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Home / Series / The Power of Mathematical Visualization / Aired Order / Season 1 / Episode 16

Visualizing Random Movement, Orderly Effect

Discover that Pascal's triangle encodes the behavior of random walks, which are randomly taken steps characteristic of the particles in diffusing gases and other random phenomena. Focus on the inevitability of returning to the starting point. Also consider how random walks are linked to the "gambler's ruin" theorem.

English
  • Runtime 31 minutes
  • Network The Great Courses
  • Created October 26, 2021 by
    TheSpiralMan
  • Modified November 25, 2024 by
    HadesMeat