AMS :: 2024 Fall Eastern Sectional Meeting, AMS Special Session

AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session

Current as of Sunday, October 27, 2024 03:30:05

Steven H Weintraub, shw2@lehigh.edu

Saturday October 19, 2024, 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Special Session on Topics in Recreational Math and Finite Geometry, I
HU 20, Humanities Building
Organizers:
Lauren L Rose, Bard College rose@bard.edu
Kelly Isham, Colgate University
Liz McMahon, Lafayette College
Gary Gordon, Lafayette College
- 8:00 a.m.
  Break
- 9:00 a.m.
  How Many SET Daily Puzzles are there?
  Gary Gordon, Lafayette College
  Liz McMahon*, Lafayette College
  (1200-10-40214)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Enumerating the Different Daily SET Puzzles
  Gary Gordon, Lafayette College
  Kelly Isham*, Colgate University
  Nathan Kaplan, University of California, Irvine
  Liz McMahon, Lafayette College
  (1200-10-40177)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Domino SET and other games based on Steiner Triple Systems
  Timothy E. Goldberg, Lenoir-Rhyne University
  Lauren L Rose*, Bard College
  (1200-05-39952)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Avoiding Triplets in the Card Game Spot It!
  Joshua Jospeh Krienke*, Bard College
  (1200-10-39554)

Saturday October 19, 2024, 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Special Session on Topics in Recreational Math and Finite Geometry, II
HU 20, Humanities Building
Organizers:
Lauren L Rose, Bard College rose@bard.edu
Kelly Isham, Colgate University
Liz McMahon, Lafayette College
Gary Gordon, Lafayette College
- 3:00 p.m.
  A Mathematical Overview of EvenQuads
  Denise A Rangel Tracy*, Francis Marion University
  (1200-10-40219)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Quad Packing
  Taiki Aiba, Georgia Tech
  Dani Catala*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Marcus Chung, Amherst College
  Sarah Covey, Harvey Mudd College
  (1200-10-39389)
- 4:00 p.m.
  How many cards should you lay out in EvenQuads?
  Kariane Calta, Vassar College
  Timothy E. Goldberg*, Lenoir-Rhyne University
  Lauren L Rose, Bard College
  (1200-05-39945)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Caps and Max Caps in Quad-128
  Kariane Calta*, Vassar College
  Timothy E. Goldberg, Lenoir-Rhyne University
  Lauren L Rose, Bard College
  (1200-05-39946)
- 5:00 p.m.
  The $k$-Cover Conjecture in the Game Quads
  Daniel Rose-Levine*, Bard College
  (1200-51-40080)
- 5:30 p.m.
  New lower bounds on the $k$-point problem of $2$-caps in $\mathrm {AG}(n,2)$
  Darrion Thornburgh*, Vanderbilt University
  (1200-05-40064)

Sunday October 20, 2024, 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Special Session on Topics in Recreational Math and Finite Geometry, III
HU 20, Humanities Building
Organizers:
Lauren L Rose, Bard College rose@bard.edu
Kelly Isham, Colgate University
Liz McMahon, Lafayette College
Gary Gordon, Lafayette College
- 8:00 a.m.
  Break
- 8:30 a.m.
  Generalizations of MacMahon's cube stacking puzzle
  Ethan J Berkove*, Lafayette College
  (1200-05-39844)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Proving Worpitzky's identity by passing
  Steve Butler*, Iowa State University
  (1200-05-38433)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Baseball-bany: Winkler's home-field paradox revisited
  John M. Harris, Furman University
  Michael J. Mossinghoff*, Center For Communications Research
  (1200-10-39362)
- 10:00 a.m.
  The Blob and the Blob Game
  James A. Schmidt, Dartmouth
  Peter M Winkler*, Dartmouth College
  (1200-51-39948)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Variations on the "Lights Out" game.
  Joseph Smith, Colgate University
  Gabriel Sosa*, Colgate University
  (1200-10-40062)

Sunday October 20, 2024, 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Special Session on Topics in Recreational Math and Finite Geometry, IV
HU 20, Humanities Building
Organizers:
Lauren L Rose, Bard College rose@bard.edu
Kelly Isham, Colgate University
Liz McMahon, Lafayette College
Gary Gordon, Lafayette College
- 2:00 p.m.
  Discussion
- 2:30 p.m.
  Black Hole Zeckendorf Games
  Caroline Cashman, Williams and Mary
  Steven Joel Miller, Williams College
  Jenna Martin Shuffelton*, Williams College
  Daeyoung Son, Williams College
  (1200-10-39970)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Solving Ziggu Puzzles: Ziggurat, Zigguflat, Zigguhooked and more!
  Madeleine E Goertz, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
  Aaron Williams*, Williams College
  (1200-10-40276)
- 3:30 p.m.
  From M&Ms to Mathematics, or, how I learned to answer questions and help my kids love math
  Steven Joel Miller*, Williams College
  (1200-10-40042)