Re: Birthday problem for such non-uniform birthday probabilities
- From: "Doug" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:59:43 -0600
"Helmut Zeisel" <helmut.zeisel@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Consider the birthday problem:
>
> There are n randomly chosen person in a room. What is the proabability
> that there exist k persons who have birthday on the same day.
>
> I know how to compute the probability assuming a uniform birthday
> distribution.
>
> It is reasonable that this probability increases for a non-uniform
> birthday distribution.
>
> Where can I find a proof for this result?
>
> Helmut
You won't, as it is also reasonable that this probability decreases for a
non-uniform
distribution.
You need to specify the "non-uniform" distributions to determine if it
increases/decreases.
.
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