The St. Petersburg paradox: An experimental solution
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The St. Petersburg Paradox
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عنوان ژورنال: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0378-4371
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2015.10.045