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Games Mathematicians Play (MTH-104)

Semester:	Summer 2020
Number:	0144-104-010
Instructor:	Joshua Hiller
Note:	Online, Asynchronous
Location:	Online
Credits:	3
Course Meets:	May 26 - June 29
Notes:
Course Materials:	View Text Books
Description:	Combinatorial games are two-person games in which chance has no part (like Chess, Go and others). They boast a fascinating theory involving new kinds of numbers. Play lots of games, and try to determine how to win and what properties make them fun to play. Design your own combinatorial game. (Learning Goals:Q;Distribution Reqs:Mathematics,Computing & Logic)
Learning Goals:	This course will likely be different than any mathematics course you have taken previously. This is not a lecture course, butinstead a course where you will actively explore mathematical games. Most of your time in class will be spent working throughthe text in small groups. I will play a limited role, serving to facilitate and guide from the sidelines.Each topic that we cover will roughly follow this structure. You will read about the topic before we begin and be prepared toanswer questions about the readings. After we have discussed the readings, you will work through a series of problems in smallgroups. As we go through the problems, we will take breaks for classroom discussion of some of the problems, with each grouppresenting its work and ideas. After we have thought about and discussed the problems in class, they will be assigned forhomework, which is your opportunity to present your ideas and work formally. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here.

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