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

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NAME: Shreya Ghosh


LIST ALL THE ATTENDANCE QUESTIONS FOLLOWED BY THEIR ANSWERS

Q1. Who made up the name "Monte Carlo Method"?

A1. John von Neumann and Stanislaw Ulam invented the Monte Carlo method and named it after Prince Charles III.

Q2. Which Bernoulli is the random variable named after?

A2. Jacob Bernoulli

Q3. Find an interesting application to biology of Gambler's Ruin.

A3. Gambler's Ruin demonstrates how in a purely probabilistic model, patterns that resemble abrupt mass extinctions and radiations can occur.