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Old 07-24-2003, 10:29 AM
Nottom Nottom is offline
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Default Re: Stuff that\'s tough to believe

OK so we know the number of shuffles possible, so how many shuffles are needed before there is a 50% chance of a repeat. I expect this number is much smaller than we would expect much like the "two people in a room sharing a birthday" situation.
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