Mathematical Association of
Northeastern Section
Fall 2004 Newsletter
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Statements from the
candidates
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The November WPI Meeting
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David Bressoud on alternating sign matrices
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Bud Brown
on the silver bullets of mathematics
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Arthur
Benjamin, author of Mathematics that
Counts
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Jack
Graver on Fullerenes
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Ilena Steinu uses graphical props to illustrate the algorithms
for the Carpenter’s Rule Problem
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Joseph McKenna,
2004 Distinguished Teacher
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A. Heinricher, S. L. Weekes, &
P. K. Aravind from WPI
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NEW:
Graduate Student talks
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Contributed
and Student papers
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Founder of
our Section
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author of
Mathematical Circles
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author of
renowned History of Math text
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Revered
teacher of Mathematics
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Drew
others into the excitement of Mathematics
What’s happening
elsewhere?
Sarah Mabrouk reports
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on the meeting sites
she’s arranged for the next five years.
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on the
new project ACCCESS (that is not a spelling error)
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on our
new NExT fellows
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on the
results of the Olympiad
Laura Kelleher reports
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on MathDl
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on CUPM
report
Ann Kizanis tells us how much money we have
Two-Year
College Representative’s Message
Kathy Bavales gives her last report as the 2-year rep
Frank Ford gives some
stats from the latest Committee on Section’s report
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What’s
the biggest Section?
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How do we
compare to others in attracting students to our Section meetings?