Re:NxP vs N^P

[webber@micf.nist.gov]

>Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 17:52:31 -0400
>From: BLHamrick@aol.com
>Subject: Re: RADSAFE digest 1020
>
>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, orhas 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

That's what I intended to say.

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