The asymptotic expansion, w.r.t. t, to, order 3, of the 2r-th moment (about the mean) of the r.v. Number of inversions for words with a*t 1's and b*t 2's Here a,b,t, and r are symbolic(!), only s is numeric. is / 2 2 | r (-1 + r) b r (-6 + r) a b r (-1 + r) a | - ------------- - -------------- - ------------- / (3 r) | 5 5 5 | t |1 + ------------------------------------------------ + | \ t a b (a + b) \ 4 2 3 r (-1 + r) (r - 2) (21 r + 17) b r (-1 + r) (21 r - 130 r - 34) a b --------------------------------- + ------------------------------------ 1050 525 2 2 2 r (-1 + r) (21 r - 95 r + 71) a b + ------------------------------------ 350 2 3 4 r (-1 + r) (21 r - 130 r - 34) a b r (-1 + r) (r - 2) (21 r + 17) a + ------------------------------------ + --------------------------------- 525 1050 \ / 2 6 | / 2 2 2 2 | r (-1 + r) (r - 2) (r - 3) (7 r + 17) b | / (t a b (a + b) ) + |- ----------------------------------------- / / \ 5250 2 2 5 r (-1 + r) (r - 2) (21 r - 117 r - 238) a b - ---------------------------------------------- 5250 4 3 2 2 4 r (-1 + r) (42 r - 318 r + 367 r + 577 r + 300) a b - -------------------------------------------------------- 5250 4 3 2 3 3 r (-1 + r) (49 r - 441 r + 509 r + 924 r + 960) a b - -------------------------------------------------------- 5250 4 3 2 4 2 r (-1 + r) (42 r - 318 r + 367 r + 577 r + 300) a b - -------------------------------------------------------- 5250 2 2 5 r (-1 + r) (r - 2) (21 r - 117 r - 238) a b - ---------------------------------------------- 5250 \ | 2 6\ | r (-1 + r) (r - 2) (r - 3) (7 r + 17) a | / 3 3 3 3 | - -----------------------------------------| / (t a b (a + b) )| 5250 / / / /a b (a + b)\r / r (2 r)! |-----------| / (r! 2 ) \ 12 / / This all things too, 7.545, seconds of CPU time