As part of the national observance of Math Awareness Month, the Department of Mathematics at North Carolina A&T State University is pleased to sponsor the following events on Thursday, April 6, 2000 and invites you to join our fifth annual celebration of the beauty of mathematics.

The theme of this year's Mathematics Awareness Month (MAM) is Mathematics Spans All Dimensions. The following is the official MAM 2000 electronic poster, courtesy of the Mathematical Association of America. An interactive version of this poster can be found at http://mam2000.mathforum.com.

This year's MAM2000 electronic poster invites teachers and students to explore mathematics in all dimensions by investigating the contributions of eleven individuals who use mathematics in various dimensions in their work. Starting with 0 dimensions and the analysis of point clouds, the central figure of the poster moves from 1-dimensional worlds of geological core samples and racing car geometry to the 2-dimensional worlds of Edwin Abbott Abbott's "Flatland" and Pixar Animation Studios, to the 3 dimensions of choreography and crystal geometry and gravitational lensing, on to 4 dimensions and higher, with cosmology, hyperspace, and Madeleine L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time."  Each part of the poster will be a link to more information about the different individuals, and further links to literature, electronic resources, and teaching materials at different levels.

The Math Awareness Day (MAD) activities at NC A&T State University include undergraduate and graduate student  presentations, invited lecture,  book exhibit, engineering student presentations, differentiation and integration contests,  awards ceremony, and other social activities. These events are supported in part by an A&T Cluster grant. The organizer of the events is A. Kurepa.

We are all very excited about the program, the sense of  "togetherness",  and accomplishment that this event brings to our Department. Every faculty member is involved either in organizing and chairing the sessions, mentoring student presentations, selecting the best student presentation or working on contest problems, administering contests, and arranging contest prizes. Most of our graduate students will give presentations and help with the undergraduate differentiation and integration contests.

8:00 -- 9:15 AM: Undergraduate and Graduate Student Presentations (116 Marteena Hall)

Chair: T. Clarke
 

8:15-8:30 L. Carr
North Carolina A&T State University
Is the Curvature of a Plane  Curve Maximum at a Relative Extremum?

8:30-8:45 N. Isaac
North Carolina A&T State University
Decision Making Under Uncertainty

8:45-9:00 C. Davis
North Carolina A&T State University
Consequences of the Lebesgue Integration of Step Functions

9:00-9:15 D. Cannon
North Carolina A&T State University
The Relative Cost of a College Education Over
the Last 30 Years: A Statistical Analysis
 

9:30 -- 10:30 AM: Graduate Student Presentations (116 Marteena Hall)

Chair: D. Clemence
 

9:45-10:00 K. Woods
Wake Forest University
Surveying the Donut

10:00-10:15 P. Villanueva
North Carolina A&T State University
Simulations to Generate Matrix Models of Multiple-Pinhole Tomographs

10:15-10:30 A. Vyas
Wake Forest University
A New Look at Divisibility Properties of Fibonacci Numbers

11:00 --12:00 PM: Invited Lecture (116 Marteena Hall)

Karen Norwood
North Carolina State University
Taking the Anxiety Out of Mathematics Anxiety

10:00 --3:00 PM: Book Exhibit (126 Marteena Hall)

Jennifer DeBalli
ITP Brooks/Cole Publishing Company

2:00 -- 3:00 PM: Engineering Student Presentations (116 Marteena Hall)

Chair: A. Kurepa

2:00 -- 3:00 PM: Differentiation and Integration Contests (216 Marteena Hall)

Coordinated by M. Chen and J. Chew

9:00--3:00 PM: Social Activities (126 Marteena Hall)

Refreshment will be served in the Faculty Lounge in Marteena Hall during breaks at 9:15-9:30 AM and 10:30-11:00 AM. There will be a lunch gathering in the William Faculty Cafeteria between 12:00-1:30 PM.