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Pass the Buck on a Complete Binary Tree

Probability 2019-06-26 v1

Abstract

The Stochastic Abacus is employed to compute winning probabilities at each level of the game Pass the Buck on a complete binary tree with the starting vertex being the root of the tree. The derivation is also generalized to play on complete k-ary trees.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1906.10299,
  title  = {Pass the Buck on a Complete Binary Tree},
  author = {Kenneth Levasseur},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.10299},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

5 pages, 2 figures

R2 v1 2026-06-23T10:02:36.669Z