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The Spring 1999 workshop included talks on the following topics:
Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Modeling
- Contamination waves in aquifers, David Logan
- What is Mathematical Modeling?, Glenn Ledder
- Modeling of workflow for a hospital records department, Edna Chan
- Solving for quantum waves, Katherine Kime
- Finite differences and stability calculations in a filtration model, Paul Macklin
- Solving special linear systems, Paul Gierke
- Approximating functions and solving differential equations numerically, Tom Shores
Combinatorics and Coding Theory
- The equation of a code, David Jaffe
- Equitable graph labellings, Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo
- Extremal SET theory, Jamie Radcliffe
- Self-complementary graphs, Tim Pollis
- Latin squares and related structures, Ilene Morgan
- Making non-linear codes linear, Judy Walker
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry
- Some basic building blocks in algebra and the number nine, Sylvia Wiegand
- Direct sums of copies of a finitely generated module, Roger Wiegand
- Remarks on monomial ideals, Kishor Shah
- Hilbert polynomials of graded rings, Tom Marley
- Introduction to numerical semigroups, Kurt Herzinger
- The integers under Galois action and prime decomposition, Griff Elder
- Hilbert functions and the Chinese Remainder Theorem, Brian Harbourne
Differential Equations and Difference Equations
- Solving a simple differential equation on a measure chain, Al Peterson
- The Green's function for a partial differential equation, Richard Avery
- Using remainder polynomials to solve discrete Sturm-Liouville problems, Betty Harmsen
- Differential-delay equations: some surprises, Ron Mathsen
- Mapping degree and applications, Lynn Erbe
Geometric Group Theory
- How to find nothing in a group, Susan Hermiller
- Subgroups of free groups: Hanna Neumann's wonderful conjecture, John Meakin
- Building checkerboards for knots, Mark Brittenham
- Distances of groups, Petr Vojtechovsky
- The strange things that a geometric group theorist can do to an innocent graph, John Meier
- Trees and symtrees, Lisa Orlandi-Korner
- Accidental group theory, Bob Ruyle
Operator Albebras and Related Topics
- When is a function not a function?, John Orr
- A special application of measure theory, Lisa Johnson
- Group actions and mathematical physics, May Nilsen
- Derivations on infinite dimensional matrix algebras, Randy Crist
- A simple differential equation and exponentials of operators, Lance Neilsen
- Conformal maps via reproducing kernels, David Pitts
- A cubic variation on a quadratic theme, Mike McQuistan
Panel Discussion, Morrill Hall Graduate School - An Inside Look
Who Was There?
- Avery, Richard, Dakota State University
- Babyonyshev, Sergei, Iowa State University
- Bodurov, George, Southwest Missouri State
- Brennan, Joe, North Dakota State University
- Brittenham, Mark, UNL
- Chan, Edna, UNL
- Crist, Randall, Creighton University
- Classen, Elizabeth, Nebraska Wesleyan
- Cooke, Dave, Hastings College
- Dalal, Pritam, Wayne State College
- Deng, Bo, UNL
- Donsig, Allan, UNL
- Duncan, Benton, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Techonology
- Elder, Griff, UNO
- Erbe, Lynn, UNL
- Foster, Kevin, Dakota State University
- Froehlich, Matt, Dakota State University
- Fuelberth, John, Wayne State College
- Gierke, Paul, UNL
- Gough, Evan, Dakota State University
- Halsey, Tim, Dakota State University
- Harbourne, Brian, UNL
- Harmsen, Betty, Dana College
- Hermiller, Susan, UNL
- Hixon, Donald, University of South Dakota
- Henderson, Doyle, UNO
- Herzinger, Kurt, US Air Force Academy
- Hoffacker, Jo, UNL
- Homp, Michelle, Concordia University (NE)
- Hopkins, Heath, UNL
- Houck, Robert, Wake Forest University
- Hummel, Ned, UNL
- Ira, Mike, UNL
- Jaffe, David, UNL
- Jamsen, Matt, Wayne State College
- Jin, Dafang, University of South Dakota
- Johnson, Lisa, UNL
- Johnson, Nicholas, University of South Dakota
- Karr, Ryan, UNL
- Kattchee, Karl, UNL
- Kelly, Craig, Wayne State College
- Kime, Katherine, UNK
- Kincaid, Joe, Peru State College
- Krueger, Rob, Coe College
- Langdon, Jenny, UNL
- Ledder, Glenn, UNL
- Leuschke, Graham, UNL
- Lewis, Jim, UNL
- Lindblad, Steve, UNL
- Logan, David, UNL
- Lowe, Nicole, Dakota State University
- Lurz, Tim, Wayne State College
- Marley, Tom, UNL
- Marshall, Lucille, Southwest Missouri State
- McBride, Vernon, University of South Dakota
- McQuistan, Mike, UNL
- Meakin, John, UNL
- Messer, Kirsten, US Air Force Academy
- Meier, John, Lafayette College
- Macklin, Paul, UNL
- Mathsen, Ron, UNL
- Morgan, Ilene, University of Missouri at Rolla
- Morten, Matt, Nebraska Wesleyan University
- Mueller, Chris, Southwest Missouri State
- Nelson, Patricia, UNL
- Newsome, Kelly, Concordia University (NE)
- Nguyen, Dzuan, UNL
- Nielsen, Lance, UNO
- Nilsen, May, UNL
- Ong, Xuanvu, Southwest Missouri State
- Orlandi-Korner, Lisa, UNL
- Orr, John, UNL
- Petersen, Mark, UNL
- Peterson, Allan, UNL
- Pitts, David, UNL
- Pollis, Tim, UNL
- Radcliffe, Jamie, UNL
- Reikofski, Tommy, Dana College
- Ruyle, Bob, Nebraska Wesleyan University
- Sapko, Victoria, UNL
- Schneider, John, Hastings College
- Schroeder, Tim, Concordia University (NE)
- Senesi, J.P., Southwest Missouri State
- Shah, Gopi, UNL
- Shah, Kishor, Southwest Missouri State
- Shores, Tom, UNL
- Steege, Jon<, Dakota State University
- Strei, Theresa, UNL
- Szaniszlo, Zsuzsanna, University of South Dakota
- Tebben, Joe, Dakota State University
- VanVoorst, Jeff, Dakota State University
- Vigil, Rafael, UNL
- Vojtechovsky, Petr, Iowa State University
- Vroegh, Joel, Coe College
- Walker, Judy, UNL
- Wicks, Stephanie, Dakota State University
- Wiegand, Roger, UNL
- Wiegand, Sylvia, UNL
- Woodward, Gordon, UNL
- Worner, Tami, Wayne State College
For Further Information:
Regional Workshop in Mathematics
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
810 Oldfather Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0323
Phone: (402) 472-3731
e-mail: regionws@math.unl.edu |