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- From: wbdst+@pitt.edu (William B Dwinnell)
- Newsgroups: sci.math.stat
- Subject: Re: Desperate situation
- Message-ID: <2568@blue.cis.pitt.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 19:57:09 GMT
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- Yes, a quick and dirty Monte Carlo (actually it was a Las Vegas simulation-
- they're not the same, you know!) simlation has borne out my original
- numbers. You can expect to die some time arounfd the 3rd or 4th try.
- The curve vaguely resembles a log curve. I'm sure there's a way to get
- an exact figure through clxxx calculus, I believe using a definite integral
- and dividing to get an average is right, byxx but I always hated
- integration- differentiation is so much easier!
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