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Re: Twenty Beautiful Women

David Sternlight wrote:
> At 10:29 AM -0700 7/28/96, Timothy C. May wrote:
> >Look at the first 1/e of them, or about the first 36.8% of them. In this
> >case, the first 7 of them. Then pick the first one after this group which
> >is better than any of the first group.
> >
> >While there is some chance that one will get to #20 and find that none of
> >#8-20 were better than #1-7, this strategy is the best compromise between
> >"committing too early" and "waiting too long."
> 
> Correct.
> 

Prove it.

	- Igor.