Pure Math Grad Colloquium

Aleksa Vujicic, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"The Problem with Braid"

Braid is a puzzle game released in 2008 whose central mechanic revolves around time manipulation. The goal of any level is to manipulate different level elements so that you can reach the exit - but is this always possible to do? It turns out that answering this question in general is impossible to do, and we look at why this is the case.