My Little Moments: Number of Hair

Saturday, May 20, 2006

Fact of the day:

At any given time in New York there live at least two people with the same number of hairs

Anonymous said...: Oh..my..goodness... =.=*

'wow-ed'...lol; 5/20/2006 09:26:00 PM
Jiun Wuu said...: Erm,so,that means...??; 5/21/2006 12:58:00 AM
Me said...: Long live math! Hahaha...

I've seen that webpage. An interesting and informative one. Are you still math-ing a lot?; 5/21/2006 04:08:00 AM
changyang1230 said...: Ka Lip: Haha, forgive me for getting excited over random mathematical result... :$

Jiun Wuu: This is the result of a fundamental mathematical principle called pigeonhole principle. Basically the principle works like this: if there are 10 things in 9 holes, there must be at least a hole with 2 or more things. Or, if there are 11 integers, there must be at least two integers that share the same last-digit. Eerm.. I am a bit enthusiastic over this kind of maths thingy... It can get pretty amazing to work out some mathematical solutions using basic principles.

Khoon Yu: Haha, yeah, cut-the-knot is my favourite maths website since very long ago! :) No, I don't really do a lot of maths now, but whenever I do, I still enjoy it very much.; 5/30/2006 06:36:00 PM

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