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
Consider this random experiment. You ask people (one at a time) of their birthdays (month and day only). The process continues until there is a repeat in the series of birthdays, in other words, un…| A Blog on Probability and Statistics
This post discusses the coupon collector problem, a classical problem in probability. ___________________________________________________________________________ The Coupon Collector Problem The pr…| A Blog on Probability and Statistics