Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Coupon collector's problem (generating function approach)

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The result was Delete. Michig (talk) 09:29, 18 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Coupon collector's problem (generating function approach)

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Per WP:NOTHOWTO, an unencyclopaedic proof. The main article for this is Coupon collector's problem and this was forked from it years ago, perhaps as too much there, but probably should just have been removed. It makes even less sense as a standalone article, unsourced but I can't think this is independently notable. JohnBlackburne^words_deeds 01:59, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. ^BE _CK ^Y _SA ^{Y L}E _S 04:22, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, no merge. The estimates of mean and variance in the parent article are important but this appears to just be technicality for its own sake (another way of obtaining the same bounds when a clearer exposition using a different way is known) and I don't see any point in trying to merge it back in. This has been problematic for a long time and hope this AfD finally resolves the problem. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:03, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, no merge, per WP:NOTJOURNAL. I am amazed it took so long. This is a technical calculation with no clear purpose. Igorpak (talk) 06:37, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete- This shouldn't have been forked at all, it should have just been removed. Way too technical for an encyclopedia. Reyk _YO! 19:41, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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