• Bertrand's box paradox is a veridical paradox in elementary probability theory. It was first posed by Joseph Bertrand in his 1889 work Calcul des Probabilités...
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  • different paradoxes called Bertrand's paradox or the Bertrand paradox: Bertrand paradox (economics) Bertrand paradox (probability) Bertrand's box paradox This...
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    closely to the earlier three prisoners problem and to the much older Bertrand's box paradox. Steve Selvin wrote a letter to the American Statistician in 1975...
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    Bertrand's postulate, in 1850. He was also famous for two paradoxes of probability, known now as Bertrand's Paradox and the Paradox of Bertrand's box...
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  • both books. Bertrand's box paradox: A paradox of conditional probability closely related to the Boy or Girl paradox. Bertrand's paradox: Different common-sense...
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    the Bertrand's box paradox) is because of the use of naive heuristics that fail to properly define the number of possible outcomes. Bertrand paradox (probability)...
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  • Joseph Louis François Bertrand publishes Calcul des probabilités ("Calculation of probabilities") containing the Bertrand's box paradox in probability theory...
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  • To solve the Bertrand paradox, the Irish economist Francis Ysidro Edgeworth put forward the Edgeworth Paradox in his paper "The Pure Theory of Monopoly"...
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  • theory) Bernstein–von Mises theorem Berry–Esseen theorem Bertrand's ballot theorem Bertrand's box paradox Bessel process Bessel's correction Best linear unbiased...
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  • paradox Bert Mosselmans Berthold of Moosburg Berthold Wulf Bertil Mårtensson Bertrand paradox (economics) Bertrand paradox (probability) Bertrand's box...
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  • Berkson's paradox / (2:B) Bertrand's box paradox / (F:B) Borel–Kolmogorov paradox / cnd (2:CM) Boy or Girl paradox / (2:B) Exchange paradox / (2:D) Intransitive...
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  • likes Bertrand's manuscript and champions the work to her boss. He agrees to publish Bertrand's book without any changes, and, when Bertrand goes to...
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  • theorem Bayesianism Prior probability Posterior probability Borel's paradox Bertrand's paradox Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) Dutch book Algebra...
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  • Kripke takes the paradox discussed in §201 to be the central problem of the Philosophical Investigations. He develops the paradox into a Grue-like problem...
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    useful in mathematics, but paradoxes arise if no restrictions are placed on how sets can be constructed: Russell's paradox shows that the "set of all...
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  • Paradox Interactive adapted the board game into a video game, with notable changes including replacing the turn-based gameplay with realtime. Paradox...
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  • data very closely but perform poorly when applied to new data. The SAR paradox refers to the fact that it is not the case that all similar molecules have...
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    All expressions in Z notation are typed, thereby avoiding some of the paradoxes of naive set theory. Z contains a standardized catalogue (called the mathematical...
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    and Private Language. The book contains his rule-following argument, a paradox for skepticism about meaning. Much of his work remains unpublished or exists...
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  • strategy De se Latitudinarianism (philosophy) Quantifier raising Temperature paradox Modal scope fallacy Semantics Archive discussion "De Dicto | Definition...
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  • Batlogg Bertram Boltwood Bertram Brockhouse Bertram Eugene Warren Bertrand's theorem Bertrand Halperin Berzelium Beta-M Beta-decay stable isobars Beta (plasma...
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    characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. In mathematical set theory, Cantor's theorem is a fundamental...
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  • and ∪ x ∈ V α + 1 {\displaystyle \cup x\in V_{\alpha +1}} . Hilbert's paradox implies that no set with the above properties exists . For suppose V {\displaystyle...
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  • box-office charts. The shift toward streaming was already under way when the pandemic struck, and as the trend has accelerated it’s had a paradoxical...
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  • For instance, in epistemic modal logic, the formula ◻ P {\displaystyle \Box P} can be used to represent the statement that P {\displaystyle P} is known...
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    solution to the duopoly problem with quantity adjustments as well as Bertrand's "instantly competitive" result in a duopoly model with price adjustment...
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  • Laplace–Runge–Lenz vector Runge's phenomenon – Carle David Tolmé Runge Russell's paradoxBertrand Russell Rutherford experiment (a.k.a. Geiger–Marsden experiment),...
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    infallible guide to probability" and a non-cognitivist solution to the liar paradox, noting that "formal criteria alone will inevitably prove insufficient"...
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  • Wittgenstein by quoting what he describes as Wittgenstein's sceptical paradox: "This was our paradox: no course of action could be determined by a rule, because...
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    of the broken window paradox of competition paradox of flexibility paradox of prosperity paradox of thrift paradox of toil paradox of value parallel economic...
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