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Probability distribution on Python-dictionary-like objects?
I would like to examine information-theoretical properties of random variables that take as values objects which are akin to dictionaries in the Python programing language.
That is, each sample of the ...
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Probability of collision of some family of hash functions
Given $x$ and $y$ in $\mathbb{R}$, and let $\mathcal{H} = \{ h \mid \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{N} \}$ be a family of hash functions where $ h(x) = \left\lfloor x + \sum^C_{i=1} U_i \right\rfloor$ for some ...