Missouri MAA 2009 Meeting Schedule
Thursday April 16 7:30p - 10:00p Friday April 17 8:30a - 11:00a	Missouri Collegiate Mathematics Competition Thursday, April 16, 7:300 - 10:00p Friday, April 17, 8:30a - 11:00a Georgian Rooms B and C, Student Union Building
Friday April 18					Violette Hall 2151
8:00a - 1:00p					NExT Workshop
	Violette Hall 1000	Violette Hall 1010	Violette Hall 1224	Violette Hall 1228	Violette Hall 1236	Violette Hall 1436	Violette Hall 1328
12:45-1:00p	Welcome
1:00-1:50p	Keynote Speaker: Pancake Sorting, Prefix Reversals, and DNA Rearrangements, Ivars Peterson
2:00p - 2:20p		Uniform Boundedness of Functional Differential Equations Tingxiu Wang, Missouri Western State University	Math and the Art of M.C. Escher: An Interdisciplinary Course for Freshmen Bryan Clair St. Louis University		Math-Biology Undergraduate Research at Truman: An extension of Tajima's D, Pam Ryan Truman State University	Booksale	Pythagorean Triples: 4000 Years and Counting, Nicholas Baeth, University of Central Missouri
2:25p - 2:45p		A Nonhomogenous Compound Poisson Risk Model, Jinfeng Wei, Maryville University of St. Louis	An Informal Introduction to Non-Euclidean Geometry Anneke Bart, Saint Louis University		Cryptography and E. coli: Synthetic Biology and Hash Functions John Igo, Missouri Western State University		A Gem From the History of Mathematics: Wallis and Pi, Phil Ryan Truman State University
2:50p - 3:10p		Approximate Controllability for a Class of Stochastic Differential Equations Lianwen Wang University of Central Missouri	The Beginnings of an Inquiry Workgroup Maireed Greene, Christine VonRenesse, Volker Ecke, Rockhurst University		Mathematical Analysis of a Baxterial XOR Gate: Modeling the Production of Synthase in a Cell using Differential Equations, Julie Allen, Missouri Western State University		Duplication, Trisection, and Quadrature by Cheating, Charlie Smith, Park University
3:10p - 3:40p	Break						Break
3:40p - 4:00p		Axial Moving Planes and Set-Theoretic Generators of Rational Space Curves, Haohao Wang, Southeast Missouri State University	Making a Case for Complex Polynomials in Undergraduate Mathematics, John Coburn, St. Louis Community College	Limits of 1^{infinity} indeterminate forms, Richard Petch, University of Central Missouri	Resolving Knot Universes, Neil Nicholson, William Jewell College	Booksale	An Exploration of the Cantor Set Christopher Shaver Rockhurst University
4:05p - 4:25p		Fractional Integrals that Emerge from Statistical Time Series Having Infinite Variance, Joshua Levy, Truman State University	Atoms of the Relative Block Monoid, Justin Hoffmeier, University of Central Missouri	Various Systems of Betting on a Roulette Wheel, Andrew Haws, Truman State University	On the Chromatic Number of Subgroup Graphs, Les Reid, Missouri State University		Chess, Algebra, and You Glenn Rice Missouri Western State University
4:30p - 4:50p		Roundtable: Learning Assessment in Missouri Postsecondary Education (LAMP), Yungchen Cheng, Missouri State University, and Mary Shepherd, Northwest Missouri State University	From Space Filling Curves to Quantum Mechanics, Grant Latham, Missouri Southern State University	Angle Trisection and Morley's Theorem, Nancy Mueller, Southeast Missouri State University	A Glimpse into Algebraic Geometry Joshua Powers Southeast Missouri State University		Idiot's Delight, part I Hang Chen and Curtis Cooper University of Central Missouri
4:55p - 5:15p			Mathematics and Elected Officials: Making Your Voice Heard, Leon Hall, Missouri University of Science and Technology	Using Negative Binomial Regression to Find the Relationship between Home Range Size of the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) and tick load (Dermacentor variabilis), Georgia Mueller, Truman State University	Battle on the Playground: An Analytical Approach to Aggression Between Bullies, Adelaide Quaney, Missouri Western State University		Idiot's Delight, part II Hang Chen and Curtis Cooper University of Central Missouri
6:30p - 8:30p	Banquet (Georgian Rooms B and C). After-dinner speaker: A Mathematician and Teacher, Shing So, University of Central Missouri,
8:30p - 9:15p	Exceutive Committee Meeting (SUB, Room 3201)
8:30p-10:00p	Student Texas Hold'em Tournament (SUB, Room 3202)
Saturday April 19
6:15a - 7:00a	5K Run/Walk (Walking Path Around Kirksville High School)
7:30a - 8:30a	Chairs/Liaisons Breakfast (Spanish Room, Student Union Building)
	Violette Hall 1000	Violette Hall 1010	Violette Hall 1224	Violette Hall 1228	Violette Hall 1236	Violette Hall 1436	Violette Hall 1328
8:40a - 9:00a			Statistical Analysis of Metapopulation Data, Jennifer Pajda Southeast Missouri State University	A Proof from the Book? The Number of Integer Triangles, Marty Erickson, Truman State university	Using Projects in a Math and Art Course, Anneke Bart, St. Louis University	Booksale	e...More than just a Vowel, Gavin Waters, Missouri Western State University
9:05a - 9:25a			Arsenic Fluctuations in a Public Reservoir Rachel Howe, Missouri Western State University	Enumerating Rook and Queen Paths, Khang Tran, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Visualizing Groups and Subgroups in Counted Cross Stitch Mary Shepherd, Northwest Missouri State University		Second Best Rational Approximations for the Square Root of 2 Arron Lewis, Missouri Western State University
9:30a - 9:50a			On the Hartogs-Bochner phenomenon Malgorzata Aneta Marciniak, Missouri University of Science and Technology	Fun with Dice and Drinks, Brent Shepherd, Missouri Western State University	Paradox Lost, James Guffy, Truman State University		The Gambler's Ruin: Modeling Games of Chance, Kayce Eagen University of Central Missouri
10:00a - 10:50a	Invited Talk, The Jungles of Randomness, Ivars Peterson
11:00a - 12:00p	MAA Business Meeting
12:00p - 12:30p	(MAT)^2 Business Meeting