Perimeter Variance of Uniform Random Triangles
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Factorials, binomial coefficients, combinatorial functions (05A10) Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04) Length, area and volume in real or complex geometry (51M25) Geometric probability and stochastic geometry (60D05) Exact distribution theory in statistics (62E15) Multivariate distribution of statistics (62H10)
Abstract: Let T be a random triangle in a disk D of radius R (meaning that vertices are independent and uniform in D). We determine the bivariate density for two arbitrary sides a,b of T. In particular, we compute that E(a*b)=(0.837...)*R^2, which implies that Var(perimeter)=(0.649...)*R^2. No closed-form expression for either coefficient is known. The Catalan numbers also arise here.
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