DIMACS - RUTGERS EXPERIMENTAL MATHEMATICS SEMINAR

Sponsored by the Rutgers University Department of Mathematics and the
Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS)

Co-organizers:

Drew Sills, Rutgers University, asills {at} math [dot] rutgers [dot] edu

Doron Zeilberger, Rutgers University, zeilberg {at} math [dot] rutgers [dot] edu

Title: Expected Number of Spins in Dreidel

Speaker: Sujith Vijay, Rutgers University

Date: November 4, 2004 4:30-5:30pm

Location: Hill Center, Room 425, Rutgers University, Busch Campus, Piscataway, NJ

Abstract:

We show that the expected number of spins in the popular Chanukah game dreidel where each player starts with n tokens each is O(n^2), confirming a conjecture of Doron Zeilberger. This is joint work with Thomas Robinson.