Math Encounters: "Cracking the Code: How Math Was Used to Decrypt Drivers License Numbers" with Joe Gallian (4:00 pm)

Sometimes, things done just for the sake of curiosity can have interesting applications.  Join Joe Gallian, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Minnesota Duluth, as he shares his story of breaking the codes for drivers license numbers in several states, just for the fun of it, and how he made use of an important problem-solving technique to do so.

Special introduction by mathematician Bob Beals.

This page is for the 4:00 pm session.  Click here to register for the 7:00 pm session instead.

Light refreshments will be served after the 4:00 pm session and at 6:30 pm in advance of the second session.

Math Encounters is a public presentation series celebrating the spectacular world of mathematics, presented by the Simons Foundation and the National Museum of Mathematics.

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