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  • ...the Game of Twenty-One'', Random House, New York</ref> the seminal work of mathematician Edward O. Thorp, who was aided in his computer simulations by programmers J ...ecember.</ref><ref>(1943), “Twins Tend Record Twin Crop,” ''Chicago Herald-American'', December 4, p. II-3</ref><ref>Petlicki, Myrna (1997), “Golden memories,” ...
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  • ...an Mathematical Society''' ('''AMS''') is an association of professional [[mathematician]]s dedicated to the interests of [[mathematics|mathematical]] research and ...ansactions of the American Mathematical Society]] and [[Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society]], which were also ''de facto'' journals. ...
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  • ...nd Chinese philosophy|philosophy, Chinese poetry|poet, Chinese mathematics|mathematician, Chinese astronomy|astronomer, List of Chinese inventions|inventor, Chinese ...eers|engineer Inventions in the Muslim world|inventor, Islamic mathematics|mathematician, Ophthalmology in medieval Islam|ophthalmologist, Early Islamic philosophy| ...
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  • '''Les Golden''' is an American astronomer, gambling writer, actor, musician, and political activist who wr ...o-author of an article in Science magazine, the prestigious journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS. I guess he though that s ...
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  • ...has been played. It was developed by blackjack professional, writer, and mathematician [[Les Golden|Dr. Leslie M. Golden]] of Oak Park, [[Illinois]] in 2011 and p [[Category:Anglo-American playing card games]] ...
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  • '''Harvey Dubner''' is a retired engineer and mathematician living in [[New Jersey]], noted for his contributions to finding large [[pr Although educated and employed as an electrical engineer, he was a proficient mathematician and as early as the 1950’s a skilled computer programmer. He found great p ...
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  • ...[Australian English]] and [[New Zealand English]]) or simply '''slot''' ([[American English]]), is a [[casino]] gambling machine with three or more reels which The first American video slot machine to offer a "second screen" bonus round was ''Reel 'Em In ...
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  • Gambling is a major American industry and many successful motion pictures have been made on the subject. ...sychology Today magazine showed that nearly 1 in 4 American men and 1 in 8 American women can be expected to gamble in some way on the Super Bowl (Ref. 1), wit ...
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  • '''Edward Oakley Thorp''' (born August 14, 1932) is an American mathematics professor, author, [[hedge fund]] manager, and [[blackjack]] pl ...te/BookReviewTypeDetail/assetid/47321%3Bjsessionid%3Daaa9har2OmrE7K |title=American Scientist online: Bettor Math, article and book review by Elwyn Berlekamp | ...
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  • ...b> aka “Doubling Down” is a motion picture based on the life of the M.I.T. mathematician who developed the card counting technique for the casino game of blackjack. ...is based on the true story of Professor Edward Oakley Thorp, the American mathematician who gained worldwide renown by showing mathematically that the game of “21” ...
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  • ...b> aka “Doubling Down” is a motion picture based on the life of the M.I.T. mathematician who developed the card counting technique for the casino game of blackjack. ...is based on the true story of Professor Edward Oakley Thorp, the American mathematician who gained worldwide renown by showing mathematically that the game of “21” ...
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  • ...ntage, New York. Although ascribed to Thorp, the system was introduced by mathematician Dr. [[Harvey Dubner]]. The results published by Thorp were programmed by c American [[mathematician]] Dr. [[Edward O. Thorp]] is considered the father of card counting.<ref>{{ ...
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  • ...ntage, New York. Although ascribed to Thorp, the system was introduced by mathematician Dr. [[Harvey Dubner]]. The results published by Thorp were programmed by c American [[mathematician]] Dr. [[Edward O. Thorp]] is considered the father of card counting.<ref>{{ ...
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  • |nationality = American ...er 31, 2010 in [[DeKalb, Illinois]]<ref name="obit" />), was an American [[mathematician]] who contributed to the fields of [[analytic number theory]], [[computatio ...
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  • ...has been played. It was developed by blackjack professional, writer, and mathematician [[Les Golden|Dr. Leslie M. Golden]] of Oak Park, [[Illinois]] in 2011 and p [[Category:American academics]] ...
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  • George David Birkhoff was an US american mathematician. His parents were from dutch origin. [[Category:American mathematician]] ...
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  • ...Sorgenfrey''' (1915 – January 6, 1995) was an [[United States|American]] [[mathematician]] and Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the [[University of California, {{US-mathematician-stub}} ...
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  • <b>Never Split Tens</b> is a major motion picture based on the life of the mathematician who developed the card counting technique for the casino game of blackjack. [[Category:American film actors]] ...
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  • | nationality = [[United States|American]] ...30, 2004), known as "William Ted Martin" or "Ted Martin", was an American mathematician, who worked on [[mathematical analysis]], [[several complex variables]], an ...
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  • '''Angus Ellis Taylor''' (October 13, 1911 – April 6, 1999) was a [[mathematician]] and professor at various universities in the [[University of California|U ...ered", [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00029890.1984.11971510 American Mathematical Monthly] 91(10):605–18. ...
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