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We look at Chevalier de Mere's dice games he was gambling on, and confused by the results. He asked Pascal to solve his problem, and we'll go through the solution and explanation of Chevalier's mistake in this video. This involved independent events, and the addition and multiplication rules of probability as well as the law of complement. #mathematics #maths
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introductorystats.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/one-gambling-problem-that-launched-modern-probability-theory
Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability with Solutions
A History of Mathematics: An Introduction by Victor J. Katz
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Gombaud
proofwiki.org/wiki/De_M%C3%A9r%C3%A9%27s_Paradox
0:00 Intro
1:31 Antoine's Confusion
2:49 The Dice Games
5:50 The Errors and Solution
12:27 Key Takeaways
15:41 Conclusion
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We look at Chevalier de Mere's dice games he was gambling on, and confused by the results. He asked Pascal to solve his problem, and we'll go through the solution and explanation of Chevalier's mistake in this video. This involved independent events, and the addition and multiplication rules of probability as well as the law of complement. #mathematics #maths
More Math Chats: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLztBpqftvzxXQDmPmSOwXSU9vOHgty1RO
Business Inquiries: wrathofmathlessons@gmail.com
Linear Algebra course: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLztBpqftvzxWT5z53AxSqkSaWDhAeToDG
Linear Algebra exercises: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLztBpqftvzxVmiiFW7KtPwBpnHNkTVeJc
Get the textbook for this course!
Textbooks I Like!
Graph Theory: amzn.to/3JHQtZj
Real Analysis: amzn.to/3CMdgjI
Abstract Algebra: amzn.to/3IjoZaO
Linear Algebra: amzn.to/43xAWEz
Calculus: amzn.to/3PieD1M
Proofs and Set Theory: amzn.to/367VBXP (available for free online)
Statistics: amzn.to/4d5HbUQ
Discrete Math: amzn.to/3qfhoUn
Number Theory: amzn.to/3JqpOQd
Outro music: youtube.com/shorts/tfifiSdTZRg
Follow Wrath of Math on...
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SOURCES
youtube.com/watch?v=ppX7Qjbe6BM
introductorystats.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/one-gambling-problem-that-launched-modern-probability-theory
Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability with Solutions
A History of Mathematics: An Introduction by Victor J. Katz
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Gombaud
proofwiki.org/wiki/De_M%C3%A9r%C3%A9%27s_Paradox
0:00 Intro
1:31 Antoine's Confusion
2:49 The Dice Games
5:50 The Errors and Solution
12:27 Key Takeaways
15:41 Conclusion
