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Parrondo's paradox

paradox in game theory in which a combination of losing strategies becomes a winning strategy
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Parrondo's paradox

Summary

Parrondo's paradox is a paradox[1]. It draws 117 Wikipedia views per month (paradox category, ranking #58 of 104).[2]

Key Facts

  • Parrondo's paradox's instance of is recorded as paradox[3].
  • Juan Mr Parrondo is named after Parrondo's paradox[4].
  • Parrondo's paradox's Commons category is recorded as Parrondo's paradox[5].
  • Parrondo's paradox's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bntyh[6].
  • Parrondo's paradox's studied by is recorded as game theory[7].
  • Parrondo's paradox's MathWorld ID is recorded as ParrondosParadox[8].
  • Parrondo's paradox's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[9].
  • Parrondo's paradox's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778268922[10].

Why It Matters

Parrondo's paradox draws 117 Wikipedia views per month (paradox category, ranking #58 of 104).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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