This week’s Fiddler is about hopping back and forth. You are a frog in a pond with an infinite number of lily pads in a line, marked “1,” “2,” “3,” etc. You are currently on pad 2, and your goal is to make it to pad 1. From any given pad, there are specific probabilities … Continue reading "Can you hop to the lily pad?" The post Can you hop to the lily pad? first appeared on Book Proofs.| Book Proofs
A little over one year ago, this blog marked the beginning of the year of the rooster in this blog post. Now it’s time to celebrate the year of the dog. The Lunar New Year actually falls on F…| All Math Considered
This post highlights certain basic probability problems that are quite easy to do using the concept of Markov chains. Some of these problems are easy to state but may be calculation intensive (if n…| A Blog on Probability and Statistics