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Break a ruler of length n inches with indentations at each inchmark into n sticks of length one by repeatedly picking up all the fragments which are still of length greater than one and throwing them down all at once until all the sticks are of length one. Assume that each stick breaks into exactly two sticks uniformly at the inchmarks. What is the expected number of throws needed to complete t...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the Institute of Television Engineers of Japan
سال: 1962
ISSN: 1884-9644
DOI: 10.3169/itej1954.16.332