What follows in this New York Times article is a nice exposition of a classic puzzle.
Does anyone in your family share a birthday? Steven Strogatz writes. . .
By an amazing coincidence my sister, Cathy, and my Aunt Vere have the same birthday: April 4.
Read on.
Actually, this entire Steven Strogatz series about math in everyday life is excellent.
This is an interesting series of articles. My husband and our son have the same birthday, but my cousin is the first person I knew to have it. The latter fits the "23 people" rule but the former is still odd after a decade. ~D
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