OFFSET
2,3
COMMENTS
Expected number of picks from a uniform [0,1] needed to first exceed a sum of 5.
LINKS
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Uniform Sum Distribution.
EXAMPLE
10.66666206...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[E^5 - 4*E^4 + 9*E^3/2 - 4*E^2/3 + E/24, 10, 120][[1]] (* Amiram Eldar, Jun 20 2023 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Ray Chandler, Dec 07 2003
EXTENSIONS
Offset corrected by R. J. Mathar, Feb 05 2009
STATUS
approved