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Invited Talks

General Session III

Hayworth Fine Arts Center

Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Starts at: 2025-03-01 08:45AM

Ends at: 2025-03-01 09:45AM

Projective and Non-Abelian SET (MAA AWM Lecturer)

Catherine Hsu ⟨chsu2@swarthmore.edu⟩

Abstract:

Mathematicians love SET. On the surface, this classic game is a con test of pattern recognition, but it also presents an interesting way to visualize the geometry of a torus over a finite field. In this talk, we will discuss some of the mathematics connected to SET and then explore several new versions of the game, including one arising from projective geometry and one arising from non-abelian groups. In particular, we will see how these non-abelian variations on SET can give intuitive visualizations of abstract group structures.

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