Concurrent Sessions - 2000 Spring MAA Missouri Section Meeting


W. C. Morris Science Building
Friday, April 14, 2000

1:00 - 1:20
On a Generalization of a Theorem of Schinzel; Robert E. Kennedy, CMSU (WCM 128)
Florence Nightingale, Statistician; Susan Callahan, Cottey College (WCM 131)
Monuments and Mathematics; SMSU Calculus I Class - Kishor Shah, SMSU (WCM 129)

1:20 - 1:40
Fun With The Sigma Function; Andrew Feist, (student) CMSU (WCM 128)
On the Meanness of the Mean Value in the Mean Value Theorem; Rick Mabry, LSU and Paul Deiermann*, Lindenwood University (WCM 131)
Conics, Curves, and Nature; SMSU Calculus I Class - Kishor Shah, SMSU (WCM 129)

1:40 - 2:00
Mersenne Primes and GIMPS: Part I; Curtis Cooper* and L. Vincent Edmondson, CMSU (WCM 128)
Multicultural Mathematics; Linda Hand, MSSC (WCM 131)
History of Calculus; SMSU Calculus I Class - Kishor Shah, SMSU (WCM 129)

2:00 - 2:20
Mersenne Primes and GIMPS: Part II; L. Vincent Edmondson* and Curtis Cooper, CMSU (WCM 128)
Proof of the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra Using Sylow's Theorem; Lucille Marshall, (student) SMSU (WCM 131)
Why Study the History of Mathematics?; LaShall Crane, (student) MSSC (WCM 129)

2:20 - 2:40
Some Relationships Between Triangular, Oblong, and Square Numbers; Shing So, CMSU (WCM 128)
Three, Seven, Nine, and One; Scott Garten, NWMSU (WCM 131)
Art Galleries: Klee's Question, Chvatal's Answer, and Fisk's Proof; Keith Brandt, MWSC (WCM 129)

4:20 - 4:40
Generalized Dedekind Eta Functions and Additive Number Theory; Donald L. Vestal, MWSC (WCM 128)
Cool Calculus Problems II; Mark Maxwell, Maryville University (WCM 131)
What is Linear Algebra?; SMSU Linear Algebra Class - Kishor Shah, SMSU (WCM 129)

4:40 - 5:00
Maple Animation in Precalculus; Michael Z. Williams, Westminister College (WCM 128)
Ternary Operations on Quaterions and the Complex Plane; Kristi Smith* (student) and Carol Collins, Drury University (WCM 131)
Applications of Linear Algebra; SMSU Linear Algebra Class - Kishor Shah, SMSU (WCM 129)

5:00 - 5:20
Nonlinear Regression Using Excel; Ben Budde, Westminister College (WCM 128)
History of Mathematics; SMSU Linear Algebra Class - Kishor Shah, SMSU (WCM 129)

Saturday, April 15, 2000

8:40 - 9:00
A Study of Coincidences; Andrea Farrell, (student) Truman State (WCM 128)
One-way ANOVA to Compare the Means Using the TI-83 Graphing Calculator; S. Balakumar, Lincoln University (WCM 131)
Population Dynamics: Modeling with First Order Differential Equations; Brian Haile, NWMSU (WCM 129)

9:00 - 9:20
A Study of Probability Models Involving Seed Position That are Used in Predicting the Winner of the NCAA Tournament; Lisa Muldoon, (student) Truman State (WCM 128)
Models and Game Theory in the Social Sciences: A GE Course; Craig Haile, College of the Ozarks (WCM 129)

9:20 - 9:40
A Goals 2000 MATHEMATICS Project; James Guffey, Truman State (WCM 128)
High Finance and Higher Mathematics; Mark Sand, NWMSU (WCM 129)

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