"Rock, Paper, Scissors, etc."
Time and place:
1 PM on Thursday, October 12th, 2017; NAC 6/106
Description:
Speaker: Dr. Ethan Akin (CCNY)
Professor Akin presents a group theoretic take on the traditional game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, and what happens when you extend the game to include even more objects. Fans of the TV show, The Big Bang Theory, will recognize the game's extension to 5 as "Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock." But what if you kept adding nerdy sci-fi references? How can you generalize a game to include n objects? Come find out!
