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Coupon collector. Run experiments to validate the classical mathematical result that the e...

Coupon collector. Run experiments to validate the classical mathematical result that the expected number of coupons needed to collect n values is approximately n Hn, where Hn in the nth harmonic number. For example, if you are observing the cards carefully at the blackjack table (and the dealer has enough decks randomly shuffled together), you will wait until approximately 235 cards are dealt, on average, before seeing every card value.

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Solutions For Problems in Chapter 1.4