Math Club - Exploring Psuedorandomness
Date: Thursday, September 26th
Time: 5 pm to 6 pm (or so)
Location: Avery Hall 351
Title: Exploring Psuedorandomness
Presenter: Maciej Piwowarczyk, GTA
Abstract: If I were to ask you to give me a random number between 1 and 10, how would you come up with a number? Would you give me the first number that comes to mind? Would you pull out your phone and ask Siri, or use a Google search? If I wanted a truly random number, would you be more reliably random or would a machine be? Why should we even care about a number being truly random? These are some of the questions that we will explore in this talk about psuedorandom number generation! We’ll learn about the history of the tools, try out a few methods ourselves, and explore the many ways in which psuedorandom number generators can affect our daily and professional lives.
Pizza and Pop will be served! Everyone is welcome!
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