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This article has been withdrawn by the authors because the main idea in the paper, using the Polya urn to prove certain combinatorial identities, appeared in Gessel, I. M. (2006) Symmetric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