Probability problems

mathematical problem

mathematical problem

question in geometric probability

probability Theory

mathematical problem

mathematical problem

brain teaser, puzzle, or paradox in logic, probability, and recreational mathematics

paradox in probability theory

estimating the maximum of a discrete uniform distribution from sampling without replacement, historically from predicting German tank production based on ascending serial numbers in tanks lost in combat

problem about a game of chance with 2 players who agree in advance that the 1st player to have won N rounds will collect a prize; if the game is interrupted before either player has won N rounds, how should one divide the prize?

theorem that, in an election where candidate A receives 𝑝 votes and candidate B receives 𝑞 votes (𝑝>𝑞), the probability that A will be strictly ahead of B throughout the count is (𝑝−𝑞)/(𝑝+𝑞)

mathematical problem

concept of probability theory and gambling

certain model studied in probability theory and combinatorics

mathematical paradox

trying to map moments to a measure that generates them

probability problem

problem in probability: Banach has 2 matchboxes (initially with 𝑁 matches) in left and right pockets; if he reaches into his pocket and finds for the 1st time that the box picked is empty, what’s the probability that there are 𝑘 matches in the other?