KYMAA 2012 1
Bellarmine University
KENTUCKY SECTION
MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING
Program for the Meeting
Friday, March 30
2:00 – 4:30
Registration/Book Display/Sales
1st floor of Horrigan Hall
Origami Display and Screen Play “Between the Folds” (Horrigan 108)
3:20 – 3:35
Contributed Papers
Isaiah Harney, Transylvania University (u)
A Rational Approach to Irrationality. HORRIGAN 103
Rebekah Robinson, University of Louisville (g)
Confidence Estimation in Segmented Regression. HORRIGAN 104
Frank Raymond, Bellarmine University (f)
Solution to the Stochastic Multi-Dimensional Bellman Equation with an
Application to Resource Management. HORRIGAN 105
Maxfield Leidner, University of Louisville (g)
The Total Chromatic Sum and Untemperable Graphs. HORRIGAN 106
Dora Ahmadi & Julie Lang, Morehead State University (f & u)
Mathematics College Readiness. HORRIGAN 107
3:40 – 3:55
Contributed Papers
Finley Freibert & Jon-Lark Kim, University of Louisville (g & f)
Classification of CIS Codes Length 14. HORRIGAN 103
Ryan Therkelsen, Bellarmine University (f)
Some Properties of Generalized Partitions. HORRIGAN 104
Andy Martin, Kentucky State University (f)
Should It Be Called The “Dirichlet Rearrangement Theorem”?
HORRIGAN 105
Joshua Bradley, Morehead State University (u)
HyperNEAT Chess. HORRIGAN 106
Chris Christensen, Northern Kentucky University (f)
Fruit Attack. HORRIGAN 107
KYMAA March 30-31, 2012
KYMAA 2012 2
Bellarmine University
4:00 – 4:15
Contributed Papers
Devrion Wells, Kentucky State University (u)
Graph Theory and its Connection to Today’s World. HORRIGAN 103
Logan Higginbotham, Morehead State University (u)
Of Fish and Bus Routes. HORRIGAN 104
Betsy Heines, Transylvania University (u)
The King’s Roundtable: Couples Only. HORRIGAN 105
Susan White, Bellarmine University (f)
Ramsey Functions for Quasi-Progressions with Large Diameter.
HORRIGAN 106
Robert Powers, University of Louisville (f)
A Celebration of May’s Theorem. HORRIGAN 107
4:30 – 5:30
Invited Address (at Cralle Theater)
Erik Demaine (MIT)
Algorithms meet Art, Puzzles, and Magic
5:45 – 7:15
Banquet with Live Music: Flute, Guitar, and Indian Pipe
(Yes, there are food and drink also ), HILARY’S in CAMPUS CENTER
7:30 – 7:45
Contributed Papers
Kara Wiltrout, Carl Durcholz & Cali Thomas, Asbury University (u)
ρ, ρ, ρ Your Boat. HORRIGAN 103
Leanne Faulkner, Kentucky Wesleyan University (f)
What I Have Learned in Two Years of Common Core State Standards.
HORRIGAN 104
Rus May, Morehead State University (f)
How Hard Can the First Problem in Graph Theory Be? HORRIGAN 105
Ryan Gill, University of Louisville (f)
Regression Methods With High Dimensional Inputs. HORRIGAN 106
Tom Richmond, Western Kentucky University (f)
Counting Convex Topologies on a Finite Totally Ordered Set.
HORRIGAN 107
KYMAA March 30-31, 2012
KYMAA 2012 3
Bellarmine University
7:50 – 8:05
Contributed Papers
Daniel Burton, Jennifer & Ignacio Birriel, Morehead State University (u, f & f)
VLF Observations of Meteor Showers Using the INSPIRE VLF-3.
HORRIGAN 103
Jacob Wildstrom, University of Louisville (f)
Domination Density in Stacks of Graphs. HORRIGAN 104
Claus Ernst, Western Kentucky University (f)
Mathematical Project of Students of the Gatton Academy of Mathematics and
Science. HORRIGAN 105
Kaity Bradley, Aaron Hill & George Lytle, Asbury University (u)
Embezzlement: The Katz Out of The Bag. HORRIGAN 106
Josh Edge, Transylvania University (u)
A Tail of Two Palindromes. HORRIGAN 107
8:10 – 8:25
Contributed Papers
Anthony Montemayor, Western Kentucky University (g)
Generating Random Polygons in Spherical Confinement. HORRIGAN 103
Amir Ahmadi, Morehead State University (u)
Kentucky’s Potential for Wood Biofuel Production: An Economic Feasibility
Analysis. HORRIGAN 104
Rasitha Jayasekare, University of Louisville (g)
Multiple Change Point Estimation in a Liquidity Effect Model.
HORRIGAN 105
Ryan Stuffelbeam, Transylvania University (f)
How Weird Are Weird Fractions? HORRIGAN 106
Virgil Barnard, University of Kentucky (u)
Independent Proof of Quadratic Reciprocity. HORRIGAN 107
8:30 - ?
AFTERMATH (Lobby of Norton Hall)
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Bellarmine University
Saturday, March 31
8:00 – 11:00
8:00 – 11:15
Registration / Refreshments / Book Sales
Origami Display Horrigan 108
8:00 – 8:15
Contributed Papers
Samantha McKean (u), Luke Yap (u), Daniel Dilger (u) & Bruce Kessler (f),
Western Kentucky University
The Ricky McCormick Murder Notes I: Background and Initial Attempts at
Decoding the Notes. HORRIGAN 102
1st floor of Horrigan Hall
Nathan Gambrell, Northern Kentucky University (u)
Construction of a Kid Krypto Algorithm. HORRIGAN 103
Jorge Chang, Morehead State University (u)
Kentucky Rook: How to Win. HORRIGAN 105
Ryan Walls, Murray State University (g)
A Binary Integer Programming Model for the Optimal Location of Fire
Stations: A Case Study of Murray, KY. HORRIGAN 106
Ghan Bhatt, Tennessee State University (f)
Finite Frames in Application. HORRIGAN 107
8:20 – 8:35
Contributed Papers
Luke Yap (u), Samantha McKean (u), Daniel Dilger (u) & Bruce Kessler (f),
Western Kentucky University
The Ricky McCormick Murder Notes II: Background and Initial Attempts at
Decoding the Notes. HORRIGAN 102
Tyler Clark, Western Kentucky University (g)
Continued Radicals and Cantor Sets. HORRIGAN 103
Tarah Cole, Northern Kentucky University (u)
Assessment of Risk Factors for Truancy of Children in Grades K-12 Using
Survival Analysis. HORRIGAN 104
Zac Bettersworth ,Georgetown College (u)
Space Time Approach to Rafting Trip. HORRIGAN 105
James Little & Jennifer Birriel, Morehead State University (u)
Long-Term Monitoring of Night-Time Sky Brightness in Morehead, KY.
HORRIGAN 106
Andy Martin, Kentucky State University (f)
Inconsummate Numbers. HORRIGAN 107
KYMAA March 30-31, 2012
KYMAA 2012 5
Bellarmine University
8:40 – 8:55
Contributed Papers
Daniel Dilger (u), Samantha McKean (u), Luke Yap (u), & Bruce Kessler (f),
Western Kentucky University
The Ricky McCormick Murder Notes III: Background and Initial Attempts at
Decoding the Notes. HORRIGAN 102
David Coulliette, Asbury University (f)
Rate-Limited Sorption Modeling in Contaminant Transport. HORRIGAN 103
Alex McAllister, Centre College (f)
Mathematics and Drama in Ancient Greece. HORRIGAN 104
Tony Bankemper, Northern Kentucky University (u)
Binary Disruption in Embedded Clusters. HORRIGAN 105
Elizabeth Krantz, Western Kentucky University (g)
Sharpening the Boundaries of the Sequential Probability Ratio Test.
HORRIGAN 106
Michael McCord, Morehead State University (u)
Upper Bounds on Crossing Numbers of Knots in Radius 2 Hextile Knot
Mosaics. HORRIGAN 107
9:10 –10:00
2011 Distinguished Teaching Award Address (at Cralle Theater)
Christine Perry (Morehead State University)
The Kentucky Core Academic Standards: Opportunity and Challenge
10:00- 10:25
Elections (at Cralle Theater)
10:30 –10:45
Contributed Papers
William Holbrook II, Morehead State University (u)
Approaching the 𝑛 + 𝑘 − 𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑠 Problem Through Composition of Solutions.
HORRIGAN 103
April York, Transylvania University (u)
Digit After Digit of Divisibility?: Generating Sequences of Composite Numbers.
HORRIGAN 104
Russell Brown, University of Kentucky (f)
Central Kentucky Mathematics Circles. HORRIGAN 105
Zachariah Casey, Northern Kentucky University (u)
Darboux Springs. HORRIGAN 106
Lan Nguyen, Western Kentucky University (f)
Taylor Series of Solutions of Differential Equations. HORRIGAN 107
KYMAA March 30-31, 2012
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Bellarmine University
10:50 –11:05
Contributed Papers
Cyrus Hettle & Robert Schneider, University of Kentucky (u)
Al-Jabar: A Mathematical Game of Strategy I. HORRIGAN 103
Ronnie Howard, Morehead State University (u)
Statistical Mechanics and Knot Mosaics. HORRIGAN 104
Daniel Curtin, Northern Kentucky University (f)
The History of the KYMAA. HORRIGAN 105
Beth Bradley, University of Louisville (f)
Using a 3D Finite Volume for the Pressure Gradient Force in Atmospheric
Models. HORRIGAN 106
Scott Brabon, Rebecca Gaul & Laura Hochstetler, Asbury University (u)
Whatever Floats Your Boat. HORRIGAN 107
11:10 –11:25
Contributed Papers
Cyrus Hettle & Robert Schneider, University of Kentucky (u)
Al-Jabar: A Mathematical Game of Strategy II. HORRIGAN 103
Anne Raymond, Bill Fenton & Mike Ackerman, Bellarmine University (f)
A Mathematics Capstone Course. HORRIGAN 104
Robin Blankenship, Morehead State University (f)
Understanding ≠ Remembering. HORRIGAN 105
Matias von Bell, David Musser & Laura Smith, Asbury University (u)
Leaf it to Math. HORRIGAN 106
Bryiah Loper (home school), Wilmore KY
The Art of Math. HORRIGAN 107
11:40 –12:40
Invited Address (at Cralle Theater)
Robert Devaney (Boston University)
The Fractal Geometry of the Mandelbrot Set.
12:45 – 1:45
Luncheon and Business Meeting
University Dining Hall Ground Floor of Communications Building
1:45
KYMAA Executive Committee Meeting
KYMAA March 30-31, 2012