AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:10:01

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

Saturday October 2, 1999, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on The History of Mathematics
Room I, Moore Hall
Organizers:
Daniel Otero, Xavier University otero@xavier.xu.edu
C. Edward Sandifer, Western Connecticut State University sandifer@wcsub.ctstateu.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  The Tenure of Charles Loewner at the University of Louisville: 1939-1944 .
  Richard M Davitt*, University of Louisville
  (947-98-30)
- 9:40 a.m.
  The Indirect Influence of Andre Weil on Computational Electromagnetics.
  P Robert Kotiuga*, Boston University
  (947-78-142)
- 10:20 a.m.
  Euler's "Example of the Use of Observation in Pure Mathematics".
  Edward Sandifer*, Western Connecticut State University
  (947-01-107)

Saturday October 2, 1999, 2:40 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on The History of Mathematics
Room I, Moore Hall
Organizers:
Daniel Otero, Xavier University otero@xavier.xu.edu
C. Edward Sandifer, Western Connecticut State University sandifer@wcsub.ctstateu.edu
- 2:40 p.m.
  Into the Woods - Norbert Wiener in Maine.
  Eisso J Atzema*, University of Maine
  (947-01-135)
- 3:20 p.m.
  The Remarkable History of Logarithms.
  Robert G Stein*, California State U, San Bernardino
  (947-01-143)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Digo Que el Numero Sea una Cosa--Seeking the Earliest Printed Math Books in the New World.
  Bruce S Burdick*, Roger Williams University
  (947-01-162)
- 4:40 p.m.
  Early Textbooks at West Point.
  V. Frederick Rickey*, United States Military Academy
  (947-01-139)
- 5:20 p.m.
  Henry Briggs' Arithmetica Logarithmica: the introduction of common logarithms.
  Daniel E Otero*, Xavier University
  (947-01-108)

Sunday October 3, 1999, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on The History of Mathematics
Room I, Moore Hall
Organizers:
Daniel Otero, Xavier University otero@xavier.xu.edu
C. Edward Sandifer, Western Connecticut State University sandifer@wcsub.ctstateu.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  A Definition of the Natural Logarithm.
  Linda Marie Saliga*, The University of Akron
  (947-01-126)
- 9:40 a.m.
  Elegant Fractions in Indian Astronomy.
  Kim Plofker*, Brown University
  (947-01-114)
- 10:20 a.m.
  Nyctaginaceous Mathematics.
  James J Tattersall*, Providence College
  (947-01-130)

Sunday October 3, 1999, 2:40 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Special Session on The History of Mathematics
Room I, Moore Hall
Organizers:
Daniel Otero, Xavier University otero@xavier.xu.edu
C. Edward Sandifer, Western Connecticut State University sandifer@wcsub.ctstateu.edu
- 2:40 p.m.
  Hensel's $p$-adic numbers: early history.
  Fernando Q Gouvea*, Colby College
  (947-01-138)
- 3:20 p.m.
  The Development of Whole Number Algorithms in the United States.
  Susan C Ross*, University of Southern Mississippi
  (947-01-146)
- 4:00 p.m.
  How did the Pythagoreans Prove the Side of a Square is Incommensurable With Its Diagonal?
  Jeff A Suzuki*, Boston University, College of General Studies
  (947-01-119)

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