
AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session
Current as of Sunday, February 16, 2025 03:30:04
2025 Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting
- Clemson, SC - Clemson University, Clemson, SC
- March 8-9, 2025 (Saturday - Sunday)
- Meeting #1204
Associate Secretary for the AMS Scientific Program:
Brian D. Boe, brian@math.uga.edu
Please note room assignments are subject to change right up until the meeting occurs. The program published here is continually updated.
Special Session on Theoretical and Educational Aspects of Mathematical Puzzles
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Saturday March 8, 2025, 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Special Session on Theoretical and Educational Aspects of Mathematical Puzzles, I
Room 101, Hardin Hall
Organizers:
Eliza Gallagher, Clemson University egallag@clemson.edu
Neil J Calkin, Clemson University
Jeremy Bernier, Clemson University
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8:00 a.m.
Introductory Remarks -
8:30 a.m.
The Empuzzlement of Logic
Jason Rosenhouse*, James Madison University
(1204-10-47017) -
9:00 a.m.
Creating Playful Mathematics Tasks
Anna Bloodworth, University of Georgia
Amy Burns Ellis, University of Georgia
Robert Ely, University of Idaho
Dru Horne*, University of Georgia
Sohei Yasuda, University of Georgia
(1204-97-47114) -
9:30 a.m.
Integrating Puzzles into Discrete Mathematics
Herman Servatius*, WPI
(1204-97-46948) -
10:00 a.m.
Mathematical Games: A couple of mancala not for two players
Tiago Hirth*, ULisboa CIUHCT
(1204-10-46721) -
10:30 a.m.
An Introduction to Solving Masyu Puzzles
Ben Gobler*, Clemson University
(1204-10-46973)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday March 8, 2025, 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Special Session on Theoretical and Educational Aspects of Mathematical Puzzles, II
Room 101, Hardin Hall
Organizers:
Eliza Gallagher, Clemson University egallag@clemson.edu
Neil J Calkin, Clemson University
Jeremy Bernier, Clemson University
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2:00 p.m.
Recreational mathematics as a form of outreach
Jim Coykendall*, Clemson University
(1204-10-47267) -
2:30 p.m.
System-Centric Puzzle Design in Patrick's Parabox
Patrick Joseph Traynor*, Not an AMS member
(1204-10-47026) -
3:00 p.m.
Puzzles, Play, and Self-Efficacy in Mathematical Problem Solving: The Case of Timothy Burns
Jeremy Bernier*, Clemson University
(1204-97-46976) -
3:30 p.m.
Magic squares, pentominoes, and Sudoku: notes on designing puzzles and the computational nature of "aha" moments
Cristopher David Moore*, Santa Fe Institute
(1204-10-47084) -
4:00 p.m.
Beyond Sudoku: An Undergraduate Course for Developing Mathematical Creativity and Deductive Reasoning with Logic Puzzles
Jeffrey Wanko*, Miami University
(1204-10-46951) -
4:30 p.m.
Discussion
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2:00 p.m.
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Sunday March 9, 2025, 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Special Session on Theoretical and Educational Aspects of Mathematical Puzzles, III
Room 101, Hardin Hall
Organizers:
Eliza Gallagher, Clemson University egallag@clemson.edu
Neil J Calkin, Clemson University calkin@clemson.edu
Jeremy Bernier, Clemson University
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8:00 a.m.
Quad-Packing in EvenQuads
Taiki Aiba, Polymath Jr
Dani Catala, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sarah Covey, Polymath Jr
Timothy E. Goldberg*, Lenoir-Rhyne University
Lauren L Rose, Bard College
(1204-05-47120) -
8:30 a.m.
Floor-to-Ceiling Adventures with Rubik's Cubes
Lauren L Rose*, Bard College
Daniel Rose-Levine, Bard College
A. Gwinn Royal, Ivy Tech Community College
(1204-10-47117) -
9:00 a.m.
Intriguing connections between puzzles and mazes
Yossi Elran*, Davidson Institute of Science Education, Weizmann Institute
(1204-10-47210) -
9:30 a.m.
Sudoku Puzzles as a Teaching Tool in "Material and Energy Balances", an Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Course
Vincent Joseph Tocco*, University of Florida, Department of Chemical Engineering
(1204-10-46928) -
10:00 a.m.
Art of Sudoku course progress report
Thomas Occhipinti*, Luther College
(1204-10-47155) -
10:30 a.m.
Discussion
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8:00 a.m.
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Sunday March 9, 2025, 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Special Session on Theoretical and Educational Aspects of Mathematical Puzzles, IV
Organizers:
Eliza Gallagher, Clemson University egallag@clemson.edu
Neil J Calkin, Clemson University
Jeremy Bernier, Clemson University
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2:00 p.m.
Variant Sudoku in Undergraduate Mathematics
Neil J Calkin, Clemson University
Eliza Gallagher*, Clemson University
(1204-10-47122) -
2:30 p.m.
Using sudoku and escape room puzzles to unlock student confidence in problem solving, critical thinking, and logic
William A Alexander*, The University of Memphis
(1204-10-47242) -
3:00 p.m.
Similarity Measures for Variant Sudoku Puzzles
Neil J Calkin*, Clemson University
Eliza Gallagher, Clemson University
(1204-10-47010) -
3:30 p.m.
Concluding Remarks -
4:00 p.m.
Working Group: Puzzle Construction
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2:00 p.m.
Inquiries: meet@ams.org