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In probability and statistics, a probability distribution assigns a probability to each measurable subset of the possible outcomes of a random experiment, survey, or procedure of statistical inference.

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On average, how many uniformly random real numbers $u$ are needed for their sum to exceed $1...

A well-known question is: on average, how many uniformly random real numbers in $(0,1)$ are needed for their sum to exceed $1$? The answer is $e$. Let's tweak this question by making each random numbe …
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A disc contains many random points. Each point is connected to its nearest neighbor. What is...

A disc contains $n$ independent uniformly distributed points. Each point is connected by a line segment to its nearest neighbor, forming clusters of connected points. For example, here are $20$ random …
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