Asymptotic normality in vacancies on a line |
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| Authors: | J. Th. Runnenburg |
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| Affiliation: | *Instituut voor Toepassingen van de Wiskunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Covering a row of hooks by hats (one hat needs two adjacent hooks) by choosing for the next hat a pair of free hooks with equal probability from the free hooks, we encounter xn , the number of isolated hooks remaining uncovered. We prove that xn is asymptotically normal. |
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| Keywords: | Vacancies on a line Occupancy problems Covering probabilities |
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