino,UniversityofNorthTexas (1046-M1-559) 8:00AM Symbolic dynamics for topological hyperbolic maps. (1073) David Richeson, Dickinson College, and Jim 9:15AM Using mathematics in industry. Wiseman*, Agnes Scott College (1046-37-1361)
(1090) James P. Ochoa, Metron, Inc. (1046-M1-1487) 8:15AM Long time error estimate using contraction 9:30AM A short B.I.G. introduction to Sage. (1074) properties of the Huxley’s equation. (1091) David Joyner, U.S. Naval Academy (1046-M1-757) Champike Attanayake, Miami University 9:45AM A mathematical consideration of the rule of three. (1046-37-1594)
(1092) Preliminary report. 8:30AM Centralizers in the interval exchange group. Paul H. Schuette, FDA (1046-M1-973) (1075) Christopher F. Novak,Universityof 10:00AM Reliability as a field in aerospace: A NASA Michigan-Dearborn (1046-37-1665)
(1093) application. 8:45AM A chaotic day at the beach. Preliminary report. Richard D. Jarvinen, Winona State University
(1076) L. Loizou*, M. Dankwa, J. Herburt-Hewell,andJ. (1046-M1-667) C. Ortega, James Madison (1046-37-1821) 10:15AM A measure of inter-rater reliability when one rater
(1094) is rating on a continuous scale. 9:00AM The generalized Gauss transformation. (1077) Santanu Chakraborty, University of Texas - Pan James H. Fife, Educational Testing Service American (1046-37-1886) (1046-M1-1682) 10:30AM Effective use of controls in the clinical laboratory: 9:15AM Fixed point shifts of inert involutions. (1078) Nicholas E. Long, Stephen F. Austin State (1095) Analysis of traditional and new algorithms. University (1046-37-1664) George V. Woodrow III, River Vale, New Jersey (1046-M1-443) 9:30AM Imaginary circle inversions and Sierpinski carpets.
(1079) Preliminary report. 10:45AM Determining an optimal search area for a serial
(1096) criminal. Daniel M. Look, Williams College (1046-37-1389) Mike P. O’Leary,TowsonUniversity 9:45AM Configuration spaces in phyllotaxis. Preliminary (1046-M1-1312)
(1080) report. Cordelia McGehee*, Christophe Gol´e, Gillian Riggs, Smith College, and Samantha Oestreicher, MAA Session on Mathlets for Teaching and Learning University of Minnesota (1046-37-1937) Mathematics AM 10:00 Pointwise convergence of ergodic averages in Orlicz 8:00 AM –10:55AM (1081) spaces. Andrew J. N. Parrish, University of Memphis Organizers: Thomas E. Leathrum, Jacksonville (1046-37-1983) State University

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 159 Program of the Sessions – Wednesday, January 7 (cont’d.)

David M. Strong, Pepperdine 9:40AM Mathematical inquiry in the elementary classroom University
(1111) after teacher participation in professional Joe Yanik, Emporia University development. Heather R. Mathison, Montana State University 8:00AM How fit is your model? Interactive data fitting in (1046-R1-1003)
(1097) Excel. Preliminary report. Eugene Belogay, Wilkes Honors College, Florida 10:00AM Sustained professional development in urban and
Atlantic University (1046-O1-1876) (1112) suburban middle schools: Is it effective? Cathy S. Liebars, The College of New Jersey 8:20AM Statlets: Statistics applets and activities. (1046-R1-869)
(1098) Kady Schneiter, Utah State University (1046-O1-1819) 10:20AM A program of courses to prepare highly qualified
(1113) teachers of middle school mathematics. 8:40AM Mathlets for continuous and discrete dynamical
Marie P. Sheckels*andDebra Hydorn,University (1099) sSystems. Preliminary report. of Mary Washington (1046-R1-1798) Robert J. Decker,UniversityofHartford (1046-O1-1153) 10:40AM Connecting higher education mathematics faculty (1114) to K-12 Mathematics Teachers. 9:00AM Making calculus come alive with dynamic
Kathryn Ernie*, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, (1100) visualization tools. Preliminary report. and Erick B. Hofacker, University of Wisconsin - Paul Seeburger, Monroe Community College River Falls (1046-R1-1476) (1046-O1-913) 9:20AM Java mathlets with Blaise. Preliminary report.
(1101) Elisha Peterson, United States Military Academy MAA Session on Quantitative Literacy Across the (1046-O1-1377) Curriculum 9:40AM Fractal applets in Flash. 8:00 AM –10:35AM
(1102) Daniel Gries, Hamilton College (1046-O1-487) 10:00AM Toy proofs. Preliminary report. Organizers: Kimberly M. Vincent, Washington
(1103) Kenneth G. Monks*, University of Scranton, and State University Nathan C. Carter, Bentley College (1046-O1-1261) Cinnamon Hillyard,Universityof 10:20AM A Flash application illustrating Napier’s bones. Washington
(1104) Michael J. Caulfield, Gannon University 8:00AM Making quantitative reasoning central to a (1046-O1-346)
(1115) precalculus course. 10:40AM A maplet for encoding, decoding, and correcting Cinnamon Hillyard*andNicole Hoover,University
(1105) errors in Golay codes. Preliminary report. of Washington Bothell (1046-T1-1599) Rick Klima, Appalachian State University 8:20AM QL from a service division perspective. (1046-O1-392)
(1116) Gary T. Franchy, Davenport University (1046-T1-2057) 8:40AM Mathematics and democracy. MAA Session on Productive Roles for Math Faculty in (1117) Kira Hamman, Pennsylvania State University, Mont the Professional Development of K–12 Teachers, II Alto (1046-T1-1744) 9:00AM Using media article to drive a QL course. 8:00 AM –10:55AM
(1118) Preliminary report. Stuart Boersma*, Central Washington University, Organizers: Dale R. Oliver, Humboldt State Caren L Diefenderfer, Hollins University, and University Bernard L Madison, University of Arkansas Elizabeth Burroughs,MontanaState (1046-T1-1299) University 9:20AM Medical accuracy: Content for a quantitative 8:00AM Japanese lesson study: A process to build and foster
(1119) literacy course.
(1106) communities of practice dedicated to the Stuart Boersma*andTeri Willard,Central professional development of mathematics teachers. Washington University (1046-T1-570) Connie H. Yarema*andCheryl D. Schwiethale, 9:40AM Building the mathematical and computational skills Abilene Christian University (1046-R1-44) (1120) of science students: What we are doing, what 8:20AM A lesson study approach to developing productive students think, and how it is working. (1107) dialogue between university mathematics faculty Kelly E. Matthews*, Merrilyn Goos and Peter and high school teachers. Preliminary report. Adams, University of Queensland (1046-T1-1565) Randall E. Groth*andJennifer A. Bergner, 10:00AM Toward a numerate culture: A quantitative literacy Salisbury University (1046-R1-1984)
(1121) project. Preliminary report. 8:40AM Using lesson study to enhance content knowledge D. Scott Dillery, Lindsey Wilson College
(1108) and use of inquiry in middle school classrooms. (1046-T1-1464) Elizabeth A. Burroughs, Montana State University 10:20AM Incorporating quantitative literacy into the (1046-R1-456)
(1122) research writing classroom. Preliminary report. 9:00AM The role of mathematics faculty in supporting Kimberly M. Vincent, Washington State University (1109) teachers to increase retention: A constructivist (1046-T1-2069) model. Terran D. Felter*, California State University, MAA General Contributed Paper Session, VI Bakersfield, and Axelle P. Faughn,Western Carolina University (1046-R1-1730) 8:00 AM –10:55AM 9:20AM Middle school teachers connecting content and (1110) student thinking. Organizer: Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State Brian J. Lindaman*, University of Minnesota, and College Terry Wyberg, University of Minnesota d Moderators: Katrina Palmer, Appalachian State Instruction (1046-R1-2064) University

160 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Wednesday, January 7 – Program of the Sessions

Joyati Debnath, Winona State 9:30AM Structure of bipartite probe interval graphs. University (1138) David E. Brown, Utah State University, Arthur H. Hurlee Gonchigdanzan,Universityof Busch, University of Dayton, and Garth Isaak*, Wisconsin Stevens Point Lehigh University (1046-05-1543) Jason Molitierno, Sacred Heart 10:00AM Reconstructing a graph from its vertex-edge
University (1139) incidence graph. Stephen Hartke, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 8:00AM Facing up to the realities of quantitative illiteracy: and Geir Helleloid*, University of Texas at Austin (1123) Do you know what your students Do NOT Know (1046-05-874) about “Basic” mathematics? Betsy Darken, University of Tennessee at 10:30AM Entropy inequalities. Chattanooga (1046-Z1-817) (1140) Jonathan Cutler*, Montclair State University, and A. J. Radcliffe, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 8:15AM Limit theorems for the product of partial sums. (1046-05-1294) (1124) Preliminary report. Hurlee Gonchigdanzan, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point (1046-Z1-168) PME Council

8:30AM Zero product sequences in commutative rings. 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM (1125) Preliminary report. Shane P. Redmond, Eastern Kentucky University Employment Center (1046-Z1-1843) 8:45AM What is a mathematical theory? 8:00 AM –7:00PM
(1126) James R. Henderson,Universityof Pittsburgh-Titusville (1046-Z1-46) AMS Special Session on Discrete Dynamical Systems 9:00AM Exploring Goldbach’s Conjecture via CAS (computer in Periodic Environments, I
(1127) algebra system) technology. Preliminary report. Jay L. Schiffman, Rowan University (1046-Z1-248) 8:30 AM –10:50AM 9:15AM Enumerating graphs to conveniently produce Organizers: M. R. S. Kulenovi´c, University of Rhode
(1128) adjacency matrices using Maple or Mathematica. Island Jason J. Molitierno, Sacred Heart University (1046-Z1-784) Orlando Merino, University of Rhode Island 9:30AM Teaching differential equations on-line: The
(1129) challenges and changes. Abdul-Aziz Yakubu,Howard Katrina Palmer, NC (1046-Z1-444) University 9:45AM Teaching introductory differential equations 8:30AM Population models with asymptotically constant or
(1130) courses through real-life case studies. (1141) periodic solutions. Preliminary report. Anand L. Pardhanani, Earlham College Youssef Naim Raffoul,UniversityofDayton (1046-Z1-1119) (1046-39-212) xn−1 10:00AM The positive influence generation (our college 9:00AM On the dynamics of xn+1 = pn + ,n=0, 1, ...
(1131) students). Preliminary report. (1142) xn−2 John F. Loase, Concordia College (1046-Z1-19) with a period-2 and period-3 coefficient. Senada Kalabusic*, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia 10:15AM Math in your dorm room - from calculus to number and Herzegovina, and Nurkanovic Mehmed,
(1132) theory - with Sage. Preliminary report. University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina Karl-Dieter Crisman, Gordon College (1046-39-1601) (1046-Z1-1604) 9:30AM Dynamics of the Leslie-Gower model with periodic 10:30AM Characterization of compactness in classical (1143) coefficients.
(1133) Banach Spaces. Orlando Merino*andSukanya Basu,Universityof Julius N. Esunge, Louisiana State University, Baton Rhode Island (1046-39-928) Rouge, LA (1046-Z1-1725) 10:00AM The effect of periodization of parameters in some 10:45AM Lessons learned from a calculus redesign project.
(1144) monotone difference equations. Preliminary report. (1134) Jennifer C. McLoud-Mann, University of Texas at Ann Brett, University of Rhode Island Tyler (1046-Z1-2104) (1046-39-1579) 10:30AM Stability of the Gumowski-Mira equation with
(1145) period-two coefficient. SIAM Minisymposium on Graph Theory, II M. R. S. Kulenovic, University of Rhode Island (1046-39-1576) 8:00 AM –10:55AM Organizer: Stephen G. Hartke,Universityof AMS Special Session on Algebraic Cryptography and Nebraska-Lincoln Generic Complexity, I 8:00AM Some results on graph linkage. Preliminary report. 8:30 AM –10:45AM
(1135) Mark Ellingham, Michael Plummer, Vanderbilt University, and Gexin Yu*, College of William and Organizers: Vladimir Shpilrain, The City College of Mary (1046-05-1376) New York 8:30AM The number of cliques in graphs of given order and Yesem Kurt, Randolph College
(1136) size. 8:30AM Thompson’s group F has no generic subgroups. Vladimir Nikiforov, University of Memphis, TN (1146) Sean Cleary*, The City College of New York and the (1046-05-1889) CUNY Graduate Center, Murray Elder,Universityof 9:00AM On A4-balanced graphs. Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, Andrew
(1137) Michael D. Barrus*andDouglas B. West, Rechnitzer, University of British Columbia, and University of Illinois (1046-05-880) Jennifer Taback, Bowdoin College (1046-20-129)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 161 Program of the Sessions – Wednesday, January 7 (cont’d.)

9:00AM Average-case vs. generic-case complexity of lattice Mark Parker, Carroll College (1147) problems. Preliminary report. Holly Zullo, Carroll College Antonio R. Nicolosi, Stevens Institute of Technology (1046-68-1973) MAA Session on Statistics in K–12 Education: How Will 9:30AM A gateway to group based cryptography. (1148) Preliminary report. It Affect Statistics at the College Level? Delaram Kahrobaei*, CUNY Graduate Center and 9:00 AM –10:35AM City Tech, and Michael Anshel,CUNYGraduate Center and City College of New York (1046-68-735) Organizers: Patricia B. Humphrey,Georgia 10:00AM Mathematics of Commutator Key Exchange. Southern University
(1149) Preliminary report. Robin H. Lock, St. Lawrence University Alexei Miasnikov, McGill University 9:00AM They took AP, but didn’t pass. Now what? (1046-20-1948)
(1152) Preliminary report. Patricia Humphrey, Georgia Southern University AMS-MAA Grad School Fair (1046-V1-1649) 9:20AM Preparing pre-service secondary math teachers to 8:30 AM –10:30AM
(1153) teach statistics. Undergrads! Take this opportunity to meet Kady Schneiter*andBrynja Kohler, Utah State representatives from mathematical sciences University (1046-V1-1830) graduate programs. 9:40AM Wikis, forums, and group assignments: Building a
(1154) learning community over the Internet. Preliminary MAA Invited Address report. Lothar A. Dohse, UNC - Asheville (1046-V1-1854) AM AM 9:00 –9:50 10:00AM Achieving statistical literacy in elementary school
(1150) Making math out of style. (1155) using current popular curricula. Daniel N. Rockmore, Dartmouth College Anna E. Bargagliotti, University of Memphis (1046-A0-13) (1046-V1-195) 10:20AM The American Statistical Association’s Meeting ASL Invited Address
(1156) Within a Meeting (MWM) Workshop and follow-up activities for K-12 mathematics and science 9:00 AM –9:50AM teachers: An example K-12 statistics education outreach program
(1151) Descriptive set theory and the classification of Rebecca A. Nichols, Martha B. Aliaga,American separable Banach spaces. Statistical Association, and Katherine T. Christian Rosendal, University of Illinois at Halvorsen*, Smith College (1046-V1-1792) Chicago (1046-03-108)

MAA Minicourse #11: Part B SIGMAA on Environmental Mathematics Panel Discussion 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM 9:00 AM –10:20AM Planning and teaching mathematics capstone courses for preservice secondary school teachers. Environmental mathematics: Getting it in the curriculum. Organizers: Edward F. Aboufadel, Grand Valley State University Organizers: Karen D. Bolinger,ClarionState University Richard Hill, Michigan State University Ben A. Fusaro, Florida State University Bruce E. Sagan, Michigan State University Moderator: Lee Seitelman, United Technologies Sharon Senk, Michigan State University Panelists: Charles R. Hadlock, Bentley College Natasha M. Speer, Michigan State Martin E. Walter,Universityof University Colorado at Boulder Rebecca Walker, Grand Valley State Ben A. Fusaro University MAA-NCTM Committee on Mutual Concerns-MAA MAA Minicourse #1: Part B Committee on Articulation and Placement Panel Discussion 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Discrete models in biology and simulations. 9:00 AM –10:20AM Organizers: Saber N. Elaydi, Trinity University Placement testing: Is it working? Huseyin Kocak, University of Miami Organizers: Jerry F. Dwyer, Texas Tech University David Ribble, Trinity University Susan L. Forman, Bronx Community College, CUNY MAA Minicourse #6: Part B Panelists: Bernard L. Madison,Universityof Arkansas 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Dan Miller, Millikin University Teaching with clickers and classroom voting. Kent Pearce, Millikin University Organizers: Derek Bruff, Vanderbilt University Judy E. Ackerman, Montgomery Kelly Cline, Carroll College College

162 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Wednesday, January 7 – Program of the Sessions

Student Hospitality Center MAA Lecture for Students

9:00 AM –5:00PM 1:00 PM –1:50PM
(1164) Some elementary problems that remain unsolved. AMS Special Session on Asymptotic Geometric Nathaniel Dean, Texas State University-San Marcos Analysis, I

9:30 AM –10:50AM Organizers: Alexander E. Litvak,Universityof AMS Current Events Bulletin Alberta Dmitry Ryabogin, Kent State 1:00 PM –4:45PM University Organizer: David Eisenbud,Universityof Artem Zvavitch, Kent State University California Berkeley 9:30AM Projecting l∞ onto classical spaces. 1:00PM Topology, representation theory, and arithmetic: (1157) Hermann Koenig, University of Kiel, Germany, and (1165) Three-manifolds and the Langlands program. Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann*, University of Matthew James Emerton,NorthwesternUniversity Alberta (1046-46-1491) (1046-11-1560) 10:00AM Auerbach bases and minimal-volume sufficient 2:00PM Compressive sensing: A paradigm shift in signal (1158) enlargements for normed spaces. Preliminary
(1166) processing. report. Olga V. Holtz, University of California-Berkeley and Mikhail I. Ostrovskii, St. John’s University Technische Universitaet Berlin (1046-94-2067) (1046-46-492) 3:00PM From Seiberg-Witten theory to closed orbits of 10:30AM Convex geometry, Sobolev inequalities, and (1167) vector fields: Taubes’s proof of the Weinstein (1159) information theory. Preliminary report. conjecture. Erwin Lutwak, Deane Yang*andGaoyong Zhang, Michael Hutchings, UC Berkeley (1046-53-1445) Polytechnic Institute of NYU (1046-52-2008) 4:00PM Frontiers of reality in Schubert calculus. (1168) Frank Sottile, Texas A&M University (1046-14-679) Exhibits and Book Sales

9:30 AM –5:30PM AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, ASL Invited Address II 10:00 AM –10:50AM 1:00 PM –5:55PM
(1160) Orbit equivalence and ergodic actions of countable groups. Organizers: Joseph W. Dauben, Lehman College Inessa Epstein, California Institute of Technology Karen H. Parshall,Universityof (1046-03-661) Virginia Patti Hunter, Westmont College AMS Special Presentation Deborah Kent, Hillsdale College PM 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM 1:00 The mathematics in Newton’s Principia (1169) Mathematica. Who Wants To Be a Mathematician. George E. Smith, Tufts University; Stanford Organizers: Michael A. Breen,AMS University (Spring ’09) (1046-01-1437) William T. Butterworth,DePaul 2:00PM Mrs. Bean’s Young Ladies: Mathematics education University
(1170) in early modern england. Kathryn James, Beinecke Library, Yale University AMS Invited Address (1046-01-356) 2:30PM Insights into Cayley’s work on the quintic. 10:05 AM –10:55AM
(1171) Steven H. Weintraub, Lehigh University (1046-01-33)
(1161) Nonlinear problems involving integral diffusions. Luis A. Caffarelli, University of Texas at Austin 3:00PM What is at stake in Weierstrass’ criticism of
(1046-35-06) (1172) Riemann’s function theory? Renaud G. Chorlay, Universite Denis Diderot (Paris AMS-MAA Invited Address 7) (1046-01-525) 3:30PM Computing devices, mathematics education and 11:10 AM – NOON
(1173) mathematics - Sexton’s Omnimetre in its time. Peggy Aldrich Kidwell, National Museum of (1162) Geometry of surfaces, laminations, and dynamics American History, Smithsonian Institution over the moduli space of Riemann surfaces. (1046-01-287) Maryam Mirzakhani, Princeton University 4:00PM Did geometry need saving from Bourbaki? (1046-51-34)
(1174) Preliminary report. Thomas Drucker,Universityof AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture III Wisconsin–Whitewater (1046-01-282) PM 1:00 PM –2:00PM 4:30 The Polish-American mathematician Joseph Perott.
(1175) Preliminary report. (1163) Homogeneous dynamics and number theory III. Roger L. Cooke, University of Vermont Gregory Margulis, Yale University (1046-37-04) (1046-01-384)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 163 Program of the Sessions – Wednesday, January 7 (cont’d.)

5:00PM Grading the greats: What G. Castelnuovo and F. 1:00PM Finitely generated monoids of fractional ideals. (1176) Severi thought of one another in the 1930s. (1187) Daniel D. Anderson*andSangmin Chun, Preliminary report. University of Iowa (1046-13-425) Donald G. Babbitt,UCLA,andJudith R. 1:30PM Nonunique factorization in integral domains. Goodstein*, Institute Archives, California Institute (1188) Preliminary report. of Technology (1046-01-378) David F. Anderson*, University of Tennessee, and 5:30PM Hilbert and the origin myth of modern D. D. Anderson, University of Iowa (1046-13-930)
(1177) mathematics. 2:00PM The annihilator condition for finite commutative Colin McLarty, Case Western Reserve University (1189) rings. Preliminary report. (1046-01-802) John D. LaGrange, Indiana University Southeast (1046-13-1229) AMS-ASL Special Session on Model Theoretic Methods 2:30PM On the maximal cardinality of chains of in Finite Combinatorics, II (1190) intermediate rings. Preliminary report. D. E. Dobbs, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1:00 PM –5:50PM Gabriel Picavet, Laboratoire de Math´ematique, Universit´e Blaise Pascal, and Martine Organizers: , Humboldt University Martin Grohe Picavet-L’Hermitte*, Universit´e Blaise Pascal, Johann A. Makowsky, Technion Israel France (1046-13-855) Institute of Technology 3:00PM Ranks of indecomposable torsion-free modules and 1:00PM Why is the chromatic polynomial a polynomial? A (1191) a Krull-Schmidt theorem.
(1178) model theoretic interpretation. Nicholas R. Baeth*, University of Central Tomer Kotek*, Johann A. Makowsky, Missouri, and Melissa R. Luckas,Universityof Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, and Nebraska-Lincoln (1046-13-813) Boris Zilber, Oxford University, Great Britain 3:30PM Semigroups of torsion-free modules. Preliminary (1046-03-393) (1192) report. 1:30PM Towards a theory of graph polynomials. Preliminary Roger Wiegand, University of Nebraska
(1179) report. (1046-13-814) Johann A. Makowsky, Computer Science, 4:00PM Splitting sets and weakly Matlis domains. Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (1193) Preliminary report. (1046-03-338) Muhammad Zafrullah, Idaho State University 2:00PM Nonstandard methods in hypergraph theory. (1046-13-1344) (1180) Preliminary report. 4:30PM Atomicity of certain pullback constructions. Gabor Elek, The Alfred Renyi Mathematical (1194) Jason Greene Boynton and Jim Coykendall*, Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, North Dakota State University (1046-13-939) Budapest, and Balasz Szegedy*, University of Toronto (1046-05-339) 5:00PM Generally t-linkative domains. Preliminary report. (1195) Thomas G. Lucas, University of North Carolina 2:30PM Homomorphism universal structures. Charlotte (1046-13-1133)
(1181) Jan Hubicka, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic, and Jaroslav Nesetril*, Charles University 5:30PM Special sequences for local domains. Preliminary Prague (1046-05-341) (1196) report. S. B. Mulay, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 3:00PM On the monadic second-order transduction (1046-13-1332) (1182) hierarchy. Achim Blumensath*, and Bruno Courcelle, Universite Bordeaux 1, LaBRI (1046-03-118) AMS Special Session on Mathematics and 3:30PM Ramsey Theory and constraint propagation Mathematics Education in Fiber Arts
(1183) heuristics. Preliminary report. Albert Atserias, Universitat Polit`ecnica de 1:00 PM –5:50PM Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain (1046-05-496) Organizers: Sarah-Marie Belcastro,TheHampshire 4:00PM Algorithmic meta-theorems. College Summer Studies in (1184) Stephan Kreutzer,UniversityofOxford Mathematics (1046-05-340) Carolyn A. Yackel,MercerUniversity 4:30PM Counting constraint satisfaction problems.
1:00PM Temari math and geometry on the sphere. (1185) Andrei A. Bulatov, Simon Fraser University
(1046-05-377) (1197) Preliminary report. Carolyn Yackel, Mercer University (1046-20-1195) 5:00PM k-Clique requires k/4 variables.
1:30PM Visualizing groups and subgroups in counted cross (1186) Benjamin Rossman, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (1046-68-387) (1198) stitch. Mary D. Shepherd, Northwest Missouri State 5:30PM Discussion University (1046-20-903) 2:00PM Diaper pattern in needlepoint. AMS Special Session on Commutative Rings, I
(1199) Diane L. Herrmann, University of Chicago (1046-00-899) 1:00 PM –5:50PM 2:30PM Semiregular tessellations. Organizers: Jay A. Shapiro,GeorgeMason
(1200) Irena Swanson, Reed College (1046-52-674) University 3:00PM Mathematical Fiber Arts Exhibit David E. Dobbs,Universityof 3:30PM Don’t blow a gasket! Tennessee, Knoxville
(1201) Ted Ashton, Linthicum Heights, MD (1046-00-760) Shane P. Redmond, Eastern Kentucky 4:00PM Exploring two-dimensional manifolds with crochet University
(1202) hook. Joe A. Stickles, Millikin University Daina Taimina, Cornell University (1046-97-962)

164 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Wednesday, January 7 – Program of the Sessions

4:30PM Braids, cables, and cells: An intersection of 3:00PM S-I-S epidemic models with disease induced
(1203) mathematics, computer science, and fiber arts. (1216) mortality in periodic environments. Preliminary Preliminary report. report. Joshua Brandon Holden, Rose-Hulman Institute of John E. Franke*, North Carolina State University, Technology (1046-37-82) and Abdul-Aziz Yakubu,HowardUniversity 5:00PM Braid words in generalized helix stripe patterns. (1046-37-1256)
(1204) Sarah-Marie Belcastro, Sarah Lawrence College / 3:30PM Periodic versus constant harvesting of discretely HCSSiM (1046-54-1626)
(1217) reproducing fish populations. 5:30PM Calculating patterns for knitted surfaces. Abdul-Aziz Yakubu*, Howard University, and (1205) Amy F. Szczepanski´ , University of Tennessee, Michael Fogarty, National Marine Fisheries Service Knoxville (1046-00-1046) (1046-92-1215) 4:00PM Attractors for a periodic, discrete (1218) selection-migration model with partial dominance. Preliminary report. AMS Special Session on Conformal Geometry, Twistor James F. Selgrade*, Jordan West Bostic,North Theory, and Integrable Systems Carolina State University, and James H. Roberds, USDA Forest Service (1046-92-890) 1:00 PM –5:50PM 4:30PM Impact of harvesting in a discrete-time Organizers: Dana Mihai, Carnegie Mellon (1219) predator-prey model. University Shari Wiley*, Abdul-Aziz Yakubu,Howard George Sparling,Universityof University, and Michael Fogarty, National Oceanic Pittsburgh and Atmospheric Administration (1046-37-1748) 1:00PM Twistors and 2T-physics as unifiers of 1T-physics 5:00PM Dynamics of a discrete-time lottery model and its (1206) systems. (1220) approximation by ODEs. Preliminary report. Itzhak Bars, University of Southern California Ryusuke Kon, Kyushu University (1046-92-1584) (1046-81-1735) 5:30PM On a property of plane curves. Preliminary report.
2:00PM Geometric Interpretation of elliptic integrable (1221) Mohammad Javaheri, Trinity College (1207) systems associated to k-symmetric spaces. (1046-37-582) Idrisse Khemar, T.U. Munich (1046-53-1189) 3:00PM The Penrose process and the wave equation in Kerr AMS Special Session on Homotopy Theory and Higher (1208) geometry. Categories, II Niky Kamran, McGill University (1046-83-1727) 4:00PM New ideas in space-time: Cartan’s ODE’s, parabolic 1:00 PM –5:50PM (1209) geometry and conformal structures. Organizers: Thomas M. Fiore,Universityof George Sparling, University of Pittsburgh Chicago (1046-83-1151) Mark W. Johnson, Penn State Altoona 5:00PM On unveiled relations between twistor and quantum (1210) Hall effect. Preliminary report. James M. Turner, Calvin College Hasebe Kazuki, Takuma National College of W. Stephen Wilson, Johns Hopkins Technology (1046-51-1031) University 5:30PM Fierz identities for real Clifford algebras. Donald Yau, Ohio State University at
(1211) Eric Korman, University of Pittsburgh Newark (1046-83-1156) 1:00PM Classifying spaces for topological 2-groups. (1222) John C. Baez, U. C. Riverside (1046-55-597) 1:30PM Morita theory and Azumaya objects in bicategorical AMS Special Session on Discrete Dynamical Systems (1223) contexts. in Periodic Environments, II Niles Johnson, University of Chicago (1046-18-1466) 1:00 PM –5:50PM 2:00PM Permutative and bipermutative categories revisited. (1224) J. Peter May, University of Chicago (1046-55-416) Organizers: M. R. S. Kulenovi´c, University of Rhode Island 2:30PM Limits, derived functors, and homotopical category (1225) theory. Orlando Merino, University of Rhode Michael A. Shulman, University of Chicago Island (1046-18-395) Abdul-Aziz Yakubu,Howard 3:00PM Homotopical versions of Hall algebras. Preliminary University (1226) report. 1:00PM Semigroups of maps and periodic difference Julie Bergner, University of California, Riverside (1212) equations. (1046-55-355) Robert J. Sacker, University of Southern California 3:30PM Some Ext groups in motivic cohomology theory. (1046-37-1419) (1227) Armira Shkembi, Wayne State University 1:30PM Why period-doubling cascades occur. Preliminary (1046-55-799) (1213) report. 4:00PM Some remarks on 2-completed motivic homotopy James A. Yorke, Univ. of Maryland (1046-37-927) (1228) theory and the motivic J-homomorphism. 2:00PM Unimodal periodic models with Allee effects. Kyle M. Ormsby, University of Michigan
(1214) Preliminary report. (1046-55-55) Saber N. Elaydi, Trinity University (1046-39-1755) 4:30PM Generating spaces for S(n)-acyclics. Preliminary 2:30PM Two species competition in a periodic environment. (1229) report. (1215) Preliminary report. Aaron C. Leeman, University of Oregon J. M. Cushing, University of Arizona (1046-39-668) (1046-55-1893)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 165 Program of the Sessions – Wednesday, January 7 (cont’d.)

5:00PM Completion of real Johnson-Wilson theory E(n) 2:00PM Local and Equatorial characterization of unit balls (1230) yields fixed points of Morava E-theory. (1241) of subspaces of Lp,p > 0 and properties of the Maia Averett, Mills College (1046-55-1513) generalized cosine transform. 5:30PM Extensions of motives and cell bundles. Jeffrey Schlaerth, Kent State University (1231) Jack Morava, Johns Hopkins University (1046-52-2006) (1046-55-2092) 2:30PM Erd´elyi-Kober integrals on the cone of positive (1242) definite matrices and Radon transforms on Grassmann manifolds. Elena Ournycheva, University of Pittsburgh at AMS Special Session on Algebraic Cryptography and Bradford (1046-44-1483) Generic Complexity, II 3:00PM Intersection bodies with lower dimensional faces
1:00 PM –5:50PM (1243) and Lonke’s barrel zonoid. Preliminary report. Maria de los Angeles Alfonseca*, North Dakota Organizers: Vladimir Shpilrain, The City College of State University, Dmitry Ryabogin and Artem New York Zvavich, Kent State University (1046-52-902) Yesem Kurt, Randolph College 3:30PM Quaternionic Busemann-Petty problem. 1:00PM Public-Key cryptography from a (theoretical) (1244) Boris Rubin, Louisiana State University
(1232) cryptographer’s perspective. (1046-52-1393) Jonathan Katz, University of Maryland 4:00PM On embeddings of normed spaces in L−k. (1046-68-860) (1245) Vladyslav Yaskin, University of Alberta 2:00PM Group theory in authenticated key establishment: (1046-46-1823) (1233) What assumption(s) Do We Make? 4:30PM Algorithmic approximation of convex polytopes by Rainer Steinwandt, Florida Atlantic University (1246) simpler convex polytopes. (1046-94-1447) Shlomo Reisner,UniversityofHaifa,Israel 2:30PM Bilinear groups and algebraic cryptography. (1046-52-1564) (1234) Preliminary report. Nelly Fazio, City University of New York (1046-68-1974) 3:00PM An identification scheme for one-time private key
(1235) systems (OTPK). Preliminary report. AMS Special Session on Nonsmooth Analysis in Yesem Kurt, Randolph College (1046-94-1517) Inverse and Variational Problems, II 3:30PM Cryptanalysis of the shifted conjugacy (1236) authentication protocol. 1:00 PM –5:55PM Alexander V. Ushakov*, Stevens Institute of Technology, and Jonathan Longrigg,Universityof Organizers: M. Zuhair Nashed,Universityof Newcastle (1046-68-1496) Central Florida 4:00PM Challenge response password security using Otmar Scherzer,Universityof (1237) combinatorial group theory. Preliminary report. Innsbruck Gilbert Baumslag, City College of CUNY, Benjamin 1:00PM Infinite dimensional duality and applications to Fine*, Fairfield University, and Douglas Troeger,
(1247) equilibrium problems. Preliminary report. City College of CUNY (1046-20-1006) Patrizia Daniele*, University of Catania, Italy, Sofia 4:30PM Authentication schemes. Giuffre’, D.I.M.E.T. Mediterranean University, Italy,
(1238) Dima Grigoriev, Institut de Recherche and Antonino Maugeri, University of Catania, Italy Math´ematique, Campus de Beaulieu, Rennes, (1046-46-2083) France, and Vladimir Shpilrain*, City College of 1:30PM Inverse potential theory on the sphere. New York (1046-94-503) (1248) Willi Freeden, Geomathematics Group, TU 5:00PM Discussion Kaiserslautern, Germany (1046-86-1185) 2:00PM On some mathematical aspects of the ill-posed (1249) determination of the Earth’s interior. AMS Special Session on Asymptotic Geometric Volker Michel, University of Siegen, Germany (1046-45-426) Analysis, II 2:30PM Sparse regularization with l-q penalty term. 1:00 PM –4:50PM (1250) Otmar Scherzer, University Innsbruck (1046-49-1182) Organizers: Alexander E. Litvak,Universityof 3:00PM Adaptive kernel methods using the balancing Alberta (1251) principle. Dmitry Ryabogin, Kent State Sergei V. Pereverzev, Johann Radon Institute For University Computational and Applied Mathematics, Austrian Artem Zvavitch, Kent State University Academy of Sciences (1046-65-610) 1:00PM Variational formulas for the isotropic constant. 3:30PM Tikhonov regularization methods with general (1239) Preliminary report. (1252) data-fit term. Preliminary report. Ralph Howard, University of South Carolina Christiane Poeschl, University of Innsbruck (1046-53-1898) (1046-00-768) 1:30PM Remark on isotropic constant of projections of 4:00PM Current density-based electrical impedance (1240) convex bodies. (1253) tomography. David Alonso-Guti´errez, Jesus´ Bastero, Julio Adrian Nachman, University of Toronto, Bernu´es, University of Zaragoza, Spain, and Alexandru Tamasan*, University of Central Florida, Paweł Wolff*, Case Western Reserve University and Alexandre Timonov,UniversityofSouth (1046-52-1772) Carolina Upstate (1046-35-1408)

166 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Wednesday, January 7 – Program of the Sessions

4:30PM Nonsmooth analysis in infinite dimensions with AMS Special Session on the Role of Generalized (1254) applications to stability of variational systems. Maximal Monotonicity Frameworks in Optimization Mordukhovich Boris, Wayne State University, and and Control Theory with Applications, II Nguyen Mau Nam*, University of Texas-Pan American (1046-49-51) 1:00 PM –5:20PM 5:00PM A hierarchy of differential approximations for Organizer: Ram U. Verma, International (1255) nonsmooth operators and variational problems. Publications Preliminary report. M. Zuhair Nashed, University of Central Florida 1:00PM Optimality conditions and efficiency in solving (1046-46-1899) (1268) nonsmooth multiobjective programming problems. S. K. Mishra, Banaras Hindu University, R. N. 5:30PM A nonsmooth feedback solution for a class of Mohapatra*, University of Central Florida, (1256) quantum control problems. and Vinay Singh, Banaras Hindu University Qin Zhang*andKazufumi Ito, North Carolina State (1046-49-2017) University (1046-49-458) 2:00PM Fixed point iterations. Preliminary report. (1269) B. E. Rhoades, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (1046-47-229) AMS Special Session on Categorification and Link 3:00PM Hybrid over-relaxed proximal point procedure and
(1270) generalized Yosida regularization for first-order Homology, II evolution inclusions. Ram U. Verma, International Publications (USA) 1:00 PM –5:50PM (1046-49-791) Organizers: Aaron Lauda, Columbia University 4:00PM Representability of monotone operators. Mikhail Khovanov,Columbia (1271) M. D. Voisei, Towson University (1046-46-442) University 5:00PM Input identification to linear differential systems. 1:00PM A categorification of quantum tangle invariants via (1272) Gheorghe Morosanu, Central European University, (1257) quiver varieties. Preliminary report. Budapest, Hungary (1046-93-452) Ben Webster, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1046-18-1244) AMS Special Session on Computational Algebra and 1:25PM The 1,2-coloured HOMFLY-PT link homology. Convexity, II (1258) M. Mackaay*, Universidade do Algarve, M. Stosic, Instituto Superior T´ecnico, and P. Vaz,Universidade 1:00 PM –5:50PM do Algarve (1046-18-607) Organizers: Dan Bates, Colorado State University 1:50PM Towards a geometric categorification of the Tsung-Lin Lee, Michigan State (1259) coloured Reshetikhin-Turaev sl(m) knot invariants. University Sabin Cautis, Rice University/MSRI (1046-14-1164) Sonja Petrovic, University of Illinois at 2:15PM How to categorify dynamical zeta functions. Chicago (1260) Preliminary report. Zach Teitler,TexasA&MUniversity Alexander Fel’shtyn, University of Szczecin and Boise State University (1046-57-1010) 1:00PM Diagonal ideals of determinantal rings. (1273) Kuei-Nuan Lin, Purdue University (1046-13-1207) 2:40PM Gram determinants of planar states and (1261) Lagrangian tangles. 1:30PM Finite atomic lattices and resolutions of associated Jozef H. Przytycki, George Washington University (1274) monomial ideals. Preliminary report. (1046-57-1710) Sonja Mapes, Columbia University (1046-13-982) 2:00PM A numerical local dimension test for algebraic sets. 3:05PM Crossingless matchings and the Springer (1275) Andrew Sommese, University of Notre Dame (1262) representation. (1046-65-687) Heather M. Russell*andJulianna S. Tymoczko, University of Iowa (1046-57-1373) 2:30PM Partial decomposition of radical ideals through (1276) numerical homotopy and lattice basis reduction. 3:30PM Plane diagrammatics and categorification. Dan Bates, Colorado State University, Jon (1263) Preliminary report. Hauenstein, University of Notre Dame, Tim Radmila Sazdanovic*, The George Washington McCoy, Colorado State University, Andrew University, and Mikhail Khovanov,Columbia Sommese, University of Notre Dame, and University (1046-16-1241) Christopher Peterson*, Colorado State University 3:55PM Sheaves of modules over posets and Khovanov (1046-14-1451) (1264) homology. 3:00PM Numerical primary decomposition. *, Heriot-Watt University/ Universite Paul R. Turner (1277) Anton Leykin, University of Illinois at Chicago de Fribourg, and Brent J. Everitt,UniversityofYork (1046-14-520) (1046-57-638) 3:30PM On numerical-symbolic exact irreducible 4:20PM Discussion (1278) decomposition of cyclic-12. 4:45PM Every modular category is the category of modules Rostam Sabeti*andTien-Yien Li, Michigan State (1265) over an algebra. University (1046-65-577) Hendryk Pfeiffer, The University of British 4:00PM Computational algebraic geometry for mechanism Columbia (1046-20-1762) (1279) synthesis. 5:10PM Groupoidification. Hai-Jun Su, University of Maryland, Baltimore (1266) John C. Baez, University of California, Riverside County (1046-14-1124) (1046-18-596) 4:30PM F,G,H,I bases for polynomial rings and their 5:35PM A categorification of Hecke algebras. (1280) relations. (1267) Alexander E. Hoffnung, University of California, Wenyuan Wu, Michigan State University Riverside (1046-18-1057) (1046-13-421)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 167 Program of the Sessions – Wednesday, January 7 (cont’d.)

5:00PM Estimates for orders of derivatives in differential AMS Session on Financial Mathematics (1281) Nullstellensatz. Oleg Golubitsky, University of Western Ontario, 1:00 PM –4:40PM Marina Kondratieva, Moscow State University, Alexey Ovchinnikov*, University of Illinois at 1:00PM Volatility models of the yield curve. Chicago, and Agnes Szanto, North Carolina State (1295) Victor Goodman, Indiana University (1046-90-48) University (1046-13-99) 5:30PM p-adic Descartes’ bounds. 1:15PM Stochastic optimization for portfolio selection (1282) Ashraf A. Ibrahim,TexasA&MUniversity (1296) problem with mean absolute negative deviation (1046-14-315) measure. Anton Abdulbasah Kamil*, Adli Mustafa and Khlipah Ibrahim, Universiti Sains Malaysia (1046-90-381) AMS Session on Mathematics Education 1:30PM Option pricing in the presence of random arbitrage 1:00 PM –3:55PM (1297) return. Jungmin Choi*, Florida State University, and 1:00PM Instructor resources for elementary mathematics Max Gunzburger, Florida State University
(1283) for teachers. Preliminary report. (1046-90-1288) Scott J. Baldridge*, Louisiana State University, and Thomas H. Parker, Michigan State University 1:45PM On the convergence of adaptive stochastic search (1046-97-2072) (1298) methods for continuous global optimization. 1:15PM Integrated, multidisciplinary and Rommel G. Regis, Saint Joseph’s University
(1284) technology-enhanced science education: The next (1046-90-1976) frontier. Ivo D. Dinov*andNicolas Christou,Universityof 2:00PM Sensitivity analysis of asset flow differential California, Los Angeles (1046-97-25) (1299) equations and a new volatility approach. Ahmet Duran, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 1:30PM Inquiry-based learning: An educational reform (1046-91-94)
(1285) based upon content-centred teaching. M. Padraig McLoughlin, Kutztown University of 2:15PM Stable trading strategy involving several options. Pennsylvania (1046-97-644) (1300) Anirban Dutta*andQiji J. Zhu,WesternMichigan 1:45PM What do MD & VA teachers believe about University (1046-91-1095)
(1286) mathematics and what do they know about 2:30PM ATuran´ type inequality for the Kummer function mathematics history? (1301) arising in finance. Part I: The application. Danielle M. Goodwin, Vincennes University Roger W. Barnard, Texas Tech University, Michael (1046-97-755) B. Gordy*, Senior Economist, Federal Reserve 2:00PM The hybrid mathematics class: The best of both Board, and Kendall C. Richards,Southwestern
(1287) worlds, or No Man’s Land? University (1046-91-182) Catherine A. Matos*andMary Hudachek-Buswell, Clayton State University (1046-97-1489) 2:45PM Break PM 2:15 Bluma’s Method: A different way to solve 3:00PM ATuran´ type inequality for the Kummer function
(1288) quadratics. Preliminary report. (1302) arising in finance. Part II: The verification. Richard Millman, Georgia Institute of Technology, Roger W. Barnard, Texas Tech University, Michael and Eric L. Clark*, University of Kentucky B. Gordy, Federal Reserve Board, and Kendall C. (1046-97-75) Richards*, Southwestern University (1046-33-183) 2:30PM How redesigning freshman classes can impact a
(1289) whole department. 3:15PM Portfolio optimization under subadditive Tristan M. Denley, University of Mississippi (1303) transaction cost. (1046-97-1495) Qingshuo Song, University of Southern California (1046-60-61) 2:45PM A constructivist theory of teaching mathematics:
(1290) From concept to context. 3:30PM On moment conditions for Girsanov Theorem. Wendy Hageman Smith, Longwood University (1304) See Keong Lee, Universiti Sains Malaysia (1046-97-1550) (1046-60-558) 3:00PM Refocused algebra versus POGIL: Chemistry’s
(1291) solution and what mathematics can derive from it. 3:45PM A Markov state model for wake-sleep transitions.
Robert E. Wieman, Virginia State University (1305) Badal Joshi*andJanet Best, Ohio State University (1046-97-1561) (1046-60-1835) 3:15PM What will students do for 1 point in the land of no 4:00PM An exact Malliavin weight for variance gamma and
(1292) bonus? Preliminary report. (1306) normal inverse Gaussian processes: Sensitivity Robin Leigh Blankenship, Morehead State analysis of European style options. Preliminary University (1046-97-2090) report. 3:30PM Problems encountered in trying to collaborate with Dervis Bayazit*andCraig A. Nolder,FloridaState
(1293) mathematicians in the Third World. University (1046-60-1860) Melvin Henriksen, Harvey Mudd College (1046-00-940) 4:15PM American option pricing under stochastic volatility.
(1307) Hari P. Adhikari, University of South Florida 3:45PM Building a high-performing mathematics (1046-00-1413)
(1294) program in the City of Baker using the Singapore mathematics curriculum. Preliminary report. 4:30PM Possible evolutions of financial markets in a Scott J. Baldridge*, Louisiana State University, and (1308) Keynesian economy. Johnette Winfrey, The City of Baker School System James M. Haley,PointParkUniversity,Economics (1046-97-2036) (1046-97-1919)

168 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Wednesday, January 7 – Program of the Sessions

AMS Session on Number Theory, III MAA Session on College Algebra: Focusing on Conceptual Understanding, Real-World Data, and 1:00 PM –5:10PM Mathematical Modeling, I

1:00PM An identity involving generalized Fibonacci 1:00 PM –5:55PM (1309) numbers. Curtis N. Cooper, University of Central Missouri Organizers: Florence S. Gordon,NewYork (1046-11-1706) Institute of Technology 1:15PM Chebyshev’s bias in function fields. Laurette B. Foster, Prairie View A&M (1310) Byungchul Cha, Muhlenberg College (1046-11-42) University 1:30PM A Hecke correspondence theorem for automorphic Yajun Yang, Farmingdale State College (1311) integrals with symmetric rational period functions Ray E. Collings, Georgia Perimeter on the Hecke groups. College Wendell Ressler, Franklin & Marshall College (1046-11-49) 1:00PM A data-based project to enhance the teaching of
(1325) functions in college algebra. 1:45PM New lower bounds for the Ihara function ( ). A q Murray H. Siegel, Central Arizona College (1312) Laura L. Hall-Seelig, University of Massachusetts, (1046-C1-164) Amherst (1046-11-283) 1:20PM Revitalizing college algebra: A success story. 2:00PM On the frequency of anomalous primes for elliptic (1326) Preliminary report. (1313) curves. Preliminary report. Kimberly Muller, Lake Superior State University Penny C. Ridgdill, University of Massachusetts (1046-C1-29) (1046-11-308) 1:40PM Infusing real-life opportunities, questions, and 2:15PM Characterizing limits of analytic continued (1327) concepts into the mathematics curriculum. (1314) fractions. Preliminary report. Erick B. Hofacker*, University of Wisconsin-River Kristen J. Campbell, Northern Illinois University Falls, and Kathryn Ernie, University of Wisconsin - (1046-11-316) River Falls (1046-C1-1478) 2:30PM Brauer-Manin obstructions and Sha of genus-2 2:00PM Getting students to DIGMath: Dynamic interactive (1315) jacobians.
(1328) graphics in college algebra. Patrick Corn, St. Mary’s College of Maryland Sheldon P. Gordon, Farmingdale State College (1046-11-1329) (1046-C1-175) 2:45PM Maximal subbundles in coding theory. 2:20PM Technology driven investigations for intermediate (1316) Emma Previato*, Boston University, and Drue
(1329) algebra for business majors. Coles, Bloomsburg University (1046-11-1007) Wendiann R. Sethi, Seton Hall University 3:00PM Break (1046-C1-1879) 3:15PM Characteristic classes and root numbers for 2:40PM Three interesting projects for college algebra. (1317) motives associated to GOn. Preliminary report. (1330) Rich West, Francis Marion University Asher N. Auel, University of Pennsylvania (1046-C1-1641) (1046-11-1655) 3:00PM A math teacher sees the light: Photonics labs in an 3:30PM The search for base-2 Fibonacci pseudoprimes.
(1331) algebra class. Preliminary report.
(1318) Dominic W. Klyve, Carthage College June I. Decker, Three Rivers Community College (1046-11-1391) (1046-C1-1136) 3:45PM A note on disjoint covering systems of congruences: 3:20PM Make COLLEGE algebra more meaningful for
(1319) Variations on a 2002 AIME problem. (1332) non-calculus-bound majors. John W. Hoffman, W. Ryan Livingston and Xuhui Li, California State University - Long Beach Jared M. Ruiz*, Youngstown State University (1046-C1-1941) (1046-11-1549) 3:40PM Social science applications in an applied college 4:00PM Eichler cohomology theorem for small weights.
(1333) algebra course. (1320) M. Knopp and H. Mawi*, Temple University Lisa S. Yocco, Georgia Southern University (1046-11-1751) (1046-C1-319) 4:15PM On some fundamental properties and applications 4:00PM Making first year mathematics more relevant to
(1321) of continued fractions to coding theory. Preliminary
(1334) science students: Connecting mathematics and report. science courses. Preliminary report. Ahlam E. Tannouri*andSam F. Tannouri,Morgan Jose H. Giraldo, Texas A&M University-Corpus State University (1046-11-2048) Christi (1046-C1-2027) 4:30PM On integer polynomials that are small at a given 4:20PM How mathematics can contribute to solving the (1322) cubic irrational.
(1335) problems facing the world; Building civic Kiryl I. Tsishchanka,DePaulUniversity engagement into mathematics courses as a way to (1046-11-2071) motivate and inspire students. 4:45PM Weyl group multiple Dirichlet series for type C. Victor J. Donnay, Bryn Mawr College (1323) Preliminary report. (1046-C1-1681) Jennifer Beineke*, Western New England College, 4:40PM College algebra in context: A learner-centered Ben Brubaker,MIT,andSharon Frechette, College
(1336) approach incorporating data-driven activities of the Holy Cross (1046-11-1954) related to social issues. 5:00PM A refinement of Stark’s Conjecture over complex Michael T. Catalano, Dakota Wesleyan University (1324) cubic number fields. (1046-C1-1816) Tian Ren*, Queensborough Community College, 5:00PM Focusing on algebraic understanding using a The City University of New York, and Robert (1337) student-centered questioning framework. Sczech, Rutgers University - Newark Jennifer J. Kosiak*andJon Hasenbank,University (1046-11-1144) of Wisconsin - La Crosse (1046-C1-1417)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 169 Program of the Sessions – Wednesday, January 7 (cont’d.)

5:20PM Mathematical readiness of incoming college 1:20PM Students’ understanding of slope and direction (1338) freshmen.
(1348) fields in a non-traditional differential equations Marko Kranjc, Western Illinois University class. (1046-C1-723) Samer S. Habre, Lebanese American University 5:40PM News ways to compare NFL players, using model (1046-A5-173)
(1339) building. 1:40PM Designing benchmarks for assessing Jacqueline Brannon Giles, HCC Central College,
(1349) undergraduate students’ mathematics Houston, Texas (1046-C1-180) performances in general education. Preliminary report. Xuhui Li, California State University Long Beach (1046-A5-379) MAA Session on Statistics Resources on the Web 2:00PM Outcomes based assessment of student learning in
(1350) mathematics. Preliminary report. 1:00 PM –4:00PM Ronald M. Brzenk, Hartwick College (1046-A5-400) 2:20PM An examination of the Mathematics and Technology Organizers: Dorothy W. Anway,Universityof
Wisconsin, Superior (1351) Attitude Scale (MTAS): Implication to assessment of undergraduate mathematics. Patricia B. Humphrey,Georgia Jerry Obiekwe, The University of Akron-Wayne Southern University College (1046-A5-1067) Christopher J. Lacke,Rowan 2:40PM Basic skills exam in college algebra. University
(1352) Karla Marie Childs, Pittsburg State University 1:00PM Statistics resources in a “Math for Practical Arts” (1046-A5-1131)
(1340) course. 3:00PM Calculus assessment: Then and now. Preliminary Mary R. Parker*, Austin Community College, and
(1353) report. Hunter D. Ellinger, Exemplar Technologies Sarah V. Cook, Washburn University (1046-W1-1646) (1046-A5-1347) 1:20PM The challenges and benefits of using e-books and 3:20PM Assessment across the curriculum; Varying (1341) Web companion sites to organize statistics
(1354) strategies for varying situations. resources on the Web for statistics education. J. Winston Crawley*andJames E. Hamblin, Deborah Lurie, Saint Joseph’s University Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania (1046-W1-1462) (1046-A5-1346) 1:40PM Utilizing Web-based statistical resources in teaching 3:40PM Evolution of a capstone course for prospective high
(1342) nontraditional undergraduate students in online (1355) school mathematics teachers. Preliminary report. learning environments. Preliminary report. Michael D. Bice, California State University, Michael Miner*, American Public University System, Stanislaus (1046-A5-1884) and Darcel Ford, Strayer University (1046-W1-1482) 4:00PM Challenges of assessing mathematics content 2:00PM A collection of resources for use in teaching
(1356) courses designed specifically for middle childhood
(1343) statistics, including assessments, group activities, education majors. Preliminary report. in and out of class calculator simulations, and Joy Moore, Xavier University (1046-A5-1875) several applets to demonstrate statistical concepts. 4:20PM Assessment working instead of working for Rob Eby, Blinn College - Bryan Campus (1357) assessment. Preliminary report. (1046-W1-1686) Heather Coughlin, California State University, 2:20PM Two applets for teaching IID sampling, sampling Stanislaus (1046-A5-1848)
(1344) distributions, and the central limit theorem. 4:40PM Assessing quantitative literacy using a wide range Mark H. Inlow, Rose-Hulman Institute of
(1358) of news stories. Preliminary report. Technology (1046-W1-1172) Milo Schield, W. M. Keck Statistical Literacy Projet 2:40PM Interactive tools for exploring the standard normal (1046-A5-1820)
(1345) curve and more. 5:00PM A control versus treatment evaluation of the Susan M. Barton, WVU Tech (1046-W1-1357) (1359) chemistry in calculus project at William and Mary. 3:00PM Should statistics tables be banned from the George Rublein, College of William and Mary (1346) curriculum? (1046-A5-1806) Robin H. Lock, St. Lawrence University 5:20PM Assessment of the undergraduate mathematics (1046-W1-2031)
(1360) program. 3:15PM Discussion Melvin A. Nyman*andRobert Molina,Alma College (1046-A5-1759) 5:40PM Portfolio assessment of general education (1361) mathematics. Preliminary report. MAA Session on Assessment of Student Learning in Rich West, Francis Marion University Undergraduate Mathematics (1046-A5-1615)

1:00 PM –5:55PM MAA General Contributed Paper Session, VII Organizers: William O. Martin, North Dakota State University 1:00 PM –5:55PM Bernard L. Madison,Universityof Arkansas Organizer: Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State College 1:00PM “Pair-Quizzes”: An instructional and an evaluative
(1347) tool in mathematics classes. Preliminary report. Moderators: Thomas Philip Wakefield, Slippery Harrison W. Straley*andLauren Dupee,Wheaton Rock University College (1046-A5-137) Larry Lewis, Spalding University

170 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Wednesday, January 7 – Program of the Sessions

Kyle Riley, South Dakota School of 5:00PM The role of the sampling distribution in student Mines & Technology
(1378) learning of inferential statistics. Jim Fulmer, University of Arkansas at Barbara Bennie, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Little Rock (1046-Z1-372) 5:15PM Elementary statistics: To lecture or not to lecture? 1:00PM 10 questions about numbers: A college algebra
(1379) That is the question.
(1362) writing assignment. Preliminary report. Pamela K. Wovchko, West Virginia Wesleyan Elliott S. Elliott, University of Tennessee at Martin College (1046-Z1-239) (1046-Z1-1114) 5:30PM Teaching technology to first year students. 1:15PM Why is one usually first? Preliminary report.
(1380) Preliminary report.
(1363) Sandra J. Schroeder, Ohio Northern University Luz M. DeAlba, Drake Universtiy (1046-Z1-399) (1046-Z1-1138) 5:45PM The Kean STEM Scholarship Program: Successes in 1:30PM Are you in or out? Mathematical lessons from
(1381) recruitment and retention of math and science
(1364) fashion design. majors. Jeff A. Suzuki, Brooklyn College (1046-Z1-536) Pablo Zafra, Louis M. Beaugris*andKikombo 1:45PM The continuous birthday problem. Ngoy, Kean University (1046-Z1-1514)
(1365) Dale K. Hathaway, Olivet Nazarene University (1046-Z1-918) MAA General Contributed Paper Session, VIII 2:00PM Discovering Bernoulli number identities via
(1366) Euler-Maclaurin summation. Preliminary report. 1:00 PM –3:10PM Hieu D. Nguyen, Rowan University (1046-Z1-406) Organizer: Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State 2:15PM The role of external consultants as part of a College (1367) departmental self study. Kyle L. Riley, SD School of Mines & Technology Moderators: William Goldbloom Bloch,Wheaton (1046-Z1-147) College James Henderson,Universityof 2:30PM Reconstructing graphs given only a few marked Pittsburgh-Titusville
(1368) cards. Michael D. Barrus*andDouglas B. West, 1:00PM Stabilizing vibrating beams with point-load
University of Illinois (1046-Z1-978) (1382) damping. Preliminary report. Richard J. Marchand*, Slippery Rock University, 2:45PM Promoting responsibility and cooperation through and Timothy J. McDevitt, Elizabethtown College (1369) the use of discussion boards. (1046-Z1-1452) Janet L. Braunstein, United States Military Academy 1:15PM Duplication, trisection, and quadrature by cheating. at West Point (1046-Z1-1516)
(1383) Charlie Smith, Park University (1046-Z1-1263) 3:00PM Visualizing continuity and differentiability of
1:30PM Digital signal processing in the service of (1370) functions of two variables.
(1384) mathematics courses. Tom McMillan and Jim Fulmer*, University of Mohamed Allali, Chapman University Arkansas at Little Rock (1046-Z1-1895) (1046-Z1-1110) 3:15PM The natural role of lower-division sequences and 1:45PM Waring’s problem in number fields. Preliminary
(1371) series as a pre-bridge course. (1385) report. Scott F. Beaver, Western Oregon University Ala’ Jamil Alnaser, Kansas State University (1046-Z1-937) (1046-Z1-1454) 3:30PM Studying affect in undergraduate mathematics: 2:00PM Ghosts of departed errors: Berkeley’s mathematical
(1372) Efforts to clarify students’ experiences of learning
(1386) objections to the calculus of Newton and Leibniz. mathematics. Preliminary report. Eugene C. Boman, Penn State, Harrisburg campus Marja-Liisa Hassi*, University of Colorado at (1046-Z1-1676) Boulder, and Sandra Laursen,Universityof 2:15PM Estimating relatedness using Markov Chain Monte Colorado at Boulder (1046-Z1-810)
(1387) Carlo techniques. 3:45PM Teacher versus student motivation: Who wins the Jennifer K. Angelosante*andAmy Anderson,
(1373) game? Preliminary report. Western Washington University (1046-Z1-1869) Laura J. Schmidt, University of Wisconsin-Stout 2:30PM Arbitrary roughness. (1046-Z1-772)
(1388) Elijah Miguel Allen, Armstrong Atlantic State 4:00PM Pre/post tests for undergraduate mathematics. Univeristy (1046-Z1-1891)
(1374) Preliminary report. 2:45PM The evolution of cooperation on random networks. Jacob Sloujitel, Globe Institute of Technology
(1389) Stephen Devlin*, University of San Francisco, and (1046-Z1-592) Thomas Treloar, Hillsdale College (1046-Z1-2079) 4:15PM Geometry: The hardest course? Preliminary report. 3:00PM Toughness extended to infinite graphs.
(1375) H. A. Dye, McKendree University (1046-Z1-388) (1390) Kevin K. Ferland, Bloomsburg University of PA (1046-Z1-2097) 4:30PM An examination of the social class backgrounds of
(1376) California’s mathematics professors. Chris Pavone, Sophy Huck, California State MAA General Contributed Paper Session, IX University, Chico, Megan K O’Connor,Western Michigan University, Carol A Wilson*, California 1:00 PM –2:55PM State University, Sacramento, and Elizabeth Zapata, California State University, Chico Organizer: Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State (1046-Z1-386) College 4:45PM Traditional vs. online homework in college algebra. Moderators: Jose Maria Menendez,Universityof
(1377) Kimberly Jordan Burch*andYu-Ju Kuo, Indiana Arizona University of Pennsylvania (1046-Z1-375) Anand L. Pardhanani, Earlham College

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 171 Program of the Sessions – Wednesday, January 7 (cont’d.)

1:00PM Mathematics from work and home: Lessons learned. 2:00PM Sea ice modeling in the GCM context. (1391) Jos´eMar´ia Men´endez, The University of Arizona
(1405) Elizabeth C. Hunke, Los Alamos National (1046-Z1-875) Laboratory (1046-86-1242) 1:15PM Optimizing data returned by pop up satellite tags. 2:30PM Sunlight, water, and ice: The sea ice-albedo
(1392) Preliminary report.
(1406) feedback in a changing climate. Joseph B. Liddle*, University of Alaska Southeast, Donald K. Perovich, ERDC - Cold Regions Research and Michael Musyl, University of Hawaii and Engineering Laboratory (1046-86-1056) (1046-Z1-1068) 3:00PM Sea ice thickness and kinematics. 1:30PM Mathematical models for call options on stocks. (1407) Ron Kwok, CA (1046-86-1424)
(1393) Nicole Stawasz, King’s College (1046-Z1-923) 3:30PM Sea ice: Fracture and frictional sliding on small and 1:45PM Examples of embedded minimal spheres without (1408) large scales.
(1394) area bounds. Erland M. Schulson, Dartmouth College Joel I. Kramer, The Johns Hopkins University (1046-00-941) (1046-Z1-726) 4:00PM Modeling sea-ice mechanics. 2:00PM Partial fraction decomposition extensions. (1409) Deborah Sulsky*, Kara Peterson,Universityof
(1395) Preliminary report. New Mexico, Giang Nguyen, University of Sydney, Kevin E. Charlwood, Washburn University and Howard Schreyer,UniversityofNewMexico (1046-Z1-561) (1046-86-900) 2:15PM Models of undergraduate computational science 4:30PM An optmization approach to modeling sea-ice (1396) curricula.
(1410) dynamics. Ignatios Vakalis, Computer Science Department Esteban G. Tabak*, Courant Institute of Math. (1046-Z1-508) Science, New York University, and Helga S. 2:30PM Chances of a cruise ship birthday match. Huntley, University of Delaware, College of Marine
(1397) David T. Atkinson, Olivet Nazarene University & Earth Science (1046-76-1687) (1046-Z1-909) 5:00PM Climate change and the peculiar Antarctic ocean.
2:45PM Synthetic mathematical thought. (1411) Thorsten Markus, NASA Goddard Space Flight
(1398) Timothy G. Hall, PQI Consulting (1046-Z1-172) Center (1046-00-1227)

MAA Invited Paper Session on the Beauty and Power NAM Granville-Brown-Haynes Session of of Number Theory Presentations by Recent Doctoral Recipients in the Mathematical Sciences 1:00 PM –2:55PM 1:00 PM –2:55PM Organizers: Thomas Koshy, Framingham State College 1:00PM Maximal groups in the Stone-Cech Compactification Thomas Moore, Bridgewater State
(1412) the free semigroup. College Lakeshia R. Legette, Johnson C. Smith University (1046-54-1139) 1:00PM Hooks and infinite product power series.
(1399) Ken Ono, U. Wisconsin, Madison (1046-A2-694) 1:30PM Development of an unsplit, time dependent, three (1413) dimensional elastic perfectly matched layer for 1:30PM Sociable numbers: New developments on an ancient
(1400) problem. elasto-dynamic analyses. , United States Military Mitsuo Kobayashi, Dartmouth College, Paul Anthony N. Johnson Pollack, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Academy (1046-35-775) and Carl Pomerance*, Dartmouth College 2:00PM Prime ideals in low-dimensional mixed (1046-A2-712) (1414) polynomial/power series rings. Preliminary report. Christina Eubanks-Turner*, University of 2:00PM Undecidability in number theory. (1401) Kirsten Eisentraeger, The Pennsylvania State Louisiana at Lafayette, Melissa Luckas,Madison, University (1046-A2-727) Wisconsin, and Serpil Saydam,Universityof Louisiana at Monroe (1046-13-348) 2:30PM Surprises from Ramanujan’s Lost Notebook.
(1402) George E. Andrews, The Pennsylvania State 2:30PM Oscillation theory of dynamic equations on time University (1046-A2-697) (1415) scales. Preliminary report. Raegan J Higgins, Texas Tech University (1046-39-249) SIAM Minisymposium on Polar Climate Modeling

1:00 PM –5:25PM MAA Panel Discussion

Organizers: Kenneth M. Golden,UniversityofUtah 1:00 PM –2:20PM David M. Holland, Courant Institute of Refocusing the courses below calculus: The view Mathematical Sciences-NYU from the Dean’s office. Moderator: Deborah L. Sulsky,UniversityofNew Organizer: Sheldon P. Gordon, Farmingdale State Mexico College 1:00PM Observations and modeling of ice sheet - Ocean Panelists: Bruce C. Crauder, Oklahoma State
(1403) interaction. Preliminary report. University David M. Holland, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (1046-76-748) Judi H. Morrel, Butler University 1:30PM Polar ice sheets: Observations and models. Rhonda Mandel,SUNYOswego (1404) Kenneth Jezek, The Ohio State University Reggie K. U. Luke, Middlesex County (1046-00-1301) College

172 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Wednesday, January 7 – Program of the Sessions

MAA Panel Discussion 5:00PM Existence of bounded monotonic solutions of second (1430) order differential equations. Preliminary report. 1:00 PM –2:20PM Lianwen Wang and Rhonda McKee*, University of Central Missouri (1046-34-1425) Power of three: How the public, private, and academic sector need to work together to restore 5:15PM Uniqueness implies existence for nonlinear educationinAmerica. (1431) focal-like boundary value problems. Jeffrey A. Ehme*, Spelman College, and Aprillya Organizer: Jim Whaley, Siemens Foundation Lanz, Virginia Military Institute (1046-34-1628) 5:30PM Continuability and boundedness of solutions of
(1432) differential equations without bounded assumption AMS Session on Ordinary Differential Equations on nonlinear functions. Brittney N. Hinds, University of Central Missouri (1046-34-1769) 1:15 PM –6:10PM 5:45PM Circuit approach to modeling neurons: New 1:15PM Multiplicity of positive solutions for an even-order
(1433) dynamical structures and chaotic behavior. (1416) nonhomogeneous boundary value problem. Tyler Y. Takeshita*, University of Northern Britney Hopkins, Baylor University (1046-34-40) Colorado, and Adrienne Amador, Kenyon College 1:30PM Basic results and stability criteria for set valued (1046-34-1922) (1417) differential equations on time scales. 6:00PM Newton-like methods for convex-concave functions S. Sivasundaram, Embry Riddle Aeronautical
(1434) via the method of generalized quasilinearization. University (1046-34-547) Preliminary report. 1:45PM A numerical solution for a nonlinear Cesar Martinez Garza, Pennsylvania State (1418) integro-differential equation in a population model. University - Berks Campus (1046-34-2039) Mohsen Razzaghi, Mississippi State University (1046-34-657) ASL Contributed Paper Session 2:00PM A mass, a spring, and a string. (1419) Don Hinton, University of Tennessee, and Maeve L. 2:00 PM –4:50PM McCarthy*, Murray State University (1046-34-698) 2:00PM The MP axiom of intensionality: Connecting types 2:15PM Stability of perturbed almost periodic ordinary (1435) and sets. (1420) differential equations. Preliminary report. Sandro Skansi, University of Zagreb Zhivko S. Athanassov, Bulgarian Academy of 2:30PM Some theories concerning deontic implications of Sciences (1046-34-840) (1436) proof for belief. 2:30PM Poisson stability and chaos of relay systems. Billy Joe Lucas, Manhattanville College (1421) Marat Akhmet, Middle East Technical University 3:00PM Canonicity in symmetric generalized Galois Logics. (1046-34-845) (1437) Katalin Bimbo*, University of Alberta, and J. 2:45PM A periodically forced, cubic-like, single neuron Michael Dunn, Indiana University (1422) equation with multiple attractors. 3:30PM Non-isomorphic automorphism groups of short Robert J. Decker*andV. W. Noonburg,University (1438) recursively saturated models of PA. of Hartford (1046-34-984) Erez Shochat, St. Francis College ∗ 3:00PM Regular bursting emerging from synaptically 4:00PM Automorphisms of certain filters of L (V∞).
(1423) coupled elliptic bursters. Preliminary report. (1439) Rumen D. Dimitrov, Western Illinois University Jianzhong Su and Humberto Perez*, University of 4:30PM Coding Turing degrees in geometric objects. Texas at Arlington (1046-34-1074) (1440) W. Calvert*, Murray State University, V.S. 3:15PM The ultimate N-Body algorithm: Parameter-free, Harizanov, The George Washington University, and (1424) adaptive, and parallel. A. Shlapentokh, East Carolina University C. David Pruett*, James Madison University, and William H. Ingham,JamesMadisonUniversity MAA Minicourse #12: Part B (1046-34-949) 3:30PM Break 2:15 PM –4:15PM 3:45PM Existence and uniqueness of traveling waves in a SNAP Math Fairs in elementary education. (1425) class of unidirectional lattice differential equations. Aaron Hoffman,BostonUniversity,andBenjamin Organizers: Andrew C.-F. Liu, University of Alberta Kennedy*, Gettysburg College (1046-34-790) Tanya Thompson, ThinkFun, Inc. 4:00PM On singular solutions of Clairaut-type differential (1426) equations. Preliminary report. MAA Minicourse #2: Part B M. Affouf, Kean University (1046-34-1161) 2:15 PM –4:15PM 4:15PM Uniqueness implies existence and uniqueness (1427) conditions for a Class of (k + j)−point boundary Using GeoGebra to create activities and applets for value problems for nth order differential equations. visualization and exploration. Paul W. Eloe*, University of Dayton, and Johnny Organizer: Michael K. May, Saint Louis University Henderson, Baylor University (1046-34-1253) 4:30PM On the Aizerman problem for second-order systems MAA Minicourse #7: Part B (1428) with multiple delays. Dmitry Altshuller, Crane Aerospace & Electronics 2:15 PM –4:15PM (1046-34-1258) A Game Theory path to quantitative literacy. 4:45PM An application of the left-definite spectral theory to (1429) the Jacobi differential equation for non-classical Organizers: David L. Housman, Goshen College parameters. Richard A. Gillman,Valparaiso Andrea Bruder, Baylor University (1046-34-1355) University

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 173 Program of the Sessions – Wednesday, January 7 (cont’d.)

RMMC Board of Directors Michelle J. Zandieh,ArizonaState University 2:15 PM –4:10PM Karen A. Marrongelle, Portland State University MAA Presentations by Teaching Awards Recipients 3:15PM Students’ reasoning about the concept of limit in
(1444) the context of reinventing the formal definition. 2:30 PM –4:00PM Craig A. Swinyard,UniversityofPortland Organizer: Martha J. Siegel,TowsonUniversity (1046-U1-1916) Moderator: Joseph A. Gallian,Universityof 3:50PM Addressing student difficulties with negating
Minnesota-Duluth (1445) mathematical statements and translating statements from English to symbolic form. (1441) From groups to graphics: Stories of undergraduate Preliminary report. research in visualizing abstract mathematics. Bonnie Gold, Monmouth University (1046-U1-504) Michael J. Bardzell, Salisbury University (1046-A0-220) 4:15PM Using a model-eliciting activity to teach exponential (1446) growth: An investigation of student conceptions and (1442) My teaching philosophy and the development of affect. keystone method: A synergistic model for teaching Stacey A. Bowling, Arizona State University and learning. (1046-U1-1443) M. Vali Siadat, Richard J. Daley College (1046-A0-221) 4:40PM Designing and assessing hands-on statistics
(1447) activities: The central limit theorem and hypothesis (1443) How to beat the lecture/textbook trap! An active testing. Preliminary report. classroom via advance student reading and writing. Aaron D. Weinberg*andThomas J. Pfaff,Ithaca David J. Pengelley,NewMexicoStateUniversity College (1046-U1-1289) (1046-A0-222) MAA Poster Session on Research by Undergraduate AMS Committee on Science Policy Presentation Students 2:30 PM –4:00PM 4:00 PM –5:30PM Future federal science and technology budgets. Organizer: Diana M. Thomas, Montclair State Presenter: Kei Koizumi, AAAS University

MAA Panel Discussion AMS Session on Behavioral Sciences

2:30 PM –3:50PM 4:15 PM –5:40PM

From the trenches: Middle school teachers look at 4:15PM Studying voting paradoxes through representation their training.
(1448) theory. Organizers: Florence D. Fasanelli, AAAS Gregory Minton, New York, NY (1046-91-1603) George M. Rosenstein, Franklin & 4:30PM Dice voting: A deterministic method for aggregating Marshall College
(1449) pairwise preferences. Preliminary report. Moderator: Hyman Bass, University of Michigan, Eric A. Gilson*, University of Rochester, Chelsey A. Ann Arbor Cooley, North Carolina State University, William M. Ella, University of Mary Washington, Micheal L. Panelists: Beth Cole, St. Patrick Episcopal School Follett and Lorenzo Traldi, Lafayette College Michelle Johncock, Edmund Burke (1046-91-1485) School 4:45PM Clubs, beliefs, and entrapment. Brieta Dougherty-Brill,MayaAngelou
(1450) Scott Duke Kominers,HarvardUniversity Public Charter School (1046-91-1432) Marcia Cole, Clark Elementary School 5:00PM Uncertainty quantification: Improved stochastic (1451) finite element approach. MAA Special Film Presentation Oleg Roderick*, Argonne National Laboratory / Portland State University, Mihai Anitescu and 3:00 PM –4:00PM Paul Fischer, Argonne National Laboratory The story of maths (Part II). (1046-90-666) Presenter: Robin Wilson, The Open University 5:15PM Rational behavior in response to pandemic
(1452) influenza, and consequences for control. MAA Open House Preliminary report. Timothy C. Reluga, Pennsylvania State University (1046-91-1547) 3:00 PM –6:00PM 5:30PM An optimal strategy for energy allocation in a Come see the MAA Dolciani Mathematical Center,
(1453) multiple resource environment. Preliminary report. the Halmos Carriage House, and the River of Bricks; Anthony Tongen*, D. Brian Walton, Deena shuttle service available from the Marriott’s 24th Hannoun and Leslie Hindman,JamesMadison St. entrance. University (1046-91-1791)

MAA Session on Research on the Teaching and AMS Special Presentation on Congressional Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics, II Fellowships

3:15 PM –5:00PM 4:30 PM –6:30PM Organizers: Keith H. Weber,RutgersUniversity Organizer: Samuel M. Rankin III,AMS

174 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Thursday, January 8 – Program of the Sessions

SIGMAA on Business, Industry, and Government Guest Kaz Maslanka, D3 Technologies Lecture Wilmer Mills,UniversityofNorth Carolina 5:00 PM –6:00PM Wendy Mnookin, Emerson College (1454) Calculus in orbit. Kyoko Mori, George Mason University Dan Kalman, American University Deanna Nikaido,Baltimore,MD Becky Dennison Sakellariou, Kifissia, MAA Information Session GR

5:00 PM –7:00PM Elizabeth Anne Socolow, Evergreen Forum Actuarial education; cosponsored by ACTEX, CAS, John Vieira, Potomac, MD and SOA. Ellen Wehle, West Chester University Organizers: Robert E. Buck, Slippery Rock University NAM Cox-Talbot Address Bettye Anne Case,FloridaState University 7:30 PM –8:30PM Kevin E. Charlwood, Washburn University (1455) State of a M.A.D. Union. Leon Woodson, Morgan State University Steve P. Paris, Florida State University Panelists: James W. Daniel,UniversityofTexas at Austin MAA-Project NExT Reception Ken Guthrie, Society of Actuaries 8:30 PM –10:30PM Bryan Hearsey, Lebanon Valley College All Project NExT Fellows, consultants, and other Emily Kessler, Society of Actuaries friends of Project NExT are invited. Hwa Chi Liang, Washburn University

SIGMAA on Circles Business Meeting

6:00 PM –7:00PM Thursday, January 8 MAA Minority Chairs Breakfast Meeting Mathematical Reviews Reception 7:00 AM –8:45AM 6:00 PM –7:00PM

BIG SIGMAA RECEPTION Joint Meetings Registration 7:30 AM –2:00PM 6:15 PM –7:15PM

AMS Special Film Presentation AMS Special Session on Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Their Applications, I 7:00 PM –8:30PM 7:30 AM –10:55AM Wolfgang Doeblin—A mathematician rediscovered. Organizers: Gaston N’Guerekata, Morgan State SIGMAA on Mathematics and the Arts Special University Presentation Alexander A. Pankov, Morgan State University 7:00 PM –9:00PM Guoping Zhang, Morgan State University Mathematics and love: A poetry reading. Xuming Xie, Morgan State University Organizer: JoAnne Growney,SilverSpring,MD Zhijun Qiao,UniversityofTexasPan Moderator: Sarah Glaz, University of Connecticut American Presenters: Karren LaLonde Alenier,Chevy Chase, MD 7:30AM Stability of a combustion front. (1456) Yuri Latushkin, University of Missouri Judith Baumel, Adelphi University (1046-35-2125) Marion Deutsche Cohen,Arcadia 8:30AM Standing wave of the discrete nonlinear University (1457) Schroedinger equations with growing potentials. Jennifer Crow,WestFalls,NY Preliminary report. Kathryn DeZur, SUNY Technical Guoping Zhang*andAlexander Pankov,Morgan College at Delhi State University (1046-39-722) Sarah Glaz 9:00AM Bilinear equations, integrable semi-discretization, Emily Grosholz, Pennsylvania State (1458) and novel numerical computations of the University Camassa-Holm equation. Bao-Feng Feng*, The University of Texas-Pan JoAnne Growney American, Yasuhiro Ohta, Kobe University, Japan, Bob Grumman, Port Charlotte, FL and Ken-ichi Maruno, The University of Texas-Pan Israel Lewis,SilverSpring,MD American (1046-35-1426)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 175 Program of the Sessions – Thursday, January 8 (cont’d.)

9:30AM On a method of resolution of controllability 9:00AM Drawing diagrams and making arguments in Greek (1459) problems for a semilinear heat equation:
(1470) mathematics. Application to the sentinels. Nathan Sidoli, Osaka Prefecture University Gisele Massengo Mophou*, Universit´e des Antilles (1046-01-557) et de la Guyanne (Campus de Fouillole), and 9:30AM Ptolemy’s indisputable mathematical tools. Ousseynou Nakoulima, Universite des Antilles et (1471) Jacqueline Feke,IHPST,UniversityofToronto de la Guyane (Campus de Fouillole) (1046-93-961) (1046-01-719) 10:00AM Stepanov-like almost automorphy and monotone 10:00AM From proofs to Suanli (mathematical principles) in (1460) evolution equations.
(1472) Late Imperial China. Gaston M. N’Guerekata*andAlexander Pankov, Jiang-Ping Jeff Chen, St. Cloud State University Morgan State University (1046-35-842) (1046-01-238) 10:30AM Traveling wave solutions for a modified Fisher PDE 10:30AM George Sarton (1884-1956) and Chinese (1461) having square-root and linear reaction terms.
(1473) mathematics. Preliminary report. Ronald E. Mickens, Clark Atlanta University Yibao Xu, BMCC, CUNY (1046-01-242) (1046-35-126)

AMS Special Session on Continued Fractions, II AMS-MAA Special Session on Inquiry-Based Learning, I

7:30 AM –10:50AM 8:00 AM –10:45AM Organizers: James G. McLaughlin, West Chester Organizers: William B. Jacob,Universityof University California Santa Barbara Nancy J. Wyshinski, Trinity College Paul J. Sally, University of Chicago 7:30AM Some types of multi-dimensional continued Ralf J. Spatzier, University of Michigan
(1462) fractions. Preliminary report. Michael Starbird,UniversityofTexas Khrystyna Kuchmins’ka, Pidstryhach Institute of at Austin Applied Problems of Mechanics and Mathematics of 8:00AM IBL analysis at The University of Texas. Preliminary NAS of Ukraine (1046-40-606) (1474) report. 8:30AM Sequential closures of continued fractions. Edward Odell, The University of Texas at Austin (1463) Preliminary report. (1046-97-1259) Douglas Bowman, Northern Illinois University 8:30AM Inquiry about inquiry: Use of case studies to (1046-40-1793) (1475) develop mathematical ideas in courses for 9:00AM Classifying sequential closures of q-continued pre-service teachers. (1464) fractions. Preliminary report. Bill Jacob, University of California, Santa Barbara D. Bowman and K. J. Campbell*, Northern Illinois (1046-97-779) University (1046-11-598) 9:00AM Inquiry-based learning opportunities for secondary 9:30AM Nearest square continued fractions, and related (1476) teachers and students.
(1465) results. Bret Benesh, College of Saint Benedict, Andrew Keith R. Matthews, Univ. Of Queensland, Brisbane, Engelward,HarvardUniversity,Thomas W. and Australian Nat’l Univ., Canberra, John P. Judson*, Stephen F. Austin University, and Robertson*, Actuarial and Economic Services Matthew Leingang, New York University Division, National Council on Compensation (1046-97-489) Insurance, Boca Raton, FL, and Jim White, 9:30AM Outreach IBL at the University of Chicago. Australian National University, Canberra (1477) Paul J. Sally, University of Chicago (1046-97-1380) (1046-11-418) 10:00AM Discussion 10:00AM Polynomial continued fractions and iterated
(1466) function systems. Preliminary report. Eugen Andrei Ghenciu, University of Alaska Fairbanks (1046-11-142) AMS Special Session on Function Theoretic Operator Theory, I 10:30AM Some new families of Tasoevian and Hurwitzian (1467) continued fractions. 8:00 AM –10:50AM James G. Mc Laughlin, West Chester University, PA (1046-11-127) Organizers: John B. Conway, George Washington University AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, Sherwin Kouchekian,Universityof III South Florida William T. Ross,Universityof 8:00 AM –10:55AM Richmond Organizers: Joseph W. Dauben, Lehman College 8:00AM Nehari’s problem and matrix A2. (1478) Alexander L. Volberg*, Michigan State University, Karen H. Parshall,Universityof University of Edinburgh, and Peter Yuditskii,Univ. Virginia of Linz, Austria, MSU (1046-30-457) Patti Hunter, Westmont College 8:30AM Toeplitz kernels and Polya sets. Deborah Kent, Hillsdale College (1479) Alexei Poltoratski,TexasA&MUniversity 8:00AM On the history of algebra. Preliminary report. (1046-30-320)
(1468) Victor J. Katz, University of the District of Columbia 9:00AM Asymptotics of polynomials orthogonal over planar (1046-01-447) (1480) regions with analytic boundary. Preliminary report. 8:30AM The problem of word problems. Preliminary report. Erwin Mina-D˜ ´ıaz*, University of Mississippi, and (1469) Duncan J. Melville, St. Lawrence University Peter Dragnev, Indiana-Purdue University Fort (1046-01-639) Wayne (1046-30-651)

176 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Thursday, January 8 – Program of the Sessions

9:30AM Toeplitz-Composition algebras with several 9:30AM Fast multiplication with low space complexity. (1481) generators.
(1493) Preliminary report. Tom Kriete, Barbara MacCluer,Universityof Daniel S. Roche, University of Waterloo Virginia, and Jennifer Moorhouse*, Colgate (1046-68-1837) University (1046-46-1433) 10:00AM Solutions, bounds, and finiteness of polynomial 10:00AM Multiplication operators on the Bloch space of a
(1494) systems in Sage. (1482) bounded homogeneous domain. Preliminary report. Marshall Hampton, University of Minnesota, Robert F. Allen, George Mason University Duluth (1046-13-20) (1046-47-567) 10:30AM Rump’s model problem and the computer search 10:30AM Hypercyclic operators with a prescribed spectrum.
(1495) for records in number theory. Preliminary report. (1483) Preliminary report. Erich Kaltofen, North Carolina State University Nathan S. Feldman, Washington & Lee University (1046-11-2094) (1046-47-914) AMS Special Session on Homotopy Theory and Higher AMS Special Session on Commutative Rings, II Categories, III

8:00 AM –10:50AM 8:00 AM –10:50AM Organizers: Jay A. Shapiro,GeorgeMason Organizers: Thomas M. Fiore,Universityof University Chicago David E. Dobbs,Universityof Mark W. Johnson, Penn State Altoona Tennessee, Knoxville James M. Turner, Calvin College Shane P. Redmond, Eastern Kentucky University W. Stephen Wilson, Johns Hopkins University Joe A. Stickles, Millikin University Donald Yau, Ohio State University at 8:00AM Kronecker function rings of transcendental field Newark (1484) extensions. Olivier Kwegna Heubo,NewMexicoStateUniverity 8:00AM The homotopy theory of n-fold categories. (1046-13-237) (1496) Thomas M. Fiore*, University of Chicago, Simona Paoli,UniversityofHaifa,andDorette Pronk, 8:30AM Compact metric spaces and Prufer domains of Dalhousie University (1046-55-156) (1485) polynomials. Preliminary report. K. Alan Loper*, Ohio State University - Newark, and 8:30AM Defining the units of equivariant ring spectra. Francesca Tartarone, University of Rome III (1497) Rekha Santhanam, Johns Hopkins University (1046-13-1375) (1046-55-1248) 9:00AM Orientations and p-adic Analysis. 9:00AM Prufer domains with Clifford class semigroup.
(1486) Warren Wm. McGovern, Bowling Green State (1498) Barry John Walker,NorthwesternUniversity University (1046-13-1238) (1046-55-2105) 9:30AM Level structures, Igusa tower and topological 9:30AM Straight rings, II. Preliminary report. (1487) Gabriel Picavet*, Universit´e Blaise Pascal, and D. E. (1499) modular forms. Dobbs, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Valentina Joukhovitski, University of Michigan (1046-13-851) (1046-55-1845) 10:00AM The homology of topological modular forms. 10:00AM Gaussian properties of group rings. Preliminary (1488) report. (1500) Paul Thomas Pearson, University of Rochester Sarah Glaz, University of Connecticut (1046-55-1436) (1046-13-1291) 10:30AM Unstable module presentations for the cohomology (1501) of real projective spaces. 10:30AM Finitistic projective and flat dimensions of (1489) commutative rings. David Pengelley*andFrank Williams,NewMexico Silvana Bazzoni, Padova University, Italy State University (1046-55-279) (1046-13-1204) AMS Special Session on Spectra of Matrix Patterns AMS Special Session on SAGE and Mathematical and Applications to Dynamical Systems, I Research Using Open Source Software, I 8:00 AM –10:50AM 8:00 AM –10:50AM Organizers: Bryan L. Shader,Universityof Organizers: David Saunders,Universityof Wyoming Delaware Luz M. DeAlba,DrakeUniversity David Harvey,HarvardUniversity Leslie Hogben, Iowa State University David Joyner, U.S. Naval Academy In-Jae Kim, Minnesota State University 8:00AM Undergraduate research in the mathematics of 8:00AM Spectra of matrix patterns.
(1490) voting and choice using Sage. Preliminary report. (1502) Leslie Hogben, Iowa State University & American Karl-Dieter Crisman, Gordon College Institute of Mathematics (1046-15-671) (1046-91-102) 8:30AM Spectra of matrices applied to dynamical models of 8:30AM Sage in an early-graduate research course (1503) infectious disease.
(1491) investigating the minimum rank problem. Pauline van den Driessche, University of Victoria, Jason Grout, Iowa State University (1046-15-1841) Canada (1046-15-568) 9:00AM zn poly: A library for polynomial arithmetic. 9:00AM Spectral properties of nonnegative and eventually (1492) Preliminary report. (1504) nonnegative matrices. David M. Harvey, New York University Judith J. McDonald, Washington State University (1046-11-1822) (1046-15-1339)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 177 Program of the Sessions – Thursday, January 8 (cont’d.)

9:30AM Should I stay or should I go? On the evolution of 9:30AM Modeling the evolution of repetitive sequence in
(1505) dispersal.
(1517) DNA. Sebastian J. Schreiber, University of California, Suzanne S. Sindi, Brown University (1046-34-551) Davis (1046-92-434) 10:00AM Globally stable equilibria. 10:00AM Eigenvalues and the scrambling index for stochastic (1518) Basilio Messano,UniversityofNapoli (1506) matrices. (1046-37-711) Mahmud Akelbek, Weber State University, 10:30AM On the longitudinal librations of hyperion. and Steve Kirkland*, University of Regina (1519) Mario Umberto Martelli, Claremont Graduate (1046-15-1029) University (1046-34-634) 10:30AM Low rank perturbations and inertias of full
(1507) symmetric sign patterns. Charles Waters and In-Jae Kim*, Minnesota State AMS Special Session on Orderings in Logic and University, Mankato (1046-15-541) Topology, I

8:00 AM –10:50AM AMS Special Session on Financial Mathematics, II Organizers: Valentina S. Harizanov,George 8:00 AM –10:50AM Washington University Organizers: Erhan Bayraktar,Universityof Jozef H. Przytycki,George Michigan Washington University Tim Siu-Tang Leung, Johns Hopkins 8:30AM Topology of spaces of orderings of groups.
University (1520) Preliminary report. Adam S. Sikora, SUNY Buffalo (1046-06-1077) Birgit Rudloff, Princeton University 9:30AM The Conrad property for left orderings on groups 8:00AM The recent financial turmoil and related research
(1521) from a topological and a dynamical viewpoint. (1508) problems. Andres Navas, University of Santiago, Chile Steven Kou, Columbia University (1046-91-744) (1046-06-662) 8:30AM Stability and equilibria of financial markets. 10:30AM Left ordered and discretely ordered groups. (1509) Preliminary report. (1522) Peter A. Linnell, Virginia Tech (1046-20-1073) Gordan Zitkovic, University of Texas at Austin (1046-91-759) 9:00AM Stock market insider trading in continuous time AMS Special Session on Scientific Computing and (1510) with imperfect dynamic information. Advanced Computation, I Albina Danilova, Carnegie Mellon University (1046-91-1297) 8:00 AM –10:50AM 9:30AM A Markov model for the dynamics of a limit order Organizers: Edward Castillo Jr.,Universityof (1511) book. California Irvine Sasha F. Stoikov*, Cornell, Rama Cont and Rishi , University of Texas at Talreja, Columbia (1046-90-1450) James M. Rath Austin 10:00AM No arbitrage conditions for simple trading (1512) strategies. Sarah A. Williams,Universityof California Davis Hasanjan Sayit*, Worcester Polytechnic Institute., and Erhan Bayraktar, University of Michigan 8:00AM Asynchronous event-driven particle algorithms in (1046-60-778) (1523) computational materials science. Aleksandar Donev, Lawrence Livermore National 10:30AM A note on admissible strategies for general (1513) stochastic processes and applications. Preliminary Laboratory (1046-68-1397) report. 8:30AM A noisy adiabatic theorem and implications for Sara Biagini, Universita’ di Perugia, and Mihai
(1524) quantum computing. Sirbu*, University of Texas at Austin Dianne P. O’Leary, University of Maryland (1046-60-1427) (1046-65-569) 9:00AM The mathematics of scientific software automation. AMS Special Session on Dynamical Systems and (1525) L. Ridgway Scott, University of Chicago Differential Equations: Theory and Applications, II (1046-65-1205) 9:30AM Computational optimization: Insights & questions. 8:00 AM –10:50AM
(1526) Stephen G. Nash, George Mason University (1046-49-1228) Organizers: Annalisa Crannell, Franklin & Marshall 10:00AM Experiences in computational science and the College
(1527) Department of Scientific Computing at FSU. Suzanne Sindi,BrownUniversity Max Gunzburger, Florida State University 8:00AM An extension of the notion of zero-epi maps to the (1046-65-2117) (1514) context of topological spaces. 10:30AM Scientific computing at Stony Brook University. Alfonso Vignoli, Seconda Universit`adiRoma-Tor
(1528) James Glimm, Stony Brook University Vergata (1046-37-1651) (1046-76-1216) 8:30AM The minimal period problem of Mario Martelli. (1515) Diana M. Thomas, Montclair State University (1046-34-1587) AMS Session on Algebraic Geometry and K-Theory

9:00AM Multiple limit cycles in the standard model of three 8:00 AM –10:55AM
(1516) species competition for three essential resources. Steve Baer, Arizona State University, Bingtuan Li, 8:00AM Differential Tannakian categories. University of Louisville, and Hal L. Smith*, Arizona (1529) Alexey Ovchinnikov, University of Illinois at State University (1046-34-477) Chicago (1046-14-100)

178 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Thursday, January 8 – Program of the Sessions

8:15AM Motivic zeta-functions for curves with group 10:15AM Non-embeddable quasi-residual Menon designs. (1530) actions.
(1548) Tariq A. Alraqad*, Northern State University, and Justin D. Mazur, Indiana University (1046-14-515) Mohan Shrikhande, Central Michigan University 8:30AM On splice quotients of the form {zn = f (x,y)}. (1046-05-1184) (1531) Elizabeth A. Sell, Millersville University 10:30AM Enumerating Rook paths and Queen paths. (1046-14-169)
(1549) Preliminary report. 8:45AM K3 surfaces and modular parametrizations. Martin J. Erickson, Truman State University (1532) Ursula A. Whitcher, University of Washington (1046-05-1220) (1046-14-312) 10:45AM The rainbow index of a graph.
9:00AM Translation covers among triangular billiards (1550) Futaba Okamoto*, University of Wisconsin - La
(1533) surfaces. Preliminary report. Crosse, Gary Chartrand and Ping Zhang,Western Jason P. Schmurr, Oregon State University Michigan University (1046-05-1226) (1046-14-535) 9:15AM Birational geometry of the moduli space of curves AMS Session on Manifolds and Cell Complexes (1534) with marked points. David Jensen, University of Texas at Austin 8:00 AM –10:55AM (1046-14-996) 8:00AM Dean knots. 9:30AM Break (1551) Brandy J. Guntel, The University of Texas at Austin 9:45AM Weighted homogeneous polynomials and the (1046-57-64)
(1535) Jacobian in two variables. Preliminary report. 8:15AM Surgery equivalence invariants of generalized James Price, Purdue University (1046-14-935) (1552) colored knots. 10:00AM Bounded category of an exact category. Steven D. Wallace, Macon State College (1536) Seshendra Pallekonda, King’s College (1046-57-552) (1046-19-700) 8:30AM Circular thin position for knots. 10:15AM Localization formulae in odd K-theory. Preliminary
(1553) Manjarrez-Gutierez Fabiola,UCDavis (1537) report. (1046-57-1282) Florentiu Daniel Cibotaru, University of Notre Dame (1046-19-1134) 8:45AM The bridge number of knots and links which differ (1554) from a split link by a rational tangle replacement. 10:30AM Solving polynomial systems on a parallel computer Scott A. Taylor, Colby College (1046-57-1340) (1538) with PHCpack and PHClab. 9:00AM The growth of the quantum hyperbolic invariants of Yun Guan*andJan Verschelde,Universityof Illinois at Chicago (1046-14-1873) (1555) the figure eight knot. Preliminary report. Heather M. Molle,TheUniversityofIowa 10:45AM Some syzygies of the generators of the ideal of a (1046-57-1702) (1539) border basis scheme. Preliminary report. 9:15AM On knot Floer homology of satellite (1 1) knots. Mark E. Huibregtse, Skidmore College , (1046-14-1239) (1556) Philip J. P. Ording, Medgar Evers College, CUNY (1046-57-676) 9:30AM Three manifold cobordisms and homotopy Lie AMS Session on Combinatorics, III (1557) algebras. Benjamin J. Cooper, University of California, San 8:00 AM –10:55AM Diego (1046-57-1470) 8:00AM Reduced decompositions with few repetitions and 9:45AM High distance knots in 3-manifolds. (1540) permutation patterns. (1558) Marion Moore*andMatt Rathbun,Universityof Daniel Daly, University of Denver (1046-05-836) California at Davis (1046-57-1872) 8:15AM Subsets of finite groups exhibiting additive 10:00AM Relative critical sets: Structure and application. (1541) regularity.
(1559) Jason E. Miller, Truman State University Todd M. Gutekunst, King’s College (1046-05-888) (1046-57-1950) 8:30AM On the Erdos- Sos and Komlos Sos Conjecture for 10:15AM Pictures of the second homotopy module of a
(1542) graphs without a K(2,s). (1560) two-complex. Preliminary report. Suman Balasubramanian*andEdward Dobson, Katherine S. Byler Kelm, California State Mississippi State University (1046-05-986) University, Fresno (1046-57-1764) 8:45AM The critical independence number of a graph and 10:30AM The space of regular polygons.
(1543) an independence decomposition.
(1561) Angela L. Pile, Lock Haven University of Craig Larson, Virginia Commonwealth University Pennsylvania (1046-57-616) (1046-05-1042) 10:45AM Cohomology of cohomogeneity-one manifolds. 9:00AM Extremal functions of forbidden double permutation (1562) Shari K. Ultman, Oregon State University (1544) matrices. (1046-57-286) Jesse T. Geneson,HarvardUniversity (1046-05-829) MAA Session on College Algebra: Focusing on 9:15AM Break. Conceptual Understanding, Real-World Data, and 9:30AM Secondary domination graphs of tournaments. Mathematical Modeling, II (1545) Kim A.S. Factor, Marquette University, and Larry J. Langley*, University of the Pacific (1046-05-868) 8:00 AM –10:55AM 9:45AM Extending generating functions to Sk  Sn.
(1546) Andrew G. Niedermaier, University of California - Organizers: Florence S. Gordon,NewYork San Diego (1046-05-816) Institute of Technology 10:00AM The Hall-Paige conjecture in non-associative Laurette B. Foster, Prairie View A&M
(1547) contexts. University Kyle Pula, University of Denver (1046-05-1168) Yajun Yang, Farmingdale State College

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 179 Program of the Sessions – Thursday, January 8 (cont’d.)

Ray E. Collings, Georgia Perimeter 9:00AM Combination of formative and summative College
(1575) assessment instruments in elementary algebra 8:00AM Engaging precalculus students in the complete classes at the college. Preliminary report. (1563) process of mathematical modeling. Euguenia V. Peterson and M. Vali Siadat*, Richard Paula Shorter*, Mairead Greene and Zdenka J. Daley College (1046-F1-358) Guadarrama, Rockhurst University (1046-C1-1878) 9:20AM Some thoughts from teaching math for business 8:20AM Involving students in conceptual learning in college (1576) course.
(1564) algebra and pre-calculus. Yun Lu, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Joyati Debnath, Winona State University (1046-F1-830) (1046-C1-1146) 9:40AM RASM reconstruction of the developmental
(1577) mathematics program. 8:40AM Elementary modeling across the two-year college
(1565) curriculum. Clyde L. Greeno, MALEI Mathematics Institute Alice Eiko Pierce*andRay E. Collings,Georgia (1046-F1-1178) Perimeter College (1046-C1-1745) 10:00AM Statistics: The key to college success for
(1578) educationally under-prepared students. Preliminary 9:00AM Teaching modeling college algebra for 2000 report.
(1566) students: Garnering support from faculty and John F. Loase, Concordia College (1046-F1-18) administrators. Bill Haver*andKim Shannon,Virginia 10:20AM Integration of the Keystone Methodology with Commonwealth University (1046-C1-1858) (1579) computer technology. Cyrill Oseledets, Vali Siadat and Ming-Jer Wang*, 9:20AM Teaching modeling college algebra for 2000 Richard J. Daley College (1046-F1-921)
(1567) students: Providing professional development and course materials for instructors. 10:40AM Successfully transitioning under-prepared first-year
Ed Eades*andBill Haver, Virginia Commonwealth (1580) pre-calculus students. University (1046-C1-1862) Joy Moore, Xavier University (1046-F1-1302) 9:40AM Changing the culture: Professional development for (1568) an activity-based modeling approach to teaching MAA Session on Mathematics and the Arts, II college algebra. Barbara E. Edwards, Oregon State University, 8:00 AM –10:55AM Corvallis, OR (1046-C1-1808) Organizer: Douglas E. Norton, Villanova 10:00AM Students’ conceptual understanding and attitudes University (1569) in an activity-based modeling approach to teaching 8:00AM Mathematical photo scavenger hunt. college algebra.
(1581) Dale K. Hathaway, Olivet Nazarene University Stephanie Bowers*, Barbara E. Edwards, Charisse (1046-J1-920) Hake, Gulden Karakok and Ching-chia Ko,Oregon 8:20AM On the beauty of mathematics. State University (1046-C1-1800)
(1582) Olya V. Sahakyan, Armenian State Pedagogical 10:20AM Implementation of refocused college algebra at University after Kh. Abovyan (1046-J1-1180)
(1570) Howard University. 8:40AM Cracking open the books: Encouraging J. F. McGowan, Howard University (1046-C1-1276) (1583) undergraduates to interact with mathematic(al) 10:40AM “I’d rather be approximately right than precisely texts. Preliminary report.
(1571) wrong”: Moving beyond mathematicians’ natural Jeffrey P. Smith, Otterbein College (1046-J1-45) obsession with the exact in college algebra. 9:00AM Newton and Fibonacci: Estimating The Golden Ratio. Preliminary report.
(1584) Michelle Y. Penner, Central Virginia Community Suzanne I. Dor´ee, Augsburg College (Minneapolis, College (1046-J1-1707) MN) (1046-C1-408) 9:20AM Mathematics of southern Appalachian folk pottery.
(1585) Michelle Krolikowski*andElizabeth C Rogers, Piedmont College (1046-J1-2021) 9:40AM Recreating a decagonal star polygon design. MAA Session on Developmental Mathematics
(1586) B. Lynn Bodner, Monmouth University Education: Helping Under-Prepared Students (1046-J1-461) Transition to College-Level Mathematics 10:00AM On Ricochet compositions for N-gons. Preliminary
(1587) report. 8:00 AM –10:55AM Gary R. Greenfield, University of Richmond (1046-J1-407) Organizers: J. Winston Crawley, Shippensburg University 10:20AM A brief study of designs on the surfaces of some
(1588) swing-hinged dissections. Kimberly Presser, Shippensburg Reza Sarhangi, Towson University (1046-J1-436) University 10:40AM The symmetry of M.C. Escher’s Circle Limit IV 8:00AM Building bridges to college mathematics.
(1589) pattern and related patterns. Preliminary report. (1572) Preliminary report. Douglas Dunham, University of Minnesota Duluth Dora Cardenas Ahmadi, Morehead State University (1046-J1-1965) (1046-F1-1167) 8:20AM “Rock Math” - Helping under-prepared students MAA Session on Promoting Deep Learning for
(1573) make the transition to college mathematics. Mathematics Majors through Experiential Learning, Robert E. Burks Jr., United States Military Academy Writing, and Reflection, I (1046-F1-1199) 8:40AM Females in mathematics: Why aren’t they 8:00 AM –10:55AM
(1574) persisting? And what can we do to encourage them to stay? Preliminary report. Organizers: Murphy Waggoner, Simpson College Carla V. Gerberry, Purdue University (1046-F1-686) Chuck Straley, Wheaton College

180 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Thursday, January 8 – Program of the Sessions

8:00AM Semi inquiry-based learning in undergraduate real 9:00AM What is mathematics and what kind of answers will
(1590) analysis. Preliminary report.
(1603) satisfy this question? Jialing Dai, The University of the Pacific Carlos R. Bovell, Northern Burlington County (1046-S1-2070) Regional High School (1046-Z1-71) 8:20AM How to stop a British ship: Projectile motion, the 9:15AM What if your precalculus student asks a good
(1591) Revolutionary War, and West Point.
(1604) question? Doug M. Fletcher*, United States Military Academy, Stan VerNooy, College of Southern Nevada West Point, and Gary Kramlich,82dAirborne (1046-Z1-1063) Division, Fort Bragg, NC (1046-S1-1578) 9:30AM The WiVaM Consortium REU-RET. Preliminary report. 8:40AM Inquiry-based learning in a discrete mathematics
(1605) Colin L Starr*andInga Johnson, Willamette (1592) with graph theory course. Preliminary report. University (1046-Z1-870) Feryal Alayont, Grand Valley State University 9:45AM Is mathematics an exact science? (1046-S1-1900)
(1606) Lawrence A. D’Antonio, Ramapo College of New 9:00AM Discussion and revisiting of calculus concepts to Jersey (1046-Z1-403)
(1593) gain understanding of main concepts. Preliminary 10:00AM A moment of truth: Teaching an honors seminar report.
(1607) course. Jose H. Giraldo, Texas A&M University-Corpus Stephen D. Szydlik,Universityof Christi (1046-S1-2045) Wisconsin-Oshkosh (1046-Z1-1688) AM 9:20 Calculus field trips. 10:15AM Tiings, compositions, and generalizations. (1594) Despina Prapavessi*, Karen Edwards and C.
(1608) Ralph P. Grimaldi, Rose-Hulman Institute of Samuel Needham, Diablo Valley College Technology (1046-Z1-904) (1046-S1-482) 10:30AM Making effective use of the uniform distribution in 9:40AM Midwest Math-in: 24 hours of math.
(1609) an introductory probability theory course.
(1595) Benjamin J. Galluzzo,UniversityofIowa Paul S. Rossi, College of Saint Elizabeth (1046-S1-1524) (1046-Z1-1300) 10:00AM Escalating writing assignments in calculus 1. 10:45AM Problems in combining rational expressions and
(1596) Brian P. Kelly, Bryant University (1046-S1-1747) (1610) factorization of a special kind of quadratic 10:20AM Developing future secondary teachers’ trinomial.
(1597) mathematics knowledge (for teaching) with student Bernardo Rivera Marquez,AteneodeNaga presentations. Preliminary report. University (1046-Z1-1187) Erica L. Johnson, St. John Fisher College (1046-S1-1905) 10:40AM Implementing SENCER ideals into an introductory SIAM Minisymposium on the Mathematics of Energy
(1598) statistics course. Preliminary report. Katarzyna Potocka, Ramapo College of New Jersey Conversion (1046-S1-528) 8:00 AM –10:55AM Organizer: Keith Promislow, Michigan State MAA General Contributed Paper Session, X University

8:00 AM –10:55AM 8:00AM Intercalation dynamics in rechargeable batteries. (1611) Martin Z. Bazant, Stanford University Organizer: Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State (1046-00-1142) College 8:30AM Non-linear dynamics of transport and mechanical Moderators: Lawrence D’Antonio, Ramapo College (1612) properties in PEM fuel cells. of New Jersey Jay Benziger, Princeton University (1046-74-1243) Stephen Szydlik,Universityof 9:00AM Proton conduction in polymer electrolyte Wisconsin-Oshkosh (1613) membranes. Stan VerNooy, College of Southern Keith S. Promislow, Michigan State University Nevada (1046-70-881) Carlos Bovell, Mercer Community 9:30AM Existence of positive solutions to a nonlinear PDE College (1614) system, modeling fuel cell dynamics near a triple phase boundary. 8:00AM A few new approaches to teach remedial math in
(1599) the college. Preliminary report. Arian Novruzi*, University of Ottawa, and Haishen Yao, CUNY Queensborough Community Al-Arydah Mo’Tassem, University of Ottawa College (1046-Z1-1689) (1046-35-1416) 10:00AM Simulation of microstructures in energy conversion 8:15AM Bilingual and English language learners
(1600) understanding and solving mathematics problems. (1615) systems. Preliminary report. Katsuyo Thornton, University of Michigan Heather Cavell, Liana Dawson, Kathleen Ross (1046-80-1529) and Belin Tsinnajinnie*, University of Arizona 10:30AM Gamma convergence for functionalized energies. (1046-Z1-1779) (1616) Preliminary report. Yang Li*andKeith S. Promislow, Michigan State 8:30AM Coordinating tutoring with the calculus I classroom.
(1601) Preliminary report. University (1046-35-1982) Sharon S. Emerson-Stonnell*andRobert D. Markey, Longwood University (1046-Z1-844) 8:45AM Engagement across the disciplines. Preliminary ASL Invited Addresses and Contributed Paper
(1602) report. Sessions Laura J. Schmidt*andEileen M. Zito,Universityof Wisconsin-Stout (1046-Z1-741) 8:00 AM –5:30PM

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 181 Program of the Sessions – Thursday, January 8 (cont’d.)

AWM Workshop 9:15AM Quadrature-rule type approximations to the (1629) quasicontinuum method. 8:20 AM –4:30PM Yanzhi Zhang*andMax Gunzburger,FloridaState University (1046-74-225) This session has several parts that will be listed separately by time in this program. All 9:30AM A 3-D nonlinear anisotropic elastodynamic model presentations are open to all JMM participants. (1630) for rapid enlargement of intracranial saccular aneurysms. Preliminary report. Janet Chen Daniel, Anthony Tongen, Paul G. AMS Session on Approximations and Expansions Warne and Debra Polignone Warne*, James Madison University (1046-74-1314) 8:30 AM –10:55AM 9:45AM Break

8:30AM Functions with strongly unique best approximates 10:00AM Relaxed matching for stabilization of mechanical (1617) are dense in vector valued approximation. (1631) systems. Martin Bartelt*, Christopher Newport University, David A. Long*, North Carolina State University, and John Swetits, Old Dominion University Anthony M. Bloch, University of Michigan, Jerrold (1046-41-331) E. Marsden, California Institute of Technology, and Dmitry V. Zenkov, North Carolina State University 8:45AM Statistical learning methods for uniform (1046-70-549) (1618) approximation bounds in multiresolution spaces. Mark A. Kon,BostonUniversity,andLouise A. 10:15AM Stability results for a multilayer Mead-Markus Raphael*, Howard University (1046-41-473) (1632) beam. Aaron A. Allen*andScott W. Hansen, Iowa State 9:00AM On smoothness of nonlinear subdivision schemes. University (1046-74-809) (1619) Esfandiar Nava-Yazdani, Drexel University (1046-41-803) 10:30AM Numerical results for energy decay in thermoelastic (1633) beams. Preliminary report. 9:15AM A generalization of a result of G. Polya´ and its (1620) application to a continuous extension of the de la Tim McDevitt, Elizabethtown College Vall´ee Poussin means. (1046-74-1714) Alfred S. Cavaretta and Terence G. Hanchin*, Kent 10:45AM F dot ds...simple calculus, deep physics. Preliminary State University (1046-41-1246)
(1634) report. Lawrence S. Braden, St. Paul’s School 9:30AM Statistical approximation for stochastic processes. (1621) George A. Anastassiou*, University of Memphis, (1046-01-166) Oktay Duman, TOBB Economics and Technology University, and Esra Erkus-Duman,GaziUniversity (1046-41-58) 9:45AM Break AMS Session on Logic and Computer Science 10:00AM Vector field decomposition on the sphere using 8:30 AM –10:55AM (1622) radial basis functions. Edward J. Fuselier*, United States Military 8:30AM Convergence with a fixed regulator in residuated Academy, and Grady B. Wright,BoiseState (1635) lattices. University (1046-41-572) Lavinia Corina Ciungu, State University of New 10:15AM A context for sylvester’s theorem on sums of shifted York at Buffalo (1046-03-337) (1623) monomial powers. Preliminary report. 8:45AM Reducts of generalized random bipartite graph. Alfred S. Cavaretta*andTerence Hanchin,Kent (1636) Yun Lu, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania State University (1046-41-1318) (1046-03-824) 10:30AM Approximating Bessel functions of the first kind 9:00AM Separating the degree spectra of structures. (1624) using super-Gaussians. (1637) Tyler J. Markkanen, University of Connecticut Patricia Mellodge*andS. S. Townsend,University (1046-03-1799) of Hartford (1046-41-1474) 9:15AM Investigating KeeLoq. 10:45AM Applying expansion techniques of multivariate
(1638) Amber M. Rogers*, Northern Kentucky University, (1625) expansion base method and extended Hensel and Brad Fox, Transylvania University construction to cryptography. Preliminary report. (1046-68-718) Maki Iwami, Osaka University of Economics and Law (1046-41-2040) 9:30AM Computable dimension of ordered fields. (1639) Oscar Levin, University of Connecticut (1046-03-1337) AMS Session on Mechanics 9:45AM Break 10:00AM Reverse mathematics of theorems involving the 8:30 AM –10:55AM (1640) coloring number of graphs. 8:30AM A family of orbits in the Newtonian three-body Matthew A. Jura, University of Connecticut
(1626) problem. (1046-03-1677) Elizabeth A. Zollinger, Hiram College 10:15AM The inverse fixed point theorem and image (1046-70-256) (1641) encoding. Preliminary report. 8:45AM Explicit symplectic integration of compact lie Chokri Cherif*andAvraham Goldstein, (1627) Poisson systems. BMCC/City University of New York (1046-68-1023) Steven Benzel, Berry College (1046-70-1274) 10:30AM Can you hear me now? Preliminary report.
9:00AM Three-dimensional equilibrium crystal shapes with (1642) Le Gui, University of Iowa (1046-94-274) (1628) corner energy regularization. 10:45AM Infinite families of recursive formulas generating Antonio Mastroberardino*, Penn State Erie, (1643) power moments of Kloosterman sums: Symplectic and Brian J. Spencer, University at Buffalo case. (1046-70-1429) Dae San Kim, Sogang University (1046-94-1176)

182 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Thursday, January 8 – Program of the Sessions

AWM Workshop: Research Presentations by Recent MAA Minicourse #13: Part B Ph.D.’s, I 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM 8:30 AM –10:20AM Directing undergraduate research. 8:30AM On the Casimir fields of q(n)(1). Preliminary report. Organizer: Aparna W. Higgins,Universityof (1644) Jennifer D. Berg, Fitchburg State College Dayton (1046-22-263) 9:00AM Elliptic curves of large rank in towers of function MAA Minicourse #3: Part B (1645) fields. Lisa A. Berger, Stony Brook University 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (1046-11-288) Educating about the state of the planet and 9:30AM Sobolev estimates for the Green potential sustainability while enhancing calculus. (1646) associated with the Robin-Laplacian. Tunde Jakab*, Irina Mitrea, University of Virginia, Organizer: Thomas J. Pfaff, Ithaca College and Marius Mitrea, University of Missouri-Columbia (1046-35-208) MAA Minicourse #8: Part B 10:00AM Ray class groups. (1647) Jing Long Hoelscher, University of Arizona 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (1046-11-258) Taking symbols seriously: Teaching form and function in college algebra. Organizers: Deborah Hughes Hallett,Universityof AMS Committee on Education Panel Discussion Arizona and Harvard University Patti Frazer Lock,St.Lawrence 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM University The future of school mathematics education. William G. McCallum,Universityof Moderator: William G. McCallum,Universityof Arizona Arizona Patricia D. Shure,Universityof Panelists: Scott J. Baldridge, Louisiana State Michigan University Daniel Chazan, University of Maryland AMS Session on Calculus of Variations and Control ,COMAP Solomon A. Garfunkel 9:00 AM –10:55AM Kristin Umland,UniversityofNew Mexico 9:00AM Finding explicitly the value function for an optimal (1652) control problem. Jesus A. Pascal, American University of Nigeria (1046-49-683) AMS Invited Address 9:15AM Optimal quadrature formulae related to solutions (1653) of initial boundary value problems. 9:00 AM –9:50AM Anna S. Bulanova*, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, (1648) On Nash, Brouwer, and other nonconstructive Sergei A. Avdonin, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, proofs. and Dmitri A. Ovsyannikov, Saint Petersburg State Christos Papadimitriou, University of California University (1046-49-2063) Berkeley 9:30AM Convexity in Hamilton-Jacobi theory with
(1654) measurable dependent time. Lingyan Huang, Louisiana State University ASL Invited Address (1046-49-2103) 9:45AM Variational characterizations of the yield set of a 9:00 AM –9:50AM (1655) polycrystal: Some model cases. Marian Bocea, North Dakota State University (1649) Computable structure theory. (1046-49-96) Barbara Csima, University of Waterloo 10:00AM Multiobjective optimization and nonlinear (1046-03-105) (1656) programming. Qingxia Li*andPeter Wolenski, Louisiana State University (1046-49-2099) AMS Special Session on New Connections Between 10:15AM A distribution approach to (bi)simulation relations Topology, Combinatorics, and Physics, I (1657) for nonlinear control systems. Preliminary report. Laura Munteanu, The State University of New York, 9:00 AM –10:45AM College at Oneonta (1046-93-1160) 10:30AM Controlling the motion of charged particles in a Organizers: Paul Fendley, University of Virginia
(1658) vacuum electromagnetic field from boundary. Slava Krushkal, University of Virginia Luis R. Suazo*, University of Central Arkansas, and 9:00AM Diagrammatics of biadjoint functors and beyond. Weijiu Liu, University Of Central Arkansas (1650) Mikhail Khovanov, Columbia University (1046-93-1438) (1046-18-738) 10:45AM Tracking control of nonlinear systems with 10:00AM Self-duality and generalized differential (1659) uncertainties in the presence of hysteresis and (1651) cohomology. saturation. Gregory W. Moore,RutgersUniversity Dinesh B. Ekanayake*andRam V. Iyer,Texas (1046-81-931) Tech University (1046-93-2046)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 183 Program of the Sessions – Thursday, January 8 (cont’d.)

MAA Session on Research on the Teaching and William O. Martin, North Dakota State Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics, III University Todd D. Oberg, Illinois College 9:00 AM –10:45AM Panelists: William E. Fenton, Bellarmine Organizers: Keith H. Weber,RutgersUniversity University Michelle J. Zandieh,ArizonaState Angela M. Hodge, North Dakota State University University Karen A. Marrongelle, Portland State Barbara E. Reynolds, Cardinal Stritch University University 9:00AM Dialogical engagement in two interactive Thomas Q. Sibley, St. John’s University (1660) mathematics lessons. Vilma Mesa*andPeichin Chang,Universityof Michigan-Ann Arbor (1046-U1-1390) ASL Invited Address

9:35AM An analysis of college mathematics placement 10:00 AM –10:50AM (1661) policies for students with high school calculus experience. (1664) Set theoretic methods in model theory. Theresa A. Laurent, St Louis College of Pharmacy Jouko V¨a¨an¨anen, University of Amsterdam, ILLC (1046-U1-227) (1046-03-110) 10:00AM Ascertaining the professional development needs of
(1662) graduate mathematics teaching assistants. Preliminary report. NAM Business Meeting Jason K. Belnap, Brigham Young University 10:00 AM –10:55AM (1046-U1-1897) 10:25AM Instructor responses to prior knowledge errors
(1663) within a calculus I course. Preliminary report. MAA Invited Address Jana R. Talley,UniversityofOklahoma (1046-U1-531) 10:05 AM –10:55AM

SIGMAA on Statistics Education Panel Discussion (1665) Geometreks. Ivars Peterson, MAA (1046-A0-10) 9:00 AM –10:20AM Technology in statistics education. AWM Workshop: Poster Session with Presentations Organizers: Patricia B. Humphrey,Georgia from Women Graduate Students Southern University 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Chris J. Lacke,RowanUniversity Michael A. Posner, Villanova University 10:30AM Planar algebras and knots. Preliminary report.
Moderator: Michael A. Posner (1666) Emily Peters*, University of California, Berkeley, Scott Morrison, Microsoft, Station Q, and Noah Panelists: Patricia B. Humphrey Snyder, University of California, Berkeley John D. McKenzie, Babson College (1046-57-197) Paul L. Myers, Woodward Academy 10:30AM Embedded minimal surfaces with finite topology. Chris J. Lacke
(1667) Preliminary report. Christine Breiner, Johns Hopkins University NAM Panel Discussion (1046-53-211) 10:30AM Bockstein basis and resolution theorems in 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (1668) extension theory. Vera Tonic, University of Oklahoma (1046-54-213) Title to be announced. 10:30AM State complexes and special cube complexes.
(1669) Valerie J. Peterson, University of Illinois at Exhibits and Book Sales Urbana-Champaign (1046-55-214)

9:00 AM – NOON 10:30AM Noise tolerant planar curve matching using (1670) invariants. Kathleen M. Iwancio, North Carolina State Student Hospitality Center University (1046-14-232) AM 9:00 AM –2:00PM 10:30 Reconstructing free surfaces for a flow of ideal fluid (1671) around supercavitating wedges. Yuri Antipov and Anna Zemlyanova*, Louisiana Employment Center State University (1046-76-235) AM 9:00 AM – NOON 10:30 Some results on approximate liftings. (1672) Weihua Li*andDon Hadwin,UniversityofNew Hampshire (1046-46-246) MAA-Project NExT Panel Discussion 10:30AM Prior knowledge and calculus performance.
9:30 AM –10:45AM (1673) Jana R. Talley,UniversityofOklahoma (1046-97-250) Designing and teaching a geometry course for 10:30AM An uncoupled EMP formulation of a Bianchi I scalar preservice secondary mathematics teachers. (1674) field cosmology. Organizers: James E. Hamblin, Shippensburg Jennie D’Ambroise, University of Massachusetts University Amherst (1046-83-261)

184 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Thursday, January 8 – Program of the Sessions

10:30AM Yang Mills functional on a deformed Heisenberg 1:00PM Saving the phenomena: Limits from Maclaurin to (1675) C∗-algebra.
(1684) Cauchy. Preliminary report. Sooran Kang, University of Colorado, at Boulder Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University (1046-53-267) (1046-01-720) 2 10:30AM Weighted L estimates for dissipative nonlinear 1:30PM Euler, Lagrange and Cauchy: Three perspectives on (1676) wave equations with space-time dependent
(1685) the “Euler Identity”. potential. C. Edward Sandifer, Western Connecticut State Maisa M. Khader, University of Tennessee University (1046-01-769) (1046-35-268) 2:00PM Andrew Ellicott: Mathematician, surveyor, teacher. 10:30AM The effect of diffusion on calcium oscillations.
(1686) Preliminary report.
(1677) Preliminary report. Florence D. Fasanelli, AAAS (1046-01-413) Nessy Tania*andJames P. Keener,Universityof 2:30PM Edwin Abbott and the mathematics of Flatland. Utah (1046-92-273)
(1687) William Lindgren*, Slippery Rock University, and 10:30AM A new approach to killing forms. Joan Richards, Brown University (1046-01-696) (1678) Audrey Malagon, Emory University (1046-17-296) 3:00PM Elliptic functions via invariant theory: Cayley’s 10:30AM A geometric and combinatorial construction of the (1688) partial anticipation of the Weierstrass ℘-function. (1679) Springer representation. Adrian Rice, Randolph-Macon College Heather M. Russell*andJulianna S. Tymoczko, (1046-01-369) University of Iowa (1046-57-304) 3:30PM Teacher and mentor: Gosta¨ Mittag-Leffler’s 10:30AM Homogenizing the acoustics of cancellous bone.
(1689) influence on the Swedish mathematical community (1680) Ana Vasilic, University of Delaware (1046-35-325) through his role as professor at Stockholm’s 10:30AM The mechanics and dynamics of DNA as an elastic hogskola.¨ Preliminary report. (1681) rod. Laura E. Turner, University of Aarhus Eva M. Strawbridge, University of California, Davis (1046-01-688) (1046-92-326) 4:00PM What led Ronald Fisher to the concept of
(1690) randomization? A re-examination. Preliminary MAA Business Meeting report. Nancy S. Hall, University of Delaware (1046-01-538) 11:10 AM – 11:40 AM 4:30PM Integral equations: a “Revolution” in mathematics in
(1691) the early 20th Century? Organizer: Martha J. Siegel,TowsonUniversity William T. Archibald*, Simon Fraser University, and Moderator: Joseph A. Gallian,Universityof Rossana Tazzioli, Universit’e de Lille I, Lille, France Minnesota-Duluth (1046-01-506) 5:00PM The center problem in complex dynamics,
(1692) 1913–1942. Preliminary report. AMS Business Meeting Daniel S. Alexander,DrakeUniversity (1046-01-1126) 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM 5:30PM The real inventor of the computer. Preliminary
(1693) report. Luncheon in Honor of Retiring MAA Associate Sanford L. Segal, University of Rochester Secretary James Tattersall (1046-01-562)

12:15 PM –2:00PM

AMS-MAA Special Session on Inquiry-Based Learning, NAM Claytor-Woodard Lecture II

1:00 PM –1:50PM 1:00 PM –5:50PM (1682) The Hoffman-Wielandt inequality revisited. Organizers: William B. Jacob,Universityof Earl R. Barnes, Morgan State University California Santa Barbara Paul J. Sally, University of Chicago ASL Invited Address Ralf J. Spatzier, University of Michigan

1:00 PM –1:50PM Michael Starbird,UniversityofTexas at Austin
(1683) Can we make the Second Incompleteness Theorem 1:00PM Inquiry based learning at University of Michigan. coordinate free?
(1694) Preliminary report. Albert Visser, Utrecht University (1046-03-109) Ralf J. Spatzier, University of Michigan (1046-97-1002) AMS-MAA Special Session on History of Mathematics, 1:30PM Two very different inquiry based learning courses IV (1695) at the University of Michigan. Morton Brown, University of Michigan 1:00 PM –5:55PM (1046-97-513) 2:00PM Upper-level undergraduate IBL mathematics classes Organizers: Joseph W. Dauben, Lehman College (1696) at the University of Chicago. Karen H. Parshall,Universityof John D. Boller, University of Chicago (1046-97-728) Virginia 2:30PM Real Analysis—an inquiry-based approach. Patti Hunter, Westmont College (1697) Carol S. Schumacher, Kenyon College Deborah Kent, Hillsdale College (1046-97-642)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 185 Program of the Sessions – Thursday, January 8 (cont’d.)

3:00PM Restraint and coverage: A characterization of 3:30PM Zeros of certain kernel functions in the Fock space. (1698) instructor change. (1709) Preliminary report. Stan T. Yoshinobu, Cal State Dominguez Hills Catherine Beneteau*, University of South (1046-97-1341) Florida, Brent Carswell, Allegheny College, and 3:30PM Student-to-student discussions: The roles of the Sherwin Kouchekian, University of South Florida
(1699) instructor and students in discussions in an (1046-30-1052) inquiry-oriented transition to proof course. 4:00PM Invariant subspaces and composition operators. Stephanie R. Nichols, Anoka-Ramsey Community (1710) Manuel Ponce-Escudero*, Alfonso College (1046-97-1545) Montes-Rodr´ıguez, Universidad de Sevilla, and Stanislav Shkarin, Queen’s University Belfast 4:00PM Inquiring about inquiry: Progress on research and
(1700) evaluation studies of Inquiry-Based Learning in (1046-47-1753) undergraduate mathematics at four campuses. 4:30PM Weighted composition operators on the Bloch space n Sandra L. Laursen*andMarja-Liisa Hassi, (1711) in C . University of Colorado, Boulder (1046-97-742) Robert F. Allen and Flavia Colonna*, George Mason University (1046-47-660) 4:30PM Incorporating Inquiry-Based Learning in the (1701) calculus sequence: A most challenging endeavour. 5:00PM Compact approximation of integral operators with M. Padraig McLoughlin, Kutztown University of (1712) applications to composition operators. Pennsylvania (1046-97-553) Pekka J. Nieminen, University of Helsinki (1046-47-1577) 5:00PM IBL in freshman calculus at the University of (1702) Chicago. 5:30PM Extremals for the families of commuting spherical Diane Herrmann, University of Chicago (1713) contractions and their adjoints. Preliminary report. (1046-97-730) Stefan Richter*andCarl Sundberg,Universityof Tennessee (1046-47-884) 5:30PM Guided discovery: Teaching
(1703) mathematics/transforming lives. Preliminary AMS Special Session on Complex Dynamics and report. Michael Starbird, The University of Texas at Austin Complex Function Theory (1046-97-627) 1:00 PM –5:50PM Organizers: Stephanie Edwards, Hope College Rich L. Stankewitz, Ball State University 1:00PM Boundaries of bounded Fatou components of AMS Special Session on Function Theoretic Operator (1714) quadratic maps. Theory, II Ross Flek, Graduate Center, CUNY, and Linda Keen*, Graduate Center and Lehman College, CUNY 1:00 PM –5:50PM (1046-30-882) 1:30PM A generalized version of the McMullen domain. Organizers: John B. Conway, George Washington (1715) Elizabeth D. Russell,BostonUniversity University (1046-37-632) Sherwin Kouchekian,Universityof 2:00PM Singular perturbations of complex polynomials. South Florida
(1716) Sebastian M. Marotta, University of the Pacific William T. Ross,Universityof (1046-37-635) Richmond 2:30PM Holomorphic motions and H´enon maps. 1:00PM “Fingerprints” of the two dimensional shapes and (1717) Philip P. Mummert, Taylor University
(1704) lemniscates. Preliminary report. (1046-30-1463) Peter Ebenfelt, UCSD La Jolla, Dima Khavinson*, 3:00PM Approximable quasidisks. University of South Florida, and Harold S. (1718) Ngin-Tee Koh, University of Illinois at Shapiro, Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm Urbana-Champaign (1046-30-681) (1046-30-134) 3:30PM Convex combinations of harmonic mappings. 1:30PM One to one compressions of composition operators
(1719) Michael Dorff*andMagdalena Woloszkiewicz, (1705) and the Klein-Gordon equation. Preliminary report. Brigham Young University (1046-30-113) Hakan Hedenmalm, Royal Institute of Technology, 4:00PM Discrete conformal flows in circle packing. Sweden, and Alfonso Montes-Rodriguez*, (1720) Preliminary report. Universidad de Sevilla (1046-47-731) Ken Stephenson*, University of Tennessee, 2:00PM Examples in Bergman and Hardy Spaces. Knoxville, Elias Wegert and David Bauer, (1706) John R. Akeroyd, University of Arkansas University of Freiberg, Germany (1046-30-350) (1046-30-351) 4:30PM Multiplier sequences for generalized Laguerre 2:30PM Multiplicative isometries and isometric (1721) bases. Preliminary report. (1707) zero-divisors. Tamas Forgacs, California State University, Fresno, Alexandru Aleman, Lund University, Peter L. and Andrzej Piotrowski*, University of Alaska Duren, Maria J. Martin*, University of Michigan, Southeast (1046-30-565)
and Dragan Vukotic, Universidad Autonoma de 5:00PM Behavior of exp(rz− b(r )) dr for smooth b: Madrid (1046-30-653) (1722) Connections with the Szego¨ projection operator. 3:00PM On some bilinear symmetric forms and Jennifer Halfpap, University of Montana
(1708) meromorphic continuation of analytic functions. (1046-32-1713) Preliminary report. 5:30PM Weighted homogeneous pluripotential theory. Vasiliy A. Prokhorov*, University of South (1723) Malgorzata S. Stawiska*, University of Kansas, Alabama, and Dmitri V. Prokhorov,Universityof and Maritza M. Branker, Niagara University South Florida (1046-41-595) (1046-32-191)

186 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Thursday, January 8 – Program of the Sessions

AMS Special Session on Commutative Rings, III 4:00PM Quantum Hall wavefunctions and topological (1737) quantum field theories. 1:00 PM –5:50PM Nicholas Read, Yale University (1046-81-736) Organizers: Jay A. Shapiro,GeorgeMason 5:00PM Invariants of links with flat connections in the University (1738) complement. Nicolai Reshetikhin, University of California, ,Universityof David E. Dobbs Berkeley (1046-57-1026) Tennessee, Knoxville Shane P. Redmond, Eastern Kentucky University AMS Special Session on Geometry, Algebra, and Joe A. Stickles, Millikin University Topology of Character Varieties 1:00PM Derivations, formal fibers and bad Noetherian 1:00 PM –5:50PM (1724) rings. Preliminary report. Bruce M. Olberding,NewMexicoStateUniversity Organizers: Sean Lawton, Instituto Superior (1046-13-603) Tecnico 1:30PM On the t-spectrum of a Noetherian domain. Elisha Peterson, United States Military (1725) Preliminary report. Academy Evan Houston*, University of North Carolina at 1:00PM Metabelian SL(n,C) representations of knot groups. Charlotte, and Abdeslam Mimouni,KingFahd (1739) Hans U. Boden*, McMaster University, and Stefan University of Petroleum & Minerals (1046-13-1308) Friedl, University of Warwick (1046-57-1240) 2:00PM Seminormality and weak normality. 1:30PM Characteristic subsurfaces, character varieties and (1726) Marie A. Vitulli, University of Oregon (1740) Dehn fillings. (1046-13-410) Marc Culler*, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2:30PM On n-absorbing ideals of commutative rings. Steve Boyer,Universit´eduQu´ebec `aMontr´eal,
(1727) Preliminary report. Peter B. Shalen, University of Illinois at Chicago, David F. Anderson, The University of Tennessee, and Xingru Zhang, State University of New York at Knoxville, and Ayman R Badawi*, American Buffalo (1046-57-1507) University Of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 2:00PM 3-manifolds whose character varieties are not (1046-13-478) (1741) Lagrangian. Preliminary report. 3:00PM Some characterizations of generalized GCD S. Adam Sikora, SUNY Buffalo (1046-53-1081) (1728) domains. 2:30PM Bers slices are Zariski dense. Hwankoo Kim, Hoseo University, Korea (1742) David Dumas*, University of Illinois at Chicago, (1046-13-179) and Richard P. Kent,BrownUniversity 3:30PM Krull-dimension of a power series ring over a (1046-30-1260) (1729) nonSFT-domain. 3:00PM Deformations of maximal representations in the Byung Gyun Kang*andPhan Thanh Toan, (1743) real symplectic group. Preliminary report. Pohang University of Science and Technology Steven Bradlow, University of Illinois, Oscar (1046-13-1636) Garcia-Prada,CSIC,Madrid,andPeter Gothen*, 4:00PM Elasticity of Krull domains with infinite class Centro de Matematica da Universidade do Porto (1730) groups. Preliminary report. (1046-14-441) Benjamin R. Lynch, University of Tennessee 3:30PM Ergodicity of subgroups of mapping class groups on (1046-13-1255) (1744) SU(2)-character varieties. 4:30PM Block diagonalization and 2-unit sums of matrices William M. Goldman*, University of Maryland, and (1731) over Prufer domains. Preliminary report. Eugene Z. Xia, National Center for Theoretical Peter Vamos, University of Exeter, and Sylvia Science (South), National Cheng-Kung University Wiegand*, University of Nebraska (1046-13-862) (1046-57-1191) 5:00PM Cut vertices and zero-divisor graphs. Preliminary 4:00PM Dynamics of the modular group action on certain (1732) report. (1745) character varieties of the two generator free group. M. Axtell*, University of St. Thomas, and J. William M. Goldman, University of Maryland Stickles, Millikin University (1046-13-1345) College Park, Greg McShane, Laboratoire Emile 5:30PM Generalized Boolean rings, idealizations, and Picard Universite Paris Paul Sabatier, France, George (1733) zero-divisor graphs. Preliminary report. Stantchev, Center for Scientific Computation and Ryan E. Clark, University of Tennessee Knoxville Mathematical Modelling, University of Maryland (1046-13-1266) College Park, and Ser P. Tan*, National University of Singapore (1046-57-752) AMS Special Session on New Connections Between 4:30PM Cohomology of SL(2,C) character varieties of Topology, Combinatorics, and Physics, II (1746) surface groups and the action of the Torelli group. Georgios D. Daskalopoulos,BrownUniversity,and 1:00 PM –5:45PM Richard A. Wentworth*, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland (1046-32-1208) Organizers: Paul Fendley, University of Virginia 5:00PM The topology of the moduli of free group Slava Krushkal, University of Virginia (1747) representations. 1:00PM Certain enumeration problems in 2-dimensional Sean Lawton*, University of Maryland, and (1734) topology. Carlos Florentino, Instituto Superior Tecnico Vladimir Turaev, Indiana University (1046-57-293) (1046-14-749) 2:00PM Quantum noise and the entanglement entropy of 5:30PM Trace diagram recurrences and central functions of (1735) fermions. (1748) SL(2,C)-character varieties. Preliminary report. Israel Klich, University of Virginia (1046-81-1509) Elisha Peterson*, United States Military Academy 3:00PM Blob homology. (West Point), and Sean Lawton, Instituto Superior (1736) Scott Morrison, Microsoft Station Q (1046-57-925) T´ecnico (1046-14-1394)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 187 Program of the Sessions – Thursday, January 8 (cont’d.)

AMS Special Session on SAGE and Mathematical 4:00PM Bounding the number of group actions on a surface Research Using Open Source Software, II (1762) of fixed genus. Preliminary report. Aaron D. Wootton*, University of Portland, and J. 1:00 PM –4:50PM W. Anderson, University of Southampton (1046-14-519) Organizers: David Saunders,Universityof Delaware 4:30PM Decomposing Jacobian varieties using (1763) automorphism groups. David Harvey,HarvardUniversity Jennifer Paulhus, Kansas State University David Joyner, U.S. Naval Academy (1046-11-1159) 1:00PM Siegel modular forms in Sage. 5:00PM Automorphism groups of cyclic curves defined over (1749) Craig Citro, University of California – Los Angeles, (1764) finite fields of any characteristics. Alexandru Ghitza, University of Melbourne, Nathan Rakinawasan Sanjeewa*andTanush Shaska, C. Ryan*, Bucknell University, and Nils-Peter Oakland University (1046-14-275) Skoruppa, Universitat Siegen (1046-11-266) 5:30PM Class numbers of function fields. Preliminary report. 1:30PM Nilpotent orbits associated to Coxeter cells. (1765) Jing Long Hoelscher, University of Arizona (1750) Steven Glenn Jackson and Alfred G. No¨el*, (1046-11-995) University of Massachusetts Boston (1046-22-272) 2:00PM Coding theory and combinatorics in Sage. (1751) David Joyner*, U.S. Naval Academy, and Robert Miller, University of Washington, Seattle (1046-05-758) AMS Special Session on Nonlinear Evolution Equations 2:30PM Numerical analysis tools for LLL lattice basis and Their Applications, II
(1752) reduction. Preliminary report. Gilles Villard, CNRS, University of Lyon, France 1:00 PM –6:50PM (1046-68-1571) Organizers: Gaston N’Guerekata, Morgan State 3:00PM Break University 3:30PM Ultra-sparse matrix reduction to reduced Alexander A. Pankov, Morgan State (1753) Row-Echelon form for matrices over GF(2). University Gregory V. Bard*, Fordham University, and Robert Miller, The University of Washington Guoping Zhang, Morgan State (1046-15-1959) University 4:00PM Modular ranks of the adjacency matrices of Xuming Xie, Morgan State University
(1754) strongly regular graphs arising from semifields. Zhijun Qiao,UniversityofTexasPan Qing Xiang, University of Delaware (1046-05-1752) American 4:30PM On matrix rank modulo small primes. Preliminary 1:00PM Well-posedness in Sobolev space of an unsteady (1755) report. (1766) crystal growth problem. Preliminary report. B. David Saunders, University of Delaware Xuming Xie, Morgan State University (1046-35-383) (1046-15-2007) 1:30PM Optical solitons with time-dependent dispersion, (1767) nonlinearity and attenuation. AMS Special Session on Group Actions on Curves Anjan Biswas, Delaware State University (1046-78-295) 1:00 PM –5:50PM 2:00PM Nonlinear dynamical phenomena in mesoscale Organizers: Darren Glass, Gettysburg College (1768) modeling of polycrystals. Amy E. Ksir, United States Naval Maria Emelianenko*, George Mason University, Academy David Kinderlehrer, Carnegie Mellon University, and Dmitry Golovaty,UniversityofAkron 1:00PM Fields of moduli of three point covers. (1046-60-1912) (1756) Andrew S. Obus, University of Pennsylvania (1046-14-199) 2:30PM A numerical study of optical soliton-like structures
(1769) resulting from the nonlinear Schrodinger¨ equation 1:30PM Cartier operator on Kummer covers of the with square-root law nonlinearity. (1757) projective line. Dawn Alisha Lott*andAnjan Biswas, Delaware , Colorado State University Arsen Elkin State University (1046-78-318) (1046-14-1009) 3:00PM Peakon Equations. 2:00PM Abelian formulas for cyclic curves. (1770) Zhijun George Qiao and XLi*, UTPA (1046-35-542) (1758) Emma Previato*, Boston University, and Shigeki Matsutani, Sagamihara, Japan (1046-14-1062) 3:30PM Pseudo almost automorphic solutions to the (1771) N-dimensional heat equation with Sp-pseudo 2:30PM Admissible group actions on curves. Preliminary (1759) report. almost automorphic coefficients. Preliminary report. David Harbater*, University of Pennsylvania, Julia Toka Diagana, Howard University (1046-34-1915) Hartmann, RWTH Aachen, and Daniel Krashen, 4:00PM Rigidity of Landau’s solutions to the Navier-Stokes University of Georgia (1046-16-1155) (1772) equations. Hongjie Dong, Brown University (1046-35-123) 3:00PM Minimal-genus G-actions. Preliminary report. (1760) Robert Guralnick,UniversityofSouthern 4:30PM Dynamics of super-Gaussian optical solitons by California, and Michael Zieve*, Rutgers University (1773) collective variables method. (1046-14-433) Patrice Green*, Dawn Lott and Anjan Biswas, 3:30PM Katz Gabber covers of curves with extra Delaware State University (1046-78-300) (1761) automorphisms. Preliminary report. 5:00PM Soliton perturbation theory for the phi-four Ted Chinburg*, University of Pennsylvania, Frauke (1774) equation. M. Bleher, University of Iowa, and Peter Symonds, Ryan Sassaman*andAnjan Biswas, Delaware University of Manchester (1046-14-247) State University (1046-35-298)

188 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Thursday, January 8 – Program of the Sessions

5:30PM Quenching phenomena due to a concentrated 5:00PM Signed domination number of a matrix. Preliminary (1775) nonlinear source in RN .
(1786) report. Patcharin Tragoonsirisak, University of Louisiana Adam Berliner, Richard A. Brualdi*, Louis Deaett, at Lafayette (1046-35-62) Kathleen P. Kiernan, Seth Myer and Michael Schroeder, University of Wisconsin - Madison 6:00PM C(n)-almost automorphic solutions of some (1046-05-574) (1776) nonautonomous differential equations. Valerie N. Nelson*, Gaston M. N’Guerekata, 5:30PM Problem Session Morgan State University, and Khalil Ezzinbi, Universite Cadi Ayyad, Faculte des Sciences AMS Special Session on Financial Mathematics, III Semlalia (1046-34-910) 6:25PM Spherical averaged endpoint Strichartz estimate for 1:00 PM –5:50PM (1777) the two-dimensional Schrodinger¨ equation with inverse square potential. Organizers: Erhan Bayraktar,Universityof I-Kun Chen, University of Maryland, College Park Michigan (1046-35-591) Tim Siu-Tang Leung, Johns Hopkins University Birgit Rudloff, Princeton University AMS Special Session on Spectra of Matrix Patterns 1:00PM Smooth fit principle for impulse control of and Applications to Dynamical Systems, II (1787) multi-dimensional diffusion processes. Xin Guo*, UC Berkeley, and Guoliang Wu,UC 1:00 PM –5:50PM Berkeley (1046-49-1505) Organizers: Bryan L. Shader,Universityof 1:30PM Regularity of the American put price in exponential Wyoming (1788) L´evy models. Luz M. DeAlba,DrakeUniversity Erhan Bayraktar and Hao Xing*, University of Michigan (1046-60-1287) Leslie Hogben, Iowa State University 2:00PM Formulas for stopped diffusion processes with In-Jae Kim, Minnesota State University (1789) stopping times based on drawdowns and drawups. 1:00PM Spectrally arbitrary patterns over finite fields. Libor Pospisil, Jan Vecer, Columbia University, (1778) Elizabeth J. Bodine, Washington State University and Olympia Hadjiliadis*, Brooklyn College, (1046-15-1342) C.U.N.Y. (1046-60-1475) 1:30PM Potentially nilpotent full sign patterns. 2:30PM Exponential hedging with optimal stopping and
(1779) I.-J. Kim, Minnesota State University, Mankato, (1790) static-dynamic hedging. D. D. Olesky, University of Victoria, B. L. TimS.T.Leung, Johns Hopkins University Shader, University of Wyoming, P. van den (1046-60-2042) Driessche, University of Victoria, H. van der Holst, 3:00PM Volatility derivatives on time-changed Levy Eindhoven University of Technology, and K. N. (1791) processes. Vander Meulen*, Redeemer University College Roger Lee*, University of Chicago, and Peter Carr, (1046-15-628) Bloomberg LP and NYU Courant Institute 2:00PM Minimum rank of various matrix patterns. (1046-60-2032)
(1780) Preliminary report. 3:30PM A stochastic volatility alternative to SABR. Shaun M. Fallat, University of Regina (1792) Chris Rogers, University of Cambridge, and (1046-15-1268) Luitgard Veraart*, University of Karlsruhe 2:30PM Minimum rank of graph powers. Preliminary report. (1046-60-1107)
(1781) Richard Brualdi, Louis Deaett,Universityof 4:00PM A Hilbert transform approach to options pricing. Wisconsin, Madison, Luz DeAlba,DrakeUniversity, (1793) Liming Feng, University of Illinois at Jason Grout*, Iowa State University, In-Jae Kim, Urbana-Champaign (1046-00-1232) Minnesota State University, Mankato, Steve Kirkland, University of Regina, Raphael Loewy, 4:30PM Time changed Markov processes in unified Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Judith (1794) credit-equity modeling. McDonald, Washington State University, Pauline Rafael Mendoza*, Vadim Linetsky,Northwestern van den Driessche, University of Victoria, and University, and Peter Carr, New York University, Amy Yielding, Washington State University Courant Institute (1046-60-365) (1046-15-1422) 5:00PM An information reduction model for credit risk (1795) based on level crossings of a diffusion. 3:00PM Minimum rank of skew-symmetric matrices
(1782) described by a graph. A. Deniz Sezer, University of Calgary (1046-60-907) Colin Garnett, University of Wyoming 5:30PM Credit portfolio optimization. Preliminary report. (1046-15-1903) (1796) Jack Kim*andKay Giesecke, Stanford University (1046-60-1193) 3:30PM Discovery of principles of nature from (1783) mathematical modeling of DNA microarray data: Computational prediction and experimental AMS Special Session on The Redistricting Problem verification. Orly Alter, University of Texas at Austin 1:00 PM –6:50PM (1046-15-766) 4:00PM On m-convertible matrices. Preliminary report. Organizers: Daniel Goroff, Harvey Mudd College (1784) Adam H. Berliner, University of Wisconsin - Daniel Ullman,GeorgeWashington Madison (1046-15-708) University 4:30PM Graph-theoretic criteria for injectivity and unique 1:00PM The mathematical redistricting problem. (1785) equilibria in biochemical reaction networks.
(1797) Preliminary report. Gheorghe Craciun,Universityof Daniel H. Ullman, The George Washington Wisconsin-Madison (1046-37-788) University (1046-91-917)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 189 Program of the Sessions – Thursday, January 8 (cont’d.)

1:20PM The law and policy of redistricting. Preliminary 2:30PM Real computability and manifolds. Preliminary (1798) report. (1814) report. Richard Pildes, NYU School of Law (1046-00-1412) Wesley Calvert, Murray State University, and 1:40PM A proposal for redistricting reform: A model state Russell Miller*, Queens College & The Graduate
(1799) constitutional amendment. Center, C.U.N.Y. (1046-03-1667) Sam Hirsch, Jenner & Block LLP (1046-91-1674) 3:00PM A geometrical approach to the braid conjugacy 2:10PM The promises and perils of optimal redistricting. (1815) problem. Preliminary report.
(1800) Micah Altman, Institute for Quantitative Social Ivan A. Dynnikov, Moscow State University Science, Harvard University (1046-90-1592) (1046-57-2121) 2:30PM The redistricting problem: Second-order bias. 3:30PM Countable groups and their orderings.
(1801) Preliminary report. (1816) Jennifer Chubb, George Washington University Michael P. McDonald,GeorgeMasonUniversity (1046-03-1054) (1046-91-1498) 4:00PM Palindromes and orderings in Artin groups.
3:00PM Lessons from a court-appointed nonpartisan (1817) Florian L. Deloup, Institut de Math´ematiques, (1802) redistricter. Universit´e de Toulouse III, France (1046-20-1844) Nathaniel Alfred Persily, Columbia University 4:30PM Compactness of the space of left orders. (1046-00-796)
(1818) Mieczyslaw K. Dabkowski*, Malgorzata A. 3:20PM Partisan fairness in districting. Preliminary report. Dabkowska,UTD,Valentina S. Harizanov,
(1803) Andrew Gelman*, Columbia Univ, and David Jozef H. Przytycki and Michael A. Veve,GWU Epstein, Columbia Univ (1046-91-834) (1046-54-2061) 3:40PM Empirical consequences of redistricting in the U.S. 5:00PM Limitpointsinthespaceofleftorderingsofa (1804) James M. Snyder, Massachusetts Institute of (1819) group. Preliminary report. Technology (1046-91-2101) Adam J. Clay*andDale P. O. Rolfsen,Universityof British Columbia (1046-06-942) 4:20PM A fair division solution to the problem of
(1805) redistricting. 5:30PM Pseudotrees under the interval topology. Zeph Landau*, University of California, Berkeley, (1820) Preliminary report. Ilona Yershov and Oneil Reid, City College of New Jennifer Anne Brown, California State University, York (1046-91-680) Channel Islands (1046-06-2095) 4:40PM A measure of bizareness. (1806) Christopher P. Chambers and Alan D. Miller*, California Institute of Technology (1046-91-1166) AMS Special Session on Scientific Computing and 5:00PM A new approach to measuring the racial impact of Advanced Computation, II (1807) redistricting. Jonathan N. Katz*, California Institute of 1:00 PM –5:50PM Technology, Andrew Gelman, Columbia University, Organizers: Edward Castillo Jr.,Universityof and Gary King, Harvard University (1046-91-947) California Irvine 5:30PM Drivers of redistricting trends. Preliminary report. James M. Rath, University of Texas at
(1808) Michael S. Teitelbaum, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Austin (1046-00-1353) Sarah A. Williams,Universityof 5:50PM Will contiguous redistricting create competitive California Davis (1809) races for legislative elections? Richard B. Freeman,HarvardUniversity 1:00PM Networking Meet & Greet for Scientific Computing (1046-05-1653) Community 6:10PM Reflections upon almost 30 years involvement with 2:00PM Discussion
(1810) redistricting. 2:30PM Computational methods in coastal engineering. Charles R. Hampton, The College of Wooster and (1821) Jerry L. Bona, University of Illinois at Chicago Calvin College (1046-00-1372) (1046-86-1620) 6:30PM Continuing discussion of the redistricting problem. 3:00PM Low mach number modeling of type ia supernovae.
(1811) Preliminary report.
(1822) Preliminary report. Daniel L. Goroff, Harvey Mudd College Ann S. Almgren*, John B. Bell, Andy J. Nonaka, (1046-91-1888) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Mike Zingale, Stony Brook University (1046-85-1795) 3:30PM Numerical methods and software for hazardous AMS Special Session on Orderings in Logic and
(1823) free-surface geophysical flows. Topology, II David L. George, USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory (1046-65-877) 1:00 PM –5:50PM 4:00PM Linear algebra challenges in parallel circuit (1824) simulation. Organizers: Valentina S. Harizanov,George Erik G. Boman, David M. Day, Robert J. Hoekstra Washington University and Heidi K. Thornquist*, Sandia National Jozef H. Przytycki,George Laboratories (1046-15-1902) Washington University 4:30PM Scalable solution methods via optimal control 1:00PM Non-right-orderable 3-manifold groups. (1825) reformulation. (1812) Rachel Roberts*andJohn Shareshian, Washington Denis Ridzal*andPavel Bochev, Sandia National University in St Louis (1046-57-1765) Labs (1046-49-1923) 1:30PM Computability theoretic aspects of ordered groups. 5:00PM Generalized finite element methods, meshless (1813) David Reed Solomon, University of Connecticut
(1826) methods, and quadrature. (1046-03-1298) John E. Osborn, University of Maryland at College 2:00PM Discussion Park (1046-65-906)

190 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Thursday, January 8 – Program of the Sessions

5:30PM Goal-oriented error estimation and multilevel 2:45PM Higher order convergence of an SDG method for (1827) preconditioning for the Poisson-Boltzmann (1834) scalar conservation laws. Preliminary report. equation. Yangsuk Ko, California State University, Bakersfield Stephen D. Bond*, University of Illinois at (1046-65-1910) Urbana-Champaign, Burak Aksoylu, Louisiana 3:00PM Developing 3rd, 4th and 5th order difference State University, Eric C. Cyr,Universityof
(1835) techniques on a singular perturbation problem and Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Michael J. their stability comparison. Preliminary report. Holst, University of California at San Diego F. Olcay Ilicasu*, Rowan University, David H. (1046-65-1472) Schultz, UW-Milwaukee, and Bakhadirzhon Siddikov, Ferris State University (1046-65-1935) MAA Minicourse #14: Part B 3:15PM A fast inversion algorithm for linearized diffuse (1836) optical tomography with large data sets. 1:00 PM –3:00PM Preliminary report. Gunay Dogan*, NIST, and George Biros,Georgia Teaching a course in the history of mathematics. Tech (1046-65-2025) Organizers: V. Frederick Rickey, U.S. Military 3:30PM On the orthogonal expansion of functions on the Academy (1837) cylinder. Victor J. Katz, University of the District Jeremy Wade, University of Oregon (1046-65-2047) of Columbia

MAA Minicourse #4: Part B AMS Session on Combinatorics, IV 1:00 PM –3:00PM An introduction to the mathematics of modern 1:00 PM –5:25PM cryptography. 1:00PM On Seymour’s second neighborhood conjecture. Organizers: Jeffrey Ehme, Spelman College
(1838) James N. Brantner, Erskine College (1046-05-1278) , Spelman College Colm A. Mulcahy 1:15PM Structure and randomness in additive
(1839) combinatorics. MAA Minicourse #9: Part B Philip Matchett Wood*, Linh Tran,andVan Vu, Rutgers University (1046-05-1281) 1:00 PM –3:00PM 1:30PM The diameter of random spanning trees in a given (1840) graph. Beyond formulas and algorithms: Teaching a Fan Chung, Paul K. Horn*, UC San Diego, and conceptual/thematic single variable calculus Linyuan Lu, University of South Carolina course. (1046-05-1400) Organizer: Shahriar Shahriari, Pomona College 1:45PM Towards a general tree decomposition theory for (1841) matroids. AMS Session on Numerical Analysis, II Jeremy M. Aikin*andJames Oxley, Louisiana State University (1046-05-1406) 1:00 PM –3:40PM 2:00PM Universal cycles on simple graphs.
(1842) Emma E. Snively*, Rose-Hulman Institute of 1:00PM The Schur aggregation and ill conditioned linear Technology, Bill Kay,UniversityofSouth (1828) system. Carolina, and Greg Brockman, Harvard College Abdramane Serme*, BMCC - The City University of (1046-05-1457) New York, and Lucio M.G. Prado, BMCC- The City University of New York (1046-65-1460) 2:15PM The Gale-Berlekamp switching game. Preliminary
(1843) report. 1:15PM Jacobi-Gauss quadrature and near-optimal Garry S. Bowlin, Binghamton University (1829) Lebesgue constants. Preliminary report. (1046-05-1610) Akil Narayan, Brown University (1046-65-1588) 2:30PM On γ-labeling almost-bipartite 2-regular graphs. 1:30PM A numerical method for constrained dynamic
(1844) Ryan Bunge*, Saad El-Zanati and Charles Vanden (1830) problems. Preliminary report. Eynden, Illinois State University (1046-05-1712) Jin Wang*andGene Hou, Old Dominion University (1046-65-1609) 2:45PM Elements of finite order in the Riordan group. (1845) Marshall M. Cohen, Morgan State University 1:45PM A new spectral-element method in polar and (1046-05-1782) (1831) spherical geometries. Preliminary report. Yuen-Yick Kwan*, Tulane University, and Jie Shen, 3:00PM Enumeration of the distinct shuffles of Purdue University (1046-65-1868)
(1846) permutations. Preliminary report. Camillia Smith, Department of Mathematics 2:00PM On the stability of a numerical scheme for a system (1832) of ordinary differential equations with a large (1046-05-1352) skew-symmetric component. Preliminary report. 3:15PM Break Katharine F. Gurski*, Howard University, and 3:30PM Haar graphs for groups that are non-cyclic. Stephen O’Sullivan, University College Dublin
(1847) Preliminary report. (1046-65-1351) Charlie A. McIntosh, Wesleyan University 2:15PM Break (1046-05-2019) 2:30PM Approximation by bivariate linear splines for 3:45PM Further results on labeling the r -path with a (1833) adaptive mesh generation.
(1848) condition at distance two. Edmond Nadler, Eastern Michigan University John P. Georges, David W. Mauro*, Trinity College, (1046-65-1555) and Yan Wang, Millsaps College (1046-05-1811)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 191 Program of the Sessions – Thursday, January 8 (cont’d.)

4:00PM Selectivity Schur numbers for a finite number of 3:30PM A hypothesis test for evaluating the spectral purity
(1849) colors. (1864) of fuzzy clusters. Daniel Schaal*, South Dakota State University, Rhonda D. Phillips*, Layne T. Watson and Mike Bergwell, Southeast Technical Institute, and Randolph H. Wynne, Virginia Tech (1046-60-1591) Scott Jones, Milliman Inc. (1046-05-1812) 3:45PM The generalized MLE with interval-censored and 4:15PM A deletion-contraction theorem for internally (1865) masked competing risks data.
(1850) 4-connected graphs. Jiaping Wang*, Qiqing Yu, SUNY at Binghamton, Carolyn B. Chun*, James Oxley, Louisiana State and George George Y. C. Wong, Strang Cancer University, and Dillon Mayhew, Victoria University Prevention Center (1046-62-977) of Wellington (1046-05-1946) 4:00PM Spatial analysis of archaeological sites associated 4:30PM Isomorphic components of direct products of
(1866) with subsistence resources in coastal south central
(1851) bipartite graphs. Alaska. Preliminary report. Richard Hammack, Virginia Commonwealth Joseph B. Liddle*, University of Alaska Southeast, University (1046-05-2084) Aron Crowell, Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian 4:45PM The incidence game chromatic number. Institution, Anchorage, and Mark Matson,
(1852) John Y. Kim, MIT (1046-05-2119) Matanuska-Susistna Bourough, Palmer, Alaska (1046-62-1061) 5:00PM Binary rank and path invariance for reductions of
(1853) signed graphs. 4:15PM On the two-sided power distribution. Nathan K. Pflueger, Stanford University
(1867) Amol Kapila*, Brown University, and Stephanie (1046-05-2120) Sapp, Johns Hopkins University (1046-62-1198) 5:15PM Super-exponential families of nonisomorphic 4:30PM Statistical analysis of aggregated, spatiotemporally (1854) matroids having the same Tutte polynomial. (1868) clustered proportions. Preliminary report. Ken Shoda, The George Washington University Boubakari Ibrahimou, University of South Florida (1046-05-1262) (1046-62-1245) 4:45PM Rainflow cycles counting method to assess time (1869) series models for terrain profiles. AMS Session on Statistics and Probability Jinfeng Wei*, Maryville University of St. Louis, and T.C. Sun, Wayne State University (1046-62-1519) 1:00 PM –5:55PM 5:00PM Proving the 100 Swiss Francs conjecture. (1870) Mingfu Zhu*, Shuhong Gao, Clemson University, 1:00PM On anticipating linear stochastic differential (1855) equations. and Guangran Jiang, Zhejiang University Julius N. Esunge*andHui-Hsiung Kuo, Louisiana (1046-62-1535) State University, Baton Rouge, LA (1046-60-1721) 5:15PM Omnibus sequences.
(1871) Greg Brockman*, Harvard College, and Sunil 1:15PM Time discretization of Markov chains: Kick it up a
(1856) notch. Preliminary report. Abraham, The University of Oxford (1046-62-1542) Bogdan Doytchinov, Elizabethtown College 5:30PM Nonparametric statistics applied on simulated data (1046-60-1790)
(1872) and some Gene Expression data. Preliminary report. 1:30PM Evolution systems of measures for non-autonomous Akram M. Almohalwas, Central Michigan (1857) stochastic differential equations with L´evy noise. University (1046-62-1783) Robert D. Wooster, University of Connecticut 5:45PM A computational model for functional mapping of (1046-60-1938) (1873) genes that regulate HIV drug therapy and virus 1:45PM On mean advantage over inferiors ordering and load. (1858) weighted distributions. William W. Hager, University of Florida Gainesville, Broderick Oluyede*, Georgia Southern University, Jiangtao Luo*, University of Florida, Gainesville, and Norou Diawara, Old Dominion University and Rongling Wu, University of Florida, Gainesville (1046-62-483) (1046-62-1901) 2:00PM Measurement errors in the generalized
(1859) Poisson-Poisson regression model. Preliminary report. Mavis Pararai, Indiana University of Pennsylvania AMS Session on Group Theory (1046-62-125) 1:00 PM –5:25PM 2:15PM Tests for the equality of the means in the analysis
(1860) of clustered count data. 1:00PM Residual solvability of one-relator groups. K. K. Saha, Central Connecticut State University (1874) Delaram Kahrobaei, City Univesity of New York (1046-62-580) (1046-20-124) 2:30PM All-pairwise comparisons for populations with 1:15PM New classification of 2-generated p-groups of class (1861) unequal error variances. Preliminary report. (1875) 2. Hong Li, Bowling Green State University Arturo Magidin*, University of Louisiana at (1046-62-629) Lafayette, Robert F. Morse, University of Evansville, 2:45PM Image reconstruction in multi-channel model under and Azhana Ahmad, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (1862) Gaussian noise. (1046-20-218) Veera Holdai*, Wayne State University/Salisbury 1:30PM Hyperbolic groups which fiber in infinitely many University, and Alexander Korostelev, Wayne State (1876) ways. University (1046-62-699) Taralee Mecham*andAntara Mukherjee, 3:00PM A spectral look at the serial test of randomness. University of Oklahoma (1046-20-262)
(1863) Preliminary report. 1:45PM Cartesian products of sets satisfying the central Abbas M. Alhakim, Clarkson University (1877) sets theorem. (1046-62-797) Neil Hindman*, Howard University, and Dona 3:15PM Break Strauss, University of Leeds (1046-20-364)

192 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Thursday, January 8 – Program of the Sessions

2:00PM The probability that a product of n group elements 1:30PM Homoclinic orbits for a 2nth order nonlinear (1878) is equal to a rearrangement of itself. (1893) difference equation. Thomas Langley*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Heidi Berger, Simpson College (1046-39-1461) Technology, David Levitt, Carnegie Mellon 1:45PM Adaptive control in the Nabla Setting. University, and Joseph Rower, California Lutheran (1894) Billy J. Jackson, Valdosta State University University (1046-20-397) (1046-39-1473) 2:15PM Singleton doubly-twisted conjugacy classes in free 2:00PM Nonhyperbolic dynamics for competitive systems in (1879) groups. (1895) the plane and global period-doubling bifurcations. P. Christopher Staecker, Messiah College Senada Kalabusic, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia (1046-20-648) and Herzegovina (1046-39-1575) 2:30PM The structure of finite groups with conditions on 2:15PM The use of formative assessment in university level
(1880) fixed-point-free automorphims.
(1896) mathematics courses. Gary L. Walls, Southeasern Louisiana University Judith C. Stull, Temple University (1046-39-1593) (1046-20-865) 2:30PM Symmetric functions and difference equations with 2:45PM On n-Scorza groups. Preliminary report. (1897) asymptotically periodic solutions.
(1881) Luise-Charlotte Kappe, State University of New Richard T. Guy*andKenneth S. Berenhaut,Wake York at Binghamton (1046-20-866) Forest University (1046-39-1963) 3:00PM Break 2:45PM Break 3:15PM The point-pushing subgroup of the punctured 3:00PM Morphing Lord Brouncker’s continued fraction for (1882) mapping class group is not realizable by
(1898) pi into the product of Wallis. diffeomorphisms. Thomas J. Osler, Rowan University (1046-40-522) Mladen Bestvina, University of Utah, Thomas Church*, University of Chicago, and Juan Souto, 3:15PM Weakly nonlinear boundary value problems on time University of Michigan (1046-20-1928) (1899) scales. Rebecca Burton Kalhorn*andJesus Rodriguez, 3:30PM The development of Sylow p-subloops in finite North Carolina State University (1046-39-1781) (1883) Moufang loops. Stephen M. Gagola III, The University of Arizona 3:30PM Equations of convolution type with monotone (1046-20-2055) (1900) coefficients. Kenneth S. Berenhaut and Nathaniel G Vish*, 3:45PM Characterizing subgroups satisfying the strong Wake Forest University (1046-39-1890) (1884) Frattini argument in a direct product. Joseph Evan, King’s College (1046-20-929) 3:45PM Some conditions for convergence and subsequential
(1901) convergence of regularly generated sequences. 4:00PM A note on irreducible, infinite Coxeter groups. Ibrahim Canak*andUmit Totur, Adnan Menderes
(1885) Dongwen Qi, Georgia Southwestern State University (1046-40-534) University (1046-20-1089) 4:00PM Treating power series through topoliogical 4:15PM Quasi-multiplicative bases for the center of the
(1902) concepts. (1886) Iwahori–Hecke algebra of Type A . Preliminary n Mokhtar Aouina*andMohammad Khadivi, report. Jackson State University (1046-40-905) Andrew Francis, University of Western Sydney, and Lenny Jones*, Shippensburg University 4:15PM Reverse sharp inequalities for the (1046-20-1211)
(1903) sequence-to-function Hausdorff transformation. Preliminary report. 4:30PM On an algorithm for low dimensional group ,DePaulUniversity (1887) homology. Preliminary report. Constantine Georgakis (1046-40-1975) Josh Roberts,UniversityofKentucky (1046-20-1321) 4:30PM Sequence design in wireless communication.
(1904) Corneliu Alexandru Bodea*, Matthew F. Der, 4:45PM Centers of cyclotomic Sergeev superalgebras. (1888) Oliver Ruff, University of Toledo (1046-20-1336) Calina Anamaria Copos and David O’Neal, University of Richmond (1046-40-2037) 5:00PM On the covering number of small alternating (1889) groups. Luise-Charlotte Kappe, State University of New York at Binghamton, and Joanne L Redden*, Elmira AMS Session on Fields, Polynomials, Homological College (1046-20-1504) Algebra 5:15PM IA-automorphisms of center by metabelian groups. (1890) Preliminary report. 1:00 PM –5:10PM Margaret H. Dean*, Marcos Zyman, Borough of 1:00PM Order in the conjugacy poset of a reductive monoid. Manhattan Community College / CUNY, and Katalin (1905) Preliminary report. A. Bencs´ath, Manhattan College (1046-20-1670) Ryan K. Therkelsen, North Carolina State University (1046-06-121) AMS Session on Difference and Functional Equations 1:15PM MV-pairs. (1906) Elena Vincekov´a*andSilvia Pulmannov´a, 1:00 PM –4:40PM Mathematical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 1:00PM Oscillation of sublinear Emden–Fowler dynamic Bratislava, Slovakia (1046-06-774)
(1891) equations on time scales. 1:30PM A topology on lattice ordered groups. Preliminary Allan C. Peterson*, Lynn H. Erbe,Universityof (1907) report. Nebraska-Lincoln, and Baoguo Jia,Univesityof Homeira Pajoohesh, Medgar Evers College, CUNY Nebraska-Lincoln (1046-39-805) (1046-06-1071) 1:15PM The dynamic Lyapunov Equation on time scales:. 1:45PM Natural poset extensions of the lattice of integer (1892) Preliminary report. (1908) partitions. Preliminary report. Alice A. Ramos, Baylor University, Waco, TX Michael E. Detlefsen, Slippery Rock University (1046-39-1360) (1046-06-1630)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 193 Program of the Sessions – Thursday, January 8 (cont’d.)

2:00PM Some result in lattices. 2:15PM Four-order acousto-optic diffraction for Bragg (1909) Omid Ghayour*, Mehrdad Namdari, Shahid
(1926) incident light. Chamran University, and M. Motamedi,Chamran Deborah A. Koslover*andRon Pieper,University University (1046-06-1777) of Texas at Tyler (1046-78-1704) 2:15PM A topology on the Galois group. 2:30PM Break (1910) Jorge Maciel, BMCC-The City University of New 2:45PM A new family of periodic orbits with singularities in York (1046-12-193)
(1927) the 2D n-body problem. 2:30PM Commutative semifields via Dembowski-Ostrom Skyler C. Simmons*, Duokui Yan and Tiancheng (1911) polynomials. Ouyang, Brigham Young University (1046-85-1818) Pamela Kosick*andRobert S. Coulter,University 3:00PM Type Ia Supernova Luminosity Data and the LTB of Delaware (1046-12-278) (1928) Model: A well-posedness problem. Preliminary 2:45PM square-vinegar signature scheme. report.
(1912) Crystal Clough, University of Cincinnati Christopher J. Winfield,UW-Oshkosh (1046-12-284) (1046-85-1012) 3:00PM ESSENCE: A family of cryptographic hashing 3:15PM Long’s equation in terrain following coordinates. (1913) algorithms. (1929) Mayer Humi, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Jason Worth Martin,JamesMadisonUniversity (1046-86-144) (1046-08-1990) 3:30PM An algorithm for seismic imaging and amplitude 3:15PM Rational and irrational series over the free group.
(1930) correction derived from scattering theory. (1914) Aaron Lauve*, Texas A&M University, and Bogdan G. Nita, Montclair State University Christophe Reutenauer, University of Quebec at (1046-86-382) Montreal (1046-12-2066) 3:45PM Inverse problem of heat conduction, reconstruction 3:30PM The limits of the attack on SFLASH. (1931) of the temperature profile. (1915) Daniel C. Smith, Indiana University (1046-12-1387) Elchin E. Jafarov*, Dmitry J. Nicolsky, Victor S. 3:45PM Break Mikhaylov and Vladimir E. Romanovsky,Univ Alaska Fairbanks (1046-86-1569) 4:00PM On certain towers of extensions by antiderivatives. (1916) Preliminary report. 4:00PM Parameter determination for subsurface fluid flow V. Ravi Srinivasan,UniversityofOklahoma (1932) modeling. Preliminary report. (1046-12-898) Benjamin J. Galluzzo,UniversityofIowa (1046-86-2074) 4:15PM Hilbert’s seventeenth problem in valued fields. (1917) Laurel Miller-Sims,McMasterUniversity (1046-12-1832) 4:30PM Solving an intellectual property problem via a MAA Session on Guided Discovery in Mathematics
(1918) system of polynomial equations over GF(2). Education Preliminary report. Gregory V. Bard, Fordham University 1:00 PM –5:40PM (1046-12-1953) Organizer: Jerome S. Epstein, Polytechnic 4:45PM Further remarks on fibration and cofibration in University (1919) module theory. 1:00PM Introduction, Jerome Epstein C. Joanna Su, Providence College (1046-18-1839) 1:05PM Using “real world problems” to guide mathematics 5:00PM Homology of a chain complex over p-complete
(1933) learning: Challenges in instructional practice and (1920) abelian groups. Preliminary report. research. Ruth E. Vanderpool, University of Oregon Joan Ferrini-Mundy*andKaren Marrongelle, (1046-18-2112) National Science Foundation (1046-H1-1949) 1:40PM Discussion 2:15PM The calculus concept inventory – New data. AMS Session on Mathematical Physics
(1934) Correlation with teaching methodology. Jerome Epstein, The STEM Center for Research 1:00 PM –4:10PM in Educational Assessment and Teaching 1:00PM Spatial bounds on the effective complex permittivity Enhancement (1046-H1-1458) (1921) for time-harmonic waves in random media. 2:40PM Guided inquiry and mathematical sophistication. Lyubima Boteva Simeonova*andDavid C.
(1935) preliminary report. Dobson, University of Utah (1046-78-260) Jennifer Earles Szydlik*, University of Wisconsin 1:15PM Calculation of the EM fields for scattering from Oshkosh, and Carol E. Seaman,UniversityofNorth (1922) large cavities. Carolina at Greensborro (1046-H1-780) Weiwei Zhang, King’s College (1046-78-1154) 3:00PM An electronic classroom model for mathematics
1:30PM Existence and uniqueness of the critical wave (1936) content courses: Influences on K-12 classroom (1923) number for the asymmetric planar B´enard teaching. problem. Preliminary report. Brooke Evans*andPatricia McKenna, Matthew Glomski, Marist College (1046-80-1866) Metropolitan State College of Denver (1046-H1-954) 1:45PM Quantum non-singularity of spacetimes with higher 3:20PM Teaching number theory: A deductive inquiry (1924) order diverging differential curvature invariants.
(1937) approach. Deborah A. Konkowski*, U.S. Naval Academy, and Shlomo Libeskind, University of Oregon Thomas M. Helliwell, Harvey Mudd College (1046-H1-1112) (1046-83-1833) 3:35PM Break 2:00PM Collinear four-body problem. 3:45PM Embedded assessments of discovery-based learning. (1925) Tiancheng Ouyang and Duokui Yan*, Provo, UT (1938) Susan D. Nickerson*andCassondra Brown,San (1046-85-1188) Diego State University (1046-H1-1957)

194 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Thursday, January 8 – Program of the Sessions

4:05PM Assessing The effectiveness of inquiry-oriented 5:20PM Parameters, patterns, and the phase plane.
(1939) teaching in the context of TA professional
(1957) Preliminary report. development. Preliminary report. Douglas E. Norton, Villanova University Ian Whitacre*andSusan D. Nickerson,SanDiego (1046-J1-1680) State University (1046-H1-1943) 4:25PM Teaching calculus coherently. Preliminary report.
(1940) Tevian Dray, Oregon State University MAA Session on Promoting Deep Learning for (1046-H1-1780) Mathematics Majors through Experiential Learning, 4:45PM Student proof scheme development in an Writing, and Reflection, II (1941) introductory proof course. Preliminary report. Todd CadwalladerOlsker*andNicole Engelke, 1:00 PM –3:55PM California State University, Fullerton Organizers: Murphy Waggoner, Simpson College (1046-H1-1761) Chuck Straley, Wheaton College 5:05PM Guided discovery in a discrete mathematics course (1942) for middle school teachers. Preliminary report. 1:00PM Deepening mathematical concepts through Reva Kasman, Salem State College (1046-H1-1350) (1958) presentations and writing research findings. Joyati Debnath, Winona State University 5:25PM Comparisons of guided discovery and problem (1046-S1-1147)
(1943) based learning. 1:20PM Using discussion boards to enhance understanding Marie P. Sheckels, University of Mary Washington
(1046-H1-1331) (1959) in mathematics courses. Preliminary report. Edwin P. Herman, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point (1046-S1-1488) MAA Session on Mathematics and the Arts, III 1:40PM Using peer reviews in proof-based mathematics (1960) courses. 1:00 PM –5:35PM Ryan J. Zerr*andJessica M. Zerr,Universityof North Dakota (1046-S1-692) Organizer: Douglas E. Norton, Villanova University 2:00PM Thoughts on a modified moore method course in (1961) undergraduate analysis. Preliminary report. 1:00PM The Four R’s in math education: Reading, WRiting,
(1944) ARithmetic, and Rhyme. Alex Meadows, St. Mary’s College of Maryland Karen D. Ivy, New Jersey City University (1046-S1-1972) (1046-J1-983) 2:20PM The role of an inquiry-based classroom in (1962) promoting deep learning for mathematics majors: 1:20PM Potential literature and group theoretical poetry.
(1945) Preliminary report. Acasestudy. Patrick Bahls, University of North Carolina, Mairead Greene, Rockhurst University Asheville (1046-J1-1600) (1046-S1-1986) 2:40PM Writing in undergraduate mathematics: From 1:40PM Playing with poetry: Using mathematics to discover
(1946) new verses. (1963) special topics course to an integrated approach. JoAnne Growney, Silver Spring, MD (emerita Jeffrey W. Clark, Elon University (1046-S1-161) professor Bloomsburg University, PA) (1046-J1-470) 3:00PM Does service-learning make sense when I hate (1964) math? 2:00PM Fractal gardens. Preliminary report.
(1947) Anne M. Burns, Long Island University, C.W. Post Rachelle M. Ankney, North Park University Campus (1046-J1-328) (1046-S1-1719) 3:20PM Learning through generalization: Using first 2:20PM Weaving mathematics.

(1948) Susan McBurney, Western Springs, Illinois (1965) semester calculus concepts to teach multivariable (1046-J1-327) calculus. Preliminary report. Thomas W. Milligan,UniversityofCentral 2:40PM Cut my cote: When geometry met fashion. Oklahoma (1046-S1-1420)
(1949) Jeff A. Suzuki, Brooklyn College (1046-J1-540) 3:40PM Why should I take statistics? - Let’s “talk”. 3:00PM Symmetry groups of Chokwe Sona drawings.
(1966) Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State College
(1950) Preliminary report. (1046-S1-1173) Darrah P. Chavey, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisc. (1046-J1-1908) 3:20PM Modeling heraldry using shape grammars. MAA General Contributed Paper Session, XI
(1951) Preliminary report. Barbara Ashton, Borough of Manhattan Community 1:00 PM –5:25PM Collge , CUNY (1046-J1-1596) Organizer: Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State 3:40PM Group theory art. Preliminary report. College
(1952) Hayden Harker, Vassar College (1046-J1-715) Moderators: Thomas B. Fox,Universityof 4:00PM How long was Vermeer’s studio? Preliminary report. Houston-Clear Lake
(1953) Helmer Aslaksen*andAditya Liviandi,National University of Singapore (1046-J1-1050) Jay L. Schiffman,RowanUniversity 4:20PM The golden ratio in the arts: A skeptic’s inquiry. Russell Blyth, Saint Louis University
(1954) John F. Putz, Alma College (1046-J1-1396) Ximena Catepillan, Millersville 4:40PM Albrecht Durer’s¨ trochoidal woodcuts. University
(1955) Andrew J. Simoson, King College (1046-J1-190) 1:00PM Problem-centered learning in mathematics
5:00PM Complex visualizations and sculpture: An (1967) education.
(1956) interdisciplinary project for undergraduates. Tracey Keck, WSSU (1046-Z1-2038) Preliminary report. 1:15PM Which solution or proof is better and why? Zdenka Guadarrama, Rockhurst University
(1968) Shlomo Libeskind, University of Oregon (1046-J1-2068) (1046-Z1-1101)

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 195 Program of the Sessions – Thursday, January 8 (cont’d.)

1:30PM Circluar insights into geometry. 1:00PM Good choices for great careers in the mathematical
(1969) Jeffery T. McLean,UniversityofSt.Thomas
(1985) sciences. (1046-Z1-1583) Mac Hyman, Los Alamos National Laboratory 1:45PM A project-oriented undergraduate course in discrete (1046-00-1736) (1970) geometry. 2:00PM Career preparation of mathematics and statistics Bill Wood, Hendrix College (1046-Z1-1508)
(1986) students through interdisciplinary research and 2:00PM The Sheffer B-type 1 orthogonal polynomial consulting.
(1971) sequences. Preliminary report. Matthias K. Gobbert*andNagaraj K. Neerchal, Daniel Joseph Galiffa, University of Central Florida University of Maryland, Baltimore County (1046-Z1-1116) (1046-97-618) 2:15PM Examining the box topology on the Cartesian 2:30PM Opportunities in mathematics at the National

(1972) product of connected spaces. Preliminary report. (1987) Institutes of Health. Jeremy D. Hauze, Kings College (1046-Z1-886) Arthur S. Sherman, National Institutes of Health (1046-00-867) 2:30PM Ancient Inca mathematics. Preliminary report.
(1973) Ximena Catepillan*, Millersville University of 3:00PM How to thrive as a mathematician at a small Pennsylvania, and Waclaw Szymanski,West (1988) college. Chester University of Pennsylvania (1046-Z1-1801) Kurt M. Bryan, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (1046-00-1125) 2:45PM Recent developments in derivative-free
(1974) optimization. Preliminary report. 3:30PM Job opportunities for mathematics students in the
Rommel G. Regis, Saint Joseph’s University (1989) Navy labs. (1046-Z1-2054) Angela Mejeur, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (1046-97-1221) 3:00PM Discovering theorems in abstract algebra using (1975) GAP. 4:00PM Being applied in a pure world.
Russell D. Blyth*andJulianne G. Rainbolt,Saint (1990) Keith E. Howard, Mercer University (1046-37-1322) Louis University (1046-Z1-1978) 3:15PM Developing conceptual underpinnings of the
(1976) derivative in courses before calculus. MAA Panel Discussion Thomas B. Fox, University of Houston-Clear Lake (1046-Z1-2015) 1:00 PM –2:20PM 3:30PM Do the ends justify the lengths? Actin polymer
(1977) length distribution. Beyond T.A. training: Calculus curriculum Csilla Szabo*andDonald Drew, Rensselaer development by graduate teaching assistants. Polytechnic Institute (1046-Z1-2056) Organizers: Timothy Lucas, Pepperdine University 3:45PM Group work: Motivation, challenges, and how to Joseph A. Spivey, Wofford College
(1978) make it work. Preliminary report. Moderator: Joseph A. Spivey Theresa Lynn Jeevanjee, Fontbonne University (1046-Z1-1468) Panelists: Jack Bookman, Duke University Paul L. Bendich, Pennsylvania State 4:00PM Retention programs for women in STEM fields with University
(1979) a significant mathematical emphasis. Preliminary report. Abraham D. Smith, Duke University Elizabeth K. Mauch, Bloomsburg University of Rann Bar-On, Duke University Pennsylvania (1046-Z1-493) Timothy Lucas 4:15PM Multipliers for the lower central series of strictly (1980) upper triangular matrices. Louis A. Levy, North Carolina State University (1046-Z1-43) MAA Special Presentation 4:30PM Generalizations of Varignon’s and Steiner’s
(1981) theorems to simplexes using set partitions. 1:00 PM –3:00PM John D. Pesek, University of Delaware Math Club in a box. (1046-Z1-2004) Organizers: Kay B. Somers, Moravian College 4:45PM A geometric complexity problem in a length space. (1982) David W. Shoenthal, Longwood University Elizabeth Mayfield, Hood College (1046-Z1-1072) 5:00PM A cunning trap must be set!
(1983) Maria C. Walpole, Kings College (1046-Z1-1456) AWM Workshop Panel Discussion 5:15PM Group presentations, Cayley graphs, & Markov
(1984) processes. Preliminary report. 1:00 PM –2:00PM Peter T. Olszewski, City University of New York (1046-Z1-184) What is the right job for me? Moderator: Gail D. L. Ratcliff, East Carolina University Panelists: Deanna Haunsperger,Carleton SIAM Education Minisymposium: Professional College Development and Career Choices for Students Magnhild Lien, California State University Northridge 1:00 PM –4:25PM David C. Manderscheid,Universityof Organizer: William L. Briggs,Universityof Nebraska-Lincoln Colorado at Denver Carol S. Wood, Wesleyan University

196 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1 Thursday, January 8 – Program of the Sessions

AMS Session on Biology, III 4:45PM Interaction of tumor with its microenvironment: A
(2004) mathematical model. 1:15 PM –4:55PM Yangjin Kim*, Avner Friedman,Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Ohio State University, 1:15PM Bifurcations in an SEIQR model for childhood Julie Wallace, Fu Li and Michael Ostrowski,
(1991) diseases. Human Cancer Genetics, Ohio State University David J. Gerberry, Purdue University (1046-92-2114) (1046-92-1486)

1:30PM Average distance and the Cantor Set.
(1992) Christopher C. Leary, SUNY Geneseo ASL Contributed Paper Session (1046-92-1668)

1:45PM An integral projection model analysis for an 2:30 PM –5:20PM
(1993) endangered plant. 2:30PM Ramsey-like cardinals. Joseph Briggs, North Carolina State University, (2005) Victoria Gitman, New York City College of Kathryn Dabbs*, University of Tennessee, Technology Knoxville, and Daniel Riser-Espinoza,Swarthmore College (1046-92-1701) 3:00PM Set-theoretic geology. (2006) Jonas Reitz, The New York City College of 2:00PM Predicting viscoelastic properties of the arterial Technology (1994) wall. 3:30PM van Lambalgen’s Theorem and weaker randomness Kasey Crompton, University of South Carolina, (2007) notions. Andrew Davis, Clarkson University, Satoru Ito*, Johanna N.Y. Franklin, National University of NC State University, Amanda Olsen,LaGrange Singapore College, Gregory Morton, Morehouse College, Daniela Valdez and Mette Olufsen, NC State 4:00PM Random closed sets and probability. University (1046-92-1717) (2008) Logan Axon, University of Notre Dame 4:30PM Reducts of the generalized random bipartite graph. 2:15PM A mathematical model of erythropoiesis subject to (1995) malaria infection. (2009) Yun Lu, Kutztown University of PA Jeremy J. Thibodeaux,UniversityofCentral 5:00PM The strength of the polarized Ramsey’s Theorem. Oklahoma (1046-92-1718) (2010) Jeffry L. Hirst*, Appalachian State University, and Damir D. Dzhafarov, University of Chicago 2:30PM A mathematical model for the nociceptive
(1996) withdrawal response of rats. Deena M. Hannoun*, Joseph Schutte, Anthony Tongen and Corey Cleland,JamesMadison AWM Workshop: Research Presentations by Recent University (1046-92-1726) Ph.D.’s, II 2:45PM Exploring male dimorphism in the dung beetle
(1997) using a discrete-time stochastic population model. 2:30 PM –4:20PM Preliminary report. 2:30PM Evaluation of rotavirus models with coinfection and D. Brian Walton*, Anthony Tongen,JamesMadison
(2011) vaccination. University, Phillip Andreae,EmoryUniversity, Omayra Y. Ortega, Arizona State University Adam Falk, Grand Valley State University, Sarah (1046-34-59) Mecholsky, Agnes Scott College, and Theresa Klinkhammer, Saint Mary’s College (1046-92-1847) 3:00PM An introduction to enumeration schemes.
(2012) Lara K. Pudwell, Valparaiso University 3:00PM Break (1046-05-240) 3:15PM Modeling microRNA targets via clustering of mRNA 3:30PM Counting paths in digraphs.
(1998) microarray data. Preliminary report. (2013) Blair D. Sullivan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Frederick A. Adkins, Indiana University of (1046-05-277) Pennsylvania (1046-92-1896) 4:00PM The centers of spin hyperoctahedral group 3:30PM Mathematical models of kleptoparasiting behavior. (2014) algebras.
(1999) Jan Rychtar*, The University of North Carolina at Jill E. Tysse, Hood College (1046-20-185) Greensboro, and Mark Broom,Universityof Sussex, UK (1046-92-1757) 3:45PM On the forest transient dynamics in the perfect MAA Panel Discussion (2000) plasticity approximation model. Preliminary report. Nikolay S. Strigul, Stevens Institute of Technology 2:30 PM –3:50PM (1046-92-1947) Mathematics and public policy. 4:00PM Modeling frequency-dependent selection in a (2001) population of fish. Organizer: Philippe M. Tondeur,Universityof Sheree L. Arpin*, Framingham State College, and J. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign M. Cushing, University of Arizona (1046-92-1995) Chair: Philippe Tondeur

4:15PM Extracting information from genotype data of Panelists: Vernon J. Ehlers,U.S.Congressman,
(2002) closely related individuals. Preliminary report. Michigan Giulio Genovese, Dartmouth College Jerry McNerney,U.S.Congressman, (1046-92-2026) California

4:30PM Horizontal gene transfer of kinetic network in Douglas N. Arnold,Universityof (2003) aquifer media. Preliminary report. Minnesota Mahbubur M. Rahman, University of North Florida Daniel Ullman,GeorgeWashington (1046-92-2098) University

JANUARY 2009 NOTICES OF THE AMS 197 Program of the Sessions AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY MAA Minicourse #10: Part B

3:30 PM –5:30PM New The ubiquitous Catalan numbers and their Book applications. Organizer: Thomas Koshy, Framingham State College

MAA Minicourse #5: Part B

3:30 PM –5:30PM Developing departmental self-studies. Organizers: Donna L. Beers, Simmons College Richard A. Gillman,Valparaiso University

AMS-MAA-SIAM Gerald and Judith Porter Public Lecture

6:00 PM –7:00PM (2015) The story of a mathematical friendship. Steven Strogatz, Cornell University (1046-00-1405)

AMS-MAA-SIAM Joint Reception

7:00 PM –7:45PM

AMS Banquet

7:45 PM – 10:00 PM

Bernard Russo James J. Tattersall AMS Associate Secretary MAA Associate Secretary Structure and Randomness Irvine, California Providence, Rhode Island pages from year one of a mathematical blog Terence Tao, University of California, Los Angeles, CA This collection of articles from Tao’s research blog captures the insight, the inquisitiveness and even the playfulness of a great mathematician at the height of his influence. His contributions in diverse areas of mathematics allow him to estab- lish connections between seemingly disparate subjects. An informal approach to the writing focuses on general ideas rather than detailed techniques. 2008; 298 pages; Softcover; ISBN: 978-0-8218-4695-7; List US$35; AMS members US$28; Order code MBK/59

1-800-321-4AMS (4267), in the U. S. and Canada, or 1-401-455-4000 (worldwide); fax:1-401-455-4046; email: [email protected]. www.ams.org/bookstore

198 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 56, NUMBER 1