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A Descriptive Analysis of Canadian Insurance Markets
Canada is the largest country in the western hemisphere and the second largest country in the world in terms of land area, but ranks twenty-fifth in... -
China’s Insurance Industry: Developments and Prospects
In 1980, the insurance industry in China was revived after twenty years of stagnation when economic system reform and opening up began in China.... -
The United States Insurance Market: Characteristics and Trends
The United States (U.S.) is home to the largest insurance market in the world. With over a trillion dollars in premiums written in 2003... -
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House Bill No. 246, Indiana State Legislature, 1897
This paper has grown out of a number of requests for information over a number of years, by students and others, concerning some supposed action... -
PROFIT: Decision Technology for Supply Chain Management at IBM Microelectronics Division
The primary purpose of supply chain management applications is hel** an organization respond to events in a synchronized and timely fashion. During... -
Mathematics in Canada before 1945: A Preliminary Survey
In the years 1935–1945 there are distinct signs of research mathematics beginning to come to Canada. Synge returned to Toronto in 1930 as the head of... -
The Legal Values of Pi
I have long been interested in the notorious attempt to legislate a legal value of π. I have read several artides [2,5,6,7/8,10] on the history of... -
Optimal Stimulation in Multilevel Hierarchical Structures
Consideration was given to a model of the multilevel hierarchical structure whose elements strive to maximize the difference between the stimulation...
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New Mathematical Disciplines and Research in the Wake of World War II
This paper focuses on the significance of the Second World War for the rise and establishment of new disciplines in applied mathematics as well as... -
Letters between William R. Thompson and Vito Volterra
William Robin Thompson was born in London (Canada) on 29 June 1887. He did his secondary schooling at the London Collegiate Institute, subsequently... -
House Bill No. 246, Indiana State Legislature, 1897
This paper has grown out of a number of requests for information over a number of years, by students and others, concerning some supposed action... -
The Legal Values of Pi
I have long been interested in the notorious attempt to legislate a legal value of π. I have read several articles [2,5,6,7,8,10] on the history of... -
Introduction
Sedimentation is the process of deposition of solid material from a fluid, usually air or water, from a state of suspension. It is widely observed in... -
R.H. Bing’s Human and Mathematical Vitality
Two of Bing’s mathematical colleagues, Armentrout and Burgess, independently told us versions of this memorable evening. Those of us who knew Bing...