2010 Fall Conference at Monterey Dec 10-11
The 38th Annual Fall Conference was held in Monterey on Dec 10-11, 2010 at the Portola Hotel and Spa.
Friday Keynote Speaker: John Martin, Santa Rosa Junior College
A Piece of Pi
Through the ages, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, which we call π, has fascinated mathematicians and nonmathematicians alike. In this presentation we will explore the history, the mysteries, and the controversies surrounding this famous number. You’ll also have the opportunity to win some fabulous prizes!
Saturday Keynote Speaker: William Dunham, Muhlenberg College
Two Morsels from Euler
Over his illustrious career, Leonhard Euler (1707 – 1783) proved the Euler Identity, established the Euler Polyhedral Formula, and solved the Basel Problem – results that can be seen as the "main courses" of his mathematical banquet. But he also cooked up some "side dishes” – i.e., discoveries of lesser significance which nonetheless illustrate his brilliance as well as anything. In this talk, we consider a pair of these morsels. One is from the realm of simple algebra, where Euler managed to factor a seemingly irreducible 4th-degree polynomial that had stumped Nicholas Bernoulli. The other is from the realm of number theory, where Euler sought four different whole numbers, the sum of any pair of which is a perfect square. The numbers he found – namely 18530, 38114, 45986, and 65570 – suggest how keen his mathematical ability was. By following Euler’s reasoning in these two examples, I hope to demonstrate that seeing genius in action is the best way to appreciate it.
Schedule of the Saturday Concurrent Sessions
Presentations provided can be found below.
| Room/Session | Session 1 9:00 am - 10:00 am |
Session 2 10:30 am - 11:30 am |
Session 3 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm |
Session 4 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
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Bonsai I General Interest |
Serving Students with Disabilities: Strategies for the\Classroom Sherri Messersmith College of DuPage |
Are We Speaking the Same Language? Bob Prio Riverside Community College, NorCo |
Of Elephants, Fuzzy Digs, and Teaching Backwards: A Story About Making Your Course Engaging Davis Sobecki Miami University, Hamilton |
The Mystery of Mohammed ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi Dean Gooch Santa Rosa Junior Colege |
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Bonsai II Potpourri |
Is 0 = Pi = Infinity? A Tall Tale Glenn Pico American River College |
What Helps Precalculus Students Greg Perkins Hartnell College |
Teaching in Developmental Mathematics: A Faculty Collaborative Approach Terrie Teegarden San Diego Mesa College |
Examples from Cardano’s Ars Magna John Thoo Yuba College |
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Bonsai Potpourri |
Statewide Projects to Share with Your Colleagues and Your Students ? Mission College |
Thirty "Boredom Busters" David Ellenbogen Community College of Vermont |
AMATYC Project Access Corrine Kirkbride Solano Community College |
Adjunct Sessions Tracey Jackson and Panel |
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Cottonwood Basic Skills |
Creating a Community of Learners to Improve Student Success George Woodbury College of Sequioas |
Teaching Developmental Mathematics: It’s Not Just About the Content Lynn Marecek & MaryAnn Anthony Santa Ana College |
Mod, MAP, and ASAP: Course Redesign and Pierce College Katherine Yoshiwara Los Angeles Pierce College |
Teaching Developmental Algebra to Underprepared Students Ravin Pan CSU Sacramento |
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Redwood I Calculus and Above |
That About Sums It Up and Then Sum Joel Siegel Sierra College |
What’s So "Valuable" About Calculus, Anyway? (Why
Finance ends in an "e") Nicholas Gunther Investment Banking |
Geodesics on Regular Polyhedra Dmitry Fuchs UC Davis |
Nuts and Bolts of Teacing Integral Calculus Vladimir Logvinenko & Iaroslav Kryliouk |
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Redwood II Technology |
College Algebra in the Age of Wolfram Alpha Sheldon Axler San Francisco State Univerity |
I Know It’s Out There Somewhere: Free Online Math
Resouces Larry Green Lake Tahoe Community College |
Mathematical Software: Computational Crutch or Springboard to Greater Understanding Wade Ellis West Valley College |
No Session |
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Ironwood Statistics |
Teaching Students to Understand the Role of Data Collection in Statistical Inference Robert Gould Robert Gould UCLA |
The Sequencing of Topics in Introductory Statistics Kenneth Brown College of San Mateo |
Statistics Using SPSS Steven Davis & Evelyn Davis CSU Los Angeles and Orange Co, Probation |
No Session |
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