Optimal Stopping Problem

By Adam Anderson on January 5, 2006 11:57 PM | | Comments (4)

This is an interesting mathematical diversion we skimmed in New Mexico last summer, but didn't thoroughly examine it. It's useful for many practical purposes, like figuring out who to marry.

http://plus.maths.org/issue3/puzzle/stopping/solution.html

4 Comments

Maxwell said:

Oh, my love, I know you're the one for me because of the optimal stopping problem says we're perfectly compatible...

January 6, 2006 12:11 AM
shen said:

Haha good times. But wasn't it dating? I've forgotten the statistics...you should post them.

January 6, 2006 4:22 PM
Adam Anderson said:

Hehe, you should be careful whom you make fun of, Maxwell. I think the US divorce rate might actually decline if people used this analysis.

January 6, 2006 10:26 PM
Maxwell said:

Granted.

January 7, 2006 11:50 AM

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