Pick Up Sticks
Combinatorics
2012-10-23 v1 Probability
Abstract
We apply a classic result in Theoretical Computer Science to solve a sticky problem, and give a neat and slick quick proof of half of it
Cite
@article{arxiv.1210.5642,
title = {Pick Up Sticks},
author = {Larry Shepp and Doron Zeilberger and Cun-Hui Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.5642},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
Accompanied by three Maple packages and sample input and output files, as well as diagrams, available from http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~zeilberg/mamarim/mamarimhtml/stick.html