AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Saturday, May 6, 2006 00:24:07

Associate secretaries:
Michel L Lapidus, AMS lapidus@math.ucr.edu, lapidus@mathserv.ucr.edu

Saturday April 29, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Special Session on History and Philosophy of Mathematics, I
Room 116, Business
Organizers:
Shawnee L. McMurran, California State University, San Bernardino mcmurran@math.csusb.edu
James J. Tattersall, Providence College tat@providence.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Cartwright and Littlewood on Van der Pol's Equation.
  Shawnee McMurran*, California State University, San Bernardino
  James Tattersall, Providence College
  (1018-01-235)
- 9:30 a.m.
  The Legacy of Augustus De Morgan (1806-1871).
  Adrian Rice*, Randolph-Macon College
  (1018-01-108)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Ludic Proof: Greek Mathematics and the Alexandrian Aesthetic.
  Reviel Netz*, Stanford
  (1018-01-238)

Saturday April 29, 2006, 3:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Special Session on History and Philosophy of Mathematics, II
Room 116, Business
Organizers:
Shawnee L. McMurran, California State University, San Bernardino mcmurran@math.csusb.edu
James J. Tattersall, Providence College tat@providence.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Euler's {\sl Introductio} of 1748.
  V. Frederick Rickey*, West Point
  (1018-01-231)
- 3:30 p.m.
  What exactly is "doing math"?
  Keith Devlin*, Stanford University
  (1018-00-255)
- 4:00 p.m.
  One hundred years of Voronoi summation.
  Jennifer E Beineke*, Western New England College
  (1018-01-145)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Indian Contributions to \textit{The Educational Times} 1876-1918.
  J J Tattersall*, Providence College
  Shawnee L McMurran, California State University San Bernardino
  (1018-01-50)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Discussion

Sunday April 30, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Special Session on History and Philosophy of Mathematics, III
Room 116, Business
Organizers:
Shawnee L. McMurran, California State University, San Bernardino mcmurran@math.csusb.edu
James J. Tattersall, Providence College tat@providence.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Historiography of the philosophy of mathematics in the late twentieth century.
  Thomas Drucker*, Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin--Whitewater
  (1018-01-51)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Greek mathematics and Greek skepticism.
  Hardy Grant*, York University, Toronto
  (1018-01-56)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Suan Shu Shu, A Book on Numbers and Computations: Problems in Collating, Interpreting and Translating the Most Ancient Yet-Known Chinese Mathematical Text.
  Joseph W. Dauben*, Herbert H. Lehman College, City University of New York
  (1018-01-48)

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