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1994 Joint Mathematics Meeting
Cincinnati, OH, January 12-15, 1994
Meeting #889
Associate secretaries: Robert J Daverman , AMS daverman@math.utk.edu
Kenneth A Ross , MAA ross@math.uoregon.edu
AMS Special Session on History of Mathematics
Thursday January 13, 1994, 9:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m. AMS Special Session on History of Mathematics, I
9:00 a.m.
Markov vs Nekrasov: A conflict of outlook.
Roger Cooke* , University of Vermont
(889-01-509)
9:30 a.m.
The birth of the Soviet mathematical school.
Sergei S. Demidov* , Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
(889-01-560)
10:15 a.m.
Nikolai Luzin and Father Pavel Florensky report.
Charles E. Ford* , Saint Louis University
(889-53-554)
Friday January 14, 1994, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m. AMS Special Session on History of Mathematics, II
8:00 a.m.
Origins of the analysis of algorithms.
Jeffrey Shallit* , University of Waterloo
(889-01-21)
8:30 a.m.
Dedekind's free creations of the human mind.
Louise Ahrndt Golland* , University of Chicago
(889-01-68)
9:00 a.m.
Combinatorics in the Middle Ages.
Victor J. Katz* , University of the District of Columbia
(889-01-340)
9:30 a.m.
The Cambridge mathematical physicists, 1820-1840.
Thomas Archibald* , Acadia University
(889-01-479)
10:15 a.m.
Ethnomathematics and the history of mathematics.
Ubiratan D'Ambrosio* , Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Sao Paolo, Brazil
(889-01-163)
Friday January 14, 1994, 1:00 p.m.-3:05 p.m. AMS Special Session on History of Mathematics, III
1:00 p.m.
Calculus of variations in the late 19th century: The introduction of fields of extremals.
Craig G. Fraser* , University of Toronto
(889-01-435)
1:30 p.m.
E.T. Bell and the history of mathematics.
Constance Reid* , San Francisco, California
(889-01-160)
2:15 p.m.
Complex dynamics from Schroder to Fatou and Julia.
Daniel S. Alexander* , Drake University
(889-01-157)
2:45 p.m.
Abel's theorems on the convergence of power series.
Harold M. Edwards* , New York University-Courant Institute
(889-01-166)
Saturday January 15, 1994, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on History of Mathematics, IV
8:00 a.m.
Leonard Eugene Dickson and his defining role in the theory of algebras.
Della Jean Dumbaugh* , University of Virginia
(889-01-434)
8:30 a.m.
George William Hill and the mathematics of the Twentieth century.
Peter C. Kammeyer* , U S Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C.
(889-01-501)
9:00 a.m.
The mathematical versatility of Hertha Ayrton.
James J. Tattersall* , Providence College
Shawnee L. McMurran , Providence College
(889-01-56)
9:30 a.m.
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