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Theory and applications of probability and stochastic processes: e.g. central limit theorems, large deviations, stochastic differential equations, models from statistical mechanics, queuing theory.

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What are the odds of a tie in a random election with k candidates?

Consider an election with $N$ voters and $k$ candidates, where each voter votes randomly for one of the candidates. What are the odds of a tie? Here "tie" means that multiple candidates get the highe …
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