Random triangles in planar regions containing a fixed point
Abstract
In this article we provide several exact formulae to calculate the probability that a random triangle chosen within a planar region (any Lebesgue measurable set of finite measure) contains a given fixed point . These formulae are in terms of one integration of an appropriate function, with respect to a density function which depends of the point . The formulae provide another way to approach the Sylvester's Four-Point Problem as we show in the last section. A stability result is derived for the probability. We recover the known probability in the case of an equilateral triangle and its center of mass: . We compute this probability in the case of a regular polygon and its center of mass for the point . Other families of regions are studied. For the family of Lima\c{c}ons , , and the origin of the polar coordinates, the probability is .
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@article{arxiv.1612.08619,
title = {Random triangles in planar regions containing a fixed point},
author = {Eugen J. Ionascu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.08619},
year = {2018}
}
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25 pages, 12 figues