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472.Long Cycles in a Random Permutation

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expected valueCh. 6 — Random Variables and Expectation444+ Problems in Probability
Let CnC_n count the cycles of length greater than nn in a uniformly random permutation of {1,2,,2n}\{1, 2, \dots, 2n\}. Compute limnE[Cn]\lim_{n \to \infty} E[C_n].

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