Two Plus Two Newer Archives  

Go Back   Two Plus Two Newer Archives > General Poker Discussion > Poker Theory
FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 03-15-2007, 08:06 AM
floop floop is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 12
Default Request For Help With Math

I am flipping a fair coin and counting the number of heads vs. the number of tails after each flip.

Can I prove that an infinite sequence of coin flips can always be reduced to the following:

r = f(r1) + f0 + f(!r1) + f0 + f(r1) + f0 + ...

where

r1 is the result of the first flip

f(r1) is a sequence of some number of flips (n) where the excess of heads/tails is in the same direction as r1 - that is to say if r1 is a head, f(r1) would be the sequence of flips where each count is an excess of heads, or zero.

f(!r1) is a sequence of some number of flips (n) where the excess of heads/tails is in the opposite direction as r1.

f0 is a sequence of exactly 1 flip where # heads = # tails.

Does it comes down to showing that n is always a finite number??

Is this possible? TIA.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 03-15-2007, 08:43 AM
RobNottsUk RobNottsUk is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 359
Default Re: Request For Help With Math

Infinite number of coin flips, mean that any excess either way is infinite to.

See Hilbert's Hotel for explanation!
Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 11:36 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.