3 papers
math.PR2019
Snackjack: A toy model of blackjack
Stewart N. Ethier, Jiyeon Lee
Snackjack is a highly simplified version of blackjack that was proposed by Ethier (2010) and given its name by Epstein (2013). The eight-card deck comprises two aces, two deuces, a…
math.OC2014
On the three-person game baccara banque
S. N. Ethier, Jiyeon Lee
Baccara banque is a three-person zero-sum game parameterized by . A study of the game by Downton and Lockwood claimed that the Nash equilibrium is of only academic inter…
math.PR2014
A property of Petrov's diffusion
S. N. Ethier
Petrov constructed a diffusion process in the Kingman simplex whose unique stationary distribution is the two-parameter Poisson-Dirichlet distribution of Pitman and Yor. We show th…