Golden Saddle Problem
Posted on Fri 04 November 2016 in misc
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Probability, Ipython, Mathematics, Game Theory, Saddle Point, Peter Norvig, Five Thirty Eight, Riddler
Nothing excites me more than a good mathematical puzzle. Even if I don't end up solving one, I always come out richer in the process by improving the way I think. Combinatorial problems in particular are my favourite.
So you can imagine my excitement when I came across this really interesting probability / game theory riddle recently, courtesy Peter Norvig's Ipython notebooks