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The probabilities tend to Euler's constant exponential

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Published analysis gives q_n = e^(-gamma)(1+1/n)+O(log(n)/n^2) and a full expansion.

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Recorded scope: q_n as n tends to infinity

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Originating problem: Eventual decrease for distinct cycle lengths in random permutations

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The probabilities tend to Euler's constant exponential
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Greene and Knuth obtained \[ q_n=e^{-\gamma}\left(1+\frac1n\right)+O\left(\frac{\log n}{n^2}\right). \] Flajolet, Fusy, Gourdon, Panario, and Pouyanne derive a full expansion with logarithmic terms and periodic contributions caused by roots of unity. In particular \(q_n\to e^{-\gamma}\). A one-step monotonicity proof needs an explicit remainder bound after differencing, since the leading predicted difference has order \(n^{-2}\). The sources inspected here do not supply such a bound with a threshold.

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Verification source: arxiv.org ↗, Philippe Flajolet et al., A Hybrid of Darboux's Method and Singularity Analysis in Combinatorial Asymptotics, Electronic Journal of Combinatorics 13 (2006), R103, Proposition 1; D. H. Greene and D. E. Knuth, Mathematics for the Analysis of Algorithms, 2nd ed., 1982, pp. 52-54

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