Blaise Pascal: tatsuniyar dabaran roulette
Masanin lissafin da aka fi danganta wa dabaran roulette, wanda a zahiri wani abu daban yake ƙoƙarin ginawa.

Pascal (1623–1662) ya yi gwaje-gwaje da na'urorin motsi na dindindin (perpetual motion) a shekarun 1650. Dabaran mai juyawa kusan ba tare da gogayya ba da ake danganta masa yana iya zama kakan rotor na roulette; amma wannan danganta labari ne na gargajiya, ba a rubuce yake da hujja ba.
Masanin lissafi
Blaise Pascal ya gina na'urar lissafi ta inji yana ɗan shekara goma sha tara, ya tabbatar da sakamako a fannin projective geometry tun yana matashi, ya yi aikin tushe kan matsi da wofi (vacuum), kuma a 1654, a cikin wasiƙu da Pierre de Fermat, ya warware “matsalar maki” (problem of points): yadda za a raba kuɗin caca na wasan sa'a da aka katse cikin adalci. Amsarsu, wato a raba bisa ga yiwuwarlissafiYiwuwaDamar faruwar wani sakamako, daga 0 zuwa 1 ko daga 0% zuwa 100%. Lamba ɗaya: 1/37 = 2.70%.Karanta gaba ɗaya → kowane ɗan wasa na yin nasara da a ce an ci gaba da wasan, ita ce asalin ƙimar da ake tsammanilissafiƘimar da ake tsammaniMatsakaicin sakamako a kowace caca a cikin dogon lokaci. −1/37 na kuɗin caca a kowace cacar Turai ta yau da kullum.Karanta gaba ɗaya →. Kowane lissafin EV a wannan shafin ya samo asali daga waɗannan wasiƙu.

Shin akwai na'urar roulette ta Blaise Pascal?
A tsakiyar shekarun 1650 Pascal ya yi aiki kan na'urar motsi na dindindin, kuma ana cewa ya gina dabaran da aka daidaita sosai wanda ya daɗe yana juyawa da ƙaramar gogayya. Labarin cewa wannan dabaran ya zama rotorkayan aikiRotorƁangaren dabaran da ke juyawa wanda ke ɗauke da ramuka.Karanta gaba ɗaya → na roulette ana maimaita shi a cikin littattafan tarihi da yawa, amma babu ɗaya daga cikin tushen farko da ya rubuta shi. Yana yiwuwa masu gudanar da caca a garuruwan maɓuɓɓugan ruwa a ƙarni na 18 sun yi amfani da sunan don jawo kwastomomi. Ba abu ne da Ɗakin gwajinmu zai karɓa bisa ga hujjojin da ake da su ba.
Yiwuwa, a kalmominsa da namu
Wasiƙun 1654 ba su ambaci roulette ba, domin a lokacin bai wanzu ba tukuna. Tambayarsu ita ce: ʼyan wasa biyu suna buƙatar maki uku don cin tukunyar kuɗi; sun tsaya a 2–1; ta yaya za a raba kuɗin? Amsar Pascal tana amfani da abin da yau za mu kira conditional expectation da hujja mai maimaita kanta a kan bishiyar yiwuwar ci gaban wasan. Huygens ya karanta wasiƙun kuma a 1657 ya wallafa littafin karatu na farko kan abin da ake tsammani. Kalmar “expectation” tasa ce.
Pascal da Fermat sun warware matsalar maki: ƙimar da ake tsammani a matsayin farashin adalci na matsayi a wasa.
Huygens, De Ratiociniis in Ludo Aleae: bayani na farko da aka buga kan abin da ake tsammani.
Jakob Bernoulli, Ars Conjectandi: dokar manyan lambobi (law of large numbers).
An bayyana roulette a Paris. Kowane biya 36/n − 1 ne: EV = −1/37 (ko −2/38).
Gwajin chi-square na Pearson, an nuna shi da juye-juyen roulette.
Duk abubuwan da ke sama, a wannan shafin, cikin burauza.
Cacar Pascal
Shahararriyar hujjar Pascal game da caca ba ta roulette ba ce, ta Allah ce: “wager” a cikin littafin Pensées wanda ke ɗaukar imani a matsayin caca mai lada marar iyaka. Hujja ce ta ƙimar da ake tsammani, kuma ita ce karo na farko da wani ya yi amfani da ka'idar yanke shawara (decision theory) don kare wani ra'ayi. ʼYan wasan roulette da ke kiran sunan Pascal don dabaran suna kiran Pascal ɗin da bai dace ba; wanda ke da muhimmanci shi ne wanda ya nuna yadda ake ƙimanta farashin caca.
Abin mamaki
Ko Pascal ne ya gina dabaran roulette na farko ko a'a, wasan kyakkyawan misali ne na aikinsa na gaskiya: na'ura daga mutumin da ya tabbatar cewa ba za a samu wani abu ba tare da biyan komai ba (motsi na dindindin ba ya aiki; abin da ake tsammani ba ya ɓacewa), wadda ake amfani da ita don nuna wannan abu ga ʼyan wasa miliyoyi a kowace shekara.
Tambayoyi
Ya yi hulɗa da ƙungiyoyin ʼyan caca a Paris a farkon shekarun 1650, kuma ta haka ne matsalar maki ta iso gare shi ta hannun Chevalier de Méré. Babu wani bayani da ke nuna ya yi caca da kuɗi da gaske.
Domin labari ne mai daɗi kuma masu tallata gidajen caca na ƙarni na 19 suna son sa. Ku maimaita shi tare da bayanin ƙasan shafi.
Ɗan barkwanci

Ya tabbatar cewa ba a samun wani abu ba tare da biyan komai ba. Sai wani ya gina gidan caca a kan haka.
Majiyoyi
- Pascal, B. & Fermat, P. Wasiƙu kan matsalar maki (problem of points).
- Huygens, C. De Ratiociniis in Ludo Aleae.
- Kavanagh, T. M. Dice, Cards, Wheels: A Different History of French Culture.