Geometric probabilities for a cluster of needles and a lattice of rectangles

zbMATH Open1470.60031arXiv1802.05122MaRDI QIDQ3383403FDOQ3383403

Authors: Uwe Bäsel 

Publication date: 23 September 2021

Abstract: A cluster of $n$ needles ($1leqn<infty$) is dropped at random onto a plane lattice of rectangles. Each needle is fixed at one end in the cluster centre and can rotate independently about this centre. The distribution of the relative number of needles intersecting the lattice is shown to converge uniformly to the limit distribution as $nightarrowinfty$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.05122

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zbMATH Keywords

method of momentsgeometric probabilitystochastic geometryrandom sets and random convex sets

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric probability and stochastic geometry (60D05) Random convex sets and integral geometry (aspects of convex geometry) (52A22) Method of moments applied to problems in optics and electromagnetic theory (78M05)

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