A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

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Derangements and the number e

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If a teacher randomly hands back 20 homework assignments to the 20 students who wrote them, what is the probability that none of the students receives their own homework back? The answer turns out to…

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