OK-AR
Mathematical Association of America Invited Addresses
Invited Addresses given at meetings of
The Oklahoma-Arkansas Section
1. Some Considerations Relating to
Irrational Numbers by Professor
U. G. Mitchell, University of Kansas; February 7, 1936, First
Methodist Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
2. Some Glimpses into the History of Mathematics by Professor U. G. Mitchell, University of Kansas; February 7, 1936, First Methodist Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
3. Problems or Personalities by Dr. E. J. Ortman, School of Education, University of Oklahoma; February 7, 1936, First Methodist Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
4. The Place of Mathematics in General Education by Professor Raleigh Schorling, University of Michigan; February 10, 1939, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
5. On New Methods in Differential Equations with Applications to the Structural Analysis of Airplanes by Professor Stefan Bergmann, Brown University; February 13, 1942, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
6. Teacher Education and the College Entrance Examination Board Commission on Mathematics and Modernizing the Secondary School Mathematics Curriculum by Professor Henry Van Engen; Editor, Mathematics Teacher, Iowa State Teachers College; October 26, 1956,Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
7. The Mathematics Project of the University of Illinois Committee on School Mathematics: Content, Method, and Modus Operandi by Professor Gertrude Hendrix, University of Illinois; October 25, 1957, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
8. General Aims and Purposes of the CUPM Recommendations for Teacher Training in Mathematics by Professor Robert Wisner, Executive Director, Committee on the Undergraduate Program of the Mathematical Association of America, Washington, D. C.; October 28, 1960, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
9. An Applied Mathematician Among the Atoms by Dr. G. M. Wing of Sandia Corporation; March 15, 1963, Oklahoma Center for Continuing Education, Norman, Oklahoma.
10. Homogeneity by Dr. R. H. Bing, President of the Mathematical Association of America, Washington, D. C.; April 10, 1964, East Central State College, Ada, Oklahoma.
11. Quadric Surfaces Associated with a Tetrahedron by Dr. Nathan A. Court, Professor Emeritus, University of Oklahoma; April 10, 1964, East Central State College, Ada, Oklahoma.
12. The CUPM Recommendations on College Mathematics Offerings by Professor G. Baley Price, University of Kansas; April 1, 1966, Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, Oklahoma.
13. Manpower Questions in the Mathematical Sciences by Dr. John Jewett, Oklahoma State University; March 29, 1968, Federal Aviation Administration Aeronautical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
14. Qualifications for a College Faculty in Mathematics by Dr. Richard Anderson, Louisiana State University; March 29, 1968, Federal Aviation Administration Aeronautical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
15. Geometric Transformations and their Role in Secondary and College Mathematics by Professor Seymour Schuster, Carleton College; March 22, 1969, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas.
16. The administration of Arkansas State University supported a Seminar on Differential Equations and Variational Theory at the Oklahoma-Arkansas Section meeting March 22, 1969, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas. The invited lecturers for the seminar and the titles of their talks were:
Formulation of Problems of the Calculus of Variations, the Choice of Admissible Functions and of Methods by G. M. Ewing, University of Oklahoma.
Oscillation Theorems for Third Order Differential Equations by R. W. Utz, Jr., University of Missouri.
The Differential Equations of Stochastic Control Theory by E. J. McShane, University of Virginia.
Generalized Polar Coordinate Transformations for Differential Equations by W. T. Reid, University of Oklahoma.
17. Professor R. L. Moore -- The Teacher by Professor O. H. Hamilton, Oklahoma State University; March 20, 1970, Southwestern State College, Weatherford, Oklahoma.
18. Topological Methods in Analysis by Professor Gail S. Young, Tulane University; March 20, 1970, Southwestern State College, Weatherford, Oklahoma.
19. Numerical Methods of Solving Elliptic Partial Differential Equations by Dr. Ivo Babuska, Institute of Fluid Dynamics and Mechanics, University of Maryland and Mathematical Institute of the Academy of Science, Prague; March 12, 1971, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
20. Convex Polytopes and Linear Programming by Professor Victor Klee, University of Washington; March 10, 1972, State College of Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas.
21. Signs of Derivatives and Analytic Behavior by Professor Ralph P. Boas, Northwestern University; April 6, 1973, Claremore Junior College, Claremore, Oklahoma.
22. How to Make and Break Codes by Professor Dorothy Bernstein, Goucher College; April 5, 1974, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas.
23. On the Nature of Mathematics Work in Industry by Dr. Henry O. Pollak, Bell Laboratories; April 4, 1975, Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma.
24. The Graph of a Group as Seen by a Nonexpert by Professor J. W. Keesee, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville; March 26, 1976, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas.
25. Prime Generating Functions and Congruencies by Professor H. L. Alder, University of California at Davis; April 1, 1977, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
26. Algebraic Number Theory by Professor David Roselle, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and MAA Secretary; March 31, 1978, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
27. What is Your Geometric I. Q.? by Dr. Philip Davis, Brown University; March 30, 1979, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
28. Algorithmically Defined Functions by Dr. R. D. Anderson, Louisiana State University; March 28, 1980, Westark Community College, Fort Smith, Arkansas.
29. Optimal Strategies in Sports by Dr. Leonard Gillman, University of Texas at Austin; March 27, 1981, Oklahoma Christian College, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
30. The Isoperimetric Theorem by Professor Ivan Niven, University of Oregon; March 26, 1982, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
31. Report on the National Science Board Commission and Precollege Education in Mathematics by Katherine Layton, National Science Board Commission on Precollege Mathematics, Science, and Technology; March 18, 1983, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.
32. Another Approach to Riemann-Stieltjes Integrals by Dr. Kenneth Ross, University of Oregon and MAA Secretary; March 30, 1984, Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, Arkansas.
33. Some Functions That Count by Professor Gerald L. Alexanderson, University of Santa Clara; March 29, 1985, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
34. Mathematics in the Kitchen by Professor Jerome A. Goldstein, Tulane; April 4, 1986, Arkansas College, Batesville, Arkansas.
35. Calculus of the Future by Professor Lida Barrett, Northern Illinois University; March 27, 1987, East Central University, Ada, Oklahoma.
36. The History of the MAA by Professor Ivan Niven, University of Oregon; April 15, 1988, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas.
37. Mathematics of Fair Representation by Professor Alan Tucker, State University of New York at Stony Brook; March 31, 1989, Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma.
38. Using Technology to Revitalize Mathematics by Professor John W. Kenelly, Clemson University; March 30, 1990, John Brown University, Siloam Springs, Arkansas.
39. Meeting the Challenge in Mathematics Education by Professor Martha J. Siegel Towson State University; April 5, 1991, Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma.
40. Recursion via Godel, Escher, & Bach by Professor Barbara Faires, Westminster College; April 3, 1992, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
41. Moving to the Meta-Level by Professor Marcia Sward, Executive Director, MAA; March 26, 1993, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
42. Whose mother is it? The search for a mathematical theory of everyday communication by Professor Keith Devlin, Saint Mary’s College of California; March 26, 1994, Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas.
43. The Fibonacci Decimal and Other Adventures in the Algebra of Linear Difference Equations by Professor Andy R. Magid, University of Oklahoma; March 31, 1995, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, Oklahoma.
44. Bringing Up Baby, by Professor Donald Albers, Associate Executive Director and Director of Publications and Programs, MAA; March 22, 1996, Westark Community College, Ft. Smith, Arkansas.
45. Mathematics Education and Technology by Professor Wade Ellis, 2nd Vice-president, MAA; April 4, 1997, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma.
46. MAA 2000, by Professor Marcia Sward, Executive Director, MAA; March 27, 1998, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas.
47. Overlooked Topics in Calculus by Professor Bart Braden, Northern Kentucky University; March 26, 1999, Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, Oklahoma.
48. Math Mag Morsels by Professor Paul Zorn, St. Olaf College; March 31, 2000, Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, Arkansas.
49. The MAA and College Mathematics: Where Will We Be in 2010? By Professor Tina Straley, Executive Director, MAA; March 30, 2001, Oklahoma Christian University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
50. Fallacies in Elementary Statistics by Professor Ann Watkins, MAA President; April 5, 2002, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
2. Some Glimpses into the History of Mathematics by Professor U. G. Mitchell, University of Kansas; February 7, 1936, First Methodist Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
3. Problems or Personalities by Dr. E. J. Ortman, School of Education, University of Oklahoma; February 7, 1936, First Methodist Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
4. The Place of Mathematics in General Education by Professor Raleigh Schorling, University of Michigan; February 10, 1939, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
5. On New Methods in Differential Equations with Applications to the Structural Analysis of Airplanes by Professor Stefan Bergmann, Brown University; February 13, 1942, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
6. Teacher Education and the College Entrance Examination Board Commission on Mathematics and Modernizing the Secondary School Mathematics Curriculum by Professor Henry Van Engen; Editor, Mathematics Teacher, Iowa State Teachers College; October 26, 1956,Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
7. The Mathematics Project of the University of Illinois Committee on School Mathematics: Content, Method, and Modus Operandi by Professor Gertrude Hendrix, University of Illinois; October 25, 1957, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
8. General Aims and Purposes of the CUPM Recommendations for Teacher Training in Mathematics by Professor Robert Wisner, Executive Director, Committee on the Undergraduate Program of the Mathematical Association of America, Washington, D. C.; October 28, 1960, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
9. An Applied Mathematician Among the Atoms by Dr. G. M. Wing of Sandia Corporation; March 15, 1963, Oklahoma Center for Continuing Education, Norman, Oklahoma.
10. Homogeneity by Dr. R. H. Bing, President of the Mathematical Association of America, Washington, D. C.; April 10, 1964, East Central State College, Ada, Oklahoma.
11. Quadric Surfaces Associated with a Tetrahedron by Dr. Nathan A. Court, Professor Emeritus, University of Oklahoma; April 10, 1964, East Central State College, Ada, Oklahoma.
12. The CUPM Recommendations on College Mathematics Offerings by Professor G. Baley Price, University of Kansas; April 1, 1966, Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, Oklahoma.
13. Manpower Questions in the Mathematical Sciences by Dr. John Jewett, Oklahoma State University; March 29, 1968, Federal Aviation Administration Aeronautical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
14. Qualifications for a College Faculty in Mathematics by Dr. Richard Anderson, Louisiana State University; March 29, 1968, Federal Aviation Administration Aeronautical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
15. Geometric Transformations and their Role in Secondary and College Mathematics by Professor Seymour Schuster, Carleton College; March 22, 1969, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas.
16. The administration of Arkansas State University supported a Seminar on Differential Equations and Variational Theory at the Oklahoma-Arkansas Section meeting March 22, 1969, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas. The invited lecturers for the seminar and the titles of their talks were:
Formulation of Problems of the Calculus of Variations, the Choice of Admissible Functions and of Methods by G. M. Ewing, University of Oklahoma.
Oscillation Theorems for Third Order Differential Equations by R. W. Utz, Jr., University of Missouri.
The Differential Equations of Stochastic Control Theory by E. J. McShane, University of Virginia.
Generalized Polar Coordinate Transformations for Differential Equations by W. T. Reid, University of Oklahoma.
17. Professor R. L. Moore -- The Teacher by Professor O. H. Hamilton, Oklahoma State University; March 20, 1970, Southwestern State College, Weatherford, Oklahoma.
18. Topological Methods in Analysis by Professor Gail S. Young, Tulane University; March 20, 1970, Southwestern State College, Weatherford, Oklahoma.
19. Numerical Methods of Solving Elliptic Partial Differential Equations by Dr. Ivo Babuska, Institute of Fluid Dynamics and Mechanics, University of Maryland and Mathematical Institute of the Academy of Science, Prague; March 12, 1971, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
20. Convex Polytopes and Linear Programming by Professor Victor Klee, University of Washington; March 10, 1972, State College of Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas.
21. Signs of Derivatives and Analytic Behavior by Professor Ralph P. Boas, Northwestern University; April 6, 1973, Claremore Junior College, Claremore, Oklahoma.
22. How to Make and Break Codes by Professor Dorothy Bernstein, Goucher College; April 5, 1974, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas.
23. On the Nature of Mathematics Work in Industry by Dr. Henry O. Pollak, Bell Laboratories; April 4, 1975, Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma.
24. The Graph of a Group as Seen by a Nonexpert by Professor J. W. Keesee, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville; March 26, 1976, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas.
25. Prime Generating Functions and Congruencies by Professor H. L. Alder, University of California at Davis; April 1, 1977, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
26. Algebraic Number Theory by Professor David Roselle, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and MAA Secretary; March 31, 1978, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
27. What is Your Geometric I. Q.? by Dr. Philip Davis, Brown University; March 30, 1979, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
28. Algorithmically Defined Functions by Dr. R. D. Anderson, Louisiana State University; March 28, 1980, Westark Community College, Fort Smith, Arkansas.
29. Optimal Strategies in Sports by Dr. Leonard Gillman, University of Texas at Austin; March 27, 1981, Oklahoma Christian College, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
30. The Isoperimetric Theorem by Professor Ivan Niven, University of Oregon; March 26, 1982, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
31. Report on the National Science Board Commission and Precollege Education in Mathematics by Katherine Layton, National Science Board Commission on Precollege Mathematics, Science, and Technology; March 18, 1983, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.
32. Another Approach to Riemann-Stieltjes Integrals by Dr. Kenneth Ross, University of Oregon and MAA Secretary; March 30, 1984, Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, Arkansas.
33. Some Functions That Count by Professor Gerald L. Alexanderson, University of Santa Clara; March 29, 1985, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
34. Mathematics in the Kitchen by Professor Jerome A. Goldstein, Tulane; April 4, 1986, Arkansas College, Batesville, Arkansas.
35. Calculus of the Future by Professor Lida Barrett, Northern Illinois University; March 27, 1987, East Central University, Ada, Oklahoma.
36. The History of the MAA by Professor Ivan Niven, University of Oregon; April 15, 1988, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas.
37. Mathematics of Fair Representation by Professor Alan Tucker, State University of New York at Stony Brook; March 31, 1989, Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma.
38. Using Technology to Revitalize Mathematics by Professor John W. Kenelly, Clemson University; March 30, 1990, John Brown University, Siloam Springs, Arkansas.
39. Meeting the Challenge in Mathematics Education by Professor Martha J. Siegel Towson State University; April 5, 1991, Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma.
40. Recursion via Godel, Escher, & Bach by Professor Barbara Faires, Westminster College; April 3, 1992, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
41. Moving to the Meta-Level by Professor Marcia Sward, Executive Director, MAA; March 26, 1993, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
42. Whose mother is it? The search for a mathematical theory of everyday communication by Professor Keith Devlin, Saint Mary’s College of California; March 26, 1994, Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas.
43. The Fibonacci Decimal and Other Adventures in the Algebra of Linear Difference Equations by Professor Andy R. Magid, University of Oklahoma; March 31, 1995, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, Oklahoma.
44. Bringing Up Baby, by Professor Donald Albers, Associate Executive Director and Director of Publications and Programs, MAA; March 22, 1996, Westark Community College, Ft. Smith, Arkansas.
45. Mathematics Education and Technology by Professor Wade Ellis, 2nd Vice-president, MAA; April 4, 1997, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma.
46. MAA 2000, by Professor Marcia Sward, Executive Director, MAA; March 27, 1998, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas.
47. Overlooked Topics in Calculus by Professor Bart Braden, Northern Kentucky University; March 26, 1999, Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, Oklahoma.
48. Math Mag Morsels by Professor Paul Zorn, St. Olaf College; March 31, 2000, Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, Arkansas.
49. The MAA and College Mathematics: Where Will We Be in 2010? By Professor Tina Straley, Executive Director, MAA; March 30, 2001, Oklahoma Christian University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
50. Fallacies in Elementary Statistics by Professor Ann Watkins, MAA President; April 5, 2002, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
51. Polya Lecture: "How to always win at limbo" or "you can sum some of the series some of the time, and some of the series none of the time...but can you sum some of the series ALL of the time?", by Professor Edward Burger, Williams College; March 28, 2003, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
52. Why Teach Mathematics?, by Professor Underwood Dudley, DePauw University; March 29, 2003, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
53. Planar Linkages: Robot Arms, Carpenters' Rulers, and Other Devices, by Professor Nancy Hagelgans, Ursinus College; March 26, 2004, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas.
54. Through the Lurking Graphs, by Professor Lowell Beineke, Indiana University-Purdue University; April 8, 2005, East Central University, Ada, Oklahoma.
55. Connections between mathematics and biology, by Professor Carl Cowen, MAA President, Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis; March 31, 2006, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
56. Gian-Carlo Rota (1932 - 1999), by
Professor Darryl
McCollough, University of Oklahoma; April 1, 2006, University of
Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
57. Easy
Problems, Hard Problems: The MAA
American Mathematics Competitions, by Professor
Steven Dunbar, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, March 30, 2007,
Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma