But some are more equal than others
History and Overview
2026-03-23 v1
Abstract
All men are created equal, proclaimed Jefferson in 1776 -- but some are more equal than others, added Orwell in Animal Farm in 1945. So what's the probability that two skaters are exactly equal, to the third decimal places, after four distances?
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Cite
@article{arxiv.2603.19300,
title = {But some are more equal than others},
author = {Nils Lid Hjort},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.19300},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
5 pages, 3 figures; a FocuStat Blog post from January 2017; in this modified form March 2026 for arXiv and other channels