The Surprise Examination or Unexpected Hanging Paradox

DOI10.2307/2589525zbMath0917.03001arXivmath/9903160OpenAlexW2950931414WikidataQ56069537 ScholiaQ56069537MaRDI QIDQ4222433

Timothy Y. Chow

Publication date: 7 December 1998

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9903160

zbMATH Keywords

surprise exam paradox

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to mathematical logic and foundations (03-01)

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