How to build an infinite lottery machine

DOI10.1007/s13194-017-0174-4zbMath1398.60004OpenAlexW3049731933MaRDI QIDQ1616145

John D. Norton

Publication date: 1 November 2018

Published in: European Journal for Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/14347/1/Infinite_Lottery_preprint_with%20correction.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

probabilityinfinite lotterysupertasks

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05)

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