The Paradox of Fiber Failure
Heather Hill, Physics Today
In 1713 Nicolaus Bernoulli posed a question: How much would you pay to play a game? In the game, a coin is flipped until it lands heads up, and you win $2n depending on the number of tosses n. If heads comes up on the first toss, you win $2. If heads doesn't come up until the second toss, you win $4.
In 1713 Nicolaus Bernoulli posed a question: How much would you pay to play a game? In the game, a coin is flipped until it lands heads up, and you win $2n depending on the number of tosses n. If heads comes up on the first toss, you win $2. If heads doesn't come up until the second toss, you win $4.