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Undefined equity
Posted By: Tom Keith
Date: Saturday, 4 March 2017, at 11:07 p.m.
In Response To: SMITH and JONES: The amazing "FARE" position (Timothy Chow)
I believe it was Bob Floyd who first discovered the problem of undefined equity in money-play backgammon. He illustrates what happens as you allow the cube to get higher and higher in his 1982 article, "Riding the Tiger".
Messages In This Thread
- SMITH and JONES
Nack Ballard -- Monday, 20 February 2017, at 5:13 p.m.
- SMITH and JONES
Timothy Chow -- Monday, 20 February 2017, at 11:16 p.m.
- SMITH and JONES
Ray Kershaw -- Tuesday, 21 February 2017, at 9:54 a.m.
- SMITH and JONES: The hidden meanings of the signs
Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 23 February 2017, at 5:39 p.m.
- SMITH and JONES: The amazing "FARE" position
Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 23 February 2017, at 5:49 p.m.
- SMITH and JONES: The amazing "FARE" position
Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 28 February 2017, at 12:25 a.m.
- SMITH and JONES: The amazing "FARE" position
Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 4 March 2017, at 9:12 p.m.
- Undefined equity
Tom Keith -- Saturday, 4 March 2017, at 11:07 p.m.
- Calculation
Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 5 March 2017, at 12:08 a.m.
- Calculation
AP -- Tuesday, 7 March 2017, at 9:29 p.m.
- Calculation
Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 7 March 2017, at 9:39 p.m.
- Calculation
AP -- Wednesday, 8 March 2017, at 12:27 a.m.
- Calculation
Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 8 March 2017, at 6:28 p.m.
- Calculation
Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 7 March 2017, at 11:07 p.m.
- Calculation
AP -- Wednesday, 8 March 2017, at 1:59 p.m.
- Calculation
Casper Van der Tak -- Wednesday, 8 March 2017, at 3:18 p.m.
- Calculation
Nack Ballard -- Wednesday, 8 March 2017, at 11:14 p.m.
- Calculation
Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 9 March 2017, at 1:44 a.m.
- Calculation
Casper Van der Tak -- Thursday, 9 March 2017, at 7:15 a.m.
- Calculation
Bob Koca -- Thursday, 9 March 2017, at 2:12 p.m.
- Calculation
Casper Van der Tak -- Thursday, 9 March 2017, at 2:25 p.m.
- Calculation
Tom Keith -- Thursday, 9 March 2017, at 3:06 p.m.
- Calculation
Casper Van der Tak -- Thursday, 9 March 2017, at 3:47 p.m.
- Calculation
Tom Keith -- Thursday, 9 March 2017, at 4:34 p.m.
- Calculation
Casper Van der Tak -- Thursday, 9 March 2017, at 5:28 p.m.
- Calculation
Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 9 March 2017, at 7:02 p.m.
- Calculation
Casper Van der Tak -- Thursday, 9 March 2017, at 8:29 p.m.
- Will the real Bob Floyd please stand up
Nack Ballard -- Friday, 10 March 2017, at 2:32 a.m.
- Calculation
Ray Kershaw -- Friday, 10 March 2017, at 7:29 a.m.
- Calculation
Timothy Chow -- Friday, 10 March 2017, at 6:12 p.m.
- Calculation
Casper Van der Tak -- Friday, 10 March 2017, at 6:27 p.m.
- Nice summary.
Tom Keith -- Friday, 10 March 2017, at 8:48 p.m.
- Calculation
Ray Kershaw -- Thursday, 23 March 2017, at 6:06 p.m.
- Calculation
Tom Keith -- Thursday, 9 March 2017, at 7:03 p.m.
- Calculation
Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 9 March 2017, at 7:17 p.m.
- Calculation
Casper Van der Tak -- Thursday, 9 March 2017, at 8:31 p.m.
- Calculation
Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 8 March 2017, at 6:27 p.m.
- Calculation
Bob Koca -- Thursday, 9 March 2017, at 2:10 p.m.
- some food for thought
rambiz -- Tuesday, 11 July 2017, at 2:02 p.m.
- SMITH and JONES: The amazing "FARE" position
Casper Van der Tak -- Sunday, 5 March 2017, at 2:06 a.m.
- SMITH and JONES: The amazing "FARE" position
Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 14 March 2017, at 10:35 p.m.
- SMITH and JONES
Keene -- Thursday, 23 February 2017, at 11:11 p.m.
- SMITH and JONES: Correction, and Continuation of thread
Nack Ballard -- Saturday, 4 March 2017, at 7:08 a.m.
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