The problem of the broken stick reconsidered

DOI10.1007/BF02985378zbMATH Open1194.60014MaRDI QIDQ976304FDOQ976304

Authors: Gerald S. Goodman 

Publication date: 17 June 2010

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric probability and stochastic geometry (60D05) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of probability theory (60-03)

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