Dr. Perla Sousi, A Lost Man Will Reach Home, but a Lost Bird Will be Lost Forever

Speaker: Dr. Perla Sousi (Stats Lab)
Venue: Winstanley Lecture Theatre
Time: 20/10/2014 20:30, drinks from 20:15

Suppose you are lost while trying to get home. At every corner you decide to take a random direction independently of what you did previously. Will you ever get back home? The answer depends on which dimension you live in. What if you give a preference to roads you have used before. Does the answer change?

 

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