Summary: <p>The boys delve into some stats and game theory problems, ending with a classic from Conway.</p> <h3>Odds and Evenings</h3> <p>Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/OddsAndEvenings</a><br> Website - <a href="http://www.oddsandevenings.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.oddsandevenings.com</a></p> <h3>Topics discussed</h3> <ul> <li>Dominion Probabilities</li> <li>The Cheapest Beer in Prague</li> <li>The Angel Problem</li> </ul> <h3>Show Notes</h3> <p><a href="http://www.alaricstephen.com/main-featured/2016/11/28/dominion-probabilities" rel="nofollow">Dominion Probabilities Article</a><br> The Generalised Coupon Collecting Formula in [Wolfram Alpha](<a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com" rel="nofollow">www.wolframalpha.com</a>) Type this into input: sum from j=0 to 25 of ((-1)<sup>j</sup>(25 choose j)(((25-j) choose 10)/(25 choose 10))<sup>8)</sup><br> (I couldn't directly link because the % signs in the URL were messing up our site linking. Apologies for the mess.<br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_problem" rel="nofollow">The Secretary Problem</a><br> <a href="http://www.alaricstephen.com/main-featured/2017/7/12/the-angel-problem" rel="nofollow">The Angel Problem (by Alaric)</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPLQgXUiU14&ab_channel=singingbanana" rel="nofollow">James Grime's Video on the Codepad Problem</a></p> <h3>Credits</h3> <p>Hosted By <br> Alaric - <a href="http://alaricstephen.com" rel="nofollow">http://alaricstephen.com</a><br> Alex - <a href="http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.com/speakmouthwords</a></p> <p>Editing by Alex<br> Back to school vocals by Alaric</p> <p>Theme music by David Russell - <a href="https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323" rel="nofollow">https://youtube.com/DavidRussell323</a></p>
