ACMS Member Talks at the 2012
Joint Mathematics Meetings

Please find below a list of presentations at the 2012 Joint Mathematics Meeting to be given by members of the ACMS.


Wednesday

8:30am-8:40am
Presenter: Stephen Flood, University of Notre Dame
Session: AMS-ASL Special Session on the Life and Legacy of Alan Turing, I
Location: Room 207, Hynes Convention Center
Title: Computing the strength of some combinatorial theorems.
Abstract: 1077-03-1998

10:00am-10:20am
Presenter: Karl-Dieter Crisman, Gordon College
Session: AMS Special Session on the Mathematics of Decisions, Elections, and Games, I
Location: Exeter, 3rd Floor, Marriott
Title: Symmetry in Voting Theory: The Borda-Kemeny Spectrum and Beyond.
Abstract: 1077-91-1410

2:15pm-2:25pm
Presenter: Kristin A. Camenga, Houghton College
Session: MAA Session on the Capstone Course: Innovations and Implementations, II
Location: Room 310, Hynes Convention Center
Title: Communication, Problem Solving, and Independence in a Capstone Course
Abstract: 1077-C1-2198

2:35-2:50pm
Presenter: Andrew Simoson, King College (TN)
Session: MAA Session on the Mathematics of Sudoku and Other Pencil Puzzles, I
Location: Room 312, Hynes Convention Center
Title: Al-Maghribi meets Sudoku
Abstract: 1077-H1-1036

3:35-3:50pm
Present: Jeremy Case, Taylor University
Session: MAA Session on the Capstone Course: Innovations and Implementations, II
Location: Room 310, Hynes Convention Center
Title: A Capstone Course in January
Abstract: 1077-C1-2823


Thursday

8:20am-8:30am
Presenter: John R Ramsay, The Collge of Wooster
Session: MAA Session on Mathematics Experiences in Business, Industry, and Government
Room 203, Hynes Convention Center
Title: Tires, Insurance and Clutches: Applications of Undergraduate Consulting.
Abstract: 1077-G5-2780

9:40am-9:50am
Presenter: Dale K. Hathaway, Olivet Nazarene University
Session: MAA Session on My Most Successful Math Club Activity
Location: Back Bay Ballroom B, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
Title: Origami for Math Clubs
Abstract: 1077-J5-51386

10:30am-10:40am
Presenter: Raymond N. Greenwell, Hofstra University
Session: AMS Session on Probability Theory, Stochastic Processes, and Statistics, III
Location: Room 209, Hynes Convention Center
Title: Combinatorics and statistical issues related to the Kruskal-Wallis statistic
Abstract: 1077-62-53


Friday

9:40-9:55am
Presenter: Robert L. Brabenec, Wheaton College (IL)
Session: MAA Session on Topics and Techniques for Teaching Real Analysis, I
Location: room 310, Hynes COnvention Center
Title: Some of my Suggested Topics and Techniques for the Real Analysis Course
Abstract: 1077-N5-288

9:45am-9:55am
Presenter: Melvin G. Royer, Indiana Wesleyan University
Session: MAA General Contributed Paper Session: Teaching Mathematics Beyond the Calculus Sequence
Location: Room 201, Hynes Convention Center
Title: Getting the Act Together
Abstract: 1077-VD-2519

10:15am-10:25am
Presenter: Stephen Lovett, Wheaton College (IL)
Session: MAA General Contributed Paper Session: Research in Number Theory
Location: Back Bay Ballroom B, Second Floor, Sheraton
Title: Sequences Preserving GCD, Cyclotomic Polynomials, Iterated Polynomials
Abstract: 1077-VJ-369

2:00pm-2:20pm
Presenter: Joshua B. Wilkerson, Texas A&M University
Session: MAA Session on the Philosophy of Mathematics and Mathematical Practice
Location: Room 311, Hynes Convention Center
Title: Beyond Practicality: George Berkeley and the Need for Philosophical Integration in Mathematics.
Abstract: 1077-K1-85

3:30pm-3:50pm
Presenter: Matthew E. DeLong, Taylor University
Session: MAA Presentations by Teaching Award Winners
Location: Room 312, Hynes Convention Center
Title: Learning to teach and teaching to learn
Abstract: 1077-A0-2872


Saturday

9:45am-9:55am
Presenter: Paul R. Bialek, Trinity International University
Session: MAA General Contributed Paper Session: History and Philosophy of Mathematics
Location: Room 309, Hynes Convention Center
Title: Best Web sites for the history of mathematics.
Abstract: 1077-VF-2626

3:30pm-3:50pm
Presenter: Kevin VanderMeulen, Redeemer University College
Session: AMS Special Session on Matrices and Graphs, II
Location: Berkeley, 3rd Floor, Marriott
Title: Nilpotent and spectrally arbitrary matrix patterns over C
Abstract: 1077-15-137

4:00pm-4:10pm
Presenter: Anthony Tongen, James Madison University
Session: AMS Session on Dynamic Systems and Ergodic Theory
Location: Republic Ballroom A, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
Title: Reinventing the Wheel: The Chaotic Sandwheel
Abstract: 1077-37-2527

4:30pm-4:40pm
Presenter: Robert A Styer, Villanova University
Session: AMS Session on Number Theory, Field Theory, and Polynomials, IV
Location: Room 305, Hynes Convention Center
Title: Number of solutions in nonnegative integers $x$ and $y$ to the generalized Pillai equation $ \pm r a^x \pm s b^y = c $.
Abstract: 1077-11-1786