FALL 1994
The Fall Meeting of the Northeastern Section was held on November 18-19, 1994 at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut. There were approximately 170 registrants.
The Christie Lecture
A Balancing Act by Robert Rosenbaum, Wesleyan University.
NES/MAA Teaching Award Presentation
The Mathematics Behind the Mandelbrot Set by Robert Devaney, Boston University.
Student Chapter Workshop
Generalization and Variation by Joe Gallian, University of Minnesota-Duluth.
Invited Papers
New Directions for the Differential Equations Course by Anne Noonburg, University of Hartford.
Baseball Statistics Are Alive and Well (In Spite of the Strike) by Steve Krevisky, Middlesex Community-Technical College.
Math Connections: A Secondary Mathematics Core Curriculum Initiative and College Admission by June G. Ellis, Hartford Alliance for Mathematics and Science Education.
Mathematics and the Other Arts by Ken Hoffman, Hampshire College.
Breaking Drivers' License Codes by Joe Gallian, University of Minnesta-Duluth.
An Introduction to Mathematical Biology by William R. Derrick, University of Montana.
The Mathematics of Simple Voting by Alan D. Taylor, Union College.
You Can't Hear the Shape of a Drum by Carolyn Gordon, Dartmouth College.
Projecting Class by Alice Burstein, Middesex Community-Technical College.
Invited Short Paper
How to Enter and Succeed in the Mathematics Contest in Modeling by Theresa Sandifer, Western Connecticut State University.
Contributed Paper Session
Partial and Total Derivatives in Retarded Force Equations by Domina Eberle Spencer, University of Connecticut, Uma Y. Shama, Bridgewater State College and Philip J. Mann, University of Connecticut.
Partial and Total Derivatives and the Force Between Current Elements by Domina Eberle Spencer, University of Connecticut, Uma Y. Shama, Bridgewater State College and Philip J. Mann, University of Connecticut.
Partial and Total Derivatives and the Hairpin Experiment of Ampere and de la Rive by Shakib Saria and Domina Eberle Spencer, University of Connecticut.
What is Going On in Precalculus Reform: A Report on a Conference: “Functioning in the Real World” by Barry Schiller, Rhode Island College.
Student Paper Session
Mathematical Aspects of Chemical Chirality by Kathyanne Barnett, Lyndon State College.
Mayan Mathematical Procedures by Brian A. Carn, Rhode Island College.
The DNA Helix by Loanne M. Hayes, Lyndon State College.
How We Spent Our Summer Vacation or A Report on Summer Research Opportunities in Mathematics by Sherri DiBernardo, Zijin Shen and Michelle Williams, St. Michael's College.
The Teichmuller Experiment by Deva Van Der Werf, Bowdoin College.