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2018-18 A random walk on the clock

Suppose that we are given 12 points evenly spaced on a circle. Starting from a point in the 12 o’clock position, a particle P will move to one of the adjacent positions with equal probably, 1/2. P stops if it visits all 12 points. What is the most likely point that P stops for the last?

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2009-20 Expectation

Let en be the expect value of the product x1x2 …xn where x1 is chosen uniformly at random in (0,1) and xk is chosen uniformly at random in (xk-1,1) for k=2,3,…,n. Prove that \(\displaystyle \lim_{n\to \infty} e_n=\frac1e\).

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