and
t and the New Gaussian Equation for the Force Between Moving Charges
by Domina Eberle Spencer, University of Connecticut, Uma Y. Shama, Bridgewater
State College and Philip J. Mann, University of Connecticut.FALL 1996
The Fall Meeting of the Northeastern Section was held on November 22-23, 1996 at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. There were 175 in attendance, including 49 students.
Christie Lecture
N.N. Luzin's Notebooks on the Mysteries of Set Theory by Roger Cooke, University of Vermont.
Invited Papers
Explorations in College Algebra: Developing Algebra from Data Based Applications by Linda Kime, UMASS Boston.
Explorations in College Algebra: The Physical/Visual Connection by Meg Hickey, Massachusetts College of Art.
Using Fermi Problems to Teach Informal Model-Building by George Lukas, UMASS Boston.
Homepage Workshop by Bill Campbell, UMASS Boston.
The Descartes-Fermat Feud by Ed Sandifer, Western Connecticut State University.
Solving Linear Systems of Equations and its Relation to Image Reconstruction from Projections by Ed Soares, College of the Holy Cross.
The Algebra of Solving Polynomial Equations by David Cox, Amherst College.
Student Chapter Workshop
Can We Have Proofs Without Axioms in Geometry? by David Henderson, Cornell University.
New Faculty Presentations
Family Groups in the Outback by Sandy Rhoades, Keene State College.
A Few of My Favorite Calc III Things by Tommy Ratliff, Wheaton College.
How I Explain My Research to Undergraduates by Susan Loepp, Willams College.
Higher Codimensional Geometry and Linear Algebra by Thomas Garrity, Williams College.
Invited Short Papers
The Parking Meter Game by Mike Veatch, Gordon College.
On 2-Spheres in 4-Manifolds by Mikhail Chkhenkeli, Williams College.
Student Papers
The Visualization of Mathematical Concepts Through Art: A Look at the Curvature of Russian Avant Garde Art of the 1920's by Kara Jackson, Bates College.
Using Sperner's Lemma to Solve a Queen/Rook Dilemma and Implications for Brouwer's Fixed Point Theorem by Kelly McDonald, Bates College.
Mathematical Modeling of Cardiac Pacemaker Cells by Jamie McDowell, Bates College.
How to Really Count by Lisa Cummings, Bates College.
The Search for Perfect Letters by Melissa Demers and Sherrie Fairbanks, Merrimack College.
Using Non-Linear Coupled Differential Equations to Simulate the Motion of Fish by Sue Generazzo, UMASS Lowell.
The Cubic Polynomials: Interesting Features by Justin E. Hahn, Boston University.
Estimate of Common Mean of Several Normal Distributions by Jian Han, University of Maine, Orono.
What Positive Integers can be Represented as the Sum of Consecutive Integers? by Duane Jones, Fitchburg State College.
Queuing Systems by Rosemary Guillette, Regis College.
Big Circles and Little Circles: A Problem Inspired by Small Restaurant Tables by Jane Gillette, Salem State College.
State-of-Art Cryptography by Dan Bailey, Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Contributed Papers
Teaching An Old Course New Tricks: A Project Approach to Linear Algebra by John Goulet, WPI.
Calculators Banned After Maths Standards Fall by Domenico Rosa, Teiko Post University.
What Else Do We Teach in Math Classes Besides Math? by Irina Peterburgsky, Suffolk University.
The General Integral Equation for Inflections Surfaces Between Moving Charges by Matthew Cross and Domina Eberle Spencer, University of Connecticut.
Partial
Derivatives with Respect to
and
t and the New Gaussian Equation for the Force Between Moving Charges
by Domina Eberle Spencer, University of Connecticut, Uma Y. Shama, Bridgewater
State College and Philip J. Mann, University of Connecticut.
The Definition of the Gradient of a Scalar and Weber's Equation for the Force Between Moving Charges by Philip J. Mann, Matthew Cross and Domina Eberle Spencer, University of Connecticut.
The Definition of the Divergence and the Curl of a Vector Field and the Gaussian Form of Maxwell's Equations by Domina Eberle Spencer, University of Connecticut, Uma Y. Shama, Bridgewater State College and Philip J. Mann, University of Connecticut.
A Data Oriented Business Calculus Course by Mark H. Turpin, University of Hartford.
Partial Derivatives Made Transparent by Mako E. Haruta, University of Hartford.
Aspects of Reform: Calculus Laboratories at St. Michael's College by George Ashline and Zsuzsanna Kadas, St. Michael's College.
A Critique of the Traditional Proof that the Square Root of Two is Irrational by Herb Nichol, Drexel University (Retired).
Modeling Juror Decay in a High Profile Criminal Trial by Ethan Bolker, UMass/Boston.
Numerical Data for Satellite Altitude Control by Means of Wong's Angles by Po Kee Wong, Adam Wong, Anita Wong, Systems Research Company.