HarryNam Posted September 15, 2013 Report Share Posted September 15, 2013 Hey I'm stuck on my IA. DO you think that investigating the birthday problem will be sufficient for a maths exploration? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.I. ib 2014 Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 Hey , i don't think it is enough ! maybe you should ask your tutor Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marioti Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Maybe you won't have enough math in it.Ask your teacher for more guidance Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctrls Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 It depends on what you do with it, really. Just stating the problem, proof, etc would not be enough, but there seems to be quite a few different generalizations or extensions which you could consider. Here's a couple of things that come to mind, though not all of them may be suitable in terms of difficulty,What would be the probability of three people sharing a birthday? How about four? five?Investigating the graph between number of people and probability of clash and it's properties (approximations?)Investigating the "birthday attack" (this may be too advanced)Looking at the actual distribution of birthdays - it's probably not 100% random, so how does that change results?Hope that gives you some ideas to play around with, good luck! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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