----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> In Israel I think you would find yourself surrounded by few so called
> mathematicians who would explain to her, probably all at the same
> time, what the right amount for the change should be. My wife
> suggested that each of these men and/or women would arrive to their
> own solution of this complex equation.

LOL

Sounds akin to the concept of Bistromathics.

http://www.connix.com/~akricci/hgttg/guide_details_Bistromathics.html

And of course, the subsequent elaboration; the Markov Indecision Processes:

http://www.jmlg.org/papers/bovik03.pdf

Don't panic.

Cheers,
Zaphod B.

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