The prevalence of "paradoxical" dice

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  • "Common sense" might seem to indicate that if two fair dice are rolled against each other repeatedly, then over the long term the result will be predicted by their average rolls. We observe that dice which satisfy this "common sense" prediction are actually rather rare.
TitleThe prevalence of "paradoxical" dice
CreatorTraldi, Lorenzo
PublisherBulletin of the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications
Academic DepartmentMathematics
DivisionNatural Sciences
OrganizationLafayette College
Date IssuedSeptember 2005
Date Available2023-06-14
TypeArticle
LanguageEnglish
Bibliographic CitationTraldi, L. (2005 Sept) "The prevalence of 'paradoxical' dice." Bulletin of the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications 45: 70-76.
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Permalinkhttp://hdl.handle.net/10385/44558f957
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