The Mathematical Association of America
New Jersey Section
Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges
of New Jersey

William Paterson College

Saturday, April 29, 1995

8:15-9:00	Registration and coffee, Science Hall Lobby
8:15-1:30	Book Exhibits
9:00-9:10	Welcome Dr. Stephan K. Hall Dean of Science and Health, William Paterson College
9:10-9:15	Remarks by President of MATYCNJ Selina Thompson, Middlesex County College
9:15-10:05	Developing Mathematical Thinking Anneli Lax, Courant Institute, NYU Presider: Peter Lax, Courant Institute, NYU
10:05-10:20*	Wavelet Transforms and Their Computer Implementation Louis Miller, Trenton State College Presider: Robin Cunningham, Trenton State College
10:20-10:35*	The Conjugacy Problem for Families of Matrices, with Application to Fermat’s Equation in Matrices and Theory of Symmetries on Affine Varieties Aleksandr Khazanov, Stuyvesant High School Presider: Leonid Khazanov, Baruch College
10:35-11:15	Intermission (coffee and book exhibits)
10:35-11:15	Contributed Papers
11:15-12:05	Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10^th Dimension Michio Kaku, Graduate Center and City College, CUNY Presider: Thomas Ralston, Georgian Court College
12:05-12:15	Presentation of 1995 MAA-NJ Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics
12:15-1:30	Lunch
1:30-1:35	Remarks by the Governor of MAA-NJ Barbara Osofsky, Rutgers University
1:35-2:25	Elliptic Curves and Cryptography Leonard S. Charlap, Center for Communications Research, IDA Presider: Ann Stehney, Douglas College
2:25:2:40	Intermission
2:40-3:30	Chaos in Newton’s Clock Ivars Peterson, Mathematics/Physics Editor, Science News Presider: Agnes Azzolino, Mathematical Concepts, Inc.
3:30-3:40	Remarks by the Chair of MAA-NJ, Theresa C. Michnowicz, Jersey City State College
3:40-3:55	Drawing of Door Prizes and Announcement of Silent Auction Winners (Must be present to win)
5:15	Dinner honoring teaching award recipient and invited speakers.

*Student Speaker

Program Organizers

Lawrence D’Antonio, Kay Gura, Ramapo College of New Jersey; Theresa C. Michnowicz, Jersey City State College; Sandeep Maheshwari, William Paterson College

Program Committee

Issam El-Achkar, Hudson County College; May Hamdan, Jersey City State College; Judith Lenk, Ocean County College; Sam Robinson and Marcello Llarull, William Paterson College

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MAA-NJ Executive Board

MAA-NJ Governor:	Barbara Osofsky, Rutgers University
MAA-NJ OFFICERS
Chair	Theresa C. Michnowicz, Jersey City State College
Chair-Elect:	Kay Gura, Ramapo College of New Jersey
Vice Chair for    Speakers:    Innovations:    Two-Year Colleges:	Lawrence D’Antonio, Ramapo College of New Jersey Issam El-Achkar, Hudson County College Jeannette O’Rourke, Middlesex County College
Secretary:	Thomas Ralston, Georgian Court College
Treasurer:	Nancy Maulding, Raritan Valley Community College
Public Information Officer:	Judith Lenk, Ocean County College