A PROBABILISTIC INTERPRETATION OF THE GAUSSIAN BINOMIAL COEFFICIENTS



Konstantopoulos, Takis and Yuan, Linglong ORCID: 0000-0002-7851-1631
(2017) A PROBABILISTIC INTERPRETATION OF THE GAUSSIAN BINOMIAL COEFFICIENTS. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PROBABILITY, 54 (4). pp. 1295-1298.

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Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p> We present a stand-alone simple proof of a probabilistic interpretation of the Gaussian binomial coefficients by conditioning a random walk to hit a given lattice point at a given time. </jats:p>

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Gaussian binomial coefficient, q-binomial, random walk
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 01 Apr 2020 10:59
Last Modified: 18 Jan 2023 23:56
DOI: 10.1017/jpr.2017.64
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3081330