A Statistical Approach to Broken Stick Problems
Statistics Theory
2022-07-19 v1 Statistics Theory
Abstract
Let a stick be broken at random at n-1 points to form n pieces. We consider three problems on forming k-gons with k out of these n pieces, and show how a statistical approach, through a linear transformation of variables, yields simple solutions that also allow fast computation.
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@article{arxiv.2207.07879,
title = {A Statistical Approach to Broken Stick Problems},
author = {Rahul Mukerjee},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.07879},
year = {2022}
}