Lottery numbers as decimals.

[akerkarprashant]

Lottery mathematics - Wikipedia

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Can there be impact on Lottery mathematics in terms of probability, combinations etc if the lottery tickets are decimal numbers?

Examples :

126.45

6244.61

12365.45

751235.01

3258416.23

56321468.99

351211321.22


Thanks & Regards,

Prashant S Akerkar

 

[crutschow]

Mathematics is independent of the number system. so the probabilities are the same whether the numbers are in binary, octal, decimal, hexadecimal, etc.

 

[wwfeldman]

probabilities, permutations and combinations for integers are calculated using factorials.

this shows how to extend factorial calculation to real numbers (and complex numbers)

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