There are 362,880 ways to give this talk

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Date: Thursday January 30, 2020

Event time : 7:30pm

University of Nottingham

Seminar Room A17, School of Mathematical Sciences, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK

Organiser: Dr Stephen Hibberd

Organiser Email: stephenhibberdcotgrave@gmail.com

Thursday January 30, 2020 7:30pm Thursday January 30, 2020 7:30pm Europe/London There are 362,880 ways to give this talk University of Nottingham, Seminar Room A17, School of Mathematical Sciences, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK There are 362,880 ways to give this talk, a talk by Dr Peter Rowlett (Sheffield Hallam University) Abstract A group […] Event Link: https://ima.org.uk/13390/there-are-362880-ways-to-give-this-talk/ Dr Stephen Hibberd stephenhibberdcotgrave@gmail.com

There are 362,880 ways to give this talk

There are 362,880 ways to give this talk, a talk by Dr Peter Rowlett (Sheffield Hallam University)

Abstract

A group of Whist players are dealt a complete suit each, with odds reported at 2,235,197,406,895,366,368,301,559,999 to one. A crisp company claims there are 318,000 possible combinations of their flavours. A poster in a pizza restaurant offers 33,554,431 choices at the salad bar. How are such claims calculated and are they accurate? This talk with introduce some techniques from combinatorics (the maths of counting) and confirm or correct some of the claims made.

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