For , let be the expected value of the k-th smallest number of n numbers chosen randomly and uniformly on the unit interval . Let
where is the size (cardinality) of the finite set .
For some positive integers ,
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E k , n = n + 1 k .
A n − A n − 1 = ϕ ( n + 1 ) .