AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Saturday, April 8, 2006 00:38:35

Associate secretaries:
Matthew Miller, AMS miller@math.sc.edu

Saturday April 1, 2006, 8:30 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
Special Session on History of Mathematics, I
Room 273A, Graham Center
Organizers:
Karen H. Parshall, University of Virginia khp3k@virginia.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  What Were Thought to Be the Foundations of Mathematics Before 1850?
  Harold M. Edwards*, New York University
  (1015-01-184)
- 9:00 a.m.
  The Legacy of Augustus De Morgan (1806-1871).
  Adrian Rice*, Randolph-Macon College
  (1015-01-115)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Victorian Mathematical Societies and Their Journals.
  Sloan Evans Despeaux*, Western Carolina University
  (1015-01-98)
- 10:00 a.m.
  "A Peculiar Fascination": A Brief History of Linkages as Objects of Practice, Theory, and Pedagogy.
  David Lindsay Roberts*, United States Naval Academy
  (1015-01-76)

Saturday April 1, 2006, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on History of Mathematics, II
Room 273A, Graham Center
Organizers:
Karen H. Parshall, University of Virginia khp3k@virginia.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  From the Liberal Arts College to the Research University in the US (Harvard, Princeton and Yale).
  Joseph W. Dauben*, City University of New York
  (1015-01-123)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Benjamin Peirce and Educational Initiatives at Mid-Nineteenth-Century Harvard.
  Deborah Kent*, Simon Fraser University
  (1015-01-271)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Categorizing second-tier mathematicians.
  David E. Zitarelli*, Temple University
  (1015-01-60)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Topology Visits Algebraic Invariant Theory.
  Paul R Wolfson*, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  (1015-01-169)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Emil Artin in America: A Time of Transition.
  Della D. Fenster*, University of Richmond
  (1015-01-66)
- 5:00 p.m.
  The Tragedy of the Chinese Mathematician Zhang Zongsui (1915-1969).
  Yibao Xu*, BMCC/CUNY
  (1015-01-06)

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