A Fair Die of 13 Faces

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A Fair Die of 13 Faces

Ryuhei Uehara

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A cube is used as a fair die of 6 faces. However, there are many dice of different shapes on the market. To make them fair, most of them usually have some symmetric shapes. I classify these variants of dice on the market into two groups. First, let's consider that a sphere as a model of a fair die with infinity faces. Based on this model, many symmetric shapes can be modeled as dice obtained by caving spheres. We also have a familiar fair device; a coin. That is, a fair coin can be seen as a fair die with 2 faces. However, a real coin has a thickness, and hence it is, in fact, an unfair die with 3 faces. From this viewpoint, I propose a way for designing a fair die with n faces for arbitrary n. I also prepare fair dice with 13 faces as an exchange gift of G4G13.

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