Faculty Organizers: Professors Thomas Johnstone and Johann Thiel
Room and Time: N1002, 12:45-2pm
Schedule:
| August | |
| 29 | No meeting |
| September | |
| 5 | No meeting |
| 12 | No meeting |
| 19 | SIAM Meeting |
| 26 | No meeting |
| October | |
| 3 | No meeting |
| 10 | Speaker: Johann Thiel |
| 17 | SIAM Meeting |
| 24 | Speaker: Brad Isaacson |
| 31 |
| November | |
| 7 | No Meeting |
| 8 | BNL Trip |
| 9 | SCUDEM Competition |
| 14 | |
| 21 | |
| 28 | No Meeting (no classes) |
| December | |
| 5 | No Meeting |
| 12 | |
| 19 | No Meeting |
Abstracts — Fall 2019
Date: October 10, 2019
Speakers: Johann Thiel
Title: Probability and Games
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.
Date: Oct. 24, 2019
Speakers: Brad Isaacson
Title: An Elementary Proof of the Reciprocity Formula for Dedekind Sums
Abstract: Link