Simulating the Birthday Problem

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number of people
23
random seed
49
Double matching
Triple matching
Quadruple matching
Number of matchings
1
0
0
At least probabilities
0.5073
0.01271
0.00017
The birthday problem asks for the probability that among a certain number of people two share the same birthday. This Demonstration realizes the Monte Carlo experiment of the birthday problem. You can see whether a birthday is shared twice, three times, or four times, as well as the theoretical probability of that happening.

External Links

Birthday Problem (Wolfram MathWorld)
Birthday Paradox Probability Estimates
The Birthday Problem
Monte Carlo Method (Wolfram MathWorld)

Permanent Citation

Enis Siniksaran
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​"Simulating the Birthday Problem"​
​http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/SimulatingTheBirthdayProblem/​
​Wolfram Demonstrations Project​
​Published: December 19, 2011