You have 1000 dollars to bet at even money on a coin that lands heads with known probability p. What stake maximises expected log wealth?
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You have 1000 dollars in total to bet on a coin flip. A winning bet is doubled and a losing bet is lost. You know in advance that heads comes up with probability p. How much should you stake to maximise the expected logarithm of your wealth?
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