BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CiviCRM//NONSGML CiviEvent iCal//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:CiviCRM_EventID_4938_14e744cb787c75406e47b70595be41d2@momath.org SUMMARY:Math Encounters: "Matchings and Couplings: Domino tilings of a chessboard and other tales" with Dana Randall - April 7 at 4:00 pm ET (New York) DESCRIPTION:Math Encounters &mdash\; Online:\n \n "\;Match ings and Couplings: Domino tilings of a chessboard and other tales"\; with Dana Randall\n \n Wed nesday\, April 7 at 4:00 pm ET (New York)\n \n Cov ering a chessboard with dominos might sound like a curious blend of old pastimes\, but in reality th ese tilings reveal rich and beautiful mathematical structures. \; Interesting patterns can be fo und in the geometric arrangements of dominos\, as well as in the numerical counts of tilings of ches sboards and related regions. \; Alternatively\ , viewing each domino on the chessboard as pairing a black square with one of its neighboring red sq uares\, tilings can be interpreted as assigning 32 pairs. \; Viewing these "\;matchings" \; in a variety of contexts\, Georgia \;Tech A DVANCE Professor of Computing Dana Randall shares a surprising array of applications\, from the phys ics underlying collections of diatomic molecules t o dating algorithms for forming couples in a commu nity.\n \n Special introduction by Peter Winkler\, William Morrill Professor of Mathematics and Comp uter Sicence at Dartmouth College.\n \n This is a live-streamed event. \; Occasional video recor dings are made available for a fee at videos.momat h.org.\n \n \n \n This page is for the 4:00 pm ET (New York) session. \; Click here to register for the 7:00 pm ET (New York) session instead.\n \ n By registering for a Math Encounters presentatio n\, you agree that you may be photographed or vide otaped by Museum staff and associates.\n \n Math E ncounters is MoMath'\;s popular free public pre sentation series celebrating the spectacular world of mathematics\, produced with support from the S imons Foundation.\n \n For further information\, c all the National Museum of Mathematics at 212-542- 0566 or email mathencounters@momath.org.\n \n Plea se check our online shop for books by Math Encount ers presenters. CATEGORIES:Math Encounters CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20210407T160000 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20210407T160000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20210407T173000 LOCATION:MoMath Online\n NY\n United States\n ORGANIZER:MAILTO:functions@momath.org URL:https://momath.org/civicrm/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fevent%2Finfo&reset=1&id=4938 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR