Intransitive Dice with a Twist - Comments

[mfb]

mfb submitted a new PF Insights post

Intransitive Dice with a Twist

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[mathman]

What is the question?

 

[mfb]

It is an Insights article, not a question thread. What exactly are you missing?

 

[scottdave]

I saw a YouTube video, maybe on Numberphile, which introduced this idea of nontransitive dice. Your article takes it to another level.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I saw a YouTube video, maybe on Numberphile, which introduced this idea of nontransitive dice. Your article takes it to another level.

 

[mfb]

Someone at reddit found a proof that all fair intransitive dice need the same average.

 

[OldWorldBlues]

I love this stuff, but it makes my head hurt

 

[mfb]

Two more recent research papers:
Intransitive dice tournament is not quasirandom
The probability that a random triple of dice is transitive
And an article discussing them:
Mathematicians Roll Dice and Get Rock-Paper-Scissors

 

[Office_Shredder]

Very cool, thanks for writing this!