2024/12/18 by Daniel Otero, Otero, Daniel · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Mathematics · #Computer science #FOS: Mathematics #History and Overview (math.HO) #Literary, Cultural, Historical Analysis #Probability (math.PR) #Probability and Statistical Research #Statistics Education and Methodologies #math.HO #math.PR
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2501.03238
openalex publication_date 2024/12/18 · arxiv published 2024/12/18 · arxiv updated 2024/12/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In this short article, we present a solution to one of the probability puzzles that Daniel Litt, a mathematician at the University of Toronto, posted on his X account earlier this year. The main goal of this note is to show how some of the typical concepts taught in an undergraduate probability course can be used to solve these types of probability problems, which sound simple, but can be very difficult to solve.