Wednesday January 4, 2012, 8:15 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
MAA General Contributed Paper Session: Research in Geometry and Linear Algebra 
Back Bay Ballroom B, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
Organizers: 
Jennifer Beineke, Western New England College jbeineke@wne.edu
Lynette Boos, Providence College lboos@providence.edu
Aliza Steurer, Dominican University asteurer@dom.edu
 

• 8:15 a.m.
  Break.
• 8:30 a.m.
  Geometry of cubics. 
  Sam Northshield*, SUNY-Plattsburgh (1077-VJ-2717)
• 8:45 a.m.
  Minimum-size convex decompositions in d dimensions. 
  Carlos M. Nicolas*, UNC-Greensboro (1077-VJ-1737)
• 9:00 a.m.
  A Characterization of Homeomorphisms on Cantor Sets by Orbit Structures. 
  Casey L Sherman*, Baylor University 
  (1077-VJ-2191)
• 9:15 a.m.
  The Log-Convex Density Conjecture and vertical surface area in warped products. 
  Sean P Howe*, Leiden University (1077-VJ-992)
• 9:30 a.m.
  Break.
• 9:45 a.m.
  Unitary Similarity To a Complex Symmetric Matrix And Its Extension to Orthogonal Symmetric Lie Algebra. 
  Brice Merlin Nguelifack*, Auburn University 
  Huhua Liu, Auburn University 
  Tin-Yau Tam, Auburn University (1077-VJ-739)
• 10:00 a.m.
  Moment Formulas for Ensembles of Classical Compact Groups. 
  Steven J. Miller*, Williams College 
  Geoffrey S Iyer, University of Michigan (1077-VJ-1903)
• 10:15 a.m.
  Distribution of Eigenvalues of Weighted, Structured Matrix Ensembles. 
  Karen Shen*, Stanford University 
  Olivia Beckwith, Harvey Mudd College 
  Steven J Miller, Williams College (1077-VJ-601)
• 10:30 a.m.
  A functional equation for a prehomogeneous vector space and unitary representations of $GL(2n,R)$. 
  Juhyung Lee*, Oklahoma State University 
  (1077-VJ-2856) (overhead talk)