The Mathematical Association of America
New Jersey Section
Rutgers University

Saturday, April 23, 1994

All talks in SERC Room 111 (unless otherwise noted)

8:30-9:00	Registration and Coffee, Science & Engineering Resource Center (SERC); second floor
8:30-2:15	Book Exhibits: SERC Room 220
8:30-9:00	MATYCNJ Business Meeting
9:00-9:10	Welcome
9:10-9:15	Remarks by President of MATYCNJ Jeannette O’Rourke, Middlesex County College
9:15-10:05	Visualizing Different Dimensions: From “Flatland” to Interactive Hypergraphics Thomas Banchoff, Brown University Presider: Ann K. Stehney, Trenton State College
10:05-10:20*	Threshold Functions for Sidon Sequences Nick Locantore, Trenton State College Presider: Robin Cunningham, Trenton State College
10:20-10:35*	An Analysis of random Close Packing Evelyn Abeles, Wellesley College Presider: Francine Abeles, Kean College
10:35-10:45	Presentation of 1994 MAA-NJ Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics Recognition of Retiring MAA-NJ and MATYCNJ members
10:45-11:15	Intermission (coffee and book exhibits) SERC, 2^nd floor
11:15-12:05	New Jersey Efforts to Improve K-12 Mathematics Education Joseph G. Rosenstein, Rutgers University Presider: Lew Hirsch, Rutgers University
12:05-12:10	Remarks by Governor of MAA-NJ, Ruth O’Dell, County College of Morris
12:00-1:40	Lunch (Busch Student Center)
1:40-2:30	Some Old and New Facts About Fermat’s Last Theorem John Conway, Princeton University Presider: James Magliano, Union County College
2:30-2:35	Remarks by the Chair of MAA-NJ, Theresa C. Michnowicz, Jersey City State College
2:35-2:45	Drawing of Door Prizes, (Must be present to win)
2:45-3:05	Intermission
3:05-4:05	Contributed Paper Session, Organized by Theresa C. Michnowicz, Jersey City State College
	Session 1: Room 209 Presider: Sandeep Maheshwari, William Paterson College
3:05	A Do-It-Yourself Kit to Approximate Pi Francine Abeles, Kean College
3:20	A Map from the 1-sphere to loop space to the 2-sphere William Baker, Hostos Community College
3:35	Tangency and Asymptotes via Symbolic Computation Carl Koreen, Monmouth College Adi Ben-Israel, Rutgers University
3:50	Do Graphing Calculators Lie? George Emese, Rowan College
	Session 2: Room 210 Presider: Virginia Licata, Camden County College
3:05	Products in the Homotopy category Desarat Misir, Jersey City State College
3:20	Converge – A Wonderful Software Package Virginia Lee, Brookdale Community College
3:35	Chaos and Illusions to Computer-Generated Fractal Images Chamont Wang, Trenton State College
3:50	Math Education Research: Interactions between Affect and Cognition Valerie A. DeBellis, Rutgers University
3:05-4:05	Career Program for Students: Room 208 How to Market Yourself for the 90’s Walter Stromquist, Senior Associate at Daniel H. Wagner Associates, Philadelphia, PA Michael Poris, Self-Employed Consultant, West Orange NJ Presider: Joan Guetti, Seton Hall University
4:05	Announcement of Silent Auction Winners
5:30	Dinner honoring teaching award recipient and invited speakers.

*Student Speaker

Program Organizers

Kay Gura, Ramapo College of New Jersey; Theresa C. Michnowicz, Jersey City State College; Ann K. Stehney, Trenton State College

Program Committee

Valerie A. DeBellis, Joseph G. Rosenstein, Rutgers University; Agnes Assolino, Jacqueline Boyd-DeMarzio, Ronald E. Ruemmler, Middlesex County College; Judith Lenk, Ocean County College; Issam El-Achkar, Hudson County College; Naomi Shapiro, Georgian Court College and Sandeep Maheshwari, William Paterson College.