Math Clubs 4

Tentative list of topics for Math Club 4:

 

  • Are you good at giving directions? Learning to follow and formulate instructions.
  • Pentominoes in 2D and 3D.
  • Blokus game: a game of constrained growth.
  • Knots: tie your shoes! How about braids?
  • Fold and cut theorem: How to cut only once?
  • Ghost Blitz: How fast can you match shapes and colors, or none of them?
  • Game of SET: all the same or all different!
  • Game of Spot-It: A Game in the Projective Plane!
  • What color is your hat? The King’s Wise Men and their problems.
  • Logic table: How to tell a knave from a knight? Game of Cat crimes!
  • Types of symmetries: mirror, rotational, translational, any more?
  • Even more symmetry: two holes with a single punch? Can we do better?
  • The skyscraper problem: How can city streets be arranged?
  • Keva: The skyscraper problem: You build a circular tower out of rectangular planks?
  • Projections: Can side views tell us everything about an object?
  • Nets: What do 3D objects look like when flat?
  • Zome: How to go from 2D to 3D with just balls and sticks?
  • Chances: how many times to roll a dice to get a 7?
  • Fractals: let’s look for things that repeat themselves!
  • Topology: from donuts and mugs to Klein bottles!
  • Linguistics: What makes a language?
  • Binary numbers: How do computers see numbers?
  • Cyphers: How to write secret messages and how to read them?
  • Game theory: Can you always win? How about your opponent?
  • Tessellation: Are there shapes that can fill the entire board without gaps or overlaps ? How about shapes that never repeat?
  • Guesstimation: Which one is more frequent in the world? Math teachers or tractors?