FALL 1992
The Fall Meeting of the Northeastern Section was held on November 20-21, 1992 at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. There were approximately 210 registrants.
The Christie Lecture
A Further Look at Fibonacci and Lucas Numbers by Peter Hilton, SUNY Binghamton.
Invited Papers
Environmental Mathematics via Energy Diagrams by B. A. Fusaro, Salisbury State University.
Newton's Method: Complex Numerics and Complex Dynamics by Paul Blanchard, Boston University.
Synchronous Fireflies by Steven Strogatz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The Role of Mathematicians in Addressing Environmental Problems by Charles Hadlock, Bentley College.
Modeling Natural Resources by Michael Olinick, Middlebury College.
Workshops
Integrating the TI-81 Graphics Calculator into the Mathematics Curriculum: Pre-Calculus and Calculus by Donna Christie, Rhode Island College.
Chaos in the Classroom: Discrete and Continuous Population Models by Bob Decker, University of Hartford.
Newton's Method from a Calculus I Perspective by John Williams, University of Hartford.
Calculus Explorations and Modeling with Calculus T/L by Donald Small, USMA and Miguel Garcia, Gateway Community-Technical College.
Making a Difference in Undergraduate Mathematics: Suggestions for Preparing Proposals for External Funding by James Leitzel, MAA.
Student Chapter Presentation
Mathematics and the Environment by Charles Hadlock, Bentley College.
Student Workshop
Environmental Mathematics by B. A. Fusaro, Salisbury State University.
Contributed Papers Session
What Really Happens at an International Math Congress: A Report from ICME-7 by Barry Schiller, Rhode Island College.
Total and Partial Derivatives by Domina Eberle Spencer and Philip Jay Mann, University of Connecticut.
A Comparison of Three Equations for the Force Between Current Elements by Parry Moon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Domina Eberle Spencer and Philip Jay Mann, University of Connecticut.
Using MATHEMATICA in the Calculus Classroom by David Mauro, Trinity College.
A Programmer's Approach to Godel's Theorem by Robert Gray, Computervision Corporation.
TOPDESK - A Knowledge Worker Team Support System by Ron DeGray, Saint Joseph College.
Student Papers Session
Algebraic Dynamics of Polynomial Maps over Finite Fields by Anjula Batra, Wellesley College.
General Relativity and the Bending of Light by Jamie Kerman, Williams College.
Tours of Checkerboards by Meg Forbush, Williams College.
Undergraduates Teaching Calculus by Lisa Uebelacker, Meg Forbush, Jamie Kerman, Heather Morton and Bill O'Brien, Williams College.
A Counterfeit Coin Problem by Christopher Cook, Westfield State College.
Quantifying Order in Plane Separation Problems by Cynthia Musante, Westfield State College.
Another Look at the Platonic Solids by Joseph C. W. Tsui, University of Hartford.