Some Probabilistic Aspects of Set Partitions (Q3130164)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1002554
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1002554 |
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Some Probabilistic Aspects of Set Partitions (English)
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28 October 1997
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Bell number
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Poisson distribution
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set partitions
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probability
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Let \(B_n\) be the \(n\)th Bell number. The author observes that Dobiński's formula, \[ B_n = e^{-1}\sum_{m=1}^{\infty} m^n/m!, \] implies that \(B_n\) is the \(n\)th moment of the Poisson distribution with mean 1. This leads to an exploration of the connection between set partitions and probability theory. Pitman derives formulæ for the Bell numbers, including variations of Dobiński's formula, from probabilistic arguments and investigates the distributions of various probability functions associated with randomly distributing \(n\) balls among \(m\) boxes.
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