Friday, April 27, 2012: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Franklin Hall 2 (Marriott Downtown)
Lead Speaker:
Joshu Fisher
"That's trivial, you know. That's just a fixed-point theorem." This is what John von Neumann said to John Nash about a result that would later win Nash, a mathematician, the Nobel Prize in economics. This presentation wil explore game theory and how it can fit into a precollegiate math classroom as a fun, relevant source of applications.
Presentation Format: 9-12 Session
Grade Band Audience: Higher Education, 9 to 12