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On a Problem of Random Walk in Space(1)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2018
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The following theorem is well known [1, p. 66]: Suppose that, in a ballot, candidate P scores p votes and candidate Q scores q votes, where p > q. The probability that throughout the counting there are always more votes for P than for Q, equals (p-q)/(p+q).
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The idea of this study was suggested by Prof. H. Hanani, at the Faculty of Mathematics, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
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