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The moments of the distance between two random points in a regular polygon

Probability 2021-01-12 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we derive formulas for the analytical calculation of the moments of the distance between two uniformly and independently distributed random points in an nn-sided regular polygon. A number of closed form expressions is provided, e.g. the expected distances for n=3,4,5,6,8,10,12n = 3,4,5,6,8,10,12, where the results for n=5,8,10,12n = 5,8,10,12 are new to the best of the author's knowledge. Applying results of Voss, remarkably short formulas for the second and the fourth moments are derived.

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@article{arxiv.2101.03815,
  title  = {The moments of the distance between two random points in a regular polygon},
  author = {Uwe Bäsel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.03815},
  year   = {2021}
}

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22 pages,6 figures