Accession Number:

AD0672761

Title:

MATHEMATICAL PROPERTIES ASSOCIATED WITH COMBINATION LOCKS.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

AEROSPACE RESEARCH LABS WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO

Personal Author(s):

• Lum,Mary D.

Report Date:

1968-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

72.0

Abstract:

This paper investigates some mathematical properties of the random trial time to arrive at an unknown randomly selected 3-number combination which becomes known when the 5p-point lock opens. Author

Descriptors:

• (*LOCKING FASTENER DEVICES
• PROBLEM SOLVING)
• PROBABILITY
• PERMUTATIONS
• MINIMAX TECHNIQUE
• TIME
• DECISION MAKING
• SEQUENCES(MATHEMATICS)
• SET THEORY
• STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS
• ERRORS

Subject Categories:

• Psychology
• Statistics and Probability

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE