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A proof of Pollaczek-Spitzer identity (English)
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1990
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First, the author proves the following generalization of Takacs' ballot theorem. If \(r_ 1,r_ 2,...,r_ n\) are integers with sum \(s\geq 1\) and \(n_ r\) denotes the number of cyclic permutations in which all the partial sums are greater or equal to r with at least one sum equal to r, then \(\sum^{s}_{r=1}rn_ r=s\). Then this result is used to give a short (seemingly new) proof of the well-known Pollaczek-Spitzer identity.
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ballot theorem
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Pollaczek-Spitzer identity
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