The fate of Schrodinger's cat: using math and computers to explore the counterintuitive
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- Full title :The fate of Schrodinger's cat : using math and computers to explore the counterintuitive / James D. Stein, California State University Long Beach.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2020
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):World Scientific
- Place of Publication:New Jersey
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2020
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- Description:1 online resource
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- ISBN:9789811218163, 9811218161
- oclc:on1203942799
Table of Contents
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Mathematics, Intuition, and Computers -- Section I: The Realm of the Counterintuitive -- Chapter 1 The Monty Hall Problem -- 1.1 The Monty Hall Problem -- 1.2 Looking at an Extreme Case -- 1.3 A Trickier Monty Hall Problem -- 1.4 Just One Look -- Chapter 2 How Probabilistic Entanglement Connects Almost Everything -- 2.1 Is Everything Connected? -- 2.2 Quantum Entanglement -- 2.3 Probabilistic Entanglement -- 2.4 Benefitting from a Coin Flip -- 2.5 Flipism -- 2.6 Multiple Observations from a Single Group -- 2.7 An Odd Number of Trials
2.8 ComparingMeans of Unrelated Groups -- 2.9 How Fundamental Is Probability? -- Chapter 3 Blackwell's Bet -- 3.1 Wunch with Wenny -- 3.2 Unexpected Expectations -- 3.3 Can Blackwell's Bet Help You Beat the Line at Sports Betting? -- 3.4 Applying Blackwell's Bet to Sample and Population Statistics -- Chapter 4 A Stop at Willoughby -Mathematics in the Twilight Zone -- 4.1 Can You Predict the Flip of a Coin? -- 4.2 RandomWalks -- 4.3 Next Stop- Willoughby -- 4.4 An Actual Coin Flip Prediction -- 4.5 A Magical Mystery Tour -- 4.6 AreWe Predicting the Future?
Chapter 5 The Fate of Schrodinger's Cat -- 5.1 …
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