Math Professors
This professor can be seen wearing a shirt with a cat DJing in space and he loves to talk about his time in Hungary
Jonathan Shapiro
In this horror film, a group of children known as the Losers' Club confronts a shape-shifting entity that often takes the form of a malevolent clown named Pennywise.
It
This game, known for its "Go to Jail" space, involves buying and trading properties to bankrupt opponents.
Monopoly
Infinite sequences and series, vector algebra, parametric curves.
Math 143 (Calc III)
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest man can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Breathe
This guy is an amazing professor and even better rock climber
Dylan Retsek
This film features a haunted hotel and the line, "Here's Johnny!"
The Shining
In this strategy game, players compete to control territories on a map, often involving dice and cards.
Risk
Matrix algebra, including inverses and determinants. Vectors, vector spaces, bases and linear transformations in real coordinate space of n dimensions. Eigenvalues, eigenvectors and diagonalization.
Math 206 (Linear Alg. I)
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps
This professor attended UC Santa Cruz and loves to listen to the Grateful Dead
Eric Brussel
This 1996 slasher film revitalized the horror genre by poking fun at horror movie clichés while delivering genuine scares.
Scream
This word game involves creating words from individual letter tiles, with points awarded based on letter values.
Scrabble
Euclid's Algorithm, greatest common divisors, diophantine equations, prime numbers, congruences, number theoretic functions, the quadratic reciprocity laws, primitive roots and indices.
Math 341 (Number Theory)
I have keys but open no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
Keyboard
This professor attended Cal Poly and has interests in Functional Analysis, Operator Theory, Complex Analysis
RTD
This film is based on the real-life investigations of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, who help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.
The Conjuring
In this game, players build settlements and trade resources like wood and brick to earn points, with a focus on strategic placement and expansion.
Catan
Mathematical formulation of physical laws. Separation of variables. Orthogonal functions and generalized Fourier series. Bessel functions, Legendre polynomials. Sturm-Liouville problem.
Math 418 (Partial Diff Eqs.)
I have no life, but I can die. I do not have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
Fire
This current seminar professor occasionally goes to Las Vegas with fellow math professors
Jeffery Liese
This 1976 film features a young girl possessed by a demonic force, leading her mother to seek help from a priest.
The Exorcist
This ancient game involves moving pieces around a board according to the roll of two dice, with the objective of getting all your pieces into your home board while blocking your opponent.
Backgammon
Written and oral analyses and presentations by students on topics from advanced mathematics and mathematical modeling.
Math 459 (Senior Seminar)
I am an odd number. Take away one letter, and I become even. What number am I?
Seven