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Probability Puzzle for Mathematicians

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 3:19 p.m.

In Response To: Probability Puzzle for Mathematicians (Alejandro)

For people who like this sort of thing, I recommend the book The Monty Hall Problem by Jason Rosenhouse. There's one variant of the problem in Rosenhouse's book that even a professional mathematician should find interesting. It also has an interesting account of psychology experiments that have been performed to figure out why this problem baffles so many people. Also interesting is the historical section, where it is pointed out that Alejandro's coin-version predates the prisoner's version, which in turn predates the three-doors version.

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