grandes-ecoles 2024 Q8c

grandes-ecoles · France · polytechnique-maths-a__mp Discrete Random Variables Expectation and Variance via Combinatorial Counting
For $n$ a natural integer greater than or equal to 2, we consider the probability space $(\mathfrak{S}_{n}, \mathscr{P}(\mathfrak{S}_{n}))$ equipped with the uniform probability. We define a random variable $Z_{n}$ by $Z_{n}(\sigma) = \nu(\sigma)$.
Determine the average number of fixed points of a random permutation and its limit as $n$ tends to $+\infty$.
For $n$ a natural integer greater than or equal to 2, we consider the probability space $(\mathfrak{S}_{n}, \mathscr{P}(\mathfrak{S}_{n}))$ equipped with the uniform probability. We define a random variable $Z_{n}$ by $Z_{n}(\sigma) = \nu(\sigma)$.

Determine the average number of fixed points of a random permutation and its limit as $n$ tends to $+\infty$.