Sets, Planets, and Comets
Mark Baker, Jane Beltran, Jason Y. Buell, J. Brian Conrey, Tom Davis, Brianna Donaldson, Jeanne Detorre-Ozeki, Leila Dibble, Tom C. Freeman, Robert Hammie, Julie Montgomery, Avery Pickford, Justine Wong · College Mathematics Journal · 2013
SummarySets in the game Set are lines in a certain four-dimensional space. Here we introduce planes into the game, leading to interesting mathematical questions, some of which we solve, and to a wonderful variation on the game Set, in which every tableau of nine cards must contain at least one configuration for a player to pick up.