Contact information
Name:
Derek Smith
Email:
smithder@lafayette.edu
When:
Friday, October 28, 2022 - 11:00am - 4:00pm
Where:
on the Quad side of Pardee Hall
Presenter:
Glen Whitney, Problem Warden of the Prison Math Project
Price:
Free and there will be snacks and beverages!
This Friday, starting at 11am on the Quad side of Pardee, please help Glen Whitney and the math department build Fort Sierpinski, a 20-foot structure in the form of the Sierpinski tetrahedron. (The picture above shows a one-quarter-scale model of our goal.) Absolutely no math background is needed to participate — if you’ve ever played with Tinkertoys, Legos, or wooden blocks, you’re qualified! Drop by for 5 minutes or an hour, even well into the afternoon, and help bring our mammoth model of this famous fractal to life. Glen is the Problem Warden of the Prison Math Project (see prisonersdilemma.org).
Sponsored by:
Department of Mathematics