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| ID | 124 |
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| First Name | Erika |
| Last Name | Hartung |
| Institution | Central College |
| Speaker Category | undergraduate student |
| Title of Talk | Prince Rupert's Rectangles |
| Abstract | How would you like to win a bet? Could your skills in mathematics help you? Over 300 years ago this was the case for Prince Rupert. He won a wager that given two equal cubes, a hole can be cut in one that is large enough to pass the second through it. Since Prince Rupert |
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| Suitable for undergraduates? | Yes |
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| Computer Needed? | Y |
| Bringing a laptop? | N |
| Overhead Needed? | N |
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| Date Submitted | 3/2/2005 |
| Year | 2005 |