by David Callan
This article originally appeared in:
Mathematics Magazine
February, 2001
Subject classification(s):
Discrete Mathematics | CombinatoricsApplicable Course(s):
2.7 Finite MathThe author provides a combinatorial explanation of a "striking" result from Herbert Wilf`s book “generatingfunctionology,” equating the likelihood of certain permutations with the likelihood of \(n/2\) heads in \(n\) tosses of a coin.
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