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DESCRIPTION:\nJoin the Mathematics and Computer Science Department on January 24th at 3:00pm  for the latest installment of the Fearless Friday seminar series.\nTitle: The Kevin Bacon of Mathematical Objects?\nSpeaker: Tom Edgar (Pacific Lutheran University\, Distinguished Visiting Professor United States Air Force Academy)\nAbstract: The Kevin Bacon game challenges players to find shortest paths from a given performer to Kevin Bacon where connections consist of actors who appeared together in a movie. In this talk\, we'll investigate a single object\, the sum-of-bits function\, that could perhaps be a contender for the Kevin Bacon role in an analogous game played with mathematics. We'll see a variety of topics from the undergraduate math curriculum that can be connected via this idea. Exploring bridge objects like this the sum-of-bits function allows us and our students to see that there are often beautiful connections between seemingly separate and independent mathematical areas. Knowing of these connections can allow problem-solving techniques in one subfield to help with another.\nTalk Rating: PG\n\nhttps://today.coloradocollege.edu/events/8537
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LOCATION:Tutt Science 122 - Lecture Hall (Social Science)
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SUMMARY:The Kevin Bacon of Mathematical Objects?
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