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The Second Law of Probability: Entropy Growth in the Central Limit Theorem November 21, 2011 (04:10 PM PST - 05:10 PM PST)
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Location: UC Berkeley, 60 Evans Hall
Speaker(s) Keith Ball
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This talk will explain how a geometric principle led to the solution of a 50 year old problem: to prove an analogue of the second law of thermodynamics for the central limit process.

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