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Angle distribution of two random chords in the disc: A sine law

Probability 2019-12-17 v2

Abstract

Motivated by models in engineering and also biology we determine in closed form the probability density function of the angle shaped by two random chords in a fixed disc. Our main result focus on the event in which the intersection locates inside the fixed disc and establishes a sine law.

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@article{arxiv.1911.05576,
  title  = {Angle distribution of two random chords in the disc: A sine law},
  author = {Jesus Igor Heberto Barahona Torres and Paulo Cesar Manrique-Mirón and Erick Treviño-Aguilar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.05576},
  year   = {2019}
}