Critical Points
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA
FALL 1999

Critical Points is published annually by the Department of Mathematics.

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Elias Saab, Peter Casazza, Nancy Moen

Photographs by Janet Tremain

Department of Mathematics

Chair Elias Saab, Associate Chair and Director of Graduate Studies Nakhle Asmar, Director of Undergraduate Studies Stamatis Dostoglou, Lower Division Coordinator Sandi Athanassiou, Technology Aided Instruction Coordinator Nataliya Latushkina, Staff members Bridget Kelley, Brenda Frazier, Amy Jo Wright, Rich Winkel and Wendy Hodge.

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Critical Points Fall 1999