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Characterisation of equalisation problems via random walks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2022

Toshio Nakata*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Teacher Education Fukuoka, Munakata, Fukuoka, 811-4192, Japan e-mail: nakata@fukuoka-edu.ac.jp

Extract

This is a follow-up to a recent Gazette Article by Abel [1]. We investigate probabilistic equalisation problems proposed in [1] using the Pólya urn, and characterise them through simple random walks.

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© The Authors, 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Mathematical Association

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