{
  "id": "math/0511428",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2005-11-17T02:55:41.000Z",
  "updated": "2005-11-18T13:01:54.000Z",
  "title": "The variance of the Stirling cycle numbers",
  "authors": [
    "Herbert S. Wilf"
  ],
  "categories": [
    "math.CO"
  ],
  "abstract": "We show that the probability that two permutations of $n$ letters have the same number of cycles is \\[\\sim \\frac{1}{2\\sqrt{\\pi\\log{n}}}.\\]",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2005-11-18T13:01:54.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "05A16"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "stirling cycle numbers",
      "probability"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2005math.....11428W"
    }
  }
}