Re: RADSAFE digest 1020

[BLHamrick@aol.com]

In a message dated 96-08-02 17:14:28 EDT, you write:

<< p is less than 1, therefore N x p is less then p for N > 1.
  >>

Ummm....huh?  Say, p = .9, and N = 3, N x p = 2.7 > p, or has math changed
that much since I was in school?  Do you mean p to the Nth power?  p x p x p
x p..., then for p < 1, p^N < p for N > 1, and the probability of  the cell
surviving decreases with the number of hits, as it seems it should.

Barbara L. Hamrick
BLHamrick@aol.com