Correlation between Angle and Side
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Elliptic functions and integrals (33E05) Exact distribution theory in statistics (62E15) Multivariate distribution of statistics (62H10) Geometric probability and stochastic geometry (60D05) Classical hypergeometric functions, ({}_2F_1) (33C05) Length, area and volume in real or complex geometry (51M25) Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04) Plane and spherical trigonometry (educational aspects) (97G60)
Abstract: Let alpha be an arbitrary angle in a random spherical triangle Delta and a be the side opposite alpha. (The sphere has radius 1; vertices of Delta are independent and uniform.) If some other side is constrained to be pi/2, then E(alpha*a)=3.05.... If instead some other angle is fixed at pi/2, then E(alpha*a)=2.87.... In our study of the latter scenario, both Apery's constant and Catalan's constant emerge. We also review Miles' 1971 proof that E(alpha*a)=pi^2/2-2 when no constraints are in place.
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