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| ID | 456 |
|---|---|
| First Name | Stephen |
| Last Name | Kennedy |
| Institution | Carleton College |
| Speaker Category | invited |
| Title of Talk | Halving Your Cake |
| Abstract | It is a problem as old as humanity: given a resource to be shared (water, land, cake) how can it be shared fairly between several people? The answer, in the case of two claimants, is simple and ancient and known to every five-year-old with a sibling: I cut,You choose. Things get much more interesting, and challenging, if one has more than one sibling. We are forced to ask ourselves exactly what “fairly” means in the question; “fair” from whose point of view and by what criteria? |
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| Suitable for undergraduates? | ? |
| Day Preference | none |
| Computer Needed? | |
| Bringing a laptop? | |
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| Date Submitted | 10/04/2016 |
| Year | 2016 |