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Main Author: Solomon, Herbert 1919-2004 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM, 3600 Market Street, Floor 6, Philadelphia, PA 19104) 1978
Series:CBMS-NSF regional conference series in applied mathematics 28
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Buffon needle problem, extensions, and estimation of pi -- Density and measure for random geometric elements -- Random lines in the plane and applications -- Covering a circle circumference and a sphere surface -- Crofton's theorem and Sylvester's problem in two and three dimensions -- Random chords in the circle and the sphere
Topics include: ways modern statistical procedures can yield estimates of pi more precisely than the original Buffon procedure traditionally used; the question of density and measure for random geometric elements that leave probability and expectation statements invariant under translation and rotation; the number of random line intersections in a plane and their angles of intersection; developments due to W.L. Stevens's ingenious solution for evaluating the probability that n random arcs of size a cover a unit circumference completely; the development of M.W. Crofton's mean value theorem and its applications in classical problems; and an interesting problem in geometrical probability presented by a karyograph
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (vii, 172 Seiten)
ISBN:0898710251
9780898710250
DOI:10.1137/1.9781611970418

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