The Broken Stick Reconsidered Again
In his article in The Mathematical Intelligencer, Vol. 30 (2008), No. 3, pp. 43-49, Gerald S. Goodman analyzes the genesis of the concept "uniform distribution"--or more generally "at random"--within the framework of geometric probability. For that he uses the example of the &quo...
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Published in | The Mathematical intelligencer Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 8 - 9 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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New York
Springer-Verlag
01.03.2010
Springer Nature B.V |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | In his article in The Mathematical Intelligencer, Vol. 30 (2008), No. 3, pp. 43-49, Gerald S. Goodman analyzes the genesis of the concept "uniform distribution"--or more generally "at random"--within the framework of geometric probability. For that he uses the example of the "broken stick." Here, Schupp concurs with Goodman's analysis, but he points out that the history of this famous problem is a bit more complex than sketched. |
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ISSN: | 0343-6993 1866-7414 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00283-009-9109-z |