21. CAARMS DESCRIPTION The difficulty of doing this is compounded for many African american mathematiciansby the fact that they are frequently isolated in their home environments. http://www.math.umd.edu/~rlj/fineddrft.html

Article about Conference by Dr. Raymond L. Johnson Conference for African American Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences at MSRI Dr.Raymond L. Johnson Department of Mathematics University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-0001 Office Telephone Number: Fax Number: Electronic Mail Address: rlj@math.umd.edu December, Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 1496-1500 Forty-one mathematicians interested in the development of mathematics among African Americans and other minorities gathered at MSRI in Berkeley on June 21-23, 1995 for a mathematics conference. They were joined by thirty-eight undergraduate and graduate students, whose perspective was sought on critical issues facing the profession. The Conference was funded by MSRI, and the Department of Energy. Since interest in mathematics was the common bond for participants, the bulk of the conference was devoted to talks in a variety of areas such as Differential Geometry, Dynamical Systems, Mathematical Biology, Astrophysics and Numerical Analysis. However, discussions on how to overcome the barriers to participation in mathematics by minorities played a central and vigorous role. One can ask the same questions about this conference that Lenore Blum asked in her description of the Women in Algebraic Geometry Workshop, (Notices, 40, #7, September 1993, 860-861) and give the same answers plus one. I paraphrase Lenore's question, "Clearly such a workshop would be a stimulating and worthwhile experience for any budding research mathematician; and so the question arises, why have a special program for (African Americans)? Is it because (African Americans) have to learn mathematics in a special way? To the contrary, it is to create an environment where (African Americans) have a chance to do and learn mathematics in a way that most successful (white) male mathematicians take for granted."

22. Books By Nathaniel Dean As with the first volume, it contains research articles by distinguished Africanamerican mathematicians and highlights the accomplishments of African American http://www.caam.rice.edu/~nated/books/books.html

B ooks by N athaniel D ean Contractible Edges and Conjectures about Path and Cycle Numbers AUTHOR: Nathaniel Dean Ph.D. Thesis, Vanderbilt University, University Microfilms International (1987). In graph theory there is an abundance of problems that have challenged even the most ingenious mathematicians. This books motivates the study of two of these problem areas, settles a number of unsolved problems, and provides tools and a framework for further study. Computational Support for Discrete Mathematics EDITORS: Nathaniel Dean and Gregory E. Shannon DIMACS Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 1994. ISBN 0-8218-6605-2 This volume contains papers based on talks given at the DIMACS Workshop on computational Support for Discrete Mathematics, March 12-14, 1992 at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. This workshop was designed to facilitate working relationships among a diverse group of researchers concerned with the development of software for various aspects of experimental discrete mathematics. This volume includes papers related to education and to experimental discrete mathematics. It includes descriptions of current software for discrete mathematics, experience with specific implementation issues, experimental techniques and results, and applications. African Americans in Mathematics EDITOR: Nathaniel Dean DIMACS Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 1997. ISBN 0-8218-0678-5

23. NEWS -right yesterday If I don't know all the female African american mathematiciansin the country, she said, I must know 90 percent. . The http://www.caam.rice.edu/~nated/orgs/nam/news/wp.htm

Counting in the Math Field By Amy Argetsinger Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, December 22, 2000 ; Page B01 Tasha Inniss's math career was sparked in fourth grade, when long division won her heart. She was thrilled to conquer denominators of two digits, then three, then more, scratching out the descending columns of figures that would lead, with satisfying logic, to an answer. Every year, the numbers got bigger, more elusive. But she stuck with math, through the hurdles of calculus, statistics, optimization and operations research, through a bachelor's degree, then a master's. With the finishing touches on a dissertation called "Stochastic Models for the Estimation of Airport Arrival Capacity Distributions," she made it to a PhD. But this doctorate was more than a personal milestone. Inniss, along with Sherry Scott Joseph and Kimberly Weems, yesterday became the first black women to receive PhDs in mathematics from the University of Maryland. Three at once. Which is all the more striking considering that of the 1,119 math PhDs across the entire country last year, only five were received by African American women. The year before that: seven.

24. Abstract Early Women and African american mathematicians in America. Many peopleknow of the few well known women mathematicians (Kovalevsky http://www.ma.iup.edu/calendar/Spring97/GStoudt_Abstract.html

Early Women and African American Mathematicians in America Many people know of the few well known women mathematicians (Kovalevsky, Noether, Agnesi), but few know that as the American Mathematical community grew, there were women and African Americans who made their way in this community. In this talk lists and brief sketches will be given of these mathematicians, so that the question "can you name some women/African American mathematicians?" will be answered.

25. Hampton University - Center For Teaching Excellence beyond. T. Africanamerican mathematicians, http//mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/52461.html,African-american mathematicians. T. Biographies http://www.hamptonu.edu/CTE/math.htm

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26. RensSearch: Minority Groups In Science And Technology Mathematicians of the African Diaspora organizes current and historicalinformation about African and African american mathematicians. http://www.lib.rpi.edu/dept/library/html/resources/courses/minorsci.htm

Home Resources Course Web Pages Home ... Site Index Minority Groups in Science and Technology These web sites provide biographical information on men and women of diverse ethnic backgrounds who have made significant contributions in the fields of science and technology. Click here to go to a list of library books that provide similar information and cover all academic disciplines. General African American Hispanic American Native American ... Professional Societies is a unique service from SciCentral that provides links to specialized resources, organizations, discussion groups, bibliographies, special reports, and selected articles on women and minorities. Includes a site search feature. Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering , provides links to articles, reports, and organizations. Less depth than SciCentral, but includes more groups. Biographies of Minority Scientists , is a project of the Just/Garcia/Hill Science Web site , an Internet resource designed to share information with minority scientists or students contemplating a career in science research.

27. RensSearch: Black History Month Africanamerican mathematicians is a succinct compilation of resources producedby the Ask Dr. Math service in response to questions received. http://www.lib.rpi.edu/resources/references/blackhis.html

Home Resources Reference Room Hot Topics ... Site Index Black History Month Background Information General Information African American Culture Black Technology Awareness Background information on Black History Month February is Black History Month by Yaw Boateng, Professor of Education, Eastern Washington University. From "Ghana Review" Vol 1, No. 6, January 1995. Why We Need Black History Month - All Year Around by Henry Martey Codjoe, Policy Consultant with the Alberta Department of Education, Canada. From "Ghana Review" Vol 1, No. 6, January 1995. Carter Godwin Woodson 1875-1950 , first advocate for Negro History Week in 1926. Presidential Proclamation , January 31, 2003. General information on Black History (selected) African American culture Africans in America : America's journey through slavery is presented in four parts. From PBS. Association for the Study of African American Life and History : to promote, research, preserve, interpret and disseminate information about Black life, history and culture to the global community.

28. Penn Library-African American Studies Pioneer African american mathematicians at the University of Pennsylvania. and imagesof African american mathematicians at the University of Pennsylvania. http://oldsite.library.upenn.edu/resources/subject/interdiscipline/african-ameri

African American Studies CONTENTS I. Afro-American Studies at Penn. II. Comprehensive Web Sites III. Selected Topical Web Sites IV. Resources by Type I. African American Studies at Penn African Studies Center An interdisciplinary program at the University of Pennsylvania that explores the historic and cultural diversity of sub-Saharan African peoples. African-American Resource Center University of Pennsylvania resource center for African American administrators, faculty, staff and students. Black Graduate and Professional Student Association A centralized, campus-wide organizational structure that addresses the academic, social, political, and cultural needs and concerns of Black graduate/professional students. Center for Africana Studies (formerly the Afro-American Studies Program) The center for African diasporic study on the University of Pennsylvania campus. Center for the Study of Black Literature and Culture A graduate and post-doctoral research institution for African American literature. DuBois College House Undergraduate college house named for noted scholar W.E.B. Du Bois.

29. OU History Of Science a void by publishing mathematical papers until permanent mathematical journals wereestablished later in the century; and american mathematicians began to turn http://www.ou.edu/cas/hsci/Timmons.htm

fall 2002 course list spring 2003 course list fall 2002 class websites undergraduate minor ... norman, ok W. Todd Timmons 9808 Kingsley Place Fort Smith, AR 72908 Tel: (479) 649-0047 Education Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX B.S. Chemical Engineering May 1983 Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX M.S. Mathematics August 1988 Thesis: An Analysis of an Antiplane Shear Crack in a Nonhomogeneous Elastic Medium University of Oklahoma Norman, OK M.A. History of Science July 1996 Thesis: Edmund Stone and the Calculus Textbook Tradition of Eighteenth-Century England University of Oklahoma Norman, OK Ph.D. History of Science May 2002 Dissertation Title: Building the Foundation for an American Mathematical Community: The Bowditch Generation, 1800-1838. Abstract Employment Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas Fort Smith , 1988-present.

30. AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL MONTHLY -August/September 2001 GD Brikhoff, RL Moore, N. Wiener, and M. Stone–towered over the mathematical landscapeand ushered in a completely new generation of american mathematicians. http://www.maa.org/pubs/monthly_aug_sep01_toc.html

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2001 The Twin Paradox in a Closed Universe by Jeff Weeks weeks@northnet.org In the classical twin paradox, one twin, call him Albert, stays at home, while his sister Betty travels at relativistic speed to a nearby star and back. According to special relativity, traveler Betty measures less time than stay-at-home Albert, and is therefore younger upon their reunion. But from Betty's point of view, she's at rest, and it's Albert who makes the high speed journey and should return younger. The resolution of this classical twin paradox is that Betty experiences an acceleration and a change of inertial frame at the turnaround point, while Albert stays in a single inertial frame throughout. The symmetry is broken, and Betty is truly younger at the reunion. The twin paradox hits harder in a closed universe. Albert stays home, while Betty takes a trip around the universe! The situation is completely symmetrical: Albert sees Betty moving in a straight line at constant velocity from the moment of departure until their reunion, while Betty sees Albert moving in the opposite direction at constant velocity for the same period. Using special relativity, each calculates that the other should be younger at the reunion. Who is right? Linear Preserver Problems by Chi-Kwong Li and Stephen Pierce ckli@math.wm.edu

31. Rogers Joseph Newman at the AMS 100th Annual Meeting (1994)(which was later published) and he is includedin an exhibit among the outstanding African american mathematicians in the http://www.maa.org/summa/archive/NewmanRJ.htm

SUMMA Index for the Archival Record Rogers Joseph Newman Ethnicity: African American Gender: M Year of Birth: 1933 Place of Birth: Ramar, Alabama Department of Mathematics Southern University Baton Rouge, LA 70813-9759 Voice (504) 771-5180 Fax (504) 771-4762 Education Ph.D. Institution: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1969 MA Institution: Atlanta (now Clark Atlanta) University, 1949 AB Institution: Morehouse College, 1948 Biography "My first AMS-MAA meeting was the one held in Washington, DC in January 1961. I had just picked up my degree from the University of Michigan at its mid-year commencement and I wanted to find out just what these meetings that many Michigan professors had talked so much about were like." Rogers J. Newman, AMS 100th Annual Meeting; Cincinnati, OH; January, 1994. Rogers Joseph Newman was born in Ramar, Alabama near Montgomery, on December 22 as the only child of Jonathan Newman, a farmer and insurance agent and Vera Primos Newman, a school principal. Later in life when Rogers married his significant other, Dorothy Alice Willis Newman, their union also produced no daughters. However, it did produce three sons, the late Rogers Joseph Newman, Jr., Roy Oliver Newman and Robert Marion Newman. Rogers received his high school diploma from Alabama State College Laboratory School. He enrolled in Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia in 1944 and earned an A.B. Degree in Mathematics from that institution in 1948. One of his graduating classmates was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Immediately following graduation, he matriculated at Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University) Where he earned the M.A. degree in mathematics in 1949.

32. BUDAPEST SEMESTERS IN MATHEMATICS Meanwhile Babai asked several leading american mathematicians to lend their namesto the Program and compiled an impressive North American Advisory Board for http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/math/budapest/WebPages/node4.html

BUDAPEST SEMESTERS IN MATHEMATICS Recruiting the First BSM Class As Babai told me, I still had the task of shouting into America's ears, ``Here we are, it's great stuff.'' The ``great stuff'' was not clear to the average American, but it was generally known to mathematicians. Hungary had (and has!) a unique mathematical culture which intimately combines excellence in research with excellence in teaching. Budapest, traditionally a bridge between East and West, is a beautiful and fascinating city. Moreover, (and because of Communism) Budapest was safe. BSM literature, students would be studying in BSM fell into one of those two categories. Regional Representatives were recruited and asked to aid the recruiting efforts. Meanwhile Babai asked several leading American mathematicians to lend their names to the Program and compiled an impressive North American Advisory Board for the opening page of the first brochure. One of these early advisors was Joel Spencer who suggested that a North American Director was needed to communicate with students and coordinate BSM activities in North America. He also had someone in mind, `Tom Trotter, ``the perfect American,'' extremely efficient and well organized'. Trotter agreed to serve and immediately went to work establishing the North American headquarters at the University of South Carolina, designing application materials and recruiting students. Ads were placed in the

33. 1. In Paper 1, All But One Of The Women We Studied Were Unmarried Americans with PhDs ended up with positions at Howard University, and it is stilltrue in paper 2 that most of the African american mathematicians ended up http://www.cs.appstate.edu/~sjg/womenandminoritiesinmath/tests/test3.html

Which of the following generalizations seem to be true when we compare and contrast paper 1 mathematicians (women and minorities in the 18th and 19th centuries) to paper 2 mathematicians (women and minorities born between 1900 and 1925 to paper 3 mathematicians (women and minorities born after 1925) In paper 1, all but one of the women we studied were unmarried (and the married woman had gotten married in order to travel and obtain an education). In paper 2, most of the women we studied were married, and some had children. In paper 3, we continue to see successful women mathematicians who are are married, have children, and are great mathematicians. It seems as time is progressing, women are better able to balance a career with family, although being able to achieve a good balance remains a concern of women mathematicians today. Fifty percent of the women that we studied in paper 2 were married to mathematicians, and so they would have been subject to nepotism rules. During the day that Dr. Hirst visited, it was also true that fifty percent of the women mathematicians present were married to mathematicians. In paper 3, we continue to see a high percentage of women mathematicians married to mathematicians. While we do not expect this to be the percentage in general, it makes sense that many woman mathematicians have married male mathematicians, since their social circle would often consist of many mathematicians and scientists. Studies have backed up this phenomenon. Of course on the day that Dr. Kirsty Flemming and Dr. Jill Richie came to visit, 0% of the women mathematicians were married to mathematicians. The studies that back up the phenomenon study statistically significant groups of women mathematicians.

34. Prentice Hall School | Editor's Picks | February 2002 Math Discover who the greatest African american mathematicians are at Mathematiciansof the African Diaspora, including those who show extraordinary promise. http://www.phschool.com/editor_picks/february_2002.html

Our monthly theme-based links help support interdisciplinary curriculum. February is Black History Month, a perfect time to learn more about the dreams and achievements of African Americans. Take a look at the links below to learn more about how African Americans have succeeded in countless ways. Teachers: This month's lesson gives students an opportunity to experience the civil rights movement through the famous speeches of the time. Foreign Languages Expressions of Honduras Language Arts Black History Month is an excellent time to explore the works of African American writers. Use these comprehensive Web resources to learn about their works, consider their insights, and view the world through their eyes. By doing so, you will better understand the history of African Americans and their contributions to American literature. Math Discover who the greatest African American Mathematicians are at Mathematicians of the African Diaspora , including those who show extraordinary promise. You can also find out when important events occurred during the civil rights movement by looking at the Civil Rights Timeline and the Martin Luther King Jr. Timeline

35. Prentice Hall School | Editor's Picks | February 1998 Mathematicians of the African Diaspora provides profiles of numerous Africanand African american mathematicians, both present and past. http://www.phschool.com/editor_picks/february_1998.html

Our monthly theme-based links help support interdisciplinary curriculum. February is Black History Month. Joanne found a wealth of links for your students to explore. Foreign Languages The Major League Baseball History and Records site provides biographical information about many of the game's most famous players. Language Arts At the Harlem Renaissance site you can read several essays about the cultural achievements of the artists associated with the Harlem Renaissance and the 1920's Learn about Zora Neale Hurston , an influential African American writer and folklorist. Read a brief biography about African American writer Langston Hughes Increase and Diffusion , the Smithsonian online magazine, includes information about Mohammed Ali plus links to videos and articles about this legendary boxer. Math An activity to Build a Kemetic (Egyptian) Pyramid Kite combines geometry and history. By using knowledge of geometric properties and conducting research on Egyptian pyramids, you will create a triangular pyramid or tetrahedron kite and decorate its sides with kemetic symbols and motifs. Mathematicians of the African Diaspora provides profiles of numerous African and African American mathematicians, both present and past. This site also offers a "contemporary history of Blacks in Mathematics," information on the mathematics of ancient Africa, related links to minorities in mathematics, and a bibliography.

36. Meeting (2003): AHA Session 104: German/Swiss And American Interaction In Higher american mathematicians in Germany, German Mathematicians in the US Interactionsin Higher Education and Science in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries http://www.theaha.org/annual/2003/AHA104.HTM

American Historical Association Annual Meeting Sessions 104. German/Swiss and American Interaction in Higher Education in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Palmer House, Private Dining Room 18 Joint session with the Conference Group for Central European History Chair: Konrad H. Jarausch, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Papers: The Development of the PhD Program on the German Model in the United States from 1862 and How PhD Training Evolved to Influence German Programs in the Twentieth Century Anne J. MacLachlan, University of California at Berkeley American Mathematicians in Germany, German Mathematicians in the U.S.: Interactions in Higher Education and Science in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Annette Vogt, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science The Benefits of Foreign Study: American Women in Swiss Universities before 1914 Natalia Tikonov, University of Geneva Etikettenschwindel: The Invention of Tradition of Newly Established Research Institutions in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries in Germany and the United States Peter Walther, Humboldt University

37. Mathematicians Study The Properties That Bind Things Together And Blow Them Apar The team, led by Homer Walker, head of the Mathematical Sciences Department, ispart of a group of american mathematicians and scientists working on similar http://www.wpi.edu/News/Journal/Summer99/investigations.html

INVESTIGATIONS Research That's Truly Explosive With funding from the Department of Energy, a team of researchers from WPI will spend the next five to 10 years creating computer simulations of fires and explosions. The team, led by Homer Walker , head of the Mathematical Sciences Department, is part of a group of American mathematicians and scientists working on similar research. Along with Walker, Marcus Sarkis, assistant professor of mathematical sciences at WPI, and Michael Tocci '92, a mathematical sciences research associate, are collaborating with their counterparts at the University of Utah's Center for Simulation of Accidental Fires and Explosions (C-SAFE). Walker was a mathematics professor at Utah State University and a member of the C-SAFE team before he came to WPI in 1997. The DOE established C-SAFE with a five-year, $26.8 million contract through its Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI), a program designed to improve the safety and security of the nation's nuclear stockpile. The agency also funded similar centers at Caltech, Stanford, the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (None of the work at these university centers is classified or involves nuclear weapons.) "The overall goal of C-SAFE is to develop an integrated problem-solving environment that will effectively exploit the power of massively parallel computers to carry out 'full-physics' simulation of fire scenarios involving hydrocarbon liquids, chemical explosives, containers and other structures," Walker says. "At WPI, we will focus on developing numerical algorithms and software to solve extremely large problemsultimately involving billions of equations and unknowns. We will use a new generation of massively parallel computers, the most powerful in the world, which have been installed at the national laboratories."

38. The Outstanding Fibonacci Mathematicians Of The 20th Century However the establishment of the mathematical Fibonacci Association by the groupof the american mathematicians in 1963 became by the most outstanding event in http://www.goldenmuseum.com/1601Mathematics_engl.html

The outstanding Fibonacci mathematicians of the 20th century In the 20th century the interest in Fibonacci numbers in modern mathematics again increases. In the first half of the 20th century the considerable results in this area were obtained by the Danish mathematician Willem Abraham Wythoff and the Belgian mathematician Edouard Zeckendorf. Willem Abraham Wythoff (1865-1939). Many combinatorialists and number theorists know about the Wythoff game but few know anything about the man for whom this subject is named. Willem Abraham Wythoff (1865-1939) W. A. Wythoff was born in Amsterdam in 1865, the son of an operator of a sugar refinery. He received Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Amsterdam in 1898. From 1899 to 1929, Dr. Wythoff was the collaborator of Revue Semestrielle des Publications Mathematiques, a forerunner of Mathematical Reviews. The Wythoff game originates in W. A. Wythoff , "A modification of the game of nim," Nieuw Archief voor wiskunde 2 (1905-07) 199-202. Dr. Wythoff's own words: "The game is played by two persons. Two piles of counters are placed on the table, the number of each pile being arbitrary. The players play alternately and either take from one of the piles an arbitrary number of counters or from both piles an equal number. The player who takes up the last counter or counters, wins."

39. American-Scientist-E-PRINT-Forum: Re: Conflating Gate-Keeping With Toll-Gating by the authors. For example many american mathematicians think ofthe Annals of Mathematics as the supreme math journal. I'm not http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/1135.html

Re: Conflating Gate-Keeping with Toll-Gating From: Greg Kuperberg ( greg@MATH.UCDAVIS.EDU Date: Thu Feb 01 2001 - 01:27:43 GMT Next message: etd2001: "ETD 2001: Complete Program Now Available" Previous message: David Goodman: "Alternative journal discussion sites" Maybe in reply to: Stevan Harnad: "Conflating Gate-Keeping with Toll-Gating" Next in thread: Leah Halliday: "Re: Conflating Gate-Keeping with Toll-Gating" Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] ... [ attachment ] On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 11:02:55AM +0000, Manfredi M.A. La Manna wrote: I am sure that the acceptance rate in mathematics is much higher than in many disciplines, and I would guess that it is higher than in economics. My explanation is that, because of the nature of the research, mathematicians rarely disagree about what is right or wrong, and they even agree more than you might expect about the quality of papers. I am not an expert observer of other disciplines, but I remember that a dean at Harvard University (Henry Rozovsky) told me that mathematicians ahd a reputation among deans for consensus in hiring decisions. We still think that we fight a lot over hiring

40. Diverse Issues about the accomplishments of contemporary African American men and women in mathematics,the history of African american mathematicians, and related topics. http://www.american.edu/academic.depts/cas/mathstat/newstudents/shared/diverse/d

Information for Prospective Students Mathematics and Statistics, American University DIVERSITY ISSUES The Department of Mathematics and Statistics strongly believes in welcoming students from all backgrounds. The students in our graduate programs, in particular, look like America, representing diverse ethnic and cultural heritages. While we are proud of our record in attracting and working with students from diverse groups, we remain sensitive to barriers which discourage members of these groups from pursuing studies in mathematics, statistics, and related fields. Click on the following for more information about diversity issues in mathematics and statistics: Math is Power campaign Mathematicians of the African Diaspora SUMMA Program Professor Mary Gray ... Sloan Scholarship Information The Math is Power poster shown at left is from a public education campaign mounted by NACME (the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering). NACME says the purpose of the campaign is " ... to provide information to parents and students about the importance of advanced mathematics courses in high school. The knowledge base of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, precalculus or the equivalent in integrated curricula are crucial gatekeepers for access to a broad range of careers, including engineering, the natural sciences, accounting, investment banking and many others. Students who opt out of academic mathematics as early as eighth grade, essentially forego any future opportunity to pursue a career in such fields."

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