#ATTENDANCE QUIZ FOR LECTURE 7 of Dr. Z.'s Math336 Rutgers University

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NAME: Alan Ho

Q1: Who made up the name “Monte Carlo method?” 

A1: The Monte Carlo method was named by a polish mathematician named Stanislaw Ulam.

Q2: Which of the many variables Bernoulli is the random variable named after? 

A2: The Bernoulli random variable is named after Swiss mathematician, Jacob Bernoulli. 

Q3: Find an interesting application to biology of gambler’s ruin? 

A3: In evolution simulations, gambler’s ruin can be applied by observing the probabilities of survival for initial species and their descendants through speciation.