Proceedings of the Second Palestinian International Conference on Mathematics : Birzeit and An-Najah University, Nablus, Palestine, August 19-23, 1998

by Elaydi, Saber; Allan, F.; Elkhader, A.; Mughrabi, T.; Saleh, M.

• ISBN13: 9789810242206
• ISBN10: 9810242204
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUB CO INC

Summary

Proceedings of the Second Palestinian International Conference on Mathematics held at Birzeit Univ., Birzeit and An-Najah Univ., Nablus, Palestine, August 19-23, 1998. Includes papers by leading experts in many areas of mathematics, with topics ranging from pure and applied mathematics to pedagogical issues in mathematics.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
List of Contributors	vii
A New Approach to Numerical Differentiation	1	(7)
R.M. Abu-Sarris
A Study of the Effectiveness of Cooperative Learning on the Mathematics Achievement of Eighth Grade Students in United Arab Emirates	8	(11)
H. Alkhateeb
M. Jumaa
On the Existence and Non-Uniqueness of Non-homogeneous Blasuis Problem	19	(10)
F. Allan
R.M. Abu-Saris
On Monotonicity of Green Operator for Singular Boundary Value Problem	29	(14)
M.J. Alves
Numerical Solution of the Two-Point Boundary Value Problems Arising in Modeling Viscoelastic Flows	43	(10)
B.S. Attili
On Direct Sums of Modules which Satisfy Generalizations of Injectivity	53	(15)
J. Clark
An Activity-Based Teaching of an Introductory Statistics Course	68	(11)
E. Dabeet
The Stieltjes Matrix Moment Problem and de Branges Spaces Associated with Them	79	(10)
Yu.M. Dyukarev
On Some Open Problems in Difference Equations	89	(26)
S. Elaydi
M-Systems in Some Parapolar Spaces	115	(11)
M. El-Atrash
Direct Limits of Effect Algebras	126	(13)
E.D. Habil
An Extremal Problem for Generalized Jacobi Polynomials	139	(7)
M.E.H. Ismail
On the Existence of Stabilizable Solutions for Linear Differential Systems with Periodic Parameters	146	(12)
J.S.P. Munembe
ε-pseudo-Orbits and Isolated Invariant Sets	158	(11)
D.E. Norton
High Tech or High Te(a)ch: Implementing the Ideas of Calculus Reform in Developing Countries	169	(21)
D.E. Norton
Varieties Generated by Two Element Non-associative Groupoids	190	(6)
N. Rabie
On Weak Injectivity and Weak Projectivity	196	(11)
M. Saleh
A. Abdel-Mohsen
N-Compactness and &thetas;-Closed Sets	207	(12)
M. Saleh
M. Alamleh
On &thetas;-Closed Sets and Faint Continuity	219	(14)
M. Saleh
M. El-Amleh
A Semilinear Hyperbolic System	233	(21)
H. Smith
Subharmonic Bifurcation at Multiple Resonances	254	(23)
A. Vanderbauwhede
Module and Comodule Categories --- A Survey	277
R. Wisbauer