Comments for Math Goes Pop!

Comment on Martin Gardner and the Three Way Duel by Michael Paul Goldenberg

Michael Paul Goldenberg — Wed, 29 May 2013 15:30:45 +0000

There are many nice variants on this problem. A sweet one is: what if all three duelists are crack marksmen and never miss. Assume the same (or any) shooting order: what is the best strategy for each of them?

Comment on Four Weddings and Some Statistics by Matt

Matt — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 05:00:10 +0000

@Nicole – great question. I haven’t analyzed it myself, but it would definitely be worth looking in to!

Comment on Four Weddings and Some Statistics by Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 01:30:55 +0000

Hi Matt, great article! Did you do any research on the order of the weddings at all? For instance, is the first wedding at a disadvantage from a scoring perspective since there is no comparison weddings yet? I wondered if the first wedding has a worst chance of losing vs being the last wedding on the show.

Comment on Down with Plurality! by Aaron Hamlin

Aaron Hamlin — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:55:12 +0000

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Comment on Four Weddings and Some Statistics by Matt

Matt — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 01:47:15 +0000

@mermaldad – great question. it’s been a while since i wrote this post, but i’ll try to find my original excel file.

Comment on Wedding Mathematics, Part 3 by Matt

Matt — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:20:56 +0000

@Matt – we had one table of math people, but the rest were not. It was more of a personal indulgence than anything else. People were very polite about it, though!

Comment on More on Football Pools by Matt

Matt — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:06:57 +0000

Steve, that’s a great question. I don’t have those numbers readily available, but your question sounds like a great jumping off point for a follow-up post!

Comment on More on Football Pools by Steve

Steve — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:23:11 +0000

Do you have stats on each quarter for Traditional Pool and Digital Root Pool? It would be cool to see how the likeliness of winning squares trends per quarter as well as end of game. For instance I would think 0′s and 3′s might be even more common in the 1st quarter vs end of game.

Comment on Stand Up to Questionable Odds by Simon

Simon — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:22:01 +0000

76% Stirke rate, really? Are you saying you get 9 out of 12 strikes per game? Don’t think so.

Comment on Wedding Mathematics, Part 3 by Matt Vaudrey

Matt Vaudrey — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:32:00 +0000

Wow. That is something else.
Was your guest list comprised of mostly mathematicians? My liberal-arts college buddies would have quickly used the notepaper to build a beer bong rather than prove identites.