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There are at least 3 conditional probabilities problems embedded in the article (it doesn't look like there are specific enough numbers to solve them precisely though).

Overview of the history, philosophy, and basic operations in set theory. Fortunately, sets are an extremely flexible way to describe mathematical objects, such as the sample space of some experiment. To our disappointment, it turns out to not be the be-all, end-all of mathematics, but that's a subject for a logic course.

How Bayes's Theorem can be used to decide if mail is spam or not.

Very cool. Now that we see that mail filter software "adapts" to the user, we can address the problem in class of what would happen if a doctor who deals with prostate issues uses a filter and words such as viagra prop up when the email is not actually spam.

Describing the way phone numbers is North America are coded

Area codes used to be much more restrictive. How many area codes were possible before 1995? After 1995?

related to the problem:a gambler with finite wealth, playing a fair game (that is, each bet has expected value zero to both sides) will eventually go broke against an opponent with infinite wealth

The application used here is del.icio.us and not diigo but the way it's used is exactly the same. So it should help if you're unclear on this concept still.

Quick video overview of social bookmarking with del.icio.us.

This is really cool. A brief exposure to how computers are able to play chess.

using the poisson distribution to approximate the binomial distribution

Far More Than You Ever Wanted To Know about where this formula comes from.

Stirling's approximation is for n! in terms of continuous functions.

The derivation didn't require any complex analysis after all; thank goodness.

In case you wanted to know a more precise way to deal with all of the factorials we've been playing around with.

If you like Erdos, you should take Algebra with Joel Spencer. He collaborated with Erdos for 40 or more publications I think.

Some interesting problems from one of my favorite mathematicians.

young einstein vs. old einstein why he changed his mind!

An interactive walk-through of the Monty Hall Game and explanation. Try it out!

Michael A. M. Lerner talks with the man who is putting the "science" back in political science.

Experiment with experimental probability using a fixed size section spinner, a variable section spinner, 2 regular 6-sided number cubes or design your own number cubes. Appropriate for elementary grades..

Baye's Theorem and Appplication

Let's remember: the guy's name was Bayes. That means it's either Bayes's Theorem or Bayes' Theorem, but not Baye's Theorem. :))) Good article though!

Types of probability Conditional probability Expected values