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Convergence of a sequence of dependent binomial trials

Consider a sequence of the the following stochastic process. Let $b_0=1$, and let $n >1$. At each step $t$, let $b_t \sim Bin(n,\frac{b_{t-1}}{n})$. The process stops when either $b_t=0$ $b_t=n$. This …
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Balls and bins -- concentration bounds pertaining to the minimal load bin

Consider the standard balls and bins process, where $m$ balls are thrown uniformly at random into $n$ bins. Previous work has been done on estimating the value of the maximum load (i.e., the number of …
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