Putnam 2022 A4
- Session A
Suppose that are real numbers between 0 and 1 that are chosen independently and uniformly at random. Let , where is the least positive integer such that , or if there is no such integer. Find the expected value of .
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Solutions
Human solution Solution 1 by Manjul Bhargava, Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng
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