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    The two envelopes problem, also known as the exchange paradox, is a paradox in probability theory. It is of special interest in decision theory and for...
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    updating in contract bridge Boy or Girl paradox Sleeping Beauty problem Two envelopes problem Selvin 1975a. Selvin 1975b. vos Savant 1990a. Tierney 1991....
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    paradox (probability) Necktie paradox Sleeping Beauty problem St. Petersburg paradox Two envelopes problem List of paradoxes Martin Gardner (1961). The Second...
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  • specific purposes Gaza envelope, a region in southwestern Israel adjacent to the Gaza Strip Two envelopes problem, a paradox Stellar envelope (disambiguation)...
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  • puzzles, such as the Three Prisoners problem, the Monty Hall problem, the Two Child problem, and the Two Envelopes problem.[citation needed] Suppose, a particular...
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  • theory problem Sleeping Beauty problem Two envelopes problem Gardner, Martin (October 1959). "Mathematical Games: Problems involving questions of probability...
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  • Siegel's paradox (category Probability problems)
    identified by economist Jeremy Siegel in 1972. Like the related two envelopes problem, the phenomenon is sometimes labeled a paradox because an agent...
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  • paradox Monty Hall problem Three Prisoners problem Two envelopes problem Sleeping Beauty problem The Monty Hall and Three Prisoners problems are identical...
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    theory Rationality Secretary problem Signal detection theory Small-numbers game Stochastic dominance TOTREP Two envelopes problem "Decision theory Definition...
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  • List of paradoxes Martingale (betting system) Pascal's mugging Two envelopes problem Zeno's paradoxes Weiss, Michael D. (1987). Conceptual foundations...
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    famous for having inspired the two envelopes problem in 1953, with the following puzzle in La mathématique des jeux: Two people, equally rich, meet to...
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    machine-made envelopes, and the economic significance of the factories that had produced handmade envelopes gradually diminished. As envelopes are made of...
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  • generalizing the phenomenon. Similarities to volatility pumping and the two envelopes problem have been pointed out. Simple finance textbook models of security...
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    known as the marriage problem, the sultan's dowry problem, the fussy suitor problem, the googol game, and the best choice problem. Its solution is also...
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  • economics, the envelope theorem is a major result about the differentiability properties of the value function of a parameterized optimization problem. As we...
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  • the Russian cards problem, the two envelopes problem, Moore's paradox, the hangman paradox, etc. Muddy Children Example: We have two children, A and B...
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    Smith's letters were found without their envelopes and were then hurriedly collected and stuck into whichever envelopes came to hand.[citation needed] Following...
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  • Hall problem / (F:B) Necktie paradox Simpson's paradox Sleeping Beauty problem St. Petersburg paradox / mnt (1:D) Three Prisoners problem Two envelopes problem...
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  • account. There are two types of "red envelopes" offered by the app: pairwise red packets, in which money is sent in a private chat of two users, and group...
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  • Variable envelope return path (VERP) is a technique used by some electronic mailing list software to enable automatic detection and removal of undeliverable...
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    of freedom of a mobile unit are divided in two motional classes as described below. Translational envelopes: Moving forward and backward on the X-axis...
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    of the envelope m is fixed, it is a polynomial time problem. If the capacity m is arbitrary, the problem is known to be NP-hard. Coin problem Knapsack...
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  • points is the upper and lower envelopes of the dual set of lines. Therefore, maintaining the upper and lower envelopes of a set of moving lines is equivalent...
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    Shoulder problems including pain, are one of the more common reasons for physician visits for musculoskeletal symptoms. The shoulder is the most movable...
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  • FBI and Rethrick's men. While hiding, they find that the stamps on the envelopes contain microdot images taken from the device, showing newspaper headlines...
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    understatement": Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them...
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    the problem arises when we ask for the number of ways n letters, each addressed to a different person, can be placed in n pre-addressed envelopes so that...
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    and broadsheet, while envelopes and business cards follow distinct sizing conventions. The international standard for envelopes is the C series of ISO...
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    altered by components such as filters, which cut or boost frequencies; envelopes, which control articulation, or how notes begin and end; and low-frequency...
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  • modulation by cross-correlating the envelopes of the speech input and output signals. A related procedure, also using envelope cross-correlations, is the short-time...
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