Probability underpins AI, cryptography and statistics. However, as the philosopher Bertrand Russell said, “Probability is the ...

Mathematics often feels straightforward, yet some results challenge the way people instinctively think about numbers. Certain paradoxes and probability problems produce answers that seem impossible at ...

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This course is compulsory on the MPhil/PhD in Statistics. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. The availability as an ...

At first glance, the problem seems ridiculously simple. And yet experts have been searching for a solution in vain for decades. According to mathematician Jeffrey Lagarias, number theorist Shizuo ...

From Monopoly to Backgammon to Yahtzee, our first experiences with board games almost always feature sets of six-sided dice. They’re a great way to create some randomness and chaos in a game, but ...

This course is available on the MRes in Management (Employment Relations and Human Resources), MRes in Management (Organisational Behaviour) and MSc in Quantitative Methods for Risk Management. This ...