Re: Need help conceptualizing the constant \"e\"
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The property that DS mentions about everyone getting a new seat, is a cool probability that Euler discovered while working on what is called the hat problem
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I've never heard it called the "hat problem". Either "matching problem", "problem of recontre", or for the simplest case, counting derangements.
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Would make a small bet that its known mainly by the words "Euler's problem of the misaddressed letters"
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