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On the estimation of the number of equally likely classes in a population |
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| Authors: | J.P. Marchand F.E. Schroeck Jr |
| Affiliation: | 1. University of Denver , Denver, CO, 80210;2. Florida Atlantic University , Boca Raton, FL, 33431 |
| Abstract: | For a population with an unknown number M of equally likely classes, an estimator for M from random samples is given. The results are applied to the problem of determining the total amount of coinage in past civilizations. |
| Keywords: | estimation of the number of classes Riemann zeta function Bayes' theorem numismatics |