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arxiv: math/0511428 · v2 · pith:MK7GDZD2new · submitted 2005-11-17 · 🧮 math.CO

The variance of the Stirling cycle numbers

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We show that the probability that two permutations of $n$ letters have the same number of cycles is \[\sim \frac{1}{2\sqrt{\pi\log{n}}}.\]

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