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Three Random Tangents to a Circle

Probability 2015-03-17 v1 Metric Geometry

Abstract

Among several things, we find the side density for random triangles circumscribing the unit circle and calculate that its median is 5.5482.... An analogous exact computation for perimeter density remains open.

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@article{arxiv.1101.3931,
  title  = {Three Random Tangents to a Circle},
  author = {Steven R. Finch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.3931},
  year   = {2015}
}

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5 pages

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