The Joy of Mathematical Games
(2017, original release: 2007)
Nonfiction
eCourse
Details
PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2007
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2017
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2017
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
1274197
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from title frames
This lecture applies the law of total probability and other concepts from the course to predict the long-term losses to be expected from playing games such as roulette and craps and understand what is known as the "Gambler's Ruin Problem."
In Process Record
Film
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2007
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English