Coin Toss Modeling
Popular Physics
2022-08-16 v4
Abstract
The torque-free motion of rigid body in gravitational field is analyzed. The coin lands on a soft surface (such as the palm of the hand) that allows no bouncing. The model assumes the coin as a rigid body with constant angular momentum vector in the body frame, and no air resistance. Unbiased probabilities of heads and tails are obtained for various initial conditions accessible to a usual person.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1612.06705,
title = {Coin Toss Modeling},
author = {Razvan C. Stefan and Tiberius O. Cheche},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.06705},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
11 pages, 11 figures