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Simple integral representations are derived for the moments of the absorption time of Kingman’s coalescent Kingman (J Appl Probab 19:27-43, (1982a)). Their computational efficiency versus known representations is established.
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The research of Tibor K. Pogány has been supported in part by Croatian Science Foundation under the project no. 5435. Both authors would like to thank the Editor and the two referees for careful reading and comments which greatly improved the paper.
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Pogány, T.K., Nadarajah, S. On the Moments of the Absorption Time of Kingman’s Coalescent. Methodol Comput Appl Probab 19, 349–355 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11009-016-9521-8
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