VERY HARD Puzzle: What Is The Distance Between Two Random Points In A Square?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.พ. 2025
- What is the average distance between two randomly chosen points in a square with a side length 1? The video presents how to estimate the answer and also derives the exact answer using integrals. Per suggestions in the comments, I have modified the title to indicate the difficulty level is VERY HARD (a college level calculus course and probability theory course are necessary background).
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Sources and further reading
Quadruple integral
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Difference of two uniform variables
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Difference of two uniform variables and solving the double integral
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Solving the double integral
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Mean distance polar coordinates change
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Integral secant cubed
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Mean distance square
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Cleve Moler's blog post
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