Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability with Solutions
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- Create Date：2021-07-01 06:54:43
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Frederick Mosteller
- ISBN：0486653552
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Summary
Remarkable selection of puzzlers， graded in difficulty， that illustrate both elementary and advanced aspects of probability。 Selected for originality， general interest， or because they demonstrate valuable techniques， the problems are ideal as a supplement to courses in probability or statistics， or as stimulating recreation for the mathematically minded。 Detailed solutions。 Illustrated。
Reviews
Bart Van Loon
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15 years after ending my computer science and mathematical studies， I thought it was time for me to try out this little booklet。 I think I made a good start， but soon enough the challenges became too hard for me to solve unguided。 :-） Still， it served as a good reminder that statistics are not at all intuitive， which is especially useful to know in this day and age of big data （and COVID-19 related statistics all over the news）。The solutions were always clear enough however and the collection ha 15 years after ending my computer science and mathematical studies， I thought it was time for me to try out this little booklet。 I think I made a good start， but soon enough the challenges became too hard for me to solve unguided。 :-） Still， it served as a good reminder that statistics are not at all intuitive， which is especially useful to know in this day and age of big data （and COVID-19 related statistics all over the news）。The solutions were always clear enough however and the collection had no problem whatsoever keeping my interest level high。 The reason I'm not 100% sure this publication deserves more stars is that， even though maths never gets old， the problems used to frame the maths do feel quite out of place in the 21st century。 。。。more
Keshav
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Overrated: not challenging enough and it's quite annoying since it's right there in it's name Overrated: not challenging enough and it's quite annoying since it's right there in it's name 。。。more
Kate
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Interesting problems and clear explanations。 The author tried to group similar problems with variants together。
Jimmacc
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Great book to challenge yourself
Tristan Williams
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Mostly straight-forward questions。 Some solutions are merely discussions instead of rigorous proofs。 Concluding problems are， let's just say， a bitch。 Mostly straight-forward questions。 Some solutions are merely discussions instead of rigorous proofs。 Concluding problems are， let's just say， a bitch。 。。。more
Данило Судин
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Цікава книжка， першу половину задач з якої мені вдалося （відносно） самостійно розв’язати。 От з другою половиною не склалося， бо слід вміти диференціювати та інтегрувати， а також додавати безконечні числові ряди， тобто знати вищу математику。Втім， з книжки я все ж "виніс" одну цінну ідею: зрозумів сенс формули гіпергеометричного розподілу。 А це добре， бо тепер відмінності між відбором з поверненням та без повернення у вибіркових дослідженнях можу описати математично。 Цікава книжка， першу половину задач з якої мені вдалося （відносно） самостійно розв’язати。 От з другою половиною не склалося， бо слід вміти диференціювати та інтегрувати， а також додавати безконечні числові ряди， тобто знати вищу математику。Втім， з книжки я все ж "виніс" одну цінну ідею: зрозумів сенс формули гіпергеометричного розподілу。 А це добре， бо тепер відмінності між відбором з поверненням та без повернення у вибіркових дослідженнях можу описати математично。 。。。more
Rajesh Kumar
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wanna read this book
mirela Darau
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The problems treated are somewhat classic for the sort of book， but the idea is nice，and many of them can be approached in a sufficiently intuitive manner。 I like it， and found it useful in teaching。
Lisa
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The problems were quite basic， but interesting。 I use mathematics almost daily， so the problems were a bit too simple。 However， my grandfather really enjoyed them。
Robert
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This was another book I purchased the summer I decided to teach an AP statistics course。 I studied quite a bit。 This book was interesting。 Several interesting puzzles were presented。 Then the math behind the puzzles was explored。 It's an interesting enough read。 This was another book I purchased the summer I decided to teach an AP statistics course。 I studied quite a bit。 This book was interesting。 Several interesting puzzles were presented。 Then the math behind the puzzles was explored。 It's an interesting enough read。 。。。more
Rejeev Divakaran
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Very interesting problems。 Though not very challenging。 Good brain teasers。
Scott
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