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How to Win Without Overtly Cheating: The Inverse Simpson Paradox

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    Ora E. Percus & Jerome K. Percus

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They have had many collaborations, but the best of them cannot be found in the scientific literature under their names; instead, they are called Orin and Allon. The accompanying photograph was taken by Allon.

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Percus, O.E., Percus, J.K. How to Win Without Overtly Cheating: The Inverse Simpson Paradox. Math Intelligencer 32, 49–52 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-010-9174-3

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