Given n points drawn randomly on the circumference of a circle, what is the probability they will all be within any common semicircle?
(In reply to
Simulation by Charlie)
Here's the table again--I hope it lines up better:
3 187486 561980 749466 250534 0 1000000
4 62659 437033 499692 500308 0 1000000
5 19439 292777 312216 683941 3843 1000000
6 5880 181339 187219 787418 25363 1000000
7 1662 107769 109431 816731 73838 1000000
8 492 62104 62596 790008 147396 1000000
9 153 35259 35412 726006 238582 1000000
10 34 19706 19740 643549 336711 1000000
11 7 10834 10841 554994 434165 1000000
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Posted by Charlie
on 2003-05-20 10:07:34 |