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Orono Mathfest
ORONO, ME, August 8-10, 1991
Meeting #867

Associate secretaries:
Joseph A Cima, AMS cima@email.unc.edu
Kenneth A Ross, MAA ross@math.uoregon.edu
Sunday August 4, 1991
Monday August 5, 1991
Tuesday August 6, 1991
Wednesday August 7, 1991
Thursday August 8, 1991
Friday August 9, 1991
Saturday August 10, 1991
Sunday August 11, 1991

Sunday August 4, 1991
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Monday August 5, 1991
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Tuesday August 6, 1991
1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. AMS Short Course
4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Short Course Reception
6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. SC Dinner
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Wednesday August 7, 1991
7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. MAA Board of Governors
8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. AMS Short Course
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. MAA Board of Governors Lunch
1:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. AMS Council
3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. MAA Section Officers
5:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Children's Reception
5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. President's Reception
6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Opening Banquet
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Thursday August 8, 1991
7:30 a.m.-8:20 a.m. AMS-MAA Invited Address
Louis Nirenberg
On the maximum principle.
8:35 a.m.-9:25 a.m. MAA Earle Raymond Hedrick Lectures: Lecture I
John Horton Conway
The sensual (quadratic) form. Can you see the values of 3x^2 +6xy -5y^2?
9:40 a.m.-11:10 a.m. AMS Progress in Mathematics Lecture
H. W. Lenstra, Jr.
Algorithms in algebraic number theory.
11:25 a.m.-11:55 a.m. AMS Business Meeting
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. National Science Foundation Informal Discussion Group
12:40 p.m.-1:30 p.m. MAA-Mu Alpha Theta Lecture
Paul A. Foerster
Calculus in an age of technology.
12:40 p.m.-4:30 p.m. AMS Special Session on Commutative Noetherian Rings with Applications in Algebraic Geometry, I
12:40 p.m.-4:30 p.m. AMS Special Session on Continuum Theory and Dynamical Systems, I
12:40 p.m.-4:00 p.m. AMS Special Session on Analytic Number Theory, I
12:40 p.m.-4:30 p.m. AMS Special Session on Geometric Inequalities for Polytopes, I
12:40 p.m.-4:00 p.m. AMS Special Session on Variational Methods, Differential Analysis and Symmetry, I
12:40 p.m.-5:30 p.m. AMS Special Session on Function Algebras and Function Spaces, I
12:40 p.m.-5:40 p.m. AMS General Session, I
12:40 p.m.-4:45 p.m. MAA Session on Using Student Projects in the First Two Years of the Curriculum, I
12:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m. PME Contributed Paper Session
12:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m. PME Contributed Paper Session
12:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m. PME Contributed Paper Session
12:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m. MAA Minicourse #1: Part A
Julia sets and the Mandelbrot set
12:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m. MAA Minicourse #2: Part A
Integrating calculus and physics for freshmen
12:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m. MAA Minicourse #3: Part A
Making mathematics more concrete
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. AMS Committee on Science Policy Panel Discussion
Report of the Strategic Planning Task Force: Its potential for the coming decade
2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. AWM-MAA Panel Discussion
Careers that count: Opportunities in the mathematical sciences
3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. MAA Minicourse #4: Part A
Teaching mathematical modeling
3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. MAA Minicourse #5: Part A
Conceptualizing, organizing, and seeking funding for teacher education projects
3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. MAA Minicourse #6: Part A
Symmetry analysis of repeated patterns
3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. MAA Minicourse #7: Part A
Great theorems from mathematical analysis: 1689-1881
3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. AWM Membership Meeting
3:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m. MAA Committee on Computers in Mathematics Education & CUPM Subcommittee on Symbolic Computer Systems Panel Discussion
Uses of computers in NSF calculus projects
4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. MAA Donor's Reception
5:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Lobster Cookout
7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. AWM Reception
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Friday August 9, 1991
6:00 a.m.-7:30 a.m. MAA Chapters Advisors Breakfast
7:30 a.m.-8:20 a.m. AMS-MAA Invited Address
Neal I. Koblitz
Mathematics under hardship conditions in the Third World.
8:35 a.m.-9:25 a.m. MAA Earle Raymond Hedrick Lecture: Lecture II
John Horton Conway
The sensual (quadratic) form. Can you hear the shape of a lattice?
9:40 a.m.-10:30 a.m. AMS Invited Address
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. PME Council
12:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Problems in Number Theory, I
12:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m. AMS Special Session on Commutative Noetherian Rings with Applications in Algebraic Geometry, II
12:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m. AMS Special Session on Continuum Theory and Dynamical Systems, II
12:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Geometric Inequalities for Polytopes, II
12:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Function Algebras and Function Spaces, II
12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. MAA Minicourse #4: Part B
Teaching mathematical modeling
12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. MAA Minicourse #8: Part A
Knot theory for undergraduates
12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. MAA Minicourse #9: Part A
Unifying themes for discrete mathematics
12:00 p.m.-4:55 p.m. AMS General Session, II
12:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m. MAA Session on Relating Mathematics to the Real World: Applications of Mathematics for Classroom Use
12:00 p.m.-1:40 p.m. MAA Session on Using Student Projects in the First Two Years of the Curriculum, II
12:00 p.m.-2:55 p.m. MAA Undergraduate Student Paper Session, I
12:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m. PME Contributed Paper Session
12:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m. PME Contributed Paper Session
12:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m. PME Contributed Paper Session
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. National Science Foundation Informal Discussion Group
12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. MAA CUPM Subcommittee on the Undergraduate Major Panel Discussion
The major in the mathematical sciences--Looking forward
12:30 p.m.-3:20 p.m. AMS Special Session on Variational Methods, Differential Analysis and Symmetry, II
1:45 p.m.-3:30 p.m. MAA Science Policy Committee & AMS Committee on Science Policy Panel Discussion
Report on MS 2000
3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. MAA Minicourse #1: Part B
Julia sets and the Mandelbrot set
3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. MAA Minicourse #2: Part B
Integrating calculus and physics for freshmen
3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. MAA Minicourse #3: Part B
Making mathematics more concrete
3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. MAA SUMMA Workshop
Intervention Programs
3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. MAA Session
1991 Mathematical Contest in Modeling
3:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m. MAA Committee on Assessment Panel Discussion
Mathematics assessment: A national perspective
4:45 p.m.-5:45 p.m. MAA-PME Reception
5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. CBMS Session
1990 CBMS Survey of Undergraduate Programs in the Mathematical Science and Computer Science
5:45 p.m.-7:15 p.m. PME Banquet
6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. MAA Committee on the Participation of Women Presentation
Changing the Climate\endash Repeat of 1990 skits
6:15 p.m.-7:15 p.m. Joint Policy Board for Mathematics and Office of Governmental and Public Affairs Forum
The academic employment situation for mathematicians
7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. PME J. Sutherland Frame Lecture
Henry O. Pollak
Some mathematics of baseball.
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Saturday August 10, 1991
7:30 a.m.-8:20 a.m. AMS-MAA Invited Address
Fan R. K. Chung
Laplacians of graphs and hypergraphs.
8:35 a.m.-9:25 a.m. MAA Earle Raymond Hedrick Lecture: Lecture III
John Horton Conway
The sensual (quadratic) form. Can you speak its soul?
9:40 a.m.-11:10 a.m. AMS Progress in Mathematics Lecture
Richard M. Schoen
The theory and applications of harmonic mappings between Riemannian manifolds.
11:25 a.m.-11:55 a.m. MAA Business Meeting
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. National Science Foundation Informal Discussion Group
12:40 p.m.-6:00 p.m. AMS Special Session on Problems in Number Theory, II
12:40 p.m.-4:30 p.m. AMS Special Session on Commutative Noetherian Rings with Applications in Algebraic Geometry, III
12:40 p.m.-2:00 p.m. AMS Special Session on Continuum Theory and Dynamical Systems, III
12:40 p.m.-4:00 p.m. AMS Special Session on Analytic Number Theory, II
12:40 p.m.-3:30 p.m. AMS Special Session on Variational Methods, Differential Analysis and Symmetry, III
12:40 p.m.-3:30 p.m. AMS Special Session on Function Algebras and Function Spaces, III
12:40 p.m.-4:05 p.m. AMS General Session, III
12:40 p.m.-4:55 p.m. MAA Session on Computer Software for Classroom Use, I
12:40 p.m.-1:55 p.m. MAA Undergraduate Student Paper Session, II on Algebraic Graph Theory (NSF Undergraduate Research Program-REU)
12:40 p.m.-2:00 p.m. MAA CUPM Subcommittee on Quantitative Literacy Informal Discussion
Quantitative Literacy
12:40 p.m.-3:40 p.m. MAA Student Workshop
Using the DERIVE computer algebra system to generate conjectures
12:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m. MAA Minicourse #4: Part C
Teaching mathematical modeling
12:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m. MAA Minicourse #5: Part B
Conceptualizing, organizing, and seeking funding for teacher education projects
12:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m. MAA Minicourse #6: Part B
Symmetry analysis of repeated patterns
12:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m. MAA Minicourse #7: Part B
Great theorems from mathematical analysis: 1689-1881
1:05 p.m.-4:55 p.m. MAA Session on Computer Software for Classroom Use, II
2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. MAA Undergraduate Student Paper Session, III on Cooperative Game Theory (NSF Undergraduate Research Program-REU)
3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. MAA Minicourse #8: Part B
Knot theory for undergraduates
3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. MAA Minicourse #9: Part B
Unifying themes for discrete mathematics
4:45 p.m.-5:30 p.m. MAA Banquet Reception
5:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. MAA Banquet
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Sunday August 11, 1991
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