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PL-OM 1989 Problem 4

    n,kn, k are positive integers. A0A_0 is the set {1,2,...,n}\{1, 2, ... , n\} . AiA_i is a randomly chosen subset of Ai−1A_{i-1} (with each subset having equal probability). Show that the expected number of elements of AkA_k is n2k\dfrac{n}{2^k}

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