Bertrand's paradox on a monitor

MaRDI QIDQ6417042zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Martin Klazar

Publication date 12 November 2022

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric probability and stochastic geometry (60D05)

Abstract: We investigate Bertrand's probabilistic paradox through the lens of discrete geometry and old-fashioned but reliable discrete probability. We approximate the plane unit circle with $1/n$ times $1/n$ boxes and count the pairs of boxes separated by distance more than $sqrt3$. For $noinfty$ the proportion of such pairs goes to ${\displaystyle }$ frac{1+sqrt{3}}{8}-frac{pi(2-sqrt{3})}{96}=0.33273dots;. ${\displaystyle }$

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