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Lucky Cars: Expected Values and Generating Functions.

Authors :
Slavík, Antonín
Vestenická, Marie
Source :
American Mathematical Monthly. Apr2024, Vol. 131 Issue 4, p343-348. 6p.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

We count lucky cars in parking functions of a given length, and provide elementary derivations for the generating functions, expected values and variances. We consider not only classical parking functions, but also problems with additional parking slots, and with cars of different sizes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00029890
Volume :
131
Issue :
4
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
American Mathematical Monthly
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
176243914
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/00029890.2023.2293616