Dr. Dena Morton

Dr. Morton is a pure mathematician, which means she researches theoretical mathematics. To her, mathematics is always a creative endeavor and she is delighted when her research yields particularly beautiful results.

Dr. Morton's area of research is in combinatorial game theory. Combinatorial games follow these rules:

1. There are two players who play against each other.
   
   
2. Nothing is left to chance. Instead moves must be reasoned out.
   (This means poker is not a combinatorial game.)
   
   
3. Both players know the other player’s possible moves.
   (This means Stratego is not a combinatorial game.)
   
   
4. There is a definite winner, with no ties allowed.

Some examples of famous combinatorial games are connect four, chess, checkers, tic-tac-toe, go, and the game of nim.

Expertise

Combinatorial Game Theory, Topology, Homotopy Theory

Professional Interests

Cryptography