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Euler's partition theorem and the combinatorics of -sequences

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A coin-flipping interpretation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> l-nomial<br />

For real r, let C r<br />

(l) be a weighted coin for which <strong>the</strong> probability <strong>of</strong><br />

tails is ul r /∆(l) r <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> probability <strong>of</strong> heads is vl r /∆(l) r .<br />

The probability <strong>of</strong> getting exactly k heads when tossing <strong>the</strong> n coins<br />

C (l)<br />

−(n−1)/2 ,<br />

C (l)<br />

1−(n−1)/2 ,<br />

C (l)<br />

2−(n−1)/2 , . . . , C (l)<br />

(n−1)/2 :<br />

( n<br />

k) (l)<br />

∆ (l)<br />

−(n−1)/2 ∆(l) 1−(n−1)/2 · · · ∆(l) (n−1)/2−1 ∆(l) (n−1)/2<br />

∆ (l)<br />

j/2<br />

may not be an integer, but ∆(l)<br />

−j/2 ∆(l) j/2 = ∆(l) j<br />

+ 2 is.

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