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Penney's Ante exhibits non-transitivity when two target strings race to appear in a shared stream of coin tosses. We study instead independent string races, where each player observes their own independent and identically distributed…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-01-26 Søren Riis , Mike Paterson

Consider the power pseudorandom-number generator in a finite field ${\mathbb F}_q$. That is, for some integer $e\ge2$, one considers the sequence $u,u^e,u^{e^2},\dots$ in ${\mathbb F}_q$ for a given seed $u\in {\mathbb F}_q^\times$. This…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-06-08 Carl Pomerance , Igor E. Shparlinski

Answering a pair of questions of Conrey, Gabbard, Grant, Liu, and Morrison, we prove that a triplet of dice drawn from the multiset model are intransitive with probability $1/4+o(1)$ and the probability a random pair of dice tie tends…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-02-23 Ashwin Sah , Mehtaab Sawhney

For positive $q\neq1$, the $q$-exchangeability of an infinite random word is introduced as quasi-invariance under permutations of letters, with a special cocycle which accounts for inversions in the word. This framework allows us to extend…

Probability · Mathematics 2010-11-11 Alexander Gnedin , Grigori Olshanski

A casino offers the following game. There are three cups each containing a die. You are being told that the dice in the cups are all the same, but possibly nonstandard. For a bet of \$1, the game master shakes all three cups and lets you…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-09-16 Pierre C Bellec , Tobias Fritz

We introduce a probability distribution Q on the group of permutations of the set Z of integers. Distribution Q is a natural extension of the Mallows distribution on the finite symmetric group. A one-sided infinite counterpart of Q,…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-03-04 Alexander Gnedin , Grigori Olshanski

The multinomial coefficient and their recurrence relations from the generalized quantum deformed algebras are examined. Moreover, the $\mathcal{R}(p,q)-$ deformed multinomial probability distribution and the negative $\mathcal{R}(p,q)-$…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-06-14 Fridolin Melong

In this paper, we introduce a family of discrete rectangular uniform distributions on the natural numbers-referred to as orthogonal dice-characterized by the property that their means equal their variances. These distributions arise…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-08-29 Caleb Deen Bastian , Herschel Rabitz , Grzegorz A Rempala

The basic principle of any version of insurance is the paradigm that exchanging risk by sharing it in a pool is beneficial for the participants. In case of independent risks with a finite mean this is the case for risk averse decision…

Risk Management · Quantitative Finance 2025-10-08 Alfred Müller

The wrapped normal distribution arises when a the density of a one-dimensional normal distribution is wrapped around the circle infinitely many times. At first look, evaluation of its probability density function appears tedious as an…

Computation · Statistics 2018-01-01 Gerhard Kurz , Igor Gilitschenski , Uwe D. Hanebeck

Given $0<q<1,$ every absolutely continuous distribution can be described in two different ways: in terms of a probability density function and also in terms of a $q$-density. Correspondingly, it has a sequence of moments and a sequence of…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-07-11 Sofiya Ostrovska , Mehmet Turan

Fix a modulus $q$. One would expect the number of primes in each invertible residue class mod $q$ to be multinomially distributed, i.e. for each $p \,\mathrm{mod}\, q$ to behave like an independent random variable uniform on…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-30 Alex Cowan

We examine a generalization of the binomial distribution associated with a strictly increasing sequence of numbers and we prove its Poisson-like limit. Such generalizations might be found in quantum optics with imperfect detection. We…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 E. M. F. Curado , J. P. Gazeau , Ligia M. C. S. Rodrigues

We consider the new class $\boldsymbol{Q}$ of rational-infinitely (or quasi-infinitely) divisible distribution functions on the real line. By definition, $F\in \boldsymbol{Q}$ if there are some infinitely divisible distribution functions…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-09-10 Alexey Khartov

What is the number of rolls of fair 6-sided dice until the first time the total sum of all rolls is a prime? We compute the expectation and the variance of this random variable up to an additive error of less than 10^{-4}. This is a…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-01-25 Noga Alon , Yaakov Malinovsky

A generalized $N$-sided die is a random variable $D$ on a sample space of $N$ equally likely outcomes taking values in the set of positive integers. We say of independent $N$ sided dice $D_i, D_j$ that $D_i$ beats $D_j$, written $D_i \to…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-05-07 Ethan Akin , Julia Saccamano

We present a formalism that captures the process of proving quantum superiority to skeptics as an interactive game between two agents, supervised by a referee. Bob, is sampling from a classical distribution on a quantum device that is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-06 Daniel Stilck França , Raul Garcia-Patron

We report a transfer matrix study of the random bond $q-$state Potts model in the vicinity of the Ising model $q=2$. We draw attention to a precise determination of magnetic scaling dimensions in order to compare with perturbative results.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Christophe Chatelain , Bertrand Berche

This paper considers the challenge of designing football group draw mechanisms which have the uniform distribution over all valid draw assignments, but are also entertaining, practical, and transparent. We explain how to simulate the FIFA…

Applications · Statistics 2023-01-26 Gareth O. Roberts , Jeffrey S. Rosenthal

We present a novel reshuffling exchange model and investigate its long time behavior. In this model, two individuals are picked randomly, and their wealth $X_i$ and $X_j$ are redistributed by flipping a sequence of fair coins leading to a…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-01-02 Fei Cao , Nicholas F. Marshall