AMS Meeting Program by Day
Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:09:30
1996 Seattle Mathfest
Seattle, WA, August 10-12, 1996
Meeting #913
Associate secretaries: Susan J Friedlander, AMS susan@math.northwestern.edu
Donovan H Van Osdol, MAA dv@christa.unh.edu
Saturday August 10, 1996
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Saturday August 10, 1996, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Joint Meetings Registration -
Saturday August 10, 1996, 8:30 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
AMS-MAA Invited Address
Influences on graph theory from computing and mathematical sciences.
Alan Tucker*, State University of New York, Stony Brook -
Saturday August 10, 1996, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Exhibits and Book Sales -
Saturday August 10, 1996, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
MAA Student Hospitality Center -
Saturday August 10, 1996, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Optional Tour: Seattle City Highlights -
Saturday August 10, 1996, 9:35 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Earle Raymond Hedrick Lectures: Lecture I
Some of the history of the binomial theorem and its extensions.
Richard Askey*, University of Wisconsin, Madison -
Saturday August 10, 1996, 10:40 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
AMS-MAA Invited Address
Casting about: About casting.
Colin C. Adams*, Williams College
Edward B. Burger*, Williams College -
Saturday August 10, 1996, 11:40 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
AMS Business Meeting -
Saturday August 10, 1996, 12:15 p.m.-12:45 p.m.
AMS-MAA Research Session on Commutative Algebra Special Address
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12:15 p.m.
Some open questions in commutative algebra.
Craig L. Huneke*, Purdue University
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12:15 p.m.
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Saturday August 10, 1996, 12:15 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
PME Council -
Saturday August 10, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
MAA Minicourse \#1: Part A
Low cost visualization training for multivariable calculus: Drawing.
Organizers:
Caspar R. Curjel, University of Washington
Rose L. Pugh, Bellevue Community College -
Saturday August 10, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
MAA Minicourse \#2: Part A
Computability and computational complexity: What is this all about?
Organizers:
William A. Marion, Valparaiso University -
Saturday August 10, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
AMS-MAA Session on A Tour through Applications to the Social Sciences, I
Organizers:
Robin Forman, Rice University forman@rice.edu
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1:00 p.m.
Spatial models of voting power and voting outcomes.
Philip D. Straffin, Jr.*, Beloit College -
1:40 p.m.
On the median procedure for group decision making.
Fred S. Roberts*, Rutgers University -
2:20 p.m.
Multicandidate voting systems: Design, strategy, and equilibrium.
Samuel Merrill, III*, Wilkes University
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1:00 p.m.
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Saturday August 10, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
AMS-MAA-SIAM Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Student Lecture
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Saturday August 10, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-2:55 p.m.
AMS-MAA Graduate Student Session on Combinatorics, I
Organizers:
Andrew J. Radcliffe, University of Nebraska ajr@unlinfo.unl.edu
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Saturday August 10, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-2:55 p.m.
AMS-MAA Graduate Student Session on Commutative Algebra, I
Organizers:
Roger A. Wiegand, University of Nebraska http://www.math.unl.edu/~rwiegand
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1:00 p.m.
Test ideals in quotients of $F$-finite regular local rings.
Janet Cowden*, University of California--Los Angeles -
1:20 p.m.
Valuations of function fields.
David Fu*, Purdue University -
1:40 p.m.
Tight closure in rings defined by binomial ideals.
Doug McCulloch*, University of Michigan -
2:00 p.m.
$F$-rationality and $F$-regularity of Veronese subrings.
Anurag Kumar Singh*, University of Michigan -
2:20 p.m.
On the structure of universal resolutions.
Alexandre Tchernev*, Purdue University -
2:40 p.m.
Behavior of socle dimensions in $R/(f_{1}^{n}, \ldots, f_{d}^{n})$ for large n.
Carolyn Yackel*, University of Michigan
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1:00 p.m.
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Saturday August 10, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-2:55 p.m.
AMS-MAA Graduate Student Session on Group Representation Theory, I
Organizers:
Benjamin J. Ford, University of Washington ford@math.washington.edu
George J. McNinch, University of Oregon mcninch@euclid.uoregon.edu
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1:00 p.m.
$U(3,q)$ and analogues of classical Gauss sums.
Julianne Rainbolt*, University of Illinois at Chicago -
1:25 p.m.
Calculating a modular character table on the example of the sporadic simple group of O'Nan.
Anne Henke*, University of Heidelberg -
1:50 p.m.
Determining structure constants with domino tableaux.
Brian Hopkins*, University of Washington -
2:15 p.m.
The rank of the derivative of the quotient map for $\theta$-group actions.
Craig Tingey*, University of Oregon -
2:40 p.m.
Discussion
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1:00 p.m.
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Saturday August 10, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-2:35 p.m.
AMS-MAA Graduate Student Session on Optimization, I
Organizers:
Paul Y. Tseng, University of Washington tseng@math.washington.edu
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1:00 p.m.
Examples of convex programming.
Jonathan Borwein*, Simon Fraser University -
1:40 p.m.
Finding support in Hilbert space.
Heinz Bauschke*, Simon Fraser University -
2:00 p.m.
Global convergence of collinear scaling algorithms under inexact line searches.
Negash Begashaw*, Washington State University -
2:20 p.m.
Title to be announced.
Mark Coodey*, University of California, Santa Barbara
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1:00 p.m.
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Saturday August 10, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-2:35 p.m.
MAA Session on Innovative Teaching in First-Year College Mathematics, I
Organizers:
Howard L. Penn, U. S. Naval Academy hlp@usna.navy.mil
Aaron I. Stucker, Washburn University of Topeka zzstuc@acc.wuacc.edu
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1:00 p.m.
Problem solving in college algebra.
Aaron I. Stucker*, Washburn University -
1:20 p.m.
Geometric models, history, and art in a liberal arts mathematics course.
Kay M. Gura*, Ramapo College of New Jersey -
1:40 p.m.
Teaching college algebra & trigonometry using cooperative learning groups.
Emmett C. Dennis*, Southeastern Louisiana University -
2:00 p.m.
The system of lessons as an alternative to combined lessons.
Victor Y. Kutsenok*, St. Francis College -
2:20 p.m.
Using undergraduates to teach remedial courses.
Mariarosa F. Allodi*, Utica College of Syracuse University
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1:00 p.m.
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Saturday August 10, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
MAA Session on Reformed Calculus in Performance: What Works, What to Fix, I
Organizers:
Walter Gill Kelley, University of Oklahoma wkelley@uoknor.edu
Curtis C. McKnight, University of Oklahoma
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1:00 p.m.
Welcome and Introduction -
1:10 p.m.
Calculus and Mathematica in its seventh year: Lessons learned.
Jerry Uhl*, University of Illinois
Bill Davis, Ohio State University -
1:30 p.m.
Calculus reform methods in the large classroom.
Sandy Cooper*, Washington State University
Tom LoFaro, Washington State University
Marsha LoFaro, Washington State University -
1:50 p.m.
Identifying difficulties in a comprehensive implementation of reformed calculus.
Curtis McKnight*, University of Oklahoma -
2:10 p.m.
Which way did they go? Which way did they go? Examinging transcript records of students who took workshop-style calculus.
Teri J. Murphy*, University of Illinois -
2:30 p.m.
Assessment of appropriate uses of graphing calculators in Calculus I.
Trisha Bergthold*, University of Oklahoma
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1:00 p.m.
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Saturday August 10, 1996, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
AMS-MAA Joint Panel Discussion
Integrating calculus and physics courses: Three case studies.
Organizers:
Phillip L. Zenor, Auburn University zenorpl@mail.auburn.edu
Presenters:
Martin A. Jackson, University of Puget Sound martinj@ups.edu
David B. Johnson, Diablo Valley College johnson@ms.uky.edu -
Saturday August 10, 1996, 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
AMS Committee on Meetings and Conferences Discussion
What makes a good talk?
Organizers:
Steven George Krantz, Mathematical Science Research Institute and Washington University
Jerrold E. Marsden, California Institute of Technology and University of California, Berkeley
Sylvia M. Wiegand, University of Nebraska -
Saturday August 10, 1996, 3:05 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
MAA-Mu Alpha Theta Lecture
The role of secondary schools in calculus reform.
Deborah Hughes Hallett*, Harvard University
Daniel Kennedy, Baylor School, Chattanooga, Tennessee -
Saturday August 10, 1996, 4:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
MAA Minicourse \#3: Part A
Technology, modeling, cooperative learning: Putting it all together.
Organizers:
James T. Sandefur, Georgetown University
Rosalie Dance, Georgetown University -
Saturday August 10, 1996, 4:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
MAA Minicourse \#4: Part A
How to test mathematics taught using graphing calculators.
Organizers:
Jan J. Vandever, South Dakota State University
Katherine P. Layton, Beverly Hills High School -
Saturday August 10, 1996, 4:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
MAA Session on Innovative Teaching in First-Year College Mathematics, II
Organizers:
Howard L. Penn, U. S. Naval Academy hlp@sma.usna.navy.MIL
Aaron I. Stucker, Washburn University of Topeka
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4:00 p.m.
Military projects for calculus.
Howard Lewis Penn*, U.S. Naval Academy -
4:20 p.m.
The mathematics of powered flight.
George T. Rublein*, College of William and Mary -
4:40 p.m.
An efficient alternative to lecturing.
Jack Bookman*, Duke University -
5:00 p.m.
A jump start for students ill-prepared but needing calculus.
Michael N. Bleicher*, University of Wisconsin - Madison
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4:00 p.m.
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Saturday August 10, 1996, 4:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
MAA Session on Mathematicians in the K--8 Classroom, I
Organizers:
Una M. Bray, Skidmore College ubray@skikmore.edu
R. Daniel Hurwitz, Skidmore College hurwitz@skikmore.edu
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4:00 p.m.
My visits to the K--6 classroom.
Una Bray*, Skidmore College -
4:20 p.m.
My visits to the junior high: Lessons and experiences.
Peter Tannenbaum*, CSU at Frescno -
4:40 p.m.
I was a volunteer 6th grade math teacher.
Susan Addington*, California State University, San Bernardino -
5:00 p.m.
New PhDs in school classrooms:The Cleveland Collaborative's Post-doctoral Fellows.
Ben Ford*, University of Washington -
5:20 p.m.
Middle school mathematics: An historical approach.
Arlene Goldblatt*, The Foote School -
5:40 p.m.
Musings of a vagabond mathematics consultant.
Dan Hurwitz*, Skidmore College
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4:00 p.m.
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Saturday August 10, 1996, 4:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
MAA Session on Innovations in Mathematics Courses beyond Linear Algebra, I
Organizers:
Janet L. Beery, University of Redlands beery@ultrix.uor.edu
Steven W. Morics, University of Redlands
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4:00 p.m.
Group activities in abstract algebra.
Steven W. Morics*, University of Redlands -
4:15 p.m.
Groups for proofs: Using small groups to teach students how to write proofs.
Daniel S. Alexander*, Drake University -
4:30 p.m.
Teaching students to solve geometry problems using the method of auxiliary circles.
Victor Kutsenok*, St. Francis College -
4:45 p.m.
Using electronic mail for peer review.
Bryan Smith*, University of Puget Sound -
5:00 p.m.
Dynamical systems and chaos at the undergraduate level.
Mario Martelli*, California State University, Fullerton -
5:15 p.m.
Student attitudes toward abstract algebra: A comparative research study.
Clare T. Hemenway*, University of Wisconsin-Marathon Center -
5:30 p.m.
Cooperatively learning abstract algebra.
Nancy L. Hagelgans*, Ursinus College -
5:45 p.m.
A unified approach to the study of mathematics.
Catherine Gorini*, Maharishi University of Management
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4:00 p.m.
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Saturday August 10, 1996, 4:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
MAA Student Papers
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4:00 p.m.
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4:00 p.m.
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Saturday August 10, 1996, 4:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
PME Contributed Paper Sessions
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4:00 p.m.
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4:00 p.m.
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Saturday August 10, 1996, 4:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
AMS-MAA Presentation
The research mathematician as an educator: How do we use the mathematics that we create to motivate students? Part I.
Presenters:
William Yslas Velez, University of Arizona
James A. Powell, Utah State University
Nancy Pullman, Logan (Utah) High School
Joseph C. Watkins, University of Arizona -
Saturday August 10, 1996, 4:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
MAA Committee on the Participation of Women Panel Discussion
Women and mathematics: Case studies of intervention programs
Organizers:
Virginia E. Knight, Meredith College
Moderators:
Carole B. Lacampagne, U. S. Department of Education -
Saturday August 10, 1996, 4:00 p.m.-5:40 p.m.
AMS Committee on Education Panel Discussion
How can you defend your graduate program in mathematics?
Organizers:
Harvey B. Keynes, University of Minnesota
Presenters:
John B. Conway, University of Tennessee
William H. Jaco, Oklahoma State University
William Rundell, Texas A & M University -
Saturday August 10, 1996, 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
MAA Section Officers -
Saturday August 10, 1996, 4:10 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
AMS-MAA Research Session on Commutative Algebra, I
Organizers:
Sylvia Margaret Wiegand, University of Nebraska http://www.math.unl.edu/~swiegand
William J. Heinzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette heinzer@gauss.math.purdue.edu
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4:10 p.m.
Every local ring is dominated by a one-dimensional local ring.
Robert Gilmer*, Florida State University -
4:35 p.m.
Cofiniteness of local cohomology modules.
Donatella Delfino*, Univ. of Michigan -
5:05 p.m.
Existence of joint reductions in polynomial rings.
Irena Swanson*, New Mexico State University -
5:30 p.m.
Coprimely packed Noetherian polynomial rings.
David E. Rush*, University of California, Riverside
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4:10 p.m.
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Saturday August 10, 1996, 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Luau -
Saturday August 10, 1996, 8:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
AMS-MAA Special Event
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Saturday August 10, 1996, 9:30 p.m.-11:00 p.m.
Special Reception