Tag Archives: Elchanan Mossel

Benjamini and Mossel’s 2000 Account: Sensitivity of Voting Schemes to Mistakes and Manipulations

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Gil Kalai

Here is a popular account by Itai Benjamini and Elchanan Mossel from 2000 written shortly after the 2000 US presidential election. Elchanan and Itai kindly agreed that I will publish it here,  for the first time, 20 years later!  I … Continue reading →

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Elchanan Mossel’s Amazing Dice Paradox (your answers to TYI 30)

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Gil Kalai

TYI 30 asked Elchanan Mossel’s Amazing Dice Paradox (that I heard from Yuval Peres yesterday) You throw a die until you get 6. What is the expected number of throws (including the throw giving 6) conditioned on the event that all throws … Continue reading →

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TYI 30: Expected number of Dice throws

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Gil Kalai

Test your intuition: You throw a dice until you get 6. What is the expected number of throws (including the throw giving 6) conditioned on the event that all throws gave even numbers. follow-up post

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