Timeline for Probability of the maximum of a throw of an infinite number of $n$-sided dice being $k$ [closed]
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| Oct 21, 2014 at 4:39 | history | closed |
Bjørn Kjos-Hanssen Willie Wong Ricardo Andrade D.-C. Cisinski Ryan Budney |
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| Oct 20, 2014 at 15:24 | history | edited | Ricardo Andrade |
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| Oct 20, 2014 at 1:42 | vote | accept | Andrew Stout | ||
| Oct 20, 2014 at 1:10 | answer | added | usul | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 20, 2014 at 1:01 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Oct 20, 2014 at 0:57 | comment | added | Andrew Stout | Thanks for your hint. Yes, it is true, but the events $E_i$ given by $\{(l_j) \mid l_i = n\}$ are not mutually exclusive. I should say that neither probability theory nor analysis are my specialty so perhaps I missed the hint. | |
| Oct 20, 2014 at 0:42 | comment | added | cardinal | Hint: $\mathbb P(l_i = n) = n^{-1} > 0$. | |
| Oct 20, 2014 at 0:28 | history | asked | Andrew Stout | CC BY-SA 3.0 |