Prof. Toundykov has asked me to pass along the announcement below about this week’s Math Club event:
When: Thursday (11 Apr 13) at 1700 (5 pm)
Where: Avery 106
Who: Kathryn Haymaker (UNL graduate student)
Title: Counting techniques and the game SET
Abstract: SET is a multi-person card game in which the goal is to collect particular sets of three cards from a group of 12 (or more). The person with the most SETs by the end of the game wins. We will use different counting techniques to answer some interesting questions about the game, including: what is the size of the largest group of cards that does not contain a SET?, and, what is the most common type of SET? It turns out, one of the questions above was actually answered 11 years before the game was invented! In this talk we will relate this proof back to the game SET and discuss some generalizations.
Katie gives great talks, and even if you have never played SET before, I think you’ll enjoy this one. Please try to attend! As usual, there will be pizza and pop.