Reminder: RSVP for next week’s Stanford MTC meeting

[Daniel Finkle]

Dear BATMath,

This is a friendly reminder about next week’s MTC meeting, facilitated by Paul Zeitz. The topic will be “Pattern Recognition”. As always the meetings are free and include a complimentary dinner. 

Pattern Recognition

We will explore various interesting and sometimes not obvious patterns that emerge when you just mess around with pencil and paper (ideally, graph paper). Here is a simple example: In an n x n graph paper grid, draw diagonals from one vertex of a square to the opposite vertex. What is the maximum number of diagonals that you can draw with no intersections? For example, verify that a 2 x 2 grid can have 3 such diagonals, and a 3 x 3 will have 6 diagonals, but no more.  What is the general case?We will explore various interesting and sometimes not obvious patterns that emerge when you just mess around with pencil and paper (ideally, graph paper). Here is a simple example: In an n x n graph paper grid, draw diagonals from one vertex of a square to the opposite vertex. What is the maximum number of diagonals that you can draw with no intersections? For example, verify that a 2 x 2 grid can have 3 such diagonals, and a 3 x 3 will have 6 diagonals, but no more.  What is the general case?

Event Details:

• When: Tuesday, November 11, 5:00–8:00 p.m.

• Where: Stanford University, Nora Suppes Hall, Room 103 ( https://goo.gl/maps/vj8nX3egcCK2 )

• RSVP: https://form.jotform.com/253067509620961

Dinner will be available at 5:00 p.m., and the math session will begin at 6:00 p.m.

Parking Instructions:

Parking in A and C lots in the vicinity of Nora Suppes Hall is free after 4 PM. There's a very small parking lot behind Nora Suppes Hall, a slightly larger lot very nearby, just across Panama Street, and a much larger lot just across Campus Drive. 

There are two parking garages (Stock Farm Garage and Via Ortega Garage) just a bit farther away. 

See: http://custom-maps.stanford.edu/view//Maps/22638

Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you next week!

Daniel Finkle

Administrative Assistant
American Institute of Mathematics