From 9aaecdf4ce93727a435251015d0e592f8c0e0021 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: caprice-j Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2017 00:44:06 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] fixed a typo in a binomial identity --- latex/intro.tex | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/latex/intro.tex b/latex/intro.tex index ba8630d6..238af3bb 100644 --- a/latex/intro.tex +++ b/latex/intro.tex @@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ \subsection{Randomization and Probability} \end{align*} This requires that we know enough to calculate that $\Pr\{X=i\} = \binom{k}{i}/2^k$, and that we know the binomial identities -$i\binom{k}{i}=k\binom{k-1}{i}$ and $\sum_{i=0}^{k} \binom{k}{i} = 2^{k}$. +$i\binom{k}{i}=k\binom{k-1}{i-1}$ and $\sum_{i=0}^{k} \binom{k}{i} = 2^{k}$. Using indicator variables and linearity of expectation makes things much easier. For each $i\in\{1,\ldots,k\}$, define the indicator