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A091715 Numerator Q of probability P=Q(n)/365^(n-1) that three or more out of n people share the same birthday. +0
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1, 1457, 1326781, 966556865, 616113172585, 359063094171965, 196176047915944825, 102076077386001384485, 51120278427593115164425, 24824896058243745467563925, 11753675337747799989826426225 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

3,2

COMMENT

A 365 day year and a uniform distribution of birthdays throughout the year is assumed. The probability that 3 or more out of n people share a birthday equals the probability A091674(n)/365^(n-1) that 2 or more share a birthday minus the probability A091673(n)/365^(n-1) that exactly 2 share a birthday.

LINKS

Patrice Le Conte, Coincident Birthdays.

The Math Forum (AT) Drexel, Three Share a Birthday. Ask Dr. Math

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Birthday Problem. Section in World of Mathematics.

FORMULA

a(n)=A091674(n)-A091673(n)

EXAMPLE

The probability that 3 or more people in a group of 10 share the same birthday is a(10)/365^9=102076077386001384485/114983567789585767578125~=8.87744913*10^-4.

The probability exceeds 50% for n>A014088(3)=88.

CROSSREFS

Cf. A014088, A091673 Probabilities for exactly two, A091674 Probabilities for two or more.

Sequence in context: A020396 A052237 A145529 this_sequence A035764 A107560 A023074

Adjacent sequences: A091712 A091713 A091714 this_sequence A091716 A091717 A091718

KEYWORD

frac,nonn

AUTHOR

Hugo Pfoertner (hugo(AT)pfoertner.org), Feb 04 2004

EXTENSIONS

Broken links corrected by S. R. Finch (Steven.Finch(AT)inria.fr), Jan 27 2009

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