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Mathematics
The Basics
- Numbers
- Tables of Facts and Formulas
Odds and Ends
- Formula for (M) Consecutive Heads Not Occurring in (N) Total Flips
- Law of Independent Trials: Is it Flawed?
- Law of Independent Trials: Is it Flawed? Part II
- Percentage
- Odds "To" One
- Odds "For" One
- Expectation
Probability
- The Probability of two Events both Occurring
- The Probability of Either of two Events or both Occurring
- Combinations
- Permutations
- Conditional Probability
- Blackjack Probabilities
Statistics
- Advantage is a bogus statistic
- Effects of Kurtosis ? None !
- Generalized Correlation Formula
- variance of shoe
- Effect of Standard Deviation on Playing Strategy in BlackJack
- What is standard deviation?
- Averages
- The Standard Deviation
- Standard Error of the Mean
- The Normal Distribution
- Confidence Intervals
- Standarization Details
- Reference Tables, etc.
- Correlation Details
Calculus
- Functions
- Field Guide to Functions
- The Derivative
Efficiency
- Scoring the Shoe Strategies (Long)
- BC/PE/IC Count Analyzer Version 3.5
- Efficiency
Linear Algebra
Least Squares Estimates
- Curve Fitting Details
- The Method of Least Squares
Logarithms, etc.
- What in the World is a Logarithm
- Powers Link
- Polynomials, Radicals, Functions, etc.
- Exponential Growth vs Logarithmic Growth
Reference
Glossary of Terms
- Tables of Facts and Formulas
- Favorite Mathematical Constants
- Table of Mathematical Constants
- Everyday Mathematics Glossary
- PROPHET Statguide: Glossary
- Hamilton's Math to Build On Glossary
- Hyperstat Glossary
- Statistics Glossary
Effects of Removal
- Generic Betting EORs
- Generic Playing EORs
Expected Value Tables
- 1D, H17, DOA, RSA=0, RSP=4
- 1D, S17, DOA, RSA=0, RSP=4
- 2D, H17, DOA, DAS, RSA=0, RSP=4
- 2D, H17, DOA, DAS, RSA=0, RSP=6
- 2D, S17, DOA, DAS, RSA=0, RSP=4
- 4D, H17, DOA, DAS, RSA=0, RSP=4
- 4D, S17, DOA, DAS, RSA=0, RSP=4
- 6D, H17, DOA, DAS, RSA=0, RSP=4
- 6D, S17, DOA, DAS, RSA=0, RSP=4
- 8D, H17, DOA, DAS, RSA=0, RSP=4
- 8D, S17, DOA, DAS, RSA=0, RSP=4
Reference Tables, etc.
- Blackjack Formula (edited)
- Charting the Games by Desirability Indices (Revised)
- Bankroll (from ROR) Calculation [JavaScript calculator]
- General Risk of Ruin Calculation [JavaScript calculator]
- Number of hours to reach goal [JavaScript calculator]
- The Probability of Increasing Ones Bankroll [JavaScript calculator]
- The Calculation of N0 [JavaScript calculator]
- Two very useful Java Applets
a) For determining Areas under Standard Normal Density (bell) curves
b) For determining Quantiles of the Normal Distribution
- Unit Normal Linear loss Integral (UNLLI)
Betting Strategies
Risk of Ruin
- Detailed CE analysis.
- Using RA-Fractions to Optimize DI or RoR.
- Why What You Got Ain't What You Expected:
Edge, Volatility, and Risk of Ruin in Gambling
- Expectation with possible ruin
- Risk of Ruin Charts
- Effect of Trip Ruin on Trip EV (A longy but a goody)
- Risk of Ruin Spreadsheet
- Effect of proportional betting on trip risk
- Effect of Overhead on Risk Of Ruin
- Beyond Don's Charts?
- Risk, Ruin, and Trip-Stake Wipeout
- Risk of Ruin Formulas
- Goal Oriented Risk of Ruin
Bet Sizing
- Optimal Betting
- 50-50 and Even-Money Equivalent Bets
- Effect of Bet Size on Aggregate DI
- ?Maximizing logarithmic increase
- Direct Method once more
- Theory of Optimal Betting once more
- The Theory of Optimal Betting Spreads
- Optimal Betting and Blackjack Attack, Ch 10
- Optimal Betting Strategy
- There must be a formula
- There is a formula
- Optimum Betting and the Rating of Systems
- The Final Chapter to the Optimal Betting Saga
- Demonstration of Equivalence
Cover Betting
- 1, 2, 6, deck betting cover costs (revised-long)
Kelly Betting
- Re: Whew!
- Playing two hands and Kelly (not short)
- Martingales and Kelly Criterion
- When and Why Kelly "Breaks Down".
- FAQ: Kelly Criterion, Utility Functions, and Certainty Equivalent
- Optimal Betting Question?
- Null Result I
- Null Result II
- Null Result III
- Finding the SD for N hands of Kelly bets for BJ
- What is Kelly's Theorem: Part I
- What is Kelly's Theorem: Part II
- Exponential Growth vs Logarithmic Growth.
- Long Run Formula For Kelly Betting
- Kelly Generalization
Progressive
Betting
- The Small Effects of Multiple Losses
- Blackjack and "Money Management" (long)
- Mathematical Proof That Progressions Cannot Overcome Expectation
- Progression Betting
- Review of Progressive Betting Systems
- Modern Progression Systems
- Ruin for Negative and Positive Progressions--The Martingale.
Proportional
Betting
- What Proportional Betting Does to Your Win Rate.
Counting Strategies
Definitions
Card Counting Systems
- Unbalanced system questions and answers
- System Tag Values and Ratings
- Re: Gordon w/ All Side Counts
- Very Simple, Yet Powerful, UBZ System for DD
The True Count Theorem
Unbalanced True Count Proof
Playing Strategies
Basic Strategy
Indices
- Index Generator
- Illustrious 18 Revisited (R18)
- Index generation and usage methods
- "Hit on the Left" method for using indices.
- Unbalanced Confusion
- Rounding, truncating
- Moss's Algebraic Approximation Formula
- Understanding Index Numbers
- Illustrious 18 Indices
- Java Flashcard Practice program
Shuffle Tracking / Card Location
- The Blackjack Shuffle-Tracking Treatise
- Shuffle Tracking, is it overall effective? Compared to counting?
- Shuffle Tracking: Derivation of "NRS"s "r" and "N"
- Shuffle Tracking Q and A
Alternative Strategies
- Optimal (RA) Insurance Strategy
- Risk Averse Strategy Discussion
Consequences
Rules
External Consequences
- Dunbar's Tax Analyzer
- The Cut-card Effect
- Effect of Count on Dealer Probs.
- Floating Advantage, and 'Off-Balanced' Counts
- Zman's Reply - long
- Dealer break rate
- Mathematics of Upcard Chicanery
- In Search of... Clumping (was Re: Reply to Ken Fuchs)
- Dealer Rating Analysis
- Ameliorating the cost of cover
- Cost of cover betting and pref shuffle
- Why Can't I Win Anything?
Streaks
- Streaks - Wins and Losses in a Row
- Totals Report: Win, Loss & Tied Percentages by True Count
Cut Card Effect
- Cut Card Effect at a Crowded Table
- Cut Card Data at various penetrations
Computer Science of Blackjack
Computer Algorithms / Programs
- Blackjack Game and Basic Strategy Calculator (Version 4.1)
- Introduction to SIMSIMP.BAS
- Blackjack Counting System Generator (Version 1.3)
- BJ Game and Practice Shareware Program
- Numerical Recipes in C
- thcalc.xls spreadsheet
- The ISO C Programming Companion Page
- Re: Another addition to formula [ C Code to calculate correlation of two counts ]
- A Simple and Efficient Pseudo-Random Bit Generator
- Sorting and Searching Algorithms: A Cookbook
- bjstrat index generator
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