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What levels and areas of math are involved in Bill Chen's book, the Mathematics of Poker? How much math should one know before attempting to read the book?

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    The book mainly doesn't use anything beyond calculus. There are a couple difference equations that are solved, and some standard beginning and maybe intermediate probability and statistics things. We tried to separate the more technical stuff from the basic algebra, so that readers could skip more complex derivations if they wanted.

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I don't have the book in front of me but the math in The Mathematics of Poker is definitely beyond algebra. Knowledge of calculus would be helpful. That said, Chen and Ankenman try to break out their advanced math into separate sections, which a reader can skip over. I've forgotten much of my college calculus and statistics and am self-taught in game theory and still found the book's key concepts reasonably easy to understand and useful.

Arthur Howe

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