AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:21:45

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

Saturday November 6, 2004, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on The History of Mathematics, I
Room 426, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University bradley@adelphi.edu
Lawrence A. D'Antonio, Ramapo College of New Jersey ldant@ramapo.edu
- 8:00 a.m.
  Graphs and Equations: an 18th Century Paridigm Shift.
  Robert E. Bradley*, Adelphi University
  (1002-01-105)
- 8:30 a.m.
  The gap in Lambert's proof (1767) that pi is irrational.
  Christopher Baltus*, SUNY College at Oswego
  (1002-01-153)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Mathematics the World Forgot: Euler's Work on the Elastic Curve.
  Lawrence D'Antonio*, Ramapo College of New Jersey
  (1002-01-91)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Lagrange's Proof of the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra.
  Jeff A Suzuki*, Bard College
  (1002-01-53)
- 10:00 a.m.
  What's in the Library? (1730-1790).
  Paul C. Pasles*, Villanova University
  (1002-01-118)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Thomas Clausen: Factoring Fermat numbers and Generating Graeco-Latin squares.
  Lee J. Stemkoski*, Dartmouth College
  (1002-01-194)

Saturday November 6, 2004, 3:00 p.m.-6:20 p.m.
Special Session on The History of Mathematics, II
Room 426, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University bradley@adelphi.edu
Lawrence A. D'Antonio, Ramapo College of New Jersey ldant@ramapo.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Purpose through Publication: Catalysts for Research by Junior Mathematicians in Nineteenth-Century Britain.
  Sloan Evans Despeaux*, Western Carolina University
  (1002-01-164)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Some Questions about the History of the Equivalence Problem.
  Paul R Wolfson*, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  (1002-01-162)
- 4:00 p.m.
  An Episode in the Early Development of Automated Deduction. Lewis Carroll's Symbolic Logic.
  Francine F. Abeles*, Kean University
  (1002-01-19)
- 4:30 p.m.
  The Maturity of Mathematical Logic.
  Thomas Drucker*, University of Wisconsin--Whitewater
  (1002-01-26)
- 5:00 p.m.
  The Social Role of Temperance Arithmetic.
  Antonella Cupillari*, Penn State Erie-The Behrend College
  Jessica Pflueger, Pittsburgh, PA
  (1002-01-27)
- 5:30 p.m.
  What Teachers Taught and How: The Potential and the Pitfalls of the Study of the History of Mathematics Teaching.
  Eisso J. Atzema*, University of Maine
  (1002-01-166)
- 6:00 p.m.
  What Can We Learn From the History of Enrollments.
  Walter Meyer*, Adelphi University
  (1002-01-63)

Sunday November 7, 2004, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on The History of Mathematics, III
Room 426, Benedum Hall
Organizers:
Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University bradley@adelphi.edu
Lawrence A. D'Antonio, Ramapo College of New Jersey ldant@ramapo.edu
- 8:00 a.m.
  Numbers: Regular, irregular and prime. Some thoughts on the Old Babylonian sexagesimal system.
  Duncan J. Melville*, St. Lawrence University
  (1002-01-158)
- 8:30 a.m.
  When did Trigonometry Begin?
  Glen R. Van Brummelen*, Bennington College
  (1002-01-76)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Changing Proofs for the Quadrature of the Parabola.
  Gordon A. Swain*, Ashland University
  (1002-01-22)
- 9:30 a.m.
  The development of the mathematical thought of the young Descartes.
  Michel Pierre Serfati*, Institut de Recherche sur l'Enseignement des Math�matiques. Universit� Paris VII. Denis Diderot.
  (1002-01-107)
- 10:00 a.m.
  How the Cartesian Revolution renders Plato's hope for a mathematical basis for philosophy implausible.
  Samuel S Kutler*, St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland
  (1002-01-109)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Gertrude Blanch of the WPA.
  David Alan Grier*, George Washington University
  (1002-01-07)

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