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1994 Minneapolis Mathfest
Minneapolis, MN, August 15-18, 1994
Meeting #894

Associate secretaries:
Lesley M Sibner, AMS lsibner@duke.poly.edu
Kenneth A Ross, MAA ross@math.uoregon.edu

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Saturday August 13, 1994

Sunday August 14, 1994

• Sunday August 14, 1994, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  MAA Board of Governors
• Sunday August 14, 1994, 9:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
  AMS Council

Monday August 15, 1994

• Monday August 15, 1994, 8:30 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
  AMS-MAA Invited Address
  Reform in mathematics education: New or simply a variation on an old theme?
  Carole B. Lacampagne*, U. S. Department of Education, Washington, DC
  (894-00-102)
• Monday August 15, 1994, 9:35 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
  MAA Earle Raymond Hedrick Lectures: Lecture I
• Monday August 15, 1994, 10:40 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
  AMS Progress in Mathematics Lecture
  On Boltzmann's equation and its applications. Part I.
  Pierre Louis Lions*, Universit\'e de Paris IX, France
  (894-00-104)
  Part II
• Monday August 15, 1994, 12:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
  Pi Mu Epsilon Council
• Monday August 15, 1994, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#1: Part A
  Building discrete and continuous ecological models using the SLAM simulation language.
  Organizers:
  James V. Caristi, Valparaiso University
• Monday August 15, 1994, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#2: Part A
  Calculus from graphical, numerical, and symbolic points of view.
  Organizers:
  Arnold M. Ostebee, Saint Olaf College
  Paul Zorn, Saint Olaf College
• Monday August 15, 1994, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#3: Part A
  Combinatorics via functional equations.
  Organizers:
  Donald R. Snow, Brigham Young University
• Monday August 15, 1994, 1:30 p.m.-4:40 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on q-Series, I
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Some values for the Rogers-Ramanujan continued fraction.
    Bruce C. Berndt*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Heng Huat Chan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    (894-33-25)
  • 2:10 p.m.
    On Ramanujan's cubic continued fraction.
    Heng Huat Chan*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    (894-11-19)
  • 2:50 p.m.
    Transformations between products and continued fractions.
    Douglas Bowman*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    (894-33-72)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Some new observations on the Gollnitz-Gordon and Rogers-Ramanujan identities.
    Krishnaswami Alladi*, University of Florida
    (894-11-20)
  • 4:10 p.m.
    Irrationality and orthogonality.
    Peter Borwein*, Simon Fraser University
    (894-33-37)
• Monday August 15, 1994, 1:30 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on History of Mathematical Logic and Theoretical Computer Science, I
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Forty years of automated theorem proving.
    Ronald W. Fechter, Saint John's University
    Ronald Sklar*, Saint John's University
    (894-01-58)
  • 2:10 p.m.
    The axiomatic method and Ernst Schroder's algebraic approach to logic.
    Volker Peckhaus*, University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany
    (894-01-61)
  • 2:50 p.m.
    Computing collective rational decisions.
    Francine F. Abeles*, Kean College of New Jersey
    (894-01-59)
• Monday August 15, 1994, 1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computer Graphics as a Research Tool in Geometry and Topology, I
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Crystalline surface diffusion.
    Jean E. Taylor*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
    (894-49-13)
  • 2:10 p.m.
    The surface evolver.
    Kenneth Brakke*, Susquehanna University
    (894-49-34)
  • 2:50 p.m.
    Approaches to simulating 4D worlds.
    Andrew Hanson*, Indiana University, Bloomington
    (894-57-65)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Using the evolver for geometric optimization problems.
    John M. Sullivan*, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
    (894-53-64)
  • 4:10 p.m.
    Untangling unknots, unlinks and untangles with the Mobius energy.
    Robert Barnard Kusner*, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    (894-57-69)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Surfaces embeddable in R^3 with ergodic geodesic flow.
    Victor J. Donnay*, Bryn Mawr College
    Keith H. Burns, Northwestern University
    (894-58-23)
• Monday August 15, 1994, 1:30 p.m.-4:25 p.m.
  AMS Session of Contributed Papers, I
  

  • 1:30 p.m.
    Pseudo-uniform convergence and its nonstandard formulation.
    Nader Vakil*, Western Illinois University
    (894-03-30)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Counting arrangements of $1$'s and -$1$'s.
    Donald F. Bailey*, Trinity University
    (894-05-24)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Tree singularity.
    Brigitte Servatius*, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    John W. Kennedy, Pace University
    Ivan Gutman, University of Kragujevac, Yugoslavia
    (894-05-76)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Recurrences for $2$-colored and $3$-colored F-partitions.
    James A. Sellers*, Cedarville College
    (894-11-08)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    A note on polynomials of the form x^d + a_ex^e +...+ a_1x +a_o over finite fields.
    Javier Gomez-Calderon*, Pennsylvania State University, New Kensington Campus
    (894-11-22)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    ACF algorithm and infinite series.
    Malvina Baica*, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
    (894-12-18)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Efficient generation of the ring of invariants.
    Shou-Jen Hu*, Tamkang University, Taiwan, Republic of China
    (894-13-27)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Spectra of modules.
    Sylvia C. Lu*, University of Colorado, Denver
    (894-13-52)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The Jacobian problem from the viewpoint of ind-affine varieties.
    T. Kambayashi*, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
    (894-14-33)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Minimum permanents of doubly stochastic matrices with zero main diagonal.
    John Brian Burghduff*, Kingwood College
    (894-15-45)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Nilpotency of derivations in prime rings.
    David W. Jensen*, United States Military Academy
    (894-16-32)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    Characterization of spherical transform of functions and Schwartz multipliers on the Heisenberg Group.
    Tefera Worku*, State University of New York, Albany
    (894-22-53)
• Monday August 15, 1994, 1:40 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
  MAA-Mu Alpha Theta Lecture
  Generating enthusiasm while pursuing equity in mathematics.
  Pamela J. Drummond*,
  (894-00-112)
• Monday August 15, 1994, 2:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  SUMMA Workshop
  Intervention projects for minority precollege students.
  Organizers:
  William A. Hawkins, Director of SUMMA
• Monday August 15, 1994, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
  The Geometry Center Poster and Video Session
• Monday August 15, 1994, 2:20 p.m.-5:35 p.m.
  MAA Session on Recreational Mathematics and Computing, I
  

  • 2:20 p.m.
    Using graph theory to solve an instant insanity puzzle.
    Helen Christensen*, Loyola College
    (894-00-221)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Applied probability on the ``The Price is Right''.
    William Butterworth*, Barat College
    Paul R. Coe, Rosary College
    (894-00-220)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Optimal stopping in ``The Showcase Showdown''II: The spin-off.
    Paul R. Coe*, Rosary College
    William Butterworth, Barat College
    (894-00-222)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    The return time for a random walk on a regular figure equals the number of vertices in the figure.
    Thomas J. O'Reilly*, Saint Joseph's University
    (894-00-226)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    How to lose at Tetris.
    Heidi Burgiel*, University of Washington
    (894-00-219)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Juggling matrices.
    Michael Keith*, Beaverton, Oregon
    (894-00-223)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    Computational approaches to the Josephus problem.
    Bill Marion, Jr.*, Valparaiso University
    (894-00-225)
  • 4:40 p.m.
    Mastermind revisited.
    Leonard Smiley*, University of Alaska
    (894-00-227)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Combinatorial properties of Mancala.
    Daniel E. Loeb*, Universit\'e de Bordeaux I, France
    (894-00-224)
  • 5:20 p.m.
    The computer solution of two unsolved Pentomino problems.
    Charles D. Ashbacher*, DecisionMark Corporation
    (894-00-218)
• Monday August 15, 1994, 2:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  MAA Student Papers
  

  • 2:45 p.m.
    
• Monday August 15, 1994, 2:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  MAA Student Papers
  

  • 2:45 p.m.
    
• Monday August 15, 1994, 2:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  PME Contributed Paper Session
• Monday August 15, 1994, 2:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  PME Contributed Paper Session
• Monday August 15, 1994, 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
  AWM Panel Discussion
  Celebrating women's achievements in algebra, analysis, combinatorics, and geometry: past, present, and future.
  Organizers:
  Joan Hutchinson, Macalester College
  Panelists:
  Jane P. Gilman, Rutgers University
  Karen Saxe, Macalester College
  Doris J. Schattschneider, Moravian College
  Marie A. Vitulli, University of Oregon
• Monday August 15, 1994, 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#4: Part A
  Multivariable calculus using the Harvard Calculus Consortium materials.
  Organizers:
  Thomas W. Tucker, Colgate University
• Monday August 15, 1994, 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#5: Part A
  Mathematical models of epidemics.
  Organizers:
  Sonja Sandberg, Framingham State College
• Monday August 15, 1994, 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#6: Part A
  Unifying themes for discrete mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Ralph P. Grimaldi, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• Monday August 15, 1994, 3:45 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
  MAA Section Officers' Meeting
• Monday August 15, 1994, 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  Institute for Mathematics and its Applications Presentation
  Mathematical modeling for instructors.
  Speakers:
  Donald Drew, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  Patrick Hagan, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  David Ross, Eastman Kodak
  Colin Please, Southampton University, England

Tuesday August 16, 1994

• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 8:30 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
  AMS-MAA Invited Address
  Knots.
  Cameron McA. Gordon*, University of Texas, Austin
  (894-00-101)
• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 9:35 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
  MAA Earle Raymond Hedrick Lectures: Lecture II
• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 10:40 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
  AMS History of Mathematics Lecture
  The well-poised thread: Some amazing sums of Gauss, Kummer, Ramanujan and others.
  George E. Andrews*, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
  (894-00-103)
• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
  AMS Business Meeting
• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 1:00 p.m.-1:50 p.m.
  NAM Special Invited Lecture
• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on q-Series, II
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Nonnegativity results for generalized q-binomial coefficients.
    Susanna D. Fishel*, Southern Connecticut State University
    (894-05-48)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    A nonnegative expansion for Hall polynomials
    Lynne M. Butler*, Haverford College
    F. Miller Maley, Princeton University
    (894-05-73)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Applications of q-differential calculus to combinatorics.
    Warren P. Johnson*, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
    (894-05-43)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    More cranks and t-cores.
    Frank Garvan*, University of Florida
    (894-11-71)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Parity of the partition function in arithmetic progressions.
    Ken Ono*, University of Georgia
    (894-05-14)
• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 1:00 p.m.-2:55 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on History of Mathematical Logic and Theoretical Computer Science, II
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    A new conceptual framework for large cardinals based on an old concept of infinity.
    Paul Corazza*, Maharishi International University
    (894-03-57)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    Nonstandard analysis as a historiographic tool.
    Mark B. McKinzie*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    (894-01-75)
  • 2:25 p.m.
    Applied logic in digital design.
    Curtis D. Tuckey*, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naperville, Illinois
    (894-01-79)
• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#7: Part A
  Open problems in plane geometry.
  Organizers:
  William O. J., McGill University
  Janos Pach, CCNY and Mathematical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#8: Part A
  The Math Modeling/Precalculus Reform Project: Using discrete mathematical models to motivate mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Sheldon P. Gordon, Suffolk Community College
  B. A. Fusaro, Salisbury State University
• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 1:00 p.m.-4:25 p.m.
  AMS Session of Contributed Papers, II
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Using orientation and fixed points to classify isometries.
    James M. Parks*, State University of New York, College at Potsdam
    (894-51-47)
  • 1:15 p.m.
    The generalized apollonius contact problem.
    Jay P. Fillmore*, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
    Arthur Springer, San Diego State University
    (894-51-26)
  • 1:30 p.m.
    Isohedral triangular tilings in the hyperbolic plane and other 2-manifolds.
    Grattan P. Murphy*, University of Maine, Orono
    (894-51-44)
  • 1:45 p.m.
    The maximal number of 3-D spheres that can fit around a like sphere.
    C. Mus\`es*, Mathematics & Morphology Ed & Research Center, Canada
    (894-52-28)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Wild arcs related to differential topology.
    Margaret M. LaSalle*, University of Southwestern Louisiana
    (894-53-17)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    Geodesics in Lorentzian Clairaut submersions.
    Dean Allison*, University of Northern Colorado
    (894-53-41)
  • 2:30 p.m.
    Space curves with singularities.
    Paul D. Scofield*, Washington & Lee University
    (894-53-77)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Simple arcs of positive measure.
    Shiojenn Tseng*, Tamkang University, People's Republic of China
    Jyh-Ching Liang, Tamkang University, People's Republic of China
    (894-54-31)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Random walks on finite groups supported on related subsets.
    Martin V. Hildebrand*, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
    (894-60-40)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    Noncommutative harmonic analysis for image representation.
    Jacek Turski*, University of Houston, Downtown
    (894-68-21)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Using writing assignments to motivate mathematics.
    Timothy R. Ray*, Southeast Missouri State University
    (894-98-74)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Stable winning coalitions.
    Daniel E. Loeb*, University of Bordeaux I, France
    (894-90-15)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Minimal shape preserving projections onto Pi_n.
    Michael Prophet*, Idaho State University
    (894-55-80)
• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 1:00 p.m.-4:35 p.m.
  MAA Session on Innovative Projects in First-year Courses, I
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    Fun with parametric equations.
    Howard Lewis Penn*, United States Naval Academy
    (894-00-212)
  • 1:20 p.m.
    A menu of computer-based projects.
    Emelie A. Kenney*, Siena College
    Leonard J. Putnick, Siena College
    Steven Bloom, Siena College
    Thomas H. Rousseau, Siena College
    Susan Hurley, Siena College
    (894-00-208)
  • 1:40 p.m.
    Using spreadsheets to solve social choice problems.
    Lucy L. Deephouse*, Trinity College
    Margaret C. Cibes, Trinity College
    (894-00-203)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Using biography and history to encourage students in beginning algebra.
    Paul E. Becker*, Saginaw Valley State University
    (894-00-200)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Oxygen consumption, fatigue and athletic performance.
    Walter Barge, United States Military Academy
    Todd Crowder, United States Military Academy
    David W. Jensen*, United States Military Academy
    (894-00-207)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    A precalculus project on (exponential) population growth and (linear) food production.
    Michael A. McDonald*, Occidental College
    Emily E. Puckette, Duke University
    Charles M. Vuono, Nagoya University, Japan
    (894-00-209)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Linguistics, culture and mathematics.
    Martin M. Sternstein*, Ithaca College
    (894-00-215)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Modeling and calculators in first year mathematics courses.
    Dan A. Novak*, Ithaca College
    Martin M. Sternstein, Ithaca College
    (894-00-211)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Teaching trigonometric identities.
    Wilton E. L. Clarke*, La Sierra University
    (894-00-201)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Modular arithmetic as a microcosm of mathematics.
    Catherine A. Gorini*, Maharishi International University
    (894-00-206)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    Optics workshop.
    Marc J. Dancer*, Deerfield Academy, Massachusetts
    (894-00-202)
• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  MAA Student Papers
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    
• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
  MAA Ad Hoc Committee on Advising Panel Discussion
  Advising undergraduate mathematics majors.
  Moderators:
  David J. Lutzer, College of William and Mary
  Panelists:
  Judith Cederberg, St. Olaf College
  Stephen A. Doblin, University of Southern Mississippi
  Diane L. Herrmann, University of Chicago
  Andrew Sterrett, Jr., MAA
• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  MAA Electronic Poster Session
  Exploring mathematics on the Internet.
  Organizers:
  Eugene A. Herman, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  Lawrence S. Husch, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  PME Contributed Paper Session
• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  PME Contributed Paper Session
• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 2:45 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Calculus reform in different settings.
  Organizers:
  A. Wayne Roberts, Macalester College
  Sharon C. Ross, DeKalb College
• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 3:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computer Graphics as a Research Tool in Geometry and Topology, II
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Visualization software development at the Geometry Center.
    Mark B. Phillips*, Geometry Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    (894-53-63)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    Examples of energy flows for knotted surfaces in four-dimensions.
    Dennis Roseman*, University of Iowa
    (894-57-55)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    Fourphront: A four-dimensional laboratory for examining surfaces.
    David C. Banks*, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, Hampton, Virginia
    (894-57-66)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    A hierarchical classification of topological methods in pattern recognition.
    Monique L. Pavel*, University of Paris, France
    (894-68-01)
• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#1: Part B
  Building discrete and continuous ecological models using the SLAM simulation language.
  Organizers:
  James V. Caristi, Valparaiso University
• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#2: Part B
  Calculus from graphical, numerical, and symbolic points of view.
  Organizers:
  Arnold M. Ostebee, Saint Olaf College
  Paul Zorn, Saint Olaf College
• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#3: Part B
  Combinatorics via functional equations.
  Organizers:
  Donald R. Snow, Brigham Young University
• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 4:45 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  1994 International Olympiad winners' stories.
  Organizers:
  Walter Mientka, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 8:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
  PME J. Sutherland Frame Lecture
• Tuesday August 16, 1994, 8:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
  MAA Committee on the Participation of Women Presentation
  Micro-inequities skits.

Wednesday August 17, 1994

• Wednesday August 17, 1994, 8:30 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
  AMS-MAA Invited Address
• Wednesday August 17, 1994, 9:35 a.m.-10:25 a.m.
  MAA Earle Raymond Hedrick Lectures: Lecture III
• Wednesday August 17, 1994, 10:40 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
  AMS Progress in Mathematics Lecture
  Galois representations and modular forms.
  Kenneth A. Ribet*, University of California, Berkeley
  (894-00-110)
• Wednesday August 17, 1994, 12:25 p.m.-12:55 p.m.
  MAA Business Meeting
• Wednesday August 17, 1994, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#4: Part B
  Multivariable calculus using the Harvard Calculus Consortium materials.
  Organizers:
  Thomas W. Tucker, Colgate University
• Wednesday August 17, 1994, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#5: Part B
  Mathematical models of epidemics.
  Organizers:
  Sonja Sandberg, Framingham State College
• Wednesday August 17, 1994, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#6: Part B
  Unifying themes for discrete mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Ralph P. Grimaldi, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• Wednesday August 17, 1994, 1:40 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
  MAA Student Lecture
• Wednesday August 17, 1994, 1:40 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on q-Series, III
  

  • 1:40 p.m.
    A constant term identity and a conjecture of Peter Forrester.
    Shaun Cooper*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    (894-05-35)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    The Askey-Wilson polynomials and q-Sturm-Liouville problems.
    B. Malcolm Brown, University of Wales at Cardiff, Wales
    W. Desmond Evans, University of Wales at Cardiff, Wales
    Mourad E. H. Ismail*, University of South Florida
    (894-33-07)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Pearson equation and the q-beta integrals on the q-quadratic lattice.
    Mizanur Rahman*, Carleton University
    Sergei K. Suslov, Russian Research Centre, Russia
    (894-33-06)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    $U(n+1)$ extensions of Rogers' form of the Bailey transform.
    Stephen C. Milne*, Ohio State University, Columbus
    (894-33-46)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    q-algebra representations of the euclidean, pseudo-euclidean and oscillator algebras, and their tensor products.
    Willard Miller, Jr.*, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
    E. G. Kalnins, University of Waikato, New Zealand
    (894-33-49)
• Wednesday August 17, 1994, 1:40 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on History of Mathematical Logic and Theoretical Computer Science, III
  

  • 1:40 p.m.
    Van Heijenoort in the logic classroom.
    Irving H. Anellis*, Modern Logic Publishing, Ames, Iowa
    (894-01-62)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Propositional logic chez Boole, MacColl, Frege and Peirce.
    Theodore Hailperin*, Lehigh University
    (894-01-56)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    The peripeties of intuitionistic logic.
    Colin McLarty*, Case Western Reserve University
    (894-01-60)
• Wednesday August 17, 1994, 1:40 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computer Graphics as a Research Tool in Geometry and Topology, III
  

  • 1:40 p.m.
    Numerical geometry problems in the design of RTICA.
    George Francis*, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    (894-53-67)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    Optical models for volume rendering.
    Nelson Max*, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California
    (894-78-29)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    A system for computer-aided differential geometry.
    Paul Burchard*, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
    (894-57-68)
• Wednesday August 17, 1994, 1:40 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  AMS Session of Contributed Papers, III
  

  • 1:40 p.m.
    Univalent functions maximizing Re[f(zeta_1)+f(zeta_2)].
    Intisar Qumsiyeh Hibschweiler*, Daemen College
    (894-30-12)
  • 1:55 p.m.
    New trigonometric expansions of Jacobian elliptic functions snu, cnu, dnu.
    David S. Tselnik*, Fargo, North Dakota
    (894-33-02)
  • 2:10 p.m.
    Multiple solutions of semilinear elliptic problems at resonance.
    E. Landesman, University of California, Santa Cruz
    S. Robinson, Wake Forest University
    Adolfo Rumbos*, Pomona College
    (894-35-16)
  • 2:25 p.m.
    Second differences and the heat equation.
    Victor L. Shapiro*, University of California, Riverside
    (894-35-38)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Multipliers of sequence spaces. II
    George U. Brauer*, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
    (894-40-11)
  • 2:55 p.m.
    Simultaneous monotone approximation on the unit cube.
    Salem A. Sahab*, King Abdulaziz University, Saudia Arabia
    (894-41-03)
  • 3:10 p.m.
    Strong proximinality in Banach spaces.
    D. Hussein, Bahrain University, Bahrain
    Roshdi Khalil*, Bahrain University, Bahrain
    F. Saidi, Bahrain University, Bahrain
    (894-41-04)
  • 3:25 p.m.
    A characterization of analytic functions in terms of their wavelet coefficients.
    Ahmed I. Zayed*, University of Central Florida
    Gilbert G. Walter, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
    (894-43-78)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    New identities on Erdelyi-Kober fractional integrals.
    Osman Y\"urekli*, Ithaca College
    (894-44-36)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    PBVP for second order impulsive integro-differential systems of Volterra type.
    M. V. Moorthy*, Ohio Dominican College
    (894-45-51)
  • 4:10 p.m.
    Universal Pettis integrability property.
    Gunnar Stefansson*, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona
    (894-46-54)
  • 4:25 p.m.
    Elementary upper and lower nests and matrix symbols.
    Jon M. Clauss*, Augustana College
    (894-47-42)
  • 4:40 p.m.
    Uniqueness of induced operators.
    Robert E. Bradley*, Adelphi University
    (894-47-70)
• Wednesday August 17, 1994, 1:40 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
  MAA Session on Winning Women Into Mathematics, I
  

  • 1:40 p.m.
    Using real mathematics to pave the path to girls' success in math.
    Edith M. Kort*, University of Rochester
    (894-00-229)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Hypatia Day: A program for girls, parents and undergraduate women.
    Miriam P. Cooney*, Saint Mary's College
    (894-00-228)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    SummerMath: Connecting women and mathematics.
    Charlene Morrow*, Mount Holyoke College
    James Morrow, Mount Holyoke College
    (894-00-231)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Encouraging women by example.
    Sister M. Stephanie Sloyan*, Georgian Court College
    (894-00-232)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Results of an external evaluation of workshop-based calculus at UW-Madison.
    Heather A. Lewis*, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    Susan B. Millar, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
    Baine Alexander, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    (894-00-230)
• Wednesday August 17, 1994, 1:40 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Session on Innovative Projects in First-year Courses, II
  

  • 1:40 p.m.
    Applications of spreadsheets in precalculus.
    Robert S. Smith*, Miami University
    (894-00-214)
  • 2:00 p.m.
    Group problem solving.
    Aaron I. Stucker*, Washburn University of Topeka
    (894-00-216)
  • 2:20 p.m.
    An experimental course in a Japanese faculty of management.
    Ronald D. Notestine*, Chukyo University, Japan
    (894-00-210)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Geometry and the visual world.
    Maria Terrell*, Cornell University, Ithaca
    (894-00-217)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    On the fundamental theorem of algebra, a 3-dimensional approach.
    Javier Gomez-Calderon*, Pennsylvania State University, New Kensington Campus
    David M. Wells, Pennsylvania State University, New Kensington Campus
    (894-00-205)
  • 3:20 p.m.
    Using spreadsheets to develop concepts in college algebra.
    Alex Smith*, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
    (894-00-213)
  • 3:40 p.m.
    The effect of integration of writing into college algebra.
    Aparna B. Ganguli*, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
    (894-00-204)
• Wednesday August 17, 1994, 2:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
  MAA Student Workshop
  The theory and practice of juggling.
  Organizers:
  Ronald L. Graham, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey
• Wednesday August 17, 1994, 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#7: Part B
  Open problems in plane geometry.
  Organizers:
  William O. J., McGill University
  Janos Pach, CCNY and Mathematical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• Wednesday August 17, 1994, 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse \#8: Part B
  The Math Modeling/Precalculus Reform Project: Using discrete mathematical models to motivate mathematics.
  Organizers:
  Sheldon P. Gordon, Suffolk Community College
  B. A. Fusaro, Salisbury State University

Thursday August 18, 1994

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