Uploaded December 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Boost your odds of winning games of strategy! University of San Francisco Professor of Mathematics and Proof School Chairman Paul Zeitz explores a variety of wagers and games that practically guarantee a win for the player who makes the best mathematical analysis — and demonstrates why this is the case. It’s not all fun and games, though: these vignettes have important mathematical morals to share.
Special introduction by Mark Saul, Executive Director of the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival.
Math Encounters is a public presentation series celebrating the spectacular world of mathematics and presented by the Simons Foundation and the National Museum of Mathematics.
For further information, call the Museum of Mathematics at
(212) 542-0566 or e-mail mathencounters@momath.org.
Boost your odds of winning games of strategy! University of San Francisco Professor of Mathematics and Proof School Chairman Paul Zeitz explores a variety of wagers and games that practically guarantee a win for the player who makes the best mathematical analysis — and demonstrates why this is the case. It’s not all fun and games, though: these vignettes have important mathematical morals to share.
Special introduction by Mark Saul, Executive Director of the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival.
Math Encounters is a public presentation series celebrating the spectacular world of mathematics and presented by the Simons Foundation and the National Museum of Mathematics.
For further information, call the Museum of Mathematics at
(212) 542-0566 or e-mail mathencounters@momath.org.
