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  2. Boy or girl paradox - Wikipedia

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    We assume equal probability that either is a boy or a girl. The three discernible cases are thus: both are girls (GG) – with probability P(GG) = ⁠ 1 / 4 ⁠, both are boys (BB) – with probability of P(BB) = ⁠ 1 / 4 ⁠, and; one of each (G·B) – with probability of P(G·B) = ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠. These are the prior probabilities.

  3. Coupon collector's problem - Wikipedia

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    In probability theory, the coupon collector's problem refers to mathematical analysis of "collect all coupons and win" contests. It asks the following question: if each box of a given product (e.g., breakfast cereals) contains a coupon, and there are n different types of coupons, what is the probability that more than t boxes need to be bought ...

  4. LeetCode - Wikipedia

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    LeetCode LLC, doing business as LeetCode, is an online platform for coding interview preparation. The platform provides coding and algorithmic problems intended for users to practice coding . [ 1 ] LeetCode has gained popularity among job seekers in the software industry and coding enthusiasts as a resource for technical interviews and coding ...

  5. Absorbing Markov chain - Wikipedia

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    A basic property about an absorbing Markov chain is the expected number of visits to a transient state j starting from a transient state i (before being absorbed). This can be established to be given by the (i, j) entry of so-called fundamental matrix N, obtained by summing Q k for all k (from 0 to ∞).

  6. Secretary problem - Wikipedia

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    Graphs of probabilities of getting the best candidate (red circles) from n applications, and k/n (blue crosses) where k is the sample size. The secretary problem demonstrates a scenario involving optimal stopping theory [1] [2] that is studied extensively in the fields of applied probability, statistics, and decision theory.

  7. Stars and bars (combinatorics) - Wikipedia

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    In combinatorics, stars and bars (also called "sticks and stones", [1] "balls and bars", [2] and "dots and dividers" [3]) is a graphical aid for deriving certain combinatorial theorems.

  8. Necklace splitting problem - Wikipedia

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    One can also consider the case in which the number of colors tends to infinity. When m=1 and the t tends to infinity, the number of cuts required is at most 0.4t and at least 0.22t with high probability. It is conjectured that there exists some 0.22 < c < 0.4 such that X(t,1)/t converges to c in distribution.

  9. Bloom filter - Wikipedia

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    The intersect operation satisfies a weaker property: the false positive probability in the resulting Bloom filter is at most the false-positive probability in one of the constituent Bloom filters, but may be larger than the false positive probability in the Bloom filter created from scratch using the intersection of the two sets.