[GERMAN] "ziegenproblem"

[Peter Hansen]

Paul Rubin wrote:
> 
> stefan antoni <sasoft at gmx.de> writes:
> > sorry that i won't be able to explain this in english, i don't know the
> > name of this problem in english, and the website which is about this
> > problem is also in german.
> 
> Usually we call it the "Monty Hall problem".  Monty Hall was the host
> of a TV game show where he actually played that game (put a prize behind
> one of three doors, etc).

See also http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?MontyHallProblem for full discussion.

-Peter