UConn Math Club
MSB 118
Oct. 13, 5:15-6:05
(Free refreshments)


Chuck Vinsonhaler
(UConn)
The game of SET



Abstract

SET is a card game invented by a population geneticist, Marsha Jean Falco, in 1974. Though simple to learn and play, the game has a rich mathematical structure linking it to combinatorics, geometry and the theory of error-correcting codes. After learning the game, we will examine some of the mathematics. No background is necessary, although familiarity with addition and multiplication modulo 3 will be helpful.


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