Connectivity of three acute-angle sphere points

ID: connectivity-of-three-acute-angle-sphere-points

Join three independent uniform points on a sphere when their central angle is acute. Given angle between the first pair, the third point's two favorable hemispheres overlap in a spherical lune of area fraction . If , connection requires membership in their union, of probability . If , it requires membership in their intersection, of probability . Integrating these against the central-angle density proves the displayed probability. Connectivity is weaker than all three pairwise angles being acute.

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