Contributed Paper Sessions
1. Best Practices for Teaching Online Courses
Thursday, August 1, 1:00 p.m. – 4:55 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 14
Online education is becoming increasingly common, and many institutions desire to offer courses online. Some faculty members are tasked with developing and teaching online courses without adequate training for doing so effectively. This session seeks to share ideas to help instructors of online courses. The focus will be on teaching courses completely online, rather than using online tools to augment a face-to-face class. Possible topics include strategies for delivering content, engaging students, fostering discussion and collaboration, and assessment in an online environment. Presentations about particular technologies useful for online classes are also welcome.
Organizer:
Matthew Wright, Huntington University
Bridging the Digital Divide: Building a Sense of Community and Improving Student Engagement
1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Amy Wheeler, Hondros College
Collaboration and Assessment Strategies for Teaching Online Undergraduate vs. Graduate Courses
1:20 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.
Magdalena Luca, MCPHS University
Fostering Online Discussion in Introductory Statistics
1:40 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Jacci White, Saint Leo University
Scott White, St. Petersburg College
Teaching Online Courses to Overseas Students
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Xinlong Weng, University of Bridgeport
Getting Started in MY Online Math Class
2:20 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.
Carol Hannahs, Kaplan University
Teaching Online and Face-to-Face Students in the Same Class
2:40 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.
Elizabeth Miller, The Ohio State University
Creating a Community Within an On-line Class
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Cornelius P Nelan, Quinnipiac University
Teaching an Activities Based Course Online
3:20 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.
Donna Flint, South Dakota State University
Becky Diischer, South Dakota State University
Raising Standards for Math Practice Software
3:40 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.
John C Miller, The City College of The City University of New York
Living it Up with Live Binders: Organizing Faculty Shared Web 2.0 Resources
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Lea Rosenberry, Kaplan University
Leslie Johnson, Kaplan University
Michelle Lis, Kaplan University
Using Digital Game-Based Learning in Online Math Courses
4:20 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.
Tamara Eyster, Kaplan University
Lea Rosenberry, Kaplan University
Teaching Statistics Online Using Blackboard Collaborate
4:40 p.m. – 4:55 p.m.
Eric Ruggieri, College of the Holy Cross
2. History and Philosophy of Mathematics
This session welcomes contributions from all areas related to history and philosophy of mathematics. This includes reports on research, survey talks, and issues related to the use of history and philosophy of mathematics in the classroom.
Organizers:
Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University
Bonnie Gold, Monmouth University
Maria Zack, Point Loma Nazarene University
Sponsors:
The Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics
HOM SIGMAA
POM SIGMAA
Euler's Mathematics
Thursday, August 1, 9:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 27
Leonhard Euler’s Mathematical Correspondence - The Early Berlin Years
9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
Robert E. Bradley, Adelphi University
Vector Calculus in Euler's Fluid Mechanics
9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.
Stacy Langton, University of San Diego
Euler’s Method for a Plentiful Harvest
10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
Michael P. Saclolo, St. Edward's University
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Thursday, August 1, 1:00 p.m. – 5:20 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 27
Conics in the 17th Century: Claude Mydorge and After
1:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.
Christopher Baltus Baltus, SUNY Oswego
Christiaan Huygens's Work on the Catenary, 1690-1691
1:30 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.
John Bukowski, Juniata College
The Geometric Algebra of John Wallis
2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
Maria Zack, Point Loma Nazarene University
Newton's Writings on the Calculus
2:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.
Troy Larry Goodsell, Brigham Young University-Idaho
\(\textrm{Apr\'{e}s}\) 1713: Bernoulli, Montmort et Waldegrave
3:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
David Richard Bellhouse, University of Western Ontario
George Washington's Use of Trigonometry and Logarithms
3:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
Theodore J. Crackel, Papers of George Washington
V. Frederick Rickey, West Point
Joel Silverberg, Roger Williams University
Mathematics as Practiced in Colonial and Post-Colonial America
4:00 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.
Scott Guthery, Docent Press
Images of Andrew Ellicott (1754-1820)
4:30 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.
Florence Fasanelli, AAAS
How Brook Taylor Got Joshua Kirby a Position
5:00 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.
Duncan J Melville, St. Lawrence University
Nineteenth Century
Friday, August 2, 2013, 8:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 26
Origins of Block Designs, Normed Algebras, and Finite Geometries: 1835 to 1892
8:30 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.
Ezra A Brown, Virginia Tech
Monsieur François-Joseph Servois: His Life and Mathematical Contributions
9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
Salvatore John Petrilli, Adelphi University
The Definite Integral by Euler, Lagrange and Laplace from the Viewpoint of Poisson
9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.
Shigeru Masuda, Kyoto Univ
Twentieth Century, Part 1
Friday, August 2, 8:30 a.m. – 11:20 a.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 27
Statistics at the 1924 Toronto IMC and BAAS
8:30 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.
David Orenstein, Toronto District School Board
Fictionalism and Mathematical Practice
9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
Matthew Clemens, Keene State College
Who's That Mathematician? No, Really, Who Is She (or He)?
9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.
Janet Beery, University of Redlands
Rational Discovery of the Natural World: An Algebraic and Geometric Answer to Steiner
10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
Robert H C Moir, Western University
Mathematical Logic and the History of Computers
10:30 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
Jonathan Seldin, University of Lethbridge
Canonical Maps: Where Do They Come From and Why Do They Matter?
11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.
Jean-Pierre Marquis, Université de Montréal
Twentieth Century, Part 2
Friday, August 2, 2:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 26
Tools of the Table Crackers: Quantitative Methods in the History of Numerical Tables
2:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.
Glen Van Brummelen, Quest University
On the Chebychev Quadrature
3:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Roger Godard, RMC
Felix Hausdorff: We Wish for You Better Times
3:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
Charlotte Simmons, University of Central Oklahoma
Using History and Philosophy in Teaching Mathematics
Friday, August 2, 3:00 p.m. – 5:20 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 27
Logic is Not Epistemology: Should Philosophy Play a Larger Role in Learning about Proofs?
3:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Martin E Flashman, Humboldt State University
Teaching Mathematical Ideas by the History of from Quadratic to Quartic Equations
3:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
Xinlong Weng, University of Bridgeport
Playful History: A Generalizable Mesolabium for Geometer's Sketchpad
4:00 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.
J. Lyn Miller, Slippery Rock University
Historical Accuracy, Popular Books, and Videos: Three Components of a History of Math Class
4:30 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.
Diana White, University of Colorado Denver
The Use of History of Mathematics as a Tool in Teaching Mathematics
5:00 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.
Santhosh Mathew, Regis College
The Arc of Time
Saturday, August 3, 8:30 a.m. – 10:20 a.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 27
Euclid's Treatment of the Golden Ratio
8:30 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.
Charlie Smith, Park University
Plato was Not a Mathematical Platonist
9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
Elaine Landry, University of California, Davis
Some Illustrated Comments on Selected “Magical Squares with Magical Parts”
9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.
George P.H. Styan, McGill University
Mathematical Devices at the Smithsonian: Ideas for Using Digital Collections in the Classroom
10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
Amy Shell-Gellasch, Hood College
Amy Ackerberg-Hastings, NMAH/UMUC
3. Interactions Between History and Philosophy of Mathematics
This session is geared specifically to interactions between the history and philosophy of mathematics. Talks will be expected either to approach specifically how each discipline informs the other in particular or general contexts, or to discuss issues and episodes that have implications for both the philosophy and the history of mathematics.
Organizers:
Thomas Drucker, University of Wisconsin—Whitewater
Glen Van Brummelen, Quest University
Sponsors:
The Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics
HOM SIGMAA
POM SIGMAA
Part 1
Saturday, August 3, 10:30 a.m. – 11:20 a.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 27
Zeno Will Rise Again
10:30 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
Thomas Drucker, University of Wisconsin--Whitewater
Analysis and Synthesis in Geometry Textbooks: Who Cares?
11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.
Amy Ackerberg-Hastings, NMAH/UMUC
Part 2
Saturday, August 3, 2:30 p.m. – 4:50 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 27
Assimilation in Mathematics and Beyond
2:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.
Robert S D Thomas, University of Manitoba
Euler and the Enlightenment
3:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Lawrence D'Antonio, Ramapo College
Persecution of Nikolai Luzin
3:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
Maryam Vulis, NCC and York College CUNY
Philosophy Etched in Stone: The Geometry of Jerusalem's 'Absalom Pillar'
4:00 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.
Roger Auguste Petry, Luther College at the University of Regina
Understanding the Interplay between the History and the Philosophy of Mathematics in Proof Mining
4:30 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.
Jeff Buechner, Rutgers University
Saul Kripke Center, CUNY GC
4. My Favorite Geometry Proof
Friday, August 2, 1:00 p.m. – 4:55 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 14
This session invites presenters to share their favorite undergraduate geometry proofs. These proofs should be suitable for Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry courses as well as for courses frequently referred to as “modern” or “higher” geometry but not those related to differential geometry or (low-level) graduate courses. Proofs must be for theorems other than the Pythagorean Theorem. Presenters must do the full proof, discuss how the proof fits into the course, provide information regarding prerequisite topics for the proof, and discuss associated areas with which students have difficulty and how such concerns are addressed so that students understand the proof. Presenters are invited to discuss how they have modified the proof over time as well as to share historical information for “classic” proofs and explorations/demonstrations that they use to help students understand the associated theorem. Abstracts should include the theorem to be proved/discussed as well as brief background information.
Organizer:
Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State University
Pizzas, Calzones, and Crusts: Using Symmetry to Slice up a Circle
1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Michael Nathanson, Saint Mary's College of California
Heron's Formula: A Proof without Words
1:20 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.
Daniel E. Otero, Xavier University
Heron's Formula for the Area of a Triangle
1:40 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Diana White, University of Colorado Denver
Spherical Triangle Area and Angle Sum
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Jeff Johannes, SUNY Geneseo
The Angle Sum Theorem for Triangles on the Sphere
2:20 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.
Marshall Whittlesey, California State University San Marcos
The Existence of the Nine-Point Circle for a Given Triangle
2:40 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.
Stephen Andrilli, La Salle University
Ptolemy's Theorem
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Pat Touhey, Misericordia University
When is the Inversion of Circle C over Circle k Orthogonal to Circle k?
3:20 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.
Mary Platt, Salem State University
Convex Quadrilaterals
3:40 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.
Braxton Carrigan, Southern CT State University
Quadrature, the Geometric Mean, Hinged Dissections, and the Purpose of Proof
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Clark P Wells, Grand Valley State University
A Simple Proof of the Classification of Conics by the Discriminant
4:20 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.
Martin E Flashman, Humboldt State University
It's Not Hyperbole: A Transforming Proof
4:40 p.m. – 4:55 p.m.
Thomas Q Sibley, St. John's University
5. Inquiry-Based Learning Best Practices
In many mathematics classrooms, doing mathematics means following the rules dictated by the teacher and knowing mathematics means remembering and applying these rules. However, an inquiry-based learning (IBL) approach challenges students to create/discover mathematics. Boiled down to its essence, IBL is a method of teaching that engages students in sense-making activities. Students are given tasks requiring them to conjecture, experiment, explore, and solve problems. Rather than showing facts or a clear, smooth path to a solution, the instructor guides students via well-crafted problems through an adventure in mathematical discovery. The talks in this session will focus on IBL best practices. We seek both novel ideas and effective approaches to IBL. Claims made should be supported by data (student responses, test scores, survey results, etc.) or anecdotal evidence. This session will be of interest to instructors new to IBL, as well as seasoned practitioners looking for new ideas.
Organizers:
Dana Campbell Ernst, Northern Arizona University
Angie Hodge, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Stan Yoshinobu, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Part 1
Friday, August 2, 3:20 p.m. – 5:15 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 16
Course Notes for Differential Calculus
3:20 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.
Brian Loft, Sam Houston State University
Using Inquiry-Based Leaning to Define Continuity
3:40 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.
Tim Boester, Wright State University
A Flipped Classroom Study in Second Semester Calculus
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Ellie Kennedy, Northern Arizona University
Calculus - The IBL Way!
4:20 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.
Janice Rech, Univeristy of Nebraska at Omaha
Angie Hodge, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Calculus Group Projects to Motivate Sequences and Series by Major
4:40 p.m. – 4:55 p.m.
Daniel Shifflet, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
IBL in the Time of MOOCs
5:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Olympia Nicodemi, SUNY Geneseo
Part 2
Saturday, August 3, 8:30 a.m. – 11:05 a.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 16
MathDL Mathematical Communication: Resources for Engaging Students in Communicating about Mathematics
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Susan Ruff, MIT
Discovery on “Number Theory Island"
8:50 a.m. – 9:05 a.m.
Martha Allen, Georgia College
Blair Dietrich, Georgia Military College
Inquiry Based Learning in a Number Theory Course for Non-Majors
9:10 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.
Lauren Rose, Bard College
A Collaborative, Student-Written Textbook in a Writing Intensive, IBL Discrete Mathematics Course
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
David Richeson, Dickinson College
From Cookbook to Toolbox: Modified Moore Method in Discrete Math and Abstract Algebra
9:50 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.
Rachel Schwell, Central Connecticut State University
An IBL Proofs Course: Student Perspectives
10:10 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.
Julianna Stockton, Sacred Heart University
Nicole Trommelen, Sacred Heart University
Jennifer Robillard, Sacred Heart University
Cole Matthew, Sacred Heart University
Bowers Jonathan, Sacred Heart University
Assessment in an IBL Geometry Course
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Theron James Hitchman, University of Northern Iowa
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
10:55 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.
Brian Winkel, United States Military Academy
Part 3
Saturday, August 3, 1:00 p.m. – 4:55 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 16
Computer Environments Promoting Student Inquiry
1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Robert Sachs, George Mason University
A Student-Centered Approach to Intermediate Algebra
1:20 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.
Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin, Slippery Rock University
Presentation Fridays in Advanced Calculus
1:40 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Robert W Vallin, Slippery Rock University
A Bridge between IBL and Student Inquiry
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Brian Katz, Augustana College
IBL Classroom Activities Beyond Student Presentation
2:20 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.
Elizabeth Thoren, University of California, Santa Barbara
Strategies for Implementing Inquiry-Based Learning in the College Mathematics Classroom
2:40 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.
Erin Moss, Millersville University
IBL Teachers' Perspectives on Gettting Students to Work Together, Present, and Critique
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Timothy Whittemore, University of Michigan
Vilma Mesa, University of Michigan
Asking Good Questions to Promote Inquiry and Mathematical Conversations
3:20 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.
Christine von Renesse, Westfield State University
Volker Ecke, Westfield State University
Teachers Teaching: An Inquiry-Based Approach to Math Education
3:40 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.
Cheryll Crowe, Eastern Kentucky University
Using Computer Programming to Push Students to Build Mental Frameworks for Abstraction and Generalization
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Cynthia L. Stenger, University of North Alabama
James A. Jerkins, University of North Alabama
Creating an IBL Summer Mathematics Institute
4:20 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.
Randall E Cone, VMI
Tile Flooring and Recursive Relation
4:40 p.m. – 4:55 p.m.
Xinlong Weng, University of Bridgeport
6. Undergraduate Research Activities in Mathematical and Computational Biology
Thursday, August 1, 1:00 p.m. – 3:55 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 15
This session will highlight research results of projects that either were conducted by undergraduates or were collaborations between undergraduates and their faculty mentors. Of particular interest are those collaborations that involve students and faculty from both mathematics and biology. As many institutions have started undergraduate research programs in this area frequently with the help of initial external funding, the session is interested in the process and logistics of starting a program and maintaining a program even after the initial funding expires. Important issues include faculty development and interdisciplinary collaboration, student preparation and selection, the structure of research programs, the acquisition of resources to support the program, and the subsequent achievements of students who participate in undergraduate research in mathematical and computational biology.
The session will also feature undergraduate research projects in mathematical and computational biology which are mentored by a single faculty mentor without the support of a larger program. We seek scholarly papers that present results from undergraduate research projects in mathematical or computational biology, discuss the creation, maintenance, or achievements of an undergraduate research program, or describe the establishment or maintenance of collaborations between faculty and students in mathematics and biology.
Organizer:
Carrie Elizabeth Diaz Eaton, Unity College
Sponsor:
BIOSIGMAA
UBM Program at University of Houston-Downtown: Experiences and the Challenge to Sustain It
1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Edwin Tecarro, University of Houston-Downtown
Jeong-Mi Yoon, University of Houston-Downtown
Youn-Sha Chan, University of Houston-Downtown
Akif Uzman, University of Houston-Downtown
Undergraduate Mathematical Biology Research at Truman State University
1:20 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.
Pam Ryan, Truman State University
Graph Theory in DNA Self-Assembly: An Early Entry Point for Interdisciplinary Student Research
1:40 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Jo Anthony Ellis-Monaghan, Saint Michael's College
Using Bioinformatic Approaches to Predict Gene Expression Based on Promoter Structure in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Natalie Stanley, Dickinson College
Analysis of Refined Gaussian Network Model for HIV-1 Protease
2:20 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.
Jacob Liddle, Houghton College
Nicholas Fuller, Houghton College
Junkoo Park, Houghton College
A Mathematical Model of Sleep Regulation
2:40 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.
Anita Kummamuri Rao, Texas Academy of Math & Science, Denton, TX
A Cognitive Neuroscience Modeling Experiment
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Ted Theodosopoulos, Saint Ann's School
Patricia Theodosopoulos, Saint Ann's School
Undergraduate Research in Epidemic Modeling
3:20 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.
Anthony DeLegge, Benedictine University
Undergraduate Research in Modeling the Response of Chaparral Shrubs to Wildfires
3:40 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.
Timothy Lucas, Pepperdine University
7. Research in Mathematics for High School and Community College Students
Friday, August 2, 1:00 p.m. – 2:55 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 16
The goal of this contributed paper session is to share appropriate problems, course descriptions, and other opportunities designed to support and encourage small research project in mathematics at the high school and community college level. Presentations that focus on examples of good problems, experiences with recruitment of students, support for both faculty and students, and presentation and publication of results are encouraged.
In 2012 there were approximately 27,000 students who took BC Calculus before entering the 12th grade. For these students, a standard course in Differential Equations, Multivariable Calculus, or Linear Algebra may be offered at their school, a local community college or university, or on- line. While these may be good courses, they do not offer high-level investigative experiences emphasizing the creative aspects of mathematical discovery, which encourages continued study in mathematics.
Encouraging students to use their own mind is absolutely essential when working with students who are talented and interested in mathematics. Students must be working on problems that are sufficiently rich to allow for extended work on them and sufficiently interesting and engaging so that they are willing to give the problems their time and intellectual energy. Small researchable problems offer this challenge to student creativity.
Organizer:
Daniel J. Teague, NC School of Science and Mathematics
Sponsor:
SIGMAA TASHM
Good Problems are the Key to Building a High School Research Program
1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Daniel J. Teague, NC School of Science and Mathematics
Studying Knot Theory with High School Students
1:20 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.
Gyo Taek Jin, Dept. of Mathematical Science, KAIST
Hun Kim, Korea Science Academy of KAIST
Undergraduate Math Research with Games and Puzzles
1:40 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Shenglan Yuan, LaGuardia Community College,CUNY
Structuring a Research in Mathematics Program for High School or Community College Students
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Christine E. Belledin, NC School of Science and Mathematics
Research with Zombies
2:20 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.
Jean Marie Marie Linhart, Texas A&M University
Using the Gini Coefficient as a Research Project in Precalculus
2:40 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.
Victor Piercey, Ferris State University
8. The Mathematics of Planet Earth in Research
Friday, August 2, 1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 15
Earth is a dynamic and complex planet; mathematics is a tool that we can use to understand it. The North American Mathematical Sciences Institutes are sponsoring the theme of The Mathematics of Planet Earth in 2013 (MPE 2013) with the goal of showcasing the role that mathematics plays in recognizing, exploring, and solving planetary problems. In support of MPE 2013, this session seeks proposals from those who have engaged in Environmental Mathematics research. Accepted papers will be published on the SIGMAA EM website to spark conversation on theme related topics throughout the year and beyond.
Organizers:
Ben Galluzzo, Shippensburg University
Monika Kiss, Saint Leo University
Sponsor:
SIGMAA EM
Modeling the Size of Raindrops
1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Roger William Johnson, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Rate-Limited Sorption Modeling in Contaminant Transport
1:20 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.
David Coulliette, Asbury University
Kenneth Rietz, Asbury University
Using Photometric Instruments to Observe and Model the South Atlantic Anomaly
1:40 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Christina Selby, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
The Impact of Temperature on Chinese Coal Demand
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Amir Y. Ahmadi, Purdue University - Agricultural Economics
Xin Zhao, Purdue University - Agricultural Economics
Daniel Ghambi, Purdue University - Agricultural Economics
9. The Mathematics of Planet Earth in the College Mathematics Curriculum
Friday, August 2, 3:05 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 15
Earth is a dynamic and complex planet; mathematics is a tool that we can use to understand it. The North American Mathematical Sciences Institutes are sponsoring the theme of “The Mathematics of Planet Earth” in 2013 (MPE 2013) with the goal of showcasing the role that mathematics plays in recognizing, exploring, and solving planetary problems. In support of MPE 2013, this session seeks proposals from those interested in integrating Environmental Mathematics issues into the typical college curriculum. Accepted papers will be published on the SIGMAA EM website to spark conversation on theme-related topics throughout this year and beyond.
Organizers:
Ben Galluzzo, Shippensburg University
Monika Kiss, Saint Leo University
Sponsor:
SIGMAA EM
Motivating a Gen-Ed Math Modeling Course with Food Policy Issues - A Follow-up Report
3:05 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Jessica M. Libertini, University of Rhode Island
Exploring the Conversion of Alternative Energy
3:25 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.
Carrie Elizabeth Diaz Eaton, Unity College
Hurricanes : Engines of Destruction
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Marc Laforest, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
10. Recreational Mathematics: New Problems and New Solutions
As with all mathematics, recreational mathematics continues to expand through the solution of new problems and the development of novel solutions to old problems. For the purposes of this session, the definition of recreational mathematics will be a broad one. The primary guideline used to determine the suitability of a paper will be the understandability of the mathematics. Papers submitted to this session should be accessible to undergraduate students. Novel applications as well as new approaches to old problems are welcome. Examples of use of the material in the undergraduate classroom are encouraged.
Organizers:
Paul Richard Coe, Dominican University
Kristen Schemmerhorn, Dominican University
Part 1
Thursday, August 1, 1:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Ballroom A
Fitch Cheney's Five Card Trick for Four or Three Cards
1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Colm Mulcahy, Spelman College
Continued Fractions from a Magic Trick, A Preliminary Report
1:20 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.
Robert W Vallin, Slippery Rock University
Pop-Guitar-Music and Mathematics
1:40 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Duk-Hyung Lee, Asbury University
The Easiest Possible NY Times Crossword Puzzle
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Kevin Ferland, Bloomsburg University
Thinking Outside of the Box: The Mathematics of Swirldoku
2:20 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.
Michael Mulligan, PuzzMill
Nim\(^{\infty}\)
2:40 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.
John Perry, University of Southern Mississippi
Utilizing Information "Perfectly" in a Logic Puzzle
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Blane Hollingsworth, Middle Georgia State College
Tinkering with a Mathematical Goldmine
3:20 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.
Jeff Johannes, SUNY Geneseo
Parametic Equations Go to the Circus: Trochoids in Poi Flower Patterns
3:40 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.
Eleanor Farrington, Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Randomly Generating a Dekaaz Poetry Form
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Mike Pinter, Belmont University
Part 2
Friday, August 2, 8:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 16
A Brief Study of Abundant Numbers Not Divisible by Any of the First n Primes
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Jay Lawrence Schiffman, Rowan University
Discovery of Unusual Patterns of Squares Modulo an Odd Prime
8:50 a.m. – 9:05 a.m.
Roger Bilisoly, Central Connecticut State University
New Roles of an Old Puzzle: the Magic Square Problem
9:10 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.
Aihua Li, Montclair State University
Solving the World's Hardest Magic Square
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Ethan Brown, Phillips Academy Andover
Getting Hyper from Painting Cubes
9:50 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.
Thomas Q Sibley, St. John's University
Rubber Sheet Photography
10:10 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.
Bruce Torrence, Randolph-Macon College
Classification of Polyominoes by Spinal Character
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
David Jacob Wildstrom, University of Louisville
11. Curriculum Development to support first year mathematics students
A common focus of university administration is student retention and graduation. First year mathematics courses, both general education and major specific, have comparatively high drop/fail/withdraw rates. This means that they are often scrutinized in regard to their effect on retention and graduation rates. In this session, we would like to hear what you have been doing to respond to this scrutiny. We hope to focus on departmental-wide efforts, rather than specific classroom approaches. Presentations could include complete course redesign, co-requisite support courses, restructure of curriculum, departmental efforts to standardize, etc. Note that we would like to hear about successful, in process, and unsuccessful initiatives. Presentations that include a description of the initiative along with data supporting the success or failure of these initiatives are especially encouraged.
Organizers:
Donna Flint, South Dakota State University
Becky Diischer, South Dakota State University
Charles Wesley Bingen, South Dakota State University
Part 1
Saturday, August 3, 8:30 a.m. – 11:25 a.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 14
Effectively Supporting First-Year Students in Precalculus and Calculus Via the Arlington-Emerging Scholars Program
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
James Anthony Mendoza Epperson, The University of Texas at Arlington
Julie Marie Skinner Sutton, The University of Texas at Arlington
Flipping Calculus: A Departmental Project of the University of Hartford
8:50 a.m. – 9:05 a.m.
Fei Xue, University of Hartford
Math Workshop for Accelerated Pathway to Calculus
9:10 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.
Brandy Wiegers, National Association of Math Circles
Addie Evans, San Francisco State University, CSME
Emiliano Gomez, University of California, Berkeley
Precalculus Redesign: The Influence of a Placement Program and the Power of a Name
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Alison Ahlgren-Reddy, University of Illinois
Marc Harper, UCLA
The Precalculus Competency Exam: A Remediation Program for Calculus
9:50 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.
Caitlin Phifer, University of Rhode Island
Jessica M. Libertini, University of Rhode Island
Variations on the Theme of Calculus Support
10:10 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.
Jill Jordan, Houghton College
Developing an Integrated Mathematics Curriculum in a Health Sciences Program
10:10 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.
Aminul Huq, University of Minnesota Rochester
Great Ideas in Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Connections – Restructuring Core Content to Engage and Retain Students
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Melinda Schulteis, Concordia University, Irvine
Increasing Math Majors’ Skills, Confidence, Community and Retention with a 1st Year Course
10:50 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.
Jacqueline Dewar, Loyola Marymount University
Suzanne Larson, Loyola Marymount University
Thomas Zachariah, Loyola Marymount University
Part 2
Saturday, August 3, 1:00 p.m. – 4:55 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 14
A Re-Redesign of College Algebra: Maximizing Flexibility and Consistency
1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Brian Hollenbeck, Emporia State University
College Algebra Delivered Online: An Autopsy of an Unsuccessful Initiative
1:20 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.
Malissa Peery, University of Tennessee
Jennifer Fowler, University of Tennessee
Charles Collins, University of Tennessee
Just Enough Algebra -- A Successful Approach to Preparing College Students
1:40 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Suzanne Ingrid Doree, Augsburg College, Minneapolis
Realigning a Service Mathematics Curriculum to Better Serve the Major Department
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Daniel Cole, SUNY Maritime College
Supporting Large-First Year Courses with a Mathematics and Statistics Learning Center
2:20 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.
Darry Andrews, The Ohio State University
Elizabeth Miller, The Ohio State University
Uniting to Support First-Year Success: A Collaboration between State Universities in Connecticut
2:40 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.
Karen Santoro, Central Connecticut State University
Improved Success Rates in Developmental Math through Acceleration, Collaboration, and Technology
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Awilda Delgado, Broward College
Implementing a Mastery-Based Format for Remedial Mathematics Courses- an Iterative Approach
3:20 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.
Donna Flint, South Dakota State University
Charles Wesley Bingen, South Dakota State University
Creating an Online Math Lab
3:40 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.
Stepan Paul, UC Santa Barbara
Michael Yoshizawa, UC Santa Barbara
Math Skills, An Emporium Model Modified: What We learned from the Pilot Year
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Mary D Shepherd, Northwest Missouri State University
Serving the Under-Resourced Student in a University Setting through Mathematics
4:20 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.
Kerry Luse, Trinity Washington University
Joseph Sheridan, Trinity Washington University
Year One Results from Developmental Course Redesign
4:40 p.m. – 4:55 p.m.
Stephen Hardin Fast, Limestone College
12. Math Circles: Best Practices
Thursday, August 1, 1:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room17
A math circle is broadly defined as a sustained enrichment experience that brings mathematics professionals in direct contact with pre-college students and/or their teachers. Circles foster passion and excitement for deep mathematics. The SIGMAA on Math Circles for Students and Teachers (SIGMAA MCST) supports MAA members who share an interest in initiating and coordinating math circles.
SIGMAA MCST invites speakers to report on best practices in math circles with which they are or have been associated. Talks could address effective organizational strategies, successful math circle presentations, or innovative activities for students, for instance. Ideally, talks in this session will equip individuals currently involved in a math circle with ideas for improving some aspect of their circle, while also inspiring listeners who have only begun to consider math circles.
Organizers:
Tatiana Shubin, San Jose State University
Sam Vandervelde, St. Lawrence University
Sponsor:
SIGMAA MCST
A Sampler of Math Circle Problems
1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
James Tanton, MAA
Math (Circles) Magic!
1:20 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.
Cheryll Crowe, Eastern Kentucky University
Two Circle Projects
1:40 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Elgin Johnston, Iowa State University
Circle in a Plane: Can Math Circle Activities be done with Tablets?
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Paul Andrew Zeitz, University of San Francisco
More Games for Little Wranglers
2:20 p.m. – 2:35 p.m.
Edward C Keppelmann, University of Nevada Reno
"I Need a Drink of Water!": 10 Things to Think About When Working with Elementary Math Circle Students
2:40 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.
Brandy Wiegers, National Association of Math Circles
Albany Area Math Circle: Building a Mathematical Community
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Gili Rusak, Albany Area Math Circle
Developing Collaborative Lesson Plans for Math Enrichment
3:20 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.
Lauren Rose, Bard College
Beth Goldberg, Linden Avenue Middle School, Red Hook, NY
Joy Sebesta, Bard College
Northern Colorado Math Teachers' Circle
3:40 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.
Gulden Karakok, University of Northern Colorado
Katherine Morrison, University of Northern Colorado
Cathleen Craviotto, University of Northern Colorado
What Happens in the Classroom of Math Teachers' Circle Participants?
4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Diana White, University of Colorado Denver
General Contributed Paper Sessions
1. History and Philosophy of Mathematics
Thursday, August 1, 8:30 a.m. – 10:10 a.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 14
Organizers:
Kristi Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College
Thomas Hagedorn, The College of New Jersey
The Fourier’s Fecundity of Analytic Method or Application
8:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.
Shigeru Masuda, Kyoto University
Beyond Euclid
8:45 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.
Kenneth Rietz, Asbury University
Galois and His Theory
9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
Philip Blau, Shawnee State University
Mathematics in the Book of Michael of Rhodes, A Fifteenth-Century Maritime Manuscript
9:15 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.
Andrew Perry, Springfield College
Mathesis Universalis
9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.
Patricia Giurgescu, Mathematical Association of America
Kempe’s Flawed Proof that Four Colors Suffice
9:45 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.
Timothy Sipka, Alma College
Recruiting and Training Mathematicians as Codebreakers
10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.
Chris Christensen, Northern Kentucky University
2. Research in Graph Theory or Combinatorics
Thursday, August 1, 8:30 a.m. – 10:10 a.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 15
Organizers:
Kristi Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College
Thomas Hagedorn, The College of New Jersey
Fuzzy Greedoids - Structure and Invariants
8:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.
Steven J. Tedford, Misericordia University
A Combinatorial Proof of the Poincare-Miranda Theorem
8:45 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.
Francis Edward Su, Harvey Mudd College
2-Color Rado Numbers for \(\displaystyle\sum_{i=1}^{m-1}x_i+c=x_m\)
9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
Chris Spicer, Morningside College
Harmoniously Coloring Powers of Path Graphs
9:15 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.
Natacha Fontes-Merz, Westminster College
Adjacency Relationships Forced by Graph Degree Sequences
9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.
Michael Barrus, Brigham Young University
The Birank Number of Ladder Graphs
9:45 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.
Michael Fraboni, Moravian College
The Algebraic Connectivity of Planar Graphs
10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.
Jason Molitierno, Sacred Heart University
3. Probability or Statistics
Thursday, August 1, 8:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 16
Organizers:
Kristi Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College
Thomas Hagedorn, The College of New Jersey
In Quest of Fairness, Randomness and Independence
8:45 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.
Leo Chosid, NYC College of Technology
Jonathan Natov, NYC College of Technology
Re-Sequencing Hypothesis Testing in an Introductory Statistics Course with Active Learning
9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
Aminul Huq, University of Minnesota Rochester
Wei Wei, Metropolitan State University
Heidi Hulsizer, Hampden-Sydney College
A New Class of Benford Random Variables
9:15 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.
Azar Khosravani, Columbia College Chicago
Constantin Rasinariu, Columbia College Chicago
The M-Tile Means, A New Class of Measures of Central Tendency
9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.
David DiMarco, Neumann University
Ryan Savitz, Neumann University
Fred Savitz, Neumann University
4. Teaching Advanced Mathematics, Part 1
Thursday, August 1, 8:30 a.m. – 10:10 a.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 26
Organizers:
Kristi Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College
Thomas Hagedorn, The College of New Jersey
Applications of Maxima to Calculus and Differential Equations
8:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.
Leon Kaganovskiy, Touro College Brooklyn Campus
Students’ Learning Journey in Linear Algebra
8:45 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.
Nermine El-Sissi, The American University in Cairo
Teaching Determinants by Rook-Arrangements
9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.
Anders O.F. Hendrickson, Saint Norbert College
Bulls-Eye Jenga
9:15 a.m. - 9:25 a.m.
Michael David Smith, Lycoming College
A Sweet Way to Explore Statistics
9:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m.
Sarah L. Mabrouk, Framingham State University
An Advanced, Applied Statistics Course for Mathematics Majors
9:45 a.m. - 9:55 a.m.
Pete Johnson, Eastern Connecticut State University
Marsha Davis, Eastern Connecticut State University
Curriculum Infusion of Alcohol Prevention In Probability and Statistics Courses
10:00 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.
Andrew Lazowski, Sacred Heart University
5. Research in Linear Algebra or Geometry
Thursday, August 1, 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 26
Organizers:
Kristi Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College
Thomas Hagedorn, The College of New Jersey
A Structured Inverse Eigenvalue Problem
1:00 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.
Keivan Hassani Monfared, University of Wyoming
Golden Triangulations
1:15 p.m. – 1:25 p.m.
Bruce Atkinson, Samford University
Braxton Carrigan, Southern CT State University
A Property of the Tangent Rectangle of the Parbelos: My Proof Compared with Tsukerman's
1:30 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
Jonathan Sondow, New York City
Guarding a Koch Fractal Art Gallery
1:45 a.m. – 1:55 a.m.
William Roger Fuller, Ohio Northern University
Lauren Cassell, Ohio Northern University
Hidden Equilateral Triangles Inside Circles on Square Hyperbolas
2:00 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
Genghmun Eng
Mathematics and Art on the Sphere
2:15 p.m. – 2:25 p.m.
Judith Ann Silver, Marshall University
Using a Curved Space Division Assembly, Two Plane Geometry Curves, for Partition of Linear Magnitude
2:30 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
Alexander Louis Garron, Sand Box Geometry LLC
Identifying The Right Recursion
2:45 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.
Brian Kelly, Fisher College
Klein’s Hypercycles in 3D
3:00 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.
Margaret Symington, Mercer University
M\"obius Transformations Fixing Finite Sets of Points
3:15 p.m. – 3:25 p.m.
Damiano Fulghesu, Minnesota State University, Moorhead
Ishan Subedi, Minnesota State University, Moorhead
Some Not-So-Well-Known Constants Associated with the Conic Sedtions
3:30 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.
Sylvester Reese
Minima Domain Intervals, Dimensions, and How to Extend the Class 'Convex Functions'
3:45 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.
Marcia R Pinheiro, RGMIA
The Equivalence of the Illumination and Covering Conjectures
4:00 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.
Ryan Trelford, University of Calgary
The Complex Descartes Circle Theorem
4:15 p.m. – 4:25 p.m.
Sam Northshield, SUNY-Plattsburgh
6. Assessment, Mentoring, or Outreach
Friday, August 2, 8:30 a.m. – 11:25 a.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 14
Organizers:
Kristi Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College
Thomas Hagedorn, The College of New Jersey
Assessment and Curving Grades
8:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.
Fariba Nowrouzi Kashan, KYSU
Getting at the (Grade) Point of Grading
8:45 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.
Carrie Muir, University of Colorado, Boulder
The Scarlet Letter: Assessment with a Purpose
9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
M. Leigh Lunsford, Longwood University
Phillip L. Poplin, Longwood University
Placement Tests: Are Students Getting the Course They Need?
9:15 a.m.- 9:25 a.m.
David C. Wilson, SUNY, Buffalo State
Chaitali Ghosh, SUNY, Buffalo State
High School Mathematics Competition - Females versus Males
9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.
Carey Childers, Clarion University
Teaching Faculty How to Improve Students' Quantitative Skills through Cognitive Illusions
9:45 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.
Frank Wang, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY
Maths Week Ireland: Lessons from a Small Island?
10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.
Eoin Gill, Maths Week Ireland
Outreach with Grades K-8 Teachers Impacting Pre-Service Mathematics Courses
10:15 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.
Matthew Haines, Augsburg College
Training Gifted Students: The Fullerton Mathematical Circle Experience
10:30 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.
Rebecca Etnyre, Cal State Fullerton
Christina Tran, California State University, Fullerton Mathematical Circle
Professor Abian Teaches a Lesson from Kelley's "General Topology"
10:45 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.
Andrew deLong Martin, Kentucky State University
The National Research Experience for Undergraduates Programs' (NREUP) Influence on Minority Students
11:00 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.
Brian Arthur Christopher, University of Northern Colorado
Gulden Karakok, University of Northern Colorado
Professional Development Training for Graduate Students: A Different Kind of Seminar
11:15 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.
Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University
7. Teaching Calculus, Part 1
Friday, August 2, 8:30 a.m. – 10:25 a.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 15
Organizers:
Kristi Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College
Thomas Hagedorn, The College of New Jersey
Assessing Maplets for Calculus: Best Practices for Instructors and Software Developers
8:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.
Douglas B Meade, University of South Carolina
Philip B Yasskin, Texas A&M University
Raymond E Patenaude, University of South Carolina
Robert Petrulis, EPRE Consulting LLC
Maplets for Calculus Expands Offerings in Precalculus, Calculus and Differential Equations
8:45 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.
Philip B Yasskin, Texas A&M University
Douglas B Meade, University of South Carolina
Matthew James Barry, Texas A&M University
Using Programming to Understand Limits in a Calculus II Class
9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
Amanda Harsy Ramsay, IUPUI (Indianapolis University Purdue University Indianapolis)
Video Games and Calculus
9:15 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.
Derek Thompson, Trine University
iPads in the Classroom: A Departmental Project at the University of Hartford
9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.
Mako Haruta, University of Hartford
Implementing the Flipped Classroom in a First-Year Pre-Calculus/Calculus Course
9:45 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.
Kristen Sellke, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Janel Schultz, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
SONET-MATH: Using Social Networks to Learn Mathematics
10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.
Lori Dunlop-Pyle, University of Central Florida
Ivan Garibay, University of Central Florida
Ozlem Garibay, University of Central Florida
Amanda Koontz Anthony, University of Central Florida
Technology Enhanced Large Calculus Lectures
10:15 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.
Elizabeth Miller, The Ohio State University
8. Other/Research in Applied Mathematics
Friday, August 2, 8:30 a.m. – 10:55 a.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 17
Organizers:
Kristi Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College
Thomas Hagedorn, The College of New Jersey
Numerical Solution of Sine-Gordon Equation by Spectral Method
8:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.
Narayan Thapa, Minot State University
Stonger Numerical Stability for Nonlinear PDEs
8:45 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.
Corban Harwood, George Fox University
An Exploration in Differential Equations for Modeling Population Growth
9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
Terry Jo Leiterman, St. Norbert College
A Theory of Formal Mathematical Reasoning
9:15 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.
Raymond Puzio, PlanetMath.org
Comparing Reducibilities on Computably Enumerable Sets
9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.
Brooke Andersen, Assumption College
Solvable and/or Integrable Many-Body Models on a Circle
9:45 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.
Oksana Bihun, Concordia College at Moorhead, MN
An Assignment that Promotes a Symbiotic Relationship Between Math Pre-Service Teachers and High School Students
10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.
Becky Hall, Western Connecticut State University
Flipping a Math Content Course for Elementary School Teachers
10:15 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.
Pari Ford, University of Nebraska at Kearney
Integrating Content, Pedagogy, and Cognitive Coaching to Support K-8 Teachers' Implementation of Common Core
10:30 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.
Ekaterina Lioutikova, Univeristy of Saint Joseph (Connecticut)
Barbara Henriques, University of Saint Joseph
A Complex Calcudoku Classification
10:45 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.
David Nacin, William Paterson University
9. Teaching Introductory Mathematics
Friday, August 2, 1:00 p.m. – 3:55 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 17
Organizers:
Kristi Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College
Thomas Hagedorn, The College of New Jersey
College Algebra in the High Schools
1:00 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.
Christopher Schroeder, Morehead State University
Honors College Algebra at the University of Central Missouri
1:15 p.m. – 1:25 p.m.
Dale Bachman, University of Central Missouri
Nicholas Baeth, University of Central Missouri
Using Algebra in the Classroom to Understand the Way in which Automobiles Collide
1:30 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
Alexander G. Atwood, Suffolk County Community College
Developmental Math as a Gateway, Not a Gatekeeper
1:45 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Curtis Card, Black Hills State University
Daluss Siewert, Black Hills State University
Transforming Developmental Mathematics Classes
2:00 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
Daluss Siewert, Black Hills State University
Curtis Card, Black Hills State University
Preparing Students for College Math: A Successful Model of One-Semester Developmental Math
2:15 p.m. – 2:25 p.m.
Pangyen Weng, Metropolitan State University
Improving Secondary School Students' Mathematics Achievement in Nigeria through the use of Tutorial Computer-Aided Instruction
2:30 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
Solomon Abogunde Iyekekpolor, Federal University, Wukari, PMB 1020, Wukari-Nigeria
Linking “Women in Mathematics” and Middle School Girls through Mentoring
2:45 p.m. - 2:55 p.m.
Emek Kose, St. Mary's College of Maryland
South Carolina High Energy Mathematics Teachers' Circle: A First Year Experience – Playing It By Ear
3:00 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.
George F McNulty, University of South Carolina
Nieves F McNulty, Columbia College
Douglas B Meade, University of South Carolina
Diana White, University of Colorado Denver
From Problem Solving to Research
3:15 p.m. - 3:25 p.m.
Ted Theodosopoulos, Saint Ann's School
Using Projects to Support Quantitative Literacy
3:30 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.
Victor Piercey, Ferris State University
Doing SoTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) Projects
3:45 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.
Sarah Ultan, UW-BC
10. Research in Algebra or Topology
Saturday, August 3, 8:30 a.m. – 9:55 a.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 15
Organizers:
Kristi Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College
Thomas Hagedorn, The College of New Jersey
Bounds on Mosaic Knots
8:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.
Alan Alewine, McKendree University
Best Representations and Intervals of Uncertainty in a Weakened Topology for the Integers
8:45 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.
Sean Corrigan, Saint Louis University
Understanding the Johnson Filtration of the Mapping Class Group via Geometric Topology
9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
Aaron Heap, SUNY Geneseo
On the Parity of a Permutation
9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.
Richard K. Oliver, Missoula, Montana
Semi-Simple Lie Groups Acting on Flag Manifolds
9:45 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.
B Ntatin, Austin Peay State University
11. Teaching Calculus, Part 2
Saturday, August 3, 8:30 a.m. – 10:40 a.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 21
Organizers:
Kristi Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College
Thomas Hagedorn, The College of New Jersey
Can The Beauty of Limits Be Recovered in Calculus?
8:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.
Jose Giraldo, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Deconstructing the Formal Definition of Limit at a Point
8:45 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.
Tim Boester, Wright State University
Resequencing Calculus with an Early Multivariate Approach
9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
David Dwyer, University of Evansville
Mark Gruenwald, University of Evansville
Mike Axtell, University of St. Thomas
Ken Luther, Valparaiso University
Joe Stickles, Millikin University
Nicholas Baeth, University of Central Missouri
Rigorous Calculus I Course for Biology Majors
9:15 a.m. - 9:25 a.m.
Melissa Stoner, Salisbury University
Convincing Students that Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks
9:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m.
Bradley James Paynter, University of Central Oklahoma
Teaching Calculus to Students who have Already Seen Calculus
9:45 a.m. - 9:55 a.m.
Charlotte Ann Knotts-Zides, Wofford College
Taking Math Students from 'Blah' to 'Aha!'; What Can We Do?
10:00 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.
Darja Kalajdzievska, University of Manitoba
Teaching Calculus through History, Intuition, Exploration, and Development (HIED)
10:15 a.m. - 10:25 a.m.
Paul Sisson, Louisiana State University Shreveport
Tibor Szarvas, Louisiana State University Shreveport
Unit Acceleration Vectors
10:30 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.
Jeffrey William Clark, Elon University
12. Teaching Introductory Mathematics, Part 2
Saturday, August 3, 8:30 a.m. – 10:25 a.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 17
Organizers:
Kristi Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College
Thomas Hagedorn, The College of New Jersey
Behind the Scene: What the Brain Thinks the Eyes Are Seeing
8:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.
Russell Coe, Suffolk County Community College
A New Approach for the Liberal Arts Mathematics Courses
8:45 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.
James Fulton, Suffolk County Community College
Belended Developmental Mathematics Courses
9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
Xinlong Weng, University of Bridgeport
Helping Students Learn Geometry Using the Teacher made Manipulative
9:15 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.
Hari Naraayan Upadhyaya, Scholars Home Academy
Puzzles + Games = Mathematical Thinking
9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.
Edmund A Lamagna, University of Rhode Island
Some Different Applications of Logarithms
9:45 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.
Brian Heinold, Mount St. Mary's University
Case Study: Student with Dyscalculia Offered History of Mathematics Course to Satisfy General Education
10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.
Gargi Bhattacharyya, University of Baltimore
The Challenges of Designing a Mathematics Course for Liberal Arts in a Former Soviet Republic
10:15 a.m. - 10:25 a.m.
Tracey McGrail, Marist College
13. Modeling and Applications
Saturday, August 3, 8:30 a.m. – 10:55 a.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 26
Organizers:
Kristi Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College
Thomas Hagedorn, The College of New Jersey
Modeling Opportunities with Differential Equations in the Classroom
8:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.
Brian Winkel, United States Military Academy
Fractal Powers in Serrin's Swirling Vortex Solutions
8:45 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.
Pavel Belik, Augsburg College
Doug Dokken, University of St. Thomas
Kurt Scholz, University of St. Thomas
Mikhail Shvartsman, University of St. Thomas
Fighting Fires in Siberia
9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
Edward Aboufadel, Grand Valley State University
Beth Bjorkman, Grand Valley State University
Mathematical Models of a Zombie Outbreak
9:15 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.
Jean Marie Marie Linhart, Texas A&M University
Generosity without Reciprocity: Computation Models of Need-Based Transfers and Risk-Pooling
9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.
Yan Hao, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Stochastic Differential Equation Models of the Nosocomial Infection VRE
9:45 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.
Mohammed Yahdi, Ursinus College
Modeling Preferntial Admissoins at Elite Liberal Arts Colleges
10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.
Sally Cockburn, Hamilton College
Ranking the Academic Output of Medical Schools in the United States Using Data Envelopment Analysis
10:15 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.
Brian Harris Nathanson, OptiStatim, LLC
Timbral Partial Orders
10:30 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.
Marcus Pendergrass, Hampden-Sydney College
Numerical Estimates for the Regularization of Nonautonomous Ill-Posed Problems
10:45 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.
Matthew Fury, Penn State Abington
14. Teaching Advanced Mathematics, Part 2
Saturday, August 3, 1:00 p.m. – 4:10 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 21
Organizer:
Gerard Venema, Calvin College
A Simple Explanation of Stochastic Differential Equations
1:00 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.
Blane Hollingsworth, Middle Georgia State College
Differential Equations without Derivatives
1:15 p.m. – 1:25 p.m.
Brian Sutton, Randolph-Macon College
Essay-Style Problems in Differential Equations with WeBWorK
1:30 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
L. Felipe Martins, Cleveland State University
Barbara Margolius, Cleveland State University
I Want it All, and I Want it Now! (Or, May I Please Graduate on Time?)
1:45 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Anna Davis, Ohio Dominican University
Teaching an Honors Seminar on Fractals for Non-Majors
2:00 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
Christopher Sass, Young Harris College
Mathematics of Origami Honors Seminar -- Successes and Lessons Learned
2:15 p.m. – 2:25 p.m.
Vera Cherepinsky, Post University
Teachable Math in Cryptocurrency Phenomenon
2:30 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
Maryam Vulis, NCC and York College CUNY
The 2-Column Method: A Better Way to Teach Proofs?
2:45 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.
Mindy Capaldi, Valparaiso University
“Where Have I Seen this Before?" - Encouraging Undergraduate Students to See Connections
3:00 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.
Antonia Cardwell, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Transformative Learning in an Analysis Course: A Tactile Approach
3:15 p.m. – 3:25 p.m.
Kristi Karber, University of Central Oklahoma
The Constant of Integration
3:30 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.
Marian Anton, Central Connecticut State University
Adapted Sequence/Function Project
3:45 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.
Violeta Vasilevska, Utah Valley University
Native American-Based Mathematics Materials for Integration into Undergraduate Courses
4:00 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.
Charles Funkhouser, California State University Fullerton
Miles R Pfahl, Turtle Mountain Community College
15. Research in Number Theory
Saturday, August 3, 1:00 p.m. – 2:25 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 22
Organizers:
Kristi Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College
Thomas Hagedorn, The College of New Jersey
Class Numbers and Continued Fraction Expansions
1:00 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.
Mark Bauer, University of Calgary
Richard Guy, University of Calgary
Michael Katsuris Wanless, University of Calgary
Colin Weir, University of Calgary
Distributions of Sequences Modulo 1: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
1:15 p.m. – 1:25 p.m.
Paul Spiegelhalter, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Independent Divisibility Pairs on the Set of Integers from $1$ to $N$
1:30 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
Rosemary Sullivan, West Chester University of PA
Equality of Cardinality of Sets of Subsets with Cardinality Congruent to Values Modulo $k$
1:45 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
John Pesek, University of Delaware
A Delightful Interconnection Between Pythagorean Triples and Fibonacci-Like Sequences
2:00 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.
Jay Lawrence Schiffman, Rowan University
Squares and Pythagorean Triples II
2:15 p.m. - 2:25 p.m.
Frederick Donald Chichester, Montclair Tutoring Center
16. Mathematics and Technology/Research in Analysis
Saturday, August 3, 1:00 p.m. – 3:25 p.m., Connecticut Convention Center, Room 26
Organizers:
Kristi Meyer, Wisconsin Lutheran College
Thomas Hagedorn, The College of New Jersey
Are You Ready for R
1:00 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.
Joseph Manthey, University of Saint Joseph, West Hartford, CT
Applets Embedded in WeBWorK Homework Problems
1:15 p.m. – 1:25 p.m.
Barbara Margolius, Cleveland State University
Using Lurch in an Introduction to Proofs Course
1:30 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
Nathan Carter, Bentley University
Kenneth G. Monks, University of Scranton
Technology in the Mathematics Classroom
1:45 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.
Helmut Knaust, The University of Texas at El Paso
Creating and Analyzing Chaotic Attractors Using Mathematica
2:00 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
Ulrich Hoensch, Rocky Mountain College
An Introduction to Formal Laurent Series
2:15 p.m. – 2:25 p.m.
Xiao-Xiong Gan, Morgan State University
Classifying Rational Points in Generalized Cantor Sets and Cantor Like Sets
2:30 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
Douglas Daniel, Presbyterian College
Geometric Approach to the Computation of Certain Definite Integrals
2:45 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.
Sergei Artamoshin, CCSU
Traveling Wave Solutions of the Porous Medium Equation
3:00 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.
Joseph A. Iaia, University of North Texas
Geometry of Fractal Squares
3:15 p.m. – 3:25 p.m.
Kristine Roinestad, Georgetown College
MAA Student Paper Sessions
Students who wish to present at the MAA Student Paper Sessions at MathFest 2013 in Hartford must be sponsored by a faculty advisor familiar with the work to be presented. Some funding to cover costs (up to $750) for student presenters is available. At most one student from each institution or REU can receive full funding; additional such students may be funded at a lower rate. All presenters are expected to take full part in the meeting and attend indicated activities sponsored for students on all three days of the conference. Abstracts and student travel grant applications should be submitted at www.maa.org/mathfest/abstracts. For additional information visit www.maa.org/students/undergrad.
Organizers:
Theron J. Hitchman, University of Northern Iowa
Jennifer Bergner, Salisbury University
Pi Mu Epsilon Student Paper Sessions
Pi Mu Epsilon student speakers must be nominated by their chapter advisors. Application forms for PME student speakers will be available by March 1, 2013 on the PME web site www.pme-math.org. A PME student speaker who attends all the PME activities is eligible for transportation reimbursement up to $600, and additional speakers are eligible with a maximum $1200 reimbursement per chapter. PME speakers receive a free ticket to the PME Banquet with their conference registration fee. See the PME web site for more details.
Organizer:
Angela Spalsbury, Youngstown State University