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− | + | == Image Text == | |
+ | Poisson distributions have no value over negative numbers | ||
− | In | + | == Description == |
+ | In this comic, [[Cueball]] expresses himself as a Poisson distribution. | ||
− | + | In mathematics, a Poisson distribution is a distribution that shows the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space (wiki!). Along the horizontal axis is typically the “number of events” while the vertical axis is a decimal representing the probability (i.e. 0.5 for 50% probability). It is commonly represented by a bar graph, or a point graph (sometimes with a line connection to show a trend, even though there is no actual value for non-integers). | |
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− | + | A simple example is the number of heads coming up on a fair coin flip. With one coin flip the distribution should be 0.5 at 0 heads and 0.5 at 1 heads. For 2 coin flips, the distribution would be 0.25 at 0 heads, 0.5 at 1 heads and 0.25 at 2 heads. Etc. multiple graphs like this are sometimes overlaid on one graph with a legend to distinguish the points (one coin flip in red, two coin flips in blue, etc). | |
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− | + | Note that this distribution only has data points on non-negative integers and is not continuous through decimal numbers or (as the image text tells us) negative numbers because events can’t occur 0.3 of a time, or -2 times. | |
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− | + | After implying that the concept of a person being a mathematical distribution is irrational, [[Black Hat]] suggests he is “less than zero”. Since the Poisson Distribution doesn’t exist or has no value at negative values, [[Cueball]] either leaves or disappears magically. | |
− | + | Hence, the punchline is the same as the image text: [[Cueball]] doesn't exist to [[Black Hat]] anymore, because he has a value less than zero. | |
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− | + | == Trivia == | |
− | [[ | + | * This is the first appearance of [[Black Hat]] in the comic. |
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− | [[ | + | * Randall was still experimenting, as [[Cueball]] still has a face in the first two frames. |
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