birthday paradox

English

Noun

birthday paradox

(probability theory) The counterintuitive observation that a random group of people needs to have only 23 members before there is a 50% chance of two of them having the same birthday.

Related terms

birthday problem

Translations

mathematical observation

Finnish: syntymäpäiväparadoksi
German: Geburtstagsparadoxon (de) n
Portuguese: paradoxo do aniversário m

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