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Area/Game:Blue Max
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Subject:Re: Statistical Anomalies
Posted by: TXWard - 16years 155days ago.
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flying_neko wrote:
All sequences of 20 numbers between 1 and 6 are anomalous.

Ad-absurdum proof by induction.

List all sequences of numbers from the lowest one to the biggest one.

11111111111111111111 is clearly anomalous.

So is 11111111111111111112, and 11111111111111111113 for analogous reasons.

Now, take the lowest non-anomalous sequence of 20 numbers between 1 and 6, and call it Z. Clearly, the probability for Z to be generated is exceedingly low and, therefore, it would be highly anomalous if it were ever generated in a game.

"Look! We generated the lowest non-anomalous sequence!! That is weird!!! The Rand() function must be broken!!!". Therefore, even Z is anomalous.

QED.

It is easy to generalise this theorem to: "all sequences of numbers are anomalous".


--- Message edited by flying_neko

Not sure what your point was, but at least you made yourself sound smart.

I think most people would consider the 100% instant kill rate (now 15 for 15) to be a remarkable coincidence, but if you want to argue that it is expected behavior, be my guest.

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