8:30 a.m. Analytic Geometry: Descartes versus Fermat. Maria Sol de Mora*, ICREA, Barcelona
(993-01-310)
9:00 a.m. The Brachistochrone Problem and its Sequels. Rüdiger Thiele*, University of Leipzig
(993-01-627)
9:30 a.m. Is the English Version of the Theory of Incommensurability Commensurable with Its Chinese Translation? Yibao Xu*, CUNY, Graduate Center & BMCC
(993-01-694)
10:00 a.m. Science in Translation: The Transmission of Probability Theory into late Imperial Chinese Mathematical Culture (1880-1911). Andrea Eberhard-Bréard*, CUNY Graduate Center (New York) / CNRS (Paris)
(993-01-583)
10:30 a.m. ``Everybody makes errors'': The intersection of De Morgan's logic and probability, 1837-1847. Adrian Rice*, Randolph-Macon College
(993-01-205)
1:00 p.m. Conceptions of General Analysis in Nineteenth-Century Mathematics. Craig G Fraser*, University of Toronto
(993-01-226)
1:30 p.m. Creating a Mathematical Area: The Case of Arthur Cayley, J. J. Sylvester, and Invariant Theory. Karen V. H. Parshall*, University of Virginia
(993-01-734)
2:00 p.m. On Weierstrass' theory of analytic functions. Umberto Bottazzini*, Università di Palermo, Italy
(993-01-615)
2:30 p.m. Jules Tannery and the Mathematical Research Community in France , 1870--1914. W Thomas Archibald*, Acadia University
(993-01-221)
3:00 p.m. "Some unsolved problems of theoretical dynamics". An unpublished paper by George Birkhoff. June E Barrow-Green*, The Open University, UK
(993-01-597)
3:30 p.m. Who invented Steiner triple systems -- and why? Robin J. Wilson*, Open University, UK
(993-01-352)
8:30 a.m. Thomas Harriot's Treatise on Figurate Numbers and Finite Differences. Janet L. Beery*, University of Redlands
(993-01-1078)
9:00 a.m. Humanizing mathematical biographies. John W Dawson*, Penn State York
(993-01-217)
9:30 a.m. Mathematician as Artist: Marston Morse (1892-1977). Joanne E. Snow*, Saint Mary's College
Colleen M. Hoover, Saint Mary's College
(993-01-288)
10:00 a.m. Learning some of the basics of historical research through the movies. Alejandro R Garciadiego*, UNAM, Mexico
(993-01-647)
10:30 a.m. Mathematics and Opera: The mathematical work of the opera singer Jerome Hines. T. Christine Stevens*, Saint Louis University
(993-01-675)
1:00 p.m. Contributions of Ferdinand Hassler to Early American Science. V. Frederick Rickey*, West Point
(993-01-1007)
1:30 p.m. Edward V. Huntington and the Apportionment Debate of 1920--1940. Thomas L. Bartlow*, Villanova University
(993-01-329)
2:00 p.m. The Texas--Polish Connection in Topology: Competition and Cooperation. Albert C. Lewis*, Indiana Univ. - Purdue Univ. Indianapolis
(993-01-356)
2:30 p.m. From Vienna to New York: Abraham Wald's Converging Communities. Patti W. Hunter*, Westmont College
(993-01-713)
3:00 p.m. A (very) brief history of the problem of resolution of singularities of algebraic surfaces. Chris Christensen*, Northern Kentucky University
(993-01-102)
3:30 p.m. Algebraic topology chez Bourbaki. John McCleary*, Vassar College
(993-01-664)