ESP Biography



HOWARD BECK, MIT Freshman




Major: Not available.

College/Employer: MIT

Year of Graduation: 2025

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

MIT Freshman studying Mathematics



Past Classes

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M14932: Playing Games with Infinity in HSSP Spring 2022 (Feb. 26, 2022)
Ever wondered how many numbers there are *really*? Ever wanted to beat your friends at any* game? *some conditions apply We’ll start by exploring some interesting questions about the nature of infinity, including countability and cardinality, and we’ll learn to work with ordinal and cardinal numbers. We’ll conclude by examining some surprising connections between these number systems and combinatorial games – and learning how to win them! :)