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#1 2015-04-07 03:59:54

Agnishom
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Streak!

I toss a coin n times.

What is the expected largest number of heads that occur in a row?


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#2 2015-04-07 04:39:35

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Re: Streak!

n heads ?

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#3 2015-04-07 05:01:55

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Re: Streak!

gnishom,

What is the expected largest number of heads that occur in a row?

Are you sure that's what you want?

The largest number of heads is n and I expect that result every time.  smile

Bob


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#4 2015-04-07 06:55:26

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Re: Streak!

Hi;

Do you want an asymptotic answer or an exact one?


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#5 2015-04-07 12:44:30

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Re: Streak!

bob bundy wrote:

gnishom,

What is the expected largest number of heads that occur in a row?

Are you sure that's what you want?

The largest number of heads is n and I expect that result every time.  smile

Bob

I don't understand.

What is an assymptotic answer?


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
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#6 2015-04-07 13:52:22

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Re: Streak!

A useful approximation that gets better as n approaches infinity.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#7 2015-04-07 17:42:56

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Re: Streak!

Tell me whichever you have


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
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#8 2015-04-07 18:19:36

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Hi;

This is the best approximation I know.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#9 2015-04-08 00:30:54

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Re: Streak!

How does such an expression appear out of the blue?


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
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#10 2015-04-08 04:51:53

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Re: Streak!

R.I.P.O.S.T.P.

It comes from a paper of course.

When you are forced to use a formula you do not understand the next best thing is to use EM to give some verification.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#11 2015-04-08 05:00:39

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Re: Streak!

Did you write the paper?


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
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#12 2015-04-08 05:54:36

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I can hardly write my own name.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#13 2015-04-08 12:33:17

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Your name is bobbym


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
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#14 2015-04-08 14:07:41

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Re: Streak!

Thanks, I was having problems with that.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#15 2015-04-08 18:01:55

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Re: Streak!

Do you know how to type it out?


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#16 2015-04-08 19:16:00

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Re: Streak!

I cut and paste it usually.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#17 2015-04-08 20:10:26

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Very clever.

Do you have the link to the paper?


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#18 2015-04-08 20:59:23

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One link is:

http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2012/11/1 … long-runs/

If you go to this link

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=90 … oin+flips+

you will see a general formula on the bottom.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#19 2015-04-08 23:29:03

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Re: Streak!

What is EulerGamma actually?


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#20 2015-04-09 05:14:30

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A very interesting constant.

No one even knows whether it is irrational or not.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#21 2015-04-09 12:37:35

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Re: Streak!

Why is it interesting?


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#22 2015-04-09 14:34:04

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Because it is also hard to compute.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#23 2015-04-09 18:33:56

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Re: Streak!

No, why do people care about gamma?


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#24 2015-04-09 19:51:46

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Re: Streak!

I like to compute things so that is why I do.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#25 2015-04-09 23:04:37

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That is not a great answer.

Can you link me the paper.


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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