An Odd Problem

Calculus Level 4

Let x 1 , x 2 , x 2 k + 1 x_1, x_2, \dots x_{2k+1} be 2 k + 1 2k + 1 independent variables which are randomly chosen with uniform distribution in ( 0 , 1 ) (0, 1) , where k k is a non-negative integer.

N = i = 1 2 k + 1 1 x i N = \sum_{i=1}^{2k+1}\left \lfloor{\frac{1}{x_i}} \right \rfloor

Let P ( k ) P(k) denote the probability that N N is odd.

Evaluate the limit below and enter your answer to three decimal places.

lim n k = 0 n ( 2 P ( k ) 1 ) \lim_{n\to \infty} \sum_{k=0}^{n} (2P(k)-1)


The answer is 0.45404.

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Aryaman Maithani
May 17, 2018

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