17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Sorry, but you are ASSUMING that which I dispute. The point I am making is that keys in the real world are not uniformly distributed. Some results forthcoming. Suppose we have a function f() that randomly chooses an integer between 1 and 100 such that each integer in the range is equally likely to be selected on each call. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If we call f() 6 times, each time noting whether the result is even or odd, which of the following sequences is more likely?