The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

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The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at the ...

In this video, we return to the Las Vegas casino floor to test a modified slot machine strategy inspired by a popular YouTube technique, now using a $40 method. We implement an often-overlooked tactic ...

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