Infinitesimals are too small for countably infinite fair lotteries
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We show that infinitesimal probabilities are much too small for modeling the individual outcome of a countably infinite fair lottery.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Synthese
دوره 191 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014