Friday, 7 April 2006, at 3:30 PM in Lowell Thomas 207

Speaker:

Steven Tedford - Franklin and Marshall College

Title:

Playing with Chips

Abstract:

Suppose a line of alternating red and blue poker chips is on the table in front of you. How many moves will it take to change chips so that the blue chips are all to the left of the red chips? I will attempt to answer this question and show how this problem arose. Additionally, I will introduce some interesting combinatorics. This talk is accessible to any student with an interest in mathematics.


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