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    Undergrad What is the best strategy for maximizing profits in roulette?

    I've actually tried this. And from experience I can tell you it's the table maximums that make this a horrible strategy. I bet black, doubling my bet every time I lost, everything was going swell until red/green came up ~8 times in a row. The bet I needed to place was over the maximum and the...
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    Graduate Some questions mostly dealing with large objects in space.

    I have some questions I was hoping someone could help me with; any and all answers are greatly appreciated. 1) At what size and/or mass do most objects generate enough gravity to be spherical? 2) In high density areas (like in the Keiper belt or whatever) could an object exceed the mass...
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    Graduate Is Matter Infinitely Divisible?

    First things first, so that answers will more closely approach my level of understanding; I have only completed multivariable calculus and linear algebra and haven't yet taken a "real" physics course. I am part-way through Penrose's "Road to Reality" though. Secondly, this question stems from...