Problem Analysis #7

[PYTHON] import math

def compute_k(): n = 20 # Calculate the sum S = sum(k^4 * binom(n, k)) S = 0 for k in range(n + 1): term = (k**4) * math.comb(n, k) S += term

# E[N^4] = S / 2^20
# K = 1000 * E[N^4] = 1000 * S / 2^20

# Let's compute K using floating point first to check
expected_value_n4 = S / (2**20)
K = 1000 * expected_value_n4

print(f"{S=}")
print(f"{expected_value_n4=}")
print(f"{K=}")

# Check if it's an integer
if K.is_integer():
    print(f"Integer K: {int(K)}")
else:
    print("K is not an integer directly?")

compute_k() [/PYTHON]

The random variable $N$ follows a binomial distribution $N \sim \mathrm{Binomial}(n, p)$ with $n=20$ and $p=1/2$. The fourth moment of a binomial distribution can be expressed using Stirling numbers of the second kind, $S(k, j)$, as: $\mathbb{E}[N^k] = \sum_{j=0}^k S(k, j) (n)_j p^j$ where $(n)_j = n(n-1)\cdots(n-j+1)$ is the falling factorial. For $k=4$, the Stirling numbers are $S(4,1)=1, S(4,2)=7, S(4,3)=6, S(4,4)=1$. Thus, $\mathbb{E}[N^4] = 1 \cdot (n)_1 p + 7 \cdot (n)_2 p^2 + 6 \cdot (n)_3 p^3 + 1 \cdot (n)_4 p^4$ Substituting $n=20$ and $p=1/2$: