[EM] #ballots with both truncation and equalities allowed

Warren Smith wds at math.temple.edu
Wed Dec 14 17:26:48 PST 2005


the exponential generating function is
   exp(-x) / (2 - exp(x))
and the asymptotics for large N are   C*N!/(ln2)^N   for some constant  
C = 0.36  very approximately.
I have not worked out the exact value of C and this estimate could
be off by a factor of 2 or so.
wds



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