“Pass the Buck” on a Complete Binary Tree
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SummaryWe employ the stochastic abacus to compute winning probabilities at each level of game “Pass Buck” on a complete binary tree with starting vertex being root tree. The derivation is also generalized play l-ary trees.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Mathematics Magazine
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1930-0980', '0025-570X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0025570x.2022.2094165