Speaker: Lorenzo Riva
University of Notre Dame
Will give a Graduate Student Seminar entitled:
████████ and the ████████ game
Abstract: In this talk I will introduce a one-player game (a sequence of moves governed by some rules) and challenge you, the audience, to determine the game's outcome: Does it always terminate? Does the starting position matter? Are there different strategies, and do those affect whether the game terminates? Are these strategies optimal? After the introduction you will place a bet on the answer to those questions; winners get candy. Are you ready to play? Note: Since this is a pretty famous game that can be easily found on the internet I decided to omit its name and the machinery used to study it from the title of the talk, otherwise the betting round would be pretty trivial.
Date: 11-21-2024
Time: 2:00 pm
Location: 258 Hurley Hall