What is the variance of the number of fixed elements, that

Chapter 6, Problem 6.4.37

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What is the variance of the number of fixed elements, that is, elements left in the same position, of a randomly selected permutation ofn elements? [Hint: Let X denote the number of fixed points of a random permutation. Write X = X, + X2 + . . . + Xn, where Xi = 1 if the permutation fixes the ith element and Xi = 0 otherwise.] The covariance of two random variables X and Y on a sample space S, denoted by Cov(X, y), is defined to be the expected value of the random variable (X - E(X (Y - E(Y . That is, Cov(X, Y) = E X - E(X (Y - E(Y ).

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