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Finite Stick Breaking Sequences
Abstract
In 1949, De Bruijn and Erdős considered infinite stick-breaking sequences. In this work, we consider finite sequences and prove that an infinite sequence that is due to De Bruijn, Erdős, and Toulmin is in some sense unique.
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BibTeX
@misc{brethouwer2026finite,
title = {{Finite Stick Breaking Sequences}},
author = {Jan-Tino Brethouwer and Anne Buijsrogge and Robbert Fokkink},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.05067},
eprint = {2610.05067},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.05067},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Finite Stick Breaking Sequences
AU - Jan-Tino Brethouwer
AU - Anne Buijsrogge
AU - Robbert Fokkink
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/04
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.05067
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.05067
AB - In 1949, De Bruijn and Erdős considered infinite stick-breaking sequences. In this work, we consider finite sequences and prove that an infinite sequence that is due to De Bruijn, Erdős, and Toulmin is in some sense unique.
ER -