St. Petersburg paradox

paradox involving a game with repeated coin flipping
rdfs:label
"St. Petersburg paradox"@en
skos:altLabel
"Saint Petersburg paradox"@en
schema:description
"paradox involving a game with repeated coin flipping"@en
schema:dateModified "2026-08-18T22:08:51+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime
schema:version 2532917562
wikibase:identifiers 9
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wdt:P138 Saint Petersburg
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