Math Club Talk; The Mondrian Puzzle: A Connection to Number Theory

Name: Math Club Talk; The Mondrian Puzzle: A Connection to Number Theory
Start: 2026-03-06T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-03-06T14:00:00-05:00
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Fri, Mar 6, 2026

1 PM – 2 PM EST (GMT-5)

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This Friday, March 6th, in CMC120 from 1-2pm, Cooper O'Kuhn will be giving a talk on a Numberphile problem he worked on during high school, which turns out to have surprising connections to number theory; see details below.

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TITLE: The Mondrian Puzzle: A Connection to Number Theory

ABSTRACT: Popularized by the YouTube channel Numberphile, the Mondrian Puzzle is a problem concerning certain ways one can tile a square with rectangles. Surprisingly, the problem can be attacked using concepts from Number Theory, including Sieve Theory, divisor functions, and the study of perfect numbers.

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SPEAKER: Cooper O'Kuhn
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