AMS Meeting Full Program

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Joint Mathematics Meetings
PHOENIX, AZ, January 11-14, 1989
Meeting #847

Monday January 9, 1989

Tuesday January 10, 1989

• Tuesday January 10, 1989, 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
  MAA Board of Governors
• Tuesday January 10, 1989, 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #1 (Part A)
  Computer graphics in elementary statistics
  Florence S. Gordon, New York Institute of Technology
  Sheldon P. Gordon, Suffolk Community College
• Tuesday January 10, 1989, 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
  MAA Section Officers

Wednesday January 11, 1989

• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #2 (Part A)
  Using computer graphics to enhance the teaching and learning of calculus and precalculus mathematics
  Franklin D. Demana, Ohio State University
  Bert K. Waits, Ohio State University
• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #3 (Part A)
  Using history in teaching calculus
  V. Frederick Rickey, Bowling Green State University
• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #4 (Part A)
  Applications of discrete mathematics
  Fred S. Roberts, Rutgers University
• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #5 (Part A)
  Writing in mathematics courses
  George D. Gopen, Duke University
  David A. Smith, Duke University
• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #6 (Part A)
  Surreal numbers
  Leon Harkleroad, Bellarmine College and Cornell University
• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:46 a.m.
  MAA Session on Graphing calculators
  

• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  MAA Session on Humanistic mathematics
  

• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:45 a.m.
  MAA Session on Precalculus mathematics
  

• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  COMMITTEE ON COMPUTERS IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION PANEL DISCUSSION
  EDUCOM'S 1988 distinguished mathematics software
  David S. Griffeath, University of Wisconsin, Madison, or University of North Carolina, Charlotte
  Eugene A. Herman, Grinnell College
  Herman Gollwitzer, Drexel University
  Organizers:
  Warren Page, New York City Technical College
• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 7:30 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  COMMITTEE ON THE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PANEL DISCUSSION
  How to break into print in mathematics
  Marjorie L. Stein, U.S. Postal Service
  Donald J. Albers, Menlo College
  Linda W. Brinn, University of Michigan, Dearborn
  Joan P. Hutchinson, Smith College
  Doris W. Schattschneider, Moravian College
• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 7:30 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  TASK FORCE ON TEACHING COMPUTER SCIENCE WITHIN MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENTS PANEL DIS
  Teaching computer science in mathematics departments
  Cris T. Roosenraad, Carleton College
  David W. Ballew, Western Illinois University
  Zaven A. Karian, Denison University
• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 8:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Matrix factorizations and the KdV method.
  Percy Alec Deift*, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
  (847-34-231)
• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 9:05 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
  Zeta functions in number theory
• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 10:10 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  AMS-MAA Invited Address
• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
  Exponential sums and differential equations
• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-2:05 p.m.
  MAA Invited Address
• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-3:40 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematics of Nonlinear Science I
  

• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-5:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on KdV as a tool in mathematics.
  

• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computational group theory.
  

• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-4:55 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Singular perturbation theory.
  

• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-5:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on History of Mathematics.
  

• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computational aspects of complex analysis.
  

• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-4:35 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Operator algebras and geometry.
  

• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-4:35 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematics in population biology.
  

• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-5:05 p.m.
  AMS Session on Algebraic topology & manifolds
  

• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-4:35 p.m.
  AMS Session on Probability and Stochastic Processes
  

• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  AMS Session on Combinatorics
  

• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-3:25 p.m.
  AMS Session on Commutative Algebra
  

• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  AMS Session on Function theory and Measure theory
  

• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-4:35 p.m.
  AMS Session on Graph theory
  

• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-5:05 p.m.
  AMS Session on Group theory I
  

• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-5:05 p.m.
  AMS Session on Operator theory
  

• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-5:05 p.m.
  AMS Session on Ordered algebraic structures and linear algebra
  

• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-4:35 p.m.
  AMS Session on Ordinary Differential Equations I
  

• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 2:20 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
  MAA Invited Address
• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 2:20 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
  Association for Women in Mathematics Panel Discussion
  Gender differences in mathematical ability - Performance vs. perceptions
  Gila Hanna, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
  Moderators:
  Jill P. Mesirov, Thinking Machines, Corporation
  s:
  Patricia Rogers, York University
• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 3:20 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
  AWM Business Meeting
• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #1 (Part B)
  Computer graphics in elementary statistics
  Florence S. Gordon, New York Institute of Technology
  Sheldon P. Gordon, Suffolk Community College
• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 6:15 p.m.-7:15 p.m.
  Interagency Commission for Extramural Mathematics Programs (ICEMAP)
• Wednesday January 11, 1989, 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
  AMS Josiah Willard Gibbs Lecture

Thursday January 12, 1989

• Thursday January 12, 1989, 6:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
  Joint Meetings Registration
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Surreal Numbers.
  

• Thursday January 12, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on KdV as a Tool in Mathematics
  

• Thursday January 12, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Commutative algebra and algebraic geometry.
  

• Thursday January 12, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Geometry of hyperbolic dynamical systems.
  

• Thursday January 12, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computational Group Theory
  

• Thursday January 12, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:40 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Singular Perturbation Theory
  

• Thursday January 12, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on History of Mathematics
  

• Thursday January 12, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-9:25 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computational Aspects of Complex Analysis
  

• Thursday January 12, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Operator algebras and geometry
  

• Thursday January 12, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematics in Population Biology
  

• Thursday January 12, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:55 a.m.
  AMS Session on Complex Analysis I
  

• Thursday January 12, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:10 a.m.
  AMS Session on Differential Geometry
  

• Thursday January 12, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
  AMS Session on Education and History
  

• Thursday January 12, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:45 a.m.
  AMS Session on Functional Analysis I
  

• Thursday January 12, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:45 a.m.
  AMS Session on Partial Differential Equations I
  

• Thursday January 12, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
  AMS Session on Set theory and foundations
  

• Thursday January 12, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:45 a.m.
  AMS Session on Special functions
  

• Thursday January 12, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:45 a.m.
  AMS Session on Statistics
  

• Thursday January 12, 1989, 7:15 a.m.-7:45 a.m.
  MAA Invited Address
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 8:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  MAA Invited Address
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 8:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  AWM Emmy Noether Lecture
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 9:05 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
  Zeta functions in number theory
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 10:10 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  AMS-MAA Invited Address
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
  Exponential sums and differential equations
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
  MAA/NCTM Panel Discussion on Mathematics Education
  Mathematics teacher education-responses to the Holmes/Carnegie recommendations
  Thomas J. Cooney, University of Georgia
  F. Joe Crosswhite, Northern Arizona University
  Shirley A. Hill, University of Missouri at Kansas City
  Alan Osborne, Ohio State University
  Steve Willoughby, University of Arizona
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-2:05 p.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Elliptic genera and elliptic cohomology.
  Peter S. Landweber*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
  (847-55-303)
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #2 Part B
  Using computer graphics to enhance the teaching and learning of calculus and precalculus mathematics
  Franklin D. Demana, Ohio State University, Columbus
  Bert K. Waits, Ohio State University
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #3 Part B
  Using history in teaching calculus
  V. Frederick Rickey, Bowling Green State University
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #4 Part B
  Applications of discrete mathematics
  Fred S. Roberts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #5 Part B
  Writing in mathematics courses
  George D. Gopen, Duke University
  David A. Smith, Duke University
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #6 Part B
  Surreal numbers
  Leon Harkleroad, Bellarmine College
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
  MAA Session on Precalculus mathematics
  

• Thursday January 12, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
  MAA Session on Graphing calculators
  

• Thursday January 12, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-3:06 p.m.
  MAA Session on Humanistic mathematics
  

• Thursday January 12, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
  Committee on Computers in mathematics education panel discussion
  Computers in geometry
  Organizers:
  James R. King, University of Washington
  s:
  Warren Page, New York City Technical College
  Doris W. Schattschneider, Moravian College
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  MAA Committee on the Participation of Women Program
  Meet the Editors
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
  MAA Task Force on Minorities Informal Workshop
  Exploring funding possibilities for mathematics education projects for minorities
  Organizers:
  Louise A. Raphael, Howard University
  s:
  Manuel P. Berriozabal, University of Texas, San Antonio
  Florence D. Fasanelli, Sidwell Friends School
  Susan L. Forman, Bronx Community College, CUNY
  John W. Kenelly, National Science Foundation, on leave from Clemson University
  Moderators:
  T. Christine Stevens, Arkansas State University
  s:
  Richard Witter, MAA Development Officer
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 2:20 p.m.-3:10 p.m.
  AMS Invited Address
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 3:25 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
  AMS Business Meeting
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 5:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
  Joint Policy Board for Mathematics Office of Governmental and Public Affairs
  The role of mathematics in the future of American business and industry
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #10 Part A
  Applied mathematics via classroom experiments
  Herbert R. Bailey, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #11 Part A
  Modeling with the Poisson process
  Linn I. Sennott, Illinois State University
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #5 Part C
  Writing in mathematics courses
  George D. Gopen, Duke University
  David A. Smith, Duke University
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #7 Part A
  Computer based discrete mathematics
  Nancy Hood Baxter, Dickinson College
  Ed Dubinsky, Purdue University, West Lafayette
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #8 Part A
  Teaching mathematical modeling
  Frank R. Giordano, United States Military Academy
  Maurice D. Weir, Naval Postgraduate School
• Thursday January 12, 1989, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #9 Part A
  Learning math through discrete dynamical systems
  James T. Sandefur, Georgetown University

Friday January 13, 1989

• Friday January 13, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #10 Part B
  Applied mathematics via classroom experiments
  Herbert R. Bailey, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• Friday January 13, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #11 Part B
  Modeling with the Poisson process
  Linn I. Sennott, Illinois State University
• Friday January 13, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #12 Part A
  muMath workshop
  Wade Ellis, Jr., West Valley College
• Friday January 13, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #8 Part B
  Teaching mathematical modeling
  Frank R. Giordano, United States Military Academy
  Maurice D. Weir, Naval Postgraduate School
• Friday January 13, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  MAA Minicourse #9 Part B
  Learning math through discrete dynamical systems
  James T. Sandefur, Georgetown University
• Friday January 13, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  MAA Session on What is happening with calculus revision?
  

• Friday January 13, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  MAA Session on Humanistic mathematics
  

• Friday January 13, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:40 a.m.
  MAA Session on Writing across the curriculum
  

• Friday January 13, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  MAA Task Force on Minorities Panel Discussion
  MAA sections and minorities-How can they work together?
  Organizers:
  Louise Raphael, Howard University
  s:
  Yousef Alavi, Western Michigan University
  David W. Ballew, Western Illinois University
  Joaquin Bustoz, Arizona State University
  Susan L. Forman, Bronx Community Colleged, CUNY
  Reuben Hersh, University of New Mexico
  Donald M. Hill, Florida A&M University
  Vivienne Malone-Mayes, Baylor University
• Friday January 13, 1989, 7:15 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  MAA Panel Discussion
  Aftermath of ICME-6
  Moderators:
  Eileen L. Poiani, Saint Peter's College
  s:
  Thomas J. Cooney, University of Georgia, Athens
  Shirley M. Frye, Scottsdale School District and President of NCTM
  James F. Hurley, University of Connecticut
  R. O. Wells, Jr., Rice University
• Friday January 13, 1989, 8:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  AMS Invited Address
  Old and new facts about surreal numbers.
  John H. Conway*, Princeton University
  (847-08-212)
• Friday January 13, 1989, 8:20 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
  Maricopa County, Arizona High School Students Special Program
  

  • 8:20 a.m.
    
    Floyd L. Downs, Arizona State University
• Friday January 13, 1989, 9:05 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
  Zeta functions in number theory
• Friday January 13, 1989, 10:10 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  AMS-MAA Invited Address
• Friday January 13, 1989, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
  Exponential sums and differential equations
• Friday January 13, 1989, 12:00 p.m.-2:55 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematics of Nonlinear Science
  

• Friday January 13, 1989, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Surreal Numbers
  

• Friday January 13, 1989, 12:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on KdV as a Tool in Mathematics
  

• Friday January 13, 1989, 12:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry
  

• Friday January 13, 1989, 12:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Geometry of hyperbolic dynamical systems
  

• Friday January 13, 1989, 12:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computational Aspects of Complex Analysis
  

• Friday January 13, 1989, 12:00 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Stochastic processes.
  

• Friday January 13, 1989, 12:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Operator Algebras and Geometry
  

• Friday January 13, 1989, 12:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Mathematics in Population Biology
  

• Friday January 13, 1989, 12:00 p.m.-3:05 a.m.
  AMS Session on Compelx Analysis II
  

• Friday January 13, 1989, 12:00 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  AMS Session on Functional Analysis II
  

• Friday January 13, 1989, 12:00 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  AMS Session on Partial Differential Equations II
  

• Friday January 13, 1989, 12:00 p.m.-2:35 p.m.
  AMS Session on Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
  

• Friday January 13, 1989, 12:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
  AMS Session on aAMS CP-Associate Rings
  

• Friday January 13, 1989, 12:00 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  AMS Session on General Topology I
  

• Friday January 13, 1989, 12:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
  AMS Session on Number theory I
  

• Friday January 13, 1989, 12:00 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  AMS Session on Group theory II
  

• Friday January 13, 1989, 12:00 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  AMS Session on Ordinary Differential Equations II
  

• Friday January 13, 1989, 12:10 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
  MAA Invited Address
• Friday January 13, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-2:05 p.m.
  MAA Invited Address
• Friday January 13, 1989, 1:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  Rocky Mountain Mathematics Consortium Board of Directors' Meeting
• Friday January 13, 1989, 2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m.
  MAA Invited Address
• Friday January 13, 1989, 3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
  MAA Business Meeting
• Friday January 13, 1989, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #13 Part A
  Applications of the HP28S supercalculator for more experienced users
  Thomas W. Tucker, Colgate University
• Friday January 13, 1989, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #14 Part A
  Creating order out of chaos in freshman mathematics: instituting a mathematics placement program
  Billy E. Rhoades, Indiana University at Bloomington. Sponsored by the Committee on Placement Examiniations.
• Friday January 13, 1989, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #15 Part A
  Ada for mathematicians
  Joseph Straight, State University of New York, College at Fredonia
• Friday January 13, 1989, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
  MAA Minicourse #8 Part C
  Teaching mathematical modeling
  Frank R. Giordano, United States Military Academy
  Maurice D. Weir, Naval Postgraduate School
• Friday January 13, 1989, 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
  Joint Policy Board for Mathematics: National Meeting of Department Heads
• Friday January 13, 1989, 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
  MAA Film Program
  The man who loved numbers
• Friday January 13, 1989, 8:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
  AMS Committee on Science Policy Special Presentation
  
  James M. Hyman, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  Beverly Berger, Office of Science & Technology Policy

• Saturday January 14, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Foundations of Complexity Theory for Numerical Analysis I
  

• Saturday January 14, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Surreal Numbers
  

• Saturday January 14, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Commutative algebra and algebraic geometry III
  

• Saturday January 14, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Computational Group Theory III
  

• Saturday January 14, 1989, 7:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Singular Perturbation Theory III
  

• Saturday January 14, 1989, 7:0