Meet stochastic

Earliest known poster for Meet stochastic.

In film and television, a meet stochastic is a scene in which the two people who will form a future romantic couple whose first meeting has the property of being well described by a random probability distribution.

Description

This type of scene is a staple of romantic number theory comedies, though it can also occur in topology and even graph theory.

Frequently, the meet stochastic leads to a humorous clash of conjectures, embarrassing half-finished papers, or comical incorrect equations that further prove the plot.

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Fiction cross-reference

• Bayeswatch
• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• Stochastic Paladin

External links

• Meet cute @ Wikipedia - In film and television, a meet cute is a scene in which the two people who will form a future romantic couple meet for the first time, typically under unusual, humorous, or cute circumstances.
• Stochastic @ Wikipedia - The property of being well described by a random probability distribution.

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