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A Probabilistic Proof of the Multinomial Theorem

General Mathematics 2019-07-25 v1

Abstract

In this note, we give an alternate proof of the multinomial theorem using a probabilistic approach. Although the multinomial theorem is basically a combinatorial result, our proof may be simpler for a student familiar with only basic probability concepts.

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@article{arxiv.1608.01718,
  title  = {A Probabilistic Proof of the Multinomial Theorem},
  author = {K. K. Kataria},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.01718},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

This is a preprint version. A revised version is available at AMM website

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