| Title: | Combinatorial Problems Arising from English Country Dance |
| Speaker: | Robert A. Messer Emeritus Professor Mathematics and Computer Science Albion College Albion, Michigan, USA |
| Abstract: | A popular form of folk dance is English country dance. In one simple English country dance, four couples dance as two groups of two couples. As the dance progresses, each couple moves to a new position and dances with another couple. Can you have such a dance where each couple dances in each of the four positions with each of the other three couples? What are other mathematical restrictions on such dances? |
| Location: | Palenske 227 |
| Date: | 11/18/2010 |
| Time: | 3:10 PM |
@abstract{MCS:Colloquium:RobertAMesser:2010:11:18,
author = "{Robert A. Messer}",
title = "{Combinatorial Problems Arising from English Country Dance}",
address = "{Albion College Mathematics and Computer Science Colloquium}",
month = "{18 November}",
year = "{2010}"
}