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Expected Number of Distinct Part Sizes in a Random Integer Composition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2001

P. HITCZENKO
Affiliation:
MCS Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA (e-mail: phitczen@mcs.drexel.edu)
G. STENGLE
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA (e-mail: gas0@lehigh.edu)

Abstract

An asymptotics, as n → ∞, for the expected number of distinct part sizes in a random composition of an integer n is obtained.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2000 Cambridge University Press

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