2002 Joint Annual Meeting, Michigan Section-MAA and MichMATYC

Friday, May 10, 2002

8:00—8:50 Registration
ULTC Foyer

8:50—9:00 Welcome
T429 Auditorium
Charles M. Chambers
President
Lawrence Technological University

9:00—9:50 Plenary Address
T429 Auditorium
Mathematical Inverse Problems
Patricia K. Lamm, Michigan State University

10:00—10:15 Coffee Break UTLC Foyer
Host: John Wiley and Sons

10:15—10:35 MATH TALKS
T329
Matthew Boelkins, GVSU
The Near Orthogonality of PIPCIRs TEACHING
T428
Gerry Cox, Lake Michigan
Constants from Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion: mechanical energy and angular momentum STUDENT TALK
T328
S. Holcomb, S. Nazrulla, M. Wagner, LTU
Airline Overbooking

10:40—11:00 MATH TALKS
T329
Mark Naber, Monroe County CC
Matrix Order Differintegration T428
Ada Dong, LTU
Structural Induction in Discrete Mathematics MATH TALK
T328
Gerard Venema, Calvin C
The deductive approach to geometry can be enjoyable and worthwhile

11:05—11:25 T329
P. K. Wong, MSU
An Online AP Calculus - Preliminary Report T428
William Sargeant, CMU
A Survey of Rationales for the Use of Technology in College Mathematics Instruction STUDENT TALK
T328
D. Chamulak, S. Apostoloski, N. Loria, W. Kolasa, J. Vecore, B. Shuler, LTU
The Fountain of Math: Two Versions

11:30—11:50 T329
Sidney Graham, CMU
The Middle Third-A First Course Involving Proofs T428
Pamela Lowry, LTU
The Impact of a Laptop Initiative on Student Attitudes

12:00—1:45 Luncheon
UTLC Galery
Luncheon Address: Improving the Mathematical Education of Teachers:CBMS Recommendations
Glenda Lappan, Michigan State University

2:00—2:50 Plenary Address
T429 Auditorium
Prime Values of Polynomials
Brian Conrad, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

3:00—3:15 Coffee Break UTLC Foyer
Host: Prentice Hall

3:15—3:35 PANEL DISCUSSION
T329
Moderator: Roger Verhey, UM-Dearborn
Presenter: Sharon Senk, MSU
Panelists:
Al Taylor, UM-Ann Arbor
Chris Hirsch, WMU
Mike Lehman, Holt High School

The Mathematical Education of High School Teachers: CBMS Recommendations MATH TALKS
T428
Reza Akbari, SVSU
Harmonic Functions on Multiply Connected Regions MATH TALKS
T328
Radu Teodorescu, WMU
Solving Linear Recurrence Relations

3:40—4:00 T428
Don Faust, NMU
The Concept of Negation:
(1) Aristotle's Privatives and Contemporary Elementary Logic
and
(2) Logics of 'Conflict without Contradiction' T328
Kalpana Godbole, Citi Commerce Solutions, a division of Citicorp
Transition from Academic to Corporate World -- Lessons Learned and Math Used

4:05—4:25 TEACHING
T428
Steven C. Althoen, Matthew F. Wyneken, Scott Russell, UM-Flint
Writing Across the Curriculum for Elementary Education Majors STUDENT TALK
T328
Charles Du, student, Delta College
(sponsor: Jim Roznowski)
Binomial Series-An Alternate Way of Writing Coefficients

4:30—4:50 T428
Garnet Hauger, Spring Arbor U
Using Microcase® in Teaching Statistics

5:00—5:30 Business Meeting
T429 Auditorium

5:30—6:00 Chairs and Liaisons Meeting
T429 Auditorium

6:15—7:15 Social Hour
Room M336, Buell Building
Host: John Wiley and Sons and Prentice Hall

7:15—9:30 Awards Banquet
Café Lawrence, Buell Building
Our Public Image
Keith Devlin, Stanford University
Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Language and Information
Consulting Professor of Mathematics

Saturday, May 11, 2002

7:30—8:30
AWM Breakfast
M310 Buell Building

8:30—9:00 Registration
UTLC Foyer

9:00—9:50 Plenary Address
T429 Auditorium
How Did Mathematical Ability Evolve?
Keith Devlin, Stanford University

10:00—10:15 Coffee Break
UTLC Foyer
Host: Thomson Learning

10:15—10:35 BUILDING BRIDGES
T329
Char Beckmann,
Pam Wells,
John Gabrosek,
Ed Aboufadel,
David Austin,
Alverna Champion,
Phyllis Curtiss,
Will Dickinson, GVSU
Enhancing the Mathematical Core MATH TALKS
T428
Brian J. McCartin, Kettering
Eisenstein Primes and Equilateral Eigenvalues STUDENT TALKS
T328
Jack Tower, LCC
(sponsor: J. Wang)
Finding Roots of Cubic Polynomials

10:40—11:00 T428
Patrick Pan, SVSU
Reflexivity and Bounded Reflexivity of Subspaces of Operators STUDENT TALK
T328
Tara Terry, Oakland U
(sponsor: Serge Kruk)
Derivatives of Matrix Functions

11:05—11:25 TEACHING
T428
Azita Manouchehri, CMU
Utilizing Inquiry Based Instruction in Undergraduate Mathematics Education: An Example From a College Geometry Course
T328
Tony Berard, LTU
Lines and Conic Sections

11:30—11:50 MATH TALK
T428
Clark Wells, GVSU
One Bad Turn (or Rotation) Deserves Another
T328
Jon Stevenson, UM-Flint
Ramsey Numbers or
How to Plan the Perfect Party

12:00—1:45 Luncheon
UTLC Gallery
Quantitative Literacy: Everybody's Orphan
Bernard Madison, University of Arkansas and Formerly MAA Resident Mathematician

2:00—3:30 T429 Auditorium
Bernard Madison, University of Arkansas and Formerly MAA Resident Mathematician
Janet Andersen, Hope C
Gretchen Mooningham, SVSU
Assessing Learning in Undergraduate Mathematics

General Information
Abstracts
Parking, Travel, and Lodging
Meals
Registration Form
Committees and Officers

8:00—8:50	Registration ULTC Foyer
8:50—9:00	Welcome T429 Auditorium Charles M. Chambers President Lawrence Technological University
9:00—9:50	Plenary Address T429 Auditorium Mathematical Inverse Problems Patricia K. Lamm, Michigan State University
10:00—10:15	Coffee Break UTLC Foyer Host: John Wiley and Sons
10:15—10:35	MATH TALKS T329 Matthew Boelkins, GVSU The Near Orthogonality of PIPCIRs	TEACHING T428 Gerry Cox, Lake Michigan Constants from Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion: mechanical energy and angular momentum	STUDENT TALK T328 S. Holcomb, S. Nazrulla, M. Wagner, LTU Airline Overbooking
10:40—11:00	MATH TALKS T329 Mark Naber, Monroe County CC Matrix Order Differintegration	T428 Ada Dong, LTU Structural Induction in Discrete Mathematics	MATH TALK T328 Gerard Venema, Calvin C The deductive approach to geometry can be enjoyable and worthwhile
11:05—11:25	T329 P. K. Wong, MSU An Online AP Calculus - Preliminary Report	T428 William Sargeant, CMU A Survey of Rationales for the Use of Technology in College Mathematics Instruction	STUDENT TALK T328 D. Chamulak, S. Apostoloski, N. Loria, W. Kolasa, J. Vecore, B. Shuler, LTU The Fountain of Math: Two Versions
11:30—11:50	T329 Sidney Graham, CMU The Middle Third-A First Course Involving Proofs	T428 Pamela Lowry, LTU The Impact of a Laptop Initiative on Student Attitudes
12:00—1:45	Luncheon UTLC Galery Luncheon Address: Improving the Mathematical Education of Teachers:CBMS Recommendations Glenda Lappan, Michigan State University
2:00—2:50	Plenary Address T429 Auditorium Prime Values of Polynomials Brian Conrad, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
3:00—3:15	Coffee Break UTLC Foyer Host: Prentice Hall
3:15—3:35	PANEL DISCUSSION T329 Moderator: Roger Verhey, UM-Dearborn Presenter: Sharon Senk, MSU Panelists: Al Taylor, UM-Ann Arbor Chris Hirsch, WMU Mike Lehman, Holt High School The Mathematical Education of High School Teachers: CBMS Recommendations	MATH TALKS T428 Reza Akbari, SVSU Harmonic Functions on Multiply Connected Regions	MATH TALKS T328 Radu Teodorescu, WMU Solving Linear Recurrence Relations
3:40—4:00		T428 Don Faust, NMU The Concept of Negation: (1) Aristotle's Privatives and Contemporary Elementary Logic and (2) Logics of 'Conflict without Contradiction'	T328 Kalpana Godbole, Citi Commerce Solutions, a division of Citicorp Transition from Academic to Corporate World -- Lessons Learned and Math Used
4:05—4:25		TEACHING T428 Steven C. Althoen, Matthew F. Wyneken, Scott Russell, UM-Flint Writing Across the Curriculum for Elementary Education Majors	STUDENT TALK T328 Charles Du, student, Delta College (sponsor: Jim Roznowski) Binomial Series-An Alternate Way of Writing Coefficients
4:30—4:50		T428 Garnet Hauger, Spring Arbor U Using Microcase® in Teaching Statistics
5:00—5:30	Business Meeting T429 Auditorium
5:30—6:00	Chairs and Liaisons Meeting T429 Auditorium
6:15—7:15	Social Hour Room M336, Buell Building Host: John Wiley and Sons and Prentice Hall
7:15—9:30	Awards Banquet Café Lawrence, Buell Building Our Public Image Keith Devlin, Stanford University Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Language and Information Consulting Professor of Mathematics

7:30—8:30	AWM Breakfast M310 Buell Building
8:30—9:00	Registration UTLC Foyer
9:00—9:50	Plenary Address T429 Auditorium How Did Mathematical Ability Evolve? Keith Devlin, Stanford University
10:00—10:15	Coffee Break UTLC Foyer Host: Thomson Learning
10:15—10:35	BUILDING BRIDGES T329 Char Beckmann, Pam Wells, John Gabrosek, Ed Aboufadel, David Austin, Alverna Champion, Phyllis Curtiss, Will Dickinson, GVSU Enhancing the Mathematical Core	MATH TALKS T428 Brian J. McCartin, Kettering Eisenstein Primes and Equilateral Eigenvalues	STUDENT TALKS T328 Jack Tower, LCC (sponsor: J. Wang) Finding Roots of Cubic Polynomials
10:40—11:00		T428 Patrick Pan, SVSU Reflexivity and Bounded Reflexivity of Subspaces of Operators	STUDENT TALK T328 Tara Terry, Oakland U (sponsor: Serge Kruk) Derivatives of Matrix Functions
11:05—11:25		TEACHING T428 Azita Manouchehri, CMU Utilizing Inquiry Based Instruction in Undergraduate Mathematics Education: An Example From a College Geometry Course	T328 Tony Berard, LTU Lines and Conic Sections
11:30—11:50		MATH TALK T428 Clark Wells, GVSU One Bad Turn (or Rotation) Deserves Another	T328 Jon Stevenson, UM-Flint Ramsey Numbers or How to Plan the Perfect Party
12:00—1:45	Luncheon UTLC Gallery Quantitative Literacy: Everybody's Orphan Bernard Madison, University of Arkansas and Formerly MAA Resident Mathematician
2:00—3:30	T429 Auditorium Bernard Madison, University of Arkansas and Formerly MAA Resident Mathematician Janet Andersen, Hope C Gretchen Mooningham, SVSU Assessing Learning in Undergraduate Mathematics

Conference Program

Friday, May 10, 2002

Saturday, May 11, 2002