10th Annual Richard & Louise Guy Lecture: Juggling Mathematics & Magic
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This talk will demonstrate some of the surprising connections between the mystery of magic and the art of juggling, and some interesting ideas from mathematics.
Lecture is free and open to the public. Intended for a general audience.
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Location: University of Calgary, SB 103
ABOUT THE RICHARD AND LOUISE GUY LECTURE SERIES:
The Richard & Louise Guy lecture series celebrates the joy of discovery and wonder in mathematics for everyone. Indeed, the lecture series was a 90th birthday present from Louise Guy to Richard in recognition of his love of mathematics and his desire to share his passion with the world. Richard Guy is the author of over 100 publications including works in combinatorial game theory, number theory and graph theory. He strives to make mathematics accessible to all. The other contributions to the lecture series have been made by Elwyn Berlekamp (2006), John Conway (2007), Richard Nowakowski (2008), William Pulleyblank (2009), Erik Demaine (2010), Noam Elkies (2011), Ravi Vakil (2012), Carl Pomerance (2013) and Edward Doolittle (2014).
Ronald Lewis Graham, University of California, San Diego
Ronald Graham is the Chief Scientist at the Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology and the Irwin and Joan Jacobs Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego. He is also an accomplished trampolinist and juggler.
