Public Presentation Planning #1

 I will prepare a poster presentation, with the title "Wicked Hard Problems: How to Count to Infinity"*, as the sole contributor. My presentation will cover a subject from this course (metaquestion: we've only submitted one assignment, is that by default the subject I will present from this course?), and feature both visual and text components. My poster will attempt to illustrate the various details that comprise the subject matter. 

 

*Title subject to change because I'm really not sure.

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