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, min

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

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

Re: [R] birthday problem (factorial limit)

2008-09-28 Thread Daniel Nordlund
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 11:35 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: r-help@r-project.org; Uwe Ligges > Subject: Re: [R] birthday problem (factorial limi

Re: [R] birthday problem (factorial limit)

2008-09-28 Thread plummer
Quoting "(Ted Harding)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 28-Sep-08 17:51:55, Uwe Ligges wrote: > > Jörg Groß 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

Re: [R] birthday problem (factorial limit)

2008-09-28 Thread Ted Harding
On 28-Sep-08 17:51:55, Uwe Ligges wrote: > Jörg Groß 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 >> factor

Re: [R] birthday problem (factorial limit)

2008-09-28 Thread Uwe Ligges
Jörg Groß 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. So is there a way to push that limit?

[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 fo