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Faculty Scholarship
 Professor Koether, Professor Pendergrass Dr. Robb T. Koether, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, Dr. Marcus H. Pendergrass, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
PROFESSOR of Mathematics and Computer
Science Robb T. Koether, with his former
colleague John S. Osoinach, Jr., and a current
colleague, Visiting Assistant Professor of
Mathematics Marcus H. Pendergrass,
continues to work on variations of the
Lying Oracle problem, previously treated in
“Outwitting the Lying Oracle,” which was
published in Mathematics Magazine. In the
basic problem, a player is placing wagers on the
outcome of a coin-toss. An all-knowing oracle
announces how the coin will land, but there is
a chance that the oracle is lying. What is the
player’s best strategy? Full Story...
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