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2008 Fall Eastern Section Meeting
Middletown, CT, October 11-12, 2008 (Saturday - Sunday)
Meeting #1042
Associate secretaries: Lesley M Sibner, AMS lsibner@duke.poly.edu
Saturday October 11, 2008
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Meeting Registration
Lobby, Exley Science Center
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Book Sale and Exhibit
Room 139, Exley Science Center
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Model Theory and Its Applications, I
Room 121, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Thomas Scanlon, University of California, Berkeley scanlon@math.berkeley.edu
Philip H. Scowcroft, Wesleyan University pscowcroft@wesleyan.edu
Carol S. Wood, Wesleyan University cwood@wesleyan.edu
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8:00 a.m.
On model theory for classes of finite structures.
Charles Steinhorn*, Vassar College
(1042-03-225)
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8:30 a.m.
Decreasing types in o-minimal theories.
Janak Daniel Ramakrishnan*, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon I
(1042-03-193)
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9:00 a.m.
O-minimal fields with standard part map.
Jana Maříková*, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University
(1042-03-152)
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9:30 a.m.
Characteristic sequences in unstable theories.
Maryanthe Malliaris*, University of California, Berkeley
(1042-03-142)
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10:00 a.m.
$\omega$-models of Finite Set Theory.
James H. Schmerl*, University of Connecticut, Storrs
(1042-03-56)
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10:30 a.m.
Elementary pairs of models of PA.
Roman Kossak*, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
(1042-03-51)
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Low-Dimensional Topology, I
Room 141, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Constance Leidy, Wesleyan University cleidy@wesleyan.edu
Shelly Harvey, Rice University shelly@rice.edu
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8:00 a.m.
The Fractal Nature of Link Concordance.
Tim D Cochran*, Mathematics Department, Rice University
Shelly Harvey, Mathematics Department, Rice University
Constance Leidy, Mathematics Department, Wesleyan University
(1042-57-183)
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8:30 a.m.
On the geography and botany of Ozsvath-Szabo invariants.
Matthew Hedden*, M.I.T
(1042-57-230)
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9:00 a.m.
Recent progress in the knot theory of complex plane curves.
Lee Rudolph*, Clark University, Worcester, MA
(1042-57-97)
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9:30 a.m.
The second rational homology group of the moduli space of curves with level structures.
Andrew Putman*, MIT
(1042-55-222)
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10:00 a.m.
Bounding the stable genera of Heegaard splittings from below.
Jesse E Johnson*, Yale University
(1042-57-162)
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10:30 a.m.
Knots in the Heisenberg Manifold.
Prudence Heck*, Indiana University, Bloomington
(1042-57-217)
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Computability Theory and Effective Algebra, I
Room 638, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Joseph S. Miller, University of Connecticut joseph.miller@math.uconn.edu
David Reed Solomon, University of Connecticut solomon@math.uconn.edu
Asher Kach, University of Connecticut kach@math.uconn.edu
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8:00 a.m.
Ramsey's Theorem and Cone Avoidance.
Carl G. Jockusch, Jr.*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Damir D. Dzhafarov, University of Chicago
(1042-03-41)
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8:30 a.m.
Decision procedures for the isomorphism problem in unary automatic structures.
Mia Minnes*, MIT
(1042-03-134)
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9:00 a.m.
Models with High Scott Rank.
Cameron E Freer*, Dept. of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(1042-03-146)
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9:30 a.m.
Computable properties of abelian $p$-groups.
Valentina S. Harizanov*, George Washington University
(1042-03-38)
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10:00 a.m.
Random reals and numberings of computable trees.
Paul Brodhead*, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Bjorn Kjos-Hanssen, University of Hawaii at Manoa
(1042-03-205)
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10:30 a.m.
Integer parts for real closed fields.
Julia F. Knight*, University of Notre Dame
(1042-03-89)
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Geometry, I
Room 137, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Eyal Markman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst markman@math.umass.edu
Jenia Tevelev, University of Massachusetts, Amherst tevelev@math.umass.edu
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Topology, I
Woodhead Lounge, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Mark A. Hovey, Wesleyan University mhovey@wesleyan.edu
Kathryn Lesh, Union College leshk@union.edu
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Analysis on Metric Measure Spaces and on Fractals, I
Room 201, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Piotr Hajlasz, University of Pittsburgh hajlasz@pitt.edu
Luke Rogers, University of Connecticut rogers@math.uconn.edu
Robert S. Strichartz, Cornell University str@math.cornell.edu
Alexander Teplyaev, University of Connecticut teplyaev@math.uconn.edu
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8:30 a.m.
A lower bound for Conformal dimension.
Hrant Hakobyan*, Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto
(1042-28-220)
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9:00 a.m.
The resolvent kernel for pcf self-similar fractals.
Marius Ionescu, Cornell University
Erin P.J. Pearse, University of Iowa
Luke G. Rogers, University of Connecticut
Huo-Jun Ruan*, Zhejiang University and Cornell University
Robert S. Strichartz, Cornell University
(1042-28-100)
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9:30 a.m.
Bounds for the resolvent of the Laplacian on post-critically finite self-similar fractals.
Luke G. Rogers*, University of Connecticut
(1042-46-188)
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10:00 a.m.
On pseudodifferential operators on fractals.
Marius V Ionescu*, University of Connecticut
Robert S Strichartz, Cornell University
(1042-46-78)
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10:30 a.m.
Szegö limit theorems on the Sierpiński gasket.
Kasso Okoudjou*, Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland
Luke Rogers, Department of Mathematics, University of Connecticut
Robert Strichartz, Department of Mathematics, Cornell University
(1042-42-127)
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Convex and Integral Geometry, I
Room 58, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Monika Ludwig, Polytechnic University of New York mludwig@poly.edu
Daniel Klain, University of Massachusetts, Lowell daniel_klain@uml.edu
Franz Schuster, Vienna University of Technology schuster@dmg.tuwien.ac.at
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Riemannian and Lorentzian Geometries, I
Room 422, Public Affairs Center
Organizers:
Ramesh Sharma, University of New Haven rsharma@newhaven.edu
Philippe Rukimbira, Florida International University rukim@fiu.edu
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8:30 a.m.
On a class of homogeneous spaces with nonnegative curvature.
Megan M Kerr*, Wellesley College
(1042-53-210)
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9:00 a.m.
Causal boundary of static-complete spacetimes.
Steven G. Harris*, Saint Louis University
(1042-53-240)
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9:30 a.m.
Causality, refocussing and linking.
Vladimir Chernov*, Mathematics Department, Dartmouth College
Yuli Rudyak, Mathematics Department, University of Florida, Gainesville
(1042-53-05)
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10:00 a.m.
Sasaki metrics with an additional contact structure.
Tedi Draghici*, Florida International University
Philippe Rukimbira, Florida International University
(1042-53-116)
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10:30 a.m.
Conformal actions of nilpotent groups on pseudo-Riemannian manifolds.
Karin H Melnick*, Yale University
(1042-53-52)
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Number Theory, I
Room 405, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Wai Kiu Chan, Wesleyan University wkchan@wesleyan.edu
David Pollack, Wesleyan University dpollack@wesleyan.edu
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8:30 a.m.
Certain Eisenstein series on loop groups.
Seok-Jin Kang, Seoul National University
Kyu-Hwan Lee*, University of Connecticut
Euiyong Park, Seoul National University
(1042-11-189)
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9:00 a.m.
Weyl Group Multiple Dirichlet Series for Type C: Part I.
Jennifer Beineke*, Western New England College
Ben Brubaker, MIT
Sharon Frechette, College of the Holy Cross
(1042-11-206)
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9:30 a.m.
Weyl group multiple Dirichlet series for Type C: Part II.
Jennifer Beineke, Western New England College
Ben Brubaker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sharon Frechette*, College of the Holy Cross
(1042-11-203)
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10:00 a.m.
Class Number Indivisibility in Function Fields.
Allison M. Pacelli*, Williams College
Michael Rosen, Brown University
(1042-11-155)
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10:30 a.m.
Class number indivisibility for function fields.
Siman Wong*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
(1042-11-119)
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Geometric Function Theory and Geometry, I
Room 421, Public Affairs Center
Organizers:
Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Wesleyan University pbonfert@wesleyan.edu
Katsuhiko Matsuzaki, Okayama University matsuzak@math.okayama-u.ac.jp
Edward C. Taylor, Wesleyan University ectaylor@wesleyan.edu
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8:30 a.m.
Quasiconformal Homogeneity of Planar Domains.
Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Wesleyan University
Richard Canary*, University of Michigan
Gaven Martin, Massey University
Edward Taylor, Wesleyan University
Michael Wolf, Rice University
(1042-30-201)
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9:00 a.m.
Rigid 2--orbifolds in hyperbolic 3--orbifolds.
Shawn Rafalski*, Fairfield University
(1042-57-143)
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9:30 a.m.
On volumes of hyperbolic 4-orbifolds.
Ilesanmi Adeboye*, University of California, Santa Barbara
(1042-57-40)
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10:00 a.m.
Uniform uniform exponential growth of subgroups of the mapping class group.
Johanna Mangahas*, University of Michigan
(1042-20-49)
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10:30 a.m.
Filling at infinity.
Moon Duchin*, University of Michigan
Anne Thomas, Cornell University
(1042-51-192)
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Real and Complex Dynamics of Rational Difference Equations with Applications, I
Room 136, Public Affairs Center
Organizers:
Mustafa Kulenovic, University of Rhode Island mkulenovic@mail.uri.edu
Gerasimos Ladas, University of Rhode Island gladas@math.uri.edu
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on History of Mathematics, I
Room 309, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University bradley@adelphi.edu
Lawrence A. D'Antonio, Ramapo College of New Jersey ldant@ramapo.edu
Lee J. Stemkoski, Adelphi University stemkoski@adelphi.edu
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Complex Geometry and Partial Differential Equations, I
Room 104, Public Affairs Center
Organizers:
Jacob Sturm, Rutgers University sturm@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Jian Song, Rutgers University jiansong@math.rutgers.edu
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Geometric Group Theory and Topology, I
Room 109, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Matthew Horak, University of Wisconsin-Stout horakm@uwstout.edu
Melanie Stein, Trinity College melanie.stein@trincoll.edu
Jennifer Taback, Bowdoin College jtaback@bowdoin.edu
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9:00 a.m.
Metric properties of braided and higher-dimensional Thompson's groups.
Sean Cleary*, The City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center
Jose Burillo, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona
(1042-20-45)
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9:30 a.m.
Distortion of Subgroups of the Generalized Thompson groups $F(n_1,...,n_k)$.
Claire W Wladis*, BMCC/CUNY
(1042-20-112)
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10:00 a.m.
A Geometric Model for $\rm{Aut}(F_2)$.
Kim Ruane*, Tufts University
Adam Piggott, Bucknell University
Genevieve Walsh, Tufts University
(1042-20-160)
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10:30 a.m.
Twisted conjugacy classes for lamplighter groups.
Jennifer Taback, Department of Mathematics, Bowdoin College
Peter N Wong*, Department of Mathematics, Bates College
(1042-20-73)
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Invited Address
Flows and canonical metrics in Kaehler geometry.
Room 150, Exley Science Center
Duong Hong Phong*, Columbia University
(1042-53-03)
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 2:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
Invited Address
SL($n$)invariant notions of surface area.
Room 150, Exley Science Center
Monika Ludwig*, Polytechnic Institute of New York University
(1042-52-02)
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Topology, II
Woodhead Lounge, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Mark A. Hovey, Wesleyan University mhovey@wesleyan.edu
Kathryn Lesh, Union College leshk@union.edu
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on History of Mathematics, II
Room 309, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University bradley@adelphi.edu
Lawrence A. D'Antonio, Ramapo College of New Jersey ldant@ramapo.edu
Lee J. Stemkoski, Adelphi University stemkoski@adelphi.edu
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Model Theory and Its Applications, II
Room 121, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Thomas Scanlon, University of California, Berkeley scanlon@math.berkeley.edu
Philip H. Scowcroft, Wesleyan University pscowcroft@wesleyan.edu
Carol S. Wood, Wesleyan University cwood@wesleyan.edu
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3:00 p.m.
Borel equivalence relations.
Samuel Coskey*, City University of New York
(1042-03-94)
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3:30 p.m.
Theories that exhibit $SOP_3$ but not $SOP_4$.
Rehana Patel*, Harvard University
(1042-03-235)
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4:00 p.m.
Consistent amalgamation in dependent rosy theories.
Clifton F. Ealy*, Western Illinois University
(1042-03-242)
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4:30 p.m.
Small groups of odd type.
Adrien Deloro*, Rutgers University, NJ
Eric Jaligot, CNRS, Lyon 1
(1042-03-33)
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5:00 p.m.
A generation theorem for groups of finite Morley rank.
Jeffrey Burdges*, Rutgers University
Gregory Cherlin, Rutgers University
(1042-03-159)
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5:30 p.m.
Conjugacy Theorems and Genericity Theorems in Groups of finite Morley rank (Nouvelle Cuisine).
Gregory Cherlin*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
(1042-03-80)
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Low-Dimensional Topology, II
Room 141, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Constance Leidy, Wesleyan University cleidy@wesleyan.edu
Shelly Harvey, Rice University shelly@rice.edu
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3:00 p.m.
Construction of H-thick knots in Khovanov Homology.
Andrew W Elliott*, Rice University
(1042-55-165)
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3:30 p.m.
Stable Concordance of Links in 3-manifolds.
Rob Schneiderman*, Lehman College, City University of New York
(1042-57-213)
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4:00 p.m.
Khovanov homology and contact structures.
Olga Plamenevskaya*, Stony Brook University
(1042-57-226)
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4:30 p.m.
On the relationship between the Johnson's invariant and the Turaev-Viro invariants of 3-manifolds.
Charles D. Frohman, The University of Iowa
Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska*, National Science Foundation
(1042-57-185)
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5:00 p.m.
Product Structures for Legendrian Contact Homology.
G. Civan, Georgia Institute of Technology
J. Etnyre, Georgia Institute of Technology
P. Koprowski, University of Maryland
J. Sabloff*, Haverford College
A. Walker, California Institute of Technology
(1042-57-147)
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5:30 p.m.
Seiberg-Witten Floer homology and symplectic forms on $S^1\times M^3$.
Cagatay Kutluhan*, Department of Mathematics, the University of Michigan
Clifford H. Taubes, Department of Mathematics, Harvard University
(1042-57-17)
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Computability Theory and Effective Algebra, II
Room 638, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Joseph S. Miller, University of Connecticut joseph.miller@math.uconn.edu
David Reed Solomon, University of Connecticut solomon@math.uconn.edu
Asher Kach, University of Connecticut kach@math.uconn.edu
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3:00 p.m.
Computable partitions of trees.
Jennifer Chubb*, George Washington University
(1042-03-174)
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3:30 p.m.
Computable Self-Embeddings of Linear Orderings.
Steffen Lempp*, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Rodney G Downey, Victoria University of Wellington
Bart Kastermans, University of Wisconsin-Madison
(1042-03-55)
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4:00 p.m.
Chain conditions in computable rings.
Chris J. Conidis*, Univeristy of Chicago
(1042-03-122)
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4:30 p.m.
Degree spectra of almost computable structures.
Barbara F. Csima*, University of Waterloo
Iskander S. Kalimullin, Kazan State University
(1042-03-99)
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5:00 p.m.
Generalizing the Pullback Theorem.
Christina M Maher*, University of Notre Dame and Colby College
(1042-03-227)
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5:30 p.m.
Back-and-forth invariants for Boolean algebras.
Antonio Montalban, University of Chicago
Kenneth A Harris*, University of Michigan
(1042-03-238)
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on Analysis on Metric Measure Spaces and on Fractals, II
Room 201, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Piotr Hajlasz, University of Pittsburgh hajlasz@pitt.edu
Luke Rogers, University of Connecticut rogers@math.uconn.edu
Robert S. Strichartz, Cornell University str@math.cornell.edu
Alexander Teplyaev, University of Connecticut teplyaev@math.uconn.edu
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Convex and Integral Geometry, II
Room 58, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Monika Ludwig, Polytechnic University of New York mludwig@poly.edu
Daniel Klain, University of Massachusetts, Lowell daniel_klain@uml.edu
Franz Schuster, Vienna University of Technology schuster@dmg.tuwien.ac.at
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3:00 p.m.
An area preserving affine evolution.
Alina Stancu*, Concordia University
(1042-52-121)
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3:30 p.m.
Geometric interpretation of $L_p$ affine surface area.
Deping Ye*, Case Western Reserve University
(1042-52-166)
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4:00 p.m.
Affine integral geometry from a differentiable viewpoint.
Erwin Lutwak, Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Deane Yang*, Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Gaoyong Zhang, Polytechnic Institute of NYU
(1042-52-179)
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4:30 p.m.
Asymmetric $L_p$ projection bodies and affinely invariant Sobolev inequalities.
Christoph Haberl*, Vienna University of Technology
Franz Schuster, Vienna University of Technology
(1042-52-96)
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5:00 p.m.
Towards the structure of the algebra of invariant valuations in complex space forms.
Joseph H.G. Fu*, Department of Mathematics, University of Georgia
(1042-52-129)
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5:30 p.m.
Regular polygonal complexes in space.
Egon Schulte*, Northeastern University
(1042-51-108)
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Geometry, II
Room 137, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Eyal Markman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst markman@math.umass.edu
Jenia Tevelev, University of Massachusetts, Amherst tevelev@math.umass.edu
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Riemannian and Lorentzian Geometries, II
Room 422, Public Affairs Center
Organizers:
Ramesh Sharma, University of New Haven rsharma@newhaven.edu
Philippe Rukimbira, Florida International University rukim@fiu.edu
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3:00 p.m.
Timelike Christoffel pairs in the Split-Quaternions.
Martha Dussan, Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Matemática -IME.
Martin Magid*, Department of Mathematics, Wellesley College
(1042-53-39)
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3:30 p.m.
Refocussing of Light Rays in Spacetime.
Paul A. Kinlaw*, Dartmouth College
(1042-53-37)
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4:00 p.m.
Non-Walker self-dual neutral Einstein four-manifolds of Petrov type III.
Andrzej Derdzinski*, Ohio State University
(1042-53-163)
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4:30 p.m.
Gluing constructions in general relativity.
Iva Stavrov*, Lewis and Clark College
(1042-83-24)
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5:00 p.m.
Manifolds with positive curvature.
Owen Dearricott*, University of California, Riverside
(1042-53-241)
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5:30 p.m.
Neutral hypercomplex structures in dimension four.
Johann Davidov, Institute of Mathematics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Gueo Grantcharov*, Florida International University
Oleg Mushkarov, Institute of Mathematics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
(1042-53-128)
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
Special Session on Complex Geometry and Partial Differential Equations, II
Room 104, Public Affairs Center
Organizers:
Jacob Sturm, Rutgers University sturm@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Jian Song, Rutgers University jiansong@math.rutgers.edu
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on Number Theory, II
Room 405, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Wai Kiu Chan, Wesleyan University wkchan@wesleyan.edu
David Pollack, Wesleyan University dpollack@wesleyan.edu
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Geometric Function Theory and Geometry, II
Room 421, Public Affairs Center
Organizers:
Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Wesleyan University pbonfert@wesleyan.edu
Katsuhiko Matsuzaki, Okayama University matsuzak@math.okayama-u.ac.jp
Edward C. Taylor, Wesleyan University ectaylor@wesleyan.edu
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on Geometric Group Theory and Topology, II
Room 109, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Matthew Horak, University of Wisconsin-Stout horakm@uwstout.edu
Melanie Stein, Trinity College melanie.stein@trincoll.edu
Jennifer Taback, Bowdoin College jtaback@bowdoin.edu
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3:00 p.m.
A useful odd finitely presented group.
Gilbert Baumslag*, The City College of New York
(1042-20-76)
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3:30 p.m.
Virtual Properties of Cyclically Pinched One-Relator Groups.
Gilbert Baumslag, City College, CUNY, New York
Benjamin Fine*, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT 05430
Charles F. Miller, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Douglas Troeger, City Collge, CUNY, New York
(1042-20-90)
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4:00 p.m.
Commutative transitive, conjugately separated abelian and restricted Gromov one-relator groups.
Gerhard Rosenberger*, Department of Mathematics, TU Dortmund
Benjamin Fine, Deparment of Mathematics, Fairfield University
Alexei Myasnikov, Deparment of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University
Volkmar grosse Rebel, Department of Mathematics, TU Dortmund
(1042-20-34)
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4:30 p.m.
Generic properties of finitely presented groups.
Robert H Gilman*, Stevens Institute of Technology
(1042-20-168)
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5:00 p.m.
Computer experiments on the Torelli group.
Mladen Bestvina, University of Utah
Kai-Uwe Bux, University of Virginia
Dan Margalit*, Tufts University
(1042-20-186)
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Real and Complex Dynamics of Rational Difference Equations with Applications, II
Room 136, Public Affairs Center
Organizers:
Mustafa Kulenovic, University of Rhode Island mkulenovic@mail.uri.edu
Gerasimos Ladas, University of Rhode Island gladas@math.uri.edu
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3:00 p.m.
Monotonic, Periodic and Bounded Nature of Non-Negative Solutions of Non-Autonomous Rational Difference Equations.
Michael A Radin*, Rochester Institute of Technology
(1042-39-86)
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3:30 p.m.
Some Nonlinear Systems of Difference Equations with Applications.
Mihaela Predescu*, Bentley College
(1042-39-211)
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4:00 p.m.
Critically Periodic Cubic Polynomials.
Araceli Bonifant*, University of Rhode Island
John Milnor, Institute for Mathematical Sciences,
(1042-37-204)
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4:30 p.m.
Degree Growth of Birational Mappings.
Kyounghee Kim*, Florida State University
(1042-32-74)
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5:00 p.m.
Dynamics of simple folds in a plane.
Nikolai A Krylov*, Siena College
Edwin L Rogers, Siena College
(1042-40-161)
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5:30 p.m.
Control theory Concepts through Simulated experiments.
Channa N Navaratna*, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Menaka B Navaratna, Florida Gulf Coast University
(1042-93-219)
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
Session for Contributed Papers
Room 618, Exley Science Center
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3:00 p.m.
The Diophantine equation $A^4+B^4+C^4=2D^n$ and beyond.
Susil Kumar Jena*, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
(1042-11-200)
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3:15 p.m.
Construction of Zero-sum Sequences with Prescribed Zero-subsum Structure.
Michael A Freeze*, UNC Wilmington
(1042-13-231)
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3:30 p.m.
A Spectrum-type Preserver Problem on Pointed Lipschitz Algebras.
Antonio Jimenez-Vargas, Departamento de Algebra y Analisis Matematico, Universidad de Almeria
Aaron Luttman*, Division of Mathematics and Computer Science, Clarkson University
Moises Villegas-Vallecillos, Departamento de Algebra y Analisis Matematico, Universidad de Almeria
(1042-46-176)
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3:45 p.m.
$r$-commuting operators and Deddens' algebra.
Drissi Drissi*, Kuwait University
(1042-47-08)
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Wesleyan University Reception
Beckham Room, Fayerweather (next to Usdan Campus Center)
Inquiries: meet@ams.org
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