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Mathematics in games, sports, and gambling : the games people play / Ronald J. Gould

by Ronald J. Gould

This text examines the application of discrete mathematics, probability, and statistics to games, sports, and gambling. Using examples such as card tricks and sports data, it covers topics including permutations, graph theory, and linear equations.

Accession 18276 ISBN 9781439801635 Publisher Chapman and Hall, CRC Press
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