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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.)

See The Solution Submitted by Federico Kereki

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Subject	Author	Date
No Subject	K Sengupta	2023-07-18 09:37:02
Solution in pure probability approach	Bon	2004-08-05 19:35:54
Solution By Convolution	Richard	2004-08-02 22:05:38
re(2): UGH!	Vee-Liem Veefessional	2004-07-31 22:45:27
re: UGH!	Penny	2004-07-31 07:23:43
UGH!	Vee-Liem Veefessional	2004-07-31 04:25:58
Three cases	e.g.	2004-07-29 11:17:52
Approximations were good enough for Archimedes :-)	Penny	2004-07-29 09:41:01
re: simulation results	Charlie	2004-07-29 09:00:40
simulation results	Charlie	2004-07-29 08:52:40

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