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Invitation to Exhibit


Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Section
 
THE MATHEMATIC
AL ASSOCIATION
OF AMERICA

and
The Spring Meeting of ArizMATYC

April 18 - 19, 2008
 8:30 am - 5:00 pm both days

The Arizona State University Department of Mathematics and Statistics is pleased to host the MAA Southwest Sectional Conference. The conference site is the Crowne Plaza San Marcos Resort in Chandler, Arizona.

Conference sessions will cover a wide range of topics.

You will have the wonderful opportunity to network with mathematicians, mathematics educators from Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, and Phoenix metropolitan area high school teachers.


CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

The Banquet

Friday, April 18, 6:30 PM

Keynote Speaker: Lowell Beineke

Indiana - Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Splendor in the Graphs

Graphs often provide insight into the solutions of puzzles and strategies for winning games.  We will explore some of the A-B-C’s of this topic, looking at such games and puzzles as “Asteroid”, “Bridg-It”, “Curious Coins”, and “Devious Dice”.

Conference Agenda with Abstracts
(as of April 15, 2008 )

Points of Contact:
Michael Oehrtman (Section Co-Chair)
Arizona State University
oehrtman@math.la.asu.edu

Terry Turner (Section Co-Chair)
Arizona State University  
Terry.Turner@asu.edu

REGISTRATION!

Please help us get an accurate count by pre-registering for the conference by April 7, 2008.

Please use the on-line Registration Form

Walk-up registration is Welcome. However, materials and tickets for the banquet may not be available for late registrations.


Deadline for registration at the San Marcos is March 28, 2008.

Conference Registration, All Sessions,
and the
Friday Banquet are at the San Marcos Resort

Click here for a link to San Marcos Reservations

Please call (480) 857-4420 to extend rooms beyond the convention dates.

Room Rate: $122.00 single or double + tax

Transportation options from the airport are through
Super Shuttle (1-800-BLUE-VAN) for about $22 per person one way
or by taxi for about $35.

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