UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

COLLOQUIUM

 


FALL 2016

Thursday,  October 20, 3:30-4:20 pm, room TLC 022

Refreshments in Brink 305 at 3:00 pm


Some Unusual Mathematical Problems


 

Lawrence R. Weill



Department of Mathematics

  California State University, Fullerton


Back in November 2014, Dr. Weill gave a talk on some interesting mathematical problems at the University of Idaho Mathematics Department Colloquium.  Now he will present some additional favorites, some of which have surprising results, and others with subtleties which lure the solver into disastrous slippery slopes of reasoning.  The statement of each problem is easily understood, and all involve elementary mathematics, including logic, probability, algebra, geometry, and calculus.  The talk is directed primarily to undergraduate students in mathematics and the sciences, but should appeal to graduate students and faculty as well.