Date: Oct. 10, 2019
Time/Room: 12:45-2pm in N1002
Speaker: Johann Thiel (NYCCT)
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.
Pizza will be served at 12:45.
