Re:A previously unnoticed property of prime numbers
by Qwertious on Monday March 14, 2016 @04:33PM
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Yeah, thought so - it's specifically heads->tails, rather than either heads->tails or tails->heads being okay. So the probabilities don't seem remotely counterintuitive, just crappily communicated IMO.
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Re:A previously unnoticed property of prime numbers
by tempestn on Tuesday March 15, 2016 @05:06AM
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I'm not sure your explanation fits with the probabilities. Pointing out that you're only looking for heads->tails and not tails->heads seems to suggest that the HT pattern should be less likely than the HH, but it's actually more likely (for reasons explained well by others).