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Re:Average Doesn't Always Exist by Safety1stClyde on Sunday April 09, 2017 @02:53AM (#14070859)
A mathematician might say that an average exists for the amount you can win for n games for the second game, but it doesn't converge to a limit as n goes to infinity.
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Re:Average Doesn't Always Exist by kimh on Sunday April 09, 2017 @07:12AM (#14071697)
> it doesn't converge to a limit as n goes to infinity.

Yes, I think this is more precise way to describe what is happening. I should update the article. But, average that doesn't converge is not a really average in normal sense, so the statement of "average doesn't exist" is not totally wrong?

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Re:Average Doesn't Always Exist by Safety1stClyde on Sunday April 09, 2017 @11:52PM (#14075863)
I don't think it is wrong at all, I was just rephrasing it.
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