AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Saturday, April 21, 2007 00:32:16

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

Sunday April 15, 2007, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on History of Mathematics on Leonhard Euler's Tercentenary, I
Room 105, Morton
Organizers:
Patricia R. Allaire, Queensborough Community College, CUNY pallaire@qcc.cuny.edu
Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University bradley@adelphi.edu
Lee J. Stemkoski, Adelphi University stemkoski@adelphi.edu
- 8:00 a.m.
  Euler and the Prehistory of Statistics.
  Robert E. Bradley*, Adelphi University
  (1026-01-190)
- 8:30 a.m.
  Euler and the Search for Foundations.
  Thomas Drucker*, University of Wisconsin--Whitewater
  (1026-01-218)
- 9:00 a.m.
  The Prehistory of "Experimental" Mathematics.
  Hardy Grant*, York University, Toronto
  (1026-01-111)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Topology Visits Algebraic Invariant Theory.
  Paul R. Wolfson*, West Chester University
  (1026-01-40)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Henry J. S. Smith's Papers on Mathematical Crystallography: Part 1.
  Francine F. Abeles*, Kean University
  (1026-01-09)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Brainpower for the Cold War: Mathematics Education in the Age of Sputnik.
  Peggy A. Kidwell*, Smithsonian Institution
  (1026-01-234)

Sunday April 15, 2007, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
Special Session on History of Mathematics on Leonhard Euler's Tercentenary, II
Room 105, Morton
Organizers:
Patricia R. Allaire, Queensborough Community College, CUNY pallaire@qcc.cuny.edu
Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University bradley@adelphi.edu
Lee J. Stemkoski, Adelphi University stemkoski@adelphi.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  Late Euler.
  C Edward Sandifer*, Western Connecticut State University
  (1026-01-201)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Euler and the Enlightenment Mathematicians: A Scottish Perspective.
  Amy Ackerberg-Hastings*, University of Maryland University College
  (1026-01-12)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Euler on the Buckling of Columns.
  Lawrence D'Antonio*, Ramapo College of New Jersey
  (1026-01-98)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Euler, Generating Functions, and Partitions.
  Brian Hopkins*, Saint Peter's College
  (1026-01-19)

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