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Finite-sample frequency distributions originating from an equiprobability distribution

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

Given an equidistribution for probabilities p(i)=1/N, i=1..N. What is the expected corresponding rank ordered frequency distribution f(i), i=1..N, if an ensemble of M events is drawn?

Cite

@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0203377,
  title  = {Finite-sample frequency distributions originating from an equiprobability distribution},
  author = {Thorsten Poeschel and Jan A. Freund},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0203377},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages, 4 figures