A Quick Mathematical Puzzle: Calendar Dice
What numbers do they need to contain to display all days of the month?
Maike Elisa
The Two Envelopes Problem or Necktie Paradox
Should I switch or should I stay? The Switching Paradox
Bayes’ Theorem and (Corona-) Virus Testing
With the current Corona Crisis going on the world, many people demand more testing. But from a mathematical point of view, just randomly (!!) testing more is not the answer. The problem here lies within the false positives that may occur when two very unlikely events are highly correlated.
The Binomial Distribution Explained
You guess all 20 questions on your multiple-choice exam. What are the chances that you pass?
Probabilities: One Problem, Two Answers.
Why probabilities can sometimes be confusing.
Estimating π with Monte-Carlo-Simulations
The easy, the sophisticated and the surprising way of estimating π
How Fast is Too Fast? Optimizing Traffic Flow on Highways.
A mathematical approach.