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GEMS October 5th Session
October 5 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Title: How to use coins to make a 7-sided die
Abstract: Certain dice are easier to make than others. There is the standard 6-sided die, but 4-sided, 8-sided, 10-sided, 12-sided, and 20-sided are also very common. What isn’t so common is a 7-sided die. Here Dr. Mark Huber from Claremont McKenna College will talk about how you can simulate a roll of a 7-sided die using only flips of a fair coin. This works because of something called the Fundamental Theorem of Perfect Simulation, which allows us to break down simulation problems into smaller problems.
