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Subevent of Math... With a Spoon!
Computing and Math 355
2026 Mar 28 from 10:00AM to 10:15AM (Central Time (US & Canada))
Abstract:
Mathematician Stanley Tennenbaum demonstrated a geometric proof of the irrationality of the square root of 2 in the 1950s using a lesser known theorem called Carpets Theorem. Using a “spoon”, I plan to show Tennenbaum’s proof in an easy to understand light. However, to avoid steering away from the more mathematical aspects of such a proof, I will show the core algebra and math as well. Both of these points of view will be viewed from a geometric lens just as Stanley Tennenbaum did.