Finding your seat versus tossing a coin

DOI10.4169/AMER.MATH.MONTHLY.121.06.545zbMATH Open1302.60012OpenAlexW2405747160WikidataQ58122373 ScholiaQ58122373MaRDI QIDQ2928658FDOQ2928658

Authors: Yared Nigussie 

Publication date: 10 November 2014

Published in: American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4169/amer.math.monthly.121.06.545

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Probability theory on algebraic and topological structures (60B99) Combinatorial probability (60C05) Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05)

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