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- catalog abstract "This text uses mathematics to analyze games of chance and skill. Roulette, craps, blackjack, backgammon, poker, bridge, lotteries and horse races are considered here in a way that reveals their mathematical aspects. The tools used include probability, expectation, and game theory.".
- catalog contributor b1524893.
- catalog created "c1981.".
- catalog date "1981".
- catalog date "c1981.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1981.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. [136]-137.".
- catalog description "Phenomenon of gambling -- Finite probabilities and great expectations -- Backgammon and other dice diversions -- Permutations, combinations, and applications -- Play it again, Sam : the binomial distribution -- Elementary game theory -- Odds and ends.".
- catalog description "Preface Chapter 1 Phenomenon of gambling -- A Selective history -- The Gambler in fact and fiction -- Chapter 2 Finite probabilities and great expectations -- The Probability concept and its origins -- Dice, cards, and probabilities -- Roulette, probability, and odds -- Compound probabilities : the rules of the game -- Mathmatical expectation and its application -- Exercises -- Chapter 3 Backgammon and other dice diversions -- Backgammon oversimplified -- Rolling spots and hitting blots -- Entering and bearing off -- The Doubling cube -- Craps -- Chuck-a-luck -- Exercises -- Chapter 4 Permutations, combinations, and applications -- Careful counting : is order important? -- Factorials and other notation -- Probabilities in poker -- Betting in poker : a simple model -- Distributions in bridge -- Keno type games -- Exercises -- Chapter 5 Play it again, Sam: the binomial distribution -- Games and repeated trials -- The Binomial distribution -- Beating the odds : the "law" of averages -- Betting systems -- A Brief blackjack breakthrough -- Exercises -- Chapter 6 Elementary game theory -- What is game theory? -- Games in extensive form -- Two-person games in normal form -- Zero-sum games -- Nonzero-sum games and the prisoners' dilemma -- Simple n-person games -- Power indices -- Games computers play -- Exercises -- Chapter 7 Odds and ends -- Off to the races -- Lotteries and your expectation -- The Gambler's ruin -- Answers to selected exercises -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog description "This text uses mathematics to analyze games of chance and skill. Roulette, craps, blackjack, backgammon, poker, bridge, lotteries and horse races are considered here in a way that reveals their mathematical aspects. The tools used include probability, expectation, and game theory.".
- catalog extent "x, 141 p. :".
- catalog identifier "088385628X (pbk.) :".
- catalog isPartOf "New mathematical library ; 28".
- catalog issued "1981".
- catalog issued "c1981.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington : Mathematical Association of America,".
- catalog subject "Gambling.".
- catalog subject "Games of chance (Mathematics)".
- catalog subject "Probabilities.".
- catalog subject "QA271 .P3".
- catalog tableOfContents "Phenomenon of gambling -- Finite probabilities and great expectations -- Backgammon and other dice diversions -- Permutations, combinations, and applications -- Play it again, Sam : the binomial distribution -- Elementary game theory -- Odds and ends.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface Chapter 1 Phenomenon of gambling -- A Selective history -- The Gambler in fact and fiction -- Chapter 2 Finite probabilities and great expectations -- The Probability concept and its origins -- Dice, cards, and probabilities -- Roulette, probability, and odds -- Compound probabilities : the rules of the game -- Mathmatical expectation and its application -- Exercises -- Chapter 3 Backgammon and other dice diversions -- Backgammon oversimplified -- Rolling spots and hitting blots -- Entering and bearing off -- The Doubling cube -- Craps -- Chuck-a-luck -- Exercises -- Chapter 4 Permutations, combinations, and applications -- Careful counting : is order important? -- Factorials and other notation -- Probabilities in poker -- Betting in poker : a simple model -- Distributions in bridge -- Keno type games -- Exercises -- Chapter 5 Play it again, Sam: the binomial distribution -- Games and repeated trials -- The Binomial distribution -- Beating the odds : the "law" of averages -- Betting systems -- A Brief blackjack breakthrough -- Exercises -- Chapter 6 Elementary game theory -- What is game theory? -- Games in extensive form -- Two-person games in normal form -- Zero-sum games -- Nonzero-sum games and the prisoners' dilemma -- Simple n-person games -- Power indices -- Games computers play -- Exercises -- Chapter 7 Odds and ends -- Off to the races -- Lotteries and your expectation -- The Gambler's ruin -- Answers to selected exercises -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog title "The mathematics of games and gambling / by Edward W. Packel.".
- catalog type "text".