
AMS Sectional Meeting Program by AMS Special Session
Current as of Saturday, April 16, 2011 00:22:58
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2011 Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
April 9-10, 2011 (Saturday - Sunday)
Meeting #1070
Associate secretaries:
Steven H Weintraub, AMS shw2@lehigh.edu
Special Session on History and Philosophy of Mathematics
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on History and Philosophy of Mathematics, I
Rm 112, ONeil Hall
Organizers:
James J. Tattersall, Providence College
V. Frederick Rickey, United States Military Academy Fred-Rickey@usma.edu
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8:30 a.m.
Why did AndreiMarkov criticize Sofia Kovalevskaya's proofs?
Maryam Vulis*, Norwalk CC
(1070-01-122) -
9:00 a.m.
Poncelet's Circular Path to Central Collineations.
Christopher Baltus*, SUNY College at Oswego, Oswego, NY
(1070-01-112) -
9:30 a.m.
Various Observations on Euler's E72.
Bruce S. Burdick*, Roger Williams University
(1070-01-325) -
10:00 a.m.
On Legendre's Work on the Law of Quadratic Reciprocity.
Steven H Weintraub*, Lehigh University
(1070-01-09) -
10:30 a.m.
C. Haros and the Farey Series.
Scott B Guthery*, Docent Press
(1070-01-14)
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8:30 a.m.
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Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on History and Philosophy of Mathematics, II
Rm 112, ONeil Hall
Organizers:
James J. Tattersall, Providence College
V. Frederick Rickey, United States Military Academy Fred-Rickey@usma.edu
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3:00 p.m.
Mathematics and Magic in Me-Turan.
Duncan J Melville*, St. Lawrence University
(1070-01-221) -
3:30 p.m.
What's in a Name? Eponyms, Mathematicians, Objects and Museum Collections, from Galileo's Finger to the Bernoulli Box.
Peggy Aldrich Kidwell*, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
(1070-01-119) -
4:00 p.m.
The Evolution of Mathematics Teaching Practices, c. 1770-1970.
Amy K Ackerberg-Hastings*, University of Maryland University Collelge
(1070-01-81) -
4:30 p.m.
Simon Newcomb as a Nineteenth Century Mathematics Educator.
David Lindsay Roberts*, Prince George's Community College
(1070-01-125) -
5:00 p.m.
Martin Gardner's 19th Century Counterpart: Richard A. Proctor.
Francine F. Abeles*, Kean University, Union, NJ 07083
(1070-01-76) -
5:30 p.m.
Calculus Books and Curriculum at West Point in the Twentieth Century.
Tina R Hartley*, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
V Frederick Rickey, United States Military Academy
(1070-01-147)
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3:00 p.m.
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Sunday April 10, 2011, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on History and Philosophy of Mathematics, III
Rm 112, ONeil Hall
Organizers:
James J. Tattersall, Providence College
V. Frederick Rickey, United States Military Academy Fred-Rickey@usma.edu
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8:30 a.m.
Levi ben Gershon's Matrix Algebra.
Shai Simonson*, Mathematics and Computer Science Department, Stonehill College
(1070-01-120) -
9:00 a.m.
John Adams's Interest In Mathematics.
Andrew B Perry*, Springfield College (MA)
(1070-01-150) -
9:30 a.m.
News About the Binomial Theorem in Victorian England.
Thomas Drucker*, University of Wisconsin--Whitewater
(1070-01-66) -
10:00 a.m.
Great Moments of the Riemann Zeta Function: Served Family-Style.
Jennifer Beineke*, Western New England College
Christopher Hughes, University of York
(1070-01-284) -
10:30 a.m.
Arnold Sommerfeld's Geometric Model of Relativistic Velocities.
Paul R Wolfson*, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
(1070-01-283)
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8:30 a.m.
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