AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session
Current as of Saturday, October 18, 2008 00:36:13
2008 Fall Eastern Section Meeting
Middletown, CT, October 11-12, 2008 (Saturday - Sunday)
Meeting #1042
Associate secretaries: Lesley M Sibner, AMS lsibner@duke.poly.edu
Special Session on History of Mathematics
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on History of Mathematics, I
Room 309, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University bradley@adelphi.edu
Lawrence A. D'Antonio, Ramapo College of New Jersey ldant@ramapo.edu
Lee J. Stemkoski, Adelphi University stemkoski@adelphi.edu
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9:00 a.m.
Eighteenth-Century Mathematics in Cultural Context.
Hardy Grant*, York University, Toronto
(1042-01-157) -
9:30 a.m.
How Euler Solved the Problem of the Virgins.
Lawrence A. D'Antonio*, Ramapo College of New Jersey
(1042-01-11) -
10:00 a.m.
Fleury and Hierholzer on Euler Paths.
Brian Hopkins*, Saint Peter's College
(1042-01-215) -
10:30 a.m.
The Rise (And Fall?) of Factoring in College Mathematics.
Jeff A Suzuki*, Brooklyn College
(1042-01-06)
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9:00 a.m.
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Saturday October 11, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on History of Mathematics, II
Room 309, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University bradley@adelphi.edu
Lawrence A. D'Antonio, Ramapo College of New Jersey ldant@ramapo.edu
Lee J. Stemkoski, Adelphi University stemkoski@adelphi.edu
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3:00 p.m.
The Transition from Euler to Cauchy: The Case of Recurrent Series.
Robert E. Bradley*, Adelphi University
(1042-01-102) -
3:30 p.m.
The Transition from Euler to Cauchy: The Case of Infinite Products.
C Edward Sandifer*, Western Connecticut State University
(1042-01-103) -
4:00 p.m.
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier.
Timothy A Smith*, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
(1042-35-07) -
4:30 p.m.
How Boole, Eisenstein, and Cayley Solved the Cubic Equation.
Paul R. Wolfson*, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
(1042-01-123) -
5:00 p.m.
Nationality and the Mathematical Community.
Thomas Drucker*, University of Wisconsin--Whitewater
(1042-01-16)
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3:00 p.m.
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Sunday October 12, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on History of Mathematics, III
Room 309, Exley Science Center
Organizers:
Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University bradley@adelphi.edu
Lawrence A. D'Antonio, Ramapo College of New Jersey ldant@ramapo.edu
Lee J. Stemkoski, Adelphi University stemkoski@adelphi.edu
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9:00 a.m.
Samuel Hart Wright and the Yates County Chronicle.
J J Tattersall*, Providence College
(1042-01-29) -
9:30 a.m.
Warren Colburn and His Influence on American Mathematics Textbooks.
Andrew B. Perry*, Springfield College
(1042-01-151) -
10:00 a.m.
The Early History of Quasideterminants in the Nineteenth Century.
Francine F. Abeles*, Kean University
(1042-01-09) -
10:30 a.m.
History of Put-Call Parity.
Marina Vulis*, University of Bridgeport
(1042-01-236)
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9:00 a.m.