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From: weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Wimpy Math Grad Student)
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Subject: Re: Birthday matching
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Date: Sat, 5-Jul-86 15:09:48 EDT
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>Gee, weemba, I surprised you didn't also notice that Friesen
>misapplied the 23-birthday principle.

Gee, gwyn, Friesen only said it analogous, which I interpreted as meaning
the operating principle behind the trick was the unexpectedly high odds.

ucbvax!brahms!weemba	Wimpy Grad Student/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720