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Maximum sum (Posted on 2004-07-29)

What's the probability that n random numbers from [0,1] will sum less than 1?

(For purists: "uniformly distributed, independent" random numbers are assumed.)

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The required probability is 1/n!

Posted by K Sengupta on 2023-07-18 09:37:02

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