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Old 05-13-2005, 04:21 AM
irchans irchans is offline
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Default Nice Formula for Second Question with Pi

It's funny how Pi can show up in a formula that has nothing to do with geometry. If you flip a coin 2*n times, the probability of getting n heads and n tails is approximately

1/Sqrt[Pi*n].





(A better approximation that is not as nice is Exp[-1/(8*n)] * 1/Sqrt[Pi*n].)
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