Thursday, November 5, 2015

8.4-8.5,8.7 November 6

I heard the birthday probability in a 7th grade classroom I observed earlier this year.  When I first heard that if there were 23 people in a room there is a 50% chance of having matching birthdays, I didn't believe it.  Then I saw the math and it makes sense!

What I got confused about was how the birthday method ties into hash functions and discrete logs.  I didn't understand the connection. 

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