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by JadeNB
5326 days ago
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Sorry, I was thinking of the complementary probability (that there has been a coincidence). Mathematica overflowed when I tried to compute this by brute force. The next best thing I can think of is to use the exponential approximation 1 - x ≈ e^{-x},
good for very small `x`, such as ours. Ignoring the cascading errors gives \prod_{i = 1}^n (1 - (i - 1)/52!)
≈ \prod_{i = 1}^n e^{-(i - 1)/52!}
= e^{-n(n - 1)/52!}
≈ 1 - n(n - 1)/52!.
The error should be roughly of the size \frac1 2\sum_{i = 1}^n [(i - 1)/52!]^2
≈ n^3/(2(52!)^2),
which is relatively small. (That's stronger, here, than just saying that it is small.) That is to say: I guess I agree with jgershen after all! |
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