Unraveling the Law of Large Numbers

The LLN is interesting as much for what it does not say as for what it does

O n August 24, 1966, a talented playwright by the name Tom Stoppard staged a play in Edinburgh, Scotland. The play had a curious title, “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.” Its central characters, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, are childhood friends of Hamlet (of Shakespearean fame). The play opens with Guildenstern repeatedly tossing coins which keep coming up Heads. Each outcome makes …

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