The problem of the broken stick reconsidered

DOI10.1007/BF02985378MaRDI QIDQ976304zbMATHFDO

Authors Gerald S. Goodman

Publication date 17 June 2010

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

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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