Talk:Rob's p16

C1 and G1 are identical

All G1 soups containing Rob's p16 are kept, because it only filters p1/2/3/6. The soup count includes all soups, whether discarded or not. The chance of a Rob's p16 in any particular soup is identical in C1 and G1; it cannot be a difference between how discarding works, since those can't contain Rob's p16s anyway.

Row 7 of Pascal's triangle is 1, 7, 21, 35, 35, 21, 7, 1. The ratio of C1:G1 puts it in one of the 7s: slightly unusual but not a red flag (and a bit less unusual than Pascal's triangle would indicate because there are slightly more G1 soups than C1). It's just random chance. HotdogPi (talk) 15:56, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

Assuming the above is valid, is it possible to briefly mention this in the article, to give an explanation for why in the case of Rob's p16 the counts are given only in the combined form (to avoid giving the impression that "C1 = G1 in general", which would be incorrect)? Confocal (talk) 16:04, 22 June 2023 (UTC)