AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

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1998 Spring Eastern Section Meeting
Philadelphia, PA, April 4-6, 1998
Meeting #933

Associate secretaries:
Lesley M Sibner, AMS lsibner@duke.poly.edu

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Special Session on The History of American Mathematics

• Saturday April 4, 1998, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on The History of American Mathematics, I
  Room 10B, TUCC
  Organizers:
  David E. Zitarelli, Temple University davidz@euclid.math.temple.edu
  Karen H. Parshall, University of Virginia khp3k@virginia.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Declaration of American Independence and other mathematical texts of the eighteenth century.
    John G Fauvel*, The Open University, England
    (933-01-91)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    From so obscure a beginning: The Analyst of Joel E. Hendricks.
    Joe Albree*, Auburn U. at Montgomery
    (933-01-101)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    W. W. Johnson and Newton's Calculus.
    George M. Rosenstein*, Franklin & Marshall C.
    (933-01-104)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Mathematics Curriculum at West Point during the Nineteenth Century: Courses, Textbooks, Content, Faculty, Students, and Influences.
    David C Arney*, United States Military Academy
    (933-01-32)
• Saturday April 4, 1998, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on The History of American Mathematics, II
  Room 10B, TUCC
  Organizers:
  David E. Zitarelli, Temple University davidz@euclid.math.temple.edu
  Karen H. Parshall, University of Virginia khp3k@virginia.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    "Moulding the Mathematical Education of 55 Million" Americans: Sylvester at Hopkins (1876--1883).
    Karen V.H. Parshall*, University of Virginia
    (933-01-83)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    C. S. Peirce as a Mathematician.
    Albert C. Lewis*, Indiana University
    (933-01-243)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    The Remarkable Charlotte Scott.
    James J Tattersall*, Providence College
    (933-01-14)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    The Early History of the Cornell University Mathematics Department.
    Gary G. Cochell*, Culver-Stockton College
    (933-01-35)
• Sunday April 5, 1998, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  Special Session on The History of American Mathematics, III
  Room 10B, TUCC
  Organizers:
  David E. Zitarelli, Temple University davidz@euclid.math.temple.edu
  Karen H. Parshall, University of Virginia khp3k@virginia.edu
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Leonard Dickson and the University of Chicago: The Consolidation and Growth of an Algebraic Research Tradition.
    Della D. Fenster*, University of Richmond
    (933-01-90)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    The Founding of the MAA.
    Florence D Fasanelli*, MAA
    (933-01-160)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    E. H. Moore's Failed Attempt to Involve the American Mathematical Society in Pedagogy, 1902-1915.
    David L Roberts*, University of Maryland
    (933-01-61)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Women at Cornell: the pre-1940 Ph.D.'s.
    Judy Green*, Marymount University, Arlington, VA
    Jeanne LaDuke, DePaul University
    (933-01-222)
• Sunday April 5, 1998, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on The History of American Mathematics, IV
  Room 10B, TUCC
  Organizers:
  David E. Zitarelli, Temple University davidz@euclid.math.temple.edu
  Karen H. Parshall, University of Virginia khp3k@virginia.edu
  

  • 2:30 p.m.
    The Structures of Computation.
    Michael S. Mahoney*, Princeton University
    (933-01-151)
  • 3:00 p.m.
    Origins of spectral sequences.
    John H McCleary*, Vassar College
    (933-01-234)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Elbert F. Cox: An early pioneer.
    James A. Donaldson, Howard University
    Richard J. Fleming*, Central Michigan University
    (933-01-163)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Historical Reflections on the 25th Anniversary of Historia Mathematica .
    Joseph W. Dauben*, CUNY
    (933-01-130)

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