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Expected of each (Posted on 2014-05-15)

Randomly select n numbers from the continuous interval (0,1) and order them from least to greatest.

Find the expected values, in terms of n, of the smallest, second smallest, ..., second greatest, greatest.

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Subject	Author	Date
Continuous version for the smallest one	Larry	2014-05-18 13:58:05
re: computer simulation	Kenny M	2014-05-15 23:03:18
computer simulation	Charlie	2014-05-15 16:35:46

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