cooper@pbsvax.DEC (Topher Cooper HLO2-3/M08 DTN225-5819) (08/03/85)
>From: king@Kestrel (Dick King) > >Using the bionomial distribution, we see that the mean number of >molecules in each half is 500000, and the standard deviation is 1000, >so the portion of the distribution curve (of the possible numbers of >molecules in my half) that leads to my survival spans the center 200 >standard deviations, allowing me to survive >99.999999999999999999999999999999999999...% of the time. (my tables >don't go that far.) For what it's worth (not much) the probability is approximately: 1.0 - (2.688*10^-2174) Topher Cooper USENET: ...{allegra,decvax,ihnp4,ucbvax}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-pbsvax!cooper ARPA/CSNET: cooper%pbsvax.DEC@decwrl