Mathematics on the Northern Plains 2008
April 26, 2008
Schedule

All events will take place in 334 Minard Hall on the NDSU campus.

9:00-9:30 Registration
9:30-9:40 Welcome and opening remarks
9:40-10:40 Plenary lecture
Professor Douglas R. Anderson, Concordia College
Title: Basins of Attraction in a Cournot Duopoly Map
Abstract of the lecture
Brief biography of Professor Anderson
10:40-10:55 Coffee break
10:55-11:25 Student presentation
Zack Kenz, Concordia College
Title: Global Asymptotic Behavior for Delay Dynamic Equations
Abstract of the lecture
11:35-11:55 Student presentation
Katie Frick, North Dakota State University
Title: Technology and Pre-Service Secondary Geometry Teachers
Abstract of the lecture
12:00-1:00 Lunch (provided by NDSU Mathematics Department)
1:10-1:40 Student presentation
Jessica Cox, North Dakota State University
Title: Combinatorial Properties of n-Dimensional Convex polytopes Focusing on the Euler Formula
Abstract of the lecture
1:50-2:10 Student presentation
Victoria Loe, North Dakota State University
Title: Multiplicative structure of rings of integer-valued polynomials determined by finite subsets
Abstract of the lecture
2:20-2:50 Student presentation
William Casper, North Dakota State University
Title: Introduction to the Theory of the Structure of Topological Groups
Abstract of the lecture
2:50-3:05 Coffee break
3:05-4:05 Plenary lecture
Professor Scott Chapman, Trinity University
Title: Numerical Monoids are Totally Cool!
Abstract of the lecture
Brief biography of Professor Chapman
4:10-4:50 Panel discussion: Opportunities in Mathematics
Professor Benton Duncan, North Dakota State University
Professor Scott Chapman, Trinity University
Diana Kennedy, North Dakota State University
Amanda Matson, North Dakota State University
4:50-5:00 Closing remarks
Sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America and the National Science Foundation

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