The probability that a tennis player wins the first set of a match is \(\frac{3}{5}\). If she wins the first set, the probability that she wins the second set is \(\frac{9}{10}\). If she loses the ...

Variability orderings indicate that one probability distribution is more spread out or dispersed than another. Here variability orderings are considered that are preserved under conditioning on a ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Shanbhag (1970) gave an interesting characterization of the exponential and the geometric distribution in terms of conditional expectations.

Praxis the robot and Alan the “human man” look at the history of mathematical probability. They meet Galileo, whose work with dice brings him under the suspicion of some rather violent inquisitors.