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Lewis Carroll’s Obtuse Problem
Author(s) -
Falk Ruma,
SamuelCahn Ester
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.425
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1467-9639
pISSN - 0141-982X
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9639.00059
Subject(s) - mathematical economics , mathematics , epistemology , calculus (dental) , philosophy , medicine , dentistry
Carroll’s apparently impeccable solution to one of his probability problems is shown to answer another problem that is based on reasonable assumptions. His original assumptions, however, are self contradictory, hence entailing paradoxical results.