The dinner table problem: the rectangular case
Combinatorics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
people are seated randomly at a rectangular table with and seats along the two opposite sides for two dinners. What's the probability that neighbors at the first dinner are no more neighbors at the second one? We give an explicit formula and we show that its asymptotic behavior as goes to infinity is (it is known that it is for a round table). A more general permutation problem is also considered.
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@article{arxiv.math/0507293,
title = {The dinner table problem: the rectangular case},
author = {Roberto Tauraso},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0507293},
year = {2007}
}
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10 pages