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Combinatorial Identities via Two Urn Models

Probability 2013-10-02 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

We prove some combinatorial identities using the Polya urn and the closely related Hoppe urn.

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@article{arxiv.1309.7614,
  title  = {Combinatorial Identities via Two Urn Models},
  author = {S. N. Ethier and Fred M. Hoppe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.7614},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

This article has been withdrawn by the authors because the main idea in the paper, using the Polya urn to prove certain combinatorial identities, appeared in Gessel, I. M. (2006) Symmetric inclusion-exclusion, Seminaire Lotharingien de Combinatoire 54, Article B54b

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