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These 60-sided dice never have to be rolled twice

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These 60-sided dice never have to be rolled twice

A new sculpture honors one of math’s most intriguing pursuits: a set of dice that never tie.

[Photo: Daniel Hodgins]

A standard six-sided die has one simple shortcoming: You’ve got a 1 in 6 chance of getting the same number as your opponent when you’re rolling to go first in a game.

Eric Harshbarger has a solution for that.

More than a decade ago, Harshbarger, a senior lecturer at Auburn........

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