Description

It is the final game of the World Series at Yankee Stadium, and the game is sold out.

Spectators arrive to the stadium holding their tickets, each with a designated row and seat number. Before they enter, however, they get an unexpected announcement: All ticketed spectators will be seated at random inside the stadium. If the 54,251 spectators are seated randomly in the 54,251 seats in Yankee stadium, how likely is it that none of the spectators find themselves in the seat they originally had a ticket for?

In assessing the issue, we will develop an understanding of probability, investigate

patterns, and make predictions using strategies that apply to a variety of problems.

Bio

Scott Preston grew up with a card-shark mother and accounting-whiz father, It

was no surprise that in school he was drawn to numbers, randomness and

probability. In high school he took a course in game theory. Probability and statistics has been my life. He has a bachelor's degree in math, and a doctorate in statistics. Scott recently retired from the Mathematics Department at SUNY Oswego.