Event
Bruce Reed, McGill University
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 15:00to16:00
Burnside Hall
Room 1205, 805 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 0B9, CA
Title: How Long Does It Take To Catch A Drunken Miscreant? A.K.A. Chase/Escape With Drinks.
Abstract: We discuss the answer to a question of Churchley who asked how long it will take a cop to catch a drunk robber who moves randomly.This is joint work with Alex Scott, Colin McDiarmid, and Ross Kang. We rely heavily on work of Komarov and Winkler.