Math 450 Senior Seminar Presents "Colorful Symmetries"

Quiz!!

                1. How many ways can you paint your fingernails with three different colors?

                      2. How many ways are there to color a disk divided into three equal parts with one of two                                                       colors per section?

                      3. How many ways can you color an icosahedron with one of n colors per face?

       

      Asking simple questions that are difficult to answer is common in mathematics. The first question seems pretty straight forward. Yet the second requires a bit more understanding, one of basic geometry, group theory and combinatorics.

     

      Using Burnside’s Lemma, sometimes, called the orbit-counting theorem, we will explore this question and others like it, considering the much needed rotation of an object, looking at it from all sides.

  

      By solving a much simpler problem, we will build to the question of the icosahedron, showing with the proper ‘tools’, the problem-solving approach needed is not that hard after all.

Bargh, B. Chase, J. Wright, M. (2014). Colorful Symmetries. Math Horizons, April 2014, pp 14-17

Math 450 Senior Seminar Presents

"Colorful Symmetries"

by: Brenda Forbes

Tuesday, September 22, 1:40 p.m.

in Patterson 301

Math 450 Senior Seminar Presents "Evaluating Risk in the Board Game 'Risk'"

In the board game RISK, players attempt to conquer the world by capturing all territories on the board, with battle outcomes determined by dice rolls. Let A be the number of attacking armies and D be the number of defending armies in two adjacent territories. This talk will present the probability the defending territory will be captured and the expected number of armies lost by the attacking territory in the capture.

Math 450 Senior Seminar Presents

"Evaluating Risk in the Board Game Risk"

by: Dr. Christopher N. Swanson

Tuesday, September 15, 1:40 p.m.

in Patterson 301

Math Club

Math Club is starting soon. The first meeting is Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in Patterson 324.

Looking forward to seeing you. Come Join Us!

ACM Student Club

Logo of ACM

The AU ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Student Club is holding the first planning meeting of the year at 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 in Patterson 211. This will be a short informational meeting along with electing new officers. Membership of the club is open to all students who are interested in computing.

Come join us! We look forward to seeing you!

Drop-In Tutoring Fall 215

 Drop-In tutoring Available for Math Courses

Ashland University's Center for Academic Support provides tutors and other tools to help students succeed. Drop-In sessions are available for several Math classes in Kettering 219. Below are the classes and times for drop in tutoring. 

Do not struggle. Drop-In and see a tutor. All below tutor sessions are available from 7:00-9:00 p.m. in Kettering 219.

Elementary Statistics (M208) - Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays

Theory of Arith. & Geom. (M217) - Mondays

Geometry for Middle Grades (M218) - Mondays

Note: Calc. with Application (M201), The Calculus (M205), and Discrete Math 1 (M223) have individual tutors only.

Please see your professor, first, for help!!!

Alumni News - Joel Moseman '15 Congratulations!

Congratulations to Joel Moseman (15'). He accepted a position with Motorists Insurance Group as an actuarial analyst. He will assist in pricing their personal and commercial Property and Casualty lines.

Congratulations, Joel. We wish you the best in your future.

Math 450 Senior Seminar Presents "Optimal Bluffing Strategies in Poker" today, Tuesday, April 28

Bluffing is a very important aspect of the popular card game poker, however, knowing when to bluff can be difficult. This talk will briefly discuss how to play poker, what the classical bluffing situation is, and then apply game theory in order to optimize betting strategies. As part of this analysis the expected returns of each player and the ideal frequency of bluffing and calling will be found. However, while exact probabilities for situations such as the opponent having the winning hand can be determined,

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it is often time-consuming and not realistic to do so during a game. As such, this method will rely on estimated probabilities that a player has the winning hand.

Math 450 Senior Seminar Presents

"Optimal Bluffing Strategies in Poker"

by: Joel Moseman

Tuesday, April 28, 4:30 p.m.

in Patterson 301