From bocce to positivity: some probabilistic linear algebra

DOI10.4169/MATH.MAG.86.2.110MaRDI QIDQ2876491zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kent E. Morrison

Publication date 19 August 2014

Published in Mathematics Magazine (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.2994

zbMATH Keywords

geometric probabilityrandom zero-sum game

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric probability and stochastic geometry (60D05) Combinatorial probability (60C05) Probabilistic games; gambling (91A60)

Abstract: A question in geometric probability about the location of the balls in a game of bocce leads to related questions about the probability that a system of linear equations has a positive solution and the probability that a random zero-sum game favors the row player. Under reasonable assumptions we are able to find these probabilities.

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