An unexpected result involving sums of random numbers
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03-02-2023, 10:02 PM
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RE: An unexpected result involving sums of random numbers
On HP50G, after a loop of 100 000,
I get an average of 2.80983 for "sum > 1" and 2.58946 for "sum >= 1" with seed (RDZ) =1. And, after a loop of 1000 000, I get an average of 2.80983 for "sum > 1" and 2.590195 for "sum >= 1" for "sum >= 1" with seed (RDZ) =1. It does not seem to converge to e, or very, very slowly. The program is the following: \<< TIME 0. 'N' STO 1. RDZ 1. 1000000. START 0. 'S' STO WHILE S 1. \<= REPEAT RAND 1. RND 'S' STO+ 1. 'N' STO+ END NEXT N 1000000. / TIME ROT HMS- \>> Is it normal? |
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