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A UK investment firm called Gloucester Research used these for a cool recruitment puzzle: > You've probably come here via the dice we handed out at one of our
by datr 14y ago
A UK investment firm called Gloucester Research used these for a cool recruitment puzzle:
> You've probably come here via the dice we handed out at one of our recruiting
> events. By now you've hopefully noticed what's special about the 4 dice you're
> looking at: "red beats green beats blue beats white beats red", each with 66.7%
> probability. They are known as Efron's dice, and you can find some more info on
> this Wikipedia page.
> Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to generalise the situation.
> For example, can you improve on the 66.7%? What if the dice are replaced by
> arbitrary random variables? What is the best "mutual beating probability" if
>you have only three dice? Or more than four?
It's a fun challenge and I'd recommend giving it a go if you have an interest in maths.