The Toilet Paper Problem

DOI10.2307/2322567zbMath0548.60011OpenAlexW4247182640WikidataQ56069562 ScholiaQ56069562MaRDI QIDQ3339841

Donald E. Knuth

Publication date: 1984

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2322567

zbMATH Keywords

Catalan numberAsymptotic resultsBanach's matchbox problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Markov chains (discrete-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces) (60J10) Asymptotic approximations, asymptotic expansions (steepest descent, etc.) (41A60) Combinatorial probability (60C05) Fibonacci and Lucas numbers and polynomials and generalizations (11B39) Applications of queueing theory (congestion, allocation, storage, traffic, etc.) (60K30)

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