Calculating Chance: Card and Casino Games
暫譯: 計算機率：牌類與賭場遊戲

Morris, Sidney a.

Calculating Chance: Card and Casino Games
  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2024-10-17
  • 售價: $2,460
  • 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $2,337
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 173
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 3031701402
  • ISBN-13: 9783031701405

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商品描述

This book offers a gentle yet rigorous introduction to probability theory, with a special focus on finite probability spaces. Drawing inspiration from card games, casino games, mahjong, and two-up, it also delves into real-world applications such as weather forecasting, lotteries, hereditary diseases, and PCR virus testing. Discover which casino game gives you the best chance of winning and which one offers the worst odds.

Assuming only a high school mathematics background, this book is an excellent resource for both students and teachers, providing clear explanations and engaging examples. The technical material is lightened with entertaining stories, such as how someone became a millionaire by spotting a flaw in a national lottery and how another person helped fund a war using winnings from a well-known card game he invented.

Engaging and informative, this book is perfect for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of probability theory while enjoying some fascinating anecdotes along the way.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

這本書提供了一個溫和而嚴謹的機率論入門，特別聚焦於有限機率空間。書中受到撲克牌遊戲、賭場遊戲、麻將和二元賭博的啟發，並深入探討了如天氣預報、彩票、遺傳疾病和PCR病毒測試等現實世界的應用。了解哪種賭場遊戲給你最佳的贏得機會，以及哪一種則提供最差的賠率。

假設讀者僅具備高中數學背景，這本書對於學生和教師來說都是一個極佳的資源，提供清晰的解釋和引人入勝的例子。技術材料以有趣的故事輕鬆呈現，例如某人如何因為發現國家彩票的缺陷而成為百萬富翁，以及另一位人士如何利用他發明的知名撲克牌遊戲的獲利來資助一場戰爭。

這本書引人入勝且富有資訊性，非常適合任何希望在享受一些迷人轶事的同時，加深對機率論理解的人。

作者簡介

Sid Morris brings decades of experience teaching mathematics, probability, statistics, and computing at universities across Australia, the United States, the UK, and Israel. He has educated students from diverse disciplines, including Agriculture, Biological Sciences, Business, Humanities, Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences, at all undergraduate levels. An accomplished author, Sid has published several books spanning undergraduate, graduate, and research levels. His exceptional writing earned him the Lester R. Ford Award from the Mathematical Association of America. Currently, he serves on the editorial boards of several international journals, is the longest-serving member of the Council of the Australian Mathematical Society, an Adjunct Professor at La Trobe University, and an Emeritus Professor at Federation University Australia.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

Sid Morris 擁有數十年的經驗，在澳大利亞、美國、英國和以色列的各大學教授數學、機率、統計和計算機科學。他教育過來自不同學科的學生，包括農業、生物科學、商業、人文科學、物理科學和社會科學，涵蓋所有本科層級。作為一位傑出的作者，Sid 發表了多本涵蓋本科、研究生和研究層級的書籍。他卓越的寫作能力使他獲得了美國數學協會頒發的 Lester R. Ford 獎。目前，他擔任多本國際期刊的編輯委員會成員，是澳大利亞數學學會任職時間最長的理事，並擔任拉籌伯大學的兼任教授及澳大利亞聯邦大學的名譽教授。

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