Mathematics

“The Sleeping Beauty Controversy: The Puzzle that Sparked 100 Philosophy Papers”

Proposed 16 years ago by philosopher Adam Elga, “Sleeping Beauty” seems to be a simple problem in discrete probability.  Is it?  If so, Why does it incite such passion?  Dartmouth Mathematics Professor Winkler will describe the various “camps” in the controversy, and attack or defend their arguments.  In the end, you’ll have to decide for yourself where you stand!

The second of two sessions in which mathematics seniors will be present talks on their work in our seminar on mathematical modeling.

1:30 pm: Aaron Low, “Incorporating Vaccinations into Epidemic Models”

2:00 pm: Charlie Hull, “Modeling Wind Speeds Using Lorenz Equations”

The first of two sessions in which mathematics seniors will be present talks on their work in our seminar on mathematical modeling.

1:30 pm: Jonah Simon, “Modeling Population Growth in Israel”
1:55 pm: Jigar Bhakta, “Stochastic Modeling of Electoral Voting”
2:20 pm: Yuchen Zhu, “Goodwin Models of Economic Cycles”

The second session is scheduled for Thursday, May 10 at 1:30 pm.