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Abel Prize in mathematics 2024: the improbability of a coin tossed 1,000 times coming up heads in 600
How can you earn 7.5 million Norwegian crowns (about €660,000) with mathematics? If you are thinking about something like “discovering the fault of a roulette wheel” or “counting cards”, I am sorry to disappoint you: the probability in these cases is usually against us, no matter how much the cinema insists on stating the opposite. […]… Learn more.