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Factorial moments for random mappings by means of indicator variables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Brian J. English*
Affiliation:
University of Leicester
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Postal address: Department of Mathematics, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.

Abstract

A simple identity for the incomplete factorial of sums of zero-one variables is exploited to provide the factorial moments of the number of components and the number of cyclical elements of the random mapping (T, {pi}) considered by Ross (1981).

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Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1993 

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