jointly presented by
Dr. Greg Martin
and
Emmanuel Knafo
(both
of the University of Toronto's
Department of Mathematics)
on
Thursday, May 4, 2000, 6:00
- 9:00 p. m.
at The Fields Institute
The
Purpose of this month's SIMMER Presentation is to Publicize
the Primes, and Promote divisibility and modular arithmetic (their
Partners in number theory), Pointing out the Properties
they Possess that make them Pertinent to solving Problems
that would otherwise Perhaps Perplex Poor People
like us. We Propose the following Plan of a SIMMER meeting
split into two Parts. Our Primary course will consist of a
few Puzzles to Ponder, in which we must first Process the Problem
to Perceive the underlying Pattern and then use a little number
theory to Prepare a Persuasive Proof. Then we will Proceed
to a Period of Play, where the Population will learn two
games Prompted by number theory and must Perfect their strategy
(or face the Peril of Perishing when Pitted against one
another!).
Please come Participate in this Pretty Popular Pastime: “Split "P" Soup” … in a SIMMERing Pot!
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This session was designed to give you a 'taste' of the types of things students will encounter at this summer's SOAR 2000 (a mathematical sciences camp on Number Theory, to be held July 24 - August 11).
Here are some of the problems, puzzles, solutions and strategies
discussed:
"Locker Problems and
Assorted Appetizers", including 'Locker chaos', 'Rocks and lockers',
'Counting change' and ' Monkey business'.
"Modular Arithmetic
Games", including 'The Modular Addition Game' and 'The Modular
Multiplication Game'.
"Solutions and Strategies"
of the above two sets.
All three items above are available in PDF format. You will need to have Acrobat Reader on your machine to enable you to read/print PDF files. The Acrobat Reader is free to download from Adobe Systems. If you have difficulty in getting these print outs, please contact MathNet to have copies mailed to you.
Contact
information for
Greg Martin: gerg@math.utoronto.ca
Emmanuel Knafo: knafo@math.utoronto.ca
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