University of South Carolina to Host Mathematics Meeting

Contact: Michael Breen or Annette Emerson
AMS Public Awareness Officers
Email: pa-office@ams.org
Telephone: 401-455-4000
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February 6, 2001

PROVIDENCE, RI – As part of its Bicentennial Celebration, the University of South Carolina will host the Spring, 2001 Southeastern Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society, March 16 – 18. More than 250 mathematicians from 35 states and 23 countries will gather at the University in Columbia to present latest findings of their research. Among these presentations will be 25 from members of the University’s Department of Mathematics. Sixteen members of the University faculty, fifteen from Mathematics and one from Biological Sciences, and three members of the mathematics faculty of the College of Charleston, have organized sessions on ten different areas of research. Detailed and updated information about the meeting speakers, schedule and location can be found on the AMS website.

Founded in 1888 to further mathematical research and scholarship, the 30,000-member American Mathematical Society fulfills its mission through programs and services that promote mathematical research and its uses, strengthen mathematical education, and foster awareness and appreciation of mathematics and its connections to other disciplines and to everyday life.