Articles in the Research & Pedagogy Category
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To quote the problem, “If A, B, C, D each speaks the truth 1 in 3 times (independently), and A affirms that B denies that C delcares that D is a liar, what’s the probability that D was speaking the truth?” I thought I share my solution to this problem which attracted different answers from different people.
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What is the probability that the needle will cross a line? How can this be extended to a random curve of length A? My solution to both Buffon Noodle and Needle.
Economics, Research & Pedagogy »
Why are we seeing more football managers getting fired these days in the Barclays Premiere League? A research paper has predicted this some years back using a combined set of ideas from physics and economics.
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Three days ago, I discovered that one of my colleagues from Singapore Angle shares the same birthday with me. It reminded me of this interesting first year Cambridge undergraduate mathematical problem: What is the least number of persons required if the probability exceeds 0.5 that two or more persons have the same birthday (excluding the year)? So, I will offer the solution to the birthday problem (on my birthday, of course) and examine some interesting implications about the solution to this problem.
