Buffon's problem with a star of needles and a lattice of parallelograms
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Publication:6235877
arXiv1209.5241MaRDI QIDQ6235877FDOQ6235877
Authors: Uwe Bäsel 
Publication date: 24 September 2012
Abstract: A star of n (n greater than or equal to 2) line segments (needles) of equal length with common endpoint and constant angular spacing is randomly placed onto a lattice which is the union of two families of equidistant lines in the plane with angle alpha between the nonparallel lines. For odd n, we calculate the probabilities of exactly i intersections between the star and the lattice (for even n, see [3]). Using a geometrical method, we derive the limit distribution function of the relative number of intersections as n tends to infinity. This function is independent of alpha. We show that the relative numbers for each of the two families are asymptotically independent random variables.
Geometric probability and stochastic geometry (60D05) Random convex sets and integral geometry (aspects of convex geometry) (52A22)
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