Name: digital dice: computational solutions to practical probability problems (new in paperback)
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Author: Paul J. Nahin
ISBN: 9780691158211

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digital dice: computational solutions to practical probability problems (new in paperback)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Paul J. Nahin

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Year

2013

Language

English

Pages

288

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.7x12.6x1.8 cm

Weight

0.26 kg.

ISBN

0691158215

ISBN13

9780691158211

Synopsis "digital dice: computational solutions to practical probability problems (new in paperback)"

Some probability problems are so difficult that they stump the smartest mathematicians. But even the hardest of these problems can often be solved with a computer and a Monte Carlo simulation, in which a random-number generator simulates a physical process, such as a million rolls of a pair of dice. This is what Digital Dice is all about: how to get numerical answers to difficult probability problems without having to solve complicated mathematical equations. Popular-math writer Paul Nahin challenges readers to solve twenty-one difficult but fun problems, from determining the odds of coin-flipping games to figuring out the behavior of elevators. Problems build from relatively easy (deciding whether a dishwasher who breaks most of the dishes at a restaurant during a given week is clumsy or just the victim of randomness) to the very difficult (tackling branching processes of the kind that had to be solved by Manhattan Project mathematician Stanislaw Ulam). In his characteristic style, Nahin brings the problems to life with interesting and odd historical anecdotes. Readers learn, for example, not just how to determine the optimal stopping point in any selection process but that astronomer Johannes Kepler selected his second wife by interviewing eleven women. The book shows readers how to write elementary computer codes using any common programming language, and provides solutions and line-by-line walk-throughs of a MATLAB code for each problem. Digital Dice will appeal to anyone who enjoys popular math or computer science. In a new preface, Nahin wittily addresses some of the responses he received to the first edition.

Paul J. Nahin

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Paul J. Nahin is an American mathematician and writer, known for his contributions to the popularization of mathematics and his ability to make complex concepts accessible. He was born in 1949 and graduated from Princeton University. Nahin has published several books on mathematics, exploring topics such as number theory, the history of mathematics, and unsolved mathematical problems. In addition to his work as an author, he was a professor at the University of New Hampshire. Among his most notable works are The Mathematics of Love and An Imaginary Tale. His accessible and narrative style has made mathematics understandable and appealing to the general public.

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