"birthday paradox" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} birthday paradox
  1. (probability theory) The counterintuitive observation that a random group of people needs to have only 23 members before there is a 50% chance of two of them having the same birthday. Wikipedia link: birthday paradox Categories (topical): Probability theory Related terms: birthday problem Translations (mathematical observation): syntymäpäiväparadoksi (Finnish), Geburtstagsparadoxon [neuter] (German), paradoxo do aniversário [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-birthday_paradox-en-noun-HD515~v4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: mathematics, probability-theory, sciences

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