for "The Evolution of Mathematical Certainty",
Math Horizons, September 2005, pp. 13-17.
The awarding of prizes for expository writing has long been one of the high points of MathFest. Recently, two new prizes have been added: the Alder Award, a teaching award for new college professors, and the Selden Prize, for research on undergraduate mathematics education. The awards were announced on August 11, 2006. MAA president Carl Cowen presided over the ceremony. (Award recipients whose photos do not appear below were unable to be present.)
The full prize booklet, which includes citations and responses by the winners, can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Trevor Evans Award for articles published in Math
Horizons
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Ronald Barnes and Linda Becerra for "The Evolution of Mathematical Certainty", Math Horizons, September 2005, pp. 13-17. |
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Stuart Boersma
for "A Mathematician's Look at Foucault's Pendulum" Math Horizons, February 2005, pp. 19-21, 32. |
George Pólya Award for articles published in the
College Mathematics Journal
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Ezra Brown
for "Phoebe Floats!" College Mathematics Journal, v. 36, March 2005, pp. 114-122. |
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James Sandefur
for "A Geometric Series from Tennis," College Mathematics Journal, v. 36, May 2005, pp. 224-226. |
Carl B. Allendoerfer Award for articles published in
Mathematics Magazine
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Robb T. Koether and John K. Osoinach, Jr.
for "Outwitting the Lying Oracle" Mathematics Magazine, v. 78, no. 2, 2005, pp. 98-109. |
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Jeff Suzuki
for "The Lost Calculus (1637-1670): Tangency and Optimization
without Limits," Mathematics Magazine, v. 78, no. 5, 2005 pp. 339-353. |
Lester R. Ford Award for articles published in
The American Mathematical Monthly
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Ibtesam Bajunaid, Joel M. Cohen, Flavia Colonna, and David Singman for "Function Series, Catalan Numbers, and Random Walks on Trees" The American Mathematical Monthly, v. 112, no.9, November 2005, pp. 765-785. |
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Viktor Blåsjö for "The Evolution of the Isoperimetric Problem" The American Mathematical Monthly, v. 112, no.6, June-July 2005, pp. 526-566. |
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Edward B. Burger for "A Tail of Two Palindromes" The American Mathematical Monthly, v. 112, no.4, April 2005, pp. 311-321. |
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Karl Dilcher and Kenneth B. Stolarsky for "A Pascal-Type Triangle Characterizing Twin Primes" The American Mathematical Monthly, v. 112, no.8, October 2005, pp. 673-681. |
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William Dunham for "Touring the Calculus Gallery" The American Mathematical Monthly, v. 112, no.1, January 2005, pp. 1-19. |
The Annie and John Selden Prize for Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education
The Selden Prize honors a researcher who has established a significant record of published research in undergraduate mathematics.
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Chris Rasmussen San Diego State University |
Henry L. Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching by a
Beginning College or University Mathematics Faculty Member
The Alder Awards honor beginning college or university faculty whose
teaching has been extraordinarily successful and whose work is known to
have had influence beyond their own classrooms. This years winners are:
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| Garikai (Kai) Campbell Swarthmore College |
Christopher N. Swanson Ashland University |