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Parrondo’s paradox refers to the situation where two, multi-round games with a fixed winning criteria, both with probability greater than one-half for one player to win, are combined. Using a possibly biased coin to determine the rule to employ for each round, paradoxically, the previously losing player now wins the combined game with probability greater than one-half. In this paper, we will analyze classical observed, classical hidden, and quantum versions of a game that displays this paradox. The game we have utilized is simpler than games for which this behavior has been previously noted in the classical and quantum cases. We will show that in certain situations the paradox can occur to a greater degree in the quantum version than is possible in the classical versions.
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Grünbaum, F.A., Pejic, M. Maximal Parrondo’s Paradox for Classical and Quantum Markov Chains. Lett Math Phys 106, 251–267 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11005-015-0812-8
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11005-015-0812-8