The Mathematics of Games and Gambling (New Mathematical Library, No. 28)

Packel Edward W.

ISBN 10: 088385628X / ISBN 13: 9780883856284

Published by Mathematical Association of America , 1981., 1981

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Livre In-8, 141 pp.

Seller Inventory # 10495

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Mathematics of Games and Gambling (New Mathematical Library, No. 28)
• Publisher: Mathematical Association of America , 1981.
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: French
• ISBN 10: 088385628X
• ISBN 13: 9780883856284
• Binding: Broché couverture rigide.
• Condition: Bon état.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sciences de la nature et Mathématiques

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Synopsis

You can't lose with this MAA Book Prize winner if you want to see how mathematics can be used 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. No prerequisites are needed beyond high school algebra. No book can guarantee good luck, but this book will show you what determines the best bet in a game of chance or the optimal strategy in a strategic game. Besides being an excellent supplement to a course on probability and good bed-side reading, this book's treatment of lotteries should save the reader some money.

Book Description

No book can guarantee good luck, but this book will show you what determines the best bet in a game of chance or the optimal strategy in a strategic game. Learn the mathematics behind roulette, craps, blackjack, backgammon, poker, bridge, lotteries and horse races. Besides being an excellent supplement to a course on probability and good bed-side reading, this book's treatment of lotteries should save the reader some money.