Lognormality and Triangles of Unit Area
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Exact distribution theory in statistics (62E15) Multivariate distribution of statistics (62H10) Geometric probability and stochastic geometry (60D05) Length, area, volume and convex sets (aspects of convex geometry) (52A38) Random convex sets and integral geometry (aspects of convex geometry) (52A22) Length, area and volume in real or complex geometry (51M25) Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04)
Abstract: To generate a triangle of unit perimeter, break a stick of length 1 in two places at random, with the condition that triangle inequalities are satisfied. Is there a similarly natural method for generating triangles of unit area? Study of a product (rather than a sum) of random lengths is facilitated by closure of multiplication within the lognormal family of distributions. Our (necessarily incomplete) answers to the question each draw upon this property.
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