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The Number of Distinct Subsequences of a Random Binary String

Combinatorics 2013-10-29 v1

Abstract

We determine the average number of distinct subsequences in a random binary string, and derive an estimate for the average number of distinct subsequences of a particular length.

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@article{arxiv.1310.7288,
  title  = {The Number of Distinct Subsequences of a Random Binary String},
  author = {Michael J. Collins},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.7288},
  year   = {2013}
}
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