Description: Seminar, one hour. Preparation: basic understanding of high school mathematics. Mathematics can often be mired in long computations and abstract concepts, but field of mathematics offers so many areas of exploration that are both understandable and interesting to everyone. Use of movies as framework of understanding for various topics in mathematics, such as game theory, topology, cryptography, and more. Demonstration of how abstract concepts can be described in all situations, as demonstrated in selected movies. P/NP grading. Facilitated by Ruth Dolly Johnson, with Spencer Unger as faculty mentor.

Units: 0.0