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November 1974 Table of Contents Calendar This Calendar lists all of the meetings which have been approved by the Council up to the date this issue of the c){otiuiJ was sent to press .. The summer and annual meetings are joint meetings of the Mathematical Association of America and the American Mathematical Society. The meeting dates which fall rather far in the future are subject to change; this is particularly true of meetings to which no numbers have yet been aasigned. Abstracts should be submitted on special forms which are available in most departments of mathematics; forms can also be obtained by writing to the headquarters of the Society. Abstracts to be presented at the meeting in person must be received at the headquarters of the Society in Providence, Rhode Island, on or before the deadline for the meeting. Meeting Deadline for Abstracts* Number Date Place and News I terns 720 January 23-27, 1975 Washington, D.C. Nov. 6, 1974 (81st Annual Meeting) 721 March 20-21, 1975 Mobile, Alabama Jan. 28, 1975 722 March 23-26, 1975 New Y<>'rk, New York Jan. 28, 1975 723 April 11-12, 1975 St. Louis, Missouri Feb. 18, 1975 724 April 18-19, 1975 Monterey, California Feb. 18, 1975 725 June 20-21, 1975 Pullman, Washington Apr. 29, 1975 726 August 18-22, 1975 Kalamazoo,· Michigan June 17, 1975 (79th Summer Meeting) November 7-8, 1975 Blacksburg, Virginia November 15, 1975 Los Angeles, California January 22-26, 1976 San Antonio, Texas (82nd Annual Meeting) April 23-24, 1976 Reno, Nevada June 18-19, 1976 Portland, Oregon *Deadline for abstracts not presented at a meeting (by title). February 1\)75 issue: January 21 April 1975 issue: February 11 OTHER EVENTS January 29-30, 1975 Symposium on Some Mathematical Questions in Biology New York, New York November 6, 1974 January 31, 1975 Symposium on Theory vs. Practice in the Finite Element Method - New York, New York Please aft"JX the peel-off label on these c){oliui) to correspondence with the Society concerning fiscal matters, changes of address, promotions, or when placing orders for books and journals. The c){otiui) of the American Mathematical Society is published by the American Mathematical Society, P. 0. Box 6248, Providence, Rhode Island 02940, in January, February, April, June, August, October, November, and December. Subscription per annual volume is $10. Member subscription of $5 is included in annual dues. Price per copy $3. Special price for copies sold at registration desks of. meetings of the Society, $1 per copy. Subscriptions, orders for back numbers (back issues of the last two years only are available), and inquiries should be addressed to the American Mathematical Society, P. 0. Box 6248, Providence, Rhode Island 02940. Second class postage paid at Providence, Rhode Island, and additional mailing offices. Copyright© 1974 by the American Mathematical Society Printed in the United States of America OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY Everett Pitcher and Gordon L. Walker, Editors Wendell H. Fleming, Associate Editor CONTENTS MEETINGS Calendar of Meetings Inside Front Cover Program for the November Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee 312 Abstracts for the Meeting: A-599-A-622 Program for the November Meeting in Los Angeles, California • . • . • . • . • . • • . • . • • • . • 318 Abstracts for the Meeting: A-623-A-630 Program for the November Meeting in Houston, Texas . • . • . • . • • . • . 321 Abstracts for the Meeting: A-631-A-642 PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MEETINGS. • • . • • . • . • • . • . • . • • • . • . • . 324 DOCTORATES AND JOBS, 1974 REPORT.............................................. 335 INVITED SPEAKERS AT AMS MEETINGS.............................................. 340 ORGANIZERS AND TOPICS OF SPECIAL SESSIONS . • • • • . • • . • . • . • . • . • . • • . 340 THE PH.D. ANCESTRY OF THE LEADING U.S. MATHEMATICS FACULTIES............ 341 CASE STUDIES, Some Mathematicians with Nonacademic Employment . • • . • . • . • . • • 346 AMS RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP FUND, Request for Contributions . • . • . • . • • . • . • • . • • • . 348 PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE MAA-AMS COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OF MATHEMATICIANS IN TWO-YEAR COLLEGES • • . • . • . • • • • . • . • . • • . • • • . • 349 NEW AMS PUBLICATIONS • . • . •. • . • • . • . • . • . • . • • . • . •• . • . • . • . • . • . • • . 350 VISITING MATHEMATICIANS, Supplementary List . • . • • . • • . • • . • . • . • . • • • • . • . • . 353 SPECIAL MEETINGS INFORMATION CENTER . • . .• .• • . •• •• . • . • . • . • . • . • . • . • . • 355 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR . • . • . • • • . • . • . • . • . • . • • • . • • . • . • • . • . • • . 357 NEWS ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS . • . • . • • . • . • . • . • . • . • • . • • . • . 363 PERSONAL ITEMS . • . • • . • • • • . • . • . • . • . • . • • . • . • . • . • . • • . • . • • • • • . • • 364 ABSTRACTS . • . • . • . • . • • . • . • . • . • . • • . • . • . • . • . • . • • . • . • • . • . • . A-587 SITUATIONS WANTED ..••...•..••.•..••...•..•....•.••.••..•.· .•.•....•••..•.....•.. A-643 RESERVATION FORMS ...•..•..........•....•....•..•..•....•....•.........••..•... A-651 The Seven Hundred Seventeenth Meeting Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee November8-9, 1974 The seven hundred seventeenth meeting of Nashville is on Interstates 24, 40, and 65, the American Mathematical Society will be held and is served by Amtrak, and the Greyhound and at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, Trailways Bus Lines. Many airlines have service on Friday and Saturday, November 8-9, 1974. to Nashville; limousine service from the airport By invitation of the Committee to Select to the Vanderbilt area is $3. 25. Cars may be Hour Speakers for the Southeastern Sectional rented at the airport through the Avis, Hertz, Meetings, there will be three one-hour addresses, and National agencies. the first being at 1:00 p.m. on Friday in the Three cafeterias on campus will be open auditorium of the Sarratt Commons. All other for all meals. Also a list of local restaurants sessions will be held in the Stevenson Center for will be available at the registration desk. the Natural Sciences. Professor Trevor Evans of Three motels near the campus are holding Emory University will give an address entitled blocks of rooms (see page 238 of the October "Word problems." An address entitled "Geom­ cJ/oticeiJ). Reservations should be made directly etry of submanifolds in Euclidean space" will be with them, with mention of this meeting included given by Professor Robert B. Gardner of the in that correspondence. The zip code for each of University of North Carolina, and Professor J.R. the following is 37203. Retherford of Louisiana State University will present an address entitled "Applications of HOLIDAY INN-VANDERBILT Banach ideals of operators." (100 rooms reserved) There will be three special sessions in ad­ 2613 West End Avenue dition to the regular sessions. A special session (five blocks from the Stevenson Center) entitled "Combinatorial Theory," organized by Phone: (615) 383-1147 Professor J. V. Brawley of Clemson University, Single: $14.00 up Clemson, South Carolina, will include as partici­ Double: $18.50 up (one bed) pants Professors J. V. Brawley, Kim Ki-Hang $20.50 up (two beds) Butler, Leonard Carlitz, John D. Fulton, Henry W. Gould, Bernard R. McDonald, S. Brent ALLEN MOTEL (15 rooms reserved) Morris, David P. Roselle, Cecil C. Rousseau, 2004 West End Avenue and Richard Scoville. Participants included in a (six blocks from the Stevenson Center) special session on "Number Theory" organized Phone: (615) 327-1841 by Professor Robert M. McConnel of the Uni­ Single: $12.00 versity of Tennessee will be Professors Jacob Double: $14.00 T. B. Beard, Jr. , Bruce Berndt, Ezra Brown, Richard Hudson, Gordon Pall, Carl G. Wagner, ANCHOR MOTEL (40 rooms reserved) and Charles R. Wall. Professor RichardS. 1921 West End Avenue Varga of Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, has (six blocks from the Stevenson Center) organized a special session on "Approximation Phone: (615) 327-4581 Theory." Included in this special session will be Single: $13.00 Professors Steven Demko, Thomas R. Lucas, Double: $16.00 (one bed) G. W. Reddien, Jr., John A. Boulier, Edward $18.00 (two beds) B. Saff, and A. K. Varma. An organizational meeting of the Associa­ tion for Women in Mathematics will take place at Accommodations are also available at: 10:15 a.m. in room 1415 of Stevenson Center on Saturday, November 9, Professor Lid a K. Barrett HOLIDAY INN-WEST END presiding. The agenda will include the role of 1800 West End Avenue women in mathematics, discrimination, etc. (eight blocks from the Stevenson Center) The registration desk will be located in the Phone: (615) 329-3711 lobby of the Mathematics Building in the Steven­ SHERATON-NASHVILLE HOTEL son Center. Registration hours will be from noon 920 Broadway to 5:00p.m., on Friday, November 8, and from (one mile from the Stevenson Center) 9:00a.m. to noon, on Saturday, November 9. Phone: (615) 244-0150 There will be a beer party from 8:00p.m. until 12:00 midnight on Friday at the University Club;· Emergency messages may be left for delivery details will be available at the registration desk. at (615) 322-6672. 312 PROGRAM OF THE SESSIONS The time limit for each contributed paper in the general sessions is ten minutes and in the special sessions is twen­ ty minutes. To maintain this schedule, the time limits will be strictly enforced. FRIDAY, 1:00 P.M. Invited Address, Sarratt Commons Auditorium (1) Geometcy of submanifolds in Euclidean space. Professor ROBERT B. GARDNER, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (717-Dl) FRIDAY, 2:15P.M. Special Session
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