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G4G11 Schedule Gathering for Gardner 11 Date: Thursday, 20/Mar/2014 8:30am ThuAM1: Thursday AM Early ­ Location: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room 10:00am The Conway Immobilizer Winkler, Peter Quintetra Blocks Kostick, John and Jane The Pennyhedron Bell, George Widespreading the Word: promoting math to a wide audience. Gill, Eoin; Donegan, Sheila Seven touching infinite cylinders Bozóki, Sándor; Lee, Tsung­Lin; Rónyai, Lajos Colliding Masses and the digits of Pi Hess, Dick Pythagorize the Flatiron Lawrence, Cindy Camoens, Pimenta and the improbable sonnet Simões, Carlota; Coelho, Nuno 10:30am ThuAM2: Thursday AM Late ­ Location: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room 12:00pm Sinan's Screens: Networks of Intersecting Polygons in Ottoman Architecture Bier, Carol Rep­tile Sets of Polyominoes Golomb, Solomon W. Mathenaeum Whitney, Glen The Golden Meaning Bellos, Alex Wordplay / Slipperiness of Language / N­tendres Goldklang, Lew Slice Knots and Conway's Skein Theory Kauffman, Louis Crossed Stick Puzzle Design Muñiz, Alexandre Grille ciphers Serra, Michael Maybe Fair Dice Kisenwether, Joseph 1:30pm ThuPM1: Thursday PM Early ­ Location: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room 3:30pm String Theory: (Pythagoras of Samos + Athanasius Kircher)² = Jimi Hendrix Sheppard, Philip Polyhedral Computing Applied to Spatial Puzzle Design Alexe, Sorin Three short introductions. Three short introductions. Uehara, Ryuhei Can John Conway, Retrolife, the number 11 and a mathematical magic trick be coherently addressed in 5 minutes? Elran, Yossi Regular Hexaflexagon Faces Anderson, Thomas; McLean, Thomas Bruce; Pajoohesh, Homeira; Smith, Chasen Magic and the Periodic Table of the Elements Duran, Miquel; Blasco, Fernando A drawing method on Conway's game of Life Iwai, Masayoshi Sun Bin's Legacy MacKenzie, Dana What happened few minutes before day 0? Rougetet, Lisa Introducing Gilbreath Numbers Vallin, Robert The Music of the Icosahedron Orman, Hilarie The Level 2 Menger Sponge with Playing Cards Wilder, Jim My Clothes Tell Secrets Lee, Elan 4:00pm ThuPM2: Thursday PM Late ­ Location: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room 5:30pm Toy models Tokieda, Tadashi The Algebra of Tetraflexagons Yackel, Carolyn; Beier, Julie The Pseudosphere Uphill Roller Brecher, Kenneth Beading the Seven­Color Torus Goldstine, Susan Telephone Calls and the Brontosaurus Atkinson, Adam The State of the Art of Modern Mazes Fisher, Adrian 11 Unexpected Parallels Jones, Kate The Music of the Polygons Miller, John Date: Friday, 21/Mar/2014 8:30am FriAM1: Friday AM Early ­ Location: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room 10:00am The design of a reconfigurable maze Kaplan, Craig KenKen...The Fastest Growing Logic (and Math!) Puzzle Since Sudoku Fuhrer, Robert The Unique 4­7­11 Octahedral Monoicosahedron Banchoff, Thomas The ConSequence of Elevens in Parallel Marasco, Joe TSP Mazes Chartier, Tim Peculiar integer triangles containing an edge of 11 Hosoya, Haruo Character Assassination Roberts, Siobhan; Conway, John Menger Menger Menger Taalman, Laura Gerbert's Abacus Silva, Jorge Nuno; Santos, Carlos The Japanese theorem for cyclic polygons Richeson, Dave 10:30am FriAM2: Friday AM Late ­ Location: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room 11:30am It is better to open a mind with wonder than close it with belief Menna, Lisa Holographic Visualization for Mathematics and Science Newswanger, Craig The Game of Light Kocik, Jerzy {Jurek} Conway and The 3x+1 Problem Continued Greenfield, Gary On a KenKen from Bit­player Nacin, David Sculpture Activities Hart, George 12:00pm FriPM: Friday PM at Sarah's House ­ 5:00pm Date: Saturday, 22/Mar/2014 8:30am SatAM1: Saturday AM Early ­ Location: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room 10:00am An Irregular Hexaflexagon Schwartz, Ann Hyperbolic Fractal Tilings and Surfaces Fathauer, Robert What is the G4G ­ Celebration of Mind? Thompson, Tanya; Morgan, Chris The Programmable Galton Board: A Shameless Shill Propp, James World in the Balance Crease, Robert The World's Favourite Number Bellos, Alex JMA Outstanding Paper Award Kaplan, Craig Computer aided curved origami design Mitani, Jun Quintessence: Puzzling the 120­cell Schleimer, Saul; Segerman, Henry Revisiting the Mutilated Chessboard Wright, Colin 10:30am SatAM2: Saturday AM Late ­ Location: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room 12:00pm TBD Conway, John Horton Math Anxiety Camp and My New Beads Fisher, Gwen Laura How Magicians fool our brain Hjulstad, Kristine The Magic Square Green, Lennart Marble Runs and Turing Machines Bickford, Neil How To Work My G8 dissection puzzle Gosper, R. William What if you find 115 puzzles with no solutions? Knoppers, Peter How Puzzles Made Us Human Mutalik, Pradeep Fair dice Sherman, Scott Dots and Boxes Berlekamp, Elwyn 1:30pm SatPM1: Saturday PM Early ­ Location: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room 3:30pm The Awesome Powers of 11 Crease, Robert; Crease, Alexander Evileven Oberg, Bruce From Twisty­Puzzle Fractals to Penrose Tiles Hearn, Bob Optical Illusions of Theodore Deland Mullins, Bill Hat Puzzles Khovanova, Tanya Eleven = ONCE. Magic for blind people. Blasco, Fernando; Blasco­Uceda, Fernando John­Art: The Stochastic Geometry of John Shier Cipra, Barry A Deterministic Finite Automaton for determining triangle orientation in a General Order Regular Flexagon Iacob, Emil Solving Puzzles Backwards Levitin, Anany The Eleven Clocks Problem Roby, Tom Recent significant achievements on puzzles in Japan Takashima, Naoaki Proportion Systems Harriss, Edmund 4:00pm SatPM2: Saturday PM Late ­ Location: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room 5:30pm TBD Holman, Pablos Geometric Surfaces as Visual Instruments Matsuura, Akihiro INTO MYSTERY revealed Clough, Eric The Martin Gardner Centennial Initiative Mulcahy, Colm Mathematics Awareness Month 2014 Celebrates Martin Gardner Torrence, Eve; Torrence, Bruce; Mulcahy, Colm Martin Gardner, yeoman/2c Richards, Dana Tales plus Q&A about life with Armand T. Ringer Gardner, Jim Date: Sunday, 23/Mar/2014 8:30am SunAM1: Sunday AM Early ­ Location: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room 10:30am The Magic of the Superheroes of Sight Schwab, Ivan R. Who invented the McIntosh Apple? McManus, Mickey Clark Richert, Artist Hildebrandt, Paul Conway's Impact on the Theory of Random Tilings Propp, James The Neuroscience of Curiosity Antonick, Gary Game­of­Life Mosaics Bosch, Robert YESGO, an unusual Go game and its problems Kotani, Yoshiyuki Making a Binary Computer with 10,000 Dominoes Parker, Matt Symmetries in Portugal Silva, Jorge Nuno; Carvalho, Alda; Santos, Carlos Making a Real 5×5×5 Hoff, Carl A Box of Invisibility Bexfield, Simon Superfractals Strickland, Henry The Quaternion Symmetry Group You've Never Heard Of Hart, Vi 11:00am SunAM2: Sunday AM Late ­ Location: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room 1:00pm A Tribute To Raymond Smullyan Rosenhouse, Jason Langford's Problem Remixed Miller, John A Simple MatheMagics Trick Brittain, Skona A Hair­Tie 120­cell Hawksley, Andrea Johanna The Julie Robinson Mathematics Festival Blachman, Nancy Magnus Popkous­Bucky Meets Borromeo Through The Amazing Geometry Machine Esterle, Richard Square in the Bag and Other Puzzles for Classroom Iwasawa, Hirokazu PHANTASCOPES Rowett, Tim Solid Three­Dimensional Anamorphic Alice Using A Wave Mirror Mortillaro, Karen Paper Pentasia Hayes, Barry 11 views of 11 Kepner, Margaret 2:00pm GiftExchange: G4G11 Gift Exchange ­ Papers submitted as part of the G4G11 Gift Exchange 3:00pm "Conway Cup" and "John 'Horned' Conway" ( 2 contributions) Allen, Amina; Stranahan, Mike "Conway Cup" and "John 'Horned' Conway" ( 2 contributions) Allen, Amina; Stranahan, Mike "Exploring the Secrets of The Universe (in Red & White)" Hinnant, Wm Vandorn /dev/joe Crescents and Vortices DeVincentis, Joseph 4 x 4 = 20 Rowett, Tim 6­card Ball Hawksley, Andrea Johanna 6^3 Board Burr Knoppers, Peter A cheap way to construct classic puzzles Blasco, Fernando A Cluster Analysis of Richard's PBEM Server Hurd, Lyman A Corona with Decagrams on a Late 12th Century Persian Monument Bier, Carol A Deceptive Tessellation Gosper, R. William A New Twist on an Old Puzzle Jones, Robert A Satisfiability­Based Cover Puzzle Bailey, Duane A Scanner Darkly Hibbert, Chris A Strategy for Borders ­­ a variant of Dots & Boxes Colwell, Jason Alternate Magic Square Rodgers, Tyler An Irregular Hexaflexagon Schwartz, Ann An sl(3) Liedoku Nacin, David Basic Strategies to solve Disentanglement Puzzles Götz, Markus Beaded Celtic Knots: Rings, Rosettes & Beaded Beads Fisher, Gwen Laura Being Paid to Eat Pizza Atkinson, Adam Binary Computing with Domino Logic Gates on a Large Scale Parker, Matt; Steckles, Katie Bobby Fischer Against the World ­ soundtrack for G4G friends Sheppard, Philip Circles of 11 Nelson, Eric; Rapson, Ole Clara's Rocket Orndorff, Robert Color Addition Across the Spectrum of Mathematics Taylor, Ron Constructing Acrostic Puzzles Henle, Frederick Valentin Cutting the disk: a geometric dissection puzzle Morgan, Christopher DecaStar lasercut notecards Lawrence, Cindy Dc30 Ring Schleimer, Saul; Segerman, Henry Deland's Optical Illusions Mullins, Bill Didactive Magic Hjulstad, Kristine e1leven .. a game. Staples, Carolyn "Cary" Elevenses Kepner, Margaret Elmo's Excellent Excursion Hess, Dick From Twisty Puzzle Fractals to Penrose Tiles Hearn, Bob G4G Tribute Greenfield, Gary G4G11 Cube Bright, Lambert & Sandy g4g11 star Bosch, Derek Gabriel's paper horn Richeson, Dave Generating music from the Thue Morse and the Kolakosi sequences Calkin, Neil; Bowers, Brian Geometric Proliferation Merow, Katharine Gift Exchange Gift Exchange McLean, Thomas Bruce Hat Puzzles Khovanova, Tanya Hinged Triangle­Square Taalman,
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