Spring 2016 Recreational Conference at Lake Tahoe
The 20th Annual Spring Conference was held held in Stateline, NV on April 22-23 at The MontBleu Hotel and Spa.
Friday Keynote Speaker: Bruce Armbrust, Lake Tahoe Community College
Worlds Beyond Our Own
Throughout history, humanity has explored the world around them. With the advent of the telescope, that exploration shifted towards the stars. Today the search continues for worlds that lie beyond our solar system. This talk will share the history of planetary discovery as well as the various methods of exoplanet detection used today.
Saturday Keynote Speaker: Paul Zorn, St. Olaf College
Extreme Calculus
There is more to elementary calculus than may first meet the eye, especially to those of us who teach it again and again. Well-worn calculus techniques and topics: polynomials, optimization, root-finding, methods of integration, and more; often point to deeper, more general, more interesting, and sometimes surprising mathematical ideas and techniques. I’ll illustrate my thesis with figures, examples, and calculation, and give references to MAA publications and resources that can support taking elementary calculus to its extremes.
Born and raised in India, Paul Zorn is a professor of mathematics at St. Olaf College. His professional interests include complex analysis, mathematical exposition, textbook writing, and the role of mathematics among the liberal arts. His 1986 paper The Bieberbach Conjecture was awarded the 1987 Carl B. Allendoerfer Award for mathematical exposition. He has co-authored several calclulus textbooks with his St. Olaf colleague, Arnold Ostebee. His most recent book is Understanding Real Analysis (AK Peters, 2010). From 1996 to 2000, he was editor of Mathematics Magazine, and also served a hitch (2011-12) as President of the Mathematical Association of America.
Saturday Student Speaker: Nick Saal, Santa Rosa Junior College
Summation Methods on Divergent Series
In this talk, I will discuss summation methods that can be applied to certain divergent series in order to get a ’convergent’ value. I will show some surprising results that these methods lend themselves to, and while counter-intuitive these results are indeed of value in areas of applied mathematics.
Nick Saal is a dedicated and enthusiastic math major at Santa Rosa Junior College. He hopes to transfer to UC Berkeley in the fall to major in pure mathematics, and then attend graduate school to obtain his PhD. When he is not busy with school he is an avid musician.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen A |
A Spiritual Side of Mathematics Pat McKeague XYZ Textbooks |
The Eternal Triangle Part I Rick Luttmann Sonoma State University (retired) |
The Eternal Triangle Part II Rick Luttmann Sonoma State University (retired) |
Number Sense and the Chinese Abacus Cheryl Ooten Santa Ana College (retired) |
| Aspen B |
A Connection Between Furstenberg’s and Euclid’s Proofs of the Infinitude of Primes Nathan Carlson California Lutheran University Presentation |
Government, Liberty and Prosperity Cliff Nelson College of Marin Presentation |
No Session |
No Sesson |
| Aspen C |
Math and Statistics with Social Justice Lori Maloney Sacramento City College |
The Mathematics of Martial Arts Tityik Wong & James Lee College of Southern Nevada Presentation Superman Punch |
Gauss’ Hidden Menagerie: The Graphic Nature of Gaussian Periods Stephan Garcia Pomona College Presentation |
Where Does Kepler’s Third Law Hold? Corey Shanbrom CSU Sacramento Presentation |
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Future CMC3 Conferences
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