Nontransitive dice are a relative newcomer to the world of mathematics. They appeared on the math scene only in the 1970s, but they quickly made a big impact. Multibillionaire investor Warren Buffett is a big fan of nontransitive dice and brought them out when he met a fellow multibillionaire, computer guy Bill Gates. The story goes that Gates’s suspicion was aroused when Buffett insisted that Gates pick his dice first, and upon a closer inspection of the numbers, he in turn insisted that Buffett choose first. The link between people who like nontransitive dice and billionaires may be only
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