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Journal of Applied Sciences

Year: 2013 | Volume: 13 | Issue: 18 | Page No.: 3757-3761
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2013.3757.3761
Calculation and Simulation of Probabilities of Matching Birthdays with Certain Conditions
Linxi He and Zhigang Zhang

Abstract: The problem of birthday is an ancient and interesting problem in probability theory. The traditional birthday problem has a conclusion that the probability of the same birthday among people will reach 50% when the number of people reached 23. This study studies the issue of people with a given distribution and discusses the probability that people have the same birthday among a given crowd.

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Linxi He and Zhigang Zhang, 2013. Calculation and Simulation of Probabilities of Matching Birthdays with Certain Conditions. Journal of Applied Sciences, 13: 3757-3761.

Keywords: Birthday problem, simulation, condition distribution and random number

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