Posted ByRedPh on July 17, 2001 at 22:55:00:
In Reply to: Re: Odds/Evens? posted bySean on July 17, 2001 at 02:30:50:
: I rememeber when I was doing my initial research on gesture-oriented game theory. It's funny, we both decided to begin working on Odd/Evens. Perhaps like me, you will find that there is more to this seemingly simple game than can be studied in an entire life time. I should know - I did my doctoral thesis on Odd/Evens, continued with grant work (government stuff), and I'm now working on my first book. I don't feel like I've even scratched the surface yet.
: You need to decide right now if you are willing to have the sort of dedication to this subject matter that I have described. Without it, you will never even get your arms around it.
: I'll let you know where I began my research: I discovered that in a perfectly random environment, you have a slighty better chance of winning with evens than odds (13/25, versus 12/25). But this doesn't even begin to get into which numbers are best for different scenarios (odd+odd = even, odd+even = odd, even+even = even -- in the numbers one through five, there are THREE odds and TWO evens).
: Good luck in your journey into the fantastic world of Odd/Evens. Please keep me informed as to your progress.
AHEM? You call yourself a doctorate? You dont even know the first 2 rules of odd/even:
1. 0 is a positive integer that can be played.
2. 0 is EVEN!