Date: Oct. 24, 2019
Time/Room: 12:45-2pm in N1002
Speaker: Brad Isaacson
Title: An Elementary Proof of the Reciprocity Formula for Dedekind Sums
Date: Oct. 24, 2019
Time/Room: 12:45-2pm in N1002
Speaker: Brad Isaacson
Title: An Elementary Proof of the Reciprocity Formula for Dedekind Sums
Abstract: In this talk we will analyze various games of chance, including the Monty Hall Problem and Race to the Finish from Let’s Make a Deal and Plinko from The Price is Right. We will use both theoretical and computational methods to understand the probabilities of winning such games.
Here is the link to a Jupyter notebook describing our computations for the probabilities of winning a prize in Let’s Make a Deal’s Race to the Finish game.