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On the waiting times to repeated hits of cells by particles for the polynomial allocation scheme

  • Boris I. Selivanov EMAIL logo and Vladimir P. Chistyakov
Published/Copyright: December 11, 2020

Abstract

We consider random polynomial allocations of particles over N cells. Let τk, k ≥ 1, be the minimal number of trials when k particles hit the occupied cells. For the case N the limit distribution of the random variable τk/Nis found. An example of application of τk is given.


Note: Originally published in Diskretnaya Matematika (2019) 31,№2, 143–151 (in Russian).


Funding statement: Research was supported by RAS Program «Modern problems of theoretical mathematics».

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Received: 2018-11-05
Published Online: 2020-12-11
Published in Print: 2020-12-16

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