As a native Torontonian, I’m used to getting some friendly (and sometimes not so friendly) ribbing when I travel around the country. The ‘Centre of the Universe’ is often referred to in less-than-glowing terms by others. Over the years, I’ve tried to p…
Tag: arrays
Example 9.21: The birthday "problem" re-examined
The so-called birthday paradox or birthday problem is simply the counter-intutitive discovery that the probability of (at least) two people in a group sharing a birthday goes up surprisingly fast as the group size increases. If the group is only 23 peo…