| 8:00—8:50 |
Registration
104 VanderWerf |
| 8:50—9:00 |
Welcome
102 VanderWerf
James Bultman
President
Hope College |
| 9:00—9:50 |
Plenary Address
102 VanderWerf
Using Maple for Visualization, Manipulation, and Simulation
Elliot Tanis, Hope College |
| 10:00—10:15 |
Coffee Break 104 VanderWerf |
| 10:15—10:35 |
APPLICATION
237 VW
Akalu Tefera, GVSU
A Brief Tour of MultInt: a Maple Package for Multiple Integration |
TEACHING
238 VW
Gerry Cox, Lake Michigan
Relativity of Time (Space-Time) |
STUDENT TALK
299 VZ
Michael Kowalczyk, NMU
(Sponsor: J. Kiltinen)
Addictive Puzzles and Abstract Algebra
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| 10:40—11:00 |
MATH TALKS
237 VW
Timothy Pennings, Hope
Does Devaney’s Definition of SDIC Imply a Positive Lyapunov Constant? |
238 VW
Stephen J. Sepanski, SVSU
Stacking the Deck for Learning Statistics |
GENERAL INTEREST
299 VZ
Richard J. Fleming, CMU
Elbert F. Cox, An Early Pioneer |
| 11:05—11:25 |
237 VW
John Kiltinen, NMU
A New Hands-On Proof of the Parity Theorem for Permutations |
238 VW
Clark Wells, GVSU
You Can’t Ask Essay Questions in Math, Can You? |
| 11:30—11:50 |
237 VW
Jerrold Grossman, Oakland
Patterns of Collaboration in Mathematics Research |
238 VW
Michael McDaniel, Aquinas
Old and Valuable |
STUDENT TALKS
299 VZ
Amanda Cox and Amy VanderZee, students, GVSU
(sponsor: E. Aboufadel)
Bivariate Daubechies Scaling Functions |
| 12:00—1:45 |
Luncheon
Haworth Inn
Luncheon Address: NCTM’s Principles and Standards for School Mathematics:
Implications for Mathematics Departments
Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Michigan State University |
| 2:00—2:50 |
Plenary Address
102 VanderWerf
Fermat’s Legacy
Christopher M. Skinner, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 3:00—3:15 |
Coffee Break 104 VanderWerf
Host: Prentice Hall |
| 3:15—3:35 |
STUDENT TALK
237 VW
Christine Grostic, student, Kalamzoo
(REU)
Puttin' 'em Together and Takin' 'em Apart
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STUDENT TALK
238 VW
David Koop, student, Calvin
(REU)
Geometric Tomography |
STUDENT TALKS
299 VZ
Stephanie Baar, student, Calvin
(sponsor: M. Stob)
Who is the Winner:
BOM versus OBO |
| 3:40—4:00 |
MATH TALKS
237 VW
Pamela Cutter, Albion
Filling in Some Gaps |
GENERAL INTEREST
238 VW
John VanIwaarden, Hope
Proofs Without Words |
299 VZ
Lee Cole, student, Hillsdale
(sponsor: J. Boardman)
How to Tune a Radio |
| 4:05—4:25 |
237 VW
Reza Akbari, SVSU
Theta Functions with Half Integer Characteristics |
238 VW
Ronald Mosier, DaimlerChrysler, retired
Rating Baseball Relief Pitchers |
299 VZ
Matthew Zuckero, student, CMU
(sponsor: S. Narayan)
The Pebbling Numbers of Graphs |
| 4:30—4:50 |
237 VW
Ping Zhang, WMU
Divisor Graphs
|
238 VW
John R. Stoughton, Hope
The Incredible Mr. Euler |
STUDENT TALK
299 VZ
Mark Wagner, Ken Kopp, and Bill Kolasa, LTU
(sponsor: R. Favro)
Blowin' in the Wind
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| 5:00—5:30 |
Business Meeting
102 VanderWerf |
| 5:30—6:00 |
Chairs and Liaisons Meeting
102 VanderWerf |
| 6:15—7:15 |
Social Hour
Piper Restaurant
|
| 7:15—9:30 |
Awards Banquet
Piper Restaurant
Personal Thoughts on What to Teach and How Not to Teach It
Edward B. Burger, Williams College |
| 7:30—8:30 |
AWM Breakfast
Maas Auditorium |
| 8:30—9:00 |
Registration
104 VanderWerf |
| 9:00—9:50 |
Plenary Address
102 VanderWerf
"How to Always Win at Limbo", or
You can sum some of the series some of the time, and some of the series none of the time, but can you sum some of the series all of the time?
Edward B. Burger, Williams College |
| 10:00—10:15 |
Coffee Break
104 VanderWerf
Host: Addison Wesley Longman |
| 10:15—10:35 |
MATH TALKS
237 VW
Javad Abdollahi, LTU
Computational and Statistical Synergy in Data Mining |
TEACHING
238 VW
Melvin A. Nyman, Alma
Reading, Writing, Discovering, and Creating Proofs |
MATH TALK
299 VZ
Sandy Becker and Bette Warren, EMU
What Do You Mean "Too Close to Call"?
|
| 10:40—11:00 |
237 VW
Brian J. McCartin, Kettering
A Geometric Characterization of Linear Regression |
238 VW
Larry King, UM-Flint
A First Proofs Course: Some Problems and Some Success |
STUDENT TALK
299 VZ
Lee Kiessel and Brian Yurk, Hope
(sponsor: D. Stephenson)
Geometric Characterization of Graded Algebras
|
| 11:05—11:25 |
237 VW
Kathleen Cotrill-Shepherd and Mark Naber, Monroe Cnty CC
Fractional Differential Forms |
238 VW
Ted Sundstrom, GVSU
Exploration, Proof, and Writing in Mathematics
|
BUILDING BRIDGES
299 VZ
Chuck Allan, MDE, Tim Husband, Siena Heights, and Roger Verhey, UM—Dearborn
Standards-based Review of Endorsement Programs in Secondary School Mathematics |
| 11:30—11:50 |
STUDENT TALK
237 VW
Rachel Koskodan, WSU
(sponsor: L. Brenton)
Geometric Applications of a Unit Fraction Equation
|
STUDENT TALK
238 VW
Matt Goupell and J.R. Schmidt, Hope
(sponsor: T. Pennings)
Modeling the Flight of a Frisbee
|
| 12:00—2:00 |
Luncheon
Maas Auditorium
Developing the Mathematical Feel
John Berry, University of Plymouth (UK) |
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| 2:15—3:10 |
Building Bridges Workshop
237 VanderWerf
Sharon Senk, MSU, and Roger Verhey, UM—Dearborn
MET and CSMB Recommendations for the Preparation of Teachers of Mathematics |
| 3:20—4:15 |
237 VanderWerf
Tim Husband, Siena Heights, and Roger Verhey, UM—Dearborn
Open Discussion |