Applications of knot theory to game and sciences

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24654015
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Geometry
• Research Institution: Osaka City University
• Principal Investigator: KAWAUCHI Akio 大阪市立大学, 大学院理学研究科, 教授 (00112524)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KISHIMOTO Kengo 大阪工業大学, 工学部, 講師 (70587774) ; SHIMIZU Ayaka 群馬工業高等専門学校, 一般教科(自然科学), 助教 (40638764) ; KANENOBU Taizo 大阪市立大学, 大学院理学研究科, 教授 (00152819) ; TAYAMA Ikuo 大阪市立大学, 大学院理学研究科, 研究員 (00382036) ; MORIUCHI Hiromasa 近畿大学, 医学部, 講師 (20453128)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 結び目理論 / 領域選択ゲーム / 領域点灯ゲーム / 量子スイッチ / 結び目パスワード

Outline of Final Research Achievements

As an applied study of the game“Region Select", the trial product of a switch system "Quantum Switch" was constructed. “Region Select" is a figure game．To study how infants who do not well understand numbers can acquire mathematical algorithms with the infant version game, some data were acquired and analyzed. To explain effects of this figure game, a function of brain in the case of mathematical thinking is studied whose result is reported in an article and a book. An elderly version“Region Select" was constructed to use for rehabilitations of visuospatial cognitive function by adopting opinions of a doctor of Osaka City University, Geriatric Medicine. iPads equipped with it are lent to a care facility of the elderly person connecting the contract of a joint research with us for a verification test.

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