This coming Monday, we are grateful to have Dr Dominic Yeo deliver a wonderfully probabilistic talk, 7pm at the CMS. And, do hang around for pizza and port/juice after the talk!
Title: From random walks to permutations (and back again!)
Speaker: Dr Dominic Yeo
Abstract: For any procedure of shuffling a pack of cards, it is natural to ask how many shuffles are needed to get close to ‘perfect randomness’. We will explore this question and find some surprising connections with graphs, random walks, and a problem about orienting a collection of roundabouts!
Date: Monday, 18 November
Time: 7pm
Location: MR2, Centre of Mathematical Sciences
Abstract: For any procedure of shuffling a pack of cards, it is natural to ask how many shuffles are needed to get close to ‘perfect randomness’. We will explore this question and find some surprising connections with graphs, random walks, and a problem about orienting a collection of roundabouts!
Date: Monday, 18 November
Time: 7pm
Location: MR2, Centre of Mathematical Sciences
As usual, some members of the committee will be walking over to CMS from Great Court at 6.40pm; feel free to join them!