Philadelphia Area Seminar on History of Mathematics

Schedule of Meetings

 

 

September 18, 2008. Patricia Kenschaft, Montclair State University. "Minority Mathematicians."

October 16, 2008. Steven Weintraub, Lehigh University. "Cayley Documents in Lehigh's Possession."

November 20, 2008. George Rosenstein, Franklin and Marshal College, Emeritus

December 11, 2008. Thomas L. Bartlow. Huntington at Harvard.

January 15, 2009.

February 19, 2009. Paul Wolfson, West Chester University.

March 19, 2009. Marina Vulis, University of New Haven.

April 16, 2009.

Archive


 

September 18, 2008. Patricia Kenschaft, Montclair State University.
"Minority Mathematicians."
Abstract:  A summary of some of the known facts about minority participation in the mathematical community, including some biographies, some statistical information, and a report of a survey of black mathematicians of New Jersey twenty years ago.

October 16, 2008. Steven Weintraub, Lehigh University.
"Cayley Documents in Lehigh's Possession."
Abstract: The Lehigh University Library has acquired a set of letters and an unpublished manuscript by Arthur Cayley. I will report on this collection and its background, both mathematical and historical.