February
Help Middle Schoolers from Mount Cavalry Church's After-School Program Enjoy Computers
Friday, Meet at 3:45-6 in Hoffberger 149
We will work with the 6th-8th graders on identifying African-American leaders and learning about them on the internet.
Then groups of students will work on a presentation to the group in Word.
Meeting with Elections for Vice-President
Tuesday, February 15th at 6:45 PM in Hoffberger G10
Magic Tricks, Card Shuffling, and Dynamic Computer Memories by Brent Morris of ACM
Tuesday, February 15th at 7 PM in Hoffberger G10
Didn't do so well at Casino Night? Enjoy refreshments and try this:The talk begins with a magic trick and a scientific analysis of card tricks.
This leads to a brief study of card shuffling and the introduction of the perfect shuffle and its mathematics.
Formulas are developed that describe the movement of any card in the deck after any sequence of perfect shuffles,
and this in turn is used to design a dynamic computer memory. Finally, we show the accessing algorithm for the dynamic memory,
the movement formula for perfect shuffles, and the card trick all use the same mathematical principle.
Attendees should bring their own deck of cards, if they want to learn the perfect shuffle.
Remember the trip to see Fantasia 2000 leaving at 8 PM on Saturday, February 19th if you signed up!
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