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A Random Knockout Tournament: Problem 86-2

โœ Scribed by D. E. Knuth

Book ID
124939799
Publisher
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Year
1987
Tongue
English
Weight
288 KB
Volume
29
Category
Article
ISSN
0036-1445

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