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020 _a9781138582934
041 _aeng
082 _a519.813
_bGouM2
100 _aGould, Ronald J.
245 _aMathematics in Games, Sports, and Gambling :
_bThe Games People Play [2nd ed.] /
_cRonald J. Gould
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aBoca Raton:
_bCRC Press;
_c©2016
300 _axxiii, 354p.
490 _aTextbooks In Mathematics
505 _aFront Matter TEXTBOOKS in MATHEMATICS PUBLISHED TITLES Dedication: Preface Second Edition Changes: Author Chapter 1 Basic Probability 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Of Dice and Men FIGURE 1.1: Girolamo Cardano. FIGURE 1.2: Galileo. FIGURE 1.3: Blaise Pascal. Rule 1.2.1. The Multiplication Principle: FIGURE 1.4: Pierre de Fermat. FIGURE 1.5: The choice tree for the Multiplication Principle. TABLE 1.1: Sample Space of Pairs When Rolling Two Dice Rule 1.2.2. The General Multiplication Principle: TABLE 1.2: The Sample Space of Sums When Rolling a Pair of Dice Exercises: 1.3 Probability Exercises: 1.4 The Laws That Govern Us Rule 1.4.1.
520 _aMathematics in Games, Sports, and Gambling: The Games People Play, Second Edition demonstrates how discrete probability, statistics, and elementary discrete mathematics are used in games, sports, and gambling situations.
650 _aCombinatorial Games
650 _aGames and Puzzles
650 _aProbability
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