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Games, Puzzles, Paradox and Proof

Professor Sarah Hart · Gresham College

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About

Why are there chess Grandmasters, but not Grandmasters of noughts and crosses (otherwise known as tic-tac-toe)? It is because chess is “harder” – but what do we really mean by that? Answering that question leads us to develop the idea of mathematical complexity, which is a measure of how ‘big’ a game is. We’ll look at the complexity of popular games, and ask: what is the hardest game of all time?

Lectures

  1. The Maths of Board Games 2023-10-10 · YouTube
  2. The Maths of Sudoku and Latin Squares 2023-11-21 · YouTube
  3. Mathematical Puzzles and Paradoxes 2024-01-30 · YouTube
  4. The Mathematics of Coincidence 2024-03-05 · YouTube
  5. How to Prove 1=0, And Other Maths Illusions 2024-05-14 · YouTube
  6. A Mathematician’s View of Proof 2024-06-04 · YouTube

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Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Sarah Hart
Year
2023
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics
Source
Gresham College
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