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2004 Spring Eastern Section Meeting
Lawrenceville, NJ, April 17-18, 2004
Meeting #997

Associate secretaries:
Lesley M Sibner, AMS lsibner@duke.poly.edu

Special Session on Analytic Convex Geometry

  • Saturday April 17, 2004, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
    Special Session on Analytic Convex Geometry, I

    Room 302, Memorial Hall
    Organizers:
    Alina Stancu, Polytechnic University astancu@poly.edu
    Elisabeth Werner, Case Western Reserve University emw2@po.cwru.edu

    • 8:30 a.m.
      Isomorphic version of the Busemann-Petty problem for Gaussian Measure.
      Artem Zvavitch*, University of Missouri-Columbia
      (997-52-44)
    • 9:00 a.m.
      Convex bodies: metrics, intrinsic volumes, and Gaussian measure.
      Rick Vitale*, University of Connecticut
      (997-52-78)
    • 9:30 a.m.
      Asymptotic mean values of Gaussian polytopes.
      Matthias Reitzner*, Univ. Techn. Vienna
      (997-60-218)
    • 10:00 a.m.
      Moment-Entropy Inequalities.
      Erwin Lutwak, Polytechnic University
      Deane Yang*, Polytechnic University
      Gaoyong Zhang, Polytechnic University
      (997-52-29)
    • 10:30 a.m.
      Pairs of Convex Bodies with Centrally Symmetric Intersections of Translates.
      Valeriu Soltan*, George Mason University
      (997-52-26)
  • Saturday April 17, 2004, 2:30 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
    Special Session on Analytic Convex Geometry, II

    Room 302, Memorial Hall
    Organizers:
    Alina Stancu, Polytechnic University astancu@poly.edu
    Elisabeth Werner, Case Western Reserve University emw2@po.cwru.edu

    • 2:30 p.m.
      Comparison of volumes of convex bodies by means of "areas" of central sections.
      Alexander Koldobsky*, University of Missouri-Columbia
      (997-52-46)
    • 3:00 p.m.
      Convex Bodies with proportional projection functions.
      Ralph Howard*, University of South Carolina
      Daniel Hug, Albert-Ludwigs-Universit\"at Freiburg
      (997-52-25)
    • 3:30 p.m.
      Average directed projection and section functions.
      Paul Goodey*, University of Oklahoma
      Wolfgang Weil, Universit\"at Karlsruhe
      (997-52-157)
    • 4:00 p.m.
      Transportation inequalities and convex geometry.
      Mark W Meckes*, Stanford University
      (997-52-180)
    • 4:30 p.m.
      Inequalities for volumes of polar bodies.
      Stefano Campi*, University of Modena and Reggio E. - Italy
      Paolo Gronchi, Istituto Applicazioni del Calcolo - CNR
      (997-52-169)
    • 5:00 p.m.
      Convexity and the Steiner formula.
      Daniel Hug, University of Freiburg
      Guenter Last, University of Karlsruhe
      Wolfgang Weil*, University of Karlsruhe
      (997-52-121)
    • 5:30 p.m.
      Some new elements of the elliptic Brunn-Minkowski theory.
      Poramate Pranayanuntana*, Polytechnic University of New York
      (997-52-50)
  • Sunday April 18, 2004, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
    Special Session on Analytic Convex Geometry, III

    Room 302, Memorial Hall
    Organizers:
    Alina Stancu, Polytechnic University astancu@poly.edu
    Elisabeth Werner, Case Western Reserve University emw2@po.cwru.edu

    • 9:00 a.m.
      The randomized integer convex hull.
      Imre Barany*, Microsoft Research
      (997-52-54)
    • 9:30 a.m.
      Smallest singular value of a random matrix.
      Alexandr Litvak, University of Alberta
      Alain Pajor, Universite de Marne-la-Valee
      Mark Rudelson*, University of Missouri
      Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann, University of Alberta
      (997-52-139)
    • 10:00 a.m.
      Geometry of random polytopes.
      Alexander Litvak*, University of Alberta
      Alain Pajor, Universit\'e de Marne-la-Vallee
      Mark Rudelson, University of Missouri
      Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann, University of Alberta
      (997-52-120)
    • 10:30 a.m.
      On the Distribution of the Number of Vertices of a Random Polygon.
      Christian Buchta*, Salzburg University
      (997-52-177)
  • Sunday April 18, 2004, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
    Special Session on Analytic Convex Geometry, IV

    Room 302, Memorial Hall
    Organizers:
    Alina Stancu, Polytechnic University astancu@poly.edu
    Elisabeth Werner, Case Western Reserve University emw2@po.cwru.edu

    • 2:30 p.m.
      An integral geometric approach to strip discrepancy estimates.
      Allen D. Rogers*, Elmhurst Collge
      (997-52-86)
    • 3:00 p.m.
      Convex bodies and harmonic analysis.
      Eric L Grinberg*, University of New Hampshire
      (997-52-209)
    • 3:30 p.m.
      Geometry of unit spheres in normed spaces.
      Juan Carlos Alvarez Paiva*, Polytechnic University
      (997-52-79)
    • 4:00 p.m.
      Intersection bodies and chordal symmetrals.
      Monika Ludwig*, TU Wien
      (997-52-216)
    • 4:30 p.m.
      Isometry invariant valuations on hyperbolic space.
      Dan Klain*, UMass Lowell
      (997-52-156)
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