The Webinar on Does There Exist a Way to Divide Treasures Fairly and Avoiding Envy? took place on Friday, May 28th, 2021 from 12 pm until 1 pm, as our invited speaker. Deborah Oliveros, Professor of Mathematics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), This virtual event was free and open to the general public.
The invited speaker started the virtual event by defining what fair division is and how we can classify what we want to divide. Dr. Deborah Oliveros then showed a method on how to divide a cake between two people fairly and free of envy. The speaker also presented the Dubins-Spanier method of dividing a cake between 4 people fairly but not free of envy and the Selfridge-Conway method of dividing a cake between 3 people that is free of envy. Dr. Deborah Oliveros ended with an example on how to divide belongings (for example, a car, a house, a dog…) between 4 people.
