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Subject: Re: Gambler's Ruin Problem
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"AngleWyrm" <no_spam_anglewyrm@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> If we accept that infinity raised to a real power is still infinity, then
> we can remove the power expressions to get:
> (1 - (+inf)) / (1 - (+inf) )
>
P.S. A trained person might be able to calculate the 'density' of the
infinity, according to how much money the two players have.
Also, on the matter of going from a starting position of Broke to an end
position of Broke is not movement; a broke player has nothing to lose. So
it seems to me that a broke player cannot "go broke".
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