AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:10:09

Associate secretaries:
Bernard Russo, AMS brusso@math.uci.edu

Saturday March 11, 2000, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on History of Mathematics, I
Room 2127, Girvetz Hall
Organizers:
James Tattersall, Providence College tat@providence.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Mathematics at West Point during the Twentieth Century: Courses, Textbooks, Content, Faculty, Students, and Influences.
  David C Arney*, United States Military Academy
  (951-01-16)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Learn from the Students! A senior seminar in the history of mathematics.
  Betty Mayfield*, Hood College
  (951-01-60)
- 10:00 a.m.
  The Development of the Riemann Zeta-Function.
  Jennifer Beineke*, Trinity College
  (951-01-82)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Extending Euler: A little-known episode in the prehistory of quaternions.
  Adrian C Rice*, Randolph-Macon College
  (951-01-40)

Saturday March 11, 2000, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on History of Mathematics, II
Room 2127, Girvetz Hall
Organizers:
James Tattersall, Providence College tat@providence.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  The Remarkable History of Logarithms.
  Robert g Stein*, Cal State San Bernardino
  (951-01-112)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Topological Methods for Quasilinear BVP.
  Victor L. Shapiro*, University of California, Riverside
  (951-35-35)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Surface Area.
  Harriet M Lord*, Cal Poly Pomona
  (951-01-93)

Sunday March 12, 2000, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on History of Mathematics, III
Room 2127, Girvetz Hall
Organizers:
James Tattersall, Providence College tat@providence.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718-1799): A commemorative on the 200th anniversary of her death. A Lasting Contribution from the First Surviving Mathematical Work Written by a Woman.
  S. I. B. Gray*, California State University Los Angeles
  (951-01-05)
- 9:30 a.m.
  The Conics of Gilles Personne de Roberval.
  Barnabas B Hughes*, California State University, Northridge
  (951-01-33)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Fair representation, apportionment and proportional representation: Charles L. Dodgson's approach.
  Francine F Abeles*, Kean University
  (951-01-97)
- 10:30 a.m.
  The Remarkable Gerbert.
  James J Tattersall*, Providence College
  (951-01-57)

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