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Will You Be Alive 10 Years from Now? : And Numerous Other Curious Questions in Probability.
What are the chances of a game-show contestant finding a chicken in a box? Is the Hanukkah dreidel a fair game? Will you be alive ten years from now? These are just some of the one-of-a-kind probability puzzles that acclaimed popular math writer Paul Nahin offers in this lively and informative book....
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton University Press,
2013.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Will You Be Alive 10 Years from Now? : |b And Numerous Other Curious Questions in Probability. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Classic Puzzles from the Past; I.1 A Gambling Puzzle of Gombaud and Pascal; I.2 Galileo's Dice Problem; I.3 Another Gombaud-Pascal Puzzle; I.4 Gambler's Ruin and De Moivre; I.5 Monte Carlo Simulation of Gambler's Ruin; I.6 Newton's Probability Problem; I.7 A Dice Problem That Would Have Surprised Newton; I.8 A Coin-Flipping Problem; I.9 Simpson's Paradox, Radio-Direction Finding, and the Spaghetti Problem; Challenge Problems; 1 Breaking Sticks; 1.1 The Problem; 1.2 Theoretical Analysis; 1.3 Computer Simulation; 2 The Twins. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 2.1 The Problem2.2 Theoretical Analysis; 2.3 Computer Simulation; 3 Steve's Elevator Problem; 3.1 The Problem; 3.2 Theoretical Analysis by Shane Henderson; 3.3 Computer Simulation; 4 Three Gambling Problems Newton Would "Probably" Have Liked; 4.1 The Problems; 4.2 Theoretical Analysis 1; 4.3 Computer Simulation 1; 4.4 Theoretical Analysis 2; 4.5 Computer Simulation 2; 4.6 Theoretical Analysis 3; 5 Big Quotients-Part 1; 5.1 The Problem; 5.2 Theoretical Analysis; 5.3 Computer Simulation; 6 Two Ways to Proofread; 6.1 The Problem; 6.2 Theoretical Analysis; 7 Chain Letters That Never End. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 7.1 The Problem7.2 Theoretical Analysis; 8 Bingo Befuddlement; 8.1 The Problem; 8.2 Computer Simulation; 9 Is Dreidel Fair?; 9.1 The Problem; 9.2 Computer Simulation; 10 Hollywood Thrills; 10.1 The Problem; 10.2 Theoretical Analysis; 11 The Problem of the n-Liars; 11.1 The Problem; 11.2 Theoretical Analysis; 11.3 Computer Simulation; 12 The Inconvenience of a Law; 12.1 The Problem; 12.2 Theoretical Analysis; 13 A Puzzle for When the Super Bowl is a Blowout; 13.1 The Problem; 13.2 Theoretical Analysis; 14 Darts and Ballistic Missiles; 14.1 The Problem; 14.2 Theoretical Analysis. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 15 Blood Testing15.1 The Problem; 15.2 Theoretical Analysis; 16 Big Quotients-Part 2; 16.1 The Problem; 16.2 Theoretical Analysis; 17 To Test or Not to Test?; 17.1 The Problem; 17.2 Theoretical Analysis; 18 Average Distances on a Square; 18.1 The Problem(s); 18.2 Theoretical Analyses; 18.3 Computer Simulations; 19 When Will the Last One Fail?; 19.1 The Problem; 19.2 Theoretical Analyses; 20 Who's Ahead?; 20.1 The Problem; 20.2 Theoretical Analysis; 21 Plum Pudding; 21.1 The Problem; 21.2 Computer Simulation; 21.3 Theoretical Analysis; 22 Ping-Pong, Squash, and Difference Equations. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 22.1 Ping-Pong Math22.2 Squash Math Is Harder!; 23 Will You Be Alive 10 Years from Now?; 23.1 The Problem; 23.2 Theoretical Analysis; 24 Chickens in Boxes; 24.1 The Problem (and Some Warm-ups, Too); 24.2 Theoretical Analysis; 25 Newcomb's Paradox; 25.1 Some History; 25.2 Decision Principles in Conflict; Challenge Problem Solutions; Technical Note on MATLAB®'s Random Number Generator; Acknowledgments; Index. | |
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