The Historical Development of J. J. Sylvester's Four Point Problem

DOI10.2307/2689482MaRDI QIDQ3485541zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Richard E. Pfiefer

Publication date 1989

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.2307/2689482

zbMATH Keywords

simplexconvex hullexpected valuegeometric probabilityJ. J. Sylvester's four point problemrandomly selected point setSchüttelung

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric probability and stochastic geometry (60D05) Random convex sets and integral geometry (aspects of convex geometry) (52A22) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02)

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