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Old February 19th, 2005, 08:00 PM

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Default Re: Random Magic Paths - is it truly random?

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Ivan Pedroso said:
@Alexti

Ahhhh yeah - that was sloppy.

(7/8)^20*8 is NOT the probality of getting exactly one path missing. You are absolutely right about it not garanteeing that the other 7 paths are present.

Back when I have had time for a better look (sorry 'bout posting too hastilly )
Curiously enough, the correct formula (I'm 99% sure ) looks very much like yours, only the sign alternates (see my earlier post, coefficients are the same, only the sign is different).
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