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In combinatorics, Bertrand's ballot problem is the question: "In an election where candidate A receives p votes and candidate B receives q votes with p > q, what is the probability that A will be strictly ahead of B throughout the count under the assumption that votes are counted in a randomly picked order?"
Pages in category "Probability problems" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. ... Bertrand's ballot theorem; Bertrand's box paradox;
Bertrand's ballot theorem. This result concerning the probability that the winner of an election was ahead at each step of ballot counting was first published by W. A. Whitworth in 1878, but named after Joseph Louis François Bertrand who rediscovered it in 1887. [ 5 ]
The Bertrand paradox is a problem within the classical interpretation of probability theory. Joseph Bertrand introduced it in his work Calcul des probabilités (1889) [1] as an example to show that the principle of indifference may not produce definite, well-defined results for probabilities if it is applied uncritically when the domain of possibilities is infinite.
The butterfly ballot, as it came to be known, was designed by then-Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Theresa LaPore. She was trying to help seniors see the 10 candidates for president by ...
Proposition 1 would change Idaho’s elections; here’s a look at how it would work. ... Idaho Statesman Opinion Editor Scott McIntosh will host a live debate about the ballot measure at 7 p.m ...
Investigators from the Kentucky Attorney General's Office responded to a voting center in Laurel County on Thursday after a video showing a ballot-marking machine selecting the wrong option ...
Bertrand–Diquet–Puiseux theorem (differential geometry) Bertrand's ballot theorem (probability theory, combinatorics) Bertrand's postulate (number theory) Besicovitch covering theorem (mathematical analysis) Betti's theorem ; Beurling–Lax theorem (Hardy spaces) Bézout's theorem (algebraic geometry) Bing metrization theorem (general topology)