#ATTENDANCE QUIZ FOR LECTURE 7 of Dr. Z.'s Math336 Rutgers University #Email ShaloshBEkhad@gmail.com #Subject: p7 #with an attachment called #p7NikitaJohn.txt NAME: Nikita John 1. Who made up the name "Monte Carlo Method"? John von Neumann and Stainslaw Ulam invented the Monte Carlo Method in WWII. 2. Which of the many Bernoullis' is the Bernoulli random variable named after? The Bernoulli random variable is named after Jakob Bernoulli, a Swiss mathematician. The proof of its existence was actually published posthumously, in 1713. 3. EXTRA CREDIT: Find an interesting application to biology of the Gambler's Ruin Gambler's ruin can actually be applied to Darwin's Theory of evolution in a very rudimentary way. However, this only applies to simple genes, not complex ones.