Title: How does a coin toss? A look under an asymptotic microscope
Abstract:Is flipping a coin a deterministic process or a random one? We do not allow bounces. If we know the initial velocity and the spin given to the coin, mechanics should predict the face it lands on. Howe...Is flipping a coin a deterministic process or a random one? We do not allow bounces. If we know the initial velocity and the spin given to the coin, mechanics should predict the face it lands on. However, the coin toss has been everyone's introduction to probability and has been assumed to be the hallmark random process. So, what's going on here? This article discusses the problem first brought up by Keller in 1986 using a perspective tangential to the one used by Keller which leads us to new insight about the probability of getting heads.Read More
Publication Year: 2019
Publication Date: 2019-04-12
Language: en
Type: preprint
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