Needed a simplification of this result:-
∑r=1n((rn)∑i=0r−1[(−1)i(ir)(nn(r−i))])∑r=1n((r−1n−1)∑i=0r−1[(−1)i(ir)(nn(r−i))])
Here, i=0∑r−1[(−1)i(ir)(nn(r−i))] is also the coefficient of xn in the expansion of ((1+x)n−1)r.
Background (if anyone's interested):-
Ended up at this trying to solve a problem I randomly created, which is as follows:-
'There are n unique sets with n unique items in each. If exactly n items are selected from all of these, find the probability of finding a set with at least 1 item selected in it'.
Also, if this attains a specific value as n→∞, what is that value?
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Probability of a set being chosen and having none of the selected items is n2Cnn2−nCn, so the req prob is 1−n2Cnn2−nCn
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Thanks. I ended up using an explicit approach and reached a dead end. Didn't think of this :).