Exact rank-sum tail one above the minimum

ID: exact-rank-sum-tail-one-above-the-minimum

For two independent continuous samples of positive sizes under a common-distribution null, each -subset of ranks is equally likely. The smallest rank sum is , attained only by . The only subset with rank sum one larger is . Hence the exact lower tail at that threshold is . This follows directly by observing that any other change increases the sum by at least two.

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