Monty-Hall (classical-host) Theorem and Monty-Hall (strategist-host) Theorem

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Abstract

The Monty-Hall (classical-host) Theorem is presented along with a constructive proof by solving the classical Monty-Hall Problem.  It establishes the fact that the probability of winning the prize is unaffected by a switched-choice; unlike the most prevalent and widely accepted position held by the leading subject matter experts. A parameterized supermodel is presented, with the associated generic Monty-Hall (strategist-host) Theorem, along with a constructive proof, by solving the corresponding Monty-Hall Problem, wherein the host plays a generic parameterized strategy on the guest.  This model subsumes the Monty-Hall (classical) Problem.  It establishes the limits on the range of values for the probability of winning the prize, with or without a possible switched-choice.  Eight extreme strategies have been identified and characterized.  It is established that there does not exist any strategy, that a strategist-host may play on the guest, which would result in a situation wherein a switched-choice will always (irrespective of the placement of the prize and irrespective of the initial-choice of the guest) lead to an enhancement in the chances of winning the prize for the guest. The clearly partitioned three-dimensional discrete event(sample)space, with the twelve mutually-exclusive together-exhaustive possible alternatives, along with the corresponding apriori probabilities, presented as the input data set, is a fail-safe framework to study, analyze & solve the problem; with no possibility of missing any relevant component terms or including any irrelevant component terms, while going through the required calculations in order to derive the desired results.  

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