A mathematical analysis of the Sleeping Beauty problem
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: A mathematical analysis of the Sleeping Beauty problem
zbMATH Open document ID: 1200.60006
author: Jeffrey S. Rosenthal
published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer
publication date: 2009-09-25T00:00:00Z
review text: This short article discusses a solution to the Sleeping Beauty problem, which is comparable to the Monty Hall Problem or the Bertrand's Box problem, all philosophical dilemmas closely related to conditional probability. The author starts with the presentation of the paradox and an overview on previous results and then argues for the solution 1/3 using conditional probability arguments. Finally, he relates the problem to the two mentioned above.
reviewed by: Michael Stauch
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 60Axx
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 60C05
zbMATH DE Number: 5607366
zbMATH Keywords: Sleeping Beauty paradox
zbMATH Keywords: Monty Hall problem
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: s00283-009-9060-z
OpenAlex ID: W2071575366
Wikidata QID: Q56462547
cites work: Sleeping Beauty and self-location: a hybrid model
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DOI: 10.1007/S00283-009-9060-Z
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5607366