Robert Carl Yates, 1904-1963

• BS, Virginia Military Institute, 1924.
• Taught at VMI.
• BA, Washington and Lee, 1926.
• MA, Johns Hopkins, 1928.
• PhD, Johns Hopkins, 1930.
• COL, Corps of Engineers, 1942-1954.
• Associate Professor of Mathematics, USMA, June 15, 1942 to 24 August, 1954.
• Head, Department of Mathematics, William and Mary College.

Books:

1. The trisection problem. [Baton Rouge, The Franklin press] 1942.

   • 1947. Ann Arbor Michigan, Edwards Brothers, inc. Photo-lithoprint of 1942. Circ: QA468 .Y3. Math Dept copy missing.

   • Ann Arbor, Mich., Edwards, 1947.

   • Photo-offset of 1942 as Volume 3 of the NCTM Classics in Mathematics Education Series, 1971.

2. A handbook on curves and their properties. First published 1942.

• Republished, Ann Arbor, J.W. Edwards, 1947. Spec: QA483 .Y3 1947.

• Reprinted by Edwards Brothers, 1959.

• Photo-lithoprint of 1959 edition as Curves and Their Properties as Volume 4 of the NCTM Classics in Mathematics Education Series, 1974.

3. Curves, prepared for use in the Department of mathematics, U. S. Military academy. [West Point, N.Y.] Lithographed by Reproduction plant, U.S.M.A., c1946. 1 p. l., [1], 230, [4] p. illus., diagrs. 23 cm.Circ and Spec (2): QA565 .Y3.

4. Geometrical tools, a mathematical sketch and model book. St. Louis, Educational Publishers [1949]. Circ and Math: QA464 .Y3 1949.

5. A handbook on curves and their properties. Ann Arbor, J.W. Edwards, 1952. Circ and Math: QA483 .Y3 1952.

6. Differential equations. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1952. Circ and Spec: QA371 .Y3.  1958 printing, Math: QA371 .Y3 1958.

7. Analytic geometry with calculus, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, 1961. Circ and Math: QA551 .Y33.

Journal Articles:

1. The Description of a Surface of Constant Curvature, American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 38, No. 10. (Dec., 1931), pp. 573-574.
2. The Rectangular Five-Point, American Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 54, No. 3. (Jul., 1932), pp. 496-498.
3. Mechanically Described Curves, National Mathematics Magazine [later Mathematics Magazine], Vol. 10, No. 4. (Jan., 1936), pp. 134-138.
4. Sylvester at the University of Virginia, American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 44, No. 4. (Apr., 1937), pp. 194-201.
5. Line Motion and Trisection, National Mathematics Magazine, 13 (1938) 63-66.
6. An Ellipsograph, National Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 5. (Feb., 1938), pp. 213-215.
7. "A Trisector," National Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 7. (Apr., 1938), pp. 323-324.
8. A Linkage for Describing Curves Parallel to the Ellipse (in Questions, Discussions, and Notes), American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 45, No. 9. (Nov., 1938), pp. 607-608.
9. The Trisection Problem (in The Teacher's Department), National Mathematics Magazine, Chapters I-V:
• Vol. 15, No. 3. (Dec., 1940), pp. 129-142.
• Vol. 15, No. 4. (Jan., 1941), pp. 191-202.
• Vol. 15, No. 6. (Mar., 1941), pp. 278-293.
• Vol. 16, No. 1. (Oct., 1941), pp. 20-28.
• Vol. 16, No. 4. (Jan., 1942), pp. 171-182.
10. A Note on the 3-Bar Curve , National Mathematics Magazine ( later Mathematics Magazine), 14, no. 4,  (January 1940) 190-192.
11. The Angle Ruler, the Marked Ruler and the Carpenter's Square, National Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 15, No. 2. (Nov., 1940), pp. 61-73.
12. The Probability Integral (in Classroom Notes),American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 57, No. 6. (Jun. - Jul., 1950), pp. 412-413. With C. P. Nicholas.
13. Normal and Tangential Acceleration (in Classroom Notes), American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 58, No. 4. (Apr., 1951), pp. 255-256. With C. P. Nicholas.
14. Rolling Polygons (in Classroom Notes), American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 66, No. 2. (Feb., 1959), pp. 130-135.
15. The Catenary and the Tractrix (in Classroom Notes), American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 66, No. 6. (Jun. - Jul., 1959), pp. 500-505.
16. The Law of the Mean (in Classroom Notes), American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 66, No. 7. (Aug. - Sep., 1959), pp. 579-580.
17. Curvatures of $r^n = \cos n\theta$ (in Classroom Notes), American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 67, No. 3. (Mar., 1960), pp. 275-278.