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Article

Publication Date

1-1-2002

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Inspired by the "two envelopes exchange paradox," a finitely additive probability measure m on the natural numbers is introduced. The measure is uniform in the sense that m ((i))=m ((j)) for all i, j∈□. The measure is shown to be translation invariant and has such desirable properties as m ((i∈□| i=0 (mod2)))=1/2. For any r∈ [0, 1], a set A is constructed such that m (A)=r; however, m is not defined on the power set of □. Finally, a resolution to the two envelopes exchange paradox is presented in terms of m.

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