Thread: Need help conceptualizing the constant "e"
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Old 11-18-2007, 12:19 AM
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Default Re: Need help conceptualizing the constant \"e\"
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Here is a cooler problem, imo: show that the expected value of the # of people who get their hat back is 1, independent of n.

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How is this cooler? This is way easier to solve than the original problem, just use <font color="white"> indicator functions </font> &lt;---- answer in white.
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