[math-fun] More details about recreational math conference
MoMath, the National Museum of Mathematics, invites you to register for the first MOVES (Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects) Conference in New York City this August 4-6, immediately following MAA MathFest on July 31-Aug 3. There are trains from Hartford to New York City that can help move you from MathFest to MOVES! Registration and more information for MOVES is available online at http://moves.momath.org . The MOVES registration deadline is June 1 or until the conference reaches capacity. Registration for MathFest is at www.maa.org/mathfest/reginfo.html and is open through May 10. We have a very exciting list of speakers for MOVES this year, with over 40 research talks on recreational mathematics and the mathematics of games and puzzles and over 20 family activities, including: KEYNOTE ADDRESSES BY Erik Demaine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: *Geometric puzzles: Algorithms and complexity* Noam Elkies, Harvard University: *The Numberplay arithmetic progression challenge* FEATURED TALKS BY Jennifer Beineke, Western New England University and Lowell Beineke, Indiana University, Purdue University Fort Wayne: *Some of the A-B-Cs (and Ds) of graphs and games* David Richeson, Dickinson College: *Making the impossible possible: how to trisect an angle* Jason Rosenhouse, James Madison University: *Non-classical knights and knaves* Henry Segerman, Oklahoma State University: *Puzzling the 120-cell* Bruce Torrence,Randolph-Macon College: *Lights Out for gamers and mathematicians* Jade Vinson, Renaissance Technologies: *Shapes of space: The challenge of negative curvature* FEATURED EVENING ENTERTAINMENT BY: Tim and Tanya Chartier: *Mime-matics* Colm Mulcahy: *Mathematics, magic, and mystery with a deck of cards* Greg Warrington: *Mathematical juggling* Also: the day after the conference ends, Terry Tao will be speaking at MoMath. MoMath expects his talk to fill quickly, and it will be open only to MOVES attendees at first. Jim Propp
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James Propp