Re: [R] birthday problem (factorial limit)---fortune candidate

2008-11-15 Thread Richard M. Heiberger
The function ... works for different values of two Thomas Lumley __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented,

Re: [R] birthday problem (factorial limit)

2008-09-30 Thread Bernardo Rangel Tura
Em Dom, 2008-09-28 às 19:43 +0200, Jörg Groß escreveu: Hi, I tried to calculate the formula for the birthday problem (the probability that at least two people out of a group of n people share the same birthday) But the factorial-function allows me only to calculate factorials up to

[R] birthday problem (factorial limit)

2008-09-28 Thread Jörg Groß
Hi, I tried to calculate the formula for the birthday problem (the probability that at least two people out of a group of n people share the same birthday) But the factorial-function allows me only to calculate factorials up to 170. So is there a way to push that limit? to solve this

Re: [R] birthday problem (factorial limit)

2008-09-28 Thread Daniel Nordlund
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Re: [R] birthday problem (factorial limit)

2008-09-28 Thread Thomas Lumley
On Sun, 28 Sep 2008, J?rg Gro? wrote: Hi, I tried to calculate the formula for the birthday problem (the probability that at least two people out of a group of n people share the same birthday) But the factorial-function allows me only to calculate factorials up to 170. You might want to