Program for the 2002 Annual Meeting

Georgetown College

April 5 - 6, 2002


Note: All times are EST and F= Faculty; G = Graduate Student; U = Undergraduate Student.

There is an MSWord version of the program available at: 2002 Meeting Progam.
There is an MSWord version of the Abstracts for these talks at: 2002 Meeting Abstracts.

Friday, April 5

2:00 – 5:30 Registration Asher Hall, First Floor Lobby
2:00 – 5:30 Book Exhibit Asher Hall, First Floor Lobby
2:00 – 5:00 Refreshments Asher 102
3:00 – 5:00 Short Course Asher 132
"Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics"
Bonnie Gold, Monmouth University and the SAUM Project
3:00 – 3:20 Contributed Papers
  • "Observations about f(x+y) = R[f(x),f(y)]", James Barksdale, W.K.U. (f) Asher 131
  • "Variable Tension Spline", Richard Robinson, Murray State (u) Asher 133
3:30 – 3:50 Contributed Papers
  • "Assessing Problem Solving", Ruben Schweiger, Midway (f) Asher 218
  • "Shellings of 3-Polyhedra", Laura Schmidt, U.K. (g) Asher 131
  • "Modeling the Florida Scrub Lizard Population", Andy Nader, Jessica Hopkins, & Rusty Myers, N.K.U. (u) Asher 133
4:00 – 4:20 Contributed Papers
  • "Heaviside Realization of Formal Differential Operators: Quantum Implications", Valentino Simpao, Math. Consultant Services, Greenville, KY Asher 218
  • "What's a quasi p-group?", Chris Christensen, N.K.U. (f) Asher 131
  • "An Attempt at Gaining Stability by Increasing Dilation", Wes Daughtry, W.K.U. (u) Asher 133
4:30 – 4:50 Contributed Papers
  • "Calculating Quartiles: Variations on a Theme", Delmar Searls, Asbury (f) Asher 218
  • "Quasi p- or not quasi p-? That is the question.", Ben Harwood, N.K.U. (u) Asher 131
  • "What is the Matrix?", David Roach, Murray State, (f) Asher 133
5:00 – 5:20 Contributed Papers
  • "Topics in Numerical Methods for Initial-Value Problems", Mark Robinson, W.K.U. (f) Asher 218
  • "The Story of e", Dora Ahmadi, Morehead State (f) Asher 131
  • "Cauchy-Mirimanoff Polynomials", Chris Robinson, Murray State (u) Asher 133
6:00 – 7:30 Student Pizza Party Conference Center
6:00 – 7:30 Banquet Conference Center
All meal reservations must be made and paid by March 29th.
8:00 – 9:00 Invited Address: "Visualization and the Fubini Principle",
Roger Nelsen, Lewis & Clark College, Conference Center
9:00 – 10:00 Aftermath Conference Center

Saturday, April 6

7:45 – 10:00 Registration Asher First Floor Lobby
7:45 – 11:00 Refreshments Asher First Floor Lobby
8:30 – 11:20 Book Exhibits Asher 102
8:00 – 8:20 Contributed Papers
  • "Denoising of Images With Wavelets", Bruce Kessler, W.K.U. (f) Asher 218
  • "Web Based Course Specific Calculators", Steve Wilkinson, N.K.U. (f) Asher 131
  • "Elliptic Curves over Finite Fields - An Introduction", John Wilson, Centre (f) Asher 132
  • "Euler, Parseval, & Riemann - some connections", Stacey Lawler, Murray State (u) Asher 133
8:30 – 8:50 Contributed Papers
  • "Arc Lengths of Sequences of Functions", Tom Richmond, W.K.U. (f) Asher 218
  • "Graduate Math Courses for Elementary and Middle School Teachers - Issues and Answers", Peter Moore, N.K.U. (f) Asher 131
  • "A General Derivation and Solution for a Set of General Differential Equations of Planetary Motion for Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometry", Robert Lamphere, E.C.C. (f) Asher 132
  • "Constructing a Triangle from its Cevians", James Campbell, Georgetown (u) Asher 133
9:00 – 9:20 Contributed Papers
  • "C. B. Read and his Extensive Bibliographies of Articles on the History of Mathematics", Richard Davitt, U. of L. (f) Asher 218
  • "Modeling Erosion and Sedimentation", Gail Mackin, N.K.U. (f) Asher 132
  • "Patterns in Pythagorean Triples", Jason Harrington, W.K.U. (u) Asher 133
9:30 – 9:50 Contributed Papers
  • "Euler and the Knight's Tour Problem", Dan Curtin, N.K.U. (f) Asher 218
  • "Service Learning: Taking Mathematics into the Real World", Johnny Duke, Shorter College, GA (f) Asher 131
  • "Gene Dynamics - A Challenge for ODEs and Mathematica", Robert Fulton, U. of L. Medical School (f) Asher 132
  • "An Algebra of Kinship Study of the Cherokee Indians", Alison Marr, Murray State (u) Asher 133
10:00 –10:30 Open discussion: Starting a KYMAA Section Project NExT Asher 132
10:00 – 10:30 Refreshment Break Asher First Floor Lobby
10:30 – 10:50 Contributed Papers
  • "On a Conjecture of L. A. Harris and R. V. Kadison", Istvan Kovacs, U.K. (g) Asher 218
  • "We're sorry, but this flight has been overbooked…", Trey Swacker, Stacey Faulkenberg, & Nathan Beavin, Bellarmine (u) Asher 131
  • "Optimal Control applied to an Immunotherapy Problem", Renee Fister, Murray State (f) Asher 132
  • "Fractal Interpolation Surfaces", Scott Little & Jamie Johnson, W.K.U. (u) Asher 133
11:00 – 11:20 Contributed Papers
  • "A Family of Equivalence Relations on N", Bettina Richmond, W.K.U. (f) Asher 218
  • "Large Smith Numbers", Pat Costello, E.K.U. (f) Asher 131
  • "Numerical Results for Optimal Control of Immunotherapy", Jon Ernstberger, Murray State (u) Asher 132
  • "On the Use of Polygonal Diagrams to Depict Finite Affine Planes", Fumiko Futaruma, U. of L. (u) Asher 133
11:30 – 12:30 Invited Address: "Physical Knots",
Jon Simon, University of Iowa, Asher 112
1:00 – 1:45 Lunch Conference Center
1:45 – 2:30 Business Meeting Conference Center
2:30 – 3:30 KYMAA Executive Committee Meeting