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Subject: Re: The Relation between Search and chess-style and the price of eggs.

Author: Ed Murak

Date: 23:45:05 12/14/05

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On December 15, 2005 at 02:35:39, Chrilly Donninger wrote:


A thoughtful message re the effect of tree shape.  I agree with everything
except what is below.



>For non statisticans: If one picks from a bag with 1000 numbers randomly
>1 number and the next time 10 numbers, the chances are very high, that the
>maximum of the 10 numbers is greater than the number picked first.



This statement is not correct.

You did not specify if the 1000 numbers in the bag were all distinct.  Or how
many distinct ones there were.

Say all 1000 numbers were "42".   Then the chances that the maximum of the 10
numbers is greater than the number picked first are not "high" as you say, but
actually zero, the smallest probability possible.

So it depends upon initial conditions.




>Maybe Rybka is a Nimzo clone :-)



No, maybe not.   :)

More interesting is - will HYDRA become a RYBKA clone?  :)



>Chrilly



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