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Much as I appreciate the reference, I think the fact this limit exists at all and is an integer is more interesting than what the integer is. A lot of paradoxe
by joe_the_user 3y ago
Much as I appreciate the reference, I think the fact this limit exists at all and is an integer is more interesting than what the integer is.
A lot of paradoxes and confused ideas begin with "choose an integer at random" - what is the average value of number chosen between 0 and infinity, for example.
- addaon 3y ago> and is an integer How could a median prime factor not be an integer?
- nextaccountic 3y agoThe median value of [1, 2, 3, 4] is 2.5
- addaon 3y agoSure, but 2 is the only even prime, so this is super constrained.
- andrewflnr 3y agoThat's the mean.
- CrazyStat 3y agoBut the median of [1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4] is 2. As the individuals observed values collect more and more repetitions—as they do when making a list of the second prime factor, for example—it becomes increasingly unlikely that the median will be between two values, not equal to one of the values. It would be surprising if the median second prime factor was not a prime.
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- tedunangst 3y agoBut it's not an integer before rounding. 37 is simply the nearest number to get approximately 50%.