The Mathematical Association of America Maryland-District of Columbia-Virginia Section

Talks Given at Section Meetings, 1977-1986

Section Meeting 118: University of Maryland, April 30, 1977

Aberrancy: A Geometric Interpretation of the Third Derivative
Steven H. Schot, American University

1. Reflections on mathematical talent, An exercise in the Verstehen approach
   J. Fang, Old Dominion University
2. An interesting recurrence relation arising from a problem in optical physics
   D. W. Lozier, National Bureau of Standards
3. A brief look at some generalizations of first countability
   D. A. Schedler, Virginia Commonwealth University
4. Unstable polyhedral structures
   Michael Goldberg, Washington, DC
5. There are no unusual normed vector spaces in which bounded subsets are basically bounded
   R. A. Herrmann, U.S. Naval Academy
6. Euclid' s notion of numbers
   S. S. Kutler, St. John 's College
7. An approximation to Dawson' s integral
   T. S. Schreiber, Consultant, Fairfax, VA
8. Geometry without triangle congruence
   C. J. Maloney, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
9. An integral inequality through rearrangements
   John Milcetich, University of the District of Columbia
10. Remarks on the binary Euclidean algorithm
    G. W. Reitwiesner , Silver Spring, Maryland .
11. Decoding of MCJ codes
    H. M. Beck, Naval Research Laboratory
12. The Jacchia-Roberts atmospheric model
    J. W. Kennedy and M. C. Fan, Computer Sciences Corporation
13. Approximating e via Cayley's formula
    B. L. Golden, University of Maryland

Section Meeting 119: American University, November 19, 1977

On the relationship between the application of mathematics and the teaching of mathematics
Dr. Henry O. Pollak, Bell Laboratories, Past President, MAA

Applicable mathematics for employability
Dr. Elizabeth Cuthill, David Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center
Dr. Carl Hammar, Sperry-Rand Univac
Dr. W. J. Shaffer, E. I. Dupont de Nemours
John M. Smith, George Mason University, moderator

1. Entire functions of bounded index—a survey of some recent results
   Benjamin Lepson, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
2. A transfer device for matrix properties
   William P. Wardlaw, U.S. Naval Academy
3. Topological spaces which can be characterized as the images of a metric space
   David A. Schedler, Virginia Commonwealth University
4. A new method for numerically integrating ordinary differential equations
   Thomas S. Schreiber, Fairfax, VA
5. Some innovations in a psi precalculus course
   J. F. Kent, University of Richmond
6. Chi-square with small expected numbers
   Clifford J. Maloney, Food and Drug Administration
7. A simplified sieve method to determine the set of primes less than the product of the first n primes
   Inda Lepson, University of Maryland (retired)
8. Brouwer and Cowell orbit generation
   M. Fan, A. Kopoor, and J. Kennedy, Computer Sciences Corporation

Section Meeting 120: Virginia State College, April 22, 1978

Those neglected cubics
Professor William M. Sanders, James Madison University

1. Periodic solutions of the equation y''=f(y)
   Nathaniel Withers, University of Richmond
2. More than you really wanted to know about complete regularity
   David A. Schedler, Virginia Commonwealth University
3. The metamathematics of computer programming
   John Hays, Naval Research Laboratory
4. Cutting the d-cube
   Jim Lawrence, National Bureau of Standards
5. On the history of topological spaces
   C. E. Aull, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
6. A byway in modern history of recreational mathematics
   B. L. Schwartz, Private Consultant
7. The isoperimetric inequality for curves with self-intersection
   Andrew Vogt, Georgetown University
8. Fisheries stock surplus allocation stochastic models
   Ernest Mabrey, U.S. Bureau of the Census
9. E. E. Kummer's ideal numbers
   Charles J. Parry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
10. Nonspherical gravitational effects
    R. N. Pal, M. Fan, and J. W. Kennedy, Computer Sciences Corporation
11. A characterization of the adjoint
    William P. Wardlaw, U.S. Naval Academy
12. Space-fillers at sixes and sevens
    Michael Goldberg, Washington, DC

Section Meeting 121: United States Naval Academy, November 18, 1978

1. Mathematics: Where are We Going and What Educators Can Do About It
   Alfred B. Willcox, Executive Director, MAA
2. Some Mathematical Models for One-Variable Calculus Students
   Professor Brindel Horelick, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

1. How to Cut a Cake Fairly
   Walter Stromquist, Falls Church, VA
2. A Recursive Function for Data Compression and Security
   John Hays, Naval Research Laboratory
3. Learning from Research
   Clifford J. Maloney, Bethesda, MD
4. Functions of Exponential Type are Differences of Functions of Bounded Index
   Shantilal N. Shah, Hampton Institute
5. The Traveling Salesman Problem and Some Variants
   Bruce L. Golden, University of Maryland
6. Representation Theorems for Some Classes of Analytic Functions
   Edward J. Moulis, U.S. Naval Academy
7. Linguistics and Design
   Stefan Shrier, Booz, Allen and Hamilton, Inc., Bethesda, MD
8. Heat Equation in a Metal Bar
   Howard Penn, U.S. Naval Academy
9. First A.I.D.
   Richard L. Eisenman, University of Maryland
10. The Propositional Calculus of Speech
    John C. Baez, Great Falls, VA
11. Some Relationships Among Digital Filters, Numerical Integration, Digital Simulation and Data Reconstruction
    Allen Darling, Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc., Bethesda, MD
12. Thrust Effects on the Orbit Determination Problem
    R. N. Pal (presenter) , M. Fan, and J.W. Kennedy, R. L. Smith, Computer Sciences Corporation, Silver Spring, MD
13. Extensions of Khatri 's Matrix Product
    Rana Singh, Virginia State College

Section Meeting 122: George Mason University, April 21, 1979

Prospects in Mathematical Education in the 1980's
Dorothy L. Bernstein, President of the MAA, Goucher College
Ron Davis, Northern Virginia Community College
Robert L. Wilson, Jr., Washington and Lee University
Joseph F. Kent, University of Richmond, (moderator)

1. The Program of the Joint Board on Science and Engineering Education for the Greater Washington Area
   Joseph Leep, Washington Academy of Sciences
2. Generating Binary Operations
   William P. Wardlaw, U.S. Naval Academy
3. Re-Teaching Mathematics
   Vera R. Grandlund, University of Virginia
4. Extrema for Functions of Several Variables
   Charles H. Heiberg, U.S. Naval Academy
5. The Placement Testing Program of the MAA
   Richard H. Pros , College of William and Mary
6. Mathematics for Economists: A Two Course Sequence
   Richard P. Rozek, The FTC and the University of Pittsburg
7. An Application of Probability to the Politics of Richmond, Virginia
   Milton P. Eisner and Forrest B. Wall, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College
8. The Bias of a Popular But Not So Random Card Shuffle
   David P. Robbins, Washington and Lee University
9. Counting I.abeled Trees
   Louis W. Shapiro, Howard University
10. Physical Properties of the Fundamental Curves
    Allen Barwick, Woodrow Wilson High School
11. An Application of Markov Processes to the Time Development of Systems
    Joseph T. Siewick, University of Maryland
12. Some Unsolved Variants of the Traveling Salesman Problem
    Bruce Golden and Arjang Assad, University of Maryland Student Centered Program
13. MAA Film: Cycloidal Curves or Tales from the Wanklenberg Woods
    
14. Is Reincarnation Mathematically Inevitable?
    Arthur Charlesworth, University of Richmond
15. How Students Can Do "Research"
    Allen Barwick, Woodrow Wilson High School (DC)
16. Math and Careers
    Richard Bolstein, George Mason University=

Section Meeting 123: Prince George's Community College, Fall, 1979

Section Meeting 124: University of Richmond, April 12, 1980

Optimal Strategies for Sports
Professor Leonard Gillman, Treasurer of the MAA

Section Meeting 125: Goucher College, November 14-15, 1980

The Applied Mathematics Program at Carnegie-Mellon University: A Blend of Traditional and Professional Training
Dr. Riohard MacCamy, Carnegie-Mellon University

1. What's Happening at the Two Year Colleges?
   William Sweeter, Montgomery College
2. Preparing Students for a Career as a Nonacademic Mathematical
   Marjorie Stein, U.S. Postal Service

1. Opportunities in Mathematics for Women, Minorities, and the Handicapped
   Martha Ross Redden, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2. Election Year Mathematics
   Robert Lewand, Goucher College
3. Numerical Analyses: Practice and Pitfalls
   Diane O'Leary, University of Maryland
4. Approximation of Functions of Several Variables
   Caren Diefenderfer, Hollins College
5. Comparison of Some Mathematical Programning Techniques: Linear Programming Software Testing
   Ernest Maybrey, Department of Energy
6. Compacted Equipartition Yields, Planck's Law, Etc.
   H. John Hays, Naval Research Laboratory
7. Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Parameters Using Data Grouped in Overlapping Intervals
   J. Van Bowen, University of Richmond
8. Implicit Enumeration of the Resource Control Problem Using T-Sets
   Wilfred Candler, World Bank
9. A Path-Following Method for Obtaining a Connected Component of the Solution Surface of a Connection­Diffusion Model in Fluid Flow
   Raymond Mejia, National Institutes of Health
10. Application of Ridge Regression in Fishery Statistics
    Ronald Dick and Sudhamay Basu, Chi Associates Inc.
11. A Real Quarter-World Application of Mathematics
    Coline Makepeace, Federal Emergency Management
12. A Linear Programming Model for Optimal Protocol Design
    J.F. Heafner and Fran Nielson, National Bureau of Standards
13. A New System for Traffic Simulation
    Guido Radelat and George Tiller, Federal Highway Administration
14. How to Win at Chuck-a-Luck
    Michael Chamberlain, U.S. Naval Academy
15. Mathematical Foundations of Computer-Assisted Analysis
    William Kurator, Department of Energy
16. The New Russian Linear Programming Algorithm
    James Falk, George Washington University
17. Calculus with the Computer
    Ted Benac, U.S. Naval Academy
18. Developing Classroom Applications of Mathematics at the University of Maryland
    Mary Myerson, University of Maryland
19. The Interdisciplinary Program in Applied Mathematics at the University of Maryland
    Peter Wolfe, University of Maryland
20. Introductory Probability and Statistics with the Computer
    John Turner, U.S. Naval Academy
21. Conflict Monitoring Model for Route Spacing in the High Altitude Airspace
    Arthur Smith, The MITRE Corporation
22. Sensitivity Analysis of the High Altitude Conflict Monitoring Model
    Dana Hall, The MITRE Corporation
23. Determining Efficient Transportation Patterns of Strategic Materials During Industrial Mobilization
    Michael Pfetsch, Federal Emergency Management Agency
24. An Algorithm to Route Jets for Transporting Checks Among Federal Reserve Banks
    David McCarthy, Department of Labor, and Y.C. Park, Naval Sealift Command
25. A Model to Determine Operational Efficiency of Transit Vehicles on Simulated Bus Routes
    William Magro and J.L. Huttingar, Booz, Allen, and Hamilton, Inc
26. A Simplified Game Theory Model for the Optimum Alarm Level from Nuclear Material Accounting Data
    Martin Messinger and S. Mcgleever, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Section Meeting 126: College of William and Mary, April 11, 1981

Death on the Highways: Can Mathematics Help?
Marcia Sward, Associate Executive Director of the MAA

1. Teaching Technical Mathematics
   Ronald Davis, Northern Virginia Community Colleg e
2. Computer Use in the Classroom
   James Newsom, Tidewater Community College
3. Teaching Remedial Mathematics
   Betty Weissbecker, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College
4. Computer Assisted Instruction
   Edward Huff, Northern Virginia Community College
5. Math Labs in Two Year Colleges: An Informal Discussion
   John Massey, Tidewater Community College
6. Least-Cost Livestock Feeding Using Ethanol Byproducts
   Christopher Reed, TRW, Inc. and Douglas Samuelson, Federal Aviation Administration
7. An Algorithm to Route Jets for Transporting Checks Among Federal Reserve Banks
   David McCarthy, Bureau of Labor Statistics and Y. C. Park, Naval Sealift Command
8. A Model for Scheduling the Production of Currency
   Hosain Ali Mahan, The George Washington University
9. The Applied Mathematics Laboratory at Towson State University
   John Morrison and Martha Siegel, Towson State University
10. Recommendations of the CUPM Subpanel on Computing
    George Engel, Christopher Newport College
11. Recommendation of the CUPM Subpanel on Modeling
    Ralph Disney , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
12. Teaching Computer Graphics
    Caren Diefenderfer, Hollins College;
13. A Solution for Rubik's Cube
    Howard Penn, U.S. Naval Academy
14. Group Norms and the Grading of Chronologies
    William Wardlaw, U.S. Naval Academy
15. On Sets with Distinct Subset Sums
    Paul Stockmeyer, College of William and Mary
16. Discrete Optimization Using Incremental Analysis
    John Drew and Margaret Schaefer, College of William and Mary
17. MAA Placement Testing
    George Lowerre, Northern Virginia Community College, Woodbridge
18. Current and Future MAA Activities: An Informal Discussion
    Marcia Sward, MAA
19. Findings of the MAA Committee on Improving Remediation Efforts in the Colleges
    Eleanor Green Jones, Norfolk State University
20. Production and Use of Video Tapes in Developmental Mathematics
    Claude Moore, Danville Community College

Section Meeting 127: George Washington University, Fall, 1981

1. The Teaching of Mathematical Problem Solving
   Carolyn Maher, Rutgers University
2. Implications of Prime 80 on Applied Mathematics
   Alan Tucker, SUNY at Stony Brook

1. The Game of Logic
   Gail Kaplan, U.S. Naval Academy
2. Research into Concepts of Remediation
   Gloria Gilmer, National Institute of Education
3. The Heat Equation on a Metal Bar with Radiating Ends
   Howard Penn, U.S. Naval Academy
4. Peg Jump Games
   William Wardlaw, U.S. Naval Academy
5. The Status of Mathematics at NSF
   Alvin Thaler, National Science Foundation
6. How Many Lines in Space Intersect 4 Given Lines
   James Stormes, U.S. Naval Academy
7. Integer Matrices with Integer Inverses
   John R. Hanson, James Madison University
8. The Stand Up Conic
   Lee Whitt, Daniel H. Wagner Associates
9. Mathematics Without Fear
   Carol Crawford, U.S. Naval Academy
10. An Algorithm for Generating all Triangles with Integer Sides and a 60º Angle
    Wilbur Hildebrand, Montgomery College
11. Some Global Metric Theorems
    Clifford Maloney
12. Free Convection Phenomena
    Richard Barbieri, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
13. A Theorem on Basic Commutators
    Anthony Gaglioni, U.S. Naval Academy

1. An Actuary—What's That?
   
2. Mathematics in Space
   
3. Mathematics: Where Will I Ever Use It?
   
4. Mathematics - The Language of Science
   

Section Meeting 128: James Madison University, Spring, 1982

The Role of Computer Graphics in the Teaching of Mathematics
David A. Smith, Duke University

1. Computer Use in Research in Algebra: A Case History and Some Suggestions
   Robert L. Wilson, Jr., Washington and Lee University
2. A Pick-Minkowski Seive--Rational Approximations
   William Sanders, James Madison University
3. Interactive Computing for a Linear Algebra Course
   Garry Helzer, University of Maryland
4. Geometric Construction of Complex Roots of Quadratic and Cubic Equations
   Thomas Tredon, Lord Fairfax Community College, "
5. Computer Graphics
   Stefan Shrier, System Planning Corporation
6. Goldbach's Conjecture
   Ely Dorsey, University of the District of Columbia
7. The Residues of nn modulo p
   Lawrence Somer, Department of Agriculture
8. Computer Graphics in the Calculus and Pre-Calculus Classroom
   Caren Diefenderfer, Hollins College
9. What is Operations Research?
   Ernest Mabrey, Department of Energy
10. Calculus Computer Programs Using the Graphics Capibility of the Apple Computer
    John F.Mahoney, Sidwell Friends School
11. Calculating the Digits of e
    John Turner, U.S. Naval Academy
12. Abstract Topology and Computer Vision
    George M. Reed, U.S. Naval Academy
13. DFT Algorithm Analysis Using a Time­Sharing Computer System
    Joseph L. Conroy, Westinghouse Electric Corporation
14. The Secret of the Pyramid!
    Benjamin L. Schwartz, Georgetown University
15. Mathematicians, The New Revolutionaries
    Eli Dorsey, University of the District of Columbia Student Presentations
16. Numerical Studies of Stellar Structure
    Mark Ostrander, James Madison University
17. Computer Generated Music
    Robert Sanders, James Madison University
18. Rings, Semi-Boolean Algebras, and DASBAMs
    Peter P. Haglich, U.S. Naval Academy
19. A Computer Application to Empirical Logic
    Timothy S. Thomas, U. S. Naval Academy
20. Mathematics is as Real as our Own Consciousness
    Catherine Gorini Wadsworth, University of Virginia and Maharishi International University

The Hypercube
Thomas Banchoff, Brown University

Section Meeting 129: Gallaudet College, November 12-13, 1982

1. The Mathematical Sciences Curriculum K-12: What is Still Fundamental and What is Not?
   Marcia Sward, Associate Director of the Mathematical Association of America
2. Applications of Statistics in the Telecommunications Industry
   James Maher, Bell Telephone Labs

1. On the Zeros of Riemann's Continuous Non-differentiable Function
   Lee Whitt, Daniel H. Wagner Associates
2. Self-inverse Integer Matrices
   Robert Hanson, James Madison University
3. Measuring the Effectiveness of Computer Networks
   Robert Lewand, Goucher College
4. Algorithm for Singular Value Decomposition
   Hoy Booker, American University
5. Math Anxiety in Minorities
   Queen E. Wiggs, University of the District of Columbia
6. Markov Chains and Work Histories of the Disabled
   John Hennessey, Loyola College and the Social Security Administration
7. Group Theory and Crystallography
   George Mackiw, Loyola College
8. Buckled Polyhedra and Other Developable Surfaces
   Michael Goldberg, Washington, DC
9. Optimization of Cancer Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy
   Paul Massell, U.S. Naval Academy
10. Ancient and Modem Mathematics in the St. John's College Program
    Samuel Kutler, St. John's College
11. Rotationally Invariant Bergman Measures and Subharmonic Functions
    Richard B. Tucker, Mary Baldwin College
12. A Computer Graphics Tutorial
    Stefan Shrier, Systems Planning Corporation
13. Helping Students Improve Their Mathematics Learning Skills
    Lewis Hirsch, Rutgers University
14. Security Algebras for Databases, etc
    John Hays, Naval Research Laboratory
15. Graphical Analysis Methods Applied to Examining the Relationship of Ability and Achievement Variables to Successful Problem Solving
    Carolyn Maher, Rutgers University

Jeeps Are Not Scalars
Carmen Castells, Johns Hopkins University

Section Meeting 130: Thomas Nelson Community College, April 16, 1983

Hardware, Software, and Mathematics
Jack Befdler, University of Scranton

1. Almost Isosceles Pythagorean Triples
   William Wardlaw, U.S. Naval Academy
2. Environmental Mathematics
   Ben Fusaro, Salisbury State College
3. Constructions in Non-Euclidean Geometry
   Geore Ivev, Gallaudet College
4. What is a Sociology of Mathematics?
   J. Fang, Old Dominion University
5. Wedderburn's Finite Division Algebra Theorem: An Historical Perspective
   Karen Parshall, Sweet Briar College
6. Rudiments of Computational Support Distribution Test Space Topology
   Steven Mallis, Eastern Shore Community College
7. Adjacency Games/ Squares
   Craig Bailey, U.S. Naval Academy
8. Adjacency Games/ Hexagons
   Mark Kidwell, U.S. Naval Academy
9. License Plates and Phone Numbers—Statistics Classroom Learning Tools
   Edwin Landauer, General Physics Corporation
10. Tracking Algorithms Used with Search Radars
    Paul Ilacqua, J. S. Lee Associates
11. Computing Solutions to the Billiard Ball Problem
    Brian Shelburne, Sweet Briar College

Section Meeting 131: University of the District of Columbia, November 18-19, 1983

1. Intuitive and Counterintuitive Mathematics
   Warren Page, Editor­Elect, Two-Year College Mathematics Journal
2. Undergraduate Mathematics in China
   Florence Ashby, Montgomery College Ron Davis. Northern Virginia Community College Gloria Gilmer, National Institute of Education

1. On the Classification of Quadric Surfaces
   William Sanders, James Madison University
2. Model Building Using Logistic Regression Analysis Methods—A Look at Some Case Studies
   James Maher, AT&T Bell Telephone Labs
3. Fuzzy Sets and Computer Vision
   Bao-Ting Lerner, U.S. Naval Academy
4. The 203 groups of Order 504
   James Alonso, University of the District of Columbia
5. Compound Perfect Squares and the Method of Trivial Compounding
   Caren Diefenderfer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
6. Problem Solving and Construction of Representations
   Carolyn Maher, Rutgers, The State University
7. One Parameter Groups of Homeomorphisms of the Real Line
   Andrew Vogt, Georgetown University
8. A More Successful Precalculus Sequence at an Open Admissions University
   Eleanor Grcen Jones, Norfolk State University
9. Solving the n x n x n Rubik' s Cube
   Robb Kocthcr, Hampden-Sydney College
10. Polyhedral Evolution
    Jeff Hrdlicka
11. But Who Teaches the Teachers?
    Ely Uorsey, Lockheed Engineering and Management Services Company
12. Good Number Sense and 'Expert' Statistics
    Richard Eisenman, Chancy Station, Inc
13. LIBASE: A User's Data Base for Retrieving Mathematical and Scientific Bibliography
    John Hays, Naval Research Laboratory
14. Some Simple Exercises in Complex Analysis
    John Milcetich, University of the District of Columbia
15. The Logistic and Other Population Growth Equations
    Paul Massell, U.S. Naval Academy
16. Applications of Graph Theory to Robotics
    Carol Crawford, U.S. Naval Academy
17. Angle in Geometry
    Clifford J. Maloney
18. Evaluation of a Single Mathematics Placement Test Used to Assist Students in Selecting Entry Level Courses
    Margaret Aldrich, Montgomery College, and Elizabeth Teles, Montgomery College
19. Graphs of the Solutions to the Vibrating String Problem
    Howard Penn, U.S. Naval Academy
20. Permanent and Hadamard Products
    John Chollet, Towson State University
21. Discrete Mathematics in the First Two Years: An Update of the MAA Panel Activities
    Martha Siegel, Towson State University
22. Some New Results for the M/M/I Queue and its Departure Process
    J. R. Hubbard, University of Richmond

Section Meeting 132: Virginia Commonwealth University, April 13-14, 1984

1. Interactive Computer Graphics in Differential Geometry Teaching and Research
   Thomas F. Banchoff, Brown University
2. What Kind of Applied Mathematics Goes on in a Large Telecommunications Laboratory?
   James McKenna, AT&T Bell Laboratories Special Sessions
3. Applications of Mathematics from Everyday Life
   Edwin G. Landauer, General Physics Corporation
4. Learning the Structure of Mathematical Concepts and Procedures through the Development of Representations
   Carolyn Maher, Rutgers University
5. Slicing d-Space
   William Wardlaw, U.S. Naval Academy
6. Who Invented the Computer?
   Ben Fusaro, Salisbury State College
7. Teaching Stochastic Modeling Using Computer Simulation
   James Maher, AT&T Bell Laboratories
8. Nature 's Random Whispers
   Richard Eisenman, University of North Florida
9. What's ADA All About?
   Peter Welcher, U.S. Naval Academy
10. An Old Math Game and a Not So Old Math Game
    Frederick Gooding, Trinity College

1. E.H. Moore and the Founding of a Mathematical Community in America 1892-1902
   Karen Parshall, Sweet Briar College
2. The Dynamics of Iterates of Maps on the Unit Interval
   Paul Massell, U.S. Naval Academy
3. C.S., O.R., Stat., and All That: Mathematics at the F.B.I.
   Richard Sours, Wilkes College and the F.B.I .
4. How to Schedule a Car Pool
   James V. Blowers
5. Proper Subfields of the Real Numbers
   Steve Butcher, U.S. Naval Academy (speaker), Wallace Hamilton and John Milcetich, University of the District of Columbia
6. Choosing your Words Carefully: A Language Based Approach to Teaching Mathematics
   G . Edgar Parker, Pan American University
7. Generalizations on Computing the Odds of Winning at RISK
   Brian Shelburne, Sweet Briar College
8. An Algorithm for Centers of Quadric Surfaces
   William Sanders, James Madison University
9. Computer Generated Polar Coordinate Graphs
   Howard Penn, U.S. Naval Academy
10. Extensions of Humber Systems
    Robert Hanson, James Madison University
11. Mathematics and Anti-Submarine Warfare
    Lee Whitt, Daniel H. Wagner, Associates
12. The Use of a Generalization of Snell's Law in Transmission Loss Prediction
    Howard S. Burkon, JHU/Applied Physics Laboratory
13. Using a Square Root Approximation to Introduce Concepts of Numerical Analysis
    Richard E. Allan, Virginia Commonwealth University

The Design and Implementation of an Interpreter for the Functional Language LISP
Anthony C. Barrett, James Madison University

Section Meeting 133: United States Naval Academy, November 9-10, 1984

1. Shakespeare or Bacon? Submarine or Whale?
   Herbert Wilf, University of Pennsylvania
2. Mathematics and the Art of Escher
   Doris Schattschneider, Moravian College; Editor Mathematics Magazine

An Introduction to the Mathematical Foundations of Computer Graphics
Gerald Porter, University of Pennsylvania Papers

1. Applications of Jacobi's Method for Computing Singular Values
   T. Hoy Booker, Gallaudet College
2. Computers in the Mathematics .Classroom: A Good Idea? Maybe
   Ephraim Salins, Montgomery College
3. An Extension of Euler's Theorem
   William Wardlaw, U.S. Naval Academy
4. TEAM (Teaching Experiential Applied Mathematics)
   John Smith, George Mason University
5. Percolation in Continuous Systems
   James R. Kirkwood, Sweet Briar College
6. Teaching a Calculus of Programming
   Harlan D. Mills, IBM and University of Maryland
7. Inertial Flight Instruments: Mathematics Applied to Flight Training Simulations: A Case Study
   Tom Allen, Sperry Corporation
8. L2 on the Unit Circle: Which Rotationally Invariant Subspaces are Hardy-like?
   Richard B. Tucker, Mary Baldwin College
9. Computer Science Curricula: Where's the Math?
   Richard W. Dillman, Western Maryland College
10. Sine, Cosine, and Binomial Coefficients
    Michael Hoffman, U.S. Naval Academy
11. Ring Theory and Exact Integer Arithmetic
    George Mackiw, Loyola College
12. Using the Computer Package SAS in an Undergraduate Course
    Raymond Geremia, Goucher College
13. A Monte Carlo Simulation Involving Alzheimer's Disease
    John C. Hennessey, Loyola College
14. Pursuit Games
    Young Lee, Student, Goucher College
15. Mathematics Liberally Applied for/by the Non-Mathematics Major
    Sister Helen Christensen, Loyola College
16. Hyperbolic Boundary Value Problems Solved by Special Functions Methods
    Peter McCoy, U.S. Naval Academy
17. Optimum Strategy for a Two Person Poker Game
    Laura Lamb, Student, Goucher College
18. Synthesizing the Discrete and Continuous: A Potential First Year College Math Course
    Stephen B. Seidman and Michael D. Rice, George Mason University
19. A Moth to the Flame and RMS Without Calculus
    Robert A Maynard, Tidewater Community College
20. Guessing a Number with Lying
    Susan Emily Imber, Student, Goucher College
21. An Application Course for the Terminal Mathematics Student
    Thomas Sonnabend, Trinity College
22. Subparticles and Their Mathematical Generation
    Robert A. Herrmann, U. S. Naval Academy
23. Tax Brackets, Loans and Defective Interest Rates
    John Milcetich, University of the District of Columbia
24. Are the Japanese Really Ahead in Mathematics Education?
    Donald R. Peeples, Mary Washington College
25. Pragmatics, Transactions, and Consensic Logics: Applications in Programming Languages and Artificial Intelligence
    John Hays, Naval Research Laboratory

1. Highway Slope Design
   
2. Hours of Daylight
   
3. Aircraft Sidestep Maneuver
   

Section Meeting 134: Hollins College, April 27, 1985

How to Factor a Number
Carl Pomerance, 1984 Chauvenet Prize Winner, University of Georgia

Writing Mathematics Programs for the IBMPC
David Schneider, University of Maryland

1. True BASIC: A New Programming Language for the IBM
   Howard Penn, U.S. Naval Academy
2. A Property of the Unit Digits of the Fibonacci Sequence
   Herta Freitag, Hollins College
3. An Illustration of Computer Learning
   Bob Lewand, Goucher College
4. A Geometric Treatment of the Concept of Means
   William Sanders, James Madison University
5. Partial Fractions: Classical, Efficient Method -- Now Complete
   Donald R. Peeples, Mary Washington College
6. The Mathematical Competition of Modeling -- One School's Experience
   Alice T.Williams, Southern Seminary Junior College
7. My Ten Years Last Summer at IFRICS (Institute for Retraining in Computer Science
   Frederic Gooding, Goucher College
8. Results of the 1985 Math Competition in Modeling
   Ben Fusaro, Salisbury State
9. Groups of order q3,p
   James Alonso, University of the District of Columbia
10. Estimating Tornado Windspeed Probabilities: Empirical, Theoretical, and Subjective Perspectives
    Bob Abbey, Office of Naval Research and Mary Kay Abbey, Montgomery College
11. Geometry 's Cinderella
    C. J. Maloney, Retired, National Institute of Health
12. On Fermat d-Pseudoprimes
    Lawrence Somer, George Washington University
13. Integer Solution of c = √a² + b² - 2ab(p/q) and Nice Law of Cosine Problems
    Wilbur Hildebrand, Montgomery College
14. Pell like Equations
    William Wardlaw, U.S. Naval Academy
15. Independent Weightings in the Ball Weighing/Fake Coin Problem
    Ray Hancock, Emory and Henry College
16. A Non-Elegant Way of Expressing the nth Power of the Golden Ratio
    Herta T.Freitag, Hollins College

1. Probabilistic Analysis of a Numerical Method for Finding Zeros of a Function
   Arthur Benjamin, Johns Hopkins University
2. The Experience and the Product of a COMAP Winner-- Modeling in Animal Populations
   John Kent, Dan McCaffey, and Mike Caulfield, advised by John August, Mount Saint Mary 's College
3. Some Results on the Period and the Restricted Period of the Fibonacci Series Mod-P
   Anna Werner, American University
4. The Independence of Certain Ascoli Theorems
   David A . Lamb, George Mason University
5. Some New Results Regarding Primitive Roots Modulo a Prime
   Steve Bonner, American University

1. Highway Slope Design
   
2. Hours of Daylight
   
3. Aircraft Sidestep Maneuver
   

Section Meeting 135: Montgomery College, Rockville, November 15-16, 1985

1. Applied Mathematics in Design: the Role of Graphics
   Harry W. Mclaughlin, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2. What is Discrete Algorithmic Mathematics?
   Stephen Maurer, Swarthmore College Workshop Some Reasonable Objectives of a Discrete Mathematics Course Walter Meyer, Adelphi University

1. An Algorithmic Study of Latin Squares and Frequency Squares
   Larry J. Brant, National Institute of Health, National Institute on Aging
2. Some First Hand Observations of Mathematics Education in the Soviet Union
   Daniel Benice, Montgomery College, Rockville
3. Homotopy Continuation Methods for Satellite Trajectory Estimation
   Richard Smith, Computer Sciences Corp.
4. Singularities of Jacobi Series Expansions in Two Complex Variables
   Peter McCoy, U.S. Naval Academy
5. Report of Discrete Mathematics Workshop sponsored by AMATYC and the Sloan Foundation
   Elizabeth Teles, Montgomery College, Takoma Park
6. Teaching the General College Mathematics Student About Algebra in One Week
   Thomas Sonnabend, Trinity College
7. Vibrations of a Nonlinear String
   Reza Malek-Madani , U.S. Naval Academy
8. Moments of Spheres by Symmetry
   Bruce Parry, EPL Analysis
9. Discrete Mathematics with Finite Difference Equations
   James T. Sandefur, Georgetown University
10. Building Math Confidence
    Margaret Aldrich, Anne Groves, Robert Wiley, Montgomery College, Takoma Park
11. Vibrating Springs and Strings and Things
    Howard Penn. U.S. Naval Academy
12. Characteristic Classes of Foliations
    Ira Moskowitz. Center for Naval Analyses
13. Whkh Card to Lead
    Craig Bailey, U.S. Naval Academy
14. Envelopes Via the PC
    William Sanders, James Madison University
15. Positive Integer Solutions of the Descartes Circle Equations
    William J. Berger, University of the District of Columbia
16. Mathematics Curriculum of the First Two Years: A Report from the Sloan-Funded Schools and Others
    Martha Siegel, Towson State
17. Loops in 4-Regular Plane Graphs
    Bruce Richter, U.S. Naval Academy
18. The Maximum Power Transfer Theorem Without Calculus
    Robert Maynard, Tidewater Community College
19. Modeling Io's Volcano
    Bernice Kastner, University of Maryland
20. Representation of Certain Integers in Terms of Sums of Lucas Numbers
    Herta Freitag, Hollins College
21. On the Possible Orders of Integer Matrices
    Bob Hanson, James Madison University
22. Progranmable Programming Discrete Mathematics
    Robert Krzywiec
23. Open Forum: Should Our Section Become Involved in Issues Relating to Elementary and High School Math Education?
    Robert Lewand, Moderator, Goucher College
24. Some Applications of Pure Mathematics at the Census Bureau
    Mary Mulry-Liggan. Bureau of Census, Statistical Research Division
25. A Result on Symmetric Polynomials
    Klaus Fischer, George Mason University

The Experience and the Product of a COMAP Winner - Modeling in Animal Populations
Mike Caulfield, John Kent, Dan McCaffrey, Students; John August, Advisor, Mount Saint Mary's College

Section Meeting 136: Mary Washington College, April 26, 1986

1. The Use of a Symbol Manipulation Program (muMath) to Refocus Calculus on Concepts
   Kathleen Heid, Pennsylvania State University
2. Machine Intelligence in a Problem-Solving Context
   Stefan Shrier, Grumann-CTEC, Inc.

1. Semi-Intelligent Computer Assisted Instruction Model
   Nimer F. Baya'a, American University
2. Right Brain, Left Brain, and No Brain: Matching Styles of Learning with Styles of Teaching
   Robert F. Abbey, Office of Naval Research and Mary Kay Abbey, Montgomery College
3. The Evolution of Random Search Trees
   Hosam M. Mahmoud, George Washington University
4. Not Pitchers
   Mark Kidwell, U.S. Naval Academy
5. Teach Beginning Calculus with a Numerical Emphasis
   Edgar Parker, James Madison University
6. Initializing the Transportation Problem
   Benjamin L. Swartz, Collins Communications Systems Division
7. Results of the 1986 Math Competition in Modeling
   Ben Fusaro, Salisbury State
8. Several Presentations of Sn
   William T. Wardlaw, U.S. Naval Academy
9. A Branch and Bound Algorithm for Integer Programming
   Carvel S. Wolfe, U.S. Naval Academy
10. Design of an X-Ray Telescope for the High Energy Astronomical Observatory
    Bernice Kastner, University of Maryland
11. Composition Roots and Approximate Analytic Roots
    Jack E. Clark, Western Maryland College
12. A Decomposition Theorem for Minkowski Sums of Polytopes
    Jim Lawrence, George Mason University
13. Using LOGO to Explore the Properties of Fractals
    Thomas C. McMillan, Radford University
14. Ties at Rotation
    Howard Penn, U.S. Naval Academy
15. LP is an "Expert System" for Intricate Probability Problems
    Richard Eisenman, University of Maryland, Baltimore
16. The Eigenvalue Problem for the Dielectric Rod
    James P. Coughlin, Towson State University
17. Using the IBM-PC in the College Math Classroom: Developmental Math through Differential Equations
    Mary Kay Abbey and Elizabeth Teles, Montgomery College
18. Testing for Bioequivalence
    Ahmad Mokartin, American University
19. Spatial Problem Solver and Its Associated Spatial Representation
    Douglas Chubb, U.S. Army Signals Warfare Center

1. PROLOG and Proof by Analytic Tableaux
   Daniel B. Widdis, Student, U.S. Naval Academy
2. Help! To the Rescue in Rio Rancho!
   COMAP Mathematics Competition in Modeling, 1986 Outstanding Paper Maureen Hardy, Mike Irizarry, Stephen Penrice, Students; Andrew Vogt, Faculty Advisor, Georgetown University

Section Meeting 137: Loyola College in Maryland, November 21-22, 1986

1. Snapshots in Mathematical Decision Making
   Harold Reiter, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
2. Is Discretion the Better Part of Mathematics?
   Paul K. Stockmeyer, Department of Computer Science, College of William and Mary Workshop Workshop in Elementary Graph Theory Sister Helen Christensen, Loyola College

1. The Effect of Stratification on Testing for Differences in Rate Functions
   Richard E. Auer, Loyola College
2. The Mathematician's Attic: Treasures of the National Collections
   Peggy Kidwell, Division of Mathematics, National Museum of American History
3. The Headless Horseman Rides the Land! or Parstrat! Parity for Strategy with Tactics!
   John Hays, Naval Research Laboratory
4. Orthogonality in Latin and Frequency Squares
   Larry J. Brant and·Joseph H. Hohman, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging
5. Mereologic Relations and an Associated Graph-Theory Problem
   A. J. Goldman and S. J. Steinsaltz, The John Hopkins University
6. The Interest Factor as a Time Shift Operator
   Clifford J. Maloney, Bethesda, MD
7. A Simplified Derivation in Reliability Theory
   James P. Coughlin, Towson State University, and Robert Baran, U.S. Naval Surface Center
8. Physics is Legislated by a Cosmogony
   Robert A. Herrman, U. S. Naval Academy
9. Using the Binomial Theorem in Combinatorial Inequalities
   Craig Bailey, U. S. Naval Academy
10. Which Graph Groups have FGIP?
    Carl Droms, James Madison University
11. Tonic Bifurcations in One Dimensional Dynamic Systems
    Jack Clark, Western Maryland College
12. Diagonalization of Complex Symmetric Matrices
    Dipa Choudhury, Loyola College
13. Some Crisis Points in Teaching a Course in Abstract Algebra
    G. Edgar Parker, James Madison University
14. Lancaster' s Square Law in Discrete Variables
    Chris Cook and Erik Ruttenburg, U.S. Naval Academy
15. Mathematical Applications in Automated Cartography - Triangulations in the Plane: An Example of Methods and Theory of Computational Geometry
    Alan Saalfeld, Statistical Research Division Bureau of the Census
16. A Fuzzy Set Definition of Disability
    John C. Hennessey, Loyola College
17. Singularities of Harmonic Functions in Spherical Eulerian Coordinates
    Peter A. McCoy, U.S. Naval Academy
18. Three Especially Interesting Problems for Undergraduates
    James J. Corbet and David L. Albig, Radford University
19. Graph-Theoretic Models for the Liberal Arts Mathematics Course
    Sister Helen Christensen, Loyola College
20. Methods of Apportionment
    Suzanne Sands, Goucher College
21. A Mathematical Model for Risk Assessment
    Donald R. Peeples, Mary Washington College
22. Teaching Differential Equations Without Linear Algebra
    Philip E. Luft, Salisbury State College
23. Generalized Hardy Inequality
    Parviz Khajeh-Khalili, Christopher Newport College
24. Analyzing Liver Tumor Data
    Christopher Morrell, Loyola College

Analysis of Jumping Games
Arthur Benjamin, Graduate Student, Johns Hopkins University