Consider the following question posed on http://fivethirtyeight.com/:
There is a very long, straight highway with some number of cars (N) placed somewhere along it, randomly. The highway is only one lane, so the cars can’t pass each other. Each car is going in the same direction, and ...
I have been looking over some elementary probability recently, and spent some time thinking about a couple of questions that I think have pretty neat solutions.
1. Birthday Problem
The problem is very simply stated, but the answer is counterintuitive to most people.
What is the smallest number of people ...
One of the most surprising and interesting results of the digital age is how information is intrinsically linked to uncertainty and entropy.
Of course for this to make sense, we need to be careful about how we define what we mean by information, separating it from any subjective interpretation, so ...