Re: Expected value



On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:56:34 EST, PARASHAR
<parashar.dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>A string of unit length is cut into n random strings.
>
>(1)What is the expected value of the shortest string
>(2)What is the expected value of the longest string

You need to specify a little more about exactly
how the string is "cut into n random strings".


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David C. Ullrich
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