The Mathematics of Poker

[thylacine]

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Question to Authors

Why not typeset mathematics using LaTeX? It's use is virtually universal in mathematics.

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I was wondering that too. Chen has a math Ph.D., so he has to be pretty familiar with TeX. My guess is that non-math/physics publishers just don't do TeX (I certainly can't convince biophysics journals to accept things in TeX, for instance).

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Really? Wow! What do they accept? What do they insist on?

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Take your worst guess.

Microsoft Word or PDF is the standard at most places, but some other formats are supported. I just checked the Journal of Computational Chemistry .. they want you to submit Word files, RTF files or straight postscript. Their suggestion for LaTex is that you convert it to .ps or .pdf before submitting it. Other places are a little more strict. Biophysical Journal requires things to be in PDF (no other options).

Someday, the rest of the publishing world will see the light, but my guess is still that their publisher didn't want to deal with TeX.

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Well it's no big deal to convert it to .ps or .pdf

The BIG problem then is when they want to do hands-on editting with these files.

[Kovner]

In the acknowledgements reads "Both of us participate enthusiastically in the *ARG community..."
What is the *ARG community?

[maurile]

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What is the *ARG community?

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alt.rec.gambling

[Jerrod Ankenman]

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In the acknowledgements reads "Both of us participate enthusiastically in the *ARG community..."
What is the *ARG community?

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*ARG events are BARGE (http://www.barge.org) and its sister events ATLARGE, ESCARGOT, and FARGO.

http://www.conjelco.com/escargot.html
http://www.atlargepoker.com
http://www.fargopoker.com

jerrod

[PartyGirlUK]

When will a new version with errata fixed be out?

[Jerrod Ankenman]

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When will a new version with errata fixed be out?

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Some of the errata (what had been identified before a couple weeks into December) was fixed in the second printing -- mostly in the first part of the book. I would guess that that printing is already being distributed, but Chuck would know for sure.

jerrod

[MicroBob]

Definitely glad I got lazy about buying this.

Will not be getting it until the 2nd edition.

[thylacine]

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When will a new version with errata fixed be out?

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Some of the errata (what had been identified before a couple weeks into December) was fixed in the second printing -- mostly in the first part of the book. I would guess that that printing is already being distributed, but Chuck would know for sure.

jerrod

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Why did you not use LaTeX? I'm sure this would have led to there being far fewer mistakes. Also, you should not switch between upper and lower case or between fonts for the one quantity. For example P and p are two different symbols, as are T, boldface T, italics T, and script T. You confuse mathematicians when you do this.

[RedGladiator]

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When will a new version with errata fixed be out?

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Some of the errata (what had been identified before a couple weeks into December) was fixed in the second printing -- mostly in the first part of the book. I would guess that that printing is already being distributed, but Chuck would know for sure.

jerrod

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where can i order 2nd edition from? i normally order from amazon.co.uk but theres no way of knowing which edition i'm getting.

are you planning to write others books? "mathematics of no limit hold em" perhaps??

[smbruin22]

the question in the post above me hints at the answer, but may i ask the simplest question: is this book predominantly limit or no-limit? i realize mathematically they are the same except for constraint on betting size, but which does the book use more for examples?

thanks in advance!!