Recording of Mini-MOVES: “Bias Puzzles” with Peter Winkler

This is a recording of a live-streamed event that took place on Sunday, February 20, 2022.

Appropriate for ages 14 and up.

Among the most confounding of mathematical puzzles are questions about probability, and even more so, those in which one outcome has an “edge” over another.  We’ll explore a few such puzzles, and see if we can figure out what it is about them that leads our intuition astray.

Please note that MoMath’s video recordings are meant to be viewed by only you — kindly do not show this video to others, distribute it, or post it to social media.

To learn about MoMath’s policies regarding video recordings, visit videos.momath.org.