ActualMathematician on December 3rd, 2017 at 03:33 UTC »
Perfect example of a problem where Conway's algorithm applies.
You can answer this with a pen, napkin, and the calculator on your phone.
The expected number of equiprobable letters drawn from a-z to see the first occurrence of "COVFEFE" is then 8,031,810,176
Or use a Markov chain...
Or recognize the desired string has no overlaps, and for that case it's 267
All will give same answer.
sbrick89 on December 3rd, 2017 at 06:37 UTC »
Maybe i missed something.. the expected unit of measurement for the answer should be time, yet we have no clue what the rate of typing is.
monkeyd6969 on December 3rd, 2017 at 08:17 UTC »
Maybe the topic/other questions might be relevant...
Original Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/7h1ozu/covfefe_got_trumped_by_indian_statistical/
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ActualMathematician on December 3rd, 2017 at 03:33 UTC »
Perfect example of a problem where Conway's algorithm applies.
You can answer this with a pen, napkin, and the calculator on your phone.
The expected number of equiprobable letters drawn from a-z to see the first occurrence of "COVFEFE" is then 8,031,810,176
Or use a Markov chain...
Or recognize the desired string has no overlaps, and for that case it's 267
All will give same answer.
sbrick89 on December 3rd, 2017 at 06:37 UTC »
Maybe i missed something.. the expected unit of measurement for the answer should be time, yet we have no clue what the rate of typing is.
monkeyd6969 on December 3rd, 2017 at 08:17 UTC »
Maybe the topic/other questions might be relevant...
Original Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/7h1ozu/covfefe_got_trumped_by_indian_statistical/