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.
Cite
@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