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On the probability of existence of substrings with the same structure in a random sequence

  • Vladimir G. Mikhailov EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: December 7, 2017

Abstract

An asymptotic expression (with an explicit estimate of the remainder term) is obtained for the probability that in a finite sequence of polynomial trials controlled by a Markov chain there exist substrings having the same structure.


Originally published in Diskretnaya Matematika (2016) 28, №1, 97–110 (in Russian).


Award Identifier / Grant number: 14-50-00005

Funding statement: This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation under grant no. 14-50-00005

Acknowledgment

The author is grateful to A. M. Zubkov for useful comments.

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Received: 2016-6-15
Published Online: 2017-12-7
Published in Print: 2017-12-20

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