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Entries from March 22nd, 2009

Bracketology

March 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Physics

Using the method of Combinatorics, mathmeticians have found out the exact number of possibilities of picking a perfect bracket for the March Madness Tournament.  The simple process of multiplying 2 by 64 came up with the amount of 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 possibilities.  According to this number, you would have a billion times more better chance of winning [...]

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