Linearity In Backgammon

by Douglas Zare
1 November 2005

Douglas Zare

In a mathematical approach to backgammon, we often want to convert one set of numbers to another. In a race, we'd like to convert the pip counts to our chance to win the race. We'd like to convert the match score to our chance to win the match. After a late hit, we'd like to convert the number of checkers borne off to our chances to win with one checker closed out. We can construct mathematical models for these, and many more situations. We'd like these models to be both accurate and simple
 

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