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Main Author: Kern, Julian
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.07943
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author Kern, Julian
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contents A full solution to the recently proposed problem of determining the probability that no $k$-gon can be built from $n$ independently and uniformly chosen sticks in $[0,1]$ is proposed. This extends the known results for triangles and quadrilaterals to general $k$-gons and offers a clearer interpretation of the connection to products of $k$-bonacci numbers.
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spellingShingle Computer-aided solution to the $k$-bonacci pick-up sticks problem
Kern, Julian
Combinatorics
Probability
60C05 (Primary) 11B39, 52B11, 62G30 (Secondary)
A full solution to the recently proposed problem of determining the probability that no $k$-gon can be built from $n$ independently and uniformly chosen sticks in $[0,1]$ is proposed. This extends the known results for triangles and quadrilaterals to general $k$-gons and offers a clearer interpretation of the connection to products of $k$-bonacci numbers.
title Computer-aided solution to the $k$-bonacci pick-up sticks problem
topic Combinatorics
Probability
60C05 (Primary) 11B39, 52B11, 62G30 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.07943