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Next semester I will be teaching an elementary probability class  
structured around the theme of games and gambling. I want to include some  
material on loaded dice. Surely someone has worked out the physics of  
rolling a die (in the shape of a cube) whose center of mass is not in the  
center of the die. What are the probablities of landing on the various  
faces as a function of the location of the center of mass? The same  
question can be asked for dice in the shape of other polyhedron,  
homogenious or not. 
	I am also interested in the following related question:
Can one create a die having n faces where the probability of landing on  
each of the faces is given in advance?  This is certainly true if *die* is  
interpreted fairly loosely. Somebody must have worked this out already.
	Can anyone recommend any good articles on these topics?
	I will summarize the replies that I receive.
	Thanks, Jim Hoste

ps I am also posting to:
	rec.gambling
	sci.math
	sci.physics