Card Games Unveiled: Exploring the Underlying Linear Algebra

2023/06/15 by Byrapuram, Nikhil, Hwiseo, Choi +9 · 1 citation
#00A08 #FOS: Mathematics #History and Overview (math.HO)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2306.09280

Abstract

We discuss four famous card games that can help learn linear algebra. The games are: SET, Socks, Spot it!, and EvenQuads. We describe the game in the language of vector, affine, and projective spaces. We also show how these games are connected to each other. A separate section is devoted to playing Socks with the EvenQuads deck and vice versa.

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