The Joy of Mathematical Games

Streaming video - 2007

This lecture applies the law of total probability and other concepts from the course to predict the long-term losses to be expected from playing games such as roulette and craps and understand what is known as the "Gambler's Ruin Problem."

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Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : The Great Courses 2007.
2017.
Language
English
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A Kanopy streaming video
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Playing Time
00:31:03
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).