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Surprises in Probability: Seventeen Short Stories by Henk Tijms (Paperback, 2018)

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This book brings together a variety of probability applications through entertaining stories that will appeal to a broad readership. What are the best stopping rules for the dating problem? What can Bayes' formula tell us about the chances of a Champions League draw for soccer teams being rigged? How could syndicates win millions of lottery dollars by buying a multitude of tickets at the right time? What's the best way to manage your betting bankroll in a game in which you have an edge? How to use probability to debunk quacks and psychic mediums? How can the Monte Carlo simulation be used to solve a wide variety of probability problems? Are seven riffle shuffles of a standard deck of 52 playing cards enough for randomness? Provides seventeen engaging stories that illustrate ideas in probability. Written so as to be suitable for those with minimal mathematical background. Stories can be read independently. Can be used as examples and exercises for teaching introductory probability. These questions and many more are addressed in seventeen short chapters that can be read independently. The engaging stories are instructive and demonstrate valuable probabilistic ideas. They offer students material that they most likely don't learn in class, and offer teachers a new way of teaching their subject.

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PublisherTaylor & Francis Ltd

ISBN-139780367000431

eBay Product ID (ePID)20046388173

Product Key Features

Number of Pages144 Pages

Publication NameSurprises in Probability: Seventeen Short Stories

LanguageEnglish

SubjectMathematics

Publication Year2018

TypeTextbook

AuthorHenk Tijms

FormatPaperback

Dimensions

Item Height216 mm

Item Weight181 g

Item Width138 mm

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorHenk Tijms