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On a Problem of Random Walk in Space(1)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

R. Elazar  and
M. Gutterman
R. Elazar
Affiliation:
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
M. Gutterman
Affiliation:
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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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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Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , December 1971 , pp. 503 - 506
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1971

Footnotes

(1)

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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