Gathering for Gardner 11 Date: Thursday, 20/Mar/2014

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10:00am

ThuAM1: Thursday AM Early

Location: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room The Conway ImmobilizerWinkler, Peter

Quintetra BlocksKostick, John and Jane

The PennyhedronBell, George

Widespreading the Word: promoting math to a wide audience.Gill, Eoin; Donegan, Sheila

Seven touching infinite cylindersBozóki, Sándor; Lee, Tsung­Lin; Rónyai, Lajos

Colliding Masses and the digits of PiHess, Dick

Pythagorize the FlatironLawrence, Cindy

Camoens, Pimenta and the improbable sonnetSimões, Carlota; Coelho, Nuno

10:30am

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12:00pm

ThuAM2: Thursday AM Late

Location: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room Sinan's Screens: Networks of Intersecting Polygons in Ottoman ArchitectureBier, Carol

Rep­tile Sets of PolyominoesGolomb, Solomon W.

MathenaeumWhitney, Glen

The Golden MeaningBellos, Alex

Wordplay / Slipperiness of Language / N­tendresGoldklang, Lew

Slice Knots and Conway's Skein TheoryKauffman, Louis

Crossed Stick Puzzle DesignMuñiz, Alexandre

Grille ciphersSerra, Michael

Maybe Fair DiceKisenwether, Joseph

1:30pm

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3:30pm

ThuPM1: Thursday PM Early

Location: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room String Theory: (Pythagoras of Samos + Athanasius Kircher)² = Jimi HendrixSheppard, Philip

Polyhedral Computing Applied to Spatial Puzzle DesignAlexe, Sorin

Three short introductions.

Three short introductions.

Uehara, Ryuhei

Can John Conway, Retrolife, the number 11 and a mathematical magic trick be coherently addressed in 5

minutes?

Elran, Yossi

Regular Hexaflexagon Faces

Anderson, Thomas; McLean, Thomas Bruce; Pajoohesh, Homeira; Smith, Chasen

Magic and the Periodic Table of the Elements

Duran, Miquel; Blasco, Fernando

A drawing method on Conway's game of Life

Iwai, Masayoshi

Sun Bin's Legacy

MacKenzie, Dana

What happened few minutes before day 0?

Rougetet, Lisa

Introducing Gilbreath Numbers

Vallin, Robert

The Music of the Icosahedron

Orman, Hilarie

The Level 2 Menger Sponge with Playing Cards

Wilder, Jim

My Clothes Tell Secrets

Lee, Elan

4:00pm­

5:30pm

ThuPM2: Thursday PM LateLocation: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room Toy models

Tokieda, Tadashi

The Algebra of Tetraflexagons

Yackel, Carolyn; Beier, Julie

The Pseudosphere Uphill Roller

Brecher, Kenneth

Beading the Seven­Color Torus

Goldstine, Susan

Telephone Calls and the Brontosaurus

Atkinson, Adam

The State of the Art of Modern Mazes

Fisher, Adrian

11 Unexpected Parallels

Jones, Kate

The Music of the Polygons

Miller, John

Date: Friday, 21/Mar/2014

8:30am

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10:00am

FriAM1: Friday AM Early

Location: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room The design of a reconfigurable mazeKaplan, Craig

KenKen...The Fastest Growing Logic (and Math!) Puzzle Since SudokuFuhrer, Robert

The Unique 4­7­11 Octahedral MonoicosahedronBanchoff, Thomas

The ConSequence of Elevens in ParallelMarasco, Joe

TSP MazesChartier, Tim

Peculiar integer triangles containing an edge of 11Hosoya, Haruo

Character AssassinationRoberts, Siobhan; Conway, John

Menger Menger MengerTaalman, Laura

Gerbert's AbacusSilva, Jorge Nuno; Santos, Carlos

The Japanese theorem for cyclic polygonsRicheson, Dave

10:30am

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11:30am

FriAM2: Friday AM Late

Location: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room It is better to open a mind with wonder than close it with beliefMenna, Lisa

Holographic Visualization for Mathematics and ScienceNewswanger, Craig

The Game of LightKocik, Jerzy Jurek

Conway and The 3x+1 Problem ContinuedGreenfield, Gary

On a KenKen from Bit­playerNacin, David

Sculpture ActivitiesHart, George

12:00pm

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5:00pm

FriPM: Friday PM at Sarah's House

Date: Saturday, 22/Mar/2014

8:30am

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10:00am

SatAM1: Saturday AM Early

Location: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room An Irregular HexaflexagonSchwartz, Ann

Hyperbolic Fractal Tilings and SurfacesFathauer, Robert

What is the G4G ­ Celebration of Mind?Thompson, Tanya; Morgan, Chris

The Programmable Galton Board: A Shameless ShillPropp, James

World in the BalanceCrease, Robert

The World's Favourite NumberBellos, Alex

JMA Outstanding Paper AwardKaplan, Craig

Computer aided curved origami designMitani, Jun

Quintessence: Puzzling the 120­cellSchleimer, Saul; Segerman, Henry

Revisiting the Mutilated ChessboardWright, Colin

10:30am

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12:00pm

SatAM2: Saturday AM Late

Location: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room TBDConway, John Horton

Math Anxiety Camp and My New BeadsFisher, Gwen Laura

How Magicians fool our brainHjulstad, Kristine

The Magic SquareGreen, Lennart

Marble Runs and Turing MachinesBickford, Neil

How To Work My G8 dissection puzzleGosper, R. William

What if you find 115 puzzles with no solutions?Knoppers, Peter

How Puzzles Made Us HumanMutalik, Pradeep

Fair diceSherman, Scott

Dots and BoxesBerlekamp, Elwyn

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SatPM1: Saturday PM Early

Location: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room

3:30pm The Awesome Powers of 11Crease, Robert; Crease, Alexander

EvilevenOberg, Bruce

From Twisty­Puzzle Fractals to Penrose TilesHearn, Bob

Optical Illusions of Theodore DelandMullins, Bill

Hat PuzzlesKhovanova, Tanya

Eleven = ONCE. Magic for blind people.Blasco, Fernando; Blasco­Uceda, Fernando

John­Art: The Stochastic Geometry of John ShierCipra, Barry

A Deterministic Finite Automaton for determining triangle orientation in a General Order Regular FlexagonIacob, Emil

Solving Puzzles BackwardsLevitin, Anany

The Eleven Clocks ProblemRoby, Tom

Recent significant achievements on puzzles in JapanTakashima, Naoaki

Proportion SystemsHarriss, Edmund

4:00pm­

5:30pm

SatPM2: Saturday PM LateLocation: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room TBDHolman, Pablos

Geometric Surfaces as Visual InstrumentsMatsuura, Akihiro

INTO MYSTERY revealedClough, Eric

The Martin Gardner Centennial InitiativeMulcahy, Colm

Mathematics Awareness Month 2014 Celebrates Martin GardnerTorrence, Eve; Torrence, Bruce; Mulcahy, Colm

Martin Gardner, yeoman/2cRichards, Dana

Tales plus Q&A about life with Armand T. RingerGardner, Jim

Date: Sunday, 23/Mar/2014

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10:30am

SunAM1: Sunday AM Early

Location: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room The Magic of the Superheroes of SightSchwab, Ivan R.

Who invented the McIntosh Apple?McManus, Mickey

Clark Richert, ArtistHildebrandt, Paul

Conway's Impact on the Theory of Random TilingsPropp, James

The Neuroscience of CuriosityAntonick, Gary

Game­of­Life MosaicsBosch, Robert

YESGO, an unusual Go game and its problemsKotani, Yoshiyuki

Making a Binary Computer with 10,000 DominoesParker, Matt

Symmetries in PortugalSilva, Jorge Nuno; Carvalho, Alda; Santos, Carlos

Making a Real 5×5×5Hoff, Carl

A Box of InvisibilityBexfield, Simon

SuperfractalsStrickland, Henry

The Quaternion Symmetry Group You've Never Heard OfHart, Vi

11:00am

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1:00pm

SunAM2: Sunday AM Late

Location: Ritz Carlton Large Meeting Room A Tribute To Raymond SmullyanRosenhouse, Jason

Langford's Problem RemixedMiller, John

A Simple MatheMagics TrickBrittain, Skona

A Hair­Tie 120­cellHawksley, Andrea Johanna

The Julie Robinson Mathematics FestivalBlachman, Nancy

Magnus Popkous­Bucky Meets Borromeo Through The Amazing Geometry MachineEsterle, Richard

Square in the Bag and Other Puzzles for ClassroomIwasawa, Hirokazu

PHANTASCOPES

Rowett, Tim

Solid Three­Dimensional Anamorphic Alice Using A Wave MirrorMortillaro, Karen

Paper PentasiaHayes, Barry

11 views of 11Kepner, Margaret

2:00pm

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3:00pm

GiftExchange: G4G11 Gift Exchange

Papers submitted as part of the G4G11 Gift Exchange

"Conway Cup" and "John 'Horned' Conway" ( 2 contributions)Allen, Amina; Stranahan, Mike

"Conway Cup" and "John 'Horned' Conway" ( 2 contributions)Allen, Amina; Stranahan, Mike

"Exploring the Secrets of The Universe (in Red & White)"Hinnant, Wm Vandorn

/dev/joe Crescents and VorticesDeVincentis, Joseph

4 x 4 = 20Rowett, Tim

6­card BallHawksley, Andrea Johanna

6^3 Board BurrKnoppers, Peter

A cheap way to construct classic puzzlesBlasco, Fernando

A Cluster Analysis of Richard's PBEM ServerHurd, Lyman

A Corona with Decagrams on a Late 12th Century Persian MonumentBier, Carol

A Deceptive TessellationGosper, R. William

A New Twist on an Old PuzzleJones, Robert

A Satisfiability­Based Cover PuzzleBailey, Duane

A Scanner DarklyHibbert, Chris

A Strategy for Borders ­­ a variant of Dots & BoxesColwell, Jason

Alternate Magic SquareRodgers, Tyler

An Irregular HexaflexagonSchwartz, Ann

An sl(3) LiedokuNacin, David

Basic Strategies to solve Disentanglement PuzzlesGötz, Markus

Beaded Celtic Knots: Rings, Rosettes & Beaded Beads

Fisher, Gwen Laura

Being Paid to Eat Pizza

Atkinson, Adam

Binary Computing with Domino Logic Gates on a Large Scale

Parker, Matt; Steckles, Katie

Bobby Fischer Against the World ­ soundtrack for G4G friends

Sheppard, Philip

Circles of 11

Nelson, Eric; Rapson, Ole

Clara's Rocket

Orndorff, Robert

Color Addition Across the Spectrum of Mathematics

Taylor, Ron

Constructing Acrostic Puzzles

Henle, Frederick Valentin

Cutting the disk: a geometric dissection puzzle

Morgan, Christopher

DecaStar lasercut notecards

Lawrence, Cindy

Dc30 Ring

Schleimer, Saul; Segerman, Henry

Deland's Optical Illusions

Mullins, Bill

Didactive Magic

Hjulstad, Kristine

e1leven .. a game.

Staples, Carolyn "Cary"

Elevenses

Kepner, Margaret

Elmo's Excellent Excursion

Hess, Dick

From Twisty Puzzle Fractals to Penrose Tiles

Hearn, Bob

G4G Tribute

Greenfield, Gary

G4G11 Cube

Bright, Lambert & Sandy

g4g11 star

Bosch, Derek

Gabriel's paper horn

Richeson, Dave

Generating music from the Thue Morse and the Kolakosi sequences

Calkin, Neil; Bowers, Brian

Geometric Proliferation

Merow, Katharine

Gift Exchange

Gift ExchangeMcLean, Thomas Bruce

Hat PuzzlesKhovanova, Tanya

Hinged Triangle­SquareTaalman, Laura

John Horton Conway: A Series of Puzzles and GamesFarrell, Jeremiah; Farrell, Karen

Langford's Problem RemixedMiller, John

Linkage Puzzle FontDemaine, Erik D.; Demaine, Martin L.

Loss Aversion Theory and Stock PriceHassett, Stephen

Magic and the Periodic Table of the ElementsDuran, Miquel

ManifoldMorin­Drouin, Jerome

Masyu 11x11 – Conway's Game of LifeBaxter, Nick

Mathemagical Deck of CardsHirth, Tiago; Silva, Jorge Nuno; Freitas, Pedro; Simões, Carlota

Mathematics Awareness Month 2014 PosterTorrence, Bruce; Torrence, Eve

Maybe Fair DieKisenwether, Joseph

Maze of MartinChartier, Tim

mind reading math trickMenna, Lisa

Modular Magic: Eleven CubesJones, Kate

Morning Math with Red QueenMuller, Marnie

New twist on the buttonhole puzzleBobroff, Saul

non­tetrahedral 4 sided dieSherman, Scott

Oddly EnoughAronson, Simon

PaperLiles, William

Paper on recent significant achivements on puzzles in JapanTakashima, Naoaki

Pi Day themed contributionCouzin, Mary

Pirate Math Sampler

Pirate Math SamplerSerra, Michael

PLAY WITH 2014Halici, Emrehan

Polygons Folding to Three Different BoxesUehara, Ryuhei

Pot Pourri Bell's EllesBrokenshire, Laurie; Bell, Donald

Preface and Annotated Table of Contents from Martin Gardner in the 21st CenturyHopkins, Brian

Puzzles: Invented Designed or DiscoveredDalgety, James

Pythagorean EarringsVinson, Jade

Quintetra BlocksKostick, John and Jane

Recreational Mathematics MagazinePereira dos Santos, Carlos

Recreational science for blind peopleBlasco­Uceda, Fernando; Blasco, Fernando

Rendering HendecagramsVorthmann, Scott

Retrolife Puzzles and the Apex Magic Trick for G4G11Elran, Yossi

Scenes from the MathenaeumWhitney, Glen

SELF­REFERENTIAL 9 DIGITS REPDIGIT NUMBERKurchan, Rodolfo

Seven touching infinite cylindersBozóki, Sándor; Lee, Tsung­Lin; Rónyai, Lajos

Seven­Color Bead Crochet Torus Map PatternGoldstine, Susan

Slipagons Postcard and Staroid Postcard and Paper on sameEngel, Doug

Solving All 164,604,041,664 Symmetric Positions of the Rubik's Cube in the Quarter Turn MetricRokicki, Tomas

Solving Puzzes BackwardsLevitin, Anany

Some neat geometry problems arising from tesselations.Scherphuis, Jaap

Square in the Bag and Other Puzzles for ClassroomIwasawa, Hirokazu

Star Polygon Shortbread for the Puzzling PalateBaker, Ellie

still Life with GliderBosch, Robert

Stone Piles ­ A Variation of Nim

Stone Piles ­ A Variation of NimMorrill, Ryan

Sun Bin's LegacyMackenzie, Dana

Super Cube 11Manderscheid, Roger

Symmetries in Lisbon, PortugalCarvalho, Alda

Telephone Calls and the BrontosaurusAtkinson, Adam

TestYung, Veronica

Tetraflexagon Trading CardsBeier, Julie

TetraflexagonsYackel, Carolyn

The Annotated Goodbye Old GirlRichards, Dana

The Battersea Power Station PuzzleSingmaster, David

The Checker Shadow IllusionRossetti, Dave

The Dragonfly magic of targeting and captureSchwab, Ivan R.

The Eleven Clocks ProblemRoby, Tom

The game of lightKocik, Jurek

The Granny Knot and the Square KnotKauffman, Louis

The Parking Lot PuzzleBickford, Neil

The Planar Tetrarhons TetrahedronHoff, Carl

The Pseudosphere Uphill RollerBrecher, Kenneth

The Puzzle that Goes to ElevenStephens, James

The Stochastic Geometry of John ShierCipra, Barry

The UMAP Journal 34 (4) (2013)Marasco, Joe

The Unique 4­7­11 Octahedral MonoicosahedronBanchoff, Thomas

THREE PUZZLESSchoen, Alan

Tiebreaker Dice

Tiebreaker Dice

Bogart, Rod

Tiling Tetris boards

Butler, Steve; Ekstrand, Jason; Osborne, Steven

Trick­opening boxes from Sri Lanka

de Vreugd, Frans

Tunnel­Cube

Hart, George

Two Parity Puzzles Related to Generalized Space­Filling Peano Curve Constructions and Some Beautiful

Silk Scarves

McKenna, Doug

Unique Polyhedra Dice

Fathauer, Robert

Using Calcudoku in Modern Algebra

Nacin, David

When is the next Thanksgivukkah?

Levy, Doron

Who Wrote Martin Gardner's Autobiography?

Kearn, Vickie; Gardner, Jim

Wordplay / Slipperiness of Language / N­tendres

Goldklang, Lew

YESGO, an unusual Go game and its problems

Kotani, Yoshiyuki

Zometool gift

Hildebrandt, Paul

SUDOKU becomes SLIDOKU

Nightingale, Simon

The Prehistory of the Game Nim

Rougetet, Lisa

The Conway Immobilizer

Winkler, Peter

A Simple MatheMagics Trick

Brittain, Skona