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The wife-swapping distribution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Anthony C. Robin
Anthony C. Robin*
Affiliation:
County High School for Girls, Colchester, Essex CO 3 3 US
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A dance is to be arranged for n married couples in which all the women’s names are put into a hat enabling the men to select their partners at random. What we are going to consider is the number of married couples who end up dancing together.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 69 , Issue 449 , October 1985 , pp. 175 - 178
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1985

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