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Introduction | p. 1 |
The Problems | p. 35 |
The Clumsy Dishwasher Problem | p. 37 |
Will Lil and Bill Meet at the Malt Shop? | p. 38 |
A Parallel Parking Question | p. 40 |
A Curious Coin-Flipping Game | p. 42 |
The Gamow-Stern Elevator Puzzle | p. 45 |
Steve's Elevator Problem | p. 48 |
The Pipe Smoker's Discovery | p. 51 |
A Toilet Paper Dilemma | p. 53 |
The Forgetful Burglar Problem | p. 59 |
The Umbrella Quandary | p. 61 |
The Case of the Missing Senators | p. 63 |
How Many Runners in a Marathon? | p. 65 |
A Police Patrol Problem | p. 69 |
Parrondo's Paradox | p. 74 |
How Long Is the Wait to Get the Potato Salad? | p. 77 |
The Appeals Court Paradox | p. 81 |
Waiting for Buses | p. 83 |
Waiting for Stoplights | p. 85 |
Electing Emperors and Popes | p. 87 |
An Optimal Stopping Problem | p. 91 |
Chain Reactions, Branching Processes, and Baby Boys | p. 96 |
MATLAB Solutions To The Problems | p. 101 |
The Clumsy Dishwasher Problem | p. 103 |
Will Lil and Bill Meet at the Malt Shop? | p. 105 |
A Parallel Parking Question | p. 109 |
A Curious Coin-Flipping Game | p. 114 |
The Gamow-Stern Elevator Puzzle | p. 120 |
Steve's Elevator Problem | p. 124 |
The Pipe Smoker's Discovery | p. 129 |
A Toilet Paper Dilemma | p. 140 |
The Forgetful Burglar Problem | p. 144 |
The Umbrella Quandary | p. 148 |
The Case of the Missing Senators | p. 153 |
How Many Runners in a Marathon? | p. 157 |
A Police Patrol Problem | p. 160 |
Parrondo's Paradox | p. 169 |
How Long is the Wait to Get the Potato Salad? | p. 176 |
The Appeals Court Paradox | p. 184 |
Waiting for Buses | p. 187 |
Waiting for Stoplights | p. 191 |
Electing Emperors and Popes | p. 197 |
An Optimal Stopping Problem | p. 204 |
Chain Reactions, Branching Processes, and Baby Boys | p. 213 |
One Way to Guess on a Test | p. 221 |
An Example of Variance-Reduction in the Monte Carlo Method | p. 223 |
Random Harmonic Sums | p. 229 |
Solving Montmort's Problem by Recursion | p. 231 |
An Illustration of the Inclusion-Exclusion Principle | p. 237 |
Solutions to the Spin Game | p. 244 |
How to Simulate Kelvin's Fair Coin with a Biased Coin | p. 248 |
How to Simulate an Exponential Random Variable | p. 252 |
Index to Author-Created MATLAB m-Files in the Book | p. 255 |
Glossary | p. 257 |
Acknowledgments | p. 259 |
Index | p. 261 |
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