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82.23 Birthday problems – a search for elementarysolutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

Alan H. Rapoport
Alan H. Rapoport*
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Ashford Medical Center, Suite 601–602, Santurce, Puerto Rico 00907
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 82 , Issue 493 , March 1998 , pp. 111 - 114
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Copyright © Mathematical Association 1998 

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