Comment on Nonmagical Powers

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 01:30:18 GMT

I fixed that the standard deviation of the average of N guesses is proportional to 1/sqrt(N) in this comment.

I don't think you should 'guess' that the minimum error is proportional 1/N, since its relationship with N is exactly what we need to know. Let's wait to see if someone knows.

... But do you realize that 1/N decreases faster than 1/sqrt(N), so that your guess would indicate that the average strategy would rarely win?

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