Random covering of the circle: The size of the connected components

Advances in Applied Probability

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 563-582

  Huillet, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

Author keywords

Covering; Geometrical probability; Spacings

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; GEOMETRY; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; THEOREM PROVING;

CIRCLE COVERING; CONNECTED COMPONENTS; GEOMETRICAL PROBABILITY; STUETEL CALCULUS;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 0042881138     PISSN: 00018678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/aap/1059486818     Document Type: Article

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