On the birthday problem: some generalizations and applications
We study the birthday problem and some possible extensions. We discuss the unimodality of the corresponding exact probability distribution and express the moments and generating functions by means of confluent hypergeometric functions U(−;−;−) which are computable using the software Mathematica. The...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2003-01-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171203110101 |