AMS :: Fall Southeastern Sectional Meeting, AMS Special Session

AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session

Current as of Sunday, October 13, 2013 00:28:06

Associate secretaries:

Brian D. Boe, AMS brian@math.uga.edu

Saturday October 5, 2013, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on History of Mathematics and Its Use in Teaching, I
Room 109, Bingham Humanities
Organizers:
Daniel J. Curtin, Northern Kentucky University
Daniel E. Otero, Xavier University otero@xavier.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Medieval arithmetical problem solving: algebra, false position etc.
  Jeffrey A Oaks*, University of Indianapolis
  (1092-01-192)
- 3:30 p.m.
  The Ludus Regularis of Wibold.
  Richard Pulskamp*, Xavier University
  Daniel E. Otero, Xavier University
  (1092-01-294)
- 4:00 p.m.
  The tradition of diagrams in manuscripts of Eutocius.
  Colin B. P. McKinney*, Wabash College
  (1092-01-106)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Plimpton 322: Triangular numbers in base 60 and N squared.
  Donald A. Sokol*, Burr Ridge, Illinois
  (1092-01-41)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Facing New Problems.
  Chris Christensen*, Northern Kentucky University
  (1092-01-60)
- 5:30 p.m.
  Jan De Witt (1625--72) and the Beginnings of Modern Analytic Geometry.
  Daniel J. Curtin*, Northern Kentucky University
  (1092-01-40)

Sunday October 6, 2013, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on History of Mathematics and Its Use in Teaching, II
Room 109, Bingham Humanities
Organizers:
Daniel J. Curtin, Northern Kentucky University
Daniel E. Otero, Xavier University otero@xavier.edu
- 8:00 a.m.
  "New" techniques from primary sources in ordinary differential equations.
  Adam E. Parker*, Wittenberg University
  (1092-01-116)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Topology and its history are connected under the classroom topology.
  Nicholas A Scoville*, Ursinus College
  (1092-01-49)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Mathemorphosis, a new approach to the teaching of mathematics.
  Alejandro R. Garciadiego*, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
  (1092-01-143)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Incorporating Popular Books into the Teaching of the History of Mathematics.
  Diana White*, University of Colorado Denver
  (1092-97-232)
- 10:30 a.m.
  The contributions of a history and philosophy of mathematics course on undergraduate students' mathematical thinking.
  Kathleen M Clark*, Florida State University
  (1092-01-227)