N points are selected uniformly at random in the unit square. Let L(N) be the expected length of the shortest (possibly self-intersecting) polygonal chain connecting all the points. It can be proved that $L(N)\sim c\sqrt{AN}$, for some constant $c$, where A is the area of the region (in our case A=1). Heuristics suggests c around 0.7, is there known an exact value for the constant c?
The question including some others was asked originally on math.SE, where some partial results where achieved.
If instead of a polygonal chain, we use the minimal spanning tree, a similar argument yields the same asymptotic formula, is the constant c known for this version?
The question was originally asked on math.SE
. .... Not quite. The question posed on math.SE is about $n$ Uniformly random points on a disc of unit radius (i.e. of area $\pi$). The question here is about Uniformly random points on a unit square. $\endgroup$