(December 6, 2021 at 4:25 am)Anomalocaris Wrote:(December 5, 2021 at 9:37 pm)Angrboda Wrote: Given that the population of London is greater than the maximum number of hairs that can be present on a human's head, then the pigeonhole principle requires that there must be at least two people in London who have the same number of hairs on their heads. (from Wikipedia; the pigeonhole principle)
I would think there are quite a bit more than just two bald people in London.
Hence the qualifier 'at least'.
Boru
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