2:00 On the Use of Computer Algebra Syntax in
the Calculus Classroom
Russell
Goodman,
Central College
2:30 Using the Pivot Package in Linear Algebra
and Finite Mathematics
Al Hibbard, Central College
3:00 The Classical Ramsey Number R(3,3,3,3;2) Is No Greater Than 62
Richard Kramer, Iowa State University
3:30* An Elementary Integration Arising in
Astronomy
Joseph C.
Keller,
Iowa State University
4:00 What it Took Sylvester 3 Days to Do, I Can
Do in 2
A. M. Fink, Iowa State University
Concurrent Session of
Contributed Papers 2 Wright
Hall 109
2:00 What's
Your Angle? The Role of Definitions in Algebra and Geometry
Cathy Gorini, Maharishi University of Management
2:30 Mathematics Without Words: A project to
study visual representations of
mathematical ideas
M. E. (Murphy)
Waggoner, Simpson College
3:00 The Best Fitting Line
Irvin Roy
Hentzel,
Iowa State University
3:30 The Number of E-ban Numbers:
It Can Go Either Way
Charles
Ashbacher, Journal of Recreational Mathematics,
Mount Mercy College
4:00 Orders Of L-Shaped Polyominoes
Charles Jepsen, Grinnell College
Concurrent Session of
Contributed Papers 3 Wright
Hall 119
2:00 The
Largest Impossible Bet
Ronald K. Smith, Graceland University
2:30 John
Graunt, John Arbuthnott, and the Emergence of Statistics
R. B. Campbell, University of Northern Iowa
3:00 On
the Number of 100 . . . 01 Strings in Certain Bernoulli Trials, and Random
Permutations
Sunder Sethuraman, Iowa State University
3:30 Periodic
point numbers and group structure - or 'the world's two weirdest primes'
Christian
Roettger,
Iowa State University
4:00* Mathematica-Aided Propagation Phenomena in Operator Theory
Jasang Yoon, University of Iowa
4:45 Teacher Certification in Iowa
Joyce Becker, Luther College
Catherine Miller, University of Northern Iowa
The organizers will lead a discussion of issues concerning teacher certification in mathematics in the state of Iowa.
7:30 I Know it’s True, I Just Can’t Prove it!
E. Todd Eisworth, University of Northern Iowa
Ronald Graham, University
of California, San Diego and President of the MAA
10:00 Undergraduate Programs and Courses
in the Mathematical Sciences: A
CUPM Curriculum Guide
Herbert E. Kasube, Bradley University and Chair of the MAA
CUPM
Undergraduate Student Competition Wright Hall and Sabin Hall
10:00-1:00 Ruth Berger, Luther College
11:00 MAA
Student Chapters
Cathy Gorini, Maharishi University of Management
This meeting will provide an opportunity for MAA student chapter advisors to
share ideas.
11:00 Cooperation
Among Mathematics Departments in the State
Jim Freeman, Cornell College
This discussion will explore ways that mathematics departments can cooperate
for their mutual benefit and the benefit of the discipline.
Business Meeting, Iowa Section of the MAA Sabin Hall 102
12:00 Steve Nimmo, Morningside College, Chair of the Iowa Section of the MAA
Lunch on your own.
2:00** Searching for (96, 20,4) Difference Sets
Logan Axon, Grinnell College
2:30** (96,20,4)
Difference Sets and Designs
Nathan Gotman, Grinnell College
3:00 Reliable functions to build phylogenetic
trees using minimum evolution
Stephen J. Willson, Iowa State University
3:30 Thematization
Of The Calculus Graphing Schema
Laurel Cooley, York College-CUNY
Bernadette
Baker
(presenter), Drake University
María Trigueros, ITAM
4:00** Optimal Voting Strategies for The Weakest Link
Amy Winter, Cornell College
Concurrent Session of Contributed Papers 5 Wright Hall 9
2:30 Infinite
Series for Logarithms using Cyclotomic Polynomials and Aurifeuillian Identities
Marc Chamberland, Grinnell
College
3:00 Association Schemes Are Everywhere
Sung-Yell Song, Iowa State University
3:30 Programming
Buttons in Mathematica (Note:
this session is a workshop; it may run until 4:30 and will meet in Wright Hall
339.)
Al Hibbard, Central College
2:00 Trisecting
an Angle
Phil Wood, Baxter, Iowa
2:30 An
information-theoretic approach to demography.
Jonathan D. H. Smith, Iowa State University
3:00** Octagon
Loops
Emily Wergin, Grinnell College
3:30** Comparing the SAT and ACT
Ben Jones, Grinnell College