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But some are more equal than others

Nils Lid Hjort

Abstract

All men are created equal, proclaimed Jefferson in 1776 -- but some are more equal than others, added Orwell in Animal Farm in 1945. So what's the probability that two skaters are exactly equal, to the third decimal places, after four distances?

But some are more equal than others

Abstract

All men are created equal, proclaimed Jefferson in 1776 -- but some are more equal than others, added Orwell in Animal Farm in 1945. So what's the probability that two skaters are exactly equal, to the third decimal places, after four distances?
Paper Structure (3 sections, 3 equations, 3 figures)

This paper contains 3 sections, 3 equations, 3 figures.

Table of Contents

  1. Are Allan and Odin exactly equal?
  2. Close Encounters of the Statistical Kind
  3. References

Figures (3)

  • Figure 1: Never before: shared gold, pointsums after four distances: Allan Dahl Johansson and Odin By Farstad, at the Norwegian sprint speedskating Junior Championships. Ragne Wiklund, the Norwegian champion for junior women, to the right.
  • Figure 2: No human eye can spot any difference when they finish.
  • Figure 3: Scrooge McDuck and Flintheart Glomgold fight it out, very evenly, after dramatic days and nights in the African wilderness; Carl Barks, Scrooge #15, 1956.