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  1. Eppes has taught courses on calculus, chaos theory, fluid dynamics, game theory and probability at CalSci in addition to giving guest lectures on applied probability. The lecture in which he converted the classroom into a miniature casino for analyzing probabilities is considered an "Eppes Classic".

  2. Charlie is quite idealistic when it comes to social problems and relationships as evidenced clearly throughout the series, especially in season 5, when he questions his work with the FBI. Charlie can be incredibly stubborn and child-like when upset and holds strong grudges against people who he feels have wronged him.

  3. Dec 2, 2009 · This is why Charlie cannot predict what the criminal will do, but rather he says he can calculate the probabilities that the criminal will make certain choices. Rubinstein, Tversky, and Heller Charlie’s dialogue is not specific about a paper, so I’m going to go out on a limb and make a guess.

  4. Episode Guide to the Math. Episode 1: Charlie invents an algorithm for determining the likely location of the residence and workplace of a criminal by analyzing the crime patterns. Not only is this realistic, it is real. The only unreal part is that it was not invented by Professor Eppes.

  5. Charlie accurately predicts where a band of bank robbers will strike next, but when Don and his team confront them, a massive shoot-out occurs and four people, including an officer, are killed.

  6. Charlie grimaces and says it's nonsense that probabilities make something more likely because it's due. Of course the batter does exactly what they predict because Alan and Don saw the same game earlier, it's a replay of yesterday's game.

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  8. As many readers know, NUMB3RS focuses on FBI agent Don Eppes, who solves crime with the help of his younger brother Charlie, a mathemati-cian. The question I’ve been asking myself since I finished the book is: why was this book written? The authors, Keith Devlin and Gary Lorden, offer a reason in the opening line of the appendix. They