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In article <8tngpg$bsk$1@nntp.itservices.ubc.ca>,
Robert Israel <israel@math.ubc.ca> wrote:
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Nov 2, 2000 6:02:12 PM Nov 2, 2000 6:02:12 PM lew@ihgp160h200.ih.lucent.com 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=274169&tstart=0#274169
In article <3A002FEC.4AEE86C3@echip.com>,
Bob Wheeler <bwheeler@echip.com> wrote:

>If p is]]> Nov 2, 2000 4:26:52 PM Nov 2, 2000 4:26:52 PM israel@math.ubc.ca 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=274168&tstart=0#274168
Interesting, but rather complicated.

If p is the popular vote proportion and if p is
the same for all states, then the]]> Nov 1, 2000 9:59:57 AM Nov 1, 2000 9:59:57 AM bwheeler@echip.com 1 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=274167&tstart=0#274167
In article <G38p38.439@cwi.nl>,
Peter L. Montgomery <Peter-Lawrence.Montgomery@cwi.nl> wrote:
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In article <G38p38.439@cwi.nl> "Peter L. Montgomery"
<Peter-Lawrence.Montgomery@cwi.nl> writes:

Oct 31, 2000 3:59:06 PM Oct 31, 2000 3:59:06 PM landsbur@troi.cc.rochester.edu 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=274165&tstart=0#274165
In article <G39L5t.9HH@world.std.com>,
Deinst@world.std.com (David M Einstein) wrote:
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I believe that the point was to do some interesting
mathematics, and possibly illuminate the mechanisms that drive the
difference]]> Oct 30, 2000 5:29:53 PM Oct 30, 2000 5:29:53 PM Deinst@world.std.com 1 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=274163&tstart=0#274163
In article <svrisalc5p3k18@corp.supernews.com>,
"William L. Bahn" <wbahn@uswest.net> wrote:

Oct 30, 2000 3:46:45 PM Oct 30, 2000 3:46:45 PM goddardb@my-deja.com 0 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=274162&tstart=0#274162
What's the point? You are taking something that is quite complex and
creating a simpler model in order to make the computations easier.]]> Oct 30, 2000 2:29:45 PM Oct 30, 2000 2:29:45 PM wbahn@uswest.net 3 http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=274161&tstart=0#274161
In the US presidential election, the winner is determined
by electoral vote rather than by popular vote.
What is the chance that]]> Oct 30, 2000 5:57:07 AM Oct 30, 2000 5:57:07 AM Peter-Lawrence.Montgomery@cwi.nl 9