Question: You are given a set S of n numbers. You must pick a subset S' of k numbers from S such that the probability of each element of S occurring in S' is equal (i.e., each is selected with probability k/n). You may make only one pass over the numbers. What if n is unknown?

From: Algorithm Design Manual [Skiena]

Subject: Algorithm Analysis

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