Large gains in the St. Petersburg game

DOI10.1016/j.crma.2008.03.026zbMath1152.60033OpenAlexW2076582541MaRDI QIDQ927117

Gheorghe Stoica

Publication date: 22 May 2008

Published in: Comptes Rendus. Mathématique. Académie des Sciences, Paris (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crma.2008.03.026

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial probability (60C05) Limit theorems in probability theory (60F99) Probabilistic games; gambling (91A60)

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