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Time, bounded utility, and the St. Peter

Time, bounded utility, and the St. Petersburg paradox

✍ Tyler Cowen; Jack High 📂 Article 📅 1988 🏛 Springer US 🌐 English ⚖ 246 KB

The assumption of bounded utility function resolves the St. Petersburg paradox. The justification for such a bound is provided by Brito, who argues that limited time will bound the utility function. However, a reformulated St. Petersburg game, which is played for both money and time, effectively cir

The Man From St. Petersburg

✍ Ken Follett 📂 Fiction 📅 1982;2003 🏛 Penguin;New American Library 🌐 English ⚖ 228 KB 👁 2 views

His name was Feliks. He came to London to commit a murder that would change history. He had many weapons at his command, but the most important were the love of a beautiful young woman longing for the end of innocence, and the passion of a high-born lady demanding satisfaction at any price. Against

The Man From St. Petersburg

✍ Ken Follett 📂 Fiction 📅 2003 🏛 Penguin;New American Library 🌐 English ⚖ 227 KB 👁 2 views

**"Ken Follett has done it once more . . . goes down with the ease and impact of a well-prepared martini." —*New York Times Book Review** * His name was Feliks. He came to London to commit a murder that would change history. A master manipulator, he had many weapons at his command, but against him

The Man from St. Petersburg

✍ Ken Follett 📂 Fiction 📅 2003 🏛 Penguin Group;New American Library 🌐 English ⚖ 225 KB 👁 2 views

SUMMARY: His name was Feliks. He came to London to commit a murder that would change history. A master manipulator, he had many weapons at his command, but against him were ranged the whole of the English police, a brilliant and powerful lord, and the young Winston Churchill himself. These odds wo

The Man from St. Petersburg

✍ Ken Follett 📂 Fiction 📅 2003 🏛 Penguin Group;New American Library 🌐 English ⚖ 226 KB 👁 2 views

SUMMARY: His name was Feliks. He came to London to commit a murder that would change history. A master manipulator, he had many weapons at his command, but against him were ranged the whole of the English police, a brilliant and powerful lord, and the young Winston Churchill himself. These odds wo

The Man from St. Petersburg

✍ Ken Follett 📂 Fiction 📅 2003 🏛 Penguin Group;New American Library 🌐 English ⚖ 232 KB

SUMMARY: His name was Feliks. He came to London to commit a murder that would change history. A master manipulator, he had many weapons at his command, but against him were ranged the whole of the English police, a brilliant and powerful lord, and the young Winston Churchill himself. These odds woul