23 and Football Birthdays - Numberphile
What's the probability that two people on the football/soccer pitch share a birthday? More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ That's only 23 people (22 ...
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OK, so today we've got exclusive access to Nottingham Forest football ground here. Two-time European Cup winners who have given us the access so that we can talk about a very important number in football, and a very important number in probability, which is the number 23. OK, so 23. So why is 23 an important number in football? Some of you may know this already. That's the number of people that you will have on the pitch during the game. That's two teams of 11 and the referee. So there are 23 people on the pitch. Now, here's my question today. What's the probability that two of those people will share a birthday? The answer may surprise you. So we're not talking about the year, we're just talking about the date itself. Maybe it's the 14...
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OK, so today we've got exclusive access to Nottingham Forest football ground here. Two-time European Cup winners who have given us the access so that we can talk about a very important number in football, and a very important number in probability, which is the number 23. OK, so 23. So why is 23 an important number in football? Some of you may know this already. That's the number of people that you will have on the pitch during the game. That's two teams of 11 and the referee. So there are 23 people on the pitch. Now, here's my question today. What's the probability that two of those people will share a birthday? The answer may surprise you. So we're not talking about the year, we're just talking about the date itself. Maybe it's the 14...
