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Triangle Inscribed-Triangle Picking

General Mathematics 2018-05-01 v1

Abstract

Given a triangle ABC, we derive the probability distribution function and the moments of the area of an inscribed triangle RST whose vertices are uniformly distributed on AB, BC, and CA. The theoretical results are confirmed by a Monte Carlo simulation.

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@article{arxiv.1804.11007,
  title  = {Triangle Inscribed-Triangle Picking},
  author = {Arman Maesumi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.11007},
  year   = {2018}
}

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9 pages, 2 figures

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