Bertrand’s Box Paradox
Bertrand’s Box Paradox Joel George Mani (1933419) Siddharth Sundar (1933437) Udhaynithi V.S (1933441) Christ University School of Business Studies and Social Sciences The Paradox A paradox in probability occurs when people have wrong implications of probability or on the grounds that the stating is questionable, which leads to numerous interpretations. Bertrand's box paradox is a paradox which falls under the umbrella of elementary probability theory . In 1889, Joseph Bertrand , a French mathematician, first brought up the paradox when he published in it his work Calcul des probabilités . The paradox can also be observed through the use of cards. The premise of the paradox involves three boxes. All the boxes contain two coins. A box contains two gold coins, another one contains two silver coins and the remaining box contains a single coin of both gold and silver. The ‘paradox’ lies within determining the probability. Initially, after ...