2008 Fall Western Section Meeting, Program by Special Session

AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Saturday, October 11, 2008 00:27:40

Program | Deadlines | Registration/Housing/Etc. | Special Event or Lecture | Inquiries: meet@ams.org

Associate secretaries:
Michel L Lapidus, AMS lapidus@math.ucr.edu, lapidus@mathserv.ucr.edu

Saturday October 4, 2008, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on History and Philosophy of Mathematics, I
Room 2449, Biological Sciences Building
Organizers:
Shawnee L. McMurran, California State University San Bernardino smcmurra@csusb.edu
James J. Tattersall, Providence College tat@providence.edu
- 8:00 a.m.
  The Mathematics Department of \em{The Yates County Chronicle} (1872-1880).
  J J Tattersall*, Providence College
  (1041-01-49)
- 8:30 a.m.
  The Math Wars: A Cultural Perspective.
  Robert G Stein*, California State University, San Bernardino
  (1041-01-77)
- 9:00 a.m.
  The Catenary on a Cone in Peirce's \underline{System of Analytic Mechanics}.
  Deborah Kent*, Hillsdale College
  (1041-01-107)
- 9:30 a.m.
  The Long Flirtation between Logic and Combinatorics.
  John C Stillwell*, University of San Francisco
  (1041-01-10)
- 10:00 a.m.
  The Erdos-Szekeres theorem.
  Ron Graham*, UC San Diego
  (1041-05-81)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Farey Series, Ford Circles & much more.
  Richard K Guy*, University of Calgary
  (1041-11-75)

Saturday October 4, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on History and Philosophy of Mathematics, II
Room 2449, Biological Sciences Building
Organizers:
Shawnee L. McMurran, California State University San Bernardino smcmurra@csusb.edu
James J. Tattersall, Providence College tat@providence.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Geometry and Architectural Design in Medieval Islam.
  J. L. Berggren*, Simon Fraser University
  (1041-01-33)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Trigonometry on the Edge: Interpolating Your Way to Medieval Astronomical Success.
  Glen R Van Brummelen*, Quest University
  (1041-01-76)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Impact of G.H. Hardy and a Course of Pure Mathematics.
  Brenda Davison*, Simon Fraser University
  (1041-01-25)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Integral Equations: a "Revolution" in Mathematics in the early 20th Century?
  Tom Archibald*, BC
  (1041-01-87)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Advances in the study of air resistance in projectile motion during the early 18th century.
  Shawnee L. McMurran*, California State University San Bernardino
  (1041-01-133)


	Comments: webmaster@ams.org © Copyright 2008, American Mathematical Society Privacy Statement		Search the AMS