- Sponsor
- Department of Mathematics
- Speaker
- Zipei Nie (UIUC)
- Originating Calendar
- Mathematics Seminar Series: Probability
Title: Feige’s Conjecture, Samuels’ Conjecture, and Beyond.
Abstract: Feige's and Samuels' conjectures provide sharp lower bounds for the probability that the sum of independent nonnegative random variables falls below a given threshold. Both conjectures were recently resolved after several decades of study. In this talk, I will survey these recent developments and discuss further refinements.