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The person who wrote up odds as currently displayed on the page got it wrong. A 2:1 event is not an event with probability 2/3; it is a 1/3 probability event. The formula a/(a+b) needs to be replaced with b/(a+b) and is probably best illustrated with a reference to gambling.
I submit that the memoir De erroribus (1823) by C F Gauss should be mentioned. Gauss derives the error function connected with his name, from only three assumptions.
(C Lomnitz, Mexico City)
This is a misleading image: it implies that there are different probabilities for different combinations of fair dice, but there aren't.
The probability of any one combination is identical to that of any other combination, 1/36.
Whatever point the image is trying to make, it requires A) movement to another part of the page or another page altogether, B) clearer labelling, or C) removal Ajosephg ( talk) 23:40, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
I note that the page currently contains 44 links to pages about men, and none to pages about women. This seems a pity. Do we think we can do anything about it? Dsp13 ( talk) 10:45, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
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The person who wrote up odds as currently displayed on the page got it wrong. A 2:1 event is not an event with probability 2/3; it is a 1/3 probability event. The formula a/(a+b) needs to be replaced with b/(a+b) and is probably best illustrated with a reference to gambling.
I submit that the memoir De erroribus (1823) by C F Gauss should be mentioned. Gauss derives the error function connected with his name, from only three assumptions.
(C Lomnitz, Mexico City)
This is a misleading image: it implies that there are different probabilities for different combinations of fair dice, but there aren't.
The probability of any one combination is identical to that of any other combination, 1/36.
Whatever point the image is trying to make, it requires A) movement to another part of the page or another page altogether, B) clearer labelling, or C) removal Ajosephg ( talk) 23:40, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
I note that the page currently contains 44 links to pages about men, and none to pages about women. This seems a pity. Do we think we can do anything about it? Dsp13 ( talk) 10:45, 7 November 2023 (UTC)