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Distribution of distances of successive zeros of $f(x)={\rm cos}(x)+{\rm cos}(\alpha x)+{\rm cos}(\beta x)$
Let $\alpha$ and $\beta$ be incommensurate real numbers.
Consider the function
$f(x)={\rm cos}(x)+{\rm cos}(\alpha x)+{\rm cos}(\beta x)$
and its positive zeros $x_k(\alpha,\beta)$.
Fix $\alpha$ and ...
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CDF of sum of independent cosines?
Consider the random variable
$$X=\frac{1}{d}\sum_{k=1}^d\cos X_k$$
where $X_k$ are each drawn uniformly i.i.d. from $[0,2\pi]$. What is the CDF of X?
It seems that a relatively direct way could be to ...