*Concerns of Young Mathematicians* Volume 3, Issue 5 Feb. 8, 1995 An electronically distributed digest for discussions of the issues of concern to mathematicians at the beginning of their careers. Please direct submissions and questions to Nancy Wilson nwilson@stmarys-ca.edu , editor for the month of February. Next issue: Wednesday, February 15th. January Editor: Matt Hudelson hudelson@math.washington.edu February Editor: Nancy Wilson nwilson@stmarys-ca.edu March Editor: Wendy Brunzie brunzie@math.montana.edu To subscribe: Contact Charles Yeomans at cyeomans@ms.uky.edu Back issues and other information are available via anonymous FTP to ftp.ms.uky.edu, in pub3/mailing.lists/ymn-list or connect to the YMN homepage on the WWW, the URL: http://math34.gatech.edu:8080/YMN/ymn.html The views expressed here do not necessarily represent those of the administrative board or membership of the Young Mathematicians' Network. The editorial policy of this newsletter is to encourage discussion of issues and facilitate the dissemination of information relevant to the concerns of young mathematicians. Table of Contents Item # Title ------ ----- 1 Editor's Notes 2 News & Notes 3 Child Care at the Joint Meetings 4 Cheap Housing Info for the Hartford Meeting 5 Further on Math Talks 6 Closing Credits _______________________________________________________________ Item #1 Editor's Notes I am sure many of you have recently started your spring semester. Welcome back. This week's issue of CYM is brief. Item 3 is a survey. We encourage your e-mail responses to the individual's address listed at the bottom of the survey. Item 4 contains valuable information for those attending the Hartford meeting. Thanks to Ed Aboufadel for taking the time to gather the information. Anyone interested in submitting an article for possible publication in CYM can e-mail it to me this month, Wendy Brunzie next month. Both our e-mail addresses are listed above in the front matter. A happy and peaceful Valentine's Day to all. Nancy Wilson _______________________________________________________________ Item #2 News & Notes A subscriber writes: "Does anyone have any advice for a new Ph.D. in mathematics looking for a job in industry? What places hire such people? How do you get your resume past the personnel departments, to someone who really understands what you have to offer?" Responses to this subscriber can be e-mailed to the editor. Appropriate and helpful comments will be in a forthcoming News & Notes section or presented as an article. _______________________________________________________________ Item #3 Child Care at the Joint Meetings Daycare is an important issue for many young mathematicians. In San Francisco several people raised their concerns about the lack of adequate child care arrangements. For those of you who are parents, potential parents, or simply interested in the issue, we would like to solicit your views on the following. 1. Would you be more likely to attend the joint meetings---next year it's in Orlando, Florida---if child care were available at the meetings? 2. Will lack of child care prevent you from attending the meetings? 3. If daycare were provided at the conference center, perhaps at a moderate fee, would you be certain, likely, or unlikely to use it? 4. How much would you be willing to pay for daycare at the joint meetings (in dollars per child per hour)? 5. For what age children would you be requiring daycare? 6. If you do not have children now but may in the future, do you think you would use child care services if they were available at the joint meetings? 7. Any suggestions for how this situation can be improved? Please send your comments to dobrow@cam.nist.gov . _______________________________________________________________ Item #4 Cheap Housing Info for the Hartford Meeting There is an AMS meeting at the University of Connecticut's Hartford campus March 3--4, 1995. On page 142 of the January 1995 issue of the Notices, the AMS has provided some information about accom- modations in the area, with rooms starting at $52 per night. I live in New Haven which is about 45 minutes away, and based on checking some phone books and making a few calls, I found some alternatives. --------------- YMCA of Central Hartford (203) 522-4183 The YMCA is at 160 Jewell St. in Hartford (corner of Jewell and Ann Sts.) This is near Bushnell Park and the state capitol, south of I-84. Try exit 49, 50, or 51 off of I-84. No reservations are taken, it's first come first serve. A bed costs $16.60 per night, with an extra $5 for a locked closet. ---------------- Motel 6 (203) 563-5900 Atlantic Inn (203) 529-7421 1840 Berlin Tpke Elm Motel (203) 529-8691 1800 Berlin Tpke Almar Motel (203) 529-8296 35 Arrow Rd Hi-Ridge Motel (203) 563-4542 15 Arrow Rd Terra Motel (203) 529-6804 1809 Berlin Tpke These are all no-tell motels in Wethersfield which is a bit south of Hartford. The Motel 6 is at Exit 24 off I-91, while the other five are either on Routes 5 & 15 (the Berlin Turnpike) or on Arrow Rd. which meets the Berlin Turnpike near Route 175. One of them that I called (Motel 6) quoted me a price of $30 per night for a single, $37 per night for a double. I didn't call the other places, but I assume that the prices are similar. ----------------- Residence Inn (800) 331-3131 For those looking to spend a little more, this hotel has special prices the weekend of March 3--4. A studio room with a kitchen and a queen bed runs $69 per night. A larger room with a kitchen, a double bed, and a queen bed "in the loft," runs $109 per night. Good for a group of people, I bet. Take Exit 37 off of I-91 which is north of Hartford. ----------------- I think that no matter where you stay in Hartford, you will need to drive to the conference, although from the map, the YMCA looks like it is close. I also contacted the YWCA; it has no hostel. If anyone finds this information useful, please let us know. Ed Aboufadel aboufade@sun.ctstateu.edu _______________________________________________________________ Item #5 Further on Math Talks I respond to the fine article #3, "Math Talks," in the last issue of CYM. I would add only one suggestion. First decide on the main results that you want to convey. Then write the talk in reverse providing only those definitions and remarks that are needed to make the results clear. As an example, I used to give talks on lacunary Fourier series. I could talk for a whole hour about interesting results and interconnections without ever mentioning measures or Fourier-Stieltjes transforms, even though one couldn't understand the proof of the first basic result in the field without these concepts. Ken Ross ross@bright.uoregon.edu Note: Additional comments can be sent to either the authors of the article, Curtis Bennett cbennet@falcon.bgsu.edu and Frank Sottile sottile@math.toronto.edu , or to this month's editor. _______________________________________________________________ Item #6 Closing Credits The Young Mathematicians' Network is administered by Charles Yeomans cyeomans@ms.uky.edu Mark Winstead mwwinst@gcr.com Nancy Wilson nwilson@stmarys-ca.edu Emil Volcheck Emil.Volcheck@risc.uni-linz.ac.at Frank Sottile sottile@math.toronto.edu Vic Perera vicum@math.ohio-state.edu Franklin Mendivil mendivil@math.gatech.edu Kevin Madigan madigan@math.nwu.edu Leigh Lunsford lunsford@math.uah.edu Steve Kennedy skennedy@mathcs.carleton.edu Matt Hudelson hudelson@math.washington.edu Silvia Heubach silvi@cinenet.net Bob Dobrow dobrow@cam.nist.gov Lyle Cochran address change pending Kevin Charlwood kec1@bradley.bradley.edu Neil Calkin calkin@math.gatech.edu Wendy Brunzie brunzie@math.montana.edu Curtis Bennett cbennet@bgnet.bgsu.edu Frank Arlinghaus frank@math.ysu.edu Edward Aboufadel aboufade@scus1.ctstateu.edu _______________________________________________________________ End of Journal---Next week: The Discussion Continues