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Some properties of similar pairs
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 July 2016
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In a given set, the elements are compared pairwise. The number W of similar pairs is studied, that is, the number of pairs with a certain property in common. Under certain conditions, W has, approximately, a Poisson distribution. Examples are considered connected with the birthday problem and with a circle problem involving DNA breakages.
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