A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

Anti-inductive dice

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Richard Green
Apr 28, 2025
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David and Goliath each have a six-sided die. David’s die has the numbers {1, 1, 4, 4, 5, 6}, and Goliath’s die has the numbers {0, 1, 2, 6, 6, 6}. If each of them throws his die n times and announces the total, then Goliath is more likely than David to have the higher total, except when n=4. This surprising phenomenon is discussed in the recent paper Th…

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