alt Hacker NewsThere are about 4 billion 64 bit integers for each 32 bit integer.
The chance of a random 64 bit integer being a 32 bit integer is 0.0000000233 %
The chance of a random 64 bit integer being a product of two 32 bit integers is 17%
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layer8 • today at 2:19 PM
The chance of a random 64-bit integer matching some pair of 32-bit integers is a 100%, though.
brookst • today at 2:23 PM
Or, the odds of a random 64-bit integer being a 32-bit integer are the same as you or me guessing a random 32 bit integer.
rao-v • today at 2:29 PM
Wonder what the limit is as you add more 32 bit integers to the product. Just the primes over 32 bit?
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There are about 18.446 quintillion more 64-bit integers than 32-bit integers.