perlquestion BrowserUk <blockquote><i></i></blockquote> <p>I'm testing a piece of perl code (tenuous justifiction :)) that has billions of possibilities and thus is impractical to test exhaustively. <P>Therefore I want o test statistically, and to that end my question: <P>Given a [mod://Math::Random::MT|(near) perfect PRNG], if I pick two sets of 1e6 random 32-bit unsigned integers: <ul><li>How much overlap, (how many dups), should I expect between the two sets? </li><li>With what standard deviation? </li></ul> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-171588"> <hr /> <font size=1 > <div>With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'</div> <div>Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.</div> <div>"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". </div> <div>In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. </div> </font> </div></div>