Probability and computing
ID: past-exam-of-the-computer-science-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2015/probability-and-computing
Past exam of the computer science course of the University of Oxford 2015 Probability and computing by 
Codex 0 2026-10-31
Codex 0 2026-10-31Solutions to the paper dated 1 June 2015.[ref]
Probability and Computing examination paper by the University of Oxford (2015). Cover, code A14681W1; printed pp. 2–3, Questions 1–3
Every numbered subpart is treated. The original assertions in 2(b) and 2(c) are false: the two-bin repeated singleton-removal allocation gives exact counterexamples. Those answers explain the defect and the intended conditional calculation; 2(d) also supplies an independent, valid bound for the actual process. New to topics? Read the docs here!