Comment on Ask HN: A random maths problem we started discussing at workComments−darkxanthos12yHere's a link to the wikipedia entry on the birthday problem.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem−DanielStraight12yThis isn't the birthday problem. OP is asking how many people to hit every possible birthday at least once. I thought Wikipedia might cover this on their birthday problem page, but they don't.
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Here's a link to the wikipedia entry on the birthday problem.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem
This isn't the birthday problem. OP is asking how many people to hit every possible birthday at least once. I thought Wikipedia might cover this on their birthday problem page, but they don't.