You heard that right! A large online gathering of entertainment mathematics – a global gathering in honor of Martin Gardner is coming. As usual, due to the time difference, Beijing time is exactly 12 hours faster than Atlanta time, so it is 0:00, 4:00 and 8:00 a.m. Beijing time from 10.19 to 10.25.
As is customary, each game is expected to range from 30-45 minutes. The theme of this party includes dense shops, origami, magic, etc., you can pick your own interest in the theme to listen to (you need to install ZOOM in advance, download the link at the end of the article) meeting number 93502013825).
Here are 21 themes and their introductions, let's take a look at what are the fun themes!
01 Origami structure with higher dimensionality
At 0:00 a.m. Beijing time on October 19, 2021
Introduction: Origami is an ancient art that has developed to this day and continues to bring people a sense of art and science. In 2012, Buhler, Butler, deLauney, and Graham further expanded on this idea by establishing a mathematical structure inspired by origami. We generalize previously known work on these algebras and geometries to higher dimensionality.
Guest Presentation: Adriana Salerno, from Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, received her B.S. in Mathematics from Simon Bolivar University in 2001 and her Ph.D. from the University of Texas in 2009. She is now a professor of mathematics at Bates College, a small liberal arts college in Maine. Adriana Salerno's main area of research is number theory, especially the intersection of number theory and geometry, physics, cryptography, and coding theory. She is also very interested in math communication and teaching and wants to create a more inclusive and equitable math community.
02 Write a math article for the New York Times
4:00 a.m. Beijing time on October 19, 2021
In the spring of 2010, Steven Strotgatz wrote a series of 15 articles for The New York Times, covering mathematical elements from basic to advanced. In this talk, he will describe his tortuous experience of bringing mathematics to the masses and will share his successes and failures.
Speaker: Steven Strogatz is a professor of applied mathematics at Cornell University. He studies nonlinear dynamics and complex systems applied to the physical, biological, and social sciences. His new book, Infinite Power, is a New York Times bestseller.
03 Tbent
At 8:00 a.m. Beijing time on October 19, 2021
Description: Here will be presented two or three beautiful animated proofs of John Conway's ingenious theories.
Guest Description: Burkard Polster is a mathematician at Monash University in Australia, who hosts mathologer on YouTube. He did everything he could to follow in Martin Gardner's footsteps, as it was Martin Gardner's articles that inspired him to become a mathematician and led him to the mathematical hero John Conway.
04 Multi-dimensional (including fractional dimensions) of romance
October 20, 2021 at 0:00 a.m. Beijing time
Description: Dimensions seem to be an intuitive concept. We are all familiar with zero-dimensional points, 1D curves, 2D surfaces, and 3D solids. Yet dimension is an elusive concept that it took mathematicians many years to figure out. We will discuss the history of dimensions, including the discoveries that puzzled mathematicians at Cantor, the surprises of spatial filling curves, the public's fascination with the fourth dimension, time as an extra dimension, the meaning of non-integer dimensions, and the unpredictable nature of high-dimensional spaces.
Guest Introduction: Dave Richeson is a professor of mathematics at Dickinson College. His research interests include topology, dynamical systems, geometry, history of mathematics, fun mathematics, mathematics and the arts, and mathematical reviews. He is the author of Jewels of Euler: The Birth of Polyhedra Formulas and Topology and The Story of the Impossible: An Exploration of Solving Ancient Mathematical Problems in 2000, and for six years as editor of the MAA (Mathematical Association of America) Journal of Mathematical Horizons. He grew up reading his father's Martin Gardner Collection and attended G4G (Martin Gardner Party) starting at G4G11.
05 Revisit the video of the Geometric Center
October 20, 2021 at 4:00 a.m. Beijing time
Description: To be determined
Speaker: Tamara Munzner is a professor of computer science at the University of British Columbia. She worked at the Center for Geometry from 1991 to 1995 and received her Ph.D. from Stanford in 2000. In 2014, she published Visual Analysis and Design, the first in the AK Peters Visual Series (CRC/Routledge Press), and continues to serve as editor of the series. In 2015, she received the IEEE VGTC Visualization Technology Achievement Award.
06 A new way to fold a paper cube
October 20, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. Beijing time
Description: What shape of paper can be folded into a cell cube? Depending on the type of folding allowed, this seemingly simple question can have many interesting answers and expanded open-ended questions. In particular, we will see a 3×3 square paper (6×6 creases) folded into a cell cube along the horizontal, vertical, and diagonal creases. (This is the result of a collaboration with Kingston Yao Czajkowski et al.)
Introduction: Erik Demaine is a computer science professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Erik's research interests span the field of algorithms, from improving the structure of data for web searches to understanding the geometry of how proteins fold, to the computational difficulty of playing games. He was a MacArthur Award: "Computer geometrist who is able to handle and solve difficult problems related to folding and bending easily between theory and entertainment, and is passionate about discovering theories in entertainment." He appeared in the origami documentary Between Folds and NOVA's Origami Revolution; co-authored a book on folding theory, Geometric Folding Algorithms, and a book on the computational complexity of games, Games, Puzzles, and Calculations. Along with his father Martin, his interests spanned mathematics and art, and his work, the Curved Crease Sculpture, was in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian Museum.
07 Talk about the power of numbers
October 21, 2021 at 0:00 a.m. Beijing time
Description: Around 1502, Luca Pacioli wrote The Power of Numbers, which contained mathematical problems, puzzles, and many others. This volume of the collection of books, we are the first to hear. Although it was intended for publication, it remained preserved in manuscript form until the 20th century. Let's learn about this book with more than 200 mathematical puzzles and its history and author.
Speaker: Tiago Hirth Hess) is a PhD scholar funded by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at the Central University of Lisbon. He is currently an advisor to the Gardner Gathering G4G Foundation and an associate editor of fun math magazine. When he doesn't popularize science, perform magic, help CircoMatemático grow (he helped found it in 2011), start a studio, organize conferences, or other distractions, he likes to do research in fun math, board game research, and magic art.
08 Fold out the wallpaper pattern
October 21, 2021 at 4:00 a.m. Beijing time
Description: This lecture will introduce an example of exploring wallpaper groups through the origami process. The folding techniques of tessellation patterns (and other symmetrical patterns) will begin with a brief introduction, including some basic movements that can be combined to produce patterns with an arbitrary intricate visual degree. We believe that inlaid origami provide a particularly effective mechanism for exploring wallpaper groups, as they (inlaid origami) often allow for manual implementation (and reverse) physical changes to change the symmetry group, which requires only one sheet of paper and no more equipment. Mental and tactile experiences that recognize and perform this change may help identify potential symmetrical structures. Quickly and simply adjusting the crease chart can cause changes that are mathematically significant (e.g., eliminating reflections while preserving rotational symmetry), or changes that retain the original wallpaper group but have a significant change in appearance. The presentation will introduce some of the key concepts of wallpaper group classification, but will focus on playing on paper.
Speaker: Rachel Quinlan is a mathematician at the National University of Ireland at Galway. She received her Ph.D. in algebra from the University of Alberta in 2000 and her current research activities focus on the combination of matrix theory and linear algebra. She likes to fold out symmetrical patterns with paper, and you can search for @rkquinlan on Twitter.
09 How to throw two dice
October 21, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. Beijing time
Description: Gamers such as Monopoly and Catan Roll roll a pair of six-sided dice and use the sum of the results. There are many non-standard dice designs that give the same result distribution. A famous example is the Sitchman dice pair (one of the six sides has a number of points of 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4; the other six sides have a number of points of 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8), discovered by Colonel George Sichmann and popularized by Martin Gardner, the only pair of heterogeneous dice encoded in positive integers, with the same sum distribution as standard dice. More than six-sided dice, and more than just summation, provide more methods for achieving the desired distribution, some of which were discovered by the reporter.
Speakers: Alexandre Muñiz designed many puzzles and dice.
10 Two Conway geometry games
October 22, 2021 at 0:00 a.m. Beijing time
Description: John Conway loved to explore the unusual nature of triangles, as well as the nature of the dense paving. Both of his discoveries are named after him – Conway's circle theorem and Conway's principle. I'll talk about these two games, one of which leads to a new shop app.
Guest Introduction: Doris Schattschneider, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of Moravia, is known for his works and lectures on the work of the dense shop, especially graphic artist M.C. Escher. As a friend of John Conway for more than 40 years, she honored him with this report.
11 The Art of Communicating Science
October 22, 2021 at 4:00 a.m. Beijing time
Description: How do you tell the story of science? After 35 years at the helm of the prestigious PBS science series Nova, Paula Apsell will discuss the art of science communication on television and online. Using NOVA's clips, she will share how complex scientific ideas are accepted and compelling.
Guest Description: Paula S. Apsell started broadcasting on the Boston television channel WGBH. In 1975, she joined the Science Documentary NOVA Group, where they set the standard for television and online science programs, producing documentaries on topics ranging from artificial intelligence and genetic engineering to aviation safety. In 1985, after a year at MIT as a member of Science News magazine, she became a senior executive producer at NOVA. In 2018, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She is also a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
12 Convex pentagonal dense paving
October 22, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. Beijing time
Description: There is a rich mathematical history of paving planes with convex pentagons, in which Martin Gardner and other participants played a key role. The public can appreciate the related questions and the beautiful patterns generated by the results. The characteristics of all these dense shops are very conducive to mathematical science. For easy hands-on display, the example of a dense paver with integer edges simplifies the creation of a paving pattern. Let me share the mathematical problems involved in determining convex pentagons with integer edges that can be densely paved, referred to here as "pintegons".
Speaker: Glenn · A former financial analyst, Whitney is the founder of the National Museum of Mathematics, an adjunct university math teacher, the editor of the "The Playground Problem" column of Mathematical Horizon magazine, and the author of the Studioinfinity.org website.
13 Always see the sunny side of mathematics
October 23, 2021 at 0:00 a.m. Beijing time
"Some people think math sucks, and that really makes me sad – math is more than just arithmetic. Mathematics is everywhere, and it's beautiful, I swear. It's not hard to generalize mathematics. I always see the positive side of math. I always see the bright side of mathematics. Let's go to Portland or San Diego, California, Tacoma, Washington to see how they play games in public, show puzzles, models, and problems to create a positive attitude towards math. This list of places (and people involved) isn't exhaustive, but it inspires me to do more. Maybe it will motivate you as well.
Jenny Quinn is president of the American Mathematical Association and a professor at the University of Washington, Tacoma. As an award-winning teacher, scholar, and author, Jenny is committed to making mathematics understandable, appreciatable, and human. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the tacomamath working group created a chalk writing game outdoors for math tasks at different levels (both electronic and print), and produced youtube short videos to encourage community members to love mathematical culture. It was also in response to the pandemic that Jenny began blogging about "https://mathinthetimeofcorona.wordpress.com/", documenting her distance math teaching, maintaining popularity, building communities in isolation, and the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on our personal and professional lives. As a combinatorialist, Jenny believes that the proof of beauty is as artistic as science. Recently she has been working on art as a means of communicating mathematics, and we'll hear a little bit about it in today's talk.
14 Refactoring: How did Martin Gardner inspire the development of computer science theories?
October 23, 2021 at 4:00 a.m. Beijing time
In the last 10 to 15 years, a popular area of theoretical computer science has been "combinatorial refactoring" or "refactoring". Martin Gardner's contributions to this field are not widely understood. I'm about to show that the fundamental problem of refactoring – essentially the "mobile coin puzzle" – originated as an exchange gift from G4G6!
Guest Introduction: Bob Hearn was in Martin Gardner grew up in books and Scientific American articles, which led him to develop a lifelong love of math and puzzles, earning him a MIT Ph.D. degree, and co-publishing books on games, puzzles, and calculations with Erik Demaine. Subsequently, he worked on the once popular Mac program Clarisworks and was involved in the start-ups of many other software companies. Another hobby of Bob is running ultramarathons, and he holds several records for the U.S. age group. Bob has been attending the Fourth Martin Gardner Gathering since 2002 and has served as G4G Project Chair and Moderator since 2015.
15 Mathematical Magic Theme Song
October 23, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. Beijing time
Description: I will perform – and explain! - Some magic tricks based on interesting mathematical principles.
Guest Description: Matt Baker is an internationally renowned professor of mathematics at Georgia Tech during the day and a versatile magician at night. Matt received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1999 and was promoted to full professor at Georgia Tech in 2011. He has published 3 math books and more than 40 research papers, written a popular math blog, and is a member of the American Mathematical Society. Matt's passion for teaching has earned him many awards, including the GEORGIA Tech CETL/BP Junior Teacher Teaching Award and the Georgia University System Board of Trustees Teaching Excellence Award. Matt is currently associate dean of Georgia Tech's Faculty Development Division. During his magic career, Matt also received praise. Matt has twice won the Atlanta Grand Magician of the Year award, and he was invited three times to Fechter's Finger Flick Show at the world's first close-up magic convention. Matt's magic creations have appeared in several national journals, and in 2019, he published his first original magic book, titled Buena Vista Shuffle Club. World-famous magician Joshua · Jay calls it "an excellent, interesting, personally collectible magic book that is intriguing to read." ”
16 Pentagon: User's Guide
October 24, 2021 0:00 a.m. Beijing time
Description: The regular pentagon will have gaps when it is densely paved, but don't let this example tarnish the good reputation of the pentagon! Come on, let's explore these 15 types of irregular pentagons that can be paved with planes, traversing the five-fold symmetry, giving a quick glimpse of single paved tiles, and of course fractals. Get ready to find out all the interesting and informative things about five in this complete pentagonal manual!
Guest Introduction: Ayliean Macdonald is a math teacher who is committed to exploring, interpreting, and sparking students' interest in math in innovative ways. Her characteristics are often reflected in the use of delayed plotting of models and fractals to show changes and progressions in processes that are not displayed for still images of mathematical objects.
17 Graph theory, geometry and constituency division
October 24, 2021 at 4:00 a.m. Beijing time
When you want to divide a state to gain the right to vote, what are the ways to draw the line? If you can't find all the ways, can you choose a good example? I will discuss some very simple graphic and geometric issues that may help us make progress in policy and democratic elections.
Moon Duchin is a professor of mathematics at Tufts University and a senior researcher on civic life at Tisch College. She founded the Metric Geometry and Rezoning Constituency Group, which uses geometry and computation to study rezoning constituencies and suffrage. She is a fellow of the American Mathematical Society and was awarded the Guggenheim Scholar Award and the Radcliffe Prize in 2018.
18 Face Changing Polygon: And Martin Gardner follow this winding path
October 24, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. Beijing time
The story begins in 1959 when Martin Gardner introduced me to the face-changing polygon. After discovering another face-changing quadrilateral in 1961, I had the desire to tell the story. Based on a series of face-changing quadrilaterals, I came up with my theory of harmonious face-changing, and I found that they have a one-to-one correspondence with pentaton dominoes, with a small amount of redefinition. Then, I found that the face-changing hexagon is the same, placing the two face-changing models on the same plane, and they have many properties in common. I will show how to make them to confirm my theory. After learning penrose mosaics, I made the most beautiful penrose tile puzzles in 2006, and my desire to show these special guests my penrose mosaic coloring concept. I expect to travel to Atlanta for G4G14, using face-changing polygons as a tool to showcase my Penrose work. I'll bring some of these pieces and other works of art that I'd like to show at my booth. Please visit my website www.r2d3.com for most of this talk, which was written before the invitation was sent.
Introduction: Red Deupree was trained as a scientist. As a child, he aspired to be an inventor or a scientist (guys in white experimental coats). At the age of 30, he came across a computer and was very successful. He made a living writing and maintaining custom software and databases, first for Ford and then for R2D3. After retiring, he wrote applications that normalized the system that colored penrose tiles. When he learned about G4G and had the idea of presenting Penrose's artwork with face-changing quadrilaterals, he wrote an application designing face-changing hexagons. In the case of G4G postponed due to the new crown epidemic, he normalized the theory of harmonious face-changing hexagons, which will be displayed here.
19 Construction of an intellectual toy museum
October 25, 2021 at 0:00 am Beijing time
Description: Building a museum of intellectual toys with a "show and play" function is easy for 10 or so intellectual toys, but challenging for 50,000 intellectual toys.
Speaker: George Miller studies artificial intelligence, and he does global foreign exchange systems at bank of the United States. Before mass marketing, he liked to design intellectual toys and then put them on the market. Roxanne Miller studies history. She works as an English teacher in Hong Kong. Her hobbies are collecting puzzles such as Rubik's Cubes, Magic Gold, Alien Puzzles, and Crystal Puzzles.
20 Commemoration of martin Gardner global gathering
October 25, 2021 at 4:00 a.m. Beijing time
Description: What makes the party so enjoyable is that we share time together and exchange ideas and ideas. In this spirit, we invite you to join us, from around the world, with exaggerated jokes, magic tricks and stunts.
Guest Introduction: Jim Gardner from Norman, Oklahoma, will bring a funny Gardner joke. Rafael Benatar from Caracas, Thomas fraps from Munich, Pit hartling from Frankfurt, Lior manor from Israel, Norman Gilbreath from Los Angeles (hosted by Gordon Bean from schenectady), and Mark mitton from New York. Tadashi tokieda from Palo Alto will showcase a fantastic new mathematical entertainment toy speedcubers. Lucas Garron and Cary Huang will showcase Conway's Game of Life and show us some dazzling Rubik's Cube Twist tricks.
21 And the mathematician went on a trip
October 25, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. Beijing time
In the 1960s and 1970s, David Henderson (1939-2018) was a well-known topologist. However, he bid farewell to the purely theoretical space and turned to mathematical education. He considers himself a geometrist and is the author of Experiential and Differential Geometry: An Introduction to Geometry. Bob Moses (1935-2021) invited him to design geometric materials for algebra projects. This talk is about my trip with David Henderson, and how he taught me to observe the ubiquity of mathematics.
Guest Introduction: Denia Termina was born in Riga, Latvia. She has taught a variety of math classes at the University of Latvia and Cornell University. She is famous for being the pioneer of hyperbolic weaving, and her book Journey of Weaving on a Hyperbolic Plane is widely known. Her initial mathematical models introduced her to the art of weaving, and her work has been exhibited in several art exhibitions.
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https://www.gathering4gardner.org/g4gs-celebration-of-mind-2021-10/
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