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Revisiting the Name Variant of the Two-Children Problem

Davy Paindaveinea ECARES and Department of Mathematics, Université libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium; Correspondence[email protected]
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Philippe Spindelb Service de Physique de l’Univers, Champs et Gravitation, Université de Mons, Mons, Belgium; ;c Service de Physique Théorique, Université libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, BelgiumView further author information
Pages 401-405 | Received 26 Jul 2022, Accepted 14 Jan 2023, Published online: 23 Feb 2023

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