Saturday, March 28, 2009

MatheMagics Show at BYU

Dr Arthur Benjamin will be coming to BYU to perform this week. He combines magic and mathematics in his performances of "mathemagics." It's supposed to be very enjoyable and entertaining for everyone—not just the mathematically inclined. Tickets are free; here's the flier from the BYU Math Department for the event:
My numerical methods professor, Dr Villamizar, has seen him before and says it's really good. I've looked at Dr Benjamin's website and it looks like it will be pretty cool. Here's a clip of some of the things that he does:



I'll be going and so far I've convinced about a dozen others to go to. If you want to go I can pick up tickets for you. Just let me know.

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