Timeline for If you break a stick at two points chosen uniformly, the probability the three resulting sticks form a triangle is 1/4. Is there a nice proof of this?
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| Nov 23, 2011 at 8:28 | comment | added | ACL | For the above-mentioned result about spheres, see math.stackexchange.com/questions/1400/… | |
| Oct 23, 2009 at 17:49 | vote | accept | Michael Lugo | ||
| Oct 23, 2009 at 2:50 | history | edited | Kevin P. Costello | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
Misstated Wendel's original purpose in using this trick
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| Oct 23, 2009 at 2:47 | comment | added | Michael Lugo | That doesn't seem like the argument I remember, but it's satisfying nonetheless. | |
| Oct 23, 2009 at 2:43 | history | answered | Kevin P. Costello | CC BY-SA 2.5 |