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Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!" Started conversation Sep 20, 2011
Although this entry explains all of its math very well, I'm not sure just what it's trying to demonstrate. Is it trying to show that you're likely to share a birthday with someone in your class or that you're unlikely to share a birthday with someone in your class? It seems to argue both ways.
And once that part of the entry is finished and it goes into a broader description of the Birthday Paradox, it does so very very quickly. Then it just sort of ends abruptly, without seeming to have a proper conclusion. Really I just recommend fleshing it out some more.
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Recumbentman Posted Sep 20, 2011
Well, neither of the above. It says how likely it is that *someone* will share a birthday with *someone*. In normal class sizes (regardless of the weather patterns and TV programmes available) this is quite likely, while it remains unlikely that someone will share a birthday with *you*.
This was made quite clear, I thought.
That was the whole point, and the rest was just a little coda. Nicely balanced, to my taste.
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