Dynamical bias in the coin toss

SIAM Review

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-235

  Diaconis, Persi ^a   Holmes, Susan ^a   Montgomery, Richard ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Berry phase; Image analysis; Precession; Randomness

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

BERRY PHASE; COIN TOSS; PRECESSION;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 34250012263     PISSN: 00361445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036144504446436     Document Type: Article

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