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The use of a ballot theorem in order statistics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Lajos Takács*
Affiliation:
Columbia University, New York

Extract

The following generalization of the classical ballot theorem has many possible applications in order statistics.

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Short Communications
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 

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