Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site heurikon.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!uwvax!heurikon!jeff From: jeff@heurikon.UUCP Newsgroups: net.math Subject: Re: Luring Lottery Summary Message-ID: <223@heurikon.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Feb-84 01:29:03 EST Article-I.D.: heurikon.223 Posted: Wed Feb 15 01:29:03 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 17-Feb-84 04:45:01 EST References: <635@nsc.UUCP> Organization: Heurikon Corp., Madison WI Lines: 15 > was there anything in the rules which would prohibit people from sending > in a card with a number less than zero to reduce the impact of folks who > sent in a card with very large amounts? > > chongo <-1*(10^(10^100))> /\--/\ Yes, the integer must have been positive. But, even if you *could* submit a negative number, in order for it to have any effect on the results it would have to be larger (in absaolute value) than any of the positive entries. If it wasn't, it would simply be swamped by the (probably) much larger positive entries, and have little effect. -- /"""\ Jeffrey Mattox, Heurikon Corp, Madison, WI |O.O| {harpo, hao, philabs}!seismo!uwvax!heurikon!jeff (news & mail) \_=_/ ihnp4!heurikon!jeff (mail - fast)