n balls into n bins: Pr[bin-1has≥t balls Pr a set S of t balls s.t.all balls in S are in bin-1 1 t n union bound ∑ Prall balls in S are in bin-1 set s of t balls (g)=-山<日≤ t!nt Stirling approximationn balls into n bins: union bound Stirling approximation Pr[ bin-1 has t balls ] n t Pr [ a set S of t balls s.t. all balls in S are in bin-1 ] set S of t balls Pr[all balls in S are in bin-1] 1 nt 1 nt n t = n(n 1)(n 2)···(n t + 1) t!nt 1 t! e t t