Linear recurrence: Fat men sitting at a bar
- From: David Radcliffe <polytope@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:19:20 GMT
A bar has a row of N bar stools. Fat men enter the bar and seat themselves at random, until the bar is full. Each fat man occupies
two adjacent bar stools. What is the expected packing density as N approaches infinity?
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