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A refinement of the binomial distribution using the quantum binomial theorem

Probability 2024-09-10 v3 Combinatorics Statistics Theory Statistics Theory

Abstract

qq-analogs of special functions, including hypergeometric functions, play a central role in mathematics and have numerous applications in physics. In the theory of probability, qq-analogs of various probability distributions have been introduced over the years, including the binomial distribution. Here, I propose a new refinement of the binomial distribution by way of the quantum binomial theorem (also known as the the noncommutative qq-binomial theorem), where the qq is a formal variable in which information related to the sequence of successes and failures in the underlying binomial experiment is encoded in its exponent.

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@article{arxiv.2009.12641,
  title  = {A refinement of the binomial distribution using the quantum binomial theorem},
  author = {Andrew V. Sills},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.12641},
  year   = {2024}
}

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16 pages. This version: Title changed. Abstract modified. Additional related results included. An error in a previous version was corrected

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