2 papers
math.PR2009
Notes on Feige's gumball machines problem
John H. Elton
We give a detailed proof, in the identically distributed case, of a conjecture of Feige about the maximum probability that the sum of n independent non-negative integer valued rand…
math.GM2009
Indefinite quadratic forms and the invariance of the interval in Special Relativity
John H. Elton
A simple theorem on proportionality of indefinite real quadratic forms is proved, and is used to clarify the proof of the invariance of the interval in Special Relativity from Eins…