Ulam style Cut and Choose games

Peter Holy (University of Udine)

08-Oct-2021, 13:00-14:00 (2 years ago)

Abstract: If you want Ann and Bob to fairly share a piece of cake, an easy way to achieve this is to let Ann cut the cake in two, and then to let Bob choose his piece. I’ll be looking at certain infinite games that were proposed by Ulam and Mycielski in the 1960ies based on the above idea of fair sharing. We will investigate some basic properties of these games, and I will talk about their relationship with the existence of large infinities. This is joint work with Philipp Schlicht, Christopher Turner and Philip Welch (all University of Bristol).

mathematical physicsanalysis of PDEsclassical analysis and ODEscategory theorycomplex variablesfunctional analysislogicmetric geometryoptimization and control

Audience: researchers in the topic


VCU ALPS (Analysis, Logic, and Physics Seminar)

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