Skip to main content

All Questions

7 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
3 votes
1 answer
337 views

Add together numbers to make final number?

I have this problem where I want to add some numbers together to make a final number. I ask how many ways are there to make this final number using exactly k numbers? Here is the condition: (1) The ...
Dustin Jordan's user avatar
2 votes
0 answers
92 views

Running the Greene-Nijenhuis algorithm backwards

Let $Y$ be a Young tableau of shape $\lambda:=(\lambda_1,\ldots,\lambda_n)$, where $\lambda_1\geq\lambda_2\geq\ldots\geq\lambda_n$ and $N:=|\lambda|:=\sum_i\lambda_i$. I'll be using the English ...
Alex R.'s user avatar
  • 32.9k
1 vote
0 answers
70 views

Closed form version of partition and combination problem

We have an original set of n integers, $0, ... , (n-1)$. From these integers generate a set of $k$-tuples, with repetition where order does not matter. From this, want to know the probability that any ...
regionalsky's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
45 views

Number theoretic calculation of probability problem involving partitions.

This question asks for a specific miscalculation of how large chance that I get at least one call every day of the week if I in total get 12 calls during a week. If we instead consider the question ...
mathreadler's user avatar
  • 26.1k
0 votes
0 answers
45 views

Probability that the maximum number of dice with the same face is k

Let say we have $N$ dice with 6 faces. I'm asking my self, what is the probability that the maximum number of dice with the same face is $k$? In more precise terms, what is the size of this set? \...
Lorenzo Vittori's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
283 views

Partition Theorem and Markov Chains

Suppose a Markov chain has $s$ states, $S = {1, 2, . . . , s}$, with PTM $P =$ ($p_{ij}$). That is, $p_{ij} = P[X_{n+1} = j | X_n = i]$. Use the Partition Theorem to verify that if $X_n ∼ ν$, then $X_{...
CcS's user avatar
  • 300
0 votes
0 answers
94 views

Truncation of partitions generating function question

$A (x)$ is the generating function for partitions. $B(x)=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}b_nx^n $ $$b_n =\binom{\text{number of partitions of }n}{\text{into an even number of parts}}-\binom{\text{number of ...
Mathy Person's user avatar
  • 1,725