Distinctness of compositions of an integer: A probabilistic analysis

DOI10.1002/rsa.10008zbMath1014.05008OpenAlexW1983026764MaRDI QIDQ2772926

Pawel Hitczenko, Guy Louchard

Publication date: 5 July 2003

Published in: Random Structures and Algorithms (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/rsa.10008

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic distributionsrandom integer composition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of partitions of integers (05A17) Combinatorial probability (60C05)

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