Approximations to the birthday problem with unequal occurrence probabilities and their application to the surname problem in Japan

zbMath0762.60008MaRDI QIDQ1205796

Shigeru Mase

Publication date: 1 April 1993

Published in: Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Bell polynomialcoincidence probabilitybirthday problemdistribution of birthdays in Japanfrequency data of surnames in Japan

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial probability (60C05)

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