2018 CoM Events

The Department of Mathematical Sciences is, once again, hosting Celebration of Mind (CoM), an annual world wide event promoting the fun and beautiful side of Mathematics. CoM will provide a host of different booths where children and adults of all ages can see practical, live demonstrations of how math comes up in the real world – and just how amazing it all is!
The event will be held in the forth floor of Champions Hall on March 31st from 10:00am – 2:00pm.
The best way to get to the fourth floor would be to take the stairs on the north-facing, right side of the building; however, elevator access is available on the third floor near the south end of the building.
This event (in-tandem with others around the world) is dedicated to Martin Gardner who, as a mathmagician, strove to make math more approachable and engaging.
Visit our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/UACelebrationofMind for pictures and more information!

MathsJam is a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed maths enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they like. Puzzles, games, problems, or just anything they think is cool or interesting. In Christchurch, we meet on the third Tuesday of every month from 7pm in the evening, and in October we’ll be meeting on 16th in The Twisted Hop on Ferry Road. Join us for a night of maths and Gardner fun!

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Special lecture by Professor Jennifer Quinn: “Epic Math Battles: Counting vs. Matching” (Ross Hall 1040), followed by a festival of math activities and games (University Center, Panorama Room).

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The National Museum of Natural History and Science of Portugal opens its doors once more to receive the VI Feira da Matematica.

We will have two dais full of science, culture and educational activities for all kinds of public. Exhibitions, contests, demonstrations, shows and a Plenary Session on the life and work of Martin Gardner.

On Friday the 25th we have a special program for Schools from 10h to 17h.
On Saturday the 26th the program is dedicated to the general public from 11h to 18h.

The entrance, participation and visit of all activities of the Feira da Matematica are free of charge.

For more information visithttps://museus.ulisboa.pt/pt-pt/feira-da-matematica-2019

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O Museu Nacional de Historia Natural e da Ciencia recebe mais uma edico da Feira da Matematica!

Serão dois dias repletos de atividades cientificas, culturais e educativas dirigidas a todos os públicos, desde exposicões, jogos e desafios, concursos, demonstracões, palestras, teatro, Circo Matematico, sessões a volta de livros, Fado Mathematico e sessão de homenagem a Martin Gardner.

Sexta-feira, dia 25 | Programa especial para Escolas | 10h-17h
Sabado, dia 26 | Programa para p√∫blico em geral | 11h-18h

Entrada livre e participaco gratuita em todas as atividades.

Programa brevemente disponivel

Mais informacões emhttps://museus.ulisboa.pt/pt-pt/feira-da-matematica-2019

The National Museum of Natural History and Science of Portugal opens its doors once more to receive the V Feira da Matematica.

We will have two dais full of science, culture and educational activities for all kinds of public. Exhibitions, contests, demonstrations, shows and a Plenary Session on the life and work of Martin Gardner.

On Friday the 19th we have a special program for Schools from 10h to 17h.
On Saturday the 20th the program is dedicated to the general public from 11h to 18h.

The entrance, participation and visit of all activities of the Feira da Matematica are free of charge.

For more information visithttps://museus.ulisboa.pt/pt-pt/V-feira-da-matematica

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O Museu Nacional de Historia Natural e da Ciencia recebe mais uma edico da Feira da Matematica!

Serão dois dias repletos de atividades cientificas, culturais e educativas dirigidas a todos os públicos, desde exposicões, jogos e desafios, concursos, demonstracões, palestras, teatro, Circo Matematico, sessões a volta de livros, Fado Mathematico e sessão de homenagem a Martin Gardner.

Sexta-feira, dia 19 | Programa especial para Escolas | 10h-17h
Sabado, dia 20 | Programa para p√∫blico em geral | 11h-18h

Entrada livre e participaco gratuita em todas as atividades.

Programa brevemente disponivel

Mais informacões emhttps://museus.ulisboa.pt/pt-pt/V-feira-da-matematica

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Voltamos as noites de magia no Com Calma, onde partilhamos um pouco do que de bom se faz na arte da prestidigitaco, ilusionismo e areas afins. Outubro traz consigo o Outono e, como todos os anos, voltamos a celebrar, nos dias ja mais frios (ou n√£o), o prazer de pensar em mais uma Celebraco da Mente, fazendo desta noite de magia parte de uma rede de encontros a nivel mundial em memoria do trabalho de Martin Gardner. Neste espectaculo de ilusionismo traremos uma mistura entre jogos magicos, cepticismo e quem sabe ate matematica (para os mais corajosos em preparaco para o Halloween). Com apresentaco da Rita Santos, abertura de Rogerio Martins e espectaculo por Tiago Hirth e Adrien Lochon. Todos os meses tentamos ter um performer diferente em palco. Nesta temporada tentaremos trazer alguns dos mais promissores magicos underground portugueses. Esta temporada queremos trazer novos talentos de todo pais (e n√£o so) a palco, caso sejam praticantes das artes pelotiqueiras ou conhecam alguem entrem em contacto com @Tiago Hirth. Convidamo-vos para a Noite de Magia Com Calma.
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The cultural space Com Calma opens its doors for yet another Noites de Magia Com Calma where we share a little of the arts of magic, Illusion and afine areas.
October is known as spooky Halloween month, ghost tend to roam. We on the other hand will have a Celebration of Mind in honor of science communicator, skeptic and magician Martin Gardner. On this Magic Night we have prepared a show hosted by Rita Show. To open we’ll have Rogerio Martins followed by the double Adrien Lochon and Tiago Hirth, as well as a surprise Guest.
Every month we try to have a new performer on stage. This season we bring some of the new portuguese talent onto stage, but are always looking for keen magicians visiting. If you are interested in going on stage while visiting Lisbon, let Tiago Hirth know.
We invite you to Noite de Magia Com Calma: Celebraco da Mente

Mad Math will be a field day of mathematical treats, sculpture-building, puzzle-solving, game-playing, paper-folding, magic-tricking, etc, all on a giant scale. There will be a puzzle over 7’ high, a puzzle over 20’ wide, balloons over 50’ long, and a walk-in Klein bottle.

Mad Math is open to the public.

For more details, see http://www.math.smith.edu/~jhenle/madmath/
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“In celebration of mathematician Martin Gardner’s 104th birthday, we will play with some intriguing mathematical puzzles, games, and other recreations. As in Gardner’s popular and long-running column in Scientific American, the subjects of our explorations will be accessible to anyone with curiosity and a spirit of discovery, regardless of prior math knowledge. Ages 11 to 111. –“

Mostly informal gathering with tables of puzzles, games, crafts etc. and probably a small cluster of five-minute talks in the afternoon.

Event link

Mathematical Recreations – Brighton MathsJam

Tickets via

https://www.brighthelm.org.uk/mathsjam-meets

Celebrate Martin Gardner at the Ruch Community Library on Saturday, October 20th 2018 from 1-3pm. This recreational mathematician will be remembered and celebrated with math puzzles, logic games, origami, card tricks, and plenty of fun. All ages welcome.

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This Celebration of Mind event is designed to inspire, delight and spark curiosity for people of all ages. The program consists of short talks and activities in recreational mathematics, magic, art and puzzles. This event is co-sponsored by Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies and the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival Celebration of Mind is designed to inspire, delight and spark curiosity.

This event is co-sponsored by Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies and the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival, and is organized by Stan Isaacs and Rick Sommer.

Presenters include:

• Henry Segerman, Mathematician and Artist
• Alexa Meade, Artist
• Mark Mitton, Magician and Entertainer
• Scott Kim, Puzzle Master
• John Edmark, Artist and Stanford Lecturer
• Melinda Green, Puzzle Designer
• Scott Vorthmann, Zometool expert and creator of vZome.
• Lucas Garron, Cubing Expert
• Ravi Fernando, Cubing Expert and Juggler
• Hector Rosario, Director, Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival

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Recreational Mathematics
in Honor of Martin Gardner

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Reunion con charlas sobre Juegos de Ingenio, acertijos, rompecabezas, origami, numeros, magia y afines.
Entrada libre y gratuita
https://www.facebook.com/events/223774645052661

This event is for the Stanford Continuing Studies community and will be a highly inspirational and lightly mathematical introduction to the world of Martin Gardner through art, magic and mathematics. The event will include lectures by artist Alexa Meade, magician Mark Mitton and mathematician Henry Segerman. — For more information visit: Stanford | Event Calendar Stanford | Continuing Studies Event Calendar

A day to celebrate and enjoy mathematics.

Come celebrate math withpuzzles, games, magic, stories,and more!Kids ages 8 and up,andgrown-ups who are kids at heart, will enjoy this afternoon filled withhands-on math activities and presentations. The event honors the life and work ofMartin Gardner,former Scientific American columnist who inspired a generation of mathematicians and recreational math enthusiasts. In the spirit of Martin Gardner’s love ofAlice in Wonderlandand with Halloween around the corner, come “down the rabbit hole” and explore with us! This event isfree and opento the public!Questions? Contact Jennifer Murawski at jmurawski@msri.org.
Advance registration is requested, but not required.Click here to sign up online.
2018 Event Schedule – Sneak Preview
All events take place inside MSRI’s building at 17 Gauss Way, Berkeley (above Lawrence Hall of Science).More events may be added, and a final schedule will be emailed the week of the event to all registrants!
HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES (1st and 2nd floors)
1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Hands-On Math Activities and Displays
California Mathematics Festival: Join us for a hands-on problem-solving fair, California Mathematics Festival style! Everybody in your family from grandma to little brother can experience a dozen exciting math activities. You don’t have to watch; you’ll find problems you can do! Come have fun doing math with your whole family.
Elwyn and Jennifer Berlekamp Foundation:Try to trap your opponent inthe Game of Amazons; learn the trick of winning at perennial favorite Dots and Boxes; and get caught in a loop with Moebius Paper Crafts
Glen Whitney:Join National Museum of Mathematics co-founder and mathematical artist Glen Whitney for a giant group sculpture build of adual helix that with your help will grow to be three stories tall!
Dr. Carlo Sequin(UC Berkeley):”Soap Films Suspended on Knots” Models ; DemonstrationsFollowing Dr. Sequin’s stage talk of the same title (see below), he will share a display ofvarious interlinked loops and knots in the form of plastic models made on inexpensive 3D-printers,with the challenge to identify the knots that were used to form these surfaces.
Dr. Henry Segerman(Oklahoma State University): Mathematical 3-D Printed Objects to ExploreFollowing Dr. Segerman’s stage talk on hyperbolic honeycombs, you can join him to explore his mathematical 3D-printed objects. Dr. Segerman has been regularly featured on Numberphile and his mathematical objects are fun for all ages!
MSRI:MSRI staff will host hands-on math activities for ages 8 to adult around Chern Hall, including aZometool bubble station, mathematical coloring corner,and more!
Mathical Reading Nook:Curl up with a good book in the Hearst Library and explore 50+ titles that have won theMathical Book Prizefor ages 2-18!
STAGE SHOWS IN SIMONS AUDITORIUM (1st floor)
These short presentations will knock your socks off!(The final presentation schedule will be announced in early October.) VISUALIZING HYPERBOLIC HONEYCOMBS(Interactive Presentation) Dr. Henry Segerman(Oklahoma State University) We can describe any of the five platonic solids with only two numbers: the number, p, of sides on each face, and the number, q, of those faces that meet at each vertex. The pair {p,q} is called the Schl√§fli symbol for the polyhedron. By changing p and q, we can also describe regular tilings of the euclidean and hyperbolic planes, and by extending to three numbers, {p,q,r}, we can describe regular tilings of three-dimensional spaces. I’ll talk about a project Roice Nelson and I worked on, trying to draw some sort of picture of every length-three Schl√§fli symbol, from {3,3,3} to {‚àû,‚àû,‚àû}. WELCOME TO NUMBERPHILE Brady Haran (Journalist and Filmmaker) Meet Brady Haran of YouTube’sNumberphilechannel! SOAP FILMS SUSPENDED ON KNOTS(Interactive Presentation) Dr. Carlo Sequin(UC Berkeley) Suppose you dip a wire model of a mathematical knot, such as a trefoil of a Figure-8 knot, into a soap solution what kind of surface would the soap film form?Results will be shown for various interlinked loops and knots in the form of plastic models made on inexpensive 3D-printers.The talk will be followed by a display of many such models, with the challenge to identify the knots that were used to form these surfaces. MATH ; MAGIC(Interactive Presentation) Mark Mitton Mark Mittonis a professional magician who is fascinated by using magic to better understand how we see the world. In addition to performing at private and corporate events all over the world, and creating magic for film, television, the Broadway stage, and Cirque du Soleil, Mitton tirelessly explores the theme of Misdirection’ from an interdisciplinary standpoint. He regularly presents on Perception’ at universities and conferences in North America and Europe, including the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, and has lectured with the late Nobel laureate Dr. Gerald Edelman of The Neurosciences Institute.Mitton has performed at festivals in Europe and Asia; at the Olympic Games; in war-torn Liberia; in hospital wards around New York City; and in a Mexican orphanage. His magical hands are featured in aThey Might Be Giants video.
Parking ; Transportation
To reach MSRI by public transit, take the AC Transit65 Euclid/Lawrence Hall of Science bus routeto the Lawrence Hall of Science, and use the parking lot stairs to reach MSRI. (You may also be able to exit at Grizzly Peak Blvd. and Centennial Drive and walk via Gauss Way.) To reach MSRI by ride share service, use the address 17 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720. MAP KEY Balloons= MSRI Parking Lot entrance and MSRI building For a map of available parking, click here. Free parkingis availablein the “MSRI Only Parking”lot level above the Lawrence Hall of Science parking lots(enter from Centenntial Drive). Take anMSRI event permitfrom the box at the base of the stairs to display on your dashboard. A very limited number of handicapped parking spaces are available at the entrance to MSRI for those with Disabled Person Parking placards. Limited parkingin the Space Science Laboratory lots is by UC permit only, enforced 24/7. MSRI has a limited number of day-use permits for these spots, available first-come, first-served basis in our lobby.**Please note that ongoing construction around the SSL Annex has somewhat limited parking in this area. Free parking may also be available on Grizzly Peak Blvd. Overflow fee-basedparking is available in the Lawrence Hall of Science “East Lot” and “Terrace” parking lots.
Event Sponsors

Puzzles, games, polyhedra building, tessellations, polyhedral dice … Please RSVP if you plan to attend, with number of people and ages.

We’ve been celebrating every year since 2010. This year we are going to celebrate Martin Gardner with eight mini-conferences on mathematics and magic starting at 5 PM on the 21st of October.

Hello, fans of puzzles, math, magic, art, and interesting conversation!

We will be gathering at an inexpensive Chinese restaurant in lower Manhattan. There is no charge to attend, but you can buy food and drink from the normal menu. You are not required to bring anything other than yourself, but you are welcome to bring puzzles, magic, and interesting ideas.

If you plan to attend, please email the organizer, Brett Kuehner, at bvk@pobox.com so that he can let the restaurant know how many people to expect.

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Gathering for Gardner – CoM IX, Celebrating Martin Gardner, with books, magic games and recreational mathematics

We will have mathematical games and magic in the Hall of the Mathematics Faculty of the University of Zaaragoza.

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As Celebration of Mind, a group of events that hone the spirit and work of Martin Gardner by promoting the pleasure to think, we’ll once again have a Puzzle and Problem Video Network Competition. What is a Puzzle and Problem Video Network Competition? Well basically it will be a google hangout were various groups get together from different places and challenge each other with brain teasers. Is it very competitive? We are still arguing who won in 2014. Of all participants Israel and Lisbonwere clearly victors of the outcome (chance has it that these were the only participants, but that is secondary)
Any small group is welcome to join (Note: a single person is considered a group, but zero or negative number of people will be excluded).
We’ll be joining live from various places on the globe meeting up at around 21:00 (GMT +3). That is 19:00 (GMT +1) in London and Lisbon; 20:00 (GMT +2) Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, … well central Europe. For other places it might not be exactly prime time, but we would be happy to have anyone join. If the times confuses you, this might very well be the very first problem.
We encourage to prepare and share problems that are easy to convey and pose a challenge (but are within capabilities of solution) for everyone.
I think I set up a hangouts that should work here:
https://hangouts.google.com/call/t13Ox9LCAVV4p-D60tv_AAEI
Anything feel free to contact me at tiago@g4gfoundation.org

Bring your puzzles and meet with us at the Davidson Institute of Science Education, for a puzzle session, followed by our traditional “puzzle in a minute” competition!

The Psi Chi Honors Society and the Department of Psychological Science are pleased to present the 4th annual Martin Gardner Celebration of Mind at Carthage College.
Every year in late October, people around the world gather to honor the legacy of magician, mathematician, skeptic, puzzler, Lewis Carroll scholar, and science writer, Martin Gardner. This year’s Celebration of Mind will explore Mathemagics!, using magic, puzzles, and games to delight, instruct, and bring people together in a spirit of fun.
The event will begin with brief presentations on topics related to Martin Gardner’s interests in magic and recreational mathematics. This year’s speakers will include:
Dr. Sara Jensen (Department of Mathematics), presenting mysterious mathematics.
Dr. Anthony Barnhart (Department of Psychological Science), speaking on the psychological basis of mathematical magic.
Following the presentations, attendees will be encouraged to enjoy some refreshments and interact with hands-on displays featuring illusions, recreational mathematics, magic, puzzles, and more. The evening will culminate with a performance by magician ; mentalist, Spidey, in the Student Union Auditorium!
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Open for all math enthusiasts 18 years of age or older.

MathsJam is a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed math enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they life. Puzzles, games, problems, or just anything they think is cool or interesting. This month, join us at the Clocktower Brew Pub in Westboro at 7pm for a night of puzzles ; a Martin Gardner tribute.

MathsJam is a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed maths enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they like. Puzzles, games, problems, or just anything they think is cool or interesting. We meet on the penultimate Tuesday of every month, from around 7pm in the evening, at the Bristol Yard which is on Colston Street.

Among themes of our Martin Gardner’s birthday celebration will be polygons, polyhedra, generative art, mathematical art, logic, optical illusions, we will also feature Martin Gardner’s and Raymond Smullyan’s books.

Bring a puzzle, game, activity, poem, or something else to share with the other guests.
Nancy Blachman,
Nelson’s daughter
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This is a Celebration of Mind Halloween party and fundraiser for the Paradox Lab a nonprofit startup in San Francisco with the aim of sharing with kids the joys of inquiry through logic puzzles, illusions, magic tricks, and philosophical exploration. Tickets are $5. Available for purchase through Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sensory-tricks-and-science-treats-tickets-50671027407 —

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O espaco Com Calma volta a abrir portas para as Noites de Magia Com Calma onde partilhamos um pouco da arte da magia, ilusionismo e areas afins.
Outubro e conhecido como mes do Halloween, os fantasmas tendem andar a solta. Nos pelo contrario iremos Celebrar a Mente em honra do divulgador ciencia, ceptico e magico Martin Gardner. Nesta Noite de Magia iremos ter o professor Jorge Nuno Silva, que correspondeu e o conheceu pessoalmente a presentear-nos com algumas anecdotas e um pouco da sua magia.
Promete haver debate e conversa e como sempre no final uma pequena tert√∫lia em redor a uma mesa.
Convida-mo-vos para uma Noite de Magia Com Calma: Celebraco da Mente. EN
The cultural space Com Calma opens its doors for yet another Noites de Magia Com Calma where we share a little of the arts of magic, Illusion and afine areas.
October is known as spooky Halloween month, ghost tend to roam. We on the other hand will have a Celebration of Mind in honor of science communicator, skeptic and magician Martin Gardner. On this Magic Night we’ll have professor Jorge Nuno Silva correspondent and Gardner’s personal aquaintance share with us some anecdotes and a little of his magic.
As usual there will be room for talk and debate with a small round table at the end of the show.
We invite you to Noite de Magia Com Calma: Celebraco da Mente

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Martin Gardner no queria que se le hicieran homenajes tras su muerte, pero desde hace anos se viene celebrando el dia de su cumpleanos en multitud de lugares.
El 21 de octubre Martin habria cumplido 104 anos. La fiesta con la que nos unimos al evento internacional Martin Gardner’s Celebration of Mind tendra lugar el martes 6 de noviembre. La idea es que este evento sea un punto de encuentro para los seguidores de Martin Gardner en este dia tan senalado. Como el trabajo en diferentes areas, entre estos se encuentran matematicos, magos, artistas, escepticos, filosofos, aficionados a los puzles y divulgadores cientificos. Por ello hemos preparado un par de sesiones multidisciplinares que tendran lugar en la FACULTAD DE MATEMATICAS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE (Aula Miguel de Guzman)
Si te interesa la obra de Martin Gardner no dudes en acudir a este encuentro. Fernando Blasco (UPM), Angeles Prieto (UCM), Nelo Maestre (Divermates) y Marco Castrillon (UCM)
Para mas informationes e el programa: https://sites.google.com/site/g4gmadrid/home
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Martin Gardner didn’t want to he celebrated after his death, but for many years his birthday has been celebrated in a multitude of places.
On the 21st of October Marin would have been 104 years old. The party which we join is the international “Martin Gardner’s Celebration of Mind” and will take place on the 6th of November. The idea is that this place is a meeting point for the followers of Martin Gardner on this so outstanding date. He worked in different fields, among which he dealt with mathematicians, magicians, artist, skeptics, filosofers, puzzle afficionates and science communicators. For him we prepared a couple of multidisciplinary session that will take place in the Faculty of Mathematics of the UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE (Aula Miguel de Guzman).
Organization:
Fernando Blasco (UPM), Angeles Prieto (UCM), Nelo Maestre (Divermates) y Marco Castrillon (UCM)
More information and the program here: https://sites.google.com/site/g4gmadrid/home

The University of Girona will host a two-hour session, at the Degree Room of the Faculty of Sciences. First, at, 6 pm, the Cathedra for Science Culture and Digital Communication will present its activities for the current academic year. Immediately, there will be a round table by three leading UdG scientists on artificial intelligence, quantum computation and chemistry.
At 7 pm, we will host the IX annual G4G Celebration of Mind in honor of Martin Gardner. As usual, participants will be encouraged to share games, tricks, curiosities and ideas related to the field of intersection of magic and science. Durint the first 15 minutes, Miquel Duran and the local Magic ; Science project will address this year’s theme and comment of the material provided by the G4G Foundation.
Special attention will be paid to the upcoming UNESCO Internacional Year of the Periodic Table of the Elements 2019.
Attendace is free. The event will be over at 8 pm.
This activity is included in the activities of Catalonia’s Science Week 2018.

Abstract. The hardest logic puzzle ever was introduced by philosopher George Boolos in 1996. We are to imagine three gods: one who always makes true statements, one who only makes false statements, and one who randomly answers true or false at his whim. The gods will answer any yes/no question that is put to them, but they will answer in their own language, in which the words for yes and no are da and ja, in some order. Sadly, you do not now which word means what. Your task is to determine who is who in just three questions. The puzzle has spawned a veritable industry of journal articles, in which authors present ever more ingenious solutions, and ever more fiendishly difficult variations. We will discuss the various approaches to this puzzle and its variations. Along the way we will consider aspects of the history of logic, focusing especially on puzzle masters like Lewis Carroll and Raymond Smullyan.

Speaker Bio.Jason Rosenhouse received his PhD in mathematics from Dartmouth College in 2000, specializing in algebraic graph theory. Currently he is a professor of mathematics at James Madison University, in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He is the author or editor of seven books including The Monty Hall Problem: The Remarkable Story of Math’s Most Contentious Brainteaser, and Among the Creationists: Dispatches from the Anti-Evolutionary Front Line, both published by Oxford University Press. With Laura Taalman he is the author of Taking Sudoku Seriously: The Math Behind the World’s Most Popular Pencil Puzzle, which received the 2012 PROSE award from the Association of American publishers for the best popular math or science book of the year. When not doing math he enjoys playing chess, cooking, and reading locked-room mysteries.

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