Recent Events

Mar 13, 2019

Maureen Carroll (University of Scranton) and Elyn Rykken (Muhlenberg College) – Constructions on the Sphere

The geometric constructions we learn in high school can be thought of as a one-player game of skill where the goal is to produce some planar geometric…

Feb 27, 2019

Jed Mihalisin – meta-Gaming and “Anscombe’s Game”

Abstract: I’ll describe some of my favorite puzzles and board games with commentary on their “value” and the current role of games in our society…

Oct 17, 2018

Aimee Johnson (Swarthmore College) – Speedups of Z^d actions

Abstract: In this talk, we will discuss measurable dynamical systems and what it means to be able to “speed up” one system to “look like” another.  In…