Invited Address

Catherine Hsu

Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Swarthmore College

Title: Projective and Non-Abelian SET

Abstract:

Mathematicians love SET. On the surface, this classic game is a contest of pattern recognition, but it also presents an interesting way to visualize the geometry of a torus over a finite field. In this talk, we will discuss some of the mathematics connected to SET and then explore several new versions of the game, including one arising from projective geometry and one arising from non-abelian groups. In particular, we will see how these non-abelian variations on SET can give intuitive visualizations of abstract group structures.