AMS Special Session on Continued Fractions
AMS Special Session on Continued Fractions, I
Wednesday January 7, 2009, 7:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Balcony C, Mezzanine Level, Marriott
Organizers:
| James G. McLaughlin | West Chester University |
| Nancy J. Wyshinski | Trinity College |
7:30 a.m.
Some of Ramanujan's continued fraction identities - how and why.
| Lisa Lorentzen* | Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
| (1046-40-1049) |
8:00 a.m.
Vertical symmetries in continued fraction periods.
| Richard K Guy* | The University of Calgary |
| Kell Cheng | Hong Kong Institute of Education |
| Renate Scheidler | The University of Calgary |
| (1046-11-1264) |
8:30 a.m.
Some relations between orthogonal L-polynomials and orthogonal polynomials.
| A. Sri Ranga* | Universidade Estadual Paulista |
| Regina da Silva Lamblém | Universidade Estadual Paulista |
| Heron Martins Felix | Universidade Estadual Paulista |
| (1046-33-1328) |
9:00 a.m.
On a Thermodynamic Classification for Real Numbers.
| Thomas Garrity* | Williams |
| (1046-11-858) |
9:30 a.m.
Polynomials that take small values at an algebraic integer.
| Doug Hensley* | Texas A&M University |
| (1046-11-1738) |
10:00 a.m.
Quadratics, continued fractions and divided cells.
| Richard T Bumby* | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| Mary E Flahive | Oregon State University |
| (1046-11-832) |
10:30 a.m.
Applying the divided cell algorithm.
| Mary E. Flahive* | Oregon State University |
| Richard T. Bumby | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| (1046-11-750) |
AMS Special Session on Continued Fractions, II
Thursday January 8, 2009, 7:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.
Balcony C, Mezzanine Level, Marriott
Organizers:
| James G. McLaughlin | West Chester University |
| Nancy J. Wyshinski | Trinity College |
7:30 a.m.
Some Types of Multi-Dimensional Continued Fractions.
| Khrystyna Kuchmins'ka* | Pidstryhach Institute of Applied Problems of Mechanics and Mathematics of NAS of Ukraine |
| (1046-40-606) |
8:30 a.m.
Sequential Closures of Continued Fractions.
| Douglas Bowman* | Northern Illinois University |
| (1046-40-1793) |
9:00 a.m.
Classifying Sequential Closures of $q$-continued Fractions.
| D Bowman | Northern Illinois University |
| K J Campbell* | Northern Illinois University |
| (1046-11-598) |
9:30 a.m.
Nearest Square Continued Fractions, and Related Results.
| Keith R. Matthews | Univ. Of Queensland, Brisbane, and Australian Nat'l Univ., Canberra |
| John P. Robertson* | Actuarial and Economic Services Division, National Council on Compensation Insurance, Boca Raton, FL |
| Jim White | Australian National University, Canberra |
| (1046-11-418) |
10:00 a.m.
Polynomial Continued Fractions and Iterated Function Systems.
| Eugen Andrei Ghenciu* | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| (1046-11-142) |
10:30 a.m.
Some new Families of Tasoevian- and Hurwitzian Continued Fractions.
| James G Mc Laughlin* | West Chester University, PA |
| (1046-11-127) |