Expected Maximum of Rolling an m-Faced Dice n-Times

Revision en1, by Sajjat004, 2025-08-01 15:56:29

Problem Statement
Suppose you have a fair dice with $$$m$$$ faces, numbered from $$$1$$$ to $$$m$$$. You roll this dice $$$n$$$ times independently, and each face has an equal probability of $$$ \frac{1}{m} $$$. Find the expected value of the maximum number obtained after these $$$n$$$ rolls.

Expected Maximum
If you roll an $$$m$$$-faced dice $$$n$$$ times, then there are $$$m^n$$$ possible combinations of rolls. The expected maximum is the average of the maximum values obtained from all $$$m^n$$$ combinations of rolls.

Intuition:
We have to compute the expected maximum value. That is

$$$ \text{Expected max} = \sum_{i=1}^{m} i \cdot P(\max = i) $$$
Tags probability, expected value

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