论文标题
等待时间悖论
The Waiting-Time Paradox
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论文摘要
假设您要上学并到达公交车站。您必须等多长时间才能到达下一辆公共汽车？令人惊讶的是，它比公交时间表的直觉所建议的时间更长 - 可能更长。这种现象称为等待时间悖论，具有纯粹的数学起源。不同的公共汽车以不同的间隔到达，导致了这个悖论。在本文中，我们探讨了等待时间的悖论，解释它发生的原因，并讨论了它的某些含义（超出了学校迟到的可能性）。
Suppose that you're going to school and arrive at a bus stop. How long do you have to wait before the next bus arrives? Surprisingly, it is longer - possibly much longer - than what the bus schedule suggests intuitively. This phenomenon, which is called the waiting-time paradox, has a purely mathematical origin. Different buses arrive with different intervals, leading to this paradox. In this article, we explore the waiting-time paradox, explain why it happens, and discuss some of its implications (beyond the possibility of being late for school).
