I was talking about the secretary problem with valuations 1, 2, ..., N, not the problem of hiring an employee in real life. (I don't know why we'd discuss the latter on math-fun.) Charles Greathouse Analyst/Programmer Case Western Reserve University On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 9:40 AM, Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> wrote:
I don't think this is clear at all. Take an individual sport where little chance is involved, like tennis or pocket billiards: often there is one person dominating the number one spot for years on end.
--Dan
. . . the difference between best and second-best (say) is very small when N is large.
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