AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

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

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

Saturday October 21, 2000, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on History of Mathematics, I
Room 317, HSS Building
Organizers:
Shawnee McMurran, California State University San Bernardino mcmurran@prodigy.net
James J. Tattersall, Providence College tat@providence.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  Solving Victorian Math Problems: A Senior Project.
  Shawnee L McMurran*, California State University San Bernardino
  (958-01-257)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Arabic Algebra Before (?) al-Khwarizmi.
  Barnabas Hughes*, California State Univesity, Northridge
  (958-01-48)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Mina Rees and Her Influence on Mathematical Research.
  Amy E Shell*, United States Military Academy
  (958-01-117)
- 10:00 a.m.
  The evolutionary origins of mathematical ability: Preliminary Report.
  Keith Devlin*, St Mary's College of California
  (958-01-84)
- 10:30 a.m.
  The functional equation of the Riemann zeta function.
  Jennifer E Beineke*, Trinity College
  (958-01-241)

Saturday October 21, 2000, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on History of Mathematics, II
Room 317, HSS Building
Organizers:
Shawnee McMurran, California State University San Bernardino mcmurran@prodigy.net
James J. Tattersall, Providence College tat@providence.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Nineteenth-century Developments in Geometric Probability: J.J. Sylvester, M. Crofton, J.-E. Barbier, and J. Bertrand.
  Eugene Seneta, University of Sydney
  Karen V. Parshall*, University of Virginia
  Francois Jongmans, University of Liege
  (958-01-97)
- 3:30 p.m.
  G.H. Hardy, the London Mathematical Society, and the rise of British pure mathematical research in the first half of the 20th century.
  Adrian C Rice*, Randolph-Macon College
  (958-01-133)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Statistics in the U.S. Comes of Age: A Case Study in American Influence Abroad, Preliminary report.
  Patti W Hunter*, Westmont College
  (958-01-130)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Mathematics and Politics: Shaping the Mathematical Landscape in Post-Unification Italy.
  Laura Martini*, University of Virginia
  (958-01-98)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Quadric, cubic, and quartic cones.
  Anatoly B. Korchagin*, Texas Tech University
  (958-01-34)

Sunday October 22, 2000, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on History of Mathematics, III
Room 317, HSS Building
Organizers:
Shawnee McMurran, California State University San Bernardino mcmurran@prodigy.net
James J. Tattersall, Providence College tat@providence.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  The Josephus Problem Revisited.
  James J Tattersall*, Providence College
  (958-01-128)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Gerbert: A Guy in the Right Place at the Right Time.
  Betty Mayfield*, Hood College
  (958-01-124)
- 9:30 a.m.
  The Collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
  Kristen S Moore*, University of Michigan
  (958-01-281)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Symbolical Algebra as a Foundation for Calculus: D. F. Gregory's Contributions.
  Patricia R. Allaire, CUNY Queensborough
  Robert E. Bradley*, Adelphi University
  (958-01-45)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Geometry Civilized and Churches Astronomized.
  John L Heilbron*, University of California, Berkeley
  (958-01-258)

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