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02-05-2008, 04:16 AM
Anyone interested in this? :nerd
Student Math Society talk on "Making Millions the Easy Way"
*Author: Keith Devlin (Stanford)
*Abstract:
In the mid-1990's, a team of American science students took on the might of the Las Vegas casinos, and came home with millions of dollars.
Hardworking engineering students during the week, they became high-rolling gamblers by the weekend and proved that, in one game at least, the house doesn't always win.
The game was blackjack, and the students were from the world-renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Their audacious winnings marked the climax of an arms race between casino and player that began 40 years earlier with a discovery by MIT math professor Edward Thorp.
In 2005, the BBC made a one-hour documentary about this story. Although shown in many countries, it was never broadcast in the US.
Keith Devlin took part in the program, and in addition to screening the entire documentary, he will talk about the making of the film and the mathematical issues surrounding the exploits of the students.
*When and where:
Thursday, February 7, 7:00PM
In Daly Science 2006, Santa Clara University
Directions (http://www.scu.edu/map/parking/directions.cfm) and campus map (http://www.scu.edu/map/).
Yana:banana
Student Math Society talk on "Making Millions the Easy Way"
*Author: Keith Devlin (Stanford)
*Abstract:
In the mid-1990's, a team of American science students took on the might of the Las Vegas casinos, and came home with millions of dollars.
Hardworking engineering students during the week, they became high-rolling gamblers by the weekend and proved that, in one game at least, the house doesn't always win.
The game was blackjack, and the students were from the world-renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Their audacious winnings marked the climax of an arms race between casino and player that began 40 years earlier with a discovery by MIT math professor Edward Thorp.
In 2005, the BBC made a one-hour documentary about this story. Although shown in many countries, it was never broadcast in the US.
Keith Devlin took part in the program, and in addition to screening the entire documentary, he will talk about the making of the film and the mathematical issues surrounding the exploits of the students.
*When and where:
Thursday, February 7, 7:00PM
In Daly Science 2006, Santa Clara University
Directions (http://www.scu.edu/map/parking/directions.cfm) and campus map (http://www.scu.edu/map/).
Yana:banana