A Poisson limit law for a generalized birthday problem

DOI10.1016/S0167-7152(98)00076-5zbMath0928.60003WikidataQ122756844 ScholiaQ122756844MaRDI QIDQ1273014

Norbert Henze

Publication date: 2 March 1999

Published in: Statistics \& Probability Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

coincidencesinclusion-exclusion principleoccupancy problems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Central limit and other weak theorems (60F05) Combinatorial probability (60C05)

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