Glossary · maths
Birthday problem
How many pipo e go take before two of dem go probably share birthday, or how many spins before one number go probably repeat. For wheel wey get 37 pockets, 8 spins don do for chance wey pass even.
For context
Na why results boards full with repeats: di number of pairs of spins dey grow faster pass di number of spins, and any pair fit match.
You sabi sey
With 365 birthdays, di answer na 23 pipo. Pipo dey usually give di mathematician Richard von Mises credit for di problem, for 1939.