OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Expected number of picks from a uniform [0,1] needed to first exceed a sum of 4.
LINKS
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Uniform Sum Distribution
EXAMPLE
e^4 - 3e^3 + 2e^2 - e/6 = 8.6666044900...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[ E^4 - 3E^3 + 2E^2 - E/6, 10, 111][[1]] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Dec 05 2003 *)
PROG
(PARI) subst(x^4-3*x^3+2*x^2-x/6, x, exp(1)) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Dec 06 2016
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Brian Dunfield (brian.dunfield(AT)sympatico.ca), Dec 05 2003
EXTENSIONS
Edited and extended by Robert G. Wilson v and Ray Chandler, Dec 07 2003
STATUS
approved