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English: A plot of P(m,n) = \sum_{k=0}^{n} (-1)^k {n \choose k} \left( \frac{n-k}{n} \right)^m for n = 26 and 0 ≤ m ≤ 200, i.e. the probability than m uniformly distributed random letters will contain the entire 26-letter alphabet.
Date

17 January 2006(2006-01-17)

Source

Own work by uploader: computed with a Perl script given here, plotted with GNU Plotutils, tweaked in Inkscape.

Author

Ilmari Karonen

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current18:52, 2 May 2009Thumbnail for version as of 18:52, 2 May 2009720×720 (109 KB)Ilmari Karonen (Talk | contribs) ({{Information |Description={{en|1=A plot of <math>P(m,n) = \sum_{k=0}^{n} (-1)^k {n \choose k} \left( \frac{n-k}{n} \right)^m</math> for ''n'' = 26 and 0 ≤ ''m'' ≤ 200, i.e. the probability than ''m'' uniformly distributed random letters will contain )

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