Chuck Lindsey Profile

Early and Medieval History of Mathematics; Stochastic Integration; Mathematics Education

• Lindsey, C. “From Clay Tokens to Calculus: a Course in the Early History of Mathematics”, in The Courses of History: Ideas for Developing a History of Mathematics Course, ed. A. Shell Gellasch and R. Jardine, MAA Notes #87, Washington, D.C.: MAA Press, 2017, p. 83-99.
• Wohlpart, J., Rademacher, C, and Lindsey, C. ""The Reliability of Computer Software to Score Essays: Innovations in a Humanities Course." Computers and Composition 25:2 (2008): 203-223.
• Sunshine State Standards for Mathematics, Florida Department of Education, 2007. (member of writing team for standards document)
• Wohlpart, J., Rademacher, C., Karakas, S., Courcier, L., Lindsey, C. "Online Education in the Visual and Performing Arts: Strategies for Increasing Learning and Reducing Costs," Journal of Educators Online, Vol.3, No. 1, January 2006. Online at www.thejeo.com.
• Burgess, D., and C. Lindsey. "A Persian Folk Method for Calculating Automobile Lease Payments," Commercial Lending Review, 17:4 (2002), pp 41-44.

Conference presentations (selected)

• “The Introduction of Hindu-Arabic Numerals Into Europe”, Florida Section meeting of the Mathematical Association of America, Polk State College, Lakeland, FL, Feb 2019.
• “The ‘Lost’ Books of Euclid’s Elements”, MAA Mathfest contributed poster session, Denver, CO, August 2018.
• “Ancient Calendar Systems”, MAA Florida Section annual meeting, State College of Florida Bradenton campus, Feb 17, 2017
• “Counting and Calculating in Ancient and Medieval Europe”, Mathematics department colloquium, Dec 1, 2016
• “Nepohualtzintzin: a Closer Look”, MAA MathFest 2016, Columbus, OH, Aug 6, 2016.
• “Doing Arithmetic in Medieval Europe”, MAA MathFest 2015, Washington D.C., August 5-8, 2015.
• “The Lost Books of Euclid’s Elements,” Florida Section MAA meeting, Fort Myers, Florida, February 15, 2014.
• “Tools for Drawing Conic Sections,” invited speaker. Jacksonville University Pi Mu Epsilon induction banquet, Jacksonville, FL, April 2010.
• “Archimedes and the Square Root of 3,” Mathematics Department colloquium, October 2009

• President, Florida Section, Mathematical Association of America, 2001-02, 2010-11
• Vice-President for Programs, Florida Section, Mathematical Association of America, 1997-98, 2017-18
• Newsletter Editor, Florida Section, Mathematical Association of America, 2008-2009
• Treasurer, Philosophy of Mathematics SIGMAA, 2002-2007
• Florida Section, Mathematical Association of America, Distinguished Service Award 1997