Joint Mathematics Meetings Program by Special Session

Current as of Thursday, January 15, 2009 00:44:11

Joint Mathematics Meetings
Washington, DC, January 5-8, 2009 (Monday - Thursday)
Meeting #1046

• Monday January 5, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Difference Equations, I
  Balcony A, Mezzanine Level, Marriott
  Organizers:
  Michael Radin, Rochester Institute of Technology michael.radin@rit.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Open Problems and Conjectures in Difference Equations.
    Gerasimos E Ladas*, University of Rhode Island
    (1046-39-171)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Local Asymptotic Stability and Difference Equations of Arbitrary Finite Order.
    John W Cain*, Virginia Commonwealth University
    (1046-39-87)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    On Riccati Difference Equations With Periodic Coefficients.
    E A Grove, University of Rhode Island
    Y. Kostrov*, University of Rhode Island
    G ladas, University of Rhode Island
    S Schlutz, Providence College
    (1046-39-646)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Discussion
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Dynamics of certain periodic nonlinear delay difference equations.
    V. L. Kocic*, Xavier University of Louisisana
    (1046-39-571)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    On reduction of order of difference equations.
    H Sedaghat*, Virginia Commonwealth University
    (1046-39-153)
• Monday January 5, 2009, 2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Difference Equations, II
  Balcony A, Mezzanine Level, Marriott
  Organizers:
  Michael Radin, Rochester Institute of Technology michael.radin@rit.edu
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Global behavior of solutions to $x_{n+1} = \frac{\alpha + \betax_n+\gammax_{n-1}}{A + Bx_n+Cx_{n-1}}$ with non-negative parameters when prime period-two solutions exist.
    Sukanya Basu*, University of Rhode Island
    Orlando Merino, University of Rhode Island
    (1046-39-219)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Positive solutions for systems of three-point nonlinear discrete boundary value problems.
    Johnny Henderson*, Baylor University
    Sotiris K. Ntouyas, University of Ioannina
    Ioannis K. Purnaras, University of Ioannina
    (1046-39-30)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Adiabatic invariants for 2D Linear Dynamic Systems on Time Scales.
    Gro Hovhannisyan*, Kent State University
    (1046-34-291)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    A Bimodal System.
    Candace Marie Kent*, Virginia Commonwealth University
    Hassan Sedaghat, Virginia Commonwealth University
    (1046-39-605)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Trends and oscillations in the dynamics of linear vs. non-linear difference equation models describing populations.
    Tamara E Awerbuch-Friedlander*, Harvard School of Public Health
    (1046-92-1551)
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Modeling HIV outbreaks: The Male to Female Prevalence Ratio in the Core Population.
    James A Yorke*, Univ. of Maryland
    (1046-34-933)
  • 5:15 p.m.
    Dynamic Classification of Escape Time Sierpinski Curve Julia Sets.
    Robert L. Devaney*, Boston University
    (1046-37-324)
  • 5:45 p.m.
    The Complex Dynamics of Singularly Perturbed Rational Maps.
    Elizabeth D Russell*, Boston University
    (1046-37-631)