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The two envelopes paradox in non-Bayesian and Bayesian statistics

Other Statistics 2014-09-16 v4 Quantum Physics

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the (non-Bayesian and Bayesian) two-envelope problems in terms of quantum language (or, measurement theory), which was recently proposed as a linguistic turn of quantum mechanics (with the Copenhagen interpretation). The two envelopes paradox is only a kind of high school student's probability puzzle, and it may be exaggerated to say that this is an unsolved problem. However, since we are convinced that quantum language is just statistics of the future, we believe that there is no clear answer without the description by quantum language. In this sense, the readers are to find that quantum language provides the final answer (i.e., the easiest and deepest understanding) to the two envelope-problems in both non-Bayesian and Bayesian statistics. Also, we add the discussion about St. Petersburg two-envelope paradox.

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@article{arxiv.1408.4916,
  title  = {The two envelopes paradox in non-Bayesian and Bayesian statistics},
  author = {Shiro Ishikawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.4916},
  year   = {2014}
}

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17 pages

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