When I recently Monte-Carlo-simulated the Martingale betting system, I found the large winning probability over the first rounds. Seeing this, I asked myself: can I confirm this by computing the...
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Most people who play Roulette make contact with betting strategies at some point, e.g., the famous Martingale system. But what about the Reverse Martingale Strategy? Does this work at all for...
Martingale Roulette Strategy: Full Outcome Analysis with Charts
Does the Martingale Strategy work for Roulette? Well, that depends on what you mean by work. Will you win? How much? When? Will you lose? How much? When? I have asked myself all of those questions...
You understand how the Newton-Raphson method works, but don't know which \(x_0\) to use? I know exactly what you mean. So how do you find the best initial guess for Newton's method? There is no...
Newton's method for numerically finding roots of an equation is also known as the Newton-Raphson method. Recently, I asked myself how to best explain this interesting numerical algorithm. Here I...
11 Highly Instructive Examples for the Newton Raphson Method
Newton's method for numerically finding roots of an equation is most easily understood by example. At least, I learn more easily from examples. So, perhaps you do, too. In this article I've...