Slides from Selected Presentations
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Quad-free sets in the card game EvenQuads: An exploration of caps in Z_2^n, Math Department Colloquium, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, March 2025
Quad-Packing in Even Quads, virtual, Special Session on Theoretical and Educational Aspects of Puzzles, AMS Spring 2025 Southeastern Sectional Meeting, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, March 2025.
Characterizing quad-free sets in the card game EvenQuads, Special Session on Recreational Mathematics, MAA Southeastern Section Meeting, High Point University, High Point, NC, March 2025.
Engaging Students in Math Research Through Games: Quads, Spot It!, and Beyond, with Lauren Rose, Special Session on Undergraduate Research from the Mentor's Perspective, MAA Southeastern Section Meeting, High Point University, High Point, NC, March 2025.
Quad-free sets in the card game EvenQuads, Berry College Math Seminar, Berry College, Mount Berry, GA, February 2025.
Quads, a SET-like game with a twist, with Lauren Rose, Marist Mathematics Seminar, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, February 2025.
How many cards should you lay out in EvenQuads?, Special Session on Topics in Recreational Math and Finite Geometry, AMS Fall 2024 Eastern Sectional Meeting, University at Albany, Albany, NY, October 2024.
A Little Taste of Recreational Math: Accessible Examples and Serious Mathematics, Final Fridays Colloquium, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory, NC, February 2024.
Humans are Really Bad at Probability (Probably), Presentation at High School Math Contest, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory, NC, April 2023.
You Spin Me Right Round, Baby: The Conway-Radin Pinwheel Tiling, virtual, University of Michigan Math Club, Ann Arbor, MI, December 2020.
Limits of Golden Constructions, Math Colloquium, Berry College, Rome, GA, October 2016.
Geometry, Algebra, and SET - Oh My!, Pi Mu Epsilon Colloquium, Elon University, Elon, NC, April 2015.
Singular reduction of generalized complex manifolds, Mathematics Department Colloquium, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, October 2011.
Symmetry in Unexpected Places, presentation at High School Math Contest, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory, NC, April 2011.
How to Roll a Square Wheel, presentation to Chi Beta Phi, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory, NC, February 2011.
Hamiltonian actions on integral Kähler manifolds, Mathematics Department Colloquium, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, November 2009.
Groups, groupoids, and symmetry, Student Seminar, Union College, Schenectady, NY, April 2009.
A little taste of symplectic geometry, Math and C.S. Seminar, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, May 2007.
Between n and 2n: Erdős's proof of Bertrand's postulate, Distinguished Scientist Lecture Series, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, April 2001.
Quad-Packing in Even Quads, virtual, Special Session on Theoretical and Educational Aspects of Puzzles, AMS Spring 2025 Southeastern Sectional Meeting, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, March 2025.
Characterizing quad-free sets in the card game EvenQuads, Special Session on Recreational Mathematics, MAA Southeastern Section Meeting, High Point University, High Point, NC, March 2025.
Engaging Students in Math Research Through Games: Quads, Spot It!, and Beyond, with Lauren Rose, Special Session on Undergraduate Research from the Mentor's Perspective, MAA Southeastern Section Meeting, High Point University, High Point, NC, March 2025.
Quad-free sets in the card game EvenQuads, Berry College Math Seminar, Berry College, Mount Berry, GA, February 2025.
Quads, a SET-like game with a twist, with Lauren Rose, Marist Mathematics Seminar, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, February 2025.
How many cards should you lay out in EvenQuads?, Special Session on Topics in Recreational Math and Finite Geometry, AMS Fall 2024 Eastern Sectional Meeting, University at Albany, Albany, NY, October 2024.
A Little Taste of Recreational Math: Accessible Examples and Serious Mathematics, Final Fridays Colloquium, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory, NC, February 2024.
Humans are Really Bad at Probability (Probably), Presentation at High School Math Contest, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory, NC, April 2023.
You Spin Me Right Round, Baby: The Conway-Radin Pinwheel Tiling, virtual, University of Michigan Math Club, Ann Arbor, MI, December 2020.
Limits of Golden Constructions, Math Colloquium, Berry College, Rome, GA, October 2016.
Geometry, Algebra, and SET - Oh My!, Pi Mu Epsilon Colloquium, Elon University, Elon, NC, April 2015.
Singular reduction of generalized complex manifolds, Mathematics Department Colloquium, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, October 2011.
Symmetry in Unexpected Places, presentation at High School Math Contest, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory, NC, April 2011.
How to Roll a Square Wheel, presentation to Chi Beta Phi, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory, NC, February 2011.
Hamiltonian actions on integral Kähler manifolds, Mathematics Department Colloquium, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, November 2009.
Groups, groupoids, and symmetry, Student Seminar, Union College, Schenectady, NY, April 2009.
A little taste of symplectic geometry, Math and C.S. Seminar, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, May 2007.
Between n and 2n: Erdős's proof of Bertrand's postulate, Distinguished Scientist Lecture Series, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, April 2001.