Simplified expectations in the birthday problem

DOI10.4169/COLLEGE.MATH.J.47.1.50MaRDI QIDQ4581560zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Leonard Littleton, Russell May

Publication date 20 August 2018

Published in The College Mathematics Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.4169/college.math.j.47.1.50

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial probability (60C05) Probability theory (educational aspects) (97K50)

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