A note on the volume of a random polytope in a tetrahedron (Q1071263)

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A note on the volume of a random polytope in a tetrahedron
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    A note on the volume of a random polytope in a tetrahedron (English)
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    1986
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    Denote by \(V_ n\) the expected volume of the convex hull of \(n\) points chosen independently and uniformly from a tetrahedron of unit volume. It is shown that \(1 - V_ n \sim (3/4)(\log n)^ 2/n\) as \(n\) tends to infinity. Additionally, the paper contains a remark to a result of \textit{G. R. Hall} [J. Appl. Probab. 19, 712--715 (1982; Zbl 0492.60014)] concerning the probability that a random triangle is acute.
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    volume of a random polytope in a tetrahedron
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    acute random
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    triangle
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