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Recreational Mathematics

Recreational Mathematics Session II #5

Subevent of Recreational Mathematics Session II

Couch 325

Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Starts at: 2025-03-01 11:20AM

Ends at: 2025-03-01 11:35AM

Quad-free sets in the card game Quad-128

Lauren Rose ⟨rose@bard.edu⟩

Abstract:

Quad-128 is a game played with two distinguishable Quad-64 decks; for example, each deck has a different background color. The game play is similar, but the combined deck is now a model for the affine geometry $AG(7,2)$ rather than $AG(6,2)$. We define a $\textit{cap}$ to be a quad-free set of cards. We determine the maximum size of a cap, which tells us how many cards we must lay out to guarantee a quad. More generally, we classify all caps in $AG(7,2)$ up to affine equivalence.

Notes:

This is joint work with Timothy Goldberg and Kariane Calta. Link to play the game: tinyurl.com/evenquadsapp

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